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Rock
Release Date: 01/16/2007
Die Verbannten Kinder Evas (The Exiled Children of Eve) were once a
goth metal band, but the nearly eight years since the Austrian group's last album has found them in a decidedly different musical space. Despite being released by the leading Euro-
metal label
Napalm Records,
Dusk & Void Became Alive is, at heart, a modern gloss on '70s
progressive rock of the
Vangelis style. Bandleader
Richard Lederer's acoustic and electronic keyboards are practically the only musical element, aside from some low-mixed drums and percussion, and the ethereal vocals of
Christina Kroustali owe as much to
Enya as anyone. The nine epic-length songs fairly scream out for a
Roger Dean album cover featuring some sci-fi landscape for the listener to space out on while the album drones placidly in the background.
Dusk & Void Became Alive is quite good as far as atmospheric
space rock/
prog goes, but listeners expecting something more aggressive based on the label's prior history might find themselves disappointed.
~Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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