Red Silk Vow

Seraphim Shock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Requiem
• ASIN: B0002HLTFQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,801 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Ten tracks in all: 1. Relic 2. After Dark (Devil's Trip Mix) 3. Rise & Resist 4. Shadow Realm 5. God Of This World 6. Kitty's Dead 7. Beyond Forever 8. Annabell 9. Flowered Mary 10. Bloodline.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Searphim Shock is shockingly great music, December 1, 2009

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SumoNeko - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Red Silk Vow (Audio CD)

This band kind of snuck up on me, I had never heard of Seraphim Shock and a friend said hey you have to hear these guys. I am really glad I did. They have a brilliant use of played instruments to electronic sounds that blend together amazingly well. If you like bands like Type O Negative, then check these guys out.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gothic-Industrial dreamscape, April 21, 2005

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Daniel Ambrus (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Silk Vow (Audio CD)

I am disappointed in my fellow man that I must be the first to review such a fine album after nearly 8 years of its existence. It has to be said I don't own the actual CD, but I have listened to almost every track on it. Seraphim shock's style lies between gothic, metal and industrial. They create a realm of synthesizer-laced, atmospheric, distorted-guitar symphonies that remind one of Iced Earth, Bella Morte, Apoptygma Berzerk and Slipknot at different times. At times airy and gothic, other times cold and brutal, always well produced and backed with superb synth effects. I don't know anything about the band as far as origins and inspirations are concerned.

Standouts on the album are 'After Dark,' 'Relic,' and 'Bloodline.'

The band suffers, as far as I can tell from some second rate engineering, probably due to budget constraints. However, they do really well with what they have. The vocalist is gifted, equally capable of growling death metal-esque incantations and dreamy gothic serenades. My favorite part, as I have mentioned before is not the gothic flavored vocals or guitars, it's the superb synth work. NIN influence is also certainly detectable, and fans of Reznor would do well to check these guys out. It's too bad they have such little publicity.

5.0 out of 5 stars They became my favorite band upon first listen., December 10, 2008

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D. Holmes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Silk Vow (Audio CD)

I discovered them before Napster was brought down hardcore. I was downloading stuff by CoF and whatnot, and I could view what other people had in their library. Someone had all the songs from "Red Silk Vow" in their library, and the first song I downloaded was "After Dark."

The song blew my mind, I immediately downloaded everything else.

The next song after that was "Beyond Forever." A 7 min plus song that is so good it feels as though it was only on for 2 minutes... It feels short. I could listen to it all day and never get tired of it.

I obtained "Nightmares" and it has some good work on it, especially "Some Sick Dream" "Molly's Web" and "Mommy Strange."

These two cds are quite possibly a few of the greatest contributions to Gothy Halloween style music.

PS: I think I got mine from Black and Read or ... I don't remember but dude, they ship fast... and I didn't have to pay over 20 bucks