Stroszek - Life Failures Made Music
Take equal parts Neo-Folk, the fatalist mentality of Black Metal, the darkness of older Alice in Chains, the beautiful acoustics of latter-day Antimatter and the painfully soft, whispered vocals of Tom Waits and it is easy to see precisely why this crushing sadness is what makes this record so damn special.
Take equal parts Neo-Folk, the fatalist mentality of Black Metal, the darkness of older Alice in Chains, the beautiful acoustics of latter-day Antimatter and the painfully soft, whispered vocals of Tom Waits and it is easy to see precisely why this crushing sadness is what makes this record so damn special.
Take equal parts Neo-Folk, the fatalist mentality of Black Metal, the darkness of older Alice in Chains, the beautiful acoustics of latter-day Antimatter and the painfully soft, whispered vocals of Tom Waits and it is easy to see precisely why this crushing sadness is what makes this record so damn special.
Stroszek returns with their second opus, the follow-up to 'Songs of Remorse', with the aplty titled 'Life Failures Made Music'; and with song titles like 'The Unlucky Ones', 'Gone by the Fall', & 'Land of Silence and Darkness' its no secret that this album is filled with crushing sadness. Take equal parts Neo-Folk, the fatalist mentality of Black Metal, the darkness of older Alice in Chains, the beautiful acoustics of latter-day Antimatter and the painfully soft, whispered vocals of Tom Waits and it is easy to see precisely why this crushing sadness is what makes this record so damn special.
Released in 2009 by God is Myth.
Track list:
1. the unlucky ones
2. gone by the fall
3. undead hotel
4. turn the sky to winter
5. nighthawks and underdogs
6. i'll keep everything
7. the devil's chair
8. a life failure
9. land of silence and darkness
