Viscerheart
by IMJUDAS
IMJUDAS, the solo project of Maxx Maryan from the Electro-Goth/Pop Metal duo HELALYN FLOWERS, releases his highly anticipated new album, "Viscerheart".
Diving into emotional turmoil, "Viscerheart" explores love, suffering, obsession, and self-discovery, breaking down narrative barriers. Described as 'Electro-synth Pop with a Goth soul,' IMJUDAS fearlessly embraces vulnerability, inviting listeners on a captivating journey through human emotions.
The title holds deep significance, reflecting the emotional journey woven through dark pop masterpieces. IMJUDAS' unique blend of synth pop, dark wave, and post punk sets him apart in the genre, creating a mesmerizing fusion.
With standout vocals, IMJUDAS combines influences from DEPECHE MODE and GARY NUMAN to modern Electro in tracks like "Tazebao" and "Go Away". The album showcases his sonic evolution, culminating in the infectious Dark Pop / Post-Punk / Cold-Wave anthem, "I Love You".
"Viscerheart" pushes sound boundaries, drawing inspiration from EDM/Dance-Pop and venturing into sonic abstraction. This meticulously crafted production features intricate instrumentation, driving basslines, and toxic liquid wave-y guitars, creating a lush dark and polished sonic palette.
IMJUDAS invites music enthusiasts on a hauntingly beautiful sonic and human journey. With crystal-clear production, heartfelt lyricism, and infectious melodies, "Viscerheart" resonates as a testament to IMJUDAS' artistic vocation.
releases May 17, 2024
Go Away – official lyric video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcSEyouOLgStjudas EP
by IMJUDAS
Building upon the melodic dimension showcased in his previous single ("I Love You"), Maxx Maryan (male half of cult Italian duo HELALYN FLOWERS) takes it even further with “Stjudas”, pushing boundaries and exploring new musical territories. Prepare to be captivated by a poignant new wave ballad that delves into the depths of emotion and introspection!
"StJudas" indeed unfolds as a touching piano-driven composition, where melancholy and profound questions intertwine. The stripped-down and raw structure of the song allows the heartfelt chords of the piano to shine, creating an intimate atmosphere that resonates with the listener's soul. And supported by filtered drum grooves, the vocals of Maxx Maryan take center stage, commanding attention with their powerful and emotive delivery.
The combination of Maxx's voice and the musical arrangement evokes a sense of nostalgia, reminiscent of the sweet bitterness found in 80s ballads like "The Power Of Love" and the melodic morbidity of DEPECHE MODE's "Black Celebration", or even early TALK TALK's new romantic hits. And IMJUDAS’ authentic and darkish cover version of THE CURE’s mega hit “Boys Don’t Cry” comes and wraps it up in pure beauty and shimmering simplicity.
This EP confirms that the forthcoming new album of IMJUDAS “Viscerheart” will offer us stunning melancholic 80s Pop-Wave Post-Punk electric moments that will please fans of DEPECHE MODE, GARY NUMAN and other WIRE…
Saint Judas Loves You.
released December 14, 2023
Blood As Lipstick
by Noemi Aurora
A few months ago, NOEMI AURORA revealed the first song from her solo project. The addictive upbeat pop-wave tune “Shining” has ever since been on heavy rotation on many radio shows and DJ sets across the globe triggering a massive anticipation movement amongst the fans for the release of her much awaited solo-album “Kintsugi” on Spleen+.
With her new “Blood As Lipstick” single, the Italian artist demonstrates once again her originality and artistic versatility making her stand out thanks to her matchless ability to convey deep emotions through her poignant intricate music and powerful haunting words. With musical influences ranging from KATE BUSH to DEAD CAN DANCE or even ZOLA JESUS, capturing the most ethereal atmospheres of the dark wave of the 80’s and the obsessive rhythms of a cinematic electronic industrial, NOEMI AURORA creates a unique magical sonic experience triggering the listener's imagination guided by her beautiful, versatile and sensual voice across shimmering electronic soundscapes and wild percussions. Pulsating drums and bewitching flute combine to create an enchanting, immersive atmosphere, enveloping the listener in an intriguing and engaging sonic embrace.
“Blood As Lipstick” is a rebellious hymn to inner strength and resilience, a symbolic ode to female empowerment and the ability to find the courage to praise the lunar side of intuition that lies in the human being, even in the darkest moments when blood defiantly turns into lipstick.
Her majestic and bombastic cover song of THE CURE’s classic “Friday I’m In Love” confirms how eclectic the forthcoming album is bound to be and how NOEMI AURORA is able to let each note and vocals resonate with a haunting beauty through the intricate layers of electronic melodies, conveying raw vulnerability and emotional strength simultaneously; a testament to her exceptional talent and artistry.
