Critically acclaimed as Germany’s by far most elaborate gothic rock band, Sweet Ermengarde echoes the British 1980s decade in all its gloom and doom. But the band is far from being a mere retro line-up. Sweet Ermengarde transpose their musical roots right into the heart of modernism and manages to create a sound close to the pulse of time: dark and atmospherically dense – with plaintive delayed guitars, epic soundscapes, trance-inducing drums and the grave bass guitar of the band’s founder Lars Kappeler. This exceptional blend is reigned by the characteristic sombre voice of singer Daniel. Sweet Ermengarde is a band you should keep an eye on in the coming days. And in the ears anyway. Close your eyes now, close your eyes. Let me inside your dreams...