Tapping the Vein [Import]

Tapping the Vein [Import]

Track Listings

1. Body Parts

2. Skinned Alive

3. One Step Over the Line

4. Deadline

5. Bullet in the Head

6. Crippler

7. Wachturm/Erwachet

8. Tapping the Vein

9. Back to War

10. Hunting Season

11. Reincarnation

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
1992 album by the German death/ thrash metal trio. Eleven tracks.

Tracks:

The Ledge
Butterfly
Sugar Falls
Beautiful
Again
The Damage
Fingertips
Broken
Hurricane
Everything
Falling In

Album Description

For fans of goth , alternative rock and metal. Nuclear Blast.

Customer Reviews:

Nice.......2006-11-14

This album has a few different influences. Its not totally goth, not totally alternative or metal. It seems to touch on different facets of musicality, all the while staying in a somewhat depressed guise. I would love to hear more aggressive drumming and guitar...and maybe one or two more aggressive songs all together. But then again, this band is not really aggressive and their simpler approach is actually orginal nowadays where everyone is pissed off if the music is speed based or death based.
Its kinda like the music a flower would play when the sun is setting a few days before winter. Its just good music.

Exceptional.......2006-08-24

This band has risen from gritty little clubs in Philadelphia to impressive performances across the globe. It's not an accident. TTV is exceptional. Incredible writing and great talent. Burkert is an amazing guitarist. Fisher pulls the band together with killer arrangements. Rolland is the solid fundation on bass. And Heather Thompson? She may be the best female vocalist in the world. Period.
Live, studio, it doesn't matter. Heather is amazing. Not just an impressive range of notes, but an impressive range of emotions. You know she has been where she writes.
The weird people writing negative reviews here seem to be really impressed with their own wit. I imagine them typing with one hand while uh, shall we say distracting themselves under the keyboard with the other.

Sorry, wankees- TTV cannot be denied.

like wow.......2006-07-16

As a newbie in this genre I think THE DAMAGE is awsome. I'm an old fart and can understand whats going on.

I'm sure most would overlook this album.......2006-05-18

And I don't blame people for it. On par with music and politics, musical tastes are subjective, so it shouldn't follow that just because some other yahoo online writes a rave review about it, or because it's classified as this or that, or because it's on a certain label, that one will like it.

As for my experience with the album and artist itself, I have heard better from their EPs. This is not to say I am disappointed in the album, as I enjoy quite a bit of it. It makes for good chillout music, and if you take the lyrics into account, I must applaud Heather Thompson for being able to convey emotions in a way that reach out to the listener.

Overall, the mood is dark and gloomy, and while one may classify such lyrics as emo, these lyrics are far from the new genre of lyrics that glorify self-mutilation and selfishness in relationships. In fact, if I have come away with anything from listening to this album, it would be that communicating your emotions, however gloomy they may be, is a good thing, especially when in this day and age, speaking of emotions other than love, lust, and anger are looked down upon.

To me, this album is truly artistic, and though the music may be rather simple in some aspects (structure, lyrics, etc.), it's what makes the album stand out amongst the crowd.

I personally enjoy bands that are able to blend genres together and become something that's not easily classifiable, and it amuses me that other people automatically generalize stuff they don't like as 'pop.' Although I must say that this album has a slight poppy undertone, there is absolutely nothing overly mainstream about it.

Goth `easy listening'?.......2006-05-17

I'm not sure how to describe this band's sound. I can certainly hear the Goth genra in it but it's remarkably generic. There is nothing outstanding or original about it. All the way through the album I was waiting for it to get started, to really shine or give me something that I hadn't heard a thousand times before. It was all just so...bland. At times I could almost believe I'm listening to a Goth remixed Avril Lavigne album (*shudder*).

Despite my dislike of the generic style of this band, I don't think the musicians untalented. In fact I can say that they seem to know their business and they play together well. The album is also well balanced. It's just so unremarkable it's painful. There is no excuse for this when they have the talent.

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Tapping the Vein
Sodom
Manufacturer: Steamhammer Us [Spv]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Better Off Dead
Masquerade in Blood
Get What You Deserve
M-16
Agent Orange

ASIN: B00004W5EF
Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

Body Parts
Skinned Alive
One Step Over the Line
Deadline
Bullet in the Head
Crippler
Wachturm/Erwachet
Tapping the Vein
Back to War
Hunting Season
Reincarnation

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Woven Into Absolution

Ethereal Menace
The Awakening
Manufacturer: Intervention Arts
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0009A1U5U

Product Description

The third full length release from South Africa's #1 Goth band. Militant style drumming, hard electronics welded with chunky guitars, passionately driven vocals and poetic beauty are among the integral ingredients of this work, affectionately described as Dark-Future-Rock.

