Christian Death sans Rozz Williams reached it's zenith in 1989. What had been a torrent of recording, touring, and proselytizing the end of humanity culminated in a tumultuous night at The Marquee in London. Following the band's performance, Gitane Demone left Christian Death forever, and more impressively, the life she had known for 10 years. People that stayed in following Christian Death began to see the train leaving the tracks... what was a surreal swathed goth-rock band, began to offer a much heavier, metal-tinged sound a la Metallica. But following this June night, the din fell silent. Had Valor indeed moved to Antartica? Fueling the mystery was Rozz's return to Christian Death and a flurry of new material and releases. Without access to internet - this couldn't have been a more puzzling point in time for a Christian Death fan. There was literally no where else to turn for information except the musical press. That was where I found interviews with Valor in 1990/1991 - talking about the new record, titled, "Beauty Of Temptation". I waited... waited... searched in vain - it never surfaced. However, in 1994, clearly in response to Rozz's new run with Christian Death, Valor emerged with a new look, a new band, and a much different sound. It turned out that in addition to a much needed hiatus to rest and spend time with his children, Valor was rehearsing new band members, recording demos, and refining what would become a new era for "The Official" Christian Death. These demos hint at the building blocks that would become that foundation. They are strikingly good, and I think I would have preferred this album as opposed to what it became, "Sexy Death God". I'm not sure why "Beauty Of Temptation" was tossed as the new release, but I imagine one day when Valor is putting together an extensive anthology or box set of the band's 30 year span, some of these hidden gems will surface. Until then... enjoy until I'm told to take it away.
Oh - you can thank Shawn for helping me to pull this out of oblivion, and I believe The Graves for sharing it with me.
Thanks for digging this out of the vaults. You're so right about that time being a confusing one for Christian Death fans. The "Insanus, Ultio..." collection featuring a track with Rozz vocals, the sudden appearance of "The Iron Mask", finding out I had missed Christian Death playing in Houston with ROZZ and RIKK! I remember Isolation magazine did an interview with Valor about the Beauty of Temptation album that was going to be out soon. There were pictures of a new line-up with some guy called Adam E., and of course Maitri...and I don't remember who else. And then, nothing.
ReplyDeleteWe need these MP3 posted again!
ReplyDeleteHi, do you by any chance still have these mp3s? I would love to hear them, as a lifelong CD fan I didn't know any tracks other than Temples of Desire actually existed from this era.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteI FOUND THEM!!!
ReplyDeleteT̠̟̥̫̻̖̠̖͉̐̃͋̏ͧ̍̒́̀̀́͘͝h̶̡̦̭̘̓̃̐̀̽̕͠ͅē̛͔̰̼̝͙̱̯͕̖̱͕̞̱̺̭͇̣̘̺̄̈́̒̔ͤ̉̽̐ͮ͂̆͑̎͑̕͘͟͢ ̨̻͍̺͕͈͈̗͕̠͖̭̹͓͈̲̰͙̐͛̍̉ͭ̔̾̑͟͜͡B̮̠̪̱͕͓͓̠̺̼̳͈͉̎͊́̒͌̓̀̚͟eͣͬ͒̇̆̈́̽ͫ̑̿̑̃̆̈́́͝҉̸̳̘̻̳̰͖̪̩͕̗̯͇͓̤͎̕ͅa̴̫͍͔̥̮͔̲̣͙̖͕̲̍̀̉̌̄̍ͪ͋̀͝͡ͅu̸̴̢͉̠̲̬͇̳̠͚̖͙͖̖̘̤̭̩̦̰ͯ̅̓ͯ̃̍ͩ̈ͫͯͩ̏̅́͌͂͑̚͜͠ͅt̡̘̱̼͓̩͉̹̭ͥ̄ͤ̓̐͛͛̔́ͭ̂̾͋̀͜ͅyͤ̑ͬ̄͗̉ͦ͗͌̑̉̅ͮͪ̕͜͏̮̬͇͙͙̮ ̧ͧ͊͐͐̽͑̌͝͏͜͏̦͍̱̪͇̩̪̭̠̣̮͎̮̦̤͎̼ͅô̴̧̥̹̗̞̻̙͖̯̖̜̰̤̗͙̱͎͔̹̫ͯͬf̶̶̙̹̟͈̤͚͎̺̥̘͕͎̦̥ͭ̔̊͒ͣͫ̅̾́̚ ̸̴̴̛̙̳̳͙̬̭̞̳ͭͥ̆͐̐͛ͤͬ́̚Ť̛́ͯ̀́̏́̍͑̂ͤ̏͗́̎̚̚͜͏͙̤͇͕̥̯̙̹̺͍̳͟͢ȇ̡̫͕̣̫̭̙̝̤̩̍̇̕͞͡͞m̷̤̖̹͉͈͈͙ͫ͂̑͆ͬ͒ͮͬ̂ͯ̀̾ͥͪ͐̚͡p̷̧͓͇̬͎̼ͥ̒̒̈́̂͐̄̂̋̎̒̑͡t̀͐͆ͦ̅̄ͣ̉̎ͩ̐̅̓̇͛҉̸̧̱̼̰̜̹͓̹͇͖͟a̷̡͚͙̹̪̼̳͙͖̭̱̜̬͑̿ͩ̒ͨ̆t̷̴̷̎̿͐̔͂ͯ̽҉͈̖͉͜ͅi̍̆̌ͪ̋ͬ̑̅̃ͣ͐͟͞҉̱̰̭̳̤͙̖o̷̧̢̪͍̼̯̺̺̣ͤ̌̍̇́̊͛̀ͩ͒͝͝n͇̪̫̗̠̝̹̩̦ͮ̏̐ͮ̔͛̚͞͠ ̷̮̱̦̜̺͕̮̩̗̑̂ͩͨ̎̃̽́̈ͭ͟͝ͅD̴̯̘͇̥̻̊͑͛̐ͮͭͭ͂͐̓ͦ͛͌̒ͦ̅̍͑͘e̴̶͕̗͍͍̟̪̤̘̙͔̞͖̻ͫ̾ͮ̂ͧ͗ͬ͒̾ͬ̓̏̀͋ͦ͆̈́͑̽́m̴̳͕̰͔̲ͦ̅ͦ̇̏̅ͫ̏͑͑ͥ̉͂ͯ͂ͬ͒̀ǫ̷̘̱̤͇̥̲̩̰̜̗͈͔̺̝̬̻̳́͗͒̋̊͑̇̀ͤ͗̀̚͘ŝ̹͙̝͎͙̦̍ͨͪ͒͊̇̎͛̾̈̈̿͌͆̑̿͋̆̕͢͡ͅ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jnUhT5zLoiLugKhm_LqqqBBvdxIMj6O6