Nigredo

Diary of Dreams | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 9, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B00065GI5K
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,301 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweetest Misery, October 26, 2005

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Goyle - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nigredo (Audio CD)

Pure emotional genius. Not just this album, but from "One of 18 Angels" on. This is music as it should be. Set aside "style" or "genre". This is pure enlightenment of emotions as the way music should be. Music is meant to make you feel. Different forms of music may cause you to feel in particular ways, but this form causes you to feel just what you are....human. This is pure human experience...a hard thing to really grasp, but once done is the most powerful of experiences. Diary of Dreams is pure musical art.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good album, but..., February 17, 2005

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charles thomas "baudelaire69" (CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nigredo (Audio CD)

I think that Adrian Hates, the mastermind of Diary of Dreams, is one of the most creative people currently working in the gothic/industrial genre. By fusing terrific Andrew Eldrich-styled vocals with classical keyboard flourishes and electronics, he has created a wholly unique music. Call it electro-goth or classical darkwave, it's a music where Hates has few peers.

Thus, it pains me to give his new album, NIGREDO, a less-than-perfect rating. Maybe it's just that, after the brilliance of his breakthrough album, ONE OF 18 ANGELS, and the even-better follow-up, FREAK PERFUME, my expectations had just been raised too high.

This is by no means a bad album, and certainly ranks highly overall when compared to his other work. All the trademark DOD elements are in place, well-utilised and perfectly produced. Perhaps that's the problem, that the album's too familiar. Many of the songs fit into a well-worn pattern, a soft beginning that turns bombastic (or in the case of "Giftraum," pretty much stays bombastic throughout the song). They don't seem to open up, to take chances, the way the songs on FREAK PERFUME did. And on FP, Hates even traded his Eldritch croak for a smoother, more darkwave-inflected vocal on some songs, to great effect.

So, in all, a very good effort. I'm still waiting for the true follow-up to FREAK PERFUME, but in the meantime, this'll do. Not many artists have stayed their course in this genre as long as Hates has, and made it yield so many rewards.

5.0 out of 5 stars D.O.D. - Brilliant Again, February 17, 2011

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Paul A. Mccann (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nigredo (Audio CD)

I present this review as a big fan of Diary of Dreams, and Adrian Hates. If you don't like industrial electronic music, there is a fair chance you won't like this. If that type of music does intrigue you, it doesn't get any better than this. Hates is a master at producing gorgeous emotional Dark Wave music. I would put this in Diary of Dreams' top 5 Albums.

In no particular order, my favorites are;

Nekorlog 43
Nigredo
Freak Perfume
Menscheind
One of 18 Angles

To be honest, the rest are also very good.