Customer Reviews:

Woven Into Absolution.......2005-06-11

Believe it or not - but South Africa has a very large goth and alternative following! Even though having prior commercial/radio successes (namely their AMAZING, LEGENDARY cover of "Sounds Of Silence") this is the first Awakening album that I bought back in 2000. Two Very popular singles/companion disks spawned from this album, namely "The March" and "Sentimental Runaways". Ashton Nyte has a gorgeous voice and has put a lot of thought into his lyrics and music. My album picks must be: "In Etherea", "Wasted Miracle", "Sentimental Runaways", "Still The Sun", "The March" and "Dreams In Fire". One of goths last true undead. Try it is you're a fan of goth or good rock.

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Look at me, I am nothing
WOW!
Tapping....
Impressive and full of emotion
A nice EP worth the $9

Undone

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The Damage
Butterfly
Zerospace
Chasing the Ghost
Some Kind of Strange

ASIN: B00004TD7L
Release Date: 1999-08-30

Tracks:

Beautiful
Everything
Bleed
Undone
Crushing

Album Description

Tapping The Vein - there couldn't be a more appropriate appellation for a band with such an uncanny ability to draw raw emotion out of the listener and pull on it ever so gently until it stings. Dark and emotional keyboards seem to be driven by disturbingly intense guitars and ultra-gothic bass sounds. This whole package is then bundled up and sealed tightly with the vocals of banshee/siren H. Thompson, who I swear is possessed by the spirits of every tragic diva that ever lived. Her voice carries with it the magical ability to express the extremes of emotion. -Eden Salisbury, Universal Studios' Horror On Line

Customer Reviews:

Look at me, I am nothing.......2006-09-19

Um, my copy had The River included. Dunno if that's just mine or if the tracklisting is just screwed up.

Undone is an interesting little EP from one of my favorite bands, Tapping The Vein. If I like it better than the Butterfly EP it's only because there's more unreleased tracks included. But the songs that found their way onto The Damage (Beautiful and Everything) sound nearly identical to those of The Damage. Part of the allure of the Butterfly EP was being able to hear those songs on The Damage in such early phases of developement. However! I still love this CD from beginning to end.

Every TTV fan has heard and love Beautiful and Everything so I won't even cover them. Bleed is a downplayed song with a NIN-esque beat accompanying. The lyrics are great and Heather's delivery is, here's a shocker, excellent. Undone is simply a gorgeous ballad in which the vocals and lyrics play a bigger part than the band does. I've yet to hear a more vulnerable song made by this band and it ranks among my favorite of their's. The River is, hands down, my favorite Tapping The Vein song. It has all the elements that have made them such a memorable band. Slow, brooding verses that basically erupt at the chorus/bridge. Lyrics that are so true it can be almost uncomfortable to listen to. And vocals that can give you goosebumps so easily. Love...this...song. Crushing follows kind of in the same vein (no pun intended) as Hurricane. I think Hurricane is a better song but I like this as an ending song. It fades out with Heather repeating the same mantra of "All alone running like me", a bit eery.

Tapping The Vein is one of the few bands that just don't seem to have any bad moments. Female fronted bands are as common as seeing a black shirt nowadays, but somehow TTV have side-stepped all the easy pitfalls that happen to so many. They continue to make exceptional music that effects you deeply, that you won't soon forget. With them coming out with a new CD I can only hope that they keep true to themselves and don't succumb to the pressure. Until then though Undone acts as a sure fire way to quench your thirst.

WOW!.......2003-02-02

... They are a beautiful blend of massive attack, sneaker pimps, and garbage with gorgeous bittersweet vocals. I bought Undone as I only had the money on me to get one EP and Heather said she recommended this one out of the two. I love Beautiful and The River, but all the songs are so good. Heather's voice is very true, it's not studio magic at all. I really think they have what it takes to go mainstream, and I wouldn't be surprised to hear them on the radio someday. Buy this CD, or anything else by Tapping the Vein, you won't regret it.

Tapping...........2002-01-25

For those poor souls that have not yet heard of this band (Tapping the Vein) be prepared to hear them soon mainstream. They are by far, one of the best female bands out there (including Garbage). For a bit of reference, I have had to buy this album three times because people I know keep begging for it. Butterfly has got to be one of the best songs I have ever heard. I hope they make it, so many bands that are of their calibure (Drain STH, Radio Iodine, Kidney Thieves) have either broke up or have not gotten the press they desserve.

