Musically, as
Rapoon, Robin Storey has been treading dangerously close to the edges of damnation.
Tin of Drum is the culmination of years of flirtation and preparation. If, indeed, there is a hell in the afterlife, Storey has created the soundtrack. This CD is as deep and as dark as it gets. Anything that is deeper and darker is no longer music. The atmospheres are bleak and hopeless. There are moments of brief respite when the spirit lifts up to merely evil. This absolute masterpiece is as scary as, well, hell! It will appeal to fans of
Jeff Greinke,
Laszlo Hortobagyi, and
Lustmord. ~ Jim Brenholts