Phantom – SISTERS OF MERCY Sunglasses At night(radio edit) – TIGA AND ZYNTHERIUS Seconds(ext vocal) – THE HUMAN LEAGUE Cars – GARY NUMAN D For Desire – ALL ABOUT EVE Emeritus – THIS BURNING EFFIGY My Perfect Cousin – THE UNDERTONES The Day The Earth Went Dayglo – XRAY SPEX Concrete Jungle – THE SPECIALS My Girl – MADNESS War WAr WAr – THE SELECTER Bela Lugosi (The Hunger Mix) – BAUHAUS Tear You Apart – SHE WANTS REVENGE Let’s Go To Bed – ARMAGGEDON DILDOS Bury Me – ACTORS Thin Flesh – TRAITRS Burn – THE SOFT MOON Friday I’m In Love(cutis and maefield) – THE CURE Dark Allies – LIGHT ASYLUM Send Your Heart To The Riot(creux lies rmx) – THE FOREIGN RESORT Snakedance(ext) – THE MARCH VIOLETS First And Last And Always – STILL PATIENT? Christine – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Walking On Your Hands – RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY Wardance(2003) – KILLING JOKE Guided By Angels – AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS Police Truck – DEAD KENNEDYS Bet on Black – DRUNK MUMS I don’t Wanna Be Me Me – TYPE O NEGATIVE *R Dames, Booze, Chains And Boots – THE CRAMPS Year Zero – GHOST*R Elvis Should Play Ska – GRADUATE Pressure Drop – THE SPECIALS Babylon Is Burning – THE VALKYRIANS It;s Halloween – SHADOW REICHENSTEIN Masquerade – THE SKIDS Headhunter – FANGS ON FUR Skeleton Kiss(RIP mix) – TRAGIC BLACK Das Model – RAMMSTEIN *R Dog Eat Dog – ADAM AND THE ANTS I Could Be Happy – ALTERED IMAGES Lucky Number(slavic dance vers) – LENE LOVICH Away – THE BOLSHOI A Day – CLAN OF XYMOX Ribbons – SISTERS OF MERCY Liebe Gott – UMBRA ET IMAGO Become The Lie – THE SOFT MOON Mononlith/Lovesong – TWIN TRIBES vs THE CURE Turning Japanese – THE VAPORS No More Heroes – THE STRANGLERS Bez Konca – SIEKERA Rebel Yell – BILLY IDOL The Breaking Strain – LATHE OF HEAVEN Aliens Wear Sunglasses – MIGUEL AND THE LIVIND DEAD Kissing The Ground – DRAB MAJESTY Temptation – NEW ORDER Ghost Rider – BODYSNATCHER
Thanks to the Chicago Bar and everyone who came along danced and supported the night 😉 Thanks for sticking with me whilst I wrestled with some software glitches. Look forward to see you again 😉
The wait is finally over for the seventh album from Sweden’s Goth/New Wave/Postpunk rockers Then Comes Silence with Trickery due to burst forth onto Stereos everywhere on 5th April 2024! The band has come a long since its formation in 2012 by Alex Svenson in Stockholm being inspired by by a strong attraction to horror and the occult it’s no wonder they have been taking the goth world by storm with their stunning powerhouse live performances ever since. Their new album Trickery is released on long time custodians of Gothic Music Metropolis Records.
The album opens with Ride or Die which is the first track released as a video. The track has the instant hallmark of being yet another Goth dancefloor classic with its instant ear hooking chorus – “Take my soul, my blood, my words Let it be, ride or die.” Great!
Like A Hammer the second track was also released as video. A swirling keyboard mist wraps itself around the throbbing heart of bass, drums and guitars with vocal delivering the perfect Goth coup de grâce. A hammer to shatter any Goth dancefloor! Nice!
