Ok, this has been out for a while - I'm guilty of the delay, apologies to Athanor and their distributor. But the fact that lots of people have listened to and commented this sort of makes things more interesting. Somebody has loved "Absinthe", which was a long announced and awaited work - some others have dismissed the work as a missed opportunity to say the least. Actually, those who were waiting for another "The Gospel of Inhumanity" will be surely disappointed - also because, being a concept album, "Absinthe" does not present the variety of styles of the "Gospel". "Absinthe" takes the hallucinated atmospheres of the eponymous track on Blood Axis debut to an extreme of originality and philologic accuracy. Samples - probably mainly assembled by LJDLP - come from late XIX/early XX century and lyrics are taken from authors who experimented with the "green madness"; all illustrations of the luxurious digipack and colour booklet are reproductions of French originals from the same period (there's also a thank you to the Musée de l'Absinthe). The sounds themselves (including Annabel Lee's violin) have been skillfully mixed with a patina of antiquity; out of these misty melodies comes Moynihan's mesmerizing recital which really conveys both despair and stoned voluptuousness. Sounds suggest decadence, ecstatic rapture and terrifying visions, and perfectly adhere to the theme - kudos to the artists for not repeating passively their trademark sound but taking it to new dimensions...

eh. not that great. if you see it in the 2 for $5 bin at your local record store, pick it up...otherwise...don't waste your money.

this cd is a mixed bag. the first half of the cd is excellent, making you glad you bought the cd...but then it starts to unwind and mellow out...like the last hour of a keg party. it just gets all somber, and depressing. The female singer has a beautiful voice, and a lot of the music is done well, but after 20 or so minutes...do you still care?

in all honesty...the only real reason to buy this (other then if you are a big Kidneythieves fan) is for the KMFDM remix of Spank. nothing else really worth noting here...

this cd makes me kind of proud to be from Philadelphia/New Jersey. we have like...almost NO industrial scene...with the exception of Shock Therapy on friday nights and Nocturne (::yawn::) of Weds. nights. Yet Carfax Abbey continues to thrive. They recently opened up for Slick Idiot (it should be the other way around ;) ) , and have another show later this month...

i recently got my hands on a copy of their second release...i'm assuming it's self-titled, being that there is nothing but the band name, and old picture of some English family, and their lame logo on the front. (i still can't figure out what the hell it's supposed to be...) needless to say, it rocks. big time. the opening song, "Revelation", seemed goofy at first but quickly grows on you. The next strongest song on here has to be "Victims", although some of the lyrics get kinda lame. still though, one can hardly blame the band because the music more than makes up for it. and make up for it, it does. The fact that it sounded like there were TWO hidden songs is awesome in the fact that not many bands even put one hidden song on their cds anymore...nonetheless two. I suggest e-mailing the band and buying this cd, who knows? one day they could be the next big thing...

one suggestion though...while the samples are cool...they have more effect if you don't sample as much. and...if you're going to sample a Crow movie...it should be the third one...