Black Veiled 83 podmix now available!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Agent Side Grinder, Autobahn, Autodafeh, Black Veiled, Black Veiled podmix, Cholo Goth, Dark, dark electronica, Dark Music, Dark Rock, Darkness, darkwave, deathwave, De▲th W▲ve, dj de'ath, ebm, Editors, goth, gothic, Grave Pleasures, Hide, IAMX, industrial, Ionnalee, Kat Von D, Kill Shelter, Lana Del Rey, Lovelorn Dolls, Markus Midnight, Ministry, new wave, NU-Goth, NUGOTH, Occult, postpunk, Powerman 5000, prayers, Priest, Rozz Williams, Shrouded sounds, Silent Runners, The Horrors, THE SOFT MOON, V△LH△LL, Velvet Kills, Vore Aurora, We Are Temporary

The Beast (invocation) – ROZZ WILLIAMS
Like Hell – IONNALEE
F*cked (I Found Heaven) – HIDE
Stardust – IAMX
Gods & Monsters (We Are Temporary rmx) – LANA DEL REY
Grimoire – V△LH△LL
Nightmare Hotel – PRIEST
Violence – EDITORS
Hologram – THE HORRORS
Into The Wild (Kill Shelter rmx) – AGENT SIDE GRINDER
Heaven Screams – AUTODAFEH
Sulfide – VORE AURORA
Faster Speed Faster – VELVET KILLS
Black Ice – MARKUS MIDNIGHT
Cavemen (Kill Shelter rmx) – SILENT RUNNERS
Tears In The Rain – PRAYERS
Wargasm – MINISTRY
Cult Leader – POWERMAN 5000
Infatuation Overkill – GRAVE PLEASURES
The Moral Crossing – AUTOBAHN
It Kills – THE SOFT MOON
Love Missile – LOVELORN DOLLS

 

 

Darklands setlist @ The Fulford Arms York Sat 9th Sept 2017

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Agonoize, Anna Von Hauswolff, ASP, Balaam and The Angel, Blutengel, Chelsea Wolfe, Clan Of Xymox, Corvus Corax, Covenant, crazyhead, Dark 8o's, dark alternative, Dark Electro, Dark Rock, darkfolk, Darkher, Darklands @ The Fulford Arms York, Darklands Gothic Clubnight Yorkshire, darkwave, Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, Der Himmel Uber Berlin, DJ Batastrophe, dj de'ath, Dope, Dr And The Medics, Editors, EIVøR, goth, gothic, Grendel, Hocico, IAMX, Killing Miranda, L7, mittelalter, MONO Inc, Myrkur, New Days Delay, new wave, Omnia, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, postpunk, Pride And Fall, Qntal, Rammstein, Reaktor 7x, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Schelmish, She Wants Revenge, siouxsie and the banshees, Sisters Of Mercy, Solitary Experiments, SUICIDE COMMANDO, THE CULT, The Wonderstuff, TRAUMTAENZER, Wumpscut

DJ DeAth

Ghost Tears – DARKHER
Goodbye – ANNA VON HAUSWOLFF
Ulvinde – MYRKUR
Black Sun – DEAD CAN DANCE
Psyche 16 – CHELSEA WOLFE
A World Not So Beautiful – ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO
I Tokuni – EIVOR
Veni (filthy floor mix) – QNTAL
Teutates (Vegan dance mix) – OMNIA
The Pain That You Like (pride and fall rmx)- SUICIDE COMMANDO
Love Breeds Suicide – REAKTOR 7X *R
Forgotten Tears – HOCICO
Glaubenkrieger – AGONOIZE *R
Embryodead – WUMPSCUT

DJ Batastrophe

TRAUMTAENZER – Stigmata
MONO INC – Arabia
SISTERS OF MERCY – This Corrosion *R
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY – Spinning Around
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES – Love In A Void
IAMX – Walk With The Noise
BLUTENGEL – Kinder Diese Stadt
DER HIMMEL UBER BERLIN – Black Dress
SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS – Odyssey Of Mind *R
GRENDEL – Timewave Zero *R
NEW DAYS DELAY – Stereokatastrophe
ASP – Coming Home
RAMMSTEIN – Amerika
KILLING MIRANDA – Discoteque Necronomicon

