Nothingness

Nothingness

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
"This Washington, D.C. quartet defies categorization, stirring Goth, industrial, and dance influences into a savory brew. Their last album, Power Tool Stigmata, was a refreshing change-of-pace from ethereal and electro stereotypes, and on it they boldly served up an unexpected, energetic rendition of "Eleanor Rigby." Godhead like to throw in everything but the kitchen sink into their electro-organic darkwave stylings--ominous keyboards, lively sequencing, even some metallic arpeggios. An added plus is that this is a live band, not a group heavily reliant on programming." - from the Launch.com website

Product Description
Godhead's 1996 US Debut album. Re-release features new artwork.

Tracks:

Trilogy: The Sunlit Path/La Mere De La Mer/Tomorrow's Story Not The Same
Sister Andrea
Dream

Customer Reviews:

between nothingness and eternity.......2007-07-04

the more time goes on, the more i appreciate the original m.o.; each musician was a show-stopper in himself. this is one terrific recording. if you can't get enuff of this, try to dig up the live m.o. bootlegs they made at berkeley, hunter college, cleveland and miami - they are available if you spend some time looking.

Bliis-filled Memories.......2007-04-07

I was there. Both nights at the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park; 15th row, center aisle. To this day, it remains one of the most beautiful and most powerful live performances that I have ever seen. Only one other show by the Mahavishnu Orchestra ever matched it for both sheer virtuosity and that special spark between all of the players and that was at the Capital Theatre in Passaic and I saw that too. This album is as close to your getting share such a memory with me as we can get; most of the stuff on YouTube is in sad condition, but still worth a peek. This, on the other hand, is crisp. The only glitch to the recording is when Jan's keyboard head blew and that long space in Dream comes from the road crew having to get a new one in place. How's THAT for memory? LOL!!! Yes, this is Lost Trident Live, but it also has pieces from Like Children (c'mon, Sony, release that chestnut!). A "must" for fusion lovers. Sat Nam!

Fusion at it's best.......2007-01-15

If you haven't heard this one, buckle your seat beat and put on a flame retardent suit, it's a wild ride and these guys are on FIRE on this CD.
Classic live recording which demostrates the intensity the group possesed which is not eveident from the studio recordings as great as they are.

"trinity of sounds".......2006-12-21

The greatest band there possibly will ever be! Why all of a sudden is there so many tributes going along concerning this band. What happen was John McLaughlin set the guitar world on fire. Nobody had ever heard the guitar played like that, and it changed the way guitarist play today. He gets very little credit from the mainstreamers of the guitar world. But it wasn't all about John's playing as it was his own concept of music. He started this genre of music that later many would crop to follow. With that said, the other band members played just as an important role as John. Jan Hammer played keyboards like nobody, (he was ahead of Zawinul at the time). Jan had a personal voice that was new to the musical world, which he doesn't get enough credit for. What he did with the keyboards (is like what Jaco did with the bass). Billy Cobham's drumming was second to none. His duets with John were legendary every night, to be honest nobody had ever played drums with a guitarist like that every before. (Holdsworth/Husband were right behind them in the 80's). The man was on a mission. Jerry Goodman was raw as anything!! He could keep up with Hammer and McLaughlin, which is impressive enough. I have many bootlegs of this band and I will tell you that Rick Laird was no slouch, the man played melodically many nights that were right on time. If only the members would have shared and effectively communicated to each other, more music would have been recorded and performed from this great band.

When the band would rave up into the "trinity of sounds," when the guitar/violin/& keyboard would intertwine they would reach the visions of the emeralds beyond!!

I never saw this group but I want to share some more. I am sure all our fans have the MO show in Germany 1972. This is when the band began to start its apex. They have a video of the show and it's around 45 minutes total with the two parts. The other scenario is that we have the concert on CD (Spirit of Bird) as well that goes beyond 80 minutes. The sad part is, where is the rest of the video? They cut out Mclaughlin's solo on Meeting of the Spirits (which is killer); they cut out One Word (except for the drum solo and the ending); and they cut out The Noonward Race. But the second part of the video has them playing "A Lotus on Irish Streams" and it's not on the CD. They probably played 2 hours!! The "powers that be" decided to edit this performance of the greatest band that ever was. All we want is a complete show of this particular band and we know that it's out there somewhere. Heck they played everywhere. Somewhere in Germany they need to rebroadcast the complete show and release it on DVD. If you saw this band live, you are a fortunate human being. For the rest of us who weren't born to see them we will have to wait until Sony gets off their hindmost to release some live material.

(it's also a shame Colombia/Sony hasn't released the full two day shows of this concert at Central Park. What we got was 1/4 of the concert.)

Greatness!!.......2006-10-15

Awesome, especially "Dream", this live version never gets old. Been diggin' this same recording for 20 years.

