- Damnation/Salvation
Infobox Album
Name = Damnation/Salvation
Type = album
Artist =Eva O
Released = 2005
Recorded = 2005
Genre =Deathrock Gothic rock
Length =
Label = Dark Dimensions, Alice In...
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album =Damnation (Ride the Madness) 1999
This album = Damnation/Salvation 2005
Next album ="Damnation/Salvation" is the 2005 studio solo album of the American
deathrock veteran musicianEva O , released on the Dark Dimensions and Alice In... labels.Overview
"Damnation/Salvation" is the second part of the Damnation installment that deals with Eva O's personal past in the occult world. The first part of the album contains a few re-recorded and re-written versions of the previous "
Damnation (Ride the Madness) " album songs, and the rest are new songs. Among the performers on it are Josh Pyle (keyboards/programming), River Tunnell (bass), and Kristian Rosentrater (drums), all members of the industrial band Audio Paradox. Damnation/Salvation is a detailed chronicle of her involvement with the occult and Satanism, and has been repeatedly turned down for distribution in the United States due to its subject matter. The "Salvation (Are You Ready to Die?)" part offers a more positive take on Eva's personal views compared to the "Damnation (Ride the Madness)" part.Musically, the album takes its direction more towards Eva's previous band
Shadow Project 's metallic deathrock punk style, similar in songs such as "Eye to Eye." The riffs are heavy and doomy in aBlack Sabbath fashion, and the songstructures are unconventional, long and progressive, lacking typical verse-chorus-verse structure or rhyming. Eva's vocal performance has been compared to that of a "swamp-blues opera diva." The album gets progressively heavier by the end. [cite web |url=http://www.side-line.com/reviews_comments.php?id=9708_0_17_0_C |title= Eva O - Damnation/Salvation|accessdate=2008-01-22 |author= |date= |work= Side Line |publisher= |language= |quote= ] The album received good reviews from the press. [cite web |url=http://www.starvox.net/crypt/6aug.htm |title= Eva O - Damnation/Salvation|accessdate=2008-01-22 |author= |date= |work= Starwox |publisher= |language= |quote= ] [cite web |url=http://www.darkheartmagazin.de/rezi/evao1202.htm |title= Eva O - Damnation/Salvation|accessdate=2008-01-22 |author= |date= |work= Dark Heart Magazin |publisher= |language= German |quote= ]Track listing
:"All songs written by Eva O, except where stated otherwise"
#"Damnation" - 7:22 (Eva O / Josh Pyle)
#"One By One" - 1:33 (EvaO / Josh Pyle)
#"Blood Lust" - 6:25 (Eva O /Josh Pyle)
#"Ride the Madness" - 6:11
#"Beauty of Hell" - 2:56
#"Devil" - 3:15
#"Are You Ready To Die" - 9:45
#"Eye To Eye" - 9:20
#"Who Is Your Father - Do You Hear Me" - 6:36
#"Harlots Tears" - 4:27
#"Not Seen" - 3:20
#"Rumors of War" - 6:20
#"Revelation" - 3:36 (Eva O / Josh Pyle)Line up
*Eva O: Vocals, guitars
*Edward J. Rodriguez: Rhythm guitar
*Steven Nikolaus: Bass
*Stevyn Grey: Drums
*Josh Pyle: Keyboards, samples, programmingReferences
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