Wasteland - Atargatis

The term "gothic" is one of the less helpful in defining a band's sound, banded around to the same extent as "epic" and "extreme," usually by idiots like me. Generally speaking, bands labelled as gothic metal tend to share characteristics of a lighter sound, still led by rock instruments but in a less prominent, background manner and usually accompanied or even overpowered by keyboards and sweeping orchestration, while vocals range from operatic wails to death metal growls. Germany's Atargatis are fairly typical then, in that singer Stephanie Luzie performs most songs in a high singing voice with occasional bouts of regular singing and is ...  Read the complete review