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Crimes of Passion (Rites of Burial)
Rock · 2018 · 19 tracks · 15m

Crimes of Passion (Rites of Burial)

Ikon

Nineteen tracks of shadowy Australian darkwave defined by melodic lead bass and cavernous baritone vocals. A ritualistic, wintery descent into gothic solitude.

2018

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A sophisticated and ritualistic descent into melodic gloom and midnight introspection.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks · 15m
01
Life Begins
02
First Experience
03
Flowers for the Gathering
04
Weisse Rosen
2:16
05
No Order
06
Predator
07
The Glory of Justice
3:10
08
A Tale of Two Murders
09
Far Behind
3:24
10
Red Dragon
11
Kaos
12
Emptiness
13
Victim of Hate
3:02
14
Path of the Unknown
15
The Darkened Room
16
Under the Sea Dome
3:34
17
God's Sun
18
A Trance Until Death
19
Life Ends
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the introductory Life Begins into the driving, bass-heavy momentum of First Experience.
The hollow, skeletal guitar chime that opens Flowers for the Gathering, creating an immediate sense of ritualistic space.
The way the baritone vocals descend into a near-whisper during the closing minutes of A Trance Until Death.
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How does Crimes of Passion (Rites of Burial) sound next to the rest of Ikon's catalogue?

Death Mortality+1.3σ

The writing leans notably further into death mortality than the rest of the catalogue.

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