DJ DeAth

Venus Vina Musica – CORVUS CORAX
Kalifenzorn – SCHELMISH
Wildflower (extended rock mix) – THE CULT
Live Free Or Die (texas red beard mix) – BALAAM AND THE ANGEL *R
What Gives You The Idea You’re So Amazing baby – CRAZYHEAD
Give Give Give Me More More More – THE WONDERSTUFF
Cities In Dust – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES *R
A Forest – CLAN OF XYMOX *R

DJ War

SHE WANTS REVENGE – Written In Blood
Papillon – EDITORS
DEPECHE MODE – Enjoy The Silence (rmx)
Pretend We Are Dead – L7
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN – Killing Moon *R
DOPE – You Spin Me Around
Call The Ships To Port – COVENANT
Spirit In The Sky – DR AND THE MEDICS

Thanks to everyone who came along and especially those who travelled far and wide to support Darklands 😉

Next month there won’t be a Darklands but instead a Black Veil Halloween special on Sat 7th Oct.

https://www.facebook.com/events/134853213792159

10.30pm to 02.00am DJ De’Ath will be joined by guest DJ’s TBA it’s going to be spooktacular 😉

Black Veiled 75 podmix now available

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alternative, Aram, BANANIA PINGPONG, Black Veiled podmix, Buzz Kull, Confrontational, Cryo, dark electronica, Dark Rock, darkfolk, darkwave, DATE AT MIDNIGHT, Death Bells, deathwave, De▲th W▲ve, dj de'ath, Dull Company Myself, Eden, El DEUX, Electronica, EMO, Ghostwave, Goth UK, Goth Yorkshire, Gothic Rock, gothic Uk, Holygram, Human Drama, industrial, INVSN, ISOTROPIA, Klez.E, Klimt 1918, MCC (MAGNA CARTA CARTEL), minimal, Miserylab, neofolk, NEW TODAY, postpunk, Priest, Rome, Schwefelgelb, Skinny Puppy, Slowdive, STRVNGERS, THE FOREIGN RESORT, Tobias Bernstrup, Vain Warr, Void Vision, Witchwave

A Ghost – HUMAN DRAMA
Flowers Of Flesh & Blood – DEATH BELLS
Collapsing Cloud – BANANIA PINGPONG
Sugar For The Pill – SLOWDIVE
Submerge – NEW TODAY
Pet Semetary – STRVNGERS
The Source – VOID VISION
Dann Ist Das Gut – SCHWEFELGELB
We Were Lovers – BUZZ KULL
Computer Madchen – EL DEUX
Summertime Love – CONFRONTATIONAL feat Tobias Bernstrup
He’s Back (the man behind the mask ) – STRVNGERS
Illisit (red union rmx) – SKINNY PUPPY
In Your Eyes (club mix) – CRYO
The Cross – PRIEST
Flammen – KLEZ.E
She Is Lost (edit) – THE FOREIGN RESORT
Done To Death – MISERYLAB
Mine (live) – ROME
Warfare – VAIN WARR
Daria – HOLYGRAM
Cold Modern World – DATE AT MIDNIGHT
Personality Disorder – ISTOROPIA
Language – DULL COMPANY MYSELF
Perfume Garden – EDEN
Sway – MCC (MAGNA CARTA CARTEL)
Snow Of 95 – KLIMT 1918
Down In The Shadows – INVSN
The Keeper’s Call – NOSFERATU
Assimilate (scars on broadway) – ARAM

Black Veiled 74 podmix now available !!!!!!!

