Russian Gothic Project and Gravitator Records present:
THE GUESTS "... In Silence"
The band was founded in August, 2002, by the guitar player and songwriter,
Alexey "Fiend". At first the band's name was THE UNHOLY GUESTS, but in the
beginning of 2005 they changed it to THE GUESTS for brevity. The band's music
is classical guitar-based gothic rock, so the musicians' inspiration came from
the British bands of the 80s: THE SISTERS OF MERCY, FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM and
THE CURE. Their songs are both in Russian and English.
independent label Gravitator Records. In terms of music, THE GUESTS do not
forsake the stylistics of classical gothic rock. With a reasonably limited
range of musical techniques that are characteristic of this genre, the
musicians managed to create a very impressive work, well recorded, well played
and built on the basis of interwoven and reechoing sounds of guitar and
keyboards, combined with the clear drums and sensual, "cold" vocals. In terms
of style, the album is a wholesome conceptual work consisting of two parts that
reveal the evolution of the hero's inner world: from commotion and reflection
anticipating something beyond recall, in the first part, "Black on Red", to
crazy madness of the other part, "The Wild Side". And finally, a step beyond,
the spiritual purification through the ascend to the other side of everyday
life in the culminating song "Wild Side of Life". The sleeve design underlines
the inner drama background: the stylish design of the three-panel digipak
implies retro-style cutouts from old newspapers, photographs and postcards
dated back to the beginning of the 20th century, that bring the associations
with the Silver age of Russian art, the blossom of decadence, wild taints and
wild passions, and the illusory hush on the eve of the World War...
(c) 2005 Russian Gothic Project
Design by Chthon (c) 1999
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