A new dubble cd compilation, Wrapped By Bats VOL1 is out today, released under the italian lable Gothic World Records
Gothic World Records proudly presents a new compilation series entitled "Wrapped By Bats" featuring bands from many countries around the world with different dark musical styles from batcave, deathrock, gothic rock, darkwave, post punk, new wave, horror punk, coldwave and much more.
Will be released the first volume worldwide as a digital download for the free edition with 24 songs and a premium edition with 9 special songs and will be all also available on all major online stores,
1. The Mescaline Babies - Sylicon Knives
2. Model Kaos - The More
3. Madness Of The Night - Voices Of The People
4. SunSin - Poutnik
5. Girl Loves Dead Boys - Black Crow
6. Violet Tears - Goodbye
7. Christine Plays Viola - Permutations
8. Luna Reign - Blood
9. Last July - Scars
10. Horror Vacui - I Like It When A Soldier Dies
11. The Stompcrash - Wake Up In A Grave
12. The Spiritual Bat - Thunderstorm
13. Escarlatina Obsessiva - Place In A Trance
14. Opened Paradise - Senseless
15. Date at Midnight - Vicious And Liar
16. La Metamorfosi - Goodbye
17. Haflinger Allergie - Medication
18. Oltretomba - Safe For Two
19. El Viejo Matadero - La Puta del Cementerio
20. 11 Desaparecidos - Feretro de Piel
21. Wieże Fabryk - Papieros
22. Coldwave - Life Changes
23. Getriebe Analogique - Limitless
24. Disjecta Membra - The Sleep
1. The Mescaline Babies - September's Breathe
2. Model Kaos - The Fire
3. Madness of The Night - Oppression
4. SunSin - Bràna
5. Girl Loves Dead Boys - On The Mourn You Turn
6. Violet Tears - Against The Light
7. Last July - Afraid of The Light
8. Horror Vacui - Desperate Adelia
9. Luna Reign - Black Light
A new cd compilation, Gothic Rock Around The World V is out, released by Sombrati Records in Brazil.
Tracklist:
01 Madness Of The Night - We Are Gothrockers and We Don't Care [Sweden]
02 After Dusk - Revelations Of Rebirth [Greece]
03 Rose Inferni - Luna Sangrienta [Peru]
04 Ritual Reaper - Cold Evil (Megaton Aftermath) [Sweden]
05 The Council of Days - Methedrine (2013 Version) [United States]
06 Deus Vult - Lágrimas [Spain]
07 LisaWars - NYX [Germany]
08 Remain In Light - Salvation [Greece]
09 the Nightchild - The Madness Return [Ukraine]
10 Un-Muerto - Esta Noche [Mexico]
11 Electric Press Kit - Tout Ce Qui Détruit [France]
12 Carpatia Castle - Vampyre Requiem [Czech Republic]
13 Pazz Kluger - Slip Away [United States]
14 Last Dusk – Absence (Promo Version) [Costa Rica]
15 Horse and Hattock - Pale Sign [England]
16 Cold Remembrance - Everlasting [Greece]
17 Luna Reign - Death Euphoria [United Kingdom]
18 Cauda Pavonis - Saturnalia (Radio Edit) [United Kingdom]
19 Mils - Neon Life [France]
20 Cryogenica - Bruised and Broken [United Kingdom]
21 Soror Dolorosa - Motherland [France]
22 The House of the Last Lantern - Poison of Decay [Russia]
I became stuck in Lost In Kiev´s album Motions from my first listening. It brought me memories back to the end of 90´s when I frequently listen to the Swedish project Morte Macabre superb album Symphony Holocaust. Dark and progressive rock. Just press play and relax to this very emotional and sometimes intensive record Motion.
