REVIEWS

Album '12 Steps To Inhumanity'

www.obliveon.de, 2008. DE Doppelgänger stammen aus Russland und bereits der Vorgänger "Saturnian Rings" war mir seinerzeit acht fette Punkte wert. Mit "12 Steps To Inhumanity" zieht das russische Trio nun ein neues Werk aus dem Zylinder, das seinem Vorgänger qualitativ in nichts nachsteht, auch wenn sich der musikalische Schwerpunkt von traditionellen Goth-Klängen hin zu Einfl?ssen aus dem Deathrock-Bereich, und hier vor allem frühen Christian Death-Alben, verlagert hat...

www.dvmusic.ru, 2008. Author Guru. RU

www.gothic.hu, 2008. Author Őszentsége. Translating Sasha Maggoth. RU

www.gothic.hu, 2008. Author Őszentsége. HU Ez a 12 dalt tartalmazó album egy igazán remekbeszabott deathrock/post punk muzsikát rejt, mely nagyon is távol áll az általuk korábban művelt szellősebb, könnyen emészthető gothic rock dalokhoz képest. Többnyire lassú-középtempós dalokat hallunk (bár akad pár gyors is), melyek sötétebbek az éjszakánál is! Zeneileg magukon hordozzák a deathrock minden sajátosságát, pattogó punkos ritmusok, hullámzó gitárdallamok, és Dmitry Flo kissé rekedtes, de nagyon ide passzoló éneke...

www.mickmercer.com, 2008. Author Mick Mercer. Translating Dmitry Flo. RU

www.mickmercer.com, 2008. Author Mick Mercer. EN They seem prolific to me, as it seem no time at all since their 'Saturnian Rings' album, but here we are again with another fine collection. Where the last record mixed some beautiful music, with sensitive atmospheres, now they surge into energetic displays...

Magazine "Podzemka", 2008. Author St.Alexander. RU

Magazine "Rock Oracle", #3 2008. Author Wahrheit. RU

Magazine "DarkSide.ru", 2008 RU

Butleg 'Creeper Fest-1'

Magazine "Podzemka", 2008
RU

Album 'Saturnian Rings'

www.obliveon.de, 2007 DE Doppelgänger kommen aus Russland und spielen klassichen Goth britischer und deutscher Prägung, und wenn man nicht wüsste, dass Doppelgänger aus Russland kommen würden, man würde das Trio aus Moskau glatt in den legendären "Batcave"-Club nach London oder in den "Zwischenfall" nach Bochum Anfang der neunziger Jahre verfrachten, so authentisch klingen die Russen....

www.darkplanet.pl, 2007 Author Stary_Zgred. PL Wyobraźmy sobie, że David Bowie wyszedł za mąż za Toma Petty (Heartbreakers) i urodziło im się dziecko. Szczęśliwi rodzice nadali swojej pociesze ekscentryczne imię Dmitrij Flo. Szczęśliwi rodzice nadali swojej pociesze ekscentryczne imię Dmitrij Flo. Dmitrij odziedziczył po tatusiach głos i pasję twórczą, ujściem dla której okazał się zespół Doppelganger...

www.mickmercer.com, 2007 Author Mick Mercer. EN What I like best about this isn’t just that they’ve shored up the imbalances evident on their last album, they’ve also managed to do it as a trio, with songs that are sometimes mere slips of a musical thing, yet the character of their sound is strong throughout, as their melodic blend starts to show as their own. They’re trad at heart, but it comes with natural modern ways...

www.djdeath.livejournal.com, 2007 Author DJ De'Ath. EN For a three piece Doppelganger have a very tight sound which has been crafted during the last 12 years which has seen the band evolve and change it's line-up. Unlike the norm for Gothic Rock bands they don't just churn out 3 minute wonder tracks but longer tracks which fit perfectly to soundscape of an LP. Something that they have in common with Fields Of The Nephilim who had the knack of making great albums. The lyrical content of the album has been influenced by the Roman God Saturn in medieval alchemic teachings and the Austrian writer Gustav Meyrink...

Magazine "Rock Oracle", #1 2007 Author M. Belova. RU

Magazine "DarkCity", #37 2007 :) Author An. K. RU

Magazine "Rockcor", #3 2007 Author Igit. RU

Album 'Dancing'

www.djdeath.livejournal.com, 2007 Author DJ De'Ath. EN Doppelganger mix 90's Gothic Rock (Into The Abyss, Dronning Maudland, Bay Laurel, Catherines Cathedral, Advent Sleep, Rose Of Avalanche with a hint of 69 Eyes). Stand out tracks Are ' Killing Machine' which has a subtle electronic background, whilst still maintaing its full on Gothic rock appeal and the track should work well on the dancefloor...

Under My Skin - DARKLIFE fanzine, 2006 Author Karin Zenzinger. EN 'Dancing' is from beginning to the end an excellently conceived album for those into melodic goth-rock, with excellent vocals and well played instruments like drums or guitars...

The Sanctuary, 2006 Author Reynaldo Gonzales. EN With three releases in this decade, the Moscow based gothic band composed their last full length 'DANCING' that was released under the label Shadowplay Release. The first track is 'Leaves' that have several piano sounds along the track and guitar distortions like the next 'Looser' that starts with guitar touchs similar to Fields Of The Nephilim while the voice made me remember the best years of Iggy Pop in the voice of Yuri Postoev...

www.gothicparadise.com, 2005 EN As far as goth music goes, this band manages to release something that is traditional and somewhat expected from a band of this genre...

Magazine "Zillo", 09/05 Author Sascha Blach. DE Freunde des traditionellen Gothic-Rock, die gerne auch mal in Werke fernab der gangigen Standards reinhoren, können ihr Glück mit den Doppelgängern ja mal versuchen. Wer lieber auf Nummer sicher geht, sollte seinen Blick schnell zur nächsten Rezension schweifen lassen...

Magazine "The Mick", #15, March/April 2005 Author Mick Mercer. EN This is gothic Rock, make no mistake about that, because while they have their little modern touches and a suitably synthy skein of shading, they leave you in no doubt they’re laden with guitars and want to lurch around a lot. They also sing in English and are easily the most conventional of the Russian bands I have heard...

Magazine "R.I.P.", 2005 :) Author Leonid Novikov. RU

Musical Magazine "Fuzz", February 2005 Author V. V. RU

Magazine "DarkCity", 2005 Author An. K. RU

Dark Petersburg, 2005 Author Ganconer. RU

www.the-crypt.ru, 07.03.2005 Author AsmoDeus. RU

www.rezultat.atknet.ru, February 2005 Author ASH. RU

www.darkside.ru, 08.02.2005 Author Natalya 'Lynx' Horina. RU

Album '...Desire Lost Forever?'

Magazine "Darkwave", 2004 RU

Magazine "Podzemka", #2, January 2004 :) RU

www.darkside.ru, 17.06.2003 Author Antony. RU

RGP - Russian Gothic Project, 2003 Author Dani. RU

RGP - Russian Gothic Project, 2003 Author Dani. EN This is the way which was taken by the musicians from 'DoppelgangeR', who play a kind of a heavy gothic-rock. Unfortunately, the present-day listeners don't admit or even stay in ignorance of that gothic-rock, which was popular in the eighties, when BAUHAUS, SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES, THE SISTERS OF MERCY and many others gave birth to their masterpieces...

www.musica.mustdie.ru, 2003 Author Doff. RU

Magazine "DarkCity", 2003 Author An. K. RU

Magazine "Alive", #3 (13)/2003 RU