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INVISGOTH - Alcoholocaust

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“Alcoholocaust” is a sort of concept album by Cage and Viggo Domino which two sharing the same interest in esoteric- & hedonism philosophy, and have a common lust for musical experimentation. The result is an experimental, sometimes dramatic and theatrical strong progressive album. Invisigoth challenges the borders of progressive music and brings in elements of gothic, epic metal, dark wave and lots of other music styles; with quick visits into melodic progressive metal a la Queensryche. Some call it progressive metal while others may call it art rock, but most of all “Alcoholocaust” speaks for itself – echoing an exotic rock style that is a trademark of their musical expression. It explores the trials of both protagonists in their discovery, of their artistic natures. Think of Porcupine Tree or Blackfield providing a soundtrack mixed with influences from Nine Inch Nails or Ministry. The result is a doom-laden record with girding guitars, electronic beats, a mix of oriental melodies and other artistic nuances. Enough material to enjoy an exciting musical journey I suppose. The very talented musician Cage knows how to combined neo prog, metal, gothic and oriental elements to piece it all together effectively in an interesting experimental progressive metal epic. Viggo Domino has the ability to throws all sorts of styles at you, injecting plenty of drama into the songs. He takes his voice in so many multiple directions that he often sounds like more than one vocalist and can be compared with great names like Damien Wilson, Geoff Tate & Robert Plant to name a few. For a moment, when I first listened to this album, I even thought that Damien Wilson (Tresshold) was involved as a guest singer. Ultimately, this release is for prog-rockers and progressive metal fans, but also the more post-grunge electro-metal and gothic fans probably will like the album. Post-grunge electro-metal influences can be found in songs like “Strip Search”  (a song with gothic elements and neo-prog by a moody and dark structure that shifts out to a killer dark prog jam) -  “Serpentine” (a hard edged rocker that wanders between dark prog and heavy metal territory with an effective section to more balladic elements) and “Poison Drip” (A killer keyboard sound that becomes a guitar driven song and moves to a hard edged prog jam featuring intense drum work with loads of guitar & keyboard interplay with a bit of techno texture and a verse whereby gothic rock meets metal in a prog motif). The more operatic “Soft Asylum” (a powerful epic progressive metal piece with some vocals drop back to a dark ambient texture, dramatic, but also pretty pure prog) - the mystical “Talitha Cum” (a dramatic stripped down prog song with element of Led Zeppelin and Hawkwind that turns into a pounding, all interwoven excursion that works well) and their own interpretation of Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” (here with ambient techno keys and echoing voices at the beginning, build up slowly in a beautiful prog rock arrangement of the well-known piece) are those that stay within the realm of progressive rock. The symphonic, progressive stuff works the best, especially in tunes like "Ancient" (with an Eastern tinged jam that's still dark and powerful with catchy hooks, Geoff Tate inspired vocals, and tasty electric & acoustic guitar work) - “The Everlasting” (with beautiful keys in the intro until a pounding riff take over and becomes an epic metal sounding track that turns in towards space to drop to odd keyboard sounds) – “My Absinthe Lover” (with dramatic keyboard lines build on a prog meets epic metal and a Eastern tinged journey that drops to just percussion and those Eastern elements at the end). This record will leave you with a sense of comfortable satisfaction; the experimentation is always there throughout the record and you will be scratching your head trying to figure it all out. This is a solid experimental album and very interesting stuff!

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Cage: All instruments
Viggo Domino: Vocals

Strip Search (4:32)
Ancient (5:13)
Talitha Cumi (5:24)
Serpentine (4:13)
Poison Drip (4:57)
The Everlasting (6:19)
My Absinthe Lover (5:12)
Soft Asylum (8:25)
No Quarter (7:52)

Alcohocaust (2007)

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