Lost in Kiev is a 5 pieces band from Paris who right now searching for guitarists. Their music is very guitar based and they also work with samples. The album can nearly been seen as an instrumental album. The main part is instrumental, but they have partly added speaking monologs and in the second track ”A Mere Shift Of Origin” there is a dialog between a man and a women, kind of different. Then later on, in the last track ”The Day I Ruined My Life” everything turns out with a grime core screaming which fit perfect as a catharsis for this record.
I can highly recommend this record to people who are into darker guitar based progressive rock. Motion is filled with very much emotion. If you have heard Morte Macabre you probably will like this too. The big difference between those bands might be that Lost In Kiev is more straight forward when Morte Macabre sometimes pulled off more and became more crazy.
Tracklist:
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Vanity - Sun
03 - Madness of the Night - Oppression
04 - Carnival Star - My Coreen
05 - Liquid Grey - Love Under Will
06 - Geometric Vision - Solitude of the Trees
07 - The Stompcrash - Looking Eastward
08 - Stupid Bitch Reject - Inside My Asylum
09 - Opium Dream Estate - Dead Souls
10 - Love Club - Distant
11 - Kudu Voodoo (Nick Page) - Bela Lugosi´s Dead
12 - Rabia Sorda - Deaf
13 - Opera Multi Steel - Mauvais Oeil
14 - Karma Project - Wake Up The Beast
15 - Belgrado - Sombra De La Cruz
16 - Masquerade - Needle Through a Bug
Madness of the Night
The Asgarda – released Nov 29th 2013
Madness
of the Night are Daniel Dante (Sweden) & Abir Blackshadow
(Lebanon). Formed in 2011 and based in Sweden their unique style and
take on Goth Rock can probably best be surmised in their own words:
"When we make music, we focus on our inner voices, this is where the
music comes from. There is no inspiration to our music but only the
Madness inside of us."
With the release of "The Asgarda" they have not only re-recorded
and re-mastered some of their previous releases but also written and
recorded new material for the album. It is worth noting at this point
that when we say "re-mastered" – we mean "mastered".
The
previously released tracks that appear on the album have been given a
totally new lease on life and this album raises the bar by Madness of
the Night into new highs and current fans and followers will both be
surprised at the "new sound" and possibly shocked as well.
Signing
to predominantly "metal" label Massacre Records (Germany) who describe
the release as 'Gothic Metal' and bringing in Andy Horn (Mortal Love,
Darkseed, Edenbridge) who mixed and mastered the album has given Madness
of the Night a new lease on life and raised the bar to all new highs.
Daniels
work on the music has been given the treatment it so rightly deserves
and his work not only on his guitar playing, but also his piano, synth
and programming has allowed his dark roots to grow and flourish. Classic
Goth riff driven tracks, with atmospheric backing, create songs written
with changes and melodies that are totally recognisable as Madness of
the Night. The overall sound may have been enhanced and strengthened but
nothing familiar has been taken away, it's a perfect example of what
should happen when a band's music is professionally presented.
Within all the re-mastering and mixing and production and all that "technical" stuff, what does it actually mean for the songs?
What
it means is that in balancing the music and enhancing on Daniels work
the soundscape allows the power and passion of Abir's vocal to not only
drive the songs skywards but to give her the space to do what only she
can do – deliver her message in a way that few can do these days.
Singing
in English as well as her native tongue of Arabic gives an extra edge
to The Asgarda that is both a surprise and a breath of fresh air. Arabic
may not be a language familiar to many of us, but in a song like
"Theatre of Life", Abir's vocal – which is both powerful and yet soft at
the same time, meanders and floats over the track beautifully and
singing in Arabic just adds something extra special to the song.
"Javla
Zigenare" is our pick from the album though. This song has a
"wow-factor" to rival any Goth Rock anthem out there. If it fails to get
you out of your seat then you may need to see a doctor as you're most
likely dead. If you're not screaming the chorus after even the first
listen then you will be after the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and more as this is a
track you will most certainly play many, many times.
