Cephalgy - Herzschlag

In the past CEPHALGY have been accused by many people of sounding like BLUTENGEL, TERMINAL CHOICE and they weren’t so far off: Cheesy lyrics, simplistic structures to conquer every Goth teen’s heart instantly. Now it’s 2008 and close to the end we’ll see the release of their new album ‘Herzschlag’ starting with ‘Erlöse mich’ (Release me) and ‘Schwarze Göttin’ (Black Goddess) and who’d have thought that? Dark electro sounds with fitting vocals, much dance appeal, refined with samples and spherical layers come out of the speakers. ‘Hass mich’ puts a little more pressure on the bass drum and with the guitars in the back; it sounds quite similar to TERMINAL CHOICE. ‘Tränen zu Staub’ winds down with an increased focus on the melodies. ‘Du’ (You) comes up with female vocals I think I’ve heard somewhere before, however the song drowns in cheesy lyrics, if you like that this is the right one for you. We’re going to shuffle a little in ‘I’ll survive’ which is going to fill the dance floors of the dark dance temples for sure, again there’s lots of melody inside - spherical layers and chorals for the most part. “Touch him, my switch, because I’m an electroholic”. Well, perhaps it would be better sometimes not to do any vocals instead of delivering such nonsense, but what the mass wants it gets. ‘Müde’ can be described as Goth Electro Rock Ballad with much pathos and ‘Schutzengel’ is another typical dance track and in essence this does apply on the following tracks ‘Königin’ and ‘Herzschlag’. On the last track ‘Tiefer’ there’s a little more rhythm coming in, but that’s all.