Feel The Cold – loving the new use of synths which just add another level of macabre magnificence, ascending the peaks of postpunk to new wave heaven. Epic! Tears and Cries – features the perfect horror film synths around the beating heart of drums, bass and guitars, the additional female vocals. This song is so good it would have been a hit in the 80s. Classic New Wave /Goth – Spooky! Stay Strange – sees the gothic rock power turned up to 13! A really great Goth rock anthem with infernal synths which transform into creepy, reminds me of the class of the classic Ghost album Infestissumam – Perfection!
Stiffs – the perfect Goth singalong track “If I can’t have have your soul Na na na na I can take, take your bones Na na na na” complete with creepy clown intermission at the end! Ace! Blind Eye – great tribal drumming akin to Southern Death Cult on occult acid! Possibly the best song Then Comes Silence has ever crafted. Close to music possession as you will get. A pure spectre of sound to smash the dancefloor! “Deep down in a nightmare” – Hell Yeah! The Masquerade – it’s like John Carpenter has been unleashed on Keyboards! This the perfect mix of darkwave and New Wave. What a great occult menacing themed spooky track. Love it!
Never Change – slithers through the aural cavities demanding your feet get stomping on the dancefloor. Love it! Dead Friend – has a strong goth punk vibe reminds me slightly of Iggy Pops blah Blah Blah on steroids but unmistakably the brilliance of Then Comes Silence. Epic! Runners – “We’re flying like bats Filling the sky”, yet another brilliant song with clever retro 80s sounding synths swirling round the throbbing drums and bass pierced sharp shards of guitars. Has ahibt of the heat 80s band Missing persons.
Beautiful! Ghost House – the prefect nightmare crescendo to bring the album to a close “Abandoned hearts, abandoned souls Abandoned love” spooktacular with hint ofThe Horrors Magnificent! Without a doubt one of my favourite albums this year and possible the best Goth/ New Wave album of 2024! Tom van Heesch has done a fantastic job with the mix. I can’t wait to see Then Comes Silence rocking Darkmas with these tracks in Witten along with The Foreign Resort and Raskolnikov not to mention a certain DJ De’Ath on the decks afterwards could be the perfect party this summer!
Get your copy and some cool merch from here Trickery
Bruder Des Schattens – POPOL VUH The Gathering – NOSFERATU Girls Float Boys Cry – CROSSES feat Robert Smith All Hallows Eve – KILLING JOKE Black No1 – TYPE O NEGATIVE Chosen Few – KREATOR Spookshow Baby – ROB ZOMBIE Grimly Fiendish (spic N span mix ) – THE DAMNED Black Hysteria – LOUD Mongoloid – DEVO Wytches – INKUBUS SUKKUBUS God’s Zoo – DEATH CULT Spellbound – DURAN DURAN Totenkopf – VERROTTET The Deepest Sleep – HIDDEN BY IVY Black Flower – SHAD SHADOWS The White Lady – ECHOBERYL Gloomy Witch – ASTARI NITE Skeletons – DENUIT Halloweenus (Batavia mix) – MINISTRY & BANANARAMA Bots – DAMIEN HEARSE On The Night Of Halloween – VOITH Red Scar – DUCTAPE Excess – PERTURBATOR Alone At Parties – PROMENADE CINEMA Devil Inside – INXS Ilusion De Luces(colds embrace) – LATHE OF HEAVEN Teenage Vampire – KILLING MIRANDA Lycantopia – MIGUEL AND THE LIVING DEAD Vigil – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE Big Violent(single edit) – THE ULTIMATE DREAMERS A Burial Of Dreams – DECEITS Cram Back Inside – MOVMENT Suicide – MOONVAMPIRES Future – JUDITH Panic – THE NEURO FARM Cry To Heaven – CREEPER Dance Macabre – GHOST Body & Soul (2018 remix) – THE SISTERS OF MERCY Spiritwalker – THE CULT Zombie Werewolf – SCARLET & THE SPOOKY SPIDERS Mean Machine – THE CRAMPS Stay With Me – THE MISSION Lullaby – THE CURE Your Best Nightmare – LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT Skeleton Kiss (RIP mix) – TRAGIC BLACK It’s Halloween – SHADOW REICHENSTEIN Deception – THE CRUXSHADOWS Necromancer(kill shelter remix)- VASELYNE Nightmares – THE LAST DANCE