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alternative, Anders Manga, Anna Von Hauswolff, Ash Code, Black Veiled podmix, coldwave, dark 80's, dark electronica, Dark Music, Dark Rock, darkfolk, darkpop, Darlwave, Death In Rome, deathwave, De▲th W▲ve, Die Form, dj de'ath, Drab Majesty, Eden, Editors, EMO, Fake Moss, Filmscore, FRIENDS OF ALICE IVY, Go, goth, Goth Yorkshire, gothic, Gothic Rock, gothic Uk, gothic yorkshire, Green Day, industrial, Irfan, Laibach, Myrkur, Neoclassical, neofolk, new wave, NIN, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Peter Bjärgö, postpunk, Rammstein, siouxsie and the banshees, th UK, The Birthday Massacre, The Colours Of Silence, The Cure, The Dead Souls, The Human Experimente, The Man In The High Castle, The Wake, Trobar De Morte, U2, Ultravox, wave

Vor Sonnen Aufgang –LAIBACH
Mad World – THE HUMAN EXPERIMENTE
Goodbye – ANNA VON HAUSWOLFF
Himlen Blev Sort(live) – MYRKUR
Where Night Is Eternal – PETER BJARGO
Summoning Of The Gods – TROBAR DE MORTE
Vision Libertine – ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO
Summertime Sadness – DEATH IN ROME
Under The Great Black Sky – FAKE MOSS
Death Of A Diamond – EDEN
Prayers For Rain – THE CURE
Face To Face – SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
Day To Pray – IRFAN
With Or Without You – U2
Curtain – THE WAKE
Venus In Furs – ANDERS MANGA
Dead Souls – NIN
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – GREEN DAY
Wycca – FRIENDS OF ALICE IVY
Ceremonie Secrete – DIE FORM
Ohne Dich (Laibach rmx) – RAMMSTEIN
You Don’t Know Love – EDITORS
Hollow Days – THE DEAD SOULS
Forget Tomorrow – DRAB MAJESTY
Darkness – THE COLOURS OF SILENCE
Without You – THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
A New Dawn – ASH CODE
Reap The Wild Wind – ULTRAVOX

Darklands setlist @ The Bram Stoker International Film Festival Whitby Sunday 30th Oct 2016

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alternative, ASP, Bauhaus, Boris Pickett & the Crypt Kickers, Bram Stoker International Film Festival Whitby, Cinema Strange, dark 80's, Dark Electro, Dark Rock, Darklands, darkwave, Dead Or Alive, deathwave, Diary Of Dream, DJ Batastrophe, dj de'ath, Dracula, F Tom Mac, Fields Of The Nephilim, Garden Of Delight, GHOST BC, goth, Goth events UK, gothic events uk, Gothic Rock, Grendel, Helium Vola, In The Nursery, JOCELYN POOK, Killing Joke, Killing Miranda, LOS COLORADOS, Mephisto walz, mittelalter, Motorhead, neofolk, New Model Army, new wave, NIN, Nosferatu, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, postpunk, punk, She Wants Revenge, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Sisters Of Mercy, Suspiria, Sykotic Tendencies, The Chameleons, The Cruxshadows, THE CULT, The Cure, The Dream Disciples, The Mission, Type O Negative, Vampire Beach Babes, Vampire events UK, VNV Nation, WARDRUNA

sets in between the acts

DJ Batastrophe

ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRO – In My Little Black Dress
IN THE NURSERY – Crepuscule
WARDRUNA – Ingwar

DJ DeAth

Masked Ball (DK deathwave mix) – JOCELYN POOK
Omnis Mundi Creatura – HELIUM VOLA
Cry Little Sister (club mix) – G TOM MAC
Rebours (Against Nature Fleshfield rmx) – IN THE NURSERY

DJ DeAth

Dead Souls – GARDEN OF DELIGHT
Painted Black – MEPHISTO WALZ
Lullaby – THE CURE
Pray – THE DREAM DISCIPLES

