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Track: Rosetta Stone give (Don’t Fear) The Reaper a gothic makeover

Goth survivors Rosetta Stone’s latest single, a cover of Blue Öyster Cult’s (Don’t Fear) The Reaper, reimagines the 1976 classic through a long black overcoat and dark eyeshadow. While the…

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News: Tasmanian post-punk duo, Mankind, release latest single, the deeply reflective ‘Home’

Enigmatic Tasmanian goth-rock/post-punk duo, Mankind, has unleashed their latest sonic creation – the brooding single ‘Home‘. With a sound characterized by sometimes-dark, yet melodic basslines and hypnotic drum beats, Mankind…

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Live Review: Sisters of Mercy @ Manchester Academy 21.11.2023

Photos: Andi Callan It’s always an occasion when the Sisters roll into town, and tonight is no exception. With everyone decked out in their gothic finest, you could cut the…

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Live Review: The Cult – Spokane, Washington – 11.10.2023

There was a sense of the 80’s as the iconic British goth/rock band The Cult performed this past Wednesday in at the Pend Oreille Pavilion in Spokane, Washington. The pavilion…

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Gallery and Set-lists: Paradise Lost / Urne – The Academy, Dublin 16.09.2023

At a sold out Academy in Dublin, Paradise Lost, the English gothic metal act – considered to be the pioneers of the death-doom genre and who are cited to have largely influenced…

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Gallery and Set-lists: Sacrosanct Dublin – a night of Post-punk & Goth Rock, This Eternal Decay / Siberia / Long Night / The Nosferatu – The Soundhouse, Dublin 09.09.2023

Sacrosanct Dublin kicked of their first night of Post-punk and Goth Rock nights in The Soundhouse Dublin. The frist night of hopefully many more of these shows nights and judging…

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Premiere: MIDNIGHTCHOIR are fired up on explosive new single ‘Molotov’

Patrick Bobilin has been through some shit since we last heard from his project MIDNIGHTCHOIR. He ran for office in New York, was arrested not once but several times in…

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Premiere: Night Crickets, featuring Bauhaus’ David J, release new video for The Unreliable Narrator. Watch it here, first

New outfit Night Crickets may have gone undermyour radar, but they boast a couple of famous faces in former Bauhaus and Love and Rockets man David J, alongside Victor DeLorenzo (Violent…

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Premiere: Safari Lee releases Web, a taster from her forthcoming EP III

Out on June 1st is the new EP from goth-rocker Safari Lee, III. From it, we’re delighted to be able to premiere the forth of five songs from the EP,…

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Premiere: Light By The Sea reveal new video for the gothic hue of new single Eleanor

Light By The Sea, aka Eszter Anna Baumann and Davy Knobel, got together over lockdown and recorded three singles with producer Eddy Bopp through the Winter, and are gearing up…

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