Founded in early 90's, Dvar produced several releases but they haven't been really prolific as RAKHILIM is only their third full lenght album after "Dvar", "Raii", the retrospective "Piirrah" and several mini. I never heard of them but their is a particular style as they mix darwave, classical music orchestrations and something that could remember circus music. The result is really theatrical and the twenty tracks form an ipotetic soundtrack good for a freak show. Vocals are the most strange thing about this album as it seems there aren't proper lyrics or an usual use of vocals, most of the time is like there's a child crying and this underline the most dramatic passages. The titles of the tracks add some mystery to the whole work as I can't imagine what "Rakhilim", "Ieroh", "Naakhiil" or "Tavirim" mean. Doing a search on Google I found that Dvar is related to Torah and hebraism, so this could be a clue: a russian band interested in Kabbala which write their lyrics using yiddish language... If you have a chance and if you are looking for something particular in the Sopor Aeternus' vein, check this out!