Average customer rating:

A Seriously Under Appreciated Masterpiece.

Majestic Nothingness
Carpe Tenebrum
Manufacturer: Head Not Found
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000B7GF
Release Date: 2006-03-28

Tracks:

Temptress Luna
Requjem Spell
Velvet Claws
Drajn the Labyrjnth
Perpetual Dancer
Sullen Becometh
Blood Dance

Customer Reviews:

A Seriously Under Appreciated Masterpiece........2007-07-22

Once having heard this album you'll understand why without Astennu (ex. Dimmu Borgir, ex. The Kovenant, ex. Lord Kaos), Dimmu Borgir will never make a release better than Spiritual Black Dimensions. This is Astennu's solo project, with Nagash (The Kovenant, ex. Dimmu Borgir) on vocals. An atomospheric black metal opus, not really symphonic black metal like later Dimmu. Not as gratingly harsh as Carpe's later release "Mirrored Hate Painting", and certainly not like the homage to Floridian death metal as is their "Dreaded Chaotic Reign". Out of all Astennu's work this is most like Lord Kaos' "Thorns of Impurity", in fact borrowing from the riffing on this album on occasions. For comparisons to other work: think Dimmu's "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant" with blistering solos and with keyboards used more for ambience than melodic layering. This if for those who appreciate depressive black metal like early Aeturnus or early Blut Aus Nord. In my top five black metal releases of all time.

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Total Nothingness
Sad
Manufacturer: Regimental Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000Q0ZYGO

Product Description

SAD intented to play dismal and pessimistic raw Black Metal as minimal as it gets, with no keyboards and samples. The lyrical content deals with the dark aspects of life and beyond, and have nothing to do with politics or anything happy someone can imagine. In July of 2005 SAD begun and completed the recordings of their first CD named 'Total Nothingness' in less than ten hours. Ungod composed all the music and played all the instruments while Nadir wrote all the lyrics and performed the vocals. (2006)

Average customer rating:

I LOVED IT!

Amusement in Nothingness
Malice Mizer
Manufacturer: Midi-Nette
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005F0XS
Release Date: 2002-11-11

Tracks:

Japanese Title
Japanese Title

Customer Reviews:

I LOVED IT!.......2004-05-11

I have to say that first off, i've just started to become a Malice Mizer fan and let me tell you......this is one of my favorite singles because of all the beautiful mixing of sounds. It starts off with an almost mysterious feel with the piano and then you get dark sounds and voices and to top it all off there is a choir to sing the chorus. Its very gothique sounding and Mana does a great job of composing. There isn't any singing from the group since they didn't have a lead vocalist at the time, but nonetheless, its amazing. Malice Mizer still has the power to impress! It only makes me sad to have such an amazing band break-up so soon.......the price is good and you'll be sure not to get a boot-leg.

Fading Away into the Grave of Nothingness

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South Korean Black/Death Metal

Fading Away into the Grave of Nothingness
Oathean
Manufacturer: The End Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007CEXBI
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

Distant Requiem Buried Within
Wandering Soul
From the Depths of Despair
Origin
Life of Suffering Craving the Darkness
Voice of My Soul
Beyond the Memories I Lost
Scent of Longing
Road to...
In Fear with Shiver [Live][*]
Money from the Tobacco Pouch [*]

Album Description

Possibly the most talented extreme metal band from Asia. A unique blend of death/black metal with folklore elements! "To move on, Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness is a melodic black metal album that utilizes classical instruments in a masterful fashion...Fading Away Into the Grave of Nothingness should cause a few irreparable dents in your album queue. " - UltimateMetal

Customer Reviews:

South Korean Black/Death Metal.......2005-03-31

Oathean is a South Korean band labeled as melodic Black Metal by The End Records, but to me, they seem more like a Death Metal band with strong Scandinavian influences, some black-ish vocals and synth arrangements, and bits and pieces of folk music. Obvious influences are Dark Tranquillity circa Projector/Haven and earlier Dissection, with highly melodic songwriting, harsh vocals, fast drumming and classical keyboard work.

After the short intro, the longest song, "Wandering Soul", opens the album giving a fairly good idea of what Oathean's Fading Away into the Grave of Nothingness sounds like. Slow, classical music-inspired synths surround somewhat formulaic guitar riffs and screamed vocals. The drummer on the album uses a triggered drum kick from beginning to end, and it gets a tad boring after while. He does play fine within the context of the song, but his tone is a bit dry and he is mixed higher than the bass and guitars and kind of drowns them during some moments. However, the song being very melodic, it manages to hold the listener's interest, as long as they don't want to hear anything ground-breaking.

