A compilation of highlights of Goth, Darkwave and Dark Electro bands.
During my exploration of usenet newsgroups, specifically the goth-industrial binary group, I happened upon a whole treasure trove of gothic compilations (as you will hear about a few weeks later on in this project). In an effort to grow my “repertoire” with goth music I would download compilations as a way to find new bands.
Ghosts from the Darkside II is pretty hard going. I’d heard of a few of the bands featuring on this album through other explorations, such as Inkubus Sukkubus, Black Tape for a Blue Girl and Blutengel so it was natural for me to give it a go. However, I’d not really heard of any of the songs in the compilation either. There are quite a few German bands in this compilation so I suspect this is an album aimed at people who attend Wave Gothik Treffen.
After several listens I’m still not enamoured with the album. Perhaps it’s because I’m older now and I’ve reached “Full of Goth” or perhaps it’s because I just don’t like what I’ve heard.
Tracklist
| 1-1 | –Swartalf | Invocation | 4:03 |
| 1-2 | –Non Compos Mentis | Without Bloodshed | 6:10 |
| 1-3 | –Ikon (4) | Fatal Attraction | 3:17 |
| 1-4 | –In Extremo | Ai Vis Lo Lop | 4:02 |
| 1-5 | –Morthem Vlade Art | Beyond Sorrow | 5:19 |
| 1-6 | –WeltenBrand | The Fall Of Trisona | 6:35 |
| 1-7 | –Diary Of Dreams | Drop Dead | 7:11 |
| 1-8 | –Nekromantik | Girlstickboy | 4:05 |
| 1-9 | –Blutengel | Beauty Of Suffering | 6:13 |
| 1-10 | –Fiction 8 | Second Skin | 3:32 |
| 1-11 | –Girls Under Glass | New World Order | 4:20 |
| 1-12 | –Das Zeichen | In The Garden | 3:58 |
| 1-13 | –Theatre Of Loneliness | Holocaust | 4:16 |
| 1-14 | –black tape for a blue girl | Given | 4:20 |
| 1-15 | –Hagalaz’ Runedance | When The Trees Were Silenced | 2:45 |
| 2-1 | –Exovedate | Ego Sum Mons | 4:30 |
| 2-2 | –Untoten | Gothik Years | 5:54 |
| 2-3 | –Chaos God | Judgement Day | 5:36 |
| 2-4 | –The Dust Of Basement | God’s Own Fairytales | 5:28 |
| 2-5 | –The Second Sight | Answer | 3:29 |
| 2-6 | –Die Form | Spiral 2 | 4:12 |
| 2-7 | –Vespertina | De Profundis | 4:20 |
| 2-8 | –Inkubus Sukkubus | Starchild | 4:44 |
| 2-9 | –Sanguis Et Cinis | Nicht Mein Schicksal | 5:33 |
| 2-10 | –The New Creatures | My Child Queen | 4:53 |
| 2-11 | –This Burning Effigy | Exquisite | 4:58 |
| 2-12 | –Hexedene | Only Human (Original Mix) | 4:30 |
| 2-13 | –Attrition | The Thin Veil | 6:12 |
| 2-14 | –Louisa John-Krol | Alexandria | 5:30 |
| 2-15 | –Summoning | Angbands Schmieden | 3:28 |
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