Sing Child – PAINTED ROMANS Things Left In The Past – GLARING Hagalaz Grad – POROROKA Bones In The Forest – ITERUM NATA Daydreaming – CASA UKRANIA Addiction(acoustic) – COLUMBIA MILLS Atmosphere – THE FLOWERS OF HELL Verdades (chosen version) – THE EDEN HOUSE Feel The Fever – SIEBEN Jesus He Knows Me – GHOST Full Spectrum Dominance – KILLING JOKE Damn She Looks Good – RAZORBATS Die Tonight – CLIFF AND IVY This Means War – DEAD EXPRESS We Shall Find Out – FLECHETTES Overthrown – THE WRAITH I’m In Love With A Girl Who Looks Like A Girl I Hate – GDANSK81 Annihilation – GRAVE PLEASURES We Feel Alright (who the f… is killing joke) – GIRLS UNDER GLASS Tomorrows Sky – HOST New York – DIE KRUPPS The Switch (digital murder remix) – ATTRITION Sex Tape(copy) – KILL SHELTER & DEATH LOVES VERONICA Vampires – NIGHT CLUB Never Let Me Go – DEPECHE MODE Lovesong – KAT VON D Voice Carry – TIL TUESDAY This Time Tomorrow – BLEEDING GROUND In Ictu Oculi – RITES OF SIN Light To Dark – CORBEAU HANGS Gedeih & Verderb – DIARY OF DREAMS Bury Me – SHE PLEASURES HERSELF Not Alive – URBANDONED. Midnight Shadow – ANTIPOLE Silent Lovesong – DAYS OF SORROW Waiting for Days – CLOSED MOUTHS Bittersweet – GOD IN A BLACK SUIT We All Rise – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE Run Run Run – TRUE MOON No Response – WORN OUT Rise – THE BACKLASH Pray For Sleep – NOX NOVACULA The Whore Of Babylon – LUCIDA FILA Something Strange (boost) – ROSETTA STONE The Fall – AUTUMN Love + Pain – THE BLOOD PACT Buried – POLYVERSO Delusional Paragon – PULSATIONS Scum Of The Earth – MISERYLAB Glass Prison – HEIMBERG Serotonin Dopamin – ZPUTNIK Patient – CORPUS DELECTI
That was quite cool and bizarre. Had a last minute request to appear at a secret party. Everything was paid for including a fee on the condition that no pictures were taken on the trip or at the event. All I am allowed to reveal it was at a large private house with its own underground ballroom, it was a masked ball, somewhere in Europe and no other specific details can be revealed as part of my contract. The last time I did anything similar was a few years ago at a medieval castle in the middle of nowhere in Northumbria.
Here is my setlist –
Carmina Burana – CARL ORFF Die Walkure – RICHARD WAGNER Masked Ball – JOCELYN POOK *R Face To Face – SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES *R Weeping Song – CATHEDRAL IN FLAMES Gods & Monsters – LANA DEL RAY*R Frozen – MADONNA *R Go Your Own Way – LISSIE Summertime Sadness – DEATH IN ROME Forgone – DARKHER *R Solringen(First Flight of the White Raven) – WARDRUNA Return Of The She-King – DEAD CAN DANCE Ahi Tapu – LILI REFRAIN Montségur – HEKATE *R She Said Destroy – DEATH IN JUNE Fallen Angel – ENGELSSTAUB Dead Souls – SOPOR AETERNUS *R Marian – SISTERS OF MERCY Don’t Fall – THE CHAMELEONS *R In The Flatfield – BAUHAUS Spellbound – SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Vampyres Cry – NOSFERATU Black No1 – TYPE O NEGATIVE *R Echolocate Your Love – VV Say Just Words – PARADISE LOST *R Dance Macabre – GHOST You Could Be Mine – GUNS N ROSES *R Ace of Spades – MOTORHEAD Love Song – THE DAMNED Holidays In the Sun – SEX PISTOLS Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve) – THE BUZZCOCKS *R Love Will Tear Us Apart – JOY DIVISION Warhead – UK SUBS Working For The Yankee Dollar – SKIDS *R First & Last & Always – SISTERS OF MERCY *R Preacherman – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM Deliverance (sorcerers mix) – THE