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Moonspell - 2econd Skin

This is Moonspell's worst offering. - 20%

PseudoGoatKill, July 24th, 2005

I didn't think Moonspell could ever release a bad album, I even gave Sin/Picado in the 80 percent range, because I enjoyed it. 2econd Skin however is just utter crap.

On the first disk we have two fucking versions of 2econd Skin. The first time the song is good with it's intricult gothic melodies, and industrial undertones. The second time is just stupid. The only differance I could hear, is that they cut the second version short.

Then we have a cover of Depeche Mode song. We all know what this means! A gothic song by a goth pop band gets remade by a gothic metal band who decides to go goth rock for an album or two. In short, it sounds heavier than the original version, and that's not saying much.

The real crime however comes during the second disk. Moonspell promise a live performance, which they do give us. It's unfortunate that this live performance sucked. Listening to a song like "Of Dream and Drama" on this CD is just sad. Remember how on Wolfheart it was this goth song with elements of folk and black metal? This time they turned it into an electronic goth metal song. Unfortunately they did this with all of the songs from this set. Granted I still need to check out Irreligious, but I'm pretty sure it didn't have a bunch of keyboards wanking off together, like this live album so likes to suggest.

It's one thing for a band to change their sound. It's another to take songs from the past and reinvent them into a shit.

I advise this EP only to collectionists.