Limited to 166 copies, APOCALISSE is a compilation which gathers six tracks of a tape titled "9.96" plus six unreleased ones coming from the 1995/'97 period of the band. I wasn't familiar with Vidi Aquam's sound and since the first listening it made me remember some new wave/goth bands that were active in Italy in the 80's. For the foreign people that isn't aware of the Italian post/new wave movement of those years, try to imagine a mixture between Batcave bands, first Coil and Joy Division. The sound they produced was someway unique and almost unknown outside Italy. The most famous bands have been Dead Relatives, Limbo (the first tape and mini LP), Blusons Noirs (the first band of Massimo Mantovani, who soon after formed Thelema) along with many others. For sure this is a mere classificantion because there were so many bands and influences that it's restrictive to name few influences or few genres because as usual there were bands with a darker sound as well as many Cure followers. Well, this isn't Vidi Aquam case as their sound is taking its forms from post punk and early Death In June but they are able to experiment even more presentig us twelve tracks tense, dark and worth the listening. Most of them haven't got a definite melodic structure but when effected guitars and keyboards create the atmosphere, then the vocals take care of the melody with recitative parts. A good mixture of dark ambient, 80's post punk and early industrialism that could interested industrial lovers and goth freaks. Check some at their webpage and contact them.