System Noire – Zeitgeist (Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Four years after the official debut album “Do Not Pass That door” German duo Björn Miethe (vocals) and Daniel Gosewisch (machines) are back on track unleashing the second full length of System Noire.
Content: The main sources of inspiration remain pretty similar to the debut album, but the global writing- and production process both have been improved. The songs are carried by danceable vibes and melodic sequences reminding me of Mordacious. The songs have been sung in English and German. There also is one cut featuring female vocals.
+ + + : The music sounds pretty cliché, but there’s an audience for it. This is danceable Dark-Electro spiced with EBM elements. I like the production of the vocals which create a zombie-like effect. It makes the band easily recognizable and that’s for sure a very positive evolution. System Noire will appeal to lovers of Stahlnebel vs. Black Selket and Suicide Commando.
– – – : This band brings nothing new so the work becomes quickly predictable.
Conclusion: System Noire has seriously improved the production and has even accomplished a few potential dancefloor killers.
Best songs: “Tarantallegra”, “Katharsis”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/SystemNoire
Label: www.dansemacabre-group.de / www.facebook.com/dansemacabrerec
Listen to “Zeitgeist”:
About System Noire
System Noire is a dark electro and synthpop project from Hanover, Germany, formed in 2012 by singer Björn Miethe. Keyboard player Daniel Gosewisch joined in 2016, turning the project into a duo.
The pair released the debut EP “On The Other Side” through DarkTunes, with Henrik Iversen of NamNamBulu guesting on the title track. A remix of that song by Desastroes was included on the free Side-Line download compilation “Face The Beat: Session 4”, where the project was introduced in July 2017. The first full-length album “Do Not Pass That Door” followed on Danse Macabre. In 2021 the duo also appeared as guests on “Extraterrestrial BIOS Systemshell” by Colombian act Alien:Nation.
“Zeitgeist” was released on 3 June 2022 on Danse Macabre in digital and CD formats and runs twelve tracks: “War Never Changes”, “Katharsis”, “New Dark Nation”, “Killing Game”, “Lullaby”, “Absolution”, “Throw The Dice”, “Perfektion”, “Sea Of Tears”, “Tarantallegra”, “Weltenbrand” and “Zeitgeist”. It is the album on which the band first added guitar riffs and German-language lyrics to its sound.
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