When I visited the VNV Nation concert in Erfurt on October 2, I had a sense of foreboding. Ronan was now in almost perfect German, which I knew in Berlin as 2001/2002 was very different, eager to praise his new album. Can not blame him, too, was, after all a prelude to the corresponding Turnee. Unfortunately, I noticed pretty quickly that actually anturnten me only a few older titles so correct, and even if it came off really. I have to mention this, I'm more of a hardcore fan even with VNV Nation. I mean, inspire me any more the powerful hard songs that slide before towards Industrial (Saviour, fragment, Voice, Momentum, Nemesis, you could list much). Unfortunately then came a lot from the Beloved corner. Nothing against Beloved. This song is for me, however, as a symbol of the commercialization of VNV Nation. Because you visited today relevant clubs one finds the title as Kingdom, Dark Angel, or Solitary are barely played, and even the Beloved Gray Dawn version of the DJ's as not audience is effectively rejected. Coming back to the current album. Exactly where Transnational on for me. Claim-free, I want to make all the right trallala Electropop. Were it not for Ronan's distinctive voice, if it were not much more. Everything ripples nice to himself, without real depth, but without highlights. Previously, I had at least on each disc a kind favorite song. (Airships on Future Perfect - fantastic) I had feared it and bought me the CD anyway. Probably I buy the next album again. Hope dies last, but she dies. Concert default but I am served. Actually dramatically. Apoptygma Berzerk Also, "Welcome to Earth" I love, I've seen the last time live in the city garden in Erfurt. With titles like "Shi shi shi Shine On" However plaguing me a gag reflex. For sure. My review is highly subjective. But how different it should be otherwise. I belong to the old school. Since you will be looked at to Depeche Mode Party of twenty years wrong, what will the old bag here. Few people know and what is much worse is the Dave Gahan and his music my born they have no idea how to dance to EBM. So they seem now over, the times of Marylin Manson, Suicide Commando, Wumpscut and all the others. For VNV Nation newcomers sure to be a great album. But I sit back and think me at titles such as Rubicon, Arclight, Joy and Honour (2003) to the good old music hall in Berlin, the Kato when there was a Club Revolution at Schlesisches Tor and the time in Lime and rotor.
