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THE
DREAMSIDE
SPIN
MOON MAGIC
ALBUM
DANCING
FERRET, SOUND POLLUTION RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 6,
2005 REVIEW:
SEPTEMBER 21, 2005
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Although I am unfamiliar
with the Dutch band The
Dreamside, I have gathered
that their earlier releases
were more reminiscent
of acts like Dead Can
Dance. Well, then I have
to label this, their
seventh proper release, "Dead
Can Dance with goth metal
guitars" and at
the same time admit that
I am quite impressed.
Mostly by the vocalist
Kemi, who sings in several
languages and manages
to lend an unearthly
quality to tracks like "Gates
of Dawn". Other
than that I can recommend "Spin
Moon Magic" to fans
of darkwave and also
of bands like The Gathering
or Within Temptation,
which Dreamside remind
me of.
This is not a record that
will shatter the way you
look at music. It sounds
like too much else out
there for that to happen
(but yes, I know The Dreamside
started in 1994, before
many of the like-minded
bands). But it might -
in parts at least, where
it not deviates into sleazy
goth rock riffing - take
you to another place, where
the angels of heavens come
down to earth and sing
for you in a rock bar,
perhaps, or in some dark
but strangely beautiful
dream. KALLE
MALMSTEDT |
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