Death in June
Nada-Ized!

THE REVIEW

Once Upon a Time, There Were Death In June. There were epochal and epic albums like Nada!, Brown Book, “But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter?”, Rose Clouds Of Holocaust. Then the decline started slowly and initially without much clamor. The box set Black Whole Of Love was published, which contained vinyl records of different versions of the tracks from Rose Clouds Of Holocaust but also a splendid unreleased track like “Leopard Flowers.” Then Douglas P. still had a flash: he decided to collaborate with the late Albin Julius from Blutharsch, and two great albums like Take Care And Control and Operation Hummingbird were released, which, in hindsight, I believe are the brainchild of the Austrian. And it is sad to note that only after the latter's death did Douglas P. declare the legal dispute over these works to be over and recently reissued them under the title Operation Control. Then began, on one side, a flourishing of unnecessary reissues in marble (in the meantime, he also managed to quarrel with David Tibet, removing his tracks from these reissues), and on the other, a series of weak and lackluster albums (though occasionally there was a nice song). Now this Nada-Ized! places the tombstone on the good name of Death In June. Essentially a techno trash album that remixes old and more recent tracks from the repertoire. I can understand that Douglas P. has run out of inspiration and is now living off royalties, but there is a limit to everything. And that limit has been crossed. I am truly stunned when I see this album being positively reviewed by a distinguished pen such as Aldo Chimenti on Rockerilla. Although I must say that this journalist has always practiced that literary genre called hagiography towards Death In June, as you can see by reading his book Nascosto tra le rune just reissued by Tsunami. Once Upon a Time, There Were Death In June.

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