EDEN – The Edge Of Winter

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All About Eve, Balaam and The Angel, Brendan Perry, darkpop, darkwave, Dead Can Dance, deathwave, dreampop, EDEN - The Edge Of Winter, Ethereal, Frankie Laine, goth, gothic, Joy Divison, Salvation, Sean Bowley, shoegaze, siouxsie and the banshees, The Church, The Edge, The Mission, The Rose Of Avalanche, Twin Peaks, U2

The Edge of Winter is Eden’s first full release in two decades. Recorded in Melbourne at the famed Toyland Studios recorded and produced by Adam Calaitzis.

Tha album opens with Death Of A Diamond when I heard this track for the first time it was one of those wow moments. I was surprised at the exceptional male vocals which for me rubs shoulders with Brendan Perry, sounding slightly more dulcet, The vocals of Sean reminds of the great singer Frankie Laine, who was famed for his western film songs such as Ghost Riders In The Sky, Rawhide etc. One of those voices that will burn into the memory. Now I’ve mentioned it, this track could easily fit in a western blockbuster about a lone rider, it’s that good! Epic layers of shimmering and rivers driven guitars build a monumental soundscape, fantastic lyrics. Love this song! Lost & Found – A different musical arrangement adds a slightly more gothic, ethereal feel. Great vocals again. Fantastic song! Girl With Violin has a more swirly shoegaze guitar feel with a walzlike drive. Love it! All The Time In The World – reminds musically like a cross between All About Eve, Early Balaam and the Angel and The Church – Yes it’s that good! Topped off with the perfect vocals. Great lyrics too. Suanitriade – This instrumental has a slightly Arabian feel has the musical atmosphere of Dead Can Dance with a splash of Twin Peaks. Nice! The Edge Of Winter – what a great title track and another example of why Sean does rub shoulders with Brendan Perry in this epic vocal delivery. Pure ethereal atmospherics akin to Dead Can Dance. Love it! Returning – more gothic with a hint slower early Mission mixed with a Banshees ballard. Lovely! The perfect vocal again. Perfume Garden – the perfect dark dream pop song to ignite the gothic dancefloor. Epic! December -If you are a fan of The Rose of Avalanche or Salvation you will like this song. Paisley goth. Love it! Great Vocals too! Fryerstown – has the grandiose feel of a speeded up Joy Division’s Atmosphere perforated with an Edgelike guitar burst. Breathtaking! Sky Above – – is again very much aimed at the dancefloor musically a fusion between Dead Can Dance and The Banshees a great gothic tribalistic masterpiece. Love it!
Winter – Another instrumental with a epic feel. Crank Your amp up to max and let the plaster come down 😉
Shame I missed the gig in Leipzig, so I might be I have put in a trip to Oz to see them 😉 Yet another contender for album of the year in my ears 😉 So get Your copy from

https://edenseanbowley.bandcamp.com/album/the-edge-of-winter

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ANTIFLVX, Beastial Mouths, Bestial Mouths, Black Orchestra, Black Veiled podmix, Buzz Kull, Charnier, coldwave, darkwave, deathwave, De▲th W▲ve, DIRK DA DAVO, dj de'ath, Drab Majesty, Gentle Ihors Devotion, Ghostwave, goth, gothic, Martial Canterel, Mary, Mellow Grave, NEW TODAY, new wave, Peter Hook & The Light, Poison Point, postpunk, SCHONWALD, shoegaze, Shytalk soft kill, STRVNGERS, Supernova 1006, Veil Of Light

Little Black Angel – SHYTALK
Perfume – MARY
Cold Heart – DIRK DA DAVO
Memories Like Dreams – ANTIFLVX
Roses & Lillies – POISON POINT
Dressed To Kill – STRVNGERS
Eyesore – MELLOW GRAVE
Dope – SUPERNOVA 1006
Tomorrow’s Ghost – BUZZ KULL
Down To The Bones (beastial mouths remix)- BESTIAL MOUTHS
Things She Wears – MARTIAL CANTEREL
Can You Remember – CHARNIER
Instinct – BLACK ORCHESTRA
Whirl – SOFT KILL
Wake Up Call – NEW TODAY
Love Collides – SCHONWALD
Soul In Ethanol – VEIL OF LIGHT
Kissing The Ground – DRAB MAJESTY
20th Century – GENTLE IHORS DEVOTION
Isolation – PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT

Principe Valiente – Oceans

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-Oceans, afmusic, deathwave, Disintegration -The Cure, Floodland, goth, gothic, new wave, Oceans- Principe Valiente, postpunk, PRINCIPE VALIENTE, shoegaze, Sisters Of Mercy, Slowdive, Sweden, The Cure, The Essence

Sweden’s Principe Valiente return with their third album Oceans. The album opens with Wildest Flowers with Fernando’s as strong as ever voice soaring high above a fantastical shoegaze sea of breezy guitars, bass, drum and keyboards that ebbs and flows around the aural senses. Great track! When I Learned To Crawl – some great guitar hooks that rock! Female vocals add a new dynamic towards the end of the song.

Strangers In The Night was the instant stand out track for me with luscious guitar and bass hooks in a composition as good as anything on Sisters Of Mercy’s “Floodland” with a sprinkle of The Cure / The Essence what a great gothic track! Untouchable is a classical cold, lonely, melancholic slice of dark atmosphere which drifts into almost Slowdive darkened dirge. Love it! Running juveniles – has the musical feel of The Cure’s “Disintegration” album without being a tribute. Dark dream pop! No Time – has a strong 80’s new wave feel in the guitars which makes for another great track. Love the sparks of dual male/female vocals. The Reason Why – sublime shoegaze. Monsters Of The Sea – keeps the tempo low on this delicate dark dreamscape. Great! The album’s over too soon.

so get Your copy from
https://principevaliente.bandcamp.com/album/oceans

Black Veiled 71 podmix now available!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Absencia, Arbeitsgruppe Warschau, Black Veiled podmix, Chasms, dark alternative, darkwave, deathwave, De▲th W▲ve, dj de'ath, Editors, Fews, Ghostwave, Glaswen, goth, gothic, Ground Nero, Lapko, Merry's Funeral, Nerve Quakes, new wave, Ni Slova, ONO SCREAM, postpunk, PRINCIPE VALIENTE, shoegaze, soviet soviet, Supernova 1006, The Completers, the kvb, Underpass, Vestron Vulture

Mas Alla – ABSENCIA
Lucretia – ARBEITSGRUPPE WARSCHAU
I’m The Hollow Man – ONO SCREAM
Beyond Flesh – CHASMS
Dark Descent – GROUND NERO
Killer Whales – LAPKO
Side – UNDERPASS
Star – SOVIET SOVIET
The Zoo – FEWS
Feels Like – GLASWEN
Silence – THE COMPLETERS
No Shelter – NERVE QUAKES
Blood – EDITORS
Strangers In The Night – PRINCIPE VALIENTE
Paranoya – MERRY’S FUNERAL
Shades Of Violet – VESTRON VULTURE
Shadowmen – SELOFAN
Crosses – SUPERNOVA 1006
October – NI SLOVA
Night Games – THE KVB

Black Veil 17th year anniversary setlist @The Fulford Arms York Sat 13th May 2017

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Alternative Rock, And One, ASP, Black Veil 17 Year anniversary, Black Veil Leeds, Black veil york, Blutengel, Choloe Goth, Clan Of Xymox, Corpus Delecti, Covenant, cultus ferox, dark 80's, dark ambient, Dark Electro, darkfolk, DarkwavePunk, Dead Can Dance, DEATH IN JUNE, Death In Rome, Depeche Mode, Destroid, dj de'ath, Drab Majesty, Editors, Engelsstaub, Fields Of The Nephilim, Foghorn Lonesome, Ghost, GHOST BC, girls under glass, goth, gothic, Gothic Rock, Helium Vola, HIM, IAMX, JOCELYN POOK, Killing Joke, Lodon After Midnight, mittelalter, mm, MONO Inc, neofolk, New Model Army, new wave, NIN, Ordo, postpunk, prayers, Rammstein, ritual, SHE PAST AWAY, She Wants Revenge, shoegaze, siouxsie and the banshees, Sisters Of Mercy, STRVNGERS, Tenpole Tudor, The Chameleons, THE CULT, The Cure, The Dream Disciples, THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS, Type O Negative, VNV Nation, Wumpscut

