Released
1998?

Label
? Maybe
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lastsigh (at) waste dot org

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Body Styler Magazine
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Last Edit/Update
06 July, 1999

Various Artists

The Nature Of Mother Dance

Track Listing

1. Faith and the Muse -- All Lovers Lost
2. Gitane DeMone -- I Lost A Friend To Heroin
3. Cybele -- Asleep
4. Mother Destruction -- To Odi
5. Morbus Kitahara -- The Battle
6. Hekate -- A Melancholy
7. Shadow Project -- Forever Came Today
8. Ordo Equitum Solis -- The Vault of Heaven
9. Arcana -- Prophecy Of the Inevitable
10. Hagalaz Runedance -- When The Trees Were Silenced
11. Ataraxia -- Odurarpa
12. Yasnaia -- There Was A Night
13. Trio Noir -- Double Cross

     A powerful and very beautiful release in terms of the music, by a magazine in Germany called "Body Styler", "The Nature of Mother Dance" of which I believe was in insert CD sampler to the magazine.  I have NO idea when this was released, that is, in what issue of Body Styler or in what year. I got a copy of this through someone over in europe of whom I can longer  contact, so my sources are gone for this one.  I can find no evidence of this release on the web. Why then am I reviewing it if you can't get it?  Well, basically because I am quite impressed with each and every track on it !  It's absolutely fabulous music, and no wonder, look at the list of bands...dark, euro-folk, a post  modern with two tracks, and very inticing.
    Each track has vocals by a woman. One track both male and female vocals. The entire release, ie. all the bands here are very incredible in their sounds, music and depth of lyrics. Oftentimes the tracks are sweet and melodic, most of the bands here are a dark folk type renaissance or mediaeval by nature -- however there is one track that heartily stands out from other the tracks, which is the one by "Mother Destruction." I haven't heard any other music by them to date, hopefully I shall in the future. If this track is at all representative of their work, HOLY COW HARD CORE. Let's me just say they *do* get a point across with the music (high speed noisey trancedelic), and the lyrics (rather provocative) as well...  Another track that isn't quite like the others in terms of the dark mediaeval sound is Gitane DeMone's "I Lost A Friend To Heroin", who is known for her genre breaking music. The track by Cybele, "Asleep" is angelic and dreamy, "I dream...... you sleep.....", as are many of the others on this CD. Stunning.
    I couldn't tell you what releases these tracks come from, or if they are unreleased or what. I can say though, each one is beautiful in it's own style. lyrics, music and creativity.