Reptyle

Lost in 95 / Live Hilden (2009)



Heroes of the working dead / Live TV-Gig Kanal 21 (2009)



(and the devil said) Because / Live WGT 2008



FROM CONSEQUENCE TO CORRUPTION



"They'll try to scare us, honey, with weapons they can't use/I'll sing back from the archives a song I wrote for you" - the defiant lines from the new record's opening song, "Lost in '95", characterise German goth rock stalwarts REPTYLE better than any statement of intent. Founded in 1999, at a time a which the genre was considered all but dead, the quintet has made a convincing point of the merits of being undead – without all mainstream industry support, instead building on scores of gigs in Germany and abroad, the loyalty of a select, unswerving fan base, and the quality of their acclaimed full-length albums, "A High and Lonely Place" („Powerful guitars, sinister vocals, driving drums and bass lines, all swathed in atmospheric keyboards – total hit!" - Zillo magazine, 2004) and "Consequence" ("Reptyle goth and rock for all they're worth" - Orkus magazine, 2007).



Indeed, attitude is important but not everything, as this overdue new offering proves.
REPTYLE have honed their considerable songwriting skills, evident in more diverse, yet more focused tracks. Consider the strutting opener quoted above; the spacious and epic "Into Her Desert"; the breathy, yet gutsy groove of "Heroes of the Working Dead"; and so on. Speaking of focus: Zulu's vocals are grimmer, yet more intimate, both in terms of content and delivery; the guitars combine punkish outbursts with shoegaze atmospheres more effectively than ever; the production is more transparent than on any earlier REPTYLE release; and no, the addition of a live drummer doesn't harm at all.



If this, indeed, is "old school" goth rock, it will inadvertently provide the new century with a new example – and REPTYLE, hopefully, with success beyond defiance.



RELEASES



Corruption e.p. (12" Vinyl 2011)



Consequence (Album 2007)



A high and lonely place (Album 2004)



Descent to heaven (MCD 2002)



.till life do us part (MCD 2001)



Monochrome (MCD 2000)