The record is a concept album, divided into two great songs of roughly 20 minutes each. Their span from Spleen and Ideal to Into the Labyrinth is a spiritualist catechism in music, a set of masterworks that set a cloistered monastic mood to esoteric occult pursuits. Beyond that, the group developed into a lush neo-classical chamber group, working in world music and neo-medieval music, making albums that even the best dungeon synth records pale in comparison to. This is not undeserved their early work was pivotal goth rock when the scene was struggling for direction in the immediate aftermath of punk, with Dead Can Dance’s debut laying the groundwork for more haunting and ethereal work from 4AD. Unlike their peers in groups such as Current 93, whose David Tibet has released at least one record a year for over a decade straight now, they rest on their laurels. Dead Can Dance doesn’t release records often, at least not anymore.
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