The song "Life of Suffering Craving the Darkness" may be the reason why Oathean is considered Black Metal by some. I seem to detect some tremelo picking here with shrieking vocals and evil keyboard melodies. Most of the album flows in a similar vein -- steady fast-paced, melodic, brutal extreme metal. It only slightly strays away on "Scent of Longing", as it begins with a folky vibe, builds up on melancholic piano and introduces female vocals, only to be replaced by the singer's brutal screams which recall the Japanese band Sigh. "Road to..." is the album's finale. Its lyrics are printed in Korean in the booklet, but the song is instrumental. It is rather interesting, as it's centred around a strange Korean (?) instrument that I've never heard before. It's got an interesting sound, something like a violin sound played by the flute. There are also two bonus songs on the album, "In Fear With Shiver" and "Money from the Tobacco Pouch". The former is a live song, whilst the latter once again features the female singer singing over nice folky acoustic guitars. This is nothing you haven't heard before, but it does serve its purpose I guess.

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Melt into Nothingness
Jack Fowler
Manufacturer: Seventh Wave Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA2M7C
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

Melt into Nothingness

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Blow Them Away Into Nothingness

Manufacturer: NDN Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000292P6G

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Metatron [German Import]
Darkwell , .................................. Track Listings .................................. , 1. Fate Prisoner , 2. Strange , 3. Metatron , 4. Crown Of Thorn , 5. The Machine , 6. Hope Unborn , 7. Nothingness , and 8. Far Cry / 9. Last Glance
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000QTXLTW

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Nothingness
Living Colour
Manufacturer: Epic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000057IZT

Average customer rating:

This is an awesome rock cd.
Amazing
Godhead Nothingness (There True Goth Sound)
Not bad
definately EARLY Godhead

Nothingness
Godhead
Manufacturer: The Orchard
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005LNEG
Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

Letting Go
Pilgrimage
Knowledge Kills
Childlike
Take The Hate
Ravencrow
You Mean Nothing
Hades
Dec V
EneME
The Temptation
Lift
Las Rever
Break
Doubt
Fall Away

Album Description

Godhead's 1996 US Debut album. Re-release features new artwork.

Customer Reviews:

This is an awesome rock cd........2004-05-25

I have all of Godhead's Albums and while I love Power Tool Stigmata the most this cd is quite good. I normally dont like too many filler tracks, which this cd has lots of, but they are all well orchestrated and flow into the actual songs very nicely. I love "you mean nothing" and "knowledge kills" the best. An awesome early Godhead album that is overlooked and unfortunatley forgotten. A Keeper!

Amazing.......2002-03-25

A great debut album from a great band. With the exception of the short instrumental songs, Nothingness sounds less gothic than their later albums and more like the popular alternative music you hear on the radio today, but they still contain the dreamlike melodies that Godhead excells at. If you liked 2000 Years and Power Tool Stigmata and do not have this album, you are missing out on some of Godhead's best work.

Godhead Nothingness (There True Goth Sound).......2001-12-20

I love this CD. Of cource I am a huge fan of Godhead, but this definetly shows there true gothic side. Yet it is still mixed with there powerfull way of an electronic/techno sound. The small songs such as "ravencrow" and "childlike" are very interesting, and I love each one of them. They make you wonder what the true meanings of these songs actually are. I would have to say that this CD is one of there most original CD's. This CD was rare, then in was re-released on a different record label. If you are a true ghead fan or just starting out, I would still recomend buying thid powerfull CD.

Not bad.......2001-10-02

As a huge fan of Godhead's 'Power Tool Stigmata' and '2000 years of Human error' I purchased this album in eager anticipation and at first I felt a little let down. This is not to say 'Nothingness' is a bad album, but rather the Godhead's two following albums did make 'Nothingness' seem a little dim. The first thing apparent about 'Nothingness' is that it is not as polished as 'Power Tool Stigmata' and '2000 years of Human error'. The first track "letting Go" is possibly the best, but it doesn't really stand out either. For me this means the album is very consistent in that there is no really bad songs, but no really-really good songs either. A little warning though, every second track is a 1 to 1 1/2 minute long gothic instrumental, similar to "Laura's Theme" (which I love) on 'Power Tool Stigmata." If you're not into the likes of "Laura's theme" I suggest you stay away from this album. Also these instrumentals make the album only about 44 mins, so the total of 16 tracks is a little deceiving.
Overall, I'd only really suggest this for more dedicated Godhead fans. Generally, the songs are a lot more rock like with less synth work than one would expect. Don't quote me on this, but I guess if you like the likes of Queensryche (which I don't) and more melodic metal bands, you may appreciate this.

definately EARLY Godhead.......2001-08-05

I absolutely love Human Error, so I thought I'd pick up their first. Now there is still some of that awesome Godhead sound on this cd, but it just falls short somehow and doesn't sound as interesting. It's a strictly average cd worth an occasional listen, but lacks the polish of Human Error, a cd which forces me to listen to it again and again.

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