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Artist: VEIL OF THORNS Title: Cafe Flesh Format: CD Label: Foamin' Bone Productions  If you put together old school goth rock, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and
gothic-electro-industrial and came out with something all its own, you'd have Veil of Thorns. Foamin' Bone Productions' rerelease of the classic indie goth
album "Cafe Flesh" is a chance for today's underground listeners to check out some original music. P. Emerson Williams was one of the members of this mood-
thick burst of new wave sensitive dark gothic existential angst and he is also to be found behind the goth-industrial flavors of Beyond Flesh and the
extremely unique industrial black metal act Choronzon. Well, his (and his fellow artists') creativity is evident here. The staples of Williams' work -
eclectic artistry and soulful nihilism - run strongly through Veil of Thorns' gothic musicality. Electronic flavored beats, heavy synthing mixed with edgy
guitar weepings and highly new wave influenced vox come together on a goth act that should not be ignored by those who grew up listening to The Cure, Bauhaus
and others. Only Veil of Thorns' sound is all its own, mind you.
Review by: Kristofer Upjohn, www.chaindlk.com "Lust Beyond Flesh/ Utopia" (Foamin' Bone Productions) When I first put on this
7" single it was not without some trepidation. I was expecting some awful, talentless, metal band... I was shocked at what I heard. It was (to quote to Love
Boat) 'exciting and new' - A kicking electro back-beat and a ravine-deep bass-line belched from the pits of Hell. It's a muddle of styles, taking inspiration
from the early Bat cave as much as modern electronics - all mixed around to something different. The production in this single isn't the best, but if it
weren't for the fact the lyrics got a little lost, it suits the song just fine. Makes you release just how much a band like London After Midnight rely on
production. Utopia opens with a funky 70s bass line and guitar riff - kind off Kiss inspired (?) which is completely unlike the rest of the song - very
different. It's really difficult to describe the music of Veil of Thorns - but lovers of raw, earthy gothic rock should love it. Pure filth (which is a good
thing!).
– Haydn http://www.aethersanctum.net/ Janis Kalifatidis - Fight Amnesia #9 Veil of Thorns-LEGEMET og STEMMEN Excellent gothic music. Quite ghoulish vocals, good production, weird
and somewhat majestic. Just check it out to see what I mean.
666 Lucifera - Endemoniada Magazine Artist: Veil Of Thorns Title: Birthed Format: CD Label: Foamin' Bone Productions  Within the tracks on "Birthed", a CD by Veil Of Thorns, you can hear
parallels to industrial bands such as Pig, Razed in Black and Nine Inch Nails and, more often than not, you can hear the pure creativity of P. Emerson
Williams. Anything created by this man, the brain behind Choronzon (black metal tinged with experimental, ambient and industrial edges) , you would expect to
be eclectic and creative. It's his trademark. Herein you'll encounter thick, pummeling, distorted spears of electro/guitar industrial, D&B, goth, dirgey slow
industrial moodiness, etc., etc., etc., etc., in fact, etcetera ad infinitum. What's persistent in Williams' smooth, creative and original fusion of various
elements is the sustained tone and mood, like that of a soul resigned to nihilistic fate. None of Emerson's creations are quite like anything else, even when
you're hearing touches of something else in there. His fierce originality score another point for the underground.
Review by: Kristofer Upjohn, www.chaindlk.com |