Coll: The Disease of Lady Madeline Label: Anubis There's some really nice local gothic-industrial here though there's little that's really extreme. This is one of those "things 105 would play if they had a clue". Best Female vocal tracks (others below): 2. 5:09 Switchblade Symphony Chain Mid-tempo goth-industrial. Haven't you heard this yet? You should. 12. 4:58 Switchblade Symphony Ride Nice, slow, almost whispery vox. Cool goth-industrial. 11. 6:14 Malign Charging the Weapon Ominous drawn out horror movie strings, "sieg heil" samples, Slow beat, evil, deep, spoken vox: good, if not quite up to Galas standards. 4. 6:45 Faith and the Muse Sparks Slow to Mid-tempo, goth-rock. Not distinctive, but very solid. I like. Best Male vocal tracks (others below): 7. 4:03 Xorcist The Iron Helix Some really nice murky almost watery sounding vocal distortion. Fast, evil industrial dance. Great. 6. 4:58 The Bleeding Stone Smiles from the Asylum Cool dark intro, sparse echoy sounds, blips of Rod Serling...then a mid-tempo industrial dance piece, much like Clock DVA. Good. 8. 6:20 Mephisto Waltz Facade (Closet of Faces) Slow. Almost chanted vox, very gothic. Reference to "the sound of her wings", i.e. the issue of Gaiman's Sandman about Death herself. Really nice. (Note: The CD comes with flyers for the House of Usher and the Cyberden, which kind of says it all. Lyrics for all songs are included, too.) -- JB(doom) Other female vocal tracks: 9. 4:41 Sub-version The Sound Fast, rock sounding. Sounds a lot like Berlin. 10. 3:40 Stone 588 Lightning Rails Mid-tempo. Wailing female vox, trying to sound like Siouxie. Other male vocal tracks: 5. 4:44 Fata Morgana Advocate Slow, drawn out chant/howl intro... goes into basic 80's riffs. Male vox, sounding much like Peter Murphy. 1. 5:10 Malign Skin & Lye Mid-tempo gothic industrial, drawn out howling almost androgynous vox. Not great, but decent. 13. 6:24 Kill Sister Kill Gladys Fastish, rocking sound, with a nice ominous edge. Kind of ordinary male vox, but with a nice quality. Reasonable. 3. 5:30 Kill Sister Kill Poisonous Fix Mid-tempo. The vox here is too rockish: doesn't turn me on. ------ Contact info: Anubis Recordings P.O. Box 470666 San Francisco, CA 94147 415-861-6626 anubis@cyberden.com