Unholy

Artist: Martin Grech
Label: Universal/Island
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 602498718285
EAN: 0602498718285
ASIN: B0009JOPBC

Release Date: 2005-06-16

Unholy

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Tracks:

Guiltless
Venus
Erosion & Regeneration
I Am Chromosome
An End
Holy Father Inferior
Worldly Divine
Lint
Elixir

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Album Description

Grech's music is a dark, disorientating landscape, as informed by surrealist artists H.R. Giger and Joel Peter Witkin as Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead. And in his second album he's finally satisfied that he's matched his output to the music in his head. 'Unholy' pushes rock music into new and challenging shapes, at times unremittingly hard, at others ambient in texture. But easy listening this isn't, drawing on three specific emotions, which he named 'Holy', 'Sensual' and 'Debauched'. The album features stunning artwork from painter / artist Stephen Kasner, displayed in a special edition 22 page booklet.

Album Details

Few Push Rock Music Into the Realms of the Personally-conceived Art Form. Few Apart from a Disarmingly Striking 22 Year Old from Aylesbury with Chipped Black Nail Varnish and a Careening Falsetto. Grech's Music is a Dark, Disorientating Landscape, as Informed by Surrealist Artists H.r. Giger and Joel Peter Witkin as Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead. And in his Second Album He's Finally Satisfied that He's Matched his Output to the Music in his Head. 'unholy' Pushes Rock Music Into New and Challenging Shapes, at Times Unremittingly Hard, at Others Ambient in Texture. But Easy Listening this Isn't, Drawing on Three Specific Emotions, which He Named 'holy', 'sensual' and 'debauched'. The Album features Stunning Artwork from Painter/Artist Stephen Kasner, Displayed in a Special Edition 22 Page Booklet.

Customer Reviews:

Blows O.H.Z away.......2005-12-31

I've decided to write a review for this cd as no one else has bothered to, which is strange because 'Unholy' is (along with 'Takk') THE album of the year.
For those with no previous experience of Martin Grech, you're in for a treat. To be honest, even those who have heard Open Heart Zoo will be taken aback by this. Yes, it blows OHZ away, but it sounds so different to that effort. If that was influenced by radiohead then this is influenced by nine inch nails, GYBE! and Sigur Ros to name but a few. If that makes Grech sound like an imitist then you'd be wrong: he has created an album of such grandious, epic brilliance that it is a sound unto itself.
Grech's incredible voice wails and fragments throughout, singing with such venom and emotion it's awe-inspiring. 'Guiltless' is a staggering opener. 'Erosion and Regeneration' is as haunting as it is wonderful. 'I am chromosome' is possibly the finest song here, five minutes of rock so powerful that it literally leaves you with goosebumps (the climax here is staggering). 'Holy father inferior' is a nine minute epic that captivates from start to finish. If 'Chromosome' is the pinicle of raw power and untapped energy, then 'Lint' is the very opposite, a song so quiet and delicate that you could hear a pin drop. The album then finishes with 'Elixir', a stirring climax to an outstanding effort.

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Dippin' ~ Hank Mobley

Getz/Gilberto ~ Stan Getz, Jo%C3%A3o Gilberto

Akimba ~ Mezcla

1949 ~ Erroll Garner

Fabulous Flamenco/La Gitarra Flamenca ~ Paco Pe%C3%B1a

Celtic Hymns ~ Joyfull Strings

Amrit ~ Chandrakantha Courtney & David Courtney

Boleros E Boleros - Colecao Arquivo ~ Adilson Ramos

Ura Kobe Guitar Rock Catalogue ~ Various Artists

Rebirth ~ Otis Thompson