The Eternal Fall
MM-MMXII
By the Year 2000,
Gothic Rock was in a very underground stage of its existence, due to
the extinction of most of the independent Gothic-oriented record
labels in Europe. At that time, in America the situation was pretty
much the same. Cleopatra Records, the biggest label around
(supporting their local acts like The Wake or Screams for Tina, and
with many licensed releases from European labels too), suddenly
stopped the work with such kind of bands by the first years of this
new millennium. The magazines and fanzines like Propaganda and
Ghasthly, just vanished too. Because of all of this, we were somehow
isolated from what happened in Europe in terms of the Gothic scene.
Like another nail in the coffin, some of the biggest magazines like
Zillo began to make a huge coverage of the Electro scene, leaving
Goth aside. And…internet was not so spread around the world in
those days. And if you had some access to it at that time, when
typing “Goth” you have some results like Anathema, Nightwish, VNV
Nation, etc. It was more easy to find Electro or Metal stuff labeled
as “Goth”, instead of new real Gothic Rock bands.
Also, this year 2000
is the year of the birth of Spain’s The Eternal Fall. Being one of
the first bands of the Third Wave, The Eternal Fall began to work in
the D.I.Y. way. With gigs with such important acts like Garden Of
Delight, Nosferatu, Diary Of Dreams, Faith And The Muse, etc and with
self- released records, they began to spread around their music;
keeping alive the flame of the real Gothic Rock in the new
millennium. The members of
Eternal Fall are: Sol ( Composer, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Keyboards,
Voice and Lyrics) and Francisco Porcel (live bass player). Their Music
is High-Quality Gothic Rock executed with passion and excellence,
with a touch of the finest Dark Wave and other surprises that they
have added to their sound. As the title of this
album suggests, MM-MXII is a chronicle of their musical career,
covering those self released albums. They have selected 15 awesome
tracks for this release; they will be a delight for Gothic Rock fans
everywhere. To review a compilation album like this is really worth
and necessary because of their brilliant career and that fantastic
music that they have been creating in this years. Definitely, they
are a very important band in the scene of today.” MM-MMXII” It’s
a great way to introduce Eternal Fall to the new audiences (and for
those who missed the original releases), who are thirsty for the real
and good music.
Great band, and very
impressive compilation album.
Salvation….