DJ Batastrophe

VAMPIRE BEACH BABES – Tomb Mau Mau
SYKOTIC TENDENCIES – Dead Girls In My Bed
CINEMA STRANGE – Aboriginal Anemia
SUSPIRIA – You Bleed Me (909th Dry mix)
NOSFERATU – Graveyard Shift

Main Set

DJ Batastrophe

THE CULT – Sanctuary
SISTERS OF MERCY – Walkaway
ASP – Coming Home

DJ DeAth

Black No1 – TYPE O NEGATIVE
Year Zero – GHOST BC *R
Wasteland – THE MISSION *R
Eighties – KILLING JOKE

DJ Batastrophe

SHE WANTS REVENGE – Written In Blood *R
FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM – Preacherman *R
BAUHAUS – Lagartija Nick *R
The CHAMELEONS – Swamp Thing

DJ DeAth

Vengeance – NEW MODEL ARMY
A Forest – THE CURE
You Spin Me Round (Like a record) – DEAD OR ALIVE
Ace Of Spades – MOTORHEAD

DJ Batastrophe

KILLING MIRANDA – Discotheque Necronomicon *R
DIARY OF DREAMS – The Wedding
THE CRUXSHADOWS – Deception
VNV NATION – Chrome *R

DJ DeAth

Zombienation – GRENDEL
Love Like Blood (version) – KILLING JOKE *R
Hong Kong Garden – SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
Du Hast – LOS COLORADOS *R

NIN -Closer *R
The Monster Mash – BORIS PICKETT & THE CRYPT KICKERS

Thanks to everyone who danced and for the Bramily for lettings be part of this amazing events. Look forward to be back again in 2017. Have a very Happy Halloween.

Black Veiled 62 podmix now available

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Actors, Air Hunger, Black Veiled podmix, bonanza banzai, Cholo Goth, Christine Plays Viola, coldwave, dark electronica, Dark Rock, darkwave, Death Church, deathwave, De▲th W▲ve, European Ghost, F.O SYSTEM, film noir, Ghost, goth, gothic, Gothic Rock, Green Day, Handful Of Snowdrops, Häxan, Hoffen, Malaise, Nervous Low, New Breed, new wave, nihilists, postpunk, prayers, punk, She Pleasures Herself, Ten Mad Mongers, THE FOREIGN RESORT, The Mission, Toy Gun Preachment

City Of Sin – NEW BREED
Tyranny Of Secrets – THE MISSION
Nocturnal Me – GHOST
Bang Bang – GREEN DAY
One Hundred Years – ACTORS
Strangers – L’AN2000
Inconsistencies – HAXAN
Wallspace – NIHILISTS
Kihalt Minden – BONANZA BANZAI
Masquarade – TOY GUN PREACHMENT
Utolsó Üvöltés – F.O SYSTEM
Oceans Of Pleasure – SHE PLEASURES HERSELF
Murderous Dementia – CHRISTINE PLAYS VIOLA
Raise The Flag and Look To The Skies – AIR HUNGER
Inside Struggle – DEATH CHURCH
August In Winter – EUROPEAN GHOST
Drowned Kiss – FILM NOIR
Nowhere Boy – HOFFEN
The Man In Black – TEN MAD MONGERS
Low – NERVOUS LOW
Heart Of Darkness – MALAÏSE
Surburban Depression – THE FOREIGN RESORT
Black Leather (feat Kat von D) – PRAYERS
Backdoor – HANDFUL OF SNOWDROPS

