Klaus Schulze - Shadowlands
I’ve gotten some oddball releases to review over the years. A few have been interesting, but most of them have been complete crap sent to us by labels that are clueless as to what Metal Curse is all about. We don’t review shit like Justin Bieber here. The operative word in Metal Curse is “Metal.” The latest album by Klaus Schulze is clearly not Metal. This is a double-CD release of Ambient soundscape music. The first track, “Shadowlights,” is pretty dark and I guess it would appeal to fans of Dark Ambient, particularly the early works of Mortiis/Vond or Wongraven. The other tracks are more lighthearted, but the music is still in a similar vein. Both CDs are packed to the limit, so Shadowlands is a lot of music to get through. The two main tracks, “Shadowlights” on the first CD, and “The Rhodes Violin” on the second, are both darker than the other songs on this album. Of course, both of those songs are fucking epic in length (“Shadowlights” clocks in at 42+ minutes and “The Rhodes Violin” is over 56 minutes long) so they take up the bulk of the CDs that they are on. If you’re looking for music to chill out to, this is it. It’s mellow, but still a bit on the dark side. If your idea of “chill out music” is Cannibal Corpse, I doubt this will be on your list of albums to buy the next time you’re at the local record store. If you’re into Dark Ambient, this might be an interesting listen. I liked it because it was nice background music for when Metal isn’t appropriate (like at work or when you’re hanging out with people who aren’t into Metal, such as the nice lady from Child Protective Services or your parole officer). It isn’t for everyone. Fans of Vond or the all-synth era of Burzum might enjoy Shadowlands, but if you’re into more brutal stuff, I’d avoid this.
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