Grey Gallows – Garden Of Lies (Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Greek duo Grey Gallows have already released a number of albums, and now joined hands together with German label Cold Transmission Music to unleash “Garden Of Lies”. This is the band’s third official album.
Content: I never heard of this formation before. “Garden Of Lies” brings us back to the darkest hours of 80s Cold/Dark-Wave music. The singer’s low timbre of voice will for sure remind you of Andrew Eldritch while sound-wise I also noticed some links with The Sisters Of Mercy. Let’s say that Grey Gallows sounds more electro-driven, but still produces this dark and moody touch reminding the British idols of Cold-Wave music. One of the songs is featuring female guest singer Cleopatra Kaido who injects an heavenly, angelic touch to the work.
+ + + : Grey Gallows is not just inspired by 80s music, but they masterly accomplished a fascinating work reminding me of some idols of the genre while at the same time injecting a more personal, Electronic touch. The synths accentuate the darkness hanging over the album while it also brings a more melodic flavor to the production. The production of the drum sections also have this typical 80s sound. The cavernous production of the vocals is another essential element.This is a work with several attention grabbers.
– – – : I’m missing a bit more diversity in the sound formula and some extra guitar sounds would definitely inject a boost.
Conclusion: Grey Gallows have found the perfect home at Cold Transmission Music to spread their cool Cold-Wave music around.
Best songs: “Peels Of Time”, “Dissociation”, “Garden Of Lies”, “Don’t Bring Flowers”.
Rate: (7 ½).
Artist: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100053636354364
Label: www.coldtransmission.com / www.facebook.com/coldtransmissionmusic
About Grey Gallows
Grey Gallows is a dark-wave duo from Patras, Greece, formed in the winter of 2016 by Konstantin (vocals, keys) and Dionisis (guitar, bass, keys). Discogs lists the promo mini-album “Beyond Reflections” (2017), the cassette album “Tears” on InClub Records (2018), the digital releases “Under The Grey Skies” (2018) and “Nothing Will Remain” (2019) and the album “Shades” (2019).
“Garden Of Lies” was released by Cold Transmission Music on 19 March 2021 on CD, as a limited LP and as a download. The ten tracks are “Garden Of Lies”, “Love Moan”, “The Fall”, “At The Crack Of The Dawn”, “Dissociation”, “Don’t Bring Flowers”, “Cold Hearts”, “Grey Is Our Colour”, “Peels Of Time” and “All Men”. The songs were recorded at H.K. Studios with vocals recorded at SoundCave Studios in Athens; Nikos Haldoupis mixed and mastered the album, Cleopatra Kaido of Meat Injection sings on “Dissociation”, Ermis Samsa co-wrote one track, Infrared Media made the artwork and Marilia Fotopoulou took the cover photo.
The duo stayed with Cold Transmission Music for the remix EP “(RMXS)” and the album Strangers (2023), announced on Side-Line in Greek darkwave duo Grey Gallows present new album ‘Strangers’ and followed by the Click Interview with Grey Gallows in September 2023. Dunkelheit was reviewed in December 2025. “Garden Of Lies” is the band’s third album and its first Side-Line review.
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