DJ De’Ath

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Actors, ASP, Bauhaus, Blutengel, bonanza banzai, cholo, dark 80's, Dark Electro, Dark Rock, Darklands @ The Fulford Arms York, Darklands Yorks No1 clubnight, darkwave, deathwave, Depeche Mode, die brucke, DJ Batastrophe, dj de'ath, DJ De'▲th, ebm, Editors, ELUSIVE, Fields Of The Nephilim, Foghorn Lonesome, Ghost, goth, Goth events UK, gothic, gothic events uk, Gothic Rock, Grendel, Handful Of Snowdrops, Heimataerde, intra venus, Killing Joke, kirlian Camera, Ladytron, leeds goth, LOVE LIKE BLOOD, mittelalter, mm, new wave, nihilists, orgy, postpunk, prayers, Project Pitchfork, punk, Rammstein, Reaper, ritual, Rotersand, She Wants Revenge, siouxsie and the banshees, Sisters Of Mercy, Soft Cell, swans of avon, The Birthday Massacre, The Chameleons, the cramps, The Cruxshadows, The Cure, the gun club, The Jesus & Mary Chain, the mad mongers, The Mission, the saints of eden, Unheilig, uninvited guest, VNV Nation, WARDRUNA, WEAREOFF, White Rose Movement, Wumpscut, york goth, Zero Le Creche

Raido – WARDRUNA
Kihalt Minden –BONANZA BANZAI
Wallspace – NIHILISTS
The Man In Black – THE MAD MONGERS
Black Leather – PRAYERS
Written In Blood – SHE WANTS REVENGE
A Hundred Years – ACTORS
Pssyche – KILLING JOKE *R
Nocturnal Me – GHOST *R
When Heaven Falls – SWANS OF AVON *R
Tyranny Of Secrets – THE MISSION
Walkaway – SISTERS OF MERCY

DJ Batastrophe

ZERO LE CRECHE – Falling
THE GUN CLUB – Sexbeat *R
THE CRAMPS – Garbageman *R
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – Christine
WHITE ROSE MOVEMENT – Love Is A Number *R
ASP – She Wore Shadows
INTRA VENUS – Celestial Sun
DIE BRUCKE – Basilik
UNHEILIG – Sage Ja (clubmix)
THE SAINTS OF EDEN – War Of Words
RAMMSTEIN – Waidmanns Heil
PROJECT PITCHFORK – Rain *R
SISTERS OF MERCY – Dominion/Mother Russia

DJ De’Ath

Square Hammer – GHOST *R
Power (power surge mix) – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM
Chrome – VNV NATION *R
Almost Violent – ROTERSAND
Edges (Quadraga mix) – KIRLIAN CAMERA
Aerdenbrand – HEIMATAERDE
Soul Of Ice (rmx) – BLUTENGEL
Backdoor – HANDFUL OF SNOWDROPS*R
Lullaby – THE CURE*R
Swamp Thing – THE CHAMELEONS

DJ Batastrophe

BAUHAUS – Ziggy Stardust *R
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN – Snake River *R
FOGHORN LONESOME – Svea *R
THE CRUXSHADOWS – Marilyn My Bitterness V2.0
MARILYN MANSON – The Angel With The Scabbed Wings *R
ORGY – Blue Monday *R
UNINVITED GUEST – Devils Toybox

DJ War

Birthday – THE CRUXSHADOWS *R
WEAREOFF -Chymera
Papillon – EDITORS *R
ELUSIVE – Last Night
Horror Show – THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE *R
LOVE LIKE BLOOD – Love Like Blood
Zombination – GRENDEL
REAPER -Twisted Trophy Hunter
Little Black Angel – LADYTRON
DEPECHE MODE – A Question Of Time
Deliverance – WUMPSCUT
SOFT CELL – Sex Dwarf *R

Thanks to everyone who came along and made it a great night. Always nice to see new people having a good time. The Darklands duo will be catching the coach to Borgo pass and then onto Whitby where Darklands will be unleashed on Sunday 30th @ The Bram Stoker International Film Festival when we will take you bopping and screaming into Halloween ;). The next Darklands in York will be on Sat 12th November. Have a Spooky Halloween.

NEW BREED – Break The Silence

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Bjarte Langeland, Dark Rock, ELUSIVE, Gods Own Medicine, Gothic Rock, Kristian Gundersen, Melancholic, New Breed, The River Knows, Tiamat, Wayne Hussey

After a few years of silence New Breed return with the aptly named album Break The Silence. The band features Kristian from Elusive and Bjarte from The River Knows.

