Dark Alternative/Industrial-Rock "Mute Malevolence" (silent hatred) the album. Enter the mind of Sariah Bishop, a intriguing seven song limited edition album that explores the depths of betrayal, hurt, pain and temptation,... more » through the eyes of an innocent, who's "peered through death". Its heavy electronic industrial metal sound takes you on an adrenaline high. Recently compared to Rammstine and KMFDM with female vocals, in the spirit of Nine Inch Nails 'Hurt', Sariah's pull of influences display the condition of "A beautiful mind." She depicts the victim, the predator, the faith, the fear, the salvation and the sin. Sariah, the new fire starter, says media. "She's created a new genre I'd like to call "Beautiful Goth", which means you don't have to be covered from head to toe with tattoos and piercing to create dark and moody music, just take one look at her CD cover and you'll see what I'm talking about." -All Access Magazine Super moody and extremely vivid, Sariah Bishop is recognized for her outspoken, unapologetic lyrics that cut like a double edge sword. Rock and Religion have had their toil at the crossroad and Sariah embraces the clash, love and hate on a path that's torn. In a recent interview when asked about the content and lyrics of "Mute Malevolence" and the target song "Virtuous" how it could be looked at as criticizing religion and if criticism has come encountering this aspect of her work? Sariah answers..."Criticism comes and I have been through the war of religion-lyrically it gets kind of touchy in places. "Virtuous" is simply about temptation... similar to a Picasso painting, the viewer can look at the same painting and get a million different interpretations". The most dangerous truth of all lies in the area beyond dark and light, savior and sinner, where all shadows coalesce and real demons abide. A young artist and author going beyond the reality of expectation and delivering nothing less than "the truth of darkness made visible."« less
Dark Alternative/Industrial-Rock "Mute Malevolence" (silent hatred) the album. Enter the mind of Sariah Bishop, a intriguing seven song limited edition album that explores the depths of betrayal, hurt, pain and temptation, through the eyes of an innocent, who's "peered through death". Its heavy electronic industrial metal sound takes you on an adrenaline high. Recently compared to Rammstine and KMFDM with female vocals, in the spirit of Nine Inch Nails 'Hurt', Sariah's pull of influences display the condition of "A beautiful mind." She depicts the victim, the predator, the faith, the fear, the salvation and the sin. Sariah, the new fire starter, says media. "She's created a new genre I'd like to call "Beautiful Goth", which means you don't have to be covered from head to toe with tattoos and piercing to create dark and moody music, just take one look at her CD cover and you'll see what I'm talking about." -All Access Magazine Super moody and extremely vivid, Sariah Bishop is recognized for her outspoken, unapologetic lyrics that cut like a double edge sword. Rock and Religion have had their toil at the crossroad and Sariah embraces the clash, love and hate on a path that's torn. In a recent interview when asked about the content and lyrics of "Mute Malevolence" and the target song "Virtuous" how it could be looked at as criticizing religion and if criticism has come encountering this aspect of her work? Sariah answers..."Criticism comes and I have been through the war of religion-lyrically it gets kind of touchy in places. "Virtuous" is simply about temptation... similar to a Picasso painting, the viewer can look at the same painting and get a million different interpretations". The most dangerous truth of all lies in the area beyond dark and light, savior and sinner, where all shadows coalesce and real demons abide. A young artist and author going beyond the reality of expectation and delivering nothing less than "the truth of darkness made visible."
CD Reviews
If this is goth, then I've been seriously decieved.
Lakini Malich | Jersey City, NJ | 05/24/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Let's take a look at the album description, shall we?
It likens Ms. Bishop's sound to 'heavy electronic industrial metal', and compares her to KMFDM and Nine Inch Nails, and then quotes a reviewer who refers to it as 'Beautiful Goth'?
Now, I'm just a simple country reviewer, but last time I checked, goth music was neither industrial nor metal. As for beauty, that in itself is highly subjective. I'd say 'Beautiful Goth' would be Danielle Dax, Patricia Morrison, or Dinah Cancer. This woman just looks like they took a Christina Aguilera look-alike and made her slightly more 'edgy'.
Another word used is 'Dark Alternative'. I can certainly agree with the alternative part, as it's clearly an 'alternative' to GOOD. But dark? Possibly in the way that such god-awful bilge as Korn or Marilyn Manson is dark. Dark in the sense of pre-manufactured rebellion, all nice and safe, but with a "spooky" image to rope in the angsty teens with too much of their parent's money in their baggy jean pockets.
If you want REAL 'Beautiful Goth' music with REAL passion, try Xmal Deutschland, Blood & Roses, Asmodi Bizarr, or Bone Orchard, because there's certainly nothing goth about Sariah Bishop."
Oh please
Lakini Malich | 06/06/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I'm 12, and even I can tell this is about as goth as 50 Cent. Ooo, so dark and spooky....if you can call Britney Spears in leather pants spooky. Try And Also The Trees, Children On Stun, or Andi Sex Gang. Those are REAL goth bands. Or for some great dark poppy stuff, there's Strawberry Switchblade. Don't be fooled by what the media says...this scag is in no way, shape or form 'goth'. 'Background filler for pseudo-alternative clubs' is more like it. Feh."
A fine example of overproduction
disilluminate | Northwest IN | 05/24/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I listened to some of the songs with an open mind, and I couldn't take much more of the "I'm so gawff woe is me!" attitude. I don't see originality here. It's just another fine example of an over-produced album designed for neo-goths to purchase with glee in order to make a few people rich.
I can only see this as a ploy. It's the sex-appeal gimmick, "buy my album because I'm so hawtt" like HIM uses. Sariah is rather attractive to me, but I'm not about to buy an album for pretty pictures. I find her singing marginal too.
In all honesty I have heard EBM that sounds more unique than this. :\"
Don't waste your time
Danielle Guss | Pottstown, Pa USA | 05/24/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Anybody can get out a program, through some beats together, speak/sing some "dark and gloomy" lyrics and dress up in black. It's not new and original, and she fails at the task, miserably. She can barely even sing, which is why she probably chooses to speak most of the time. She looks like something they drug off of Baywatch (fake tan and all) put some leather and black clothes on, and then told her to "sing" some redundant, angst-filled lyrics. She's not fooling anybody.
She gets 1 star for keeping me entertained whilst listen to that trash."
Really,really awful
djvampira | 05/23/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I went to her website and listened to the tracks available there and I must say that I was not impressed at all. The style of music that she is trying to acheive,goth/industrial, has been done before by better artists and her vocals need some help. Actually,in my opinion, the woman can't sing. All in all this album is anything but original and her whole persona seems to reek of being produced by a major record studio exec. In time a major label will probably try to promote her as some sort of Goth/Industrial goddess. Don't be fooled it's all a con."
Track Listings (7) - Disc #1