Angelusnoctis - Bats inside my head

The next CD of UnterArt comes with a great cover design… I loved their first CD artwork, but I think this one is even better. The mixture of texures and the touch of reds and orange over white make it really powerfull. And I’ve allways admired the art of making something so bright look so dark…

We don’t have the CD in our hands right now, as the release date is the 1st of february, but I guess the designer of the cover is the same that their first CD artwork designer… Look that noisy texture over everything!. Check the website, a great portfolio full of CD sleeves with a peculiar style.

Out of line has uploaded an UnterArt wallpaper, which I’ve already made mine!! Now we just have to wait for the CD to be in the stores…

I was just checking last.fm to add the WGT to my events… And I found they updated it!! This is the line-up users have written (I suppose they have been checking shows in each group tour info, as the official WGT site hasn’t updated anything yet.) (I keep the links to the last.fm profiles)

Tristania, Covenant, London After Midnight, Lake of Tears, Mesh, Trail of Tears, Die Krupps, Welle:Erdball, Unheilig, Neuroticfish, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Samsas Traum, Faun, Gothminister, Skeletal Family, Asrai, Reaper, Inertia, Xotox, end of green, Rezurex, Jesus On Extasy, Secrets of the Moon, The Other, Star Industry, The Spook, The Creepshow, Chamber, 32Crash, Nachtmahr, Krauka, Straftanz, Ashbury Heights, WeltenBrand, Necessary Response, Super Heroines, Militant Cheerleaders on the Move, Onetwo, northborne, Steinkind, Cauda Pavonis, Kloq, The Beauty of Gemina, StoneMan, Schallfaktor, Morian, Menticide, In Mitra Medusa Inri, PostScriptum, Suicidal Romance, Knifeladder, Days of Fate, Gothika, Mono Inc., Lavantgarde, While Angels Watch, Din [A] Tod, Other Day, 13th Monkey, Deviant UK, The Beautiful Disease, Santa Hates You, Transit Poetry, The Veil, Dead Guitars, Ingrimm, Stellar Corpses, Solar Fake, Jesus On Exstasy, Folkstone, Christian Death 1334, The Dirty Weather Project

It will be nice that all of them are confirmed (some are, as I’ve done my reseach work too :D)… There are a few that are on my whislist: Covenant, London After Midnight, Gothminister, Reaper, Straftanz, Northbone, and… Christian Death!!! (I was thinking about going to their show in Madrid in February, but maybe I wait for the WGT). Of course there are a lot I also want to see… Xotox, 32Crash, Skeletal Family, Welle:Erdball, Neuroticfish, Die Krupps…

I can’t wait to know moreeeeeeeeee!!!!!

VNV Nation - Nemesis (video by Irvihammas ). First time I paid attention to the lyrics I felt like crying (yes, I cry over everything hehehe) ^^. Enjoy!

“Everybody wants to live in a lie
But why should we delude ourselves
It’s not as if we can’t see something’s wrong
Where’s the duty to what’s right
Intentions end with empty words
And chaos replaces order

Those who shout loudest
Impose their will
Upholding laws that serve a few
Declaring peace while the sirens sing
In the name of progress
The name of madness
Drum beats faster
Crowd chokes louder
And chaos replaces order

Oh when justice lowered a voice
It can’t be heard
Vindication for every suffering and hurt
Let retribution hold dominion over earth
Because Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming soon enough

Because Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming soon enough

Oh when justice lowered a voice
It can’t be heard
Vindication for every suffering and hurt
Let retribution hold dominion over earth
Because Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming
Oh when justice lowered a voice
It can’t be heard
Vindication for every suffering and hurt
Where retribution hold dominion over earth
Because Judgment Day’s not coming
Judgment Day’s not coming soon enough

Soon enough”

Yesterday my boyfriend and I were shopping in a shopping mall… Just searching for some throusers. And suddenly we paid attention to the waist of some men’s black jeans… And the Combichrist skull was there! They have used it instead of the “i” dots. Here you can see the photo. It was a pity I didn’t have my camera with me, we took a small pic with a mobile phone…

I had already seen that skull in other clothes, is exactly the same as the one in Combichrist CDs, but they have just removed the signs in the forehead…

I wonder if the ones making clothes are copying Combichrist logo, or if Combichrist did it and they just added the signs… I’d love to know who’s the designer of their image. Anyone?

