The Russian White

Darkwave has always been a singularly fascinating genre to me and one I don't get to cover nearly enough on this site. So it goes without saying that I was pleased to have the chance to check out the self titled release from The Russian White - a wonderfully moody, bleak and still lush sounding record that the duo put out a little earlier this year. The sense of angst and despair communicated in the lyrics to songs like Glaciers is frankly impressive and often speaks to the heart. The Russian White have stared for far too long into the void and you get the sense that the tortured madness of these tracks comes from a deep and wonderfully demented place in the very souls of the musicians. This is where darkwave gets its magic from - an emotional breadth that is found in far too few other genres. The Russian White understand the fucked up triumph that darkwave can communicate and their latest record takes you to the heart of the genre. 

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Conjuro Nuclear - Conjuro Nuclear

From Barcelona Spain comes Conjura Nuclear with their self-titled debut album. I believe dark ambient black metal would be a fine genre to describe them. Although my knowledge about black metal is pretty limited, I completely love the instrumental parts in the intro, it has an amazing industrial feel with the black metal darkness overlapping the whole. There is little to be found about the band, but the band consists out Emesis who does the synthesizing, guitars, drums and the vocals by himself.

In all the songs are simplistic but incredibly dark and really atmospheric, it gives a perfect dark ambient vibe and does what it's supposed to do. The tracks itself aren't that long and the album only lasts thirty two minutes, but it's enough to enjoy yourself with a package of dark industrial music. Divinorum even adds a bit of punk to the album.

For the fans of industrial and black this is a great pick-up for you. Most of the songs are instrumental with a little bit of vocals here and there, but in all it feels as Depeche Mode gone dark, and I love it.

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