Impressive and full of emotion.......2001-03-10

To me, there are a precious few vocalists who actually establish their presence on an EP. Don't get me wrong, you notice the lead singer, but rarely does one make you go "Whoa...listen to THAT!"

Heather Thompson makes her presence known on this album. One moment, she's purrs angst and seconds later, she snarls and vocally struts her style. The opening track, "Beautiful" typifies this beautifully.

And the rest of the band helkps her create a sound so distinct, from the keyboard riffs, to the deep gutteral distorted power chords from the guitar, it creates a nice balancing act between elegant and anger. Hopefully, we'll hear more from this band in the future.

A nice EP worth the $9.......2000-12-07

I first found Tapping the Vein on mp3.com. If you've ever attempted to wade through the monolithic amounts of music on mp3.com, you've probably realized that the "gems" are few and far between. Tapping the Vein has easily been the most wonderful find. This girl can sing with the best of them, and the music creates a wonderful mood which seems to fit well with driving at night through New Orleans. Now if they could only play shows here...

A Tribute To Tori Amos - Songs Of A Goddess

Average customer rating:

Only one worthwhile cover
Not bad
recommended for Tori or darkwave fans
WELL.....IT'S BETTER THAN TORI'S ALBUM OF COVERS............
song by song

A Tribute To Tori Amos - Songs Of A Goddess
Meegs & Jessicka , Amber Asylum , St. Eve , Tapping The Vein , and Unto Ashes
Manufacturer: Cleopatra
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005K9VH
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

Beauty Queen - Unto Ashes
Leather - Amber Asylum
Bliss - Glampire
Sugar - Rei Toei
Cornflake Girl - Tapping The Vein
Winter - October Hill
Caught Like A Lite Sneeze - Voltaire
Crucify - This Ascension
Iieee - Meegs & Jessicka
God - Temple Of Rain
She's Your Cocaine - St. Eve
Raspberry Swirl - Simple
Space Dog - Dragon Style

Product Description

1. Beauty Queen - Unto Ashes
2. Leather - Amber Asylum
3. Bliss - Glampire
4. Sugar - Rei Toei
5. Cornflake Girl - Tapping The Vein
6. Winter - October Hill
7. Caught A Lite Sneeze - Voltaire
8. Crucify - This Ascension
9. Iieee - Meegs/Jessica
10. God - Temple Of Rain
11. She's Your Cocaine - St. Eve
12. Raspberry Swirl - Simple
13. Space Dog - Dragon Style

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Only one worthwhile cover.......2005-11-04

Others are welcome to disagree, but I felt the only cover that was enjoyable as well as original (rather than crappily experimental in an attempt to do something different or basically the same song done below the established standard) was Tapping The Vein's "Cornflake Girl." Which I just found really... fulfilling. What a wonderful transposition from piano to guitar. What a refreshing scream with that generally male heavy metal vibrato. Damn.

Judge me if you like, but that's my take on this CD.

Not bad.......2005-08-18

Not as good as Strange Little Girls (which was genius, even if it isn't her best album), but then again, the two albums are totally different. A few of the artists here are a little off, but most do really well. I'd already heard of and listen to Unto Ashes and Voltaire, and I can say these aren't their best songs, but they do very nicely here. All in all, this was a very nice way for me to find some good bands.

recommended for Tori or darkwave fans.......2005-06-25

i agree with someone who said that this is better than Tori's cover album, LOL. it IS. to me, "Strange Little Girls" is a throwaway for Tori (good, but not essential). this album, however, is one of those rare Cleopatra tributes that is NOT a throwaway for them. most of Tori's songs stand on their own, and most of these performers are very talented, hence... success! if you like The Ginger Faerie Queene or The Subgenre Formerly Known as Goth, you'll probably like this a lot.

"Sugar" is brilliant - haunting triphop fusion ecstasy. possibly my favourite song on this album. i started listening to Unto Ashes after hearing their creepy Latin cover of "Beauty Queen." and now they're on my list. also Voltaire. his "Caught a Lite Sneeze" is hilarious, and i love hearing a man sing, "i need a big loan from the girl zone." "Leather" may seem boring at first, but it really grew on me. i dig the deadpan vocals, and the way her voice cracks near the end. "Bliss" rocks pretty crazy. so does "She's Your Cocaine." you can dance to those, for sure. "Iieee" is bizarre and beautiful. same goes for "God." those two are probably an acquired taste for most.