MISSION *R Away – THE BOLSHOI Just Like Heaven – THE CURE Christian Says – POPTONE An Honest Mistake – THE BRAVERY*R Papillon – EDITORS Love Never Dies Part 1 – APOPTYGMA BERZERK *R Call the Ships to Port (Club Version) – COVENANT Before The Rain – VNV NATION Tomorrow’s Sky – HOST Delight – SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS *R Ocean Feat. Dave Gahan (Dominatrix Remix) – GOLDFRAPP *R Die in the Disco – NIGHT CLUB Heat – NOUVO TESTAMENTO Wild Roses (Remix by Fragrance) – PRAYERS Lovesong – KAT VON D *R Not In Love – CRYSTAL CASTLES (feat Robert Smith) Become The Lies – THE SOFT MOON Kiss And Swallow – IAMX Rituel- SHE PAST AWAY We Don’t Have To Dance – ACTORS *R She’s Lost Control – THE COLOURS OF SILENCE Kissing The Ground – DRAB MAJESTY Rain- DUCTAPE Storms – PILGRIMS OF YEARNING Death Rides – THEN COMES SILENCE Society of Spectres – GRAVE PLEASURES *R Patient – CORPUS DELICTI Greensward Grey – CINEMA STRANGE Condemnation – IKON *R Skeleton Hands (Làmhan Craiceann) – LEPER We All Rise – THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE Death Reflects Us – BEASTMILK The Heinrich Maneuver –INTERPOL *R Faster – MANIC STREET PREACHERS *R Heaven’s Descent –VOLBEAT Right Here In My Arms – HIM*R Radio – RAMMSTEIN Lord Of Chaos – KILLING JOKE Sid Vicious in a Dress –POWERMAN 5000 Dead Souls – NIN *R Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – GREEN DAY *R Kuss Mich – IN EXTREMO Lugner –TANZWUT*R Ring Of Fire – SCHELMISH*R Omnis Mundi Creatura – HELIUM VOLA White Wedding –ARDOR Ecce Gratum –QNTAL *R Faerieland – ENGELSSTAUB Beautiful People – MM *R Word Up –GUN *R This Is Not A Love Song –PIL *R I Want Your Love –TRANSVISION VAMP *R Monkey Gone To Heaven –PIXIES World Shut Your Mouth –JULIAN COPE Gangsters – THE SPECIAL AKA One Step Beyond – MADNESS *R Lip Up Fatty – BAD MANNERS *R Three Minute Hero – THE SELECTER *R Liquidator – THE SUNSHINE BAND The Conqueror – THE VALKYRIANS*R Could You Be Love – BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS *R Tom Hark –THE PIRANHAS *R The Lunatics – FUN BOY THREE Electricity – ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK *R Is It A Dream – CLASSIX NOUVEAUX Girls On Film – DURAN DURAN *R Don’t You Want Me –THE HUMAN LEAGUE Running Up That HilL – KATE BUSH *R Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) –EURYTHMICS Life’s What You Make It –PLACEBO Goo Goo Muck – THE CRAMPS *R Tomb Mau Mau – VAMPIRE BEACH BABES Miss Take –THE HORRORPOPS Miss Murder –AFI *R One More Nightmare – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM *R Wicked Game – HIM Year Zero – GHOST BC *R Sanctuary(long) – THE CULT *R Vagabonds – NEW MODEL ARMY A Forest – PEELING GREY All That I Wanted –BELFEGORE Gabrielle –HANDFUL OF SNOWDROPS*R A Day – CLAN OF XYMOX Atomic – BLONDIE *R Freedom Of Choice –DEVO *R No More Heroes – THE STRANGLERS Pet Sematary –RAMONES *R Cry For Love – IGGY POP Rebel Yell – BILLY IDOL Dragula – ROB ZOMBIE *R Enter Sandman – METALLICA *R Dig Up Her Bones –MISFITS *R Trigger Inside –THERAPY? Roots Radicals Rockers And Reggae – STIFF LITTLE FINGERS “R My Perfect Cousin – THE UNDERTONES Love Like Blood (version) – KILLING JOKE *R Dominion / Mother Russia – SISTERS OF MERCY *R Wasteland – THE MISSION *R Why Can’t I Be You – THE CURE *R Shine On – THE HOUSE OF LOVE The Cutter – ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN This Charming Man – THE SMITHS *R Temptation – NEW ORDER Mad World – TEARS FOR FEARS *R Adrenaline – ROSETTA STONE Care Of The Devil – DREAM DISCIPLES Allegedly, Dancefloor Tragedy – SUSPIRIA*R Sex Dwarf – SOFT CELL Personal Jesus – DEPECHE MODE *R Pale Shelter (Ginger Snap5 Rx) – TEARS FOR FEARS Du Hast – Rammstein *R End Of The World As We Know It – THESUICIDE MACHINES
