It was thanks to the second wave of cold and darkness that swept through rock in the early 90s, that Corpus Delicti came to life in Nice, France - a city yet better known for its beaches and carnival than for its music scene. Corpus Delicti was the exception !
In the midst of a dark music revival (then labeled "dark wave"), the quartet made a strong impression with their first album "Twilight" in 1993: carried by an evocative and distinctive voice - in which Bowie's influence is already evident, the group's melodic and hard-hitting gothic rock fuses the best of the great alumni of the genre (Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Christian Death, The Cure) with an energy, creativity and sense of melody that will quickly allow them to stand out from second-rate bands which then start to appear in Europe…
- Genre Compositions
- Styles Cold Wave, Gothic Rock, New Wave
- Influences David Bowie, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus, Dead Can Dance, Cameleons, Rozz Williams, Joy Division, New Model Army