Silence & Strength - Le Divin Cagliostro [CDR]

A Tribute to the Grand Copht, the creator of the Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry, the most colourful magical Adept and one of the previous incarnations of the Master Therion. Recorded in Tel-Aviv, Israel by local dark-ambient/dark-folk project. Limited hand-numbered edition DVD-box 620 copies. Review: "The neofolk songs are nice, but I prefer the dark soundscapes that can be found on this disc. Overall the album is very nice and not too typical of sound." Monas magazine (Netherlands) "Le Divin Cagliostro” bridges the distance between dark ambient music and neofolk music bringing both styles to bare on an album unified by themes of mysticism and spirituality." Heathen Harvest (USA) "Siamo in bilico tra reminescenze rituali ambient (tipo vecchie sonorità World Serpent) e neofolk oscuro con tocchi retrò e drammatici. La prima delle songs senza titolo ha un’andatura rituale e sacra, un mantra ambient che funge da apertura per l’oscura ballata folk “II”, un’esecuzione profonda con un’abile gioco di tastiere e percussioni, molto in linea con il mood disperato di “The Wall of Sacrifice” dei Death In June". Exoteric-zine (Italy) "All eight tracks here can’t be measured as “good or bad”, that’s beside the point in a piece like this, for it was probably released to raise questions and create interest in the figure and subjects it’s related to" Alternative-Zine.com (Israel) "Neofolk from Israel? Till 5 years ago it would have sounded odd, but after Death In June's concert in Tel Aviv and the Blutharsch CD , it doesn't anymore. So, here we have Silence & Strength, a band from Israel playing folk-noir ballads and also waving mysterious dark ambient soundscapes." Filth Forge (Italy)