Last week I bought my flight to Berlin to stay there a couple of days and then go to the Wave Gotik Treffen!! I’ve never been there, but as my friends tell, it must be an incredible experience.

It is supposed to be something like a huge meeting of goths from all over the world, something like a big family. When I search photos of it I allways find every style in people: the after-punk ones, classic goths, electro and cyber ones, the fetish looks… The great thing is that the whole city becomes dark. A friend of mine told me that in every corner of the city, every shop or restaurant they prepare something “goth” for that days. I’m afraid of feeling so comfortable these days that maybe I’ll get depressed when the festival is over.

Check the official page gallery where I’ve taken the nice photos for this post. You’ll find not only a lot of photos of people, but also live photos of the bands. The thing that still impresses me is to find families with their children! It’s nice to find kids there, I suppose it has to be funny for them, as their parents dress them up in those black and goth clothes, they make up them… Girls even look like little princesses!

We don’t know the line-up yet, but I have my wishlist:

• And One
• UnterArt
• London After Midnight
• Combichrist
• VNV Nation
• Cinema Strange
• The Sisters of Mercy (incredible, but last year they played in the South of Spain!)
• Covenant
• and many more…

Las weekend I flew to Barcelona to the “Dark Christmas Festival”. Covenant + Reaper + (I+).

I was really surprised with Reaper, as I’ve never seen their live before, and it was really good. I like their music, but their show was really energetic. I loved their song “She is a Devil and a Whore”, which I listened at least three times that night (the concert and the after party in Demonix).

Covenant was great, it couldn’t have been in other way. Eskil told us that they had some problems with their lugage, and the main synth didn’t arrive to the airport, so tey have to use a”smaller” one. It was almost funny to see that small keyboard, as big as a shoes box. xD Anyway they sounded great., and the frontman didn’t stop telling us “Hit me with your love!” (that was quite funny for me)…

I forgot to take my camera with me, so I couldn’t take any photos. I would have taken some with them in the afterparty as both, Reaper and Covenant, were there, among us taking some beers… That’s a thing that I love of this kind of music: you always have the oportunity to talk with musicians to tell them they’ve done a great work!

Lately I’ve been more concentrated on listening to electro and 80’s music, but last week I got back to an Antiworld CD, and I thought it’s time to listen again to my forgotten afterpunk, deathrock, batcave…

Today, I bring a Cinema Strange video. They are from U.S.A. (California), and I’ve allways loved their skill to make their songs sound so dramatic. Sometimes they’re like a soundtrack for any David Lynch film…

This video is taken from their DVD “Pressed Flowers / Squashed Blossoms”, enjoy their “Catacomb Kittens”.

Like a record, baby. But I already know your name ^^.

I was searching for a Paralitikos video to post it here, but they have the worst quality I’ve ever seen!! So here you have a Paralisis Permanente video, the “teachers” of my beloved Paralitikos…

¿Why do great artists allways die young?

Two weeks ago I went to Barcelona to my third concert of Rabia Sorda this year. I love their music: powerful, full of feelings and ideas. It was a pity that only around 40 people were there… I thought that Erk Aicrag of Hocico (!) would attract more people… Anyway, we had a great time, the concert was superb. I know that the lack of spectators isn’t good for the promoters, and even for us at the end (if nobody goes, they won’t organize concerts like that); but that small audience lets you to closely connect in some way with the band. Their PC got blocked once, but even that was nice ^^.

The surprise that night was Stigmatroz. I had just listened to a song in their myspace before, they sound quite similar to Hocico (in my opinion), but they really worked hard to impress us. They filled the stage with strange metal stuff, as if they were in a factory. They had curious paintings over their bodies (although they reminded me of some Balck metal singers look), and they played all the time with their acting. But they aren’t just a look, their music was really nice, check their myspace.

That was a great night, I’m looking forward to the next concert!