However,
it's not all Goth Metal or Goth Rock! "Jephania" or even "She is the
Demon" are more or less piano based songs with a true darkness at their
heart following haunting melodies and almost operatic vocals. Add to
that the slow drive of "Oppression" and the epic seven and a half
minutes of "Stand Up" which is not only well written and powerful in its
delivery but also a very passionate, dark track - which for us is a
song deserving of its length – and you have an album which delivers at
every turn within the songs and within every song change.
Madness
of the Night have worked long and hard on this album and it shows.
Powerful, Haunting, Passionate and Aggressive are just a few of the
words that we would use to describe "The Asgarda", but possibly the best
way to describe Madness of the Night would be to end this article in
the same way it started - in their own words: "We Are Goth Rockers And We Don't Care!"
The Asgarda is available from Massacre Records from November 29th.
Tomorrow (friday) it is the international release of Madness of the Night´s debut album The Asgarda via Massacre Records. This album took three years of hard work by Daniel Dante (music) and Abir Blackshadow (voice) to create. Oppression is the opening track for the album you can hear in the begining of this post.
The Asgarda will be release international and you will be able to find it next to every cd- store or you can order it by asking your local store or over internet. There is also many online download stores like Amazon.com cdon.com ect.
Johnathan Mooney (music / US) and Christian Granquist (voice / Sweden) started a band / project and came across this little different idea to name this "Johnathan Christian". Johnathan has a background playing keyboard in the band "The New Creatures" and Christian "Day Behavior" and "The Atom". Now they found each others and worked together over the ocean to finish the album "Beautiful Hideous", released 8 of november 2013.
The album is good and interesting, the music groves och and think there are some pieces of art I would like to highlight as "I Walk This Earth Alone" and "The Sweetest Betrayal". I like the symphonic parts most in "Beautiful Hideous" which make me feel Johnathan Christian a bit different. They found their own style and stick out from the mainstream. I hear that they are inspirations from the Dark Wave scene, sometimes the music reminds of Tilo Wolff´s Lacrimosa. In the backgrounds you hear strings and choirs that gets you back to older Italian film music. With knowledge of Johnathan´s background I can understand that many of the songs are written out from piano melodies.
The last parts of the record got two remixes of already played songs, and a cover of Duran Duran´s classical song The Chauffeur. Sounds like they made it their own version maybe with inspiration of the Slovenian band Laibach, even the speak singing.
"Beautiful Hideous" is a good debut album and an interesting project I like to follow up more in the future. I hope they keep their style, especially with those symphonic part.
The Italian band Horror Vacui´s debut album "In Darkness You Will Feel Alright" was released in the end of last year (2012). The record introduced by Krzysztof Komeda´s "Main Title", a soundtrack from Roman Polanski´s movie Rosemary´s Baby. The singing woman ends abruptly with the track "Black Rivers" and thereafter Horror Vacui plays intensive with a higher tempo til the end.
The members of Horror Vacui have a past in the punk rock scene, and you can hear that. In an interview with the band, they told that they normally listen to Gothic Rock so it was time to play what they listen to. That´s how Horror Vacui was founded.
"In Darkness You Will Feel Alright" is a record where the music is based on very traditional Gothic Rock. A sound from the 80´s or early 90´s. The songs have a very high standard through all record, their sound is kind of noisy, punk sound, I love it!
I can highly recommend this album. It is a prof that there still are bands that turns back to the roots of darkwave / Gothic Rock.
Har lagt upp min intervju med Carnival Star över onairtunes.com. Gå in och lyssna på deras två låtar och läs en djupare diskussion med grundaren till bandet.
First time I heard the band Vanity was for about one year ago and I played them on Gothtune! (podcast #4 (Sleeping Tears) and #11 (Under Black Ice). But it took nearly a year before I listen through all their cd Occult You.
