Apoptygma Berzerk - Soli Deo Gloria[FLAC - LOSSLESS]

FLAC files

Release Date: November 12, 2001

Original Release in 1993.





Track Listing:

1. Like Blood from the Beloved, Pt. 1

2. Bitch

3. Burnin' Heretic [Album Version]

4. Stich

5. Walk With Me

6. Backdraft

7. ARP [808 Edit]

8. Spiritual Reality

9. Skyscraping (Schizopreniac)

10. All Tomorrow's Parties

11. Sentinel

12. Ashes to Ashes

13. Like Blood from the Beloved, Pt. 2

14. Burnin' Heretics





The first Apoptygma Berzerk album offers a feast of competent and generally quite catchy hybrid of electronic goth (or should that be 'darkwave') and EBM. Notable tracks include the scathing 'Bitch', the oft-forgotten darkwave classic 'Burnin' Heretic', the Pitchfork-esque 'Spiritual Reality' and a (rare) good cover of a Velvet Underground song - 'All Tomorrow's Parties'. There's also a remake of the early Apop single 'Ashes To Ashes', smoothing of the rough edges of the original and making it more listenable as a result.



There is the occasional moment of over-indulgence. Skyscraping is too self-conciously 'clever', a somewhat directionless seven-minute composition that stuff in more samples and musical influences than advisable, but the albums is for the most part free from filler. Even the four short instrumentals serve a function, with the two parts electro-medieval 'Like Blood From The Beloved' sandwiching the album neatly. In my experience, many people miss the album and just buy 'The Apopcalyptic Manifesto' - although you'll miss out on some good songs if you do.



(Review from EraserOnline)





Enjoy!