Guilty - Music

The Brotherhood Of Pagans Is A French Goth Group Formed In March 1990 Hailing From Pierrefonds France. Risen From The Ashes Of Two Other Groups Of The Cold Wave Genre – Itchy Souls And Nuits Heretiques It Initially Comprised Alien Rhythm Guitar And Vocals Coccs Synthesiser Sailor Drums Elrik Bass And Vox Populi Guitar . The Group Began Playing It’s First Live Gigs In 1991 But It Was During The Course Of 1993 That The ‘BOP’ Started To Make Themselves Known Thanks Principally To The Beginning Of A Their Relationship With The French Label ‘Darkland Of Tears’. Among Other Things This Enabled The BOP To Provide Support For Corpus Delicti At A Concert In Nice And To Appear At A Festival In Dorsten Germany In Front Of 800 People. This Marked The Start Of Their Journey. This Collaboration With Darkland Of Tears Further Allowed BOP Access To Numerous Compilation Albums Firstly Those On The Darkland Label Such As ‘Cold Tears’ And ‘Gothicland’ Then On Compilations Produced By International Labels Of Renown Like ‘Goth Box’ By Cleopatra And ‘Death By Dawn’ By Appolyon. The Brotherhood Featured On Around A Dozen Compilations On 5 Continents Evidence Of Their Ability To Attract Public Attention Even Though They Had Yet To Produce Their First Album. The Afore-Mentioned First Album Finally Appeared In March 1995. ‘Tales Of Vampires’ Was An Immediate Success. Released In 17 Countries Their Debut Album Threw Up 2 Classics Of The Genre The Unrelenting ‘Resurrection’ And The Never To Be Forgotten ‘Guilty’. Unfortunately At The Peak Of It’s Glory The Band Split Following The Departure Of It’s Bassist Elrik. More Than Just A Group Member Elrik Was A Brother And Following His Departure The Group Decided To Put The BOP Into Hibernation. A Sleep That As In All Good Fairy Tales Lasted 10 Years Yet They Still Met Regularly It Just Seemed Too Difficult To Start The Machine After Such A Long Time. And Also How Could They Revive The Brotherhood Without Two Of Its Original Members? Indeed Alien Was Working On A Solo Project Under The Name Alien Marteens And Elrick Had Joined The Band Disorder.
In 2006 Vox Coccs And Sailor Now The Singer Of The Band Decided To Head For The Studio In Order To Start Writing A New Album “Only Once”. The First Task And Not The Least Was To Blend The Various Musical Influences They Had Gathered Nurtured And Matured From 10 Years Of Curiosity And Encounters. Amongst These Influences Were And Also The Trees Killing Joke Siouxsie Chameleons F242 Siglo XX Norma-Loy Tanit Marc Seberg Clair Obscur Young Gods Midnight Oil Joy Division Cure Wall Of Voodoo Virgin Prunes Christian Death Bauhaus Birthday Party Mission Danse Society Dead Can Dance Cocteau Twins And… Brotherhood Of Pagans ’95. This Combination Of Influences Would Feed Their Creative Juices For 3 Years And Lead To The Birth Of The Album “Only Once”
You Will Obviously Find In “Only Once” The Unique Style And Colours Of The First Album But This New Work Is More Daring Exploring A Wide Range Of Goth Horizons Sometimes Veering Towards The Edge Of Pop And Rock Music. “Only Once” Is Also The Musical Output Of A Brand New Approach To Song-Writing. With No Help From Additional Musicians They Had To Learn New Instruments New Methods Whilst Confronting Their Respective Musical Universes And Influences With The Result Being A Dishevelling Sound Born From A Musical Storm.
“Only Once” Is Original Surprising And A More Mature Piece Than Their Previous Album But It Is Also Meant For Early BOP Fans With For Example A Very Personal Cover Version Of The Mythical Track “Resurrection”.
The First Track Of The Album Also Called “Only Once” Was Previously Featured On The Str8line Compilation “Movement One” In 2007 Long Before The ‘Alone Prod’ Label Offered To Support This … ‘Resurrection’ With The Release Of The Brotherhood’s New Album In February 09 The Site Of The Group Is Available On Http //brotherhoodofpagans.Free.Fr/ . read less