Gothic Chart - August 2006

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Band of the Month


GOTHIC - ALTERNATIVE - INDUSTRIAL TOP 10 Songs of AUGUST 2006
Status	Rank	Song Title	Artist	Genre
N.E.	1	My Possession	NFD	G
+5	2	Damaged Promises	BloodFlowerz	G
N.E.	3	Target	Embrace	A
N.E.	4	Von Den Elben	Qntal	G
N.E.	5	Miss Murder	AFI	A
-5	6	Inside Your Arms	Zeraphine	G
N.E.	7	Nowhere	Before The Dawn	G
N.E.	8	Murky Waters	Saturnus	G
N.E.	9	Motif Sky	Camouflage	I
N.E.	10	Der Morgen Danach	Crematory	G

QNTAL
www.qntal.de

Qntal is a band with its own world. It's a German formation of dreams and fantasies. Qntal has their special soft approach to music melted with the voice of Syrah. Their new album "Silver Swan" has just been released.

N.E. = New Entry
Genre: G = Gothic Rock and Dark Metal; A = Alternative and Modern Rock; I = Industrial and EBM.

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NOTES + LYRICS OF THE MONTH

This month's chart is an extreme makeover with eight new entries and one unusual jump up.

The number one song is taken from the second NFD "Noise For Destruction" album named "Dead Pool Rising". Though it may sound like an old Nefilim music, it has its own energetic senses that makes you want to press the repeat bottom again and again.

The surprising jump is that of "Damaged Promises" by the german gothic band BloodFlowerz. It is taken from their third album "Dark Love Poems". This attractive song naturally tells about this dark side of love and relationships.

The second highest new entry comes from the uk alternative rock band Embrace. It's the second song taken from their album "This New Day". And the best way to describe "Target" is that it sounds like a new and improved Echo And The Bunnymen.

We finally welcome the come-back of Qntal (our band of the month), Before The Dawn, Crematory, and Camouflage.

Check the ten great songs in the above Top 10, including the brilliant "Miss Murder" by AFI, and send us your comments to the email address: gothicera@gothicera.com.

AFI - MISS MURDER

Chorus: Hey Miss Murder can I?
Hey Miss Murder can I ?
Make beauty stay if I
Take my life? (Ohhhhh)

With just a look
They shook
And heavens bowed before him
Simply a look
Can break
Your heart.
The stars that pierced the sky
He left them all behind
We're left to wonder why
He left us all ... behind
(Chorus)

Dreams of his crash
Won't pass
Oh, how they all adored him
Beauty will last
When spiralled
Down.
The stars that mystified
He left them all behind
And how his children cried
He left us all ... behind
(Chorus)

What's the hook the twist within this verbose mystery?
I would gladly bet my life upon it
that the ghost you love your ray of light will fizzle out
Without hope
We're the empty set just floating through wrapped in skin
Ever searching for what we were promised
Reaching for that golden ring we never let go...
Who would ever let us put their filthy hands upon it?
(Chorus)

SATURNUS - MURKY WATERS

Murky waters live in my eyes
Within my restless nights
Begging the spring rain to fall
Escape these murky waters
Make you remove this blinding pain
And my cliffhigh prison
This is the growing vision
Murky waters

Waves of my crippled heart
That rests beneath, dead and dark

But nothing will ever remove this certain pain
Nothing will ever soften me
Make the spring rain fall
Blend these murky waters

(Please) Calm my cries
(Please) Call my name

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