Gloomy Science Fiction trip in Metal-gown

Ready for a gloomy, musical science fiction trip?
The recommendation: Lahannya. Your concept album "Defiance" convinces with a depressing-exciting future scenario and of course the matching, eerily captivating music!

Lahannya has made mainly through participation in numerous projects in the Gothic / Electro / Industrial area a name - and of course, especially with German fans, by many performances, such as at various festivals or as tour support from ASP , For years the British but also something of their own builds on growing, especially since it has entered into a close musical collaboration with Lutz Demmler (Umbra et Imago). With whom she had their first full album under his own name, "Shotgun Reality", added. "Defiance" is now called the successor, in which Demmler is responsible for music and Lahannya for the texts. With the band are with Belle (Killing Miranda, Nosferatu) and Christopher Mild (NFD) more known in genre circles colleagues.

In "Defiance" is characterized Lahannya a disturbing and frightening picture of the near future in London: Terror and crime have led to the state to a blatant overreaction: a through regimented police state, which passes through with an iron hand to any traces of individuality and freedom aspirations in the bud suffocating. Who dare to break out of the system, only have one chance in the underground ... in the truest sense of the word - they live in the London underground shafts in a kind of parallel world. Right there is also the protagonist beats by which additional fights as former co-founder of the inhuman reign of terror against their own conscience. The sacrificed freedom as the price of the (apparent) security; a terrorist state in response to terrorism, the frightening vision of "Defiance", a kind of warning message, with influences ranging from George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".

As for the style of music, as you read on the band's own pages something of industrial rock, a bit of gothic metal or even "on unconventional marriage of alternative rock and electro darc". Now, the interesting thing about the music Lahannyas is that none of this really so absolutely true. The reality is for a combination of those things. One could say, "Defiance" is simply dark-colored, straighter and riffbetonter Metal with many electronic bits and pieces. The latter are an integral part of the music, but are not so dominant, as the informal term 'Electro' would serve the style name. Rather, the numerous effects and synth sound elements just for modern Dark Metal. They reinforce the spell effect of the serious, wistful partly to eerie atmospheres that blend perfectly into the emotional gloomy underground scenario of the story - sometimes bleak, sometimes threatening.

The dark riffs on "Defiance" are very simple knitted pieces whip like a mechanical clock forward. The drives seem aware supercooled to be mechanically applied to the part. But they then act not as monotonous but hypnotic, exude a fascinating appeal, including the mixture of effects and synthesizer parts contribute. These never be the main focus, but fill precisely from those sound spaces that allow the penetrated by Breaks guitar riffs left. The electronic elements reinforce an unreal, gespentische Sci Fi atmosphere.

Lahannyas music creates a sort of 'Heavy Trance'; and with her voice she gives the acoustic effect spell the finishing touches. The song seems so cool, as serious as the musical underground. He is as direct as the riffing, not hochtechnisiert and überkanditelt, but especially in the choruses often added effects. The vocal melodies unfold their spell effect on different ways. In "Piece By Piece", the branding thanks to the simplicity of his hook line like no other song on the album in the ear canals, the song is straight and as automatically to the computerized acting 'mechanics' of riffs coupled.

By contrast, items such as the atmospheric "Dying Inside" or especially "Burn" where the voice striking out far and a kind of longing counterpart are forms to the heavy tone. Looks particularly attractive Lahannyas voice always back where it emphasizes deep sings - in registers, which truly can not convince many singers and try not even going. Plus this slightly elegiac expression that shines through in the fact rigid and emphasizes emotion poor kind ... so Lahannya has truly developed an individual character.

Highlights on "Defiance" are certainly the most haunting "Brave New World" with particularly weighty guitars, and "Open Your Eyes" as a kind of power ballad with very nostalgic atmosphere, enhanced by fragile piano sounds.

Rounding out the album by his anmutvolle presentation, because the appearance is part of the total work of art. The artwork, the artist added to the scenic places of the events in the London Underground. It presents itself dark and mysterious and so as a successful counterpart to the music that is. Not necessarily through their innovation, but the more distinguished by their persuasiveness "Defiance" takes the listener for a good hour in a fascinating parallel world and now calls for a sequel!
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