The Dreamside
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Blending elements of gothic and metal music with female vocals and lyrics commonly centred around themes like the supernatural, The Dreamside, formed by vocalist Kemi Vita in 1994, opened their account the same year with Pale Blue Lights on Nuclear Blast, a well-received if slightly naïve debut.
Consistent and well-received live shows helped spread the word about the band and resulted in a follow-up release in 1996, a rather surprising dance mini-album entitled Nuda Veritas.
In many ways, The Dreamside’s third release –their final for Nuclear Blast – was a turning point. Released in 1997, Apaika revealed both the power and the diversity of the band. Apaika is a very mixed album, very diverse; there’s some acoustic material, guitars, grand piano, some ethnic influences, flute, didgeridoo, different forms of percussion, all mixed with some heavier songs.
The album Mirror Moon finally appeared in May 2001, and indeed marks something of a new start for the band. Guitars were a little louder and an album was created where metal, gothic, electro and ambient elements became equal.
A further turning point in the band’s career came in 2003 when Dancing Ferret Discs put together Faery Child, a compilation of The Dreamside’s material for the American market. Faery Child featured a cross-selection of the band’s material, together with two previously unreleased songs from the Mirror Moon album sessions and a remix by Cruxshadows of Fairy Child.
2005 saw the release of Spin Moon Magic, the band’s first full-length album for Dancing Ferret Discs, and a single, Open Your Eyes, taken from it. “A masterpiece of the Metal Female Voices genre,” is how UK metal magazine Fireworks described it: “a truly outstanding album which moves you from the depths of despair to full-on dance-floor mania.” The video for the single "Open Your Eyes," featuring Rogue from The Cruxshadows, is also included as a bonus.
In 2007 The Dreamside celebrate their 13th anniversary and a special release to celebrate this event is due to be released. This CD contains remixes from Hungry Lucy, Angels and Agony, Lunascape, Satyrian and Vigilante as well as duets with 18Summers, Born from Pain and the Japanese poet Kenji Siratori.
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