DJ De’Ath

Masked Ball – JOCELYN POOK
Dawn Of The Iconoclast – DEAD CAN DANCE
Fall Apart – DEATH IN JUNE
A World Not So Beautiful – ORDO ROSARIUS EQUILIBRIO
Pump Up The Jam – DEATH IN ROME
Kissing The Ground – DRAB MAJESTY
Shapeshifter – STRVNGERS
Rituel- SHE PAST AWAY
Black Leather – PRAYERS
Spit It Out – IAMX
Written In Blood – SHE WANTS REVENGE
Bela – THE DREAM DISCIPLES
Jasmine & Rose – CLAN OF XYMOX *R
Patient – CORPUS DELECTI *R
Hate – LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT
Walkaway – SISTERS OF MERCY
A Forest – THE CURE

DJ Andy C

RAMMSTEIN – Du Hast *R
MONO INC – Children Of The Night
FOGHORN LONESOME -All Alone In The End *R
DESTROID -Lucretia My Reflection
COVENANT – Call the Ships To Port *R
BLUTENGEL – Soul Of Ice (remix)
VNV NATION – Electronaut *R
EDITORS – Papillon(testo rmx) *R

DJ De’Ath

World In My Eyes (iada rmx) – DEPECHE MODE
Panzermensch – AND ONE
Timekiller – PROJECT PITCHFORK *R
Omnis Mundi Creatura – HELIUM VOLA
Tamfanae – CULTUS FEROX
Faerieland – ENGELSSTAUB
Beautiful People – MM*
I Don’t Wanna Be Me – TYPE O NEGATIVE
One More Nightmare – FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM
Wicked Game – HIM
Year Zero – GHOST BC
Sanctuary – THE CULT
Vagabonds – NEW MODEL ARMY *R

War

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – The Passenger
Don’t Fall – THE CHAMELEONS
GIRLS UNDER GLASS – Frozen
Fade To Grey – THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS
NIN– Closer
Love Like Bloood (version) – KILLING JOKE
WUMPSCUT – Thorns
Sing Child – ASP
Swords Of A Thousand Men – TENPOLE TUDOR

Sorry for the late start which was due to the band event on before ;/. Thanks to everyone who came along. It was nice to see you all 😉 Darklands returns on sat 10th June 9pm til 1am and Batastrophe and myself look forward to see you all again next month.

Drab Majesty @ Wharf Chambers Leeds 8th May 2017

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Dais Records, Death wave, De▲th W▲ve, Deb.D, Demonstration tour, dj de'ath, Drab Majesty, goth, Goth Leeds, gothic, gothic leeds, gothic Uk, Mona.D, new wave, shoegaze, wave, Wave Gotik Treffen 2017, Wharf Chambers Leeds

Last night I paid my first visit to Wharf Chambers in Leeds to see a great band from Los Angeles Drab Majesty.

 

In a sparsely lighted cold back room, a small but enthusiastic crowd (anymore it might have been like the inside of a sardine can) of beards, black dexy’s bean’s, tote bags and a couple of goths.

I can imagine this is what it must felt like when the fledgling Sisters of Mercy played the F-Club to a small alternative but well informed audience back in the 8o’s.

After a long trip from Athens, Deb. D and Mona D showed no sign of tiredness as they belted out a sublime sonic shoegaze gothic drenched set including  Too Soon To Tell

39 By Design

The Foyer

Dot In The Sky

Cold Souls.

