Over the last few years the German group :GOLGATHA:, who were founded in 2004 as a dark ambient band, have succeeded in cultivating their own unique style via a series of ambitious concept albums and live appearances.
They describe this style as ‘ritual folk’: their highly original fusion of percussive world music elements with ethereal female vocals and earthy folk songs conjures up the spirits of Dead Can Dance, In The Nursery and Jocelyn Pook as well as those of Leonard Cohen, Sol Invictus and Current 93.
"The Horns of Joy’ is dedicated to the nihilistic tendencies of the early 20th century – and their necessary overcoming. It follows their successful last album, ‘Tales of Transgression & Sacrifice’ (2007) and the neoclassical symbiosis with French collaborators Dawn And Dusk Entwined upon ‘Sang Graal’ (2008) and denotes a new chapter, a next stage in the development of :Golgatha:.
‘The Horns of Joy’ is serious and mature, ambivalent and profound and amounts to more than just aestheticised gloom and is now out on Trisol.
