Dark Noel

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Projekt Records
• ASIN: B000SQLCLM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,903 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Carol of the Bells - Arcanta

2. Peace in the Holy Land - Voltaire

3. Welcome Christmas [From Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas] - Love Spirals Downwards

4. Through the Snowy Trees - Autumn's Grey Solace

5. Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah - Black Tape For A Blue Girl

6. We Three Kings - Rhea's Obsession With Athan Maroulis

7. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - The Cruxshadows

8. Let the Reindeer Live on My Roof - Audra

9. For I Am Winter Born - Unto Ashes

10. Gaudete, Gaudete - El Duende

11. A Winter Wassail - Faith And The Muse

12. Silent Night - Attrition

Editorial Reviews

Dark holiday tracks from all your favorites. Spend the holidays in style this year. No more barking dogs or Perry Como for you, uh-uh! While away the frigid hours until the important day with strains of Voltaire's eclectic "Peace in the Holy Land," Black Tape For A Blue Girl's crusade "Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah," The Crüxshadows' electro-pop take on Lennon/Ono's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)," and Faith and the Muse bringing you the pagan madrigal "A Winter Wassail." All graced by our lovely Dark Angel prepared to brighten many a dark holiday night. Spend the season right, this year. Turn down the lights . . . it's a dark noel!

The Boston Phoenix: Various luminaries of goth cover traditional holiday fare in this compilation. Love Spirals Downward applies a Cocteau Twins-like sound to "Welcome Christmas" with Suzanne Perry's angelic vocals; Faith & the Muse lend their Renaissance rendition of "A Winter Wassail." And led by an eerie group of singers, Black Tape for a Blue Girl's "Chanukkah O Chanukkah" brims with dark gothic overtones. For balance, there are a few more-traditional renditions. This is the perfect Xmas album to play for friends and family to make the holiday just a wee bit weird.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not your average Xmas album, December 15, 2007

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E. Anderson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Noel (Audio CD)

Leave it to Projekt Records to make something as harmless like Christmas carols and turn it into something dark and forboding. A DARK NOEL is the label's most recent Christmas album. This is a nice antidote to all the glut of Xmas cds that are churned out by the dozen. I am not really familiar with some of the songs but that makes no difference to me. The overall theme is that of winter solstice or Christmas. I like that I am not familiar with some of the songs. It does get tiring hearing the same song on every Christmas album I listen to, especially John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is Over)", good song but hearing people cover it on every single Xmas cd I have listened to does get tiring. Every artist offers something different to the song they re-interpret for the album. While I enjoyed every single song on the album, I am especially fond of Love Spirals Downards' version of "Welcome Christmas" from HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, El Duende's "Gaudete, Gaudete", and Faith and the Muse's "A Winter Wassail". A DARK NOEL is easily my favorite Christmas album of this year.