Outro The Sound Of Silence (Pure Version) –GREGORIAN Invitatorium: Deum Verum – PSALLENTES Nothing Else Matters – GREGORIAN Marche Funèbre –CHOPIN
Here is the fouth of my series of interviews with people involved in the Gothic and Alternative music scene and to get an understanding in their own words how Russia’s war of war crimes against humanity is impacting people just like you and me in Ukraine. For the fourth interview I am very happy to have an interview with Zwyntar a dark-country band from Kyiv, their music style has been referred to as murderfolk, perhaps a hint of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and the Swans but a lot darker. I have to thank a friend Magda who sent me a link to their video last year.
1. Could you tell me a bit about yourself and your involvement in the Goth/alternative music scene, so for how long, what you do?, Your 5 top favourite bands?, films, books? etc?
Members of the band have been active in the Gothic/alternative scene of Kyiv since early/mid 2000s. The band’s founder Eric Voloshyn (banjo) was a member of Crazy Juliet (gothic rock/’fairy wave’), FRAM (folk rock), and The Kubrick Cats (dark cabaret). Divuar had his darkwave/industrial rock band Taciturnum, also currently plays in Old Cat’s Drama (death rock/goth) and makes electronic music under the name Salmiac. Sasha Kladbische (vocals, drum), who joined the band in 2015, is a poet and singer-songwriter, whose current projects include Skladno (rock), Folkulaka (horror folk), and Turf (shanty/acoustic folk), and Pror (bass) is/was a member of the bands Fun Fair (art/prog), ShamRocks (Celtic punk/folk rock), naddél (Nordic folk), and Turf (acoustic folk). Nataliia Ferens (percussion): Though I’ve been a goth for more than 15 years now, ZWYNTAR is my first and only music project, and in my ‘daytime life’ I am a professional translator. Nightwish and Moonspell have been my two most beloved bands since like 1999, but otherwise my tastes change pretty often. My latest favourites are Ghost, King Woman and Lingua Ignota, and also Ukrainian funk/pop folk scene of the 1960-70s, like Тріо Мареничів (Trio Marenych). The latest favourite movies include Mandy by Panos Cosmatos and the Netflix series Midnight Mass. Conan (1984) and Ukrainian movie The Lost Letter (1972) are among my all-time favorites. I’m also a devoted larper, but LARPs in Ukraine are nonexistent in the time of war. Eric Voloshyn (banjo): My name is Oleksandr, but I go by the nickname Eric. My favourite bands are Angizia, Moonspell (early albums), The Cure, Fairport Convention and Creedence Clearwater Revival (an unlikely collection, but I love these). As for the movies, I adore True Grit and almost everything else by the Coen brothers, and my favourite books are Frank Herbert’s Dune, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Dan Simmons’s Terror, Yuri Anrdukhovych’s Twelve Circles, and T. E. Lawrence’s Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Yehor Divuar (vocals and guitars): I’ve been in goth subculture for more than 15 years now, and I can definitely say it became part of my personality. During this time I’ve participated in many related activities, including performance art and DJing, but in the end making my own music has become my main way of expression. It’s not easy to choose just 5 bands, but I would definitely like to mention Fields of the Nephilim, Swans, Ghost and Chelsea Wolfe if we talk about alternative- related stuff. I’m also fond of older rock music, such as Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and Blue Oyster Cult. My most favourite movies of all times are Bergman’s ‘The Seventh Seal’ and ‘Neon Demon’ by Nicolas Winding Refn.