The album opens with the title track Break The Silencea driving fist of melancholy that will kick the doors down into your subconscious. Addictive musical opiate. Love it!
City Of Sin – The vocals on this remind me of classic Wayne Hussey circa Gods Own medicine with additional vocals from JK (Elusive). Has an epic western feel. Love the throbbing bass.Great!
Outside – Reminds me of a bit Tiamat when they flirted with Gothic Rock.This would be one hell of a live track due the searing guitar hooks. Nice!
Fragile – a delicatly dark rock duet.
Neurotica is full on Gothic Rock to have you jumping around on the dancefloor. Love it!
Memories – Has a classic 80’s stadium alternative rock feel. Nice!
Ghost – Another fine slice of Gothic rock!
Rain – Rocktastic to wash the pain away!
I wonder which venue the guys will be playing at the WGT 2017?

Get your copy from
https://newbreednorway.bandcamp.com

Darklands setlist @ The Fulford Arms, York Sat 3rd Sept 2016

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Alice iN Videoland, ARDOR, Balaam & The Angel, Belfegore, Bram Stoker International Film Festival Whitby, Christine Plays Viola, coldwave, Colony 5, Covenant, Crucifix Nocturnal Christians, dark alternative, Dark Rock, darkfolk, Darklands Yorks No1 clubnight, darkwave, DEATH IN JUNE, deathwave, De▲th W▲ve, Destroid, DJ Batastrophe, DJ De'Ath 14 years of DJing, DJ De'▲th, Editors, Egoamp, FEINDFLUG, GHOST B.C, girls under glass, goth, Goth events UK, Goth UK, gothic, Gothic eevnts UK, Gothic Rock, Heimataerde, Ikon, IN MITRA MEDUSA INRI, Irfan, Joy Division, Killing Joke, Killing Miranda, Motorhead, neofolk, New Model Army, newwave, NIN, NMA, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Pop Will Eat Itself, postpunk, Project Pitchfork, punk, PWEI, Rammstein, SHE PAST AWAY, Sisters Of Mercy, Solitary Experiments, SUICIDE COMMANDO, Suspiria, The Beauty of Gemina, The Bolshoi, The Chameleons, The Creatures, The Cruxshadows, THE CULT, The Cure, The Golden Apes, the kvb, The Mission, THE SOFT MOON, THE THREE JOHNS, The Wake, Virgins O.R Pigeons, VNV Nation, WARDRUNA, Wolfsheim, Wumpscut

DJ DeAth

Algir Tognatale – WARDRUNA
Hagia Sophia – IRFAN
Eschatos And Hedone -The Killing Of Ataraxia – ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO
She Said Destroy – DEATH IN JUNE
Impurity – NEW MODEL ARMY
Waiting For The Fall – THE KVB
All That I Wanted – BELFEGORE
Condemnation (remix) – IKON
Never & Always (single mix) – THE THREE JOHNS
Slow Down – BALAAM & THE ANGEL
Temple Of Love (1992) – SISTERS OF MERCY

DJ Bastastrophe

THE CREATURES – Godzilla
THE GOLDEN APES – Verity
CRUCIFIX NOCTURNAL CHRISTIANS – Arabs Eyes
IN MITRA MEDUSA INRI – Deep Inside
ALICE IN VIDEOLAND – MF
VIRGINS O.R PIGEONS – Let Them Die
COLONY 5 – Knives
CHRISTINE PLAYS VIOLA – Nefarious
THE CRUXSHADOWS – Sophia *R
SUICIDE COMMANDO – Hellraiser
KILLING MIRANDA -Discotheque Necronomicon
THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA – Hunters
RAMMSTEIN – Weidmanns Heil

