From the Ukranian Gothic Portal Website: CULTURAL MINORITY , (c) 1998 SPV "Drink the
poison and my world, Slowly sinks into Having listened to composition You Spin Me Round - industrial-gothic caver Dead or Alive in the performance URANIUM 235 on the lattest SPV Sampler I started to look for their releases in German shops. So now I’m having here in my arms the long waited CD. The first impressions of mine – for the debut album it is even too strong. Album - is simply very good combining of the elements. I would call them to be the "new wave" gothic-industrial band. If it could be possible to combine the strenth with aggression sometimes colossal by its power and with electronical gothic of bells of Apocalypse, and to mix it with drive of industrial + excellent and ironical texts - then it would be the last album of New-York industrial-gothic band URANIUM 235. The combined magic of two styles and two voices, one of which is soft and covering - gothic voice , and the other one is angry and sobering up - industrial one , they have lead me through the world of grief, dispair – "Drown" , through the dark world of emotions and sufferings - "Scent Explosion" , Through the strength of gothic caver "You Spin Me Round". And if "Wicked Game" in interprtation of HIM I consider to be the best gothic-metal cover - then "You Spin Me Round" in industrial-gothical remix of URANIUM 235 – is outstanding luxury. But the song "Bleed My Desease" – is the whole gothic from URANIUM 235. Most of all I liked "Here It Comes" – it is despair on the edge of industrial, and that is usual for the band’s sound, from my point of view. The band's leader - Shane – is rather open-minded and expressive person ( this can be noticed while deepening in song texts – a specter of song's subjects surprises ) and he also has choosen rather gothic image in everyday's life ( it can be noticed from the look on his foto)… But in general URANIUM 235 is a band which consists of 5 persons, and everyone of band harmonically completes the bands music and doesn't overload at all... The band is difficult to compare with others, because sound is rather original. Uncommonly harmonical combination of elements which are not very often to combine together – gothic, industrial and metal. This album is one of a few industrial releases nowadays with gothic elements, which will take the right place that it deserves ( one of the best) among the new wave of industrial. |