Deb D and Mona D visually remind me very much of the visual mesmerising androgynous celestial beings that Capt Kirk used to encounter back in the days of the cult TV series.

Without doubt this was the most Gothic concert that will take place in Leeds this year and as per usual not many goths turned out as they seem scared of new music or bands which are not from the UK. I’m glad I made this gig and managed to see what promises to be the best debut at this year’s Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig 😉

 

The Three D’s

Black Veiled 69 podmix now available

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Astari Nite, BAICAL, BANANIA PINGPONG, Big Electric Cat, Black Veiled podmix, dark alternative, darkwave, Dead Serpent, deathwave, dj de'ath, Drab Majesty, Dull Company Myself, goth, gothic, Hapax, IL MIO CAMPO, Jesus and Mary Chain, Kuta, Mother Sunday, NEW TODAY, None, postpunk, punk, pyschedelic, RAZORLINE, SHANA FALANA, Sheer, shoegaze, SJÖBLOM, Slowdive, Songs From A Rainy Day, Sonic Jesus, Supernova 1006, Tashaki Miyaki, The Flatfield, The Stranglers

Strange Little Girl – THE STRANGLERS
City – TASHAKI MIYAKI
Weep – MOTHER SUNDAY
Silence – THE FLATFIELD
Catch It When it’s There – KUTA
The Girl – SJÖBLOM
Into The Darkness – BANANIA PINGPONG
Ethereal Love – DEAD SERPENT
Cold Souls – DRAB MAJESTY
The Box – RAZORLINE
When The Marble Falls – HAPAX
Lovesick – ASTARI NITE
Mutism – IL MIO CAMPO
YR Lips – BAICAL
Life & Faith – DULL COMPANY MYSELF
Desertion – NONE
Anymore – NEW TODAY
Ground – SONGS FROM A RAINY DAY
No Way – SONIC JESUS
Joy – SHEER
Star Roving – SLOWDIVE
Heavenstay – SHANA FALANA
All Things Pass – JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
Precious – SUPERNOVA 1006
Paris Skies – BIG ELECTRIC CAT

Wave Gotik Treffen Leipzig 25th Anniversary preview

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25 Wave Gotik Treffen, 8 Wave Gotik Treffen 1999, Angelic Foe, Anna Von Hauswolff, Backworld, Banane Metalik, Bestial Mouths, Blue Angel Lounge, Christine Plays Viola, COLD WAVE, Cult Club, dark wave, Darker, darkfolk, Death wave, DERNIERE VOLONTE, Diary Of Dream, Drangsal, Electronic, Endless asylum, Estampie, Faun, goth, Goth Leipzig, Gothic Rock, HANTE, Har Beleg, In The Nursery, Irfan, Jessica93, Last Leaf Down, Legend, Machinista, martial industrial, mittelalter, Neoclassical, neofolk, OF THE WAND & THE MOON, Peter Murphy, Position Parallèle, postpunk, punk, RosaRubea, Rose McDowall, shoegaze, The Protagonist, The Underground Youth, Treha Sektori, Triarri, wave, Wave Gothic Treffen Leipzig, Wave Gotik Treffen 1999, Wave Gotik Treffen 2016 preview, Wave Gotik Treffen 25th Anniversary, Wave Gotik Treffen Pfingsten, WGT 2016 Recommended bands, WGT Preview 2016, Winter Severity Index, Xeno & Oaklander

So this year The Biggest and Best Gothic festival in the world hits the 25th anniversary mark. It’s seen a lot of changes and challenges for the organisers behind the festival, such as the security not being paid one year so they left the main Agra site unprotected and Neo Nazis broke in and set fire to tents. I remember being at an all night party in the room at the back of the Agra which is now used as cafe, partying hard and ready with the rest of the attendees to confront the Nazis if they turned up, but they didn’t reach the venue.

Another year one of the organisers ran of the with the ticket money meaning that the last couple of days the line up and venues were cancelled. On the Monday several bands announced they were paying for free but whether they did or not is unclear as other bands who did not play have metioned these bands were actually paid. The following year the organiser responsible is alleged to have rejoined.

