Smell of Rain (+Bonus DVD)

Artist: Mortiis
Label: Spv
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 5055006524840
ASIN: B00005Q7GQ

Release Date: 2002-12-19

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MY BEST IMPORTS(in no order)

Tracks:

Scar Trek/Parasite God - Mortiis,
Flux/Mental Maelstrom
Spirit in a Vacuum
Monolith
You Put a Hex on Me
Everyone Leaves
Marshland
Antimental
Smell the Witch
Paranoid God, Pt. 1 [the Iconoclast Mix] [*]
Marshland [the Excursion Mix] [*]
Monolithic [*][Dub]
You Put a Hex on Me [Tarmvred Remix] [*]

Customer Reviews:

A synth-goth-metal-indutrial delight.......2005-01-05

Yes, I just called a Mortiis album delightful. it sounds like something I would have listened to back whe I was first discovering Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Ministry, Depeche Mode and all that goes with listening to those artists. Mortiis did an excellent job capturing not only a "sound", but an "era". It works, maybe not for his "death metal" fans, but definatly for fans of goth.

A Nine Inch Nails for the new millennium.......2004-08-15

Well, this album was quite unexpected. If you're familiar with Mortiis' previous works, you may be expecting this to be another album full of dark dungeon ambience. Oh how wrong you would be. Mortiis' last album, Stargate, hinted at his desire to bring in more synths and electronic music into his work, but nobody could have predicted this. He took a wild leap into new territory, a kind of electronic-industrial goth. It's difficult to classify, an album as unique as the man... err, troll, who made it.
And what a leap. His previous works were for a niche market at best, had to be taken with a pinch of salt, but this is the kind of music you can put on and get your friends dancing to. Just so long as you don't show them the guy who made it. A more traditional song structure, clear-cutting vocals, lyrics so angsty they put Linkin Park to shame. It's extremely reminiscent of early Nine Inch Nails (Reznor himself has proclaimed a great joy for Mortiis' recent works), though with a slight aura of innocence or naivety to it. The whole thing works extremely well, it appeals to a large cross-section of audiences, and has more than enough catchy tunes to bring in new listeners.
Content-wise, despite being only nine tracks, this album more than delivers. Out of the nine, I would only consider two of them as filler material, and even they are hardly tracks you're likely to skip past after the first listening. The opening track Scar Trek/Parasite God is a stunning opener, filled with more atmosphere than the planet Druidia. Spirit In A Vacuum is a track reminiscent of Sisters of Mercy in their hayday, which is one hell of a compliment, and it's almost criminal that this song never ended up being released as a single. Everyone Leaves is a song that will bring some people to tears with the stark truth layed out by Mortiis' unusually innocent voice. Marshland will have you humming that chorus for weeks to come. And Smell The Witch, well, what more needs to be said by a song with such a title? It's a great bit of fun and a fantastic finish to one of the best albums of the decade thus far.
If you buy the special edition, you'll get a DVD with the music video to Parasite God too, which is a neat bonus, though the video is sadly nothing to write home about. They could have at least thrown the Mental Maelstrom video on there as well. But still, it's a free bonus, so I won't dock marks for it.
Overall, if you have any interest in dance, industrial, electronic or goth music, seek this album out, and you'll love it a long time.

Great album.......2002-12-02

Looks like one more brilliant release from EARACHE.Combative beats,maschine-gun guitarz and meantime very atmospheric.Ex-EMPEROR Mortiis exploring industrial music.Must for KMFDM,industrial and gothic fans!!!

I love my parasite god!.......2002-11-11

This is definately a different sound and look for MortIIs, but this album does not dissapoint I highly recomend buying the import because it comes with the 'parasite god' video dvd.

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