"Cornflake Girl" sounds really good, but i listened to some other Tapping the Vein material, and it didn't thrill me so much. "Winter" is pretty but kind of dull. the one song i was looking forward to the most was something of a disappointment: This Ascension's "Crucify." they sound positively bored with the project. it's still good, though - i mean, it IS This Ascension.

for me, the weakest bits are "Raspberry Swirl" and "Space Dog." "Raspberry Swirl," i think, is just not one of Tori's strongest songs. and, although i love Tori's "Space Dog," i think i just don't like jungle or drum-and-bass or whatever genre it is that Dragon Style works in.

all in all, recommended for the aforementioned audiences. :-)

WELL.....IT'S BETTER THAN TORI'S ALBUM OF COVERS...................2002-08-20

Darling Toriphiles, you really must keep an open mind(ear?) here. No, most of the songs I don't like as well as the originals, but that's not really the point of a tribute album. No, the point is to see how the SONGS measure up on their own, seperated from their creator, and happily, those artists who understand this, let the songs themselves create the magick, by being open to different interpretations. Voltaire's take on "Caught a Lite Sneeze"(and yes dears, if you haven't had the pleasure to hear anything else from Voltaire, he is delightfully tognue-in-cheek...), Glampire's "Bliss", Dragon Styles' "Space Dog". Rei Toei's "Sugar", Temple of Rain's "God", and even the discordant "iieee" by Meegs & Jessicka all demonstrate wonderful music, goth or not(why is that relevant to some people? "I don't like Goth music", like it's not one of the most diverse and creative musical genres, snobby critics be damned!), the SONGS remain a treat to the ear. The songs that fail here, are the ones too timid to stray from their source(the way Tori would perform the song), and thus simply become inferior versions of the originals, namely Tapping the Veins' "Cornflake Girl", This Ascension's "Crucify", and October Hill's "Winter". Listen, if you like Voltaire, buy this. If you like Glampire, buy this. And if you agree with my thoughts on the raison d'etre for tribute albums, AND you enjoy the music of Tori Amos, buy this. Or buy something else. LIke I care what you spend your money on!

song by song.......2002-05-12

Beauty Queen is sung in another language with beautiful harmonies. It is dark, yet sophisticated. Then Leather comes out so choppy that I skip to the next track after the first verse. (Upon revisting it, a cracking voice causes me to congratulate myself on being a good sport by making it to the end.) Bliss is done by an impressive one-man band, with a driving electric guitar. I begin to notice the mysterious absense of our friend the piano. Sugar to the rescue! Piano and a groovy bass line! The vocals carry a distorted effect most of the time, but it works for her. Cornflake Girl is such a good song that it's hard to screw up. The guitars are well done, especially for the solos. The vocalist often sounds like a child, but fails to make me cringe. Winter is a little muddled in parts, and sometimes becomes reminicent of The Cranberries. The strange percussion throughout makes my head bob uncontrollably. Caught A Lite Sneeze would be an incredible instrumental! The male singer sounds as if he thinks he's covering a No Doubt song. Crucify graces us with a sweet vocalist who makes the vocal line her own. She's the first to convince me that she sincerely feels and believes what she is singing. In the liner notes, it is said that there were problems getting the artists together to record iieee. Perhaps the Universe was trying to tell us something... It's an insane, screetching-techno, off-key inferno of what should not have been. God rocks out, and reminds me of the single remixes, only better. A random "the goddess has returned" is thrown in for us to ponder. I wish they would have kept the vocal distortion on throughout She's Your Cocaine. Alas, my favorite part of this song was butchered by her natural voice. Raspberry Swirl isn't bad. It's just that Tori has done so many awesome versions of it already. However, the vocals are surprisingly pleasant to the ear. Space Dog is actually quite catchy, with the best leading male voice on the album. It is very well done, aptly ending with the line "so sure we were on something."

Whatever these artists were on certainly was something- each, in their own way, paying homage to our beloved Tori. With only two unbearable tracks, this album was worth getting to satisfy my curiousity. I doubt it will gather a disproportionate amount of dust compared to my other CDs.

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I don't know what you really want from me

Butterfly

Manufacturer: Tapping The Vein
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000IHRVLQ

Product Description

Debut EP, self released by the band and not available in stores. This item is a professionally pressed CD (not a CDR!) packaged in a paper sleeve. Includes the tracks Butterfly, Inside, Broken, Falling In, and Numb. A very hard to find item and a must for TTV collectors.

