Where the latter feasted on African roots, using a wide variety of percussion and rhythmic patterns derived from the southern continent, Dionysus brings their music towards the middle and southern east parts of Europe. Where Anastasis served as a reflection on their legacy as Dead Can Dance, the band may have realized that the direction they had set with Spiritchaser hadn't been explored further, being only a scratch on the surface of what could transcend if they would fully embrace the ethnic character of their pre-hiatus album.įive years has been the time that Dead Can Dance have needed to create Dionysus, the band's 9th album and a rightful successor to Spiritchaser.

From the early post punk of their debut to the soundtrack-friendly epics of past albums like Into the Labyrinth, the band recovered their distinctively exotic sound, as well as the unmistakable voices of both Gerrard and Perry. The 8th album of the band encompassed all their influences into an hour-long piece of music. It wasn't until 2012 that a long due and unexpected reunion would take place.Īn album called Anastasis (meaning 'resurrection' in Greek), was the flag bearer of said awaited return. It was an album that conveyed their most spiritual expression, dissociating them with the neoclassical darkwave style of their origins. Spiritchaser was the album created to send off the band's successful career after almost two decades of existence.

It was 1996 when Dead Can Dance, the duo formed by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, decided to enter a long hibernation period that would freeze the project for a total of 16 years. Review Summary: The elusive spirit has been caught.

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