Clan Of Xymox returns with brand new album in June: ‘Exodus’
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Out on June 7th is the brand new Clan Of Xymox album “Exodus”. “Exodus” is the band’s 18th studio album and comes 3 years after the “Limbo” full length. “Exodus” comes in various formats, on CD and on limited red transparent audiophile vinyl limited to 500 copies.
Over its four-decade career, Clan of Xymox has become one of the most influential groups the worlds of dark wave & goth. Exodus, the bands 18th album, is among the band's darkest & most despondent. Exodus feels as if songwriter Ronny Moorings has taken stock of the times in which we live, and channels all his grief, his anger and his world-weariness into a beautifully dark, danceable work of art.
1. Save Our Souls (Album Version)
2. Fear For A World At War
3. The Afterglow
4. I Can See Miles Across
5. We Are Who We Are
6. Blood of Christ
7. X-Odus
8. Arcanus
9. I Always Feel the Same
10. Once Upon A Time
Coming out on the same date is a limited multicoloured art edition – equally on audiophile vinyl – of the 2012 album “Kindred Spirits”. Limited also to 500 copies “Kindred Spirits” holds 11 cover versions, entirely played, sung and recorded by Ronny Moorings. Included are “Blue Monday” by New Order, “Question of Time” by Depeche Mode, “Decades” by Joy Division, “A Forest” by The Cure and “Alice” by The Sisters Of Mercy.
Clan of Xymox was formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1981. Their breakthrough came with the release of “Twist of Shadows” in 1989, propelling them into the limelight with hits like “Blind Hearts” and “Obsession”, and achieving their most significant commercial success by selling over 300,000 copies globally.
Following internal disagreements, the early ’90s saw a shift in the band’s lineup and musical direction, with Moorings exploring new soundscapes that diverged from their initial darkwave style. This period was marked by experimentation but also by a decline in their U.S. popularity amid the grunge movement’s ascendancy.
A resurgence of interest in gothic rock in the late ’90s saw Ronny Moorings reviving the Clan of Xymox moniker and relocating to Germany, tapping into the burgeoning industrial music scene. Albums like “Hidden Faces” and “Creatures” from this era offered a matured sound, blending electro elements with their trademark darkwave aesthetics.