One of the main driving force behind the festival Marco Göthel quit and started his own successful festival – The Amphi festival which is also a festival worth visiting. There has also been the threat of redevelopment of the main venue the Agra which would be a big blow if it did happen as it may prevent the festival happening. More recently there has been the loss of some great and favourite venues used by the festival due to covering the cost of hire. Venues like the ParkBuhnne and Werk2 which were very popular venues.

 

I remember attending my first WGT in May 1999, the main reason being that one of my favourite groups at the time Ikon were making their European debut only to find out when I arrived they had cancelled due to the band receiving no confirmation from the organisers about payment for their flights. I flew into the epic Templehof airport and met a couple of friends who loaned me a tent. The whole event was just wow and showed how poor the UK scene was at the time (and still is). Bands I managed to see where Still Patient?, Scream Silence, Lore Of Asmody, The Last Dance and Inkubus Sukkubus at the Parkbuhne. Him, Joachim Witt & Project Pitchfork,at the Grosse festival hall.(now the Agra) Goethes Erben at the Grosse festival hall. Sex Gang Children at the grosse festival hall. Sepulcrum Mentis, Neon Dream , Illuminate and Sanguis Et Cinis at the Eiskeller Conne Island. Monday was Black Metal monday (sucked) managed to see Therion and tolerate 2 minutes of Dimmu Borgir at grosse Festival Hall. I did try and go see the only Goth gig on that day at The Moritzbastei The House Of Usher but along with another 30 people we missed it due to the time changing/ no-one knowing which room it was in ;). Hardly any UK visitors but had a great time meeting a drinking with people from around the world. The gothic markets at the Agra site (not the main hall) and in Moritzbastei were the thing of Gothic dreams.

Despite all this it is still going strong and next week Leipzig will again be painted Black next week. So what can we expect from the line up. Well for me it looked a stronger line up for the 20th anniversary, there are quite a few big names playing but some can’t live up to the standard their past performances. The main reason I go to Leipzig is to see new bands or bands who don’t play the UK. If it’s Your first time you will be amazed and blown away by the whole event, however I have seen lots of changes over the years and it is becoming a bit like Whitby for people dressing up in costumes rather the coming to enjoy the music. But each to their own 😉

Recommended places to visit are Völkerschlachtdenkmal, Südfriedhof, Heidnisches Dorf (pagan village) and Moritzbastei which will add to Your great memories of the WGT.

The highlight of this years event is on 12.05.16 when the amusement park BELANTIS will be taken over completely by the visitors of the 25th Wave-Gotik-Treffen. There will be some Mittelalter bands playing and clubnights with something for everyone hopefully 😉 8pm til 5am.

If you care about sound quality/mixing at gigs then the venue to be concerned about is Altes Landratsamt very poor everytime I have been there.

Here are my recommendations of bands to see from not the strongest of WGT line ups(no obvious headline apart from Peter Murphy).

Angelic Foe

Anna Von Hausswolff

Backworld

Banane Metalik

Bestial Mouths

Christine Plays Viola

Cult Club

Darkher

Dernière Volonté

Diary Of Dreams

Drangsal

Endless Asylum

Estampie

Faun

Hante

Har Belex

In The Nursery

Irfan

Jessica93

Last Leaf Down

Legend

Machinista

Of The Wand And The Moon

Peter Murphy

Position Parallèle

RosaRubea

Rose McDowall

Blue Angel Lounge

The Protagonist

The Underground Youth

Treha Sektori

Triarii

Winter Severity Index

Xeno & Oaklander

All You need to plan Your visit

WGT 2016 – Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig – Bands, WGT-Zeitplaner, News und Co. hier!

