Format: CD Condition: New Year of Release: 2009 Cat. No.: 61232 Label: Emm/Crash Music
**** Above average goth metal By Jeremy Ulrey "Bangyrmfhead"
Falling somewhere within that emotional limbo between Type O Negative and The Cult, Beseech temper the melancholy musings of Peter Steele's clan with a healthy shot of catchy minor key rock and roll. Neither convincingly bleak nor melodically mainstream, "Dark Emotions" straddles the line between art and commerce; in the hands of a Mutt Lange or Ross Robinson we're talking radio crossover, if on a limited basis, and possibly even media coverage in mass appeal metal publications like Circus and Hit Parader.
"Ghost Story" and "Lunar Eclipse" could even appeal to fans of the Cure and Joy Division, but thankfully nothing on this darkly melodramatic opus stoops to anything Manson-like. Theatrical and at times a bit schlocky, "Black Emotions" nonetheless wields significant heft in all the right ambiguously somber places.
TRACK LISTING:
1 Manmade Dreams 2 Firewalk 3 Little Demonchild 4 Ghost Story 5 Neon Ocean 6 Lunar Eclipse 7 Velvet Erotica 8 Universe [Instrumental] 9 Wounded 10 Black Emotions [Instrumental]
