The Cascades – Diamonds and Rust

[schema type=”review” name=”The Cascades – Diamonds and Rust” description=”Label: Echozone” author=”Sofie Bergen” pubdate=”2017-11-30″ ]

German band The Cascades has been around since 1988 but regardless this fact they never released an enormous amount of albums. “Diamonds of Rust” comes out now, a double album.

It’s a bit of Gothic, it’s rock, it’s catchy and recognizable. The music of these guys is typically what you hear in Germany. If you follow the scene there, you may not find these guys stray far from that. Which brings the point that it is all quite predictable. Lyrically there is a template. You make a sentence and you repeat it time after time. Not too high level of English must be expected either.
If you look at what it brings besides of that, some Sisters of Mercy perhaps. Something that is not giving it a face of its own either.

It feels a bit sad to say that this album is not much of a winner. One of many, more and more of what you heard before and then to think that it has two discs. We already got a bit bored during the first one. For a band being around this long I expected something more. Not necessarily the originality is the most stinging, but the fact that it never gets a face of its own is most disappointing. A pity.

Line up:
M. W. Wild – Vocals
Morientes daSilva – Guitars
Markus Müller – Keyboards / Programming

1. Wenn der Regen kommt 2. Phase 4 (Demo Version) 3. Handful Of Fear 4. Mercury 5. Babylon 6. Page One 7. Ultrasonic 8. Hexeneinmaleins 9. Sea Of Love 10.Ground Zero 11.Revolution Come 12.Wie auch immer 13.Engelland 14.Everyday 15.Tapping Me (Demo Version) 16.Flowers In Ashes (Demo Version) 17.Underworld (Demo Version) 18.Eye Of Tomorrow 19.Pop Song 20.Fire Is Burning 21.Justice For A While 22.Down 23.Private Salve 24.Follow Me 25.Why Should I Pray 26.Time Train 27.The Spider 28.Standing Out In The Rain

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