![]() ![]() But on this night it was even too loud for them. My teens like others like their music loud. On Friday night our youth went to a youth concert put on monthly by a group of churches called Heart-quake. But at least we now have the appropriate soundtrack for this dystopia turned reality, sporting "I don't like myself", "When we were young" or "Lovers", three of the finest pieces he ever wrote.Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things. As on his seminal and groundbreaking releases in the murky eighties, CLAN OF XYMOX still court with the promise of catharsis. His songs breathe sophisticated weltschmerz, carried by mesmerising beats, reverb-drenched guitars and floating synthesizers, his whole world of sound a lesson in fine goth arts. Almost 40 years into his services for the dark side, Ronny Moorings finds himself at yet another high in his career. #Christian gothic metal freeFortunately, "Spider on the Wall" is free of unpleasant surprises. ![]() The epic scope of his music, however, remains the same. This isn't the Cold War anymore, this is not the eighties. As mainland Europe's most influential goth project, CLAN OF XYMOX comes second only to the pilgrim fathers BAUHAUS or THE CURE - bearing in mind the both precious and unusual difference that Moorings is as creative as he ever was, broadcasting his morbid ballads with the same zeal, the same agony. The Dutch goth icon is one of the last of his kind, someone not only playing goth music but breathing it. This comes at a stage when Moorings most certainly has nothing left to prove. And ultimate evidence that this music, however loyal to its origins, is still better in channelling the zeitgeist than anything else. "Spider on the Wall", that much is certain already, is the most important goth release of the year. And even if this catastrophic year is good for nothing else, at least it gave us this masterpiece. 2020 sees Moorings return with yet another manifesto of melancholy. And he did so in 2017 when he released "Days of Black", his very own requiem to a dying world. He did so 35 years ago when he ignited the hearts of the uprising goth movement with his fabled debut "Clan Of Xymox". Since day one, Ronny Moorings transferred the mood of the era into his music. WE WANT IT DARKER has become a timeless bow to the eclectic poet Cohen - a feast for every listener with a penchant for the abysmal! Last but not least, the EP contains magnificent remixes by two illustrious bands: OOMPH! and Patenbrigade: Wolff deliver their very own interpretation of the songs in their characteristic sound. In the EP's intro, "You Want It Darker", and also in the "Alchemical Strings Remix", dark electronics lend a strong dance element to the fragile sound. ![]() ![]() 2" and "Master Song", adding hammered dulcimer, harpsichord, nyckelharpa, rauschpfeife, recorders and bowed psaltery to their deeply moving vocals and many delicate other details. No sooner said than done: Stücker - multi-instrumentalist and already tried and tested as a duet partner - produced two completely individual, delicate versions of "Chelsea Hotel No. Mark Benecke is not only Germany's best-known criminal biologist, vampire expert and insect enthusiast, but also a confessed Leonard Cohen aficionado - and this is why he requested two Cohen covers for his most recent musical collaboration with Bianca Stücker. ![]()
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