SAD DOLLS...oh my DOG!!! Why In chocolate's name would someone choose such a name for a Gothic band, and demands to be taken seriously? Why in chocolate's name do I have to listen to a band that (I was informed) begun as a cover band for H.I.M.? De Feis's sword vibrates in its scabbard next to me and demands I go "Noble Savage" on them but...I gulp and put the CD in my sound system. Well, things went better than I have expected and - guess what - I can say I even liked some of the songs.

Second album for SAD DOLLS; first full length recording after the self released "Dead In The Dollhouse" EP. Let's go song-by-song to see what pears our sack did catch:

"Space Lonliness" (intro): a very good start with a close to classical gothic tune and a deep vocal "vileness", this could be the intro of a more experienced gothic band.
"Bleed All I Can": there is a nice vocal trick that made the voice sound deeper and with a distance, very good. I hated the H.I.M. undertone, the guitar outbursts in the end and gives us a great solo in an otherwise uninterested song.
"Misery": a pure gothic song that could become a classic for this band. You can find the same mood in older gothic bands, very good, catchy chorus too.
"Life Equals Zero": this song has a deeper "Nephilim" voice that saves the song, the gothic sound continues to be at a very good level and the band know how to play, the lyrics are still too simple but again the second solo is amazing here too and the synths at the end after the guitar solo, combined with the drums, are amazing.
"Watch Me Crawl Behind": has nice gothic lyrics, at last something with loss, misery, love and overall pain, sounds a little like LOVE LIKE BLOOD. Another song that could become a classic if it wasn't again for that H.I.M. undertone for which I could kill to have it erased.