Lovataraxx has released their new album – Sophomore. The album is a new step on the band’s trajectory, influenced by synthetic music, 80’s and 90’s horror and SF movie soundtracks. A resolutely fairy, modern and personal record. COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC released the music video directed by RAMATAUPIA for “Tilda Vaast” – the first single off the album and tell us… Read more →
Tag: Darkwave
Date at Midnight – Fading into this Grace
Manic Depression Records has announced the pre-order of Italian Goth Wavers, Date at Midnight new album Fading into this Grace. Five years after their last EP Reverse Resilience, Date at Midnight is back in force, with a powerful and bewitching third full-length album. The music video for the first single “Another Grace” has been created by the ALBEDO VIDEO team,… Read more →
Principe Valiente – In This Light
“Something New” is the first single (and accompanying video) to be taken from In This Light, the forthcoming fifth album by Swedish dark-pop act Principe Valiente. Marking a bold evolution in the group’s decade-plus journey, the album’s ten meticulously crafted songs lay bare the signature ethereal soundscapes and dark ambient allure that initially propelled them onto the alternative scene with their… Read more →
Echoberyl – Through the Chaos
Three years after Mother Solitude and Other Dark Tales, Echoberyl return with Through the Chaos – a full-length album that is a tribute to “parallel worlds”, to mystery literature (and a certain type of B-series movies and TV shows). A twilight zone populated with bewitching and evil, mysterious and troubled female characters. Through the Chaos is a journey into the… Read more →
Zanias – Ecdysis
In the follow-up to 2023’s Chrysalis, Zanias returns with a new album Ecdysis, which travels even further into alternate dimensions, casting off all language and song structures in favor of something far more alien and sensual. Named after the final stage of emergence from a former self, Ecdysis lays claim to an entirely new electronic soundscape influenced by the ethereal… Read more →
Then Comes Silence – Trickery
Swedish gothic post-punk legends Then Comes Silence have announced their seventh album Trickery due to be released April 5, 2024. In March and April, Then Comes Silence will be touring North America extensively with Vision Video (tour dates will be announced soon). The band was recently signed to Metropolis Records and the first single off the album ‘Ride or Die’ will… Read more →
Vandal Moon Vinyl Release
Vandal Moon’s Teenage Daydream Conspiracy – a classic, is back from the dead and for the first time on vinyl this Friday, February 2nd at 10am CST on the Midnight Mannequin Records on Bandcamp! Pictured is the first look at the “Mystic Mint” edition, the standard variant on mint green vinyl. Midnight Mannequin Records will also have a Bandcamp exclusive… Read more →
Bleib Modern – 2 Afraid 2 Leave
After 2021’s critically acclaimed album Afraid To Leave, Berlin based post-punkers Bleib Modern invited artist friends to take an outside perspective on their tracks, resulting in the 2 Afraid 2 Leave compilation, featuring remixes and reworks from several esteemed names within the darkwave, post-punk and EBM music scenes. From club bangers like IV Horsemen’s version of “Bitter Smile” and M!R!M’s… Read more →
Trismagistus – The Summoning
Trismagistus from Leeds has another great release, The Summoning delivers a dark blend of electronic synths and heavy basslines with eerie ambiance. This follows the December release of Brain Void that has all of the same elements. Both are excellent, have a listen! The Summoning by Trismagistus Brain Void by Trismagistus Read more →
Grauzone Festival 2024
Grauzone will return in 2024 once again for it’s 11th edition. Grauzone 2024 takes place February 9th to 11th at several venues in The Hague, bringing together a wide range of disciplines such as music, art, performance, screenings, talks and many more. Drab Majesty – Nuovo Testamento – Harsh Symmetry – Slow Crush – Follakzoid – The Underground Youth –… Read more →