Interview with Sweet Ermengarde
VIRUS G INTERVIEW WITH SWEET ERMENGARDE With only one album they have achieved its own place between Gothic Rock fans in its purest form. Fields of the Nephilim or Garden of Delight are some of the names that you can immediately recall when listening to them. LARS KAPPELER, responsible for those bass lines that shake the deep end of every spirit, spends some time answering ALFREDO VILLAESCUSA. First of all, are...
Interview with Spiritual Front
VIRUS G INTERVIEW WITH SPIRITUAL FRONT With a wide range of influences including Pier Paolo Pasolini, tango or swing, these Italians have achieved a kind of unique and uncompromising style in modern dark folk scene. Paraphilia, religion, nihilism or biting humour are some recurrent issues arising from SIMONE SALVATORI’s mind, responsible for the lyrics and the concept behind the band. ALFREDO VILLAESCUSA plunges...
Interview with Red Sun Revival
VIRUS G INTERVIEW WITH RED SUN REVIVAL With a line-up made up by members with very long careers in the most traditional British Goth Rock scene, if any band could carry the flame of the spiritual side of the movement, it would be undoubtedly this project with the knowledge of the classics and the current edge of modern times. The same alma mater ROB LEYDON and his fellowman, the bass player PANOS THEODOROPOULOS, answer...
Between Wine and Blood by New Model Army
30 years have elapsed since the release of New Model Army’s debut album “Vengeance”, yet this unrivalled band from Bradford seems definitely embarked on its second youth. In 2013, “Between Dog and Wolf” already marked a before and after in New Model Army’s career, having drawn both popular and critical acclaim to the point of being the band’s best-selling album in decades, as well as reaching...
Visionaers by Aeon Sable (2014)
In these times, saying that a group innovates in Gothic Rock music seems a true display of audacity. However, there is a Germany-based band who has committed to revamp this style since its debut four years ago. Without losing sight of the pioneers, these German/Portuguese musicians create songs that rekindle in us deeply felt and somber memories. On the basis of emotionally loaded vocals and a deliberate guitar-switched driving,...