Final Selection - Antihero (2003)

Country: Germany. Hailing from Germany, another great Darkwave, Electro-Goth band is born and brings us their excellent music. Final Selection had it's beginnings as early as 1992 when Riccardo Schult and Mario Tews met for the first time. They soon formed their group and started recording songs. Several demos were released over the years and they were able to have many live performances during this time that can most likely be called a maturing and learning experience. After nearly a decade of this they put their mind toward releasing a full-length album. AntiHero is the result of this hard work over the next two years. They signed with the excellent Black Flames label for this release and it saw the light of day in late 2002. On the "Anti Hero" which combines elements of electro / EBM, synthpop and darkwave, it is very difficult to classify their music somehow uniquely, at least stick so in demand nowadays tag "futurepop" here, thankfully, is clearly not succeed. The sound FINAL SELECTION and style of singing singer Riccardo Schult may recall DIARY OF DREAMS, FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, COVENANT, DEPECHE MODE, HAUJOBB. But for all the apparent parallels music of the band does not look another secondary clone. FINAL SELECTION have their own distinctive face, very successfully combining a modernistic, intelligent and technically flawless electronic sound with bright, accessible melodies and subtle appeals to the music of the '80s. The general mood of melancholy and romantic album, but the songs vary a lot, along with a rigid and dynamic tracks, quite suitable for playing in clubs, on the drive in almost equal proportions present calm, very warm and emotional songs........................