Dead Can Dance – Aion (Vinyl)

With the industrial textures of their eponymous debut behind them, the fifth album fromDead Can Danceis perhaps their most focused and concise work.

Predominately recorded at their own studio in Southern Ireland and featuring guest vocals from sopranoDavid NavarroSust to add toBrendanandLisa’sopposing yet complimentary styles, the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance are a core influence; an atmosphere amplified by the album’s cover, a section from the Earth phase of Dutch painterHieronymus Bosch‘s famed triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights.

Tracklisting

A1. The Arrival And The Reunion
A2. Saltarello
A3. Mephisto
A4. The Song Of The Sybil
A5. Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book
A6. As The Bell Rings The Maypole Spins

B1. The End Of Words
B2. Black Sun
B3. Wilderness
B4. The Promised Womb
B5. The Garden Of Zephirus
B6. Radharc