Tag Archives: gothic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 11, 2022 – Gothic/occult wave duo Raven Said has just unveiled their new EP, Chants To Dissolve. Chants To Dissolve is about the spiritual essence that represents a certain alchemical phase of Solve (a transitional process between the Nigredo and Albedo phases in basic Alchemy). On …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27– VampireFreaks, the team that brought you the Triton Festival and Dark Side of the Con, proudly present a brand new event called Dark Force Fest; a festival gathering featuring an explosive lineup of the most beloved international bands along with the newest trending artists from Gothic, Industrial, Darkwave and Post-Punk scenes. Dark Force Fest – Three-Day …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2022 – We Become Strangers is the debut EP from the new darkwave project, The Bleak Assembly, a collaboration between Kimberly of Bow Ever Down and Michael Smith of Fiction8.  While there are a few electronic textures here and there, We Become Strangers is straight-up post-punk and darkwave. Guitars, drums, and songwriting with hooks for …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 11, 2022 – Electro-industrial band KRATE is back and once again teams up with a number of incredible talents on their fourth endeavor, It’s The Hope That Kills You. The general theme of this release is hopelessness. No matter how hard you try, in the end nothing else matters as all …

Antagonistic punk rapper MIKEY ROTTEN has teamed up with bass music producer VOLT and producer / drummer VIPERACTIVE on the new collaborative single and music video, “Misfits”. Shot and edited by Thereelmj and J_visionz, the video features ROTTEN performing the track before a raucous, enthusiastic audience. Purchase / Stream “Misfits” Online: Apple Music | Spotify Mikey Rotten is everything …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 8, 2022 – Darkwave project, Distance H has dropped their new single & video featuring Marita Volodina, “Waters Of Woe”. “Waters Of Woe” addresses the necessity to overcome the pain and anguish of broken promises, by others or by oneself, making the promised lands inaccessible. It’s the saving …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2022 – One of Texas’ premiere Industrial acts Curse Mackey (PIgface, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Evil Mothers) has just shared a video for ‘Smoking Tongues’, the lead track from new LP Immoral Emporium. “Smoking Tongues” is an industrial love song for the …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2022 – Greek dark pop artist, Lia Hide has just unveiled her highly-anticipated full-length LP, The Missing Fourth Guest. The Missing Fourth Guest borrows its title from Plato’s ‘Timeaus’ dialogue opening line. The songs talk about the emotional struggles of the recent Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, human mortality, and the …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 15, 2022 – The Conditioning is the second EP by Pennsylvania-based dark electronic band, The Number H. The Conditioning explores feelings of loss, frustration and regret. The first song of the album, “Nothing”, opens with a thunderstorm and hits hard with the feelings of frustration: “Nothing will come of Nothing” references inaction begetting …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2022 – UK industrial band, The Royal Ritual has just unveiled their highly-anticipated debut, full-length LP, Martyrs. Martyrs is a thematic exploration into organized religion, and how it can negatively influence our most basic ethical choices. “Within a short time after moving to the USA my hostility towards organized religion …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2022 – Expressionist electronic band, Nahja Mora has just unveiled their new full-length album, AHFHAOTA. AHFHAOTA is a reaction to constant aggressions, profiling, and language barriers: lashes that crush a struggling and abused psyche. The album is a story of mental health issues and self-destructive impulses that keep weighing down …

There is a convergent intersection between character and authenticity in the spirit of conceptualized albums. Fabricating a folkloric aesthetic whilst creating music that is so true to its core is something that Florence Welch has always excelled at. On her fifth studio album, Dance Fever, British alt rock band Florence …