…The Soil Bleeds Black * Alchemie (cd 2000 world serpent)

Finally the new cd of …The Soil Bleeds Black is available. This time released by the biggest folklabel of the gothic scene. I don’t know what took them so long, but still…
“Alchemie” is the fourth album of TSBB and ever since their debut they have been striking out synths to replace them by real instruments for means of playing their neo-medieval music in a more classical manner.
Two things that struck me are the length (35 minutes) and the fact that the faster/victorious tracks are no longer present. Further of course the lack of samples, but that was to be expected.
All in all this cd isn’t better than the previous for me, but overall it’s still pretty damn good. It’s not for nothing that TSBB has been one of my favorite bands since their second demo!
Already anounced “Quintesse” a brandnew cd. I wonder how long World Serpent needs to release that one. I doubt that they will be able to keep up with the productive Riddick twins.