The Italian singer-songwriter and music producer NOEMI AURORA is also known for her almost twenty-year career with the alluring duo HELALYN FLOWERS which gave her the way to establish herself in the Electro / Industrial but also in the Alternative Metal scene as one of the most versatile and distinctive voices in modern Goth.
Welcome to NOEMI AURORA‘s Multiverse of sounds and visions.
released October 13, 2023
Shining
by Noemi Aurora
Italian singer-songwriter and music producer NOEMI AURORA is already known for her almost twenty-year career with the alluring duo HELALYN FLOWERS which gave her the way to establish herself in the Electro / Industrial but also Alternative Metal scene as one of the most versatile and distinctive voices in modern Goth. Today, Spleen+ (division of Alfa Matrix) is proud to inaugurate her first solo single.
The electrifying “Shining” is the fruit of endless lockdown solitude moments during which she transformed the trauma of inner isolation into enlightening emotional outbursts. An addictive catchy minimal pop song with a cold wave darkish twist setting danceability and melancholy in perfect balance.
This is the first song announcing a very eclectic “Kintsugi” solo-album full of wild percussion, noir synth atmospheres, danceable electronics, and Noemi’s lush multi layered vocals; a new vibrating sonic entity born from the combination of a passionate ethereal abstractness with the electricity of neon alienism.
NOEMI AURORA describes her new work as “an ouroboros of musical influences that started from my listenings when I was a teenager, while I wandered around the country with my inseparable cassette walkman, without any fear of being judged as the 'strange' gothic girl, wearing my headphones and listening to my 80s/90s mixtapes which contained from the most underground darkwave bands, to rock/alternative, non-commercial electronica, up to even extreme metal. My project was born from there, from the roots, and branches out until today…”.
Hey you, shining disaster, welcome to NOEMI AURORA‘s Multiverse of sounds and visions.
lyrics
Mirror on the wall
Be my Morning Star
Shine on
Here it comes from east of Heaven
It is made of stars
Meeting up at night, at 11
When the change began
Pick up a rose
Prick your finger
What isn't killing you
Is making you wiser
You wonder if it's worth the pain
By going through the mirror you say my name hypnotized
hypnotized
Today we're timeless
We shine on, we're darkness
We'll make it endless
Shining disaster
Mirror on the wall
Look, we share a crack
It is getting dark in Heaven
Someone killed the Sun
It was made to last forever
But has gone too far
Pick up a rose
Prick your finger
What isn't killing you
Is making you wiser
The comet got lost away
But in this world we don't need its rays because
Today we're timeless
We shine on, we're darkness
We'll make it endless
Shining disaster
released June 23, 2023
Written, performed, produced and mastered by Noemi Aurora
I Love You
by ImJudas
Maxx Maryan, male half of cult Italian duo HELALYN FLOWERS, today reveals “I Love You”, the first excerpt of IMJUDAS’ forthcoming album “Viscerheart” whose sound and lyrical contents are held dangerously on the tightrope of emotional and sentimental instability.
Released as a FREE download song, “I Love You” will grab on you in no time with its sing-along DEPECHE MODE-esque chorus, early Colin Newman/WIRE vibes, the electric touch of a GARY NUMAN and that melancholic 80s Pop-Wave Post-Punk feel overall.
“I Love You” announces a straight dark pop album but let’s hear what “Viscerheart” will bring us! Meanwhile enjoy this addictive tune whose love it refers to allows itself to blur the boundaries between its affirmation and its questioning, as if to indicate a dark side of love, the one that proceeds unconsciously from our selfishness…
Judas Loves You
released September 29, 2023
People Of The Blame EP
by ImJudas
Maxx Maryan plunges us one last time into the highly emotional atmosphere of “Yrjudas”, the poignant surrealistic debut album of his solo-project IMJUDAS, by releasing simultaneously 2 stand-alone EP’s each featuring the band’s most favourite songs in exclusive edit, remix, or even demo versions. A nice and original way for the male half of cult act HELALYN FLOWERS to bath us once again in the shimmering darkness of this unique album on which melancholic cold wave melodies fuse with bittersweet post punk attitude.
If rising multi-talented artist MADIL HARDIS offers a very touching dark ethereal version of “People Of The Blame”, Swedish duo OCTOLAB turns it into an abrasive upbeat mix featuring female backings by their sensual singer Arielle Andersson while New-York-based NEIKKA RPM diva gives an unexpected revolted break beat dimension to the excellent “Ritual”.
IMJUDAS fans will also enjoy discovering earlier versions taken from the band’s very first 2016 demo which was only privately circulated among very few insiders in the scene…
ImJudas and YouAreToo…
released January 20, 2023
IMJUDAS – People Of The Blame (canned anger) (official video clip)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uax8QCDu7EIMJUDAS – Ritual (official video clip)
www.youtu.be/y5OOHKTLUIs
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