Infernal Love - Therapy

Infernal Love was the third studio album to be released by Northern Irish rockers Therapy? In 1995 and, following reading a recent review, I found myself prompted to dig it out of my CD collection to see if it was as good an album as I remembered. Infernal Love is an album that has a certain air of nostalgia for me since it heralded my progression from indie kid to rock chick. As I waved goodbye to my days spent listening to the Stone Roses, Therapy? were one of the bands that introduced me to the hard rock way of life. That said, my recollections of Infernal Love were mostly based on the song Diane, which my memory told me was a sorrowful tale of rape played out to a ...  Read the complete review

This, the 3rd full length album by Northern Irelands finest is one of the hidden gems of British rock music. Starteling in both its song writing and epic almost cinematic scope Therapy? have never been better. While most were expecting a rehash of the the bands biggest commercial success to date (Troublegum) Therapy had other ideas for its follow up forgoing the straight ahead pop metal favoured on Troublegum for this gothic masterpeace completely laced with bitterness and and cairns unique growel and lyrical bent. There are still elements of Therapy?'s earlier sounds here as evidenced on the bouncy but twisted 'Loose' and the fast guitar stabs and ...  Read the complete review

Therapy? are a metal band formed in 1989 in Northern Ireland by singer/guitarist Andy Cairns and drummer Fyfe Ewing. They soon employed bass guitarist Micheal McKeegan on bass and began to create their own hybrid of punk/metal. Nowadays Ewing is no longer with the band and is replaced by Graham Hopkins but at the time they released 'Infernal Love' the original trio were complete and rolling in the success of their previous album 'Troublegum'. 'Troublegum', a savage attack on anger and the church, was released in February of 1994 and contained tracks such as 'Nowhere' and 'Trigger Inside' which would both become chart hits in the UK. Due to the success of ...  Read the complete review