You show a lot of guts if you call your band Gothminister, play a mixture of gothic and industrial rock and state that you have "the message that (Goth-)people need". This Norwegian band, however, does not need to be labeled as a mainstream band only because of a big mouth and a dozen catchy pop songs. On the contrary, band leader Alexander proves that this band, originally a one-man project, should be mentioned in the same vein as bands like Marilyn Manson (vocals), Terminal Choice (melody) and Godhead (sound).

On the album Gothminister have used material from two previously released EP`s (Angel and Devil) and added a few more songs.

The majority of this debut is however founded on songs like "Angel", "Pray" and "Devil", which were already recorded and released before. That’s not as bad as it may sound, on the contrary, since - especially - "Angel" is still played an awful lot in clubs and made it’s way into a lot of charts.

The only thing not so positive is the length of the album (not even 40 minutes). Two or three more songs would have made this album complete, but I wonder whether it was possible to write two extra songs that wouldn’t drag the extraordinary quality of the rest of this album down. Definitely worth buying!