Goodbye Cruel World - that’s the title of Berlin-based Goth rockers TUNES OF DAWN third record and I’m sure many will have pondered about its deeper meaning. Whatever it may imply, musically TUNES OF DAWN undeviatingly push their things through. Goodbye Cruel World rocks out a little more as its predecessor Of Tragedies In The Morning & Solutions In The Evening did but generally speaking, trademarks are still the same: hard hitting Gothic Rock peppered with theatric melancholy and fine irony (Refuse Resist, Tonight's Decision), added by crunching guitars, keyboard work that is still too dominant and too sweet and the dark and melting voice of Hagen Schneevoigt.
To cover Zeromancer’s Cupola might be not the best idea, the original is unbeatable, especially since TUNES OF DAWN are musically pretty close. In return the guys deliver two splendid Rock ballads with A Warm Sigh At 6°C and Upon My Grave. As for the rest I have to say that these tracks just dragged on unimpressively. Too trivial, too common and too close to various other genre bands. Too bad! I know TUNES OF DAWN can do it better!