Customer Reviews:

I don't know what you really want from me.......2006-09-19

Knowing Tapping The Vein was recording a new CD I thought there was no better time to take a listen to their previous releases. I never forgot how powerful their music was, but I forgot how much beauty is to behold as well. Take this CD for example, Butterfly, it's an EP in which four of the five tracks included are featured on thier major label debut, The Damage.

I'll be the first to admit that a lot of times EPs sound crappy or are extremely poorly produced, but Tapping The Vein is the complete opposite. Yes the production could've benefited with a little more time spent on it but that raw, sensual, even tribal energy is so easily heard it ridiculous. Heather Thompson's vocals are gritty yet still capture the vulnerability of The Damage. The band is also a bit more adventurous with a lot more programming (Inside), more heavy, and yet about the same amount of dreaminess.

If you're like me and are just in love with Tapping The Vein then having this is a must. You get one unreleased track in the form of Inside. While not completely holding everything in it certainly isn't overdone either. The heaviness is along the lines of The Ledge if that helps any. As flat out amazing as that song is, it's the songs from The Damage that offer the most memories. Butterfly doesn't stray far from the album version but Heather's voice is positively genuine (like every other song) and so much more angry. The drums pound harder in these tracks, the guitars raise eyebrows more (not groundbreaking but still great), and the bass is is actually loud enough to hear!

All in all, if you're a fan of The Damage then tracking down this EP wouldn't hurt at all. The packaging pretty much sucks though. Mine came in nothing more than a paper slipcover and it was brand new. The music speaks for itself however, so that complaint doesn't even matter. Great band, amazing music, what more is there to say?

As always, since the tracklisting isn't posted, here it is:

Butterfly
Inside
Broken
Falling In
Numb

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Bullet in the Head
Good
This album is the (...)
The heaviest thrash album ever!
an ok Sodom, nothing brilliant though

Tapping the Vein
Sodom
Manufacturer: Steamhammer Europe
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Agent Orange

ASIN: B0000073Y7
Release Date: 1995-03-20

Tracks:

Body Parts
Skinned Alive
One Step Over the Line
Deadline
Bullet in the Head
Crippler
Wachturm/Erwachet
Tapping the Vein
Back to War
Hunting Season
Reincarnation

Album Description

1992 album by the German death/ thrash metal trio. Eleven tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Bullet in the Head.......2007-06-24

Reincarnation is my favorite track on this CD. As always Sodom stand out from the crowd with deep vocals, guitars, drumming- and bass.

Good.......2004-12-16

Good album, I'm sure they've done this all before so it's not anything different. Very fast and brutal. Definitely, can inspire many to play their instruments in a violent way.

This album is the (...).......2001-12-13

you think you know what thrash metal is all about? (...) the FASTEST thrash album EVER! the guitar riffs of Body Parts or Back To War etc..., are faster than ANYTHING! (...)

The heaviest thrash album ever!.......2001-10-29

"Agent Orange" may be sodom's most popular album but "Tapping the Vein" is definitely their heaviest. Need proof? Check out "Body Parts","One step over the line" or the all time heaviest tune ever "The crippler",a song that definitely lives up to it's name. If you don't own this album, you don't know what heavy is!

an ok Sodom, nothing brilliant though.......2000-07-08

This album is quite usual for Sodom: very fast, aggressive, with their trademark sound, but none of the songs really stick out. If you're a definite fan of Sodom, go ahead and buy it, otherwise, stick to Agent Orange or the great Marrooned Live.

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Talented Band

No More You
Advent Sleep
Manufacturer: Verboten Digital
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ALMTYY
Release Date: 2005-07-01

Tracks:

No More You
No More You (the code noir mix)
No More You (Rough Master Mix)
One Kiss
Tainted Love
Fatal Apple Edit

Product Description

Advent Sleep crawls from the crypt to deliver a sinister, shimmering collection of electro-goth dancefloor goodness, featuring the unrequited murder anthem No More You, the love-drunk One Kiss and the elusive, etherial Fatal Apple Edit. This EP also includes remixes by members of Tapping the Vein and Schöne Maschine as well as a raunchy, sexed-up cover of Soft Cells Tainted Love which has been proven to set dance floors on fire.

Customer Reviews:

Talented Band.......2007-07-23

The song "No More You" was featured on isotank's "Asleep By Dawn" cd not too long ago, and I thought that it was a real standout. I immediately got the cd "Ego and Eros" and was very satisfied with it (also see my review for that cd). I highly recommend this talented band to all people who love Gothic music.

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Tapping the Vein
Sodom
Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DREL
Release Date: 1993-01-19

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