2. What do you miss most of all since Russia started a full scale war?
NF: I miss the sense of safety. Travelling. The ability to relax and rest. Sasha (vocals and drum): I miss being me. At the moment, I am not a person, but simply a function that must exist and somehow earn for a living and for supporting the armed forces of Ukraine. YD: I agree. It’s hard to stay motivated or plan anything when each second a Russian missile may fall at your head, or hurt your loved ones. In some way this feeling of insecurity stuns me and prevents me from thinking rationally.
3. Could you tell me in your own words how the full scale war being carried out by Russia in Ukraine has affected your life?
NF: My homecity, Kyiv, was besieged by Russians for one month between late February and early April 2022, and back then, as I listened to the constant sound of artillery battles out there, it seemed like my whole life was over. Now I try to carry on with the lifestyle I had before the 24th of February 2022, but it’s hard to achieve when you literally can make no plans for the future. Most of the time I feel like I’m staying in a Limbo where time stands still; I mechanically repeat actions that have lost their meaning. But when emotions do surge, bad or good, they are truly overwhelming. Sasha: My husband joined the armed forces, and now every moment of my life I worry if he is OK. Every day wherever I go I have to carry a big bag with my documents and medical aid kit, because every second a rocket strike can destroy my apartment, or I may have to provide first aid to someone (or myself). I have to attend shooting and medical classes, because in case of the second wave of invasion I’ll need these skills. I also have a special medicine for fast suicide for an emergency case. I know what Russians do to civilians, and I’d rather die than let them get me alive. YD: When Russians tried to capture Kyiv my partner, our cats and I got into the car and roamed towards the safer regions of the country (or we thought they were safer). I then helped my partner and my cats to leave the country. They’ve been abroad for more than six months but then got back. We are trying to collect the moments which bring us back to normality, at least to some degree. Currently I do my best to support our defenders, both with Zwyntar, and individually. It’s hard to behave in any other way. First nights of the war were shocking, but the intensity of the atrocities Ukrainians faced have left us with very little emotion a year after.
4. How do you feel towards Russians after they have invaded Ukraine?
NF: I absolutely despise them. When the first, ‘small-scale’ invasion began in 2014, I still had this illusion that only the tyrant Putin and his cronies are to blame, and there must be many Russians who are against the war. By 2023 I’m done with this misconception. The whole Russian Federation with all its people is sick. If there are any ‘good Russians’ left, they choose to do nothing, and in the end it equals to tolerating and thus supporting the genocide of us. S: They have ruined my life and my belief in humanism. I treat them like a virus. They are not worthy of my hate. EV: Russians have done and keep doing so much evil to my people and me that I, personally, have trouble with feeling basic empathy for them in general. As a child, I used to attend a Russian school; now I wish I never learned the Russian language. YD: I’ve cut all my connections with Russians since the full-scale invasion started, including people I used to call relatives or friends. It’s hard to explain why, but I have not seen a single person from Russia who realizes what they are doing to us. I think it’s important to talk more about how this war is not just Putin’s. The war is widely supported by Russians, who are imperialists in every possible way. Even their so-called opposition is imperialistic to the core and don’t consider us Ukrainians as a separate nation.
