This is the second single that TERMINAL GODS have put out and having reviewed Electric Eyes, their first, at the start of last year I was happy to see a second single arrive for review. They have stuck to the formula of being a proper old school Light Bulb changing goth band.
All three songs need to be heard on a dancefloor rather than a stereo somewhere like the Electrowerks or Antichrist.
The lead song, Lessons In Fire, is a classic monumental slab of Goth dance rock as Robert Cowlin does his best Andrew Eldritch meets Jyrki 69 while he tells us about touching that flame. The song has one of those brilliant classic break down "Whoa's" that almost stops the song before the last verse comes in and wraps things up perfectly.
The Card Player is for me the best tune of the three, starting as a slow but not too ponderous look at the cards that life has dealt the lovers and how they both have the same fears. This builds to the songs breakdown and classic quiet bit like the darker end of Depeche Mode crossed with bits of Clan of Xymox's early material.
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Constrictor is a classic dance floor filling tune that has the sort of lyrics that allow the lightbulb changing dancers to suddenly start miming about who do you kiss the most over a rumbling riff that sounds like Joy Division speeded up by about 10 BPM.
This single has plenty of potential for lovers of proper Goth rock. I'dlike to see if they can do it live as well at some point this year. But well worth checking out at Terminal Gods online
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