DJ DeAth

I Am The Virus – KILLING JOKE *R
Sanctuary(long version) – THE CULT
Just Like Heaven – THE CURE
Locomotive Age – THE WAKE
Behind The Wheel – SUSPIRIA
The Cabinet – EGOAMP
Leitbild – FEINDFLUG
Feel(noisufx) – PROJECT PITCHFORK
Christfu*k – WUMPSCUT
Papillon – EDITORS
Year Zero (Sacre Nom De Satan) – GHOST B.C
Ich Bin Ein Ausländer –POP WILL EAT ITSELF
Love Will Tear Us Apart – JOY DIVISION
Away – THE BOLSHOI
Swamp Thing – THE CHAMELEONS
Love Like Blood (version) – KILLING JOKE
Wasteland – THE MISSION

DJ War

Die Life – THE SOFT MOON
SHE PAST AWAY – Kasvetli Kutlama
Call The Ships To Port – COVENANT
VNV NATION – Dark Angel
Immortal – SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS
HEIMATAERDE – Jerusalem
White Wedding – ARDOR
DESTROID – Lucretia My Reflection
Ace Of Spade – MOTORHEAD
WOLFSHEIM – Once In A Lifetime *R
Frozen – GIRLS UNDER GLASS
NIN – Closer *R
Beaver Patrol – POP WILL EAT ITSELF

Wow that felt like a very hot night on the dancefloor. Thanks to everyone who came along and made it another great night 😉 Next month you will get to enjoy Darklands twice 😉 On sat 8th October at The Fulford Arms and Sunday 30th October at the Fangtastic Bram Stoker International film festival in Whitby, when we will be rocking Your souls into Halloween. We look forward to having you join us for extended Halloween celebrations 😉

THE MEMBRANES – Dark Matter/Dark Energy

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Cop Shoot Cop, Dark Rock, Drug Free America, Einsturzende Neubauten, experimental, King Kurt, Laurie Anderson, new wave, postpunk, punk, The Birthday Party, The Clash, THE MEMBRANES - Dark Matter/Dark Energy, The Stranglers, THE THREE JOHNS

It’s been a long time since I last saw The Membranes supporting The Three Johns @ The Astoria In Leeds on 28th Jnauary 1988. Tatty Seaside Town is still a classic. Now 26 years after the release of their last LP “To Slay The Rock Pig” The Membranes will release their new double album Dark Matter/Dark Energy on 22nd June. The album is inspired by John Robb’s meeting with the head of the Higgs Boson project who runs CERN and the idea of the birth and then the death of the universe. The Membranes have decided against jumping on the retro return postpunk Charabanc and have opted for a rocket to the future which boldly sets out to explore new musical galaxies and meet open minded musical inhabitants to share the experience.

The album opens with The Universe Explodes Into A Billion Photons Of Pure White Light which has a very much space rock feel almost punk rocked intense version of Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. Great intro track. Hope the live set starts with this. Do The Supernova – Has a Tangerine Dream like intro which is blown away in an almost Cop Shoot Cop fist smashing through a brick wall with a chainsaw guitar. Love it!

21st Century Man could be a cross between The Birthday Party and King Kurt witha hint of Cop Shoot Cop Bang! Money Is Dust– for some reason reminds of Einstürzende Neubauten Nice! The Multiverse Suite – Sampled scientists and space travel sounds. Space Junk – reminds me of a downtempo Three Johns with a hint The Stranglers which features a melodica. Dark Matter – Space dub almost prog rock. Should be good live. If You Enter The Arena, Be Preapared To Deal With The Lions a sonic soundscape to melt the skull! In The Graveyard – reminds be of The Clash’s Straight To Hell Great track! Hail To The Lovers – Firing booster rockets a psychopunk bop blast. Epic! Magic Eye (See The Sky) a hint of Drug Free America drifting through space. 5776 (The Breathing Song) – breathing, classical dub with echoes of Laurie Anderson. Great experimental track! Dark Energy – A deep black pit of melancholic atmospheric rock darkness. The album closes with The Hum Of The Universe sounding like prog rock in places before sliding into ambient sci fi dub. A very different and addictive album but an album “That’s one small step for man, a giant leap for The Membranes” I am looking forward to hear this live!