5. What worries you have most about Russia’s war in Ukraine?
NF: The damage done to us already seems irreparable, and there’s obviously more to come. Even if Russians withdraw from our land and start paying reparations right now, it will take decades for Ukraine’s economy and environment to recover; however, there’s no way to restore the lost lives, and I don’t think survivors of the war will ever recover fully. We will carry this grief within us for the rest of our lives. S: Basically Ukrainians have a very friendly and gentle nature. But the Russian aggression has made our hearts cruel and cold, and I’m afraid there won’t be enough life to fix it. EV: I used to think that a war like this isn’t possible in the 21st century: a war in which Russians not only want to ‘conquer’ new lands, but are also willing to depopulate these lands for themselves by butchering Ukrainians. My Russian aunt called my mom at the beginning of the invasion to ask how we were. Mom said we were being bombed, and the aunt simply laughed and said it was for our own good. I can’t get my head around the barbarity of this. YD: I’m absolutely shocked how the majority of the world ignores this war, moreover many western people are calling for peace, telling Ukraine it has to surrender. The thing is that we can’t surrender, because it’s a genocidal war Russia wages against us. If we stop defending, they will kill every person who calls themselves Ukrainian. I’m very worried about how the west tries to measure Russia from a civilized perspective. Unfortunately, recent history shows that this measurement doesn’t work when dealing with Russia.
6. What are your hopes for the future?
NF: The only hope I cherish now is that we win soon, and the war is over. I’m not sure about how I will feel inside when it happens, but at least some outside features of the peaceful life will be back, and it’ll make a world of difference. As a band, we keep making plans that we can fulfill in the wartime context, like working on the new album and scheduling gigs to cheer up our audience and raise money for the Ukrainian military. S: I hope Russia ends its existence as a terroristic state, which is dangerous to itself and to others. There has to be some solution to divide it into independent states, without tyranny and autocracy. I also hope my friends and relatives will survive. EV: I hope Ukraine wins soon and truly returns to Europe to join the EU, as historically and mentally we are a European country. YD: I’d add that I hope the world will soon realize that while any war is ugly, peace at all costs is not always an option.
7. What more help would you like to see countries give to Ukraine?
NF: Ukraine needs heavy weapons like fighter jets, air defence systems and long-range missiles. Giving them to us won’t bring an ‘escalation’. If anything, it will help to restrain Russia’s aggression and fasten the de-occupation of Ukraine, preventing more ruin and suffering and saving countless lives. S: We are thankful for everything already given. But Russia is a big fascist and militarized country with millions of war supporters, so we really need more weapons to protect ourselves and the free world from these maniacs.
8. Is there any more action that you would like countries to take in regards to Russia?
NF: The help and support from the world is extraordinary, and we are so grateful for everything that is being done for us! But there’s one more thing. Countries should stop looking for ‘good Russians’ and start to really question anyone who says they are Russian and not ashamed of it. Nowadays, claiming to be a proud Russian is not about standing for one’s ethnicity or cultural heritage, it’s about promoting an ideology, that of Russian imperialism, supremacy and genocidal wars. Russian culture is toxic. Please, cancel it. S: I can give advice to anyone who watches Russian mass-media: be sure that 90% of what they say to you is lies. Lie is the basis of their existence as a country. They lie to each other, lie to everyone about “Ukrainian nazis”, lie about not killing civilians, and lie about their “great culture”. This great culture gave life to thousands of killers and rapists who brought us inhuman horrors. EV: I agree with Sasha. Russians are liars. Don’t trust them and don’t deal with them.
