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Entwined
Heresy and Dark Mourning
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
By: Dominic Lynch
Poet
By: Dominic Lynch
Poet
Not the best combination of genres, though effort is there.
This free Entwined compilation is not at all subtle to begin with. Released by Dark Mourning Promotions and Heresy Promotions, the introduction for the first few songs is total metal, with little or no change until coming to the softness of Her Blackened Rose's "On Another's Sorrow," where pure gothic atmosphere is emitted, then followed by ambient/industrial.
Though the collection of these genres does not go well together, that is not to say that the songs themselves are bad. There are pauses of easy gothic music on the album, though you are thrown straight back into the deep end almost immediately. Psilopsyb's "Amongst Orbs & Fairies," created using Korg hardware synths, makes your brain get back in game when the decibels hit your eardrums; this hardcore feeling continues as you are plowed into Schultz's "Nekrophilia" (and no, this is not the solo band by former KMFDM guitarist Günter Schultz).
Louis Guidone's "Über Cyber Total Bullshit," from his new album I Go On with My Life, mixes you up from head to toe as you get hit by ravenous lyrics about his protest against corporate underground. The techno/industrial sound of Valium Era's "Guns Don't Kill," with the voice of Seth MacFarlane as American Dad making the statement that "guns don't kill people; people kill people," eventually gets hardwired into your brain as a hilarious but danceable tune. By the epilogue, the album has made a good recovery and you are left in a positive and upbeat mood with a little adrenaline to boot.
The musical genres combined on this album were, just by looking at them, a recipe for disappointment, though Entwined does make a real effort of doing the best that is possible with the ingredients they were given and is awarded credit indefinite.
Though the collection of these genres does not go well together, that is not to say that the songs themselves are bad. There are pauses of easy gothic music on the album, though you are thrown straight back into the deep end almost immediately. Psilopsyb's "Amongst Orbs & Fairies," created using Korg hardware synths, makes your brain get back in game when the decibels hit your eardrums; this hardcore feeling continues as you are plowed into Schultz's "Nekrophilia" (and no, this is not the solo band by former KMFDM guitarist Günter Schultz).
Louis Guidone's "Über Cyber Total Bullshit," from his new album I Go On with My Life, mixes you up from head to toe as you get hit by ravenous lyrics about his protest against corporate underground. The techno/industrial sound of Valium Era's "Guns Don't Kill," with the voice of Seth MacFarlane as American Dad making the statement that "guns don't kill people; people kill people," eventually gets hardwired into your brain as a hilarious but danceable tune. By the epilogue, the album has made a good recovery and you are left in a positive and upbeat mood with a little adrenaline to boot.
The musical genres combined on this album were, just by looking at them, a recipe for disappointment, though Entwined does make a real effort of doing the best that is possible with the ingredients they were given and is awarded credit indefinite.
