At last (it was supposed to come out in 2007!) here is Party Music For Graveyards, Bloody Mary's second full-length: as the earlier appetiser for the trade, Dig Up For The Party, suggested, this new full-length is the ideal continuation of the debut Blood n Roll, released in 2005 by the English SixSixSix Records, owned by Dave Pybus (Anathema, Cradle Of Filth). Romantic and dark, mysterious and deep, Bloody Mary (not to be confused with the French band of the same name) offer a sparkling record ruled by the pairing of love and death, in a concept that tells the deeds of a scientist driven mad by the loss of his beloved wife, who makes the insane decision to try to bring her back to life. A didactic concept, as the band itself calls it, which tells the story through details in the artwork, in certain arrangement choices or in the lyrics. Twelve pieces of goth rock (a rather overcrowded genre which in recent years has seldom seen bands capable of a real flick of the tail) that may not make you cry miracle, but are pleasant to listen to without boring. In a stylistically very homogeneous work the quality stays rather high throughout, with a few peaks in Velvet, Better Down, Somebody To Love, Before You Fade and the Ramones cover Pet Sematary, to which the Milan quintet manages to give new lifeblood, blending it into the context until it almost sounds like one of their own. A welcome return for the tenebrous Aldebran and his dark gang, which will certainly please long-time fans (and those of The Cult, HIM, 69 Eyes) and will probably attract new ones.
First published in Italian; in English here. Where it appeared ↗