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| The Devil's Bris | 
 enlarge | Artist: Voltaire
Label: Projekt
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 12163
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 83
UPC: 617026008325
EAN: 0617026008325
ASIN: B000006NJM
Release Date: July 16, 2007
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It's so easy being a Voltaire fan... July 8, 2001
I first heard "When You're Evil", on a Projekt sampler CD. The next day, I ordered both, "The Devil's Bris", and "Almost Human" CD's. I couldn't believe how creative and ironic the songs where! The author of "Oh My Goth!" singing a song about "being evil"...can't go wrong! Voltaire cuts to the core of human emotions, with all of the witty sarcasm of a true Gothic pioneer. Hands down the most refreshing music to reach our scene, in a VERY long time!
Unique, Dark, and Catchy, all rolled into one!! October 23, 2001
This is a must-have album. It is serious and mocking at the same time. Extremely melodic and catchy in an unpretentious fashion, it begs for attention. I never get sick of this album. It is a classic and mainstay in its little niche.
Mefisto as an artist!!!! January 10, 2007
Greetings fellow ones!!!
This is an amazing album... For those who enjoy the black humor and sarcasm....please buy it!!!!!
Voltaire for me is the answer for a complete artist, in all the aspects of his talent life I enjoy his work so much. I don't consider myself as a Gothiesque person, but my soul has indeed a black side and it's so funny how Voltaire captures my must... dark desires...
Voltaire my friend , this is your first album... the beggining of
your great myth!!!!
Surprisingly likeable March 26, 2007
Took me a while to warm up to this album, because the first Voltaire cd I ever heard was "Boo Hoo," and, well... there's a few differences. First of all, the later cd, even in its funnier moments, is a little gentler, a little more emotional, whereas this one is more... I don't want to say "happy," but I might go with "gleeful." ("Manic," maybe?) More of a brittle edge. Second, there's nothing on "Boo Hoo" to rival the dark fantasies described in "Ex-Lover's Lover," and on first listen, without any warning, it was a little off-putting (at least to a non-goth like me!) But, as my "Boo Hoo" cd has apparently decided to run away from home, I found myself needing a Voltaire fix, and lo and behold, this cd was there! While it wasn't exactly the same as I was used to, I found myself enjoying it more and more, while the grinning little demon inside whispered "you know you like it... you know you do!"
Yeah. I do. I really, really do.
The highlights:
"Ex-Lover's Lover:" You know, I think I was born without the jealous instinct. I do, however, get the violent instinct, and therefore the idea of chopping up your girl's new guy and mailing his pieces all over the globe has, once I got accustomed to it ...a certain barbaric appeal. Really, the concept kind of grows on you.
"Anniversary:" Absolutely not the place I would ever have expected to find one of the sweetest, most romantic songs I have ever heard, but when did my expectations ever count for anything? I know I've commented on Voltaire's voice before, but here it just sounded so gentle and full of light (if that makes any sense at all.)
"The Man Upstairs:" Ok. I have a tendency to overthink things; I know it. So I listened to this song the first couple times wondering "is this a metaphor? Who is the man upstairs? What's the deeper meaning? Is the man upstairs God? Or perhaps some representation of his own psyche? What's going on here?" And then I moved into my new apartment, and I knew: the man just wants someone to kill that f*** upstairs. It's just that simple.
"Snakes:" Whee... ain't paranoia fun? Best line: "How did you get that sweet little girl to lie?" Ah, the implications!
"The Chosen:" I think it says something deeply disturbing about me that I find this song strangely comforting. (Well, but then why not? After all, it's nothing personal...)
"All the Way Down:" Strangely gentle and compelling. I'm not sure I entirely understand what it's about, but that's ok.
"When You're Evil:" What else is there to say? The grinning demons love this song. And who wouldn't love the way the music goes from jaunty to melodramatically poignant, and right back to jaunty again.
"Shalom:" I don't even know how to describe this one. "Fiddler on the Roof" through the fractured looking-glass, perhaps? Frenzied and dramatic and intoxicating.
Ok. I know I said those were the highlights, and I know I then went on to include almost every song on the cd. I said I liked it, didn't I? Anyway: Voltaire's tight, intelligent lyrics are a breath of fresh air in the world of contemporary music, and the accompaniments are the most expressive and emotive I've found to date. I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys good music, goth or not.
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