Fallen Hero: Unsichbar
- Edge of the World
- Nation
- Sea of Green
- On A Swing (She)
- What You Crave
- Meg
- Truly One
- Lux
- Hell & Back
- About a Dream
- Wrathagod
- Chinese Eyes
- Spaceman
"Unsichbar" is supposed to be an album influenced heavily by Anne Rice's
vampire novels but I fail to find any such reference until half way through the
album. I was expecting a very dark and morbid album and instead it was very up
tempo and totally submerged in pop sensibility. The album seems to glorify the
everything I've abhored about vampires in the media since the release of film
'Lestat'. Everyone seems to be so preoccupied with the romantic and
swashbuckling nature of the children of the night that they forget the horrific
life they truly lead. Vampirism was an literary invention to slap mankind in
the face and show them their dark side, not some device to revel and carouse.
The end result is that the album is dripping with candy coating rather than a
more appropriate macabre shadow. The music is laced with extraordinarily
simplistic pop themes that seem totally out of place in when compared to the
lyrical context. Perhaps I've sound a trite cruel and mean spirited, but this
album was the straw that broke the camels back and as a result I've spewed
forth some rather vehement accusations at it's ultimate intentions. I guess I'm
just disgusted with the counter culture embrace of the 'chivalry' of
vampires.
Fallen Hero are:
Mike Carter - drums
Eric Heldt - keyboards, lead vocals
Scott Goalkowski - keyboards, backing vocals
Contact:
Fallen Hero
P.O. Box 494
Watertown, NY 13601
E-mail: luxhero@aol.com
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