Wakeworld – ZOAR Heaven Street – DEATH IN JUNE Weeping Song – CATHEDRAL IN FLAMES Siren – NOSFERATU A Forest – PEELING GREY An Eye For The Main Chance – ROSETTA STONE Obsession – ACTORS Rain – DUCTAPE Kissing The Ground – DRAB MAJESTY Black Roses – IKON Jasmine & Rose – CLAN OF XYMOX The Walk – DEINE LAKAIEN The Cabinet – DAS KABINETTE I’m Falling (alt mix) – MINISTRY All I Ever Wanted – ASH CODE Psychonaut Lib III – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM Big Neon Glitter – THE CULT Just Like Christabel – THE MARIONETTES Posledni Letadlo Do Buenos Aires – XIII STOLETI Promised Land – SKELETAL FAMILY Barbarosa – SEX GANG CHILDREN Domino – VOLBEAT Paranoid – THE METEORS Jesus Christ Twist – REV BEATMAN Kiss The Goat – GHOST Black Lipstick – POWERMAN 5000 Dance With Me – THEN COMES SILENCE Serpents Kiss – THE MISSION Bloodsucker – PARALYSED AGE Pale Empress – THE MERRY THOUGHTS Assassin Soul – SUSPIRIA Running Up That Hill – FAITH & THE MUSE Bela Lugosi (tomb raider mix) – BAUHAUS Written In Blood – SHE WANTS REVENGE Dreamtime (feat rosetta stone ) – JYRKI 69 In Shreds – THE CHAMELEONS Spellbound –SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Eighties – KILLING JOKE You Spin Me Round (like a record) – DEAD OR ALIVE
Thanks to the Sanctuary CZ crew for inviting me and their hard work in making the PGT a yearly must visit festival. Thanks to everyone who danced to my set, it was great to meet so many old and new friends ;). Thanks to Isiolia, KSY, Natural Brutalismus, Her Own World, Paar, The Frozen Autumn, Wisborg, Selofan, Wulfband Kaelan Mikla, Christian Death, and The Last Days Of Jesus for their great attitude and performances 😉 I had one hell of a great time 😉 Hope to see on the road before or at PGT 2023!
Until We Meet Again – LISA GERRARD AND MARCELLO DE FRANCISCI
Where The Devil Waits – DARKHER
I Am The Fire – BY THE SPIRITS
Imaginary Friend – THE GLASS BEADS
Ukrainian National Anthem In Dub – JAH WOBBLE AND THE UKRAINIANS
The Weeping Song – CATHEDRAL IN FLAMES
Barbs Of Time – OF THE WAND AND THE MOON
How I Paint The World In Flames 4 You – ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO
Beautiful Death – NINO SABLE
God On Our Side – WIRETRAIN
Tears In Your Eyes – INTO PARADISE
Darkness – THE SWEET KILL
Siamese Twins – ARIEL MANIKI AND THE BLACK HALOS
Love In Chains – THE ADVENTURES
Heaven – THE WANING MOON
Watch The Madman Go – LONDON PLANE
Crisis – THE IRE
Heaven – THE CHAMELEONS
Soul Reaper – STILL PATIENT ?
Rats – GHOST
Prayer – CLAYTOWN TROUPE
Terror Couple Kill Colonel – VERSARI
Why It’s So Liberating – THE FIENDS
Gor Vad Du Vill – BORGELIG BEGRAVNING
Get Out Of My Way – SATOR
1969 – UK SUBS
Too Late – ECHOES OF SILENCE
Domino – VOLBEAT
Big Sister – CRAZYHEAD
Bitch 16 (featuring Ophelia from Saigon Blue Rain) – DISTANCE H
Labyrinth – IAMNOONE
Alienation – NEILA INVO
The Edge Of Time – INVSN
See In The Dark – HEXHEART
The Crown Lies Heavy On The King – THE CASSANDRA COMPLEX
Kiss The Boys (and make them Die feat Alex Svenson Then Comes Silence) – JE T’AIME
No Shuffle – MACHINISTA
Scared Half To Death (Skon remix) – WUMPSCUT
Bang Bang Bang – SUICIDE COMMANDO
Feral Me (codex empire remix) – TREPANERINGSRITUALEN
Headhunter – LA MUERTE
Feuer Frei ! – RAMMSTEIN
Keep Your Eyes Peeled – ULTRA SUNN
Lion In A Cage – MINUIT MACHINE
Our Darkness (remix) – ANNE CLARK
The Russians do not want peace but to destroy and occupy Ukraine, by mass bombing of civilians, Mass Murder of civilians, Mass rape of men women and children. They steal household goods and anything else they can get their hands on . The steal grain and stop the export of grain. They starve the world. They are to blame for price rises and the increase of Gas and Electric prices. Help destroy the Russian army and end the war in Ukraine.