PRINCIPE VALIENTE – Choirs Of Blessed Youth

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afmusic, darkpop, new wave, postpunk, PRINCIPE VALIENTE, Principe Valiente - Choirs Of Blessed Youth, shoegaze

Choirs Of Blessed Youth is the second album from Sweden’s Principe Valiente and follows their fantastic debut album “Principe Valiente” featuring the epic track In Your Arms. I remember looking forward to seeing them live at last years WGT only to be let down by crap distorted muddy sound at venue which was a real shame for the band!
Definately one of the albums I have been waiting to hear. The album opens with The Son I’ll Never Be what a powerful well crafted song! Fernando has one of those vocal styles that sounds totally original, a wall of keyboards, pounding bass and an well crafted guitar hook ensure an epic opening to the album! Take Me With You was a good choice for a single from the album and sits shoulder to shoulder with In My Arms. Great lyrics about lonliness, on this song alone Principe Valiente deserve to be a lot bigger than they are now. Once this song enters your skull it will never leave! She Never Returned reminds me of classic Editors/Interpol and is the second single from the album. Great power and polished delivery! Love it! The Dream -is the longest track on the album at 9.46, a sublime slice of shoegaze! Reminds me of The Cure’s Disintegration album colliding with Curve Wow! Wasted Time is possibly my favourite track on the album. Destined to be a big smash on the dancefloor. Love it! The Fighting -has a hint of Joy Division dusted with powerpop guitar sounds like classic 80’s new wave/postpunk. Great track! Choir Of Blessed Youth – is the shortest track on the album, more a short atmospheric interlude. Fiction -I love the way this song builds from a whisper to a storm of serene sound. Great song! Dying To Feel Alive – is pure magnificent melancholic power pop! Temporary Men – another great dancefloor track with a punked up/interpol feel. Love it! The album closes with Flower In You a slice of dark melancholic shoegaze with almost a hint of twin peaks. Great stuff!

Look forward to hear this live with perfect sound as it will something special indeed!

http://principevaliente.bandcamp.com
http://www.af-music.com/

VARIOUS – The DArK And CoLD Sounds OF TBTCI II

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Anna Madorsky, As Amigas De Plastico, coldwave, demure for sure, Escarlatina Obsessiva, Jenni Sex, moonsters, People Of Nothing, postpunk, shoegaze, sigundo Iverno, silo Halo, The Blog That Celebrates Itself, the dark and cold sounds of TBTCI Vol II, The Liar Script, Travelling Wave

Yet another great compilation of covers put together by Brazil’s The Blog That Celebrates Itself. The album opens with a cover of The Cure’s The Same Deep Water As You by People Of Nothing a coldwave band from France very nice cover. Next comes a cover of The Jesus & Mary Chains Just Like Honey by Travelling Wave from Brazil. The Female vocals add to an exceptional cover. A Siouxie And The Banshees cover of their song Christine by Moonsters from Montevideo follows an interesting grunged up version. Suicide’s Ghost Rider is covered by Demure For Sure from the USA which is quite close to the original. Next is a cover of Ethiopia’s song Ovazio by Sigundo Inverno which fits perfectly with this unusual mix of covers. Catherine Wheel’s Crank is covered by Silo Halo from Washington – a very nice version. Death In June’s – Fields Of Rape is covered by As Amigas De Plastico from Brazil giving it a swamp rock feel. Spellbound from Siouxsie & The Banshees is covered by Anna Madorsky from Loas angeles gives it a dream pop feel. Possibly the best track on the album comes from Brazil’s Escarlatina Obsessiva who do a storming cover of Siekiera’s Nowa Aleksandria. Epic! The Liar Script from San Fransico – Cover The Sounds Winning, a great choice and a great cover. Jenni Sex from Brazil covers A Forest from The Cure. Nice psychedelic cover. The album closes with a cover Bronski Beat’s Small Town Boy by People of Nothing from France Downtempo and a lot darker feel in pitch and style to the original and maybe even better than the original. Great cover. Another fantastic compilation from The Blog That Celebrates Itself and a great way of promoting new bands. Looking forward to Vol III.

http://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/album/the-d-rk-and-c-ld-sounds-of-tbtci-vol-ii