Side one opens with "Prophetia", the moody title track, showing the vocalist's voice to be as rich as NICO' s without the wearing flatness, and the music, although in a similar mood, is far more accomplished - a dark, sombre song. Next up is a medieval dance piece called "Anno Domini MDLVI" with warm flutes & a slightly spatial & Ethnic approach to the percussion. It may he based on an eons-old music, but it has a bright 20th century feel to it - a natural progression to an ancient sound. Again the vocalist's strength forces it's way through, occasionally complemented by others, in a style reminding me not only of NICO, but also of SIOUXSIE in ways. "In Articulo Mortis" reminds me a little of the small amount I've heard from BLACK ROSE, the CONTEMPO group, but with a strangely 'captive' sub-Rock twanginess, a 'caged' sound as of something large forced to prowl a small space while the voices soar & swoop like whispy ghosts or harpies. "May 16th 1980" shows the SIOUXSIE influence in it's beautiful naked darkness - this track could almost be an off-cut from the "Juju" album - elements of "Spellbound" with a hint of "Carcass" & "Overground" thrown in for good measure. Dark & brooding stuff indeed. They create a 'big' sound with very little. The vocalist might not have the full strength of SIOUX, but has instead her own timbral colour. "Hommage Funebre" again takes the BANSHEES' sound & inject something far more interesting into it - an atmosphere of dusty darkness & cold vistas.

Side two opens with "Kastamonu" , again entering BANSHEE territory with a fast dervish dance bowed along by a smooth. sleek flanged guitar & Eastern-style flute sounds & voice to match. It's a rather colourful piece evocative of mysterious desert countries with ancient histories and brutal traditions. "Ozymandias" is perhaps the most catchy, commercial piece here - very memorable, but I could hardly see it making the charts. Not only does this hold the two obvious influences mentioned above, but brings to mind ATTRITION in it's vocal placement. A wide piece of rhythmic music which has a shadowy 'live' feel to it. "Nocturnal Euthanasia" is probably a more saleable piece - a rich, full, slowly walking drifting piece of Gothic/Punk-influenced music (I'll not mention that group again, but this has all the beautiful cobwebby lace, dark stares & shadows) - typically brilliant! "Teuflische Mosaikarbei" takes the same style away to the conclusion of this short album - it has a great subtlety & there are moments you discover which you have never noticed on previous listens - an intense piece of dark music with light overtones. I can even detect a CURE influence in this piece, circa the first three albums, yet this is somehow larger, more positive, taking a similar atmosphere & injecting a lighter feel into it,.

The only problem here is that it is a short album which keeps you begging for more. Without doubt, a CONTEMPO group, if only the label will realise that. A dark scrying crystal liberally flecked with pure gold.