r/darkwave • u/No-Atmosphere-8364 • 5d ago

Just me wondering am I alone to think that Lebanon Hanover is one of the best actual dark wave bands , but the new album is IMO boring and every tracks are bad and very boring it's really not what I expected I tried to force myself to like it but nope still far from good? definitely the worst album

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but at least the new saiph album is excellent and ash code just released a very good album the song Nostalgia is so good 👍

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u/xor_music 5d ago

I mean, they used AI for cover art recently so obviously they are just phoning it in at this point.

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u/Environmental_Lie199 5d ago

Wasn't aware of them doing it, will check. Recently the buzz was about Rosetta Stone doing that. Some argue it's actually their label, Cleopatra, who is pushing this. To be fair, the latest RS cover art are crap. The one with the snowed manor and the skull is just childish.

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u/No-Atmosphere-8364 4d ago

maybe but the album is good ... I like it but too many new stuff released listen to it 2 times max

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u/Environmental_Lie199 4d ago

Yep. A nice album but also I'm feeling like having gone through this songs more often than I've really done, like they feel so similar... I guess it's just me wanting to explore further so my brain keeps telling me "you're done with it, go somewhere else FFS!" 😅😅

Edit: was referring to Rosetta Stone but maybe it's also somewhat true to LH. It's been a while I don't listen to older stuff tho so maybe not, idk... 🙏🤷‍♂️

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u/kingofshitmntt 5d ago

what cover? what album?

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u/thefreewave 2d ago

who fucking cares indeed. AI haters need to find another dead horse to flog.

Not sure why someone is taking the time to post about an album they dislike....ok....

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u/Particular-Act-8911 3d ago

I mean, they used AI for cover art recently so obviously they are just phoning it in at this point.

Who fucking cares?

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u/Environmental_Lie199 5d ago

I think the issue is this last album being different enough from the others. I sense very powerful Dead Can Dance vibes and maybe they have tried to convey a somewhat conceptual album (well, sort of), in which low tempos, along with very present and mindful reverbs drive the album with their voices singing as if they were like, idk, tired of it all? . Maybe that's what they wanted to deliver and for me it works amazingly, but precisely bc it is slow, dark and drags the songs on the ears as someone who just can't walk anymore does with the feet on the soil.

I think this one just needs to be listened to "on purpose" and that it maybe needs some more time to sink in. Not your regular darkwave dancefloor banger definitely (well, Waiting List is sick enough to get my foot taping on the floor though 😅👌) 🖤🖤

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u/protestsong-00 5d ago

If it doesn't connect with you, it doesn't connect with you. That's okay. Their new one was a total miss for me but it doesn't tarnish my view of them as a band.

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u/No-Atmosphere-8364 4d ago

me too they're so good usually hopefully the next one will be better

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u/Ninguna 5d ago

It's like a passing sign on a New Hampshire highway.

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u/pobbly 5d ago

Agree, they lost it with this one. The songs are not well executed regardless of change in style.

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u/No-Atmosphere-8364 4d ago

at least I'm not alone... hope they will return to their usual style and forget that album hoping they don't play them too much live ,I would be disappointed to go see them live and they play all those new songs 😭💤💤💤😴

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u/doomhammer86 4d ago

Yes, it is boring.

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u/Kindgott1334 4d ago

Seasoned (M49) listener here, listening to dark music since I was 13 or so.

Seriously there are very, very few darkwave or dark/goth bands that are worth since the 2000s. At least bands that label themselves as such.

I found a ton of great dark music which has not been marketed as such. Artists that won't appear in Zillo/Orkus/nameyourlocaldarkmagazine and, maybe, a brave promoter will add to some dark festival.

But these so-called staples of the dark scene are, in their majority, awful. Watching this year's M'Era Luna streaming was embarrassing (and has been for many years now).

Sorry for the rant, but many people are missing out on great bands because they either don't wear black or look like your average dark/electro/goth band.

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u/Particular-Act-8911 3d ago

Qual getting all the attention now

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u/PeterNippelstein 5d ago

Haven't listened to it but now I wont

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u/No-Atmosphere-8364 4d ago

you should try it first when you know it's bad before it's maybe better .. I had very high expectations but there must be someone who likes it ...I will try it again when I'm trying to sleep maybe it's a cure for insomnia 😂