The record was recorded under total isolation between december 2011 to februari 2012 och the release day was not until begining of 2013. The members lives near Tuscany in Italy, but comes from different countries and cultures. The lyrics is based on a never released book by the singer with the name "Occult You".
When I got the chance to listen to all the record and build me a full picture, I understood how damn good they are. It is hard to point a finger and tell where I should categorizing there music. There are a bit of everything and everything sounds fantastic. I hear rots of darkwave, but other kinds of rock. If I should make a choice, I can tell you that I hear some metaphors and sounds that reminds me of Anathema´s record Alternative 4, which I had on repeat for a long time in the end of the 90´s. However, it is wrong by me to compare them with Anathema 100% because you find other influence as well.
What can I say, I think this can be one of my favorite records of 2013.
Carnival Star från Skottland släpper sina två första låtar, My Coreen och Black Rain Down. ProducerMark (låtskrivare och sång) är personen bakom Carnival Star.
En tanke med Carnival Star är att bjuda in gästmusiker för var låt. Bakgrundsång och gästgitarist i dessa två låtar finner vi Liquid Grey, som är aktuell med en ny skiva.
Dirección: Francisco Galárraga
Producción: Tisha Cevallos
Edición: Francisco Galárraga y Juan Auz
Concepto: La Calle Morgue
Música: La Calle Morgue
Country: Ecuador
Biography
Formerly
from Toulouse (southern France), SOROR DOLOROSA was originally founded
in 2001, with Andy (Nuit Noire, Mutiilation, Peste Noire, Celestia,
Darvulia, Fornication) on drums, Franck (ex Funeraell) on guitar, Herve
(ex Funeraell) on bass, and Christophe Guenot (ex Funeraell) on vocals.
Herve
came up with the name of SOROR DOLOROSA because of a novel titled
"Bruges-la-morte" by Georges Rodenbach, a Flemish symbolist writer from
the late 19th century. A novel marked by symbolism of nostalgia and
mourning. SOROR DOLOROSA means "Sister Pain" in Latin, one could almost
translate it as "lovers of pain" in a more Baudelaire way...
The
band recorded an unpublished demo, then the line-up changed in 2003 with
the arrival of Emey (ex Contrast, Unscarred ...), who replaced Franck
on guitar. Subsequently they recorded a second unpublished demo and did
some gigs until they split in 2005.
In August 2007 they reformed
with the present line up. A month later, based on songs written by
bassist Carles Herve, the band recorded a third unpublished demo whose
content sounds definitely Gothic Rock and Death Rock, influenced by
groups such as Christian Death, Bauhaus, and The Sisters of Mercy.
From
that time, Soror Dolorosa's style became more personal and they found
an own identity as a band. The songs were now written by the four
members together, though still mostly based on the bass guitar. They
took on a Cold Wave colouring, more in line with bands such as The Cure
or Human League, but also with hints of 70's rock like Deep Purple or
Black Sabbath and retaining the Sisters of Mercy-like Gothic Rock
influence.
Soror Dolorosa made their first record appearance with
"American Chronicle" in March 2008, on the free compilation "Poisoned
Dead Frogs" (Manic Depression): http://www.manicdepressionrecords.com/frogs.php
When
the third demo was out on myspace, the group was contacted to release
an EP through the British label Todestrieb Records. This 6 track EP,
entitled "Severance", wasn't released until August 2009 due to
production delays and is being distributed through underground ways,
while the band promoted it with successful live performances all over
France.
Some time in 2009, through the help of Neige (Amesoeurs,
Alcest), the band came in contact with Northern Silence Productions, who
offered to release their upcoming albums on their newly founded
sublabel Beneath Grey Skies, and subsequently produced the debut full
length "Blind Scenes", recorded in August 2010 at Drudenhaus Studio.
To
use the band's own words: "The album is quite cold, with misty blue
moods. 'Blind Scenes' would rather be perceived as scenes unseen, that
is to say, out of time and out of the real world. As a state of grace
overshadowed by the inevitability of everyday life. The lyrics are
heartfelt and talk about regrets, coldness, alcohol abuse, as well as
forfeiture, but mostly nostalgia, hence the blue color of the music."
That's
also why they chose "Drudenhaus Studio" (CNK, Alcest, Les Discrets,
Varsovie, Necroblaspheme), recommended by Neige, who described it as an
ideal place to record their music. On the one hand because the studio is
analog, and on the other hand because it is located in Brittany's
countryside, isolated from the rest of the world, with compulsory rain
in August. It was produced by Benoit Roux "Mr. Xort" (ex Anorexia
Nervosa), who recorded additional keyboards.
The album artwork
& layout was done by Metastazis, who is one of the best
illustrators/designers of the underground scene and worked for Alcest,
Anathema, Antaeus, Enthroned, Forgotten Woods, Gorgoroth, Immolation,
Secrets of the Moon, Taake, Listenable Records, Osmose Productions &
Warner Bros.
So, that's how Soror Dolorosa appear today, which
is quite a feat, knowing their respective influences. Andy, as a
drummer, has been marked by Black Metal and Metal in general but also by
the likes of Human League, Fields of the Nephilim or Ulver's latest
albums. Herve is a big fan of The Cure, Depeche Mode and Christian
Death. Emey is somewhat influenced by Metallica, Satriani, Vai, but also
Blues & Movie Soundtracks. Franck listens to bands as diverse as
Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi or The French Variety, as well as Reggae, although
he is primarily a Beatles fan. However, since the basics for their
songs often come from bass riffs, the colour of the music naturally goes
into the direction of Gothic/Death Rock and Cold Wave.
SPIRITS FLOW - is the teaser from the forthcoming second album THEN COMES SILENCE II.
About
A four piece band formed in 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden. The follow-up Then Comes Silence II due out October 23 on Novoton
Biography
Pretty much what four musicians can do with guitars making horror music.
A fascination of death, doom, spiritualism and corruption has gathered the
members of THEN COMES SILENCE, together with a predisposition towards
noiserock, goth, shoegaze and psychedelia. The band brings darkness and
romantic death via music and sounds, performed on guitars at deafening
volume. Cathartic, distorted and effect-laden.
This fall will see the release of their self-titled debut and the unleash of dark
forces.
As humans, we have been carrying the culture of fear and horror since ancient
times. In folklore and stories. A trip through desolated grounds or a night in the
woods can easily bring those ancient premonitions back to life. Our comfortable
modern lifestyle makes us isolated and afraid of death. It makes us avoid the
things that remind us of it. A fear of the unknown. What we cannot see nor
understand.
Description
Sweden's captains of thundering postpunk, noisy psychadelica and dreamy goth-gaze are back in the same pitchblack waters as before. As follow up to the self titled debut, the quartet now presents Then Comes Silence II. The fascination for doom, darkness, death and the ghastly and terrible is intact and the band navigate a steady course towards the same destination.
The debut album from 2012 attracted attention widely and was praised for its apocalyptic message and dystopian soundscape.
That same year, Then Comes Silence were requested to be the opening act for A Place to Bury Strangers for their Stockholm visit, the first live-appearance for the Stockholm quartet. This was followed by a performance at the prestigious Roskilde Festival in Denmark. All in all an eventful journey in less than one year.
The work on the sequel began as the debut was still hot off the presses. In a short time span, the band had to undergo some serious changes as two members left the group. After this alteration and intense sessions, the result is on the horizon.
As before, the singer and bassist Alex Svenson (Sad Days for Puppets) is the main composer. This time Svenson has achieved something even more black and gritty than the debut album. Anna Eklund (Sad Day for Puppets) also returns in the duet and single "She Lies in Wait".
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Then Comes Silence - Spirits Flow
03 - Aeon Sable - Dance floor Satellite
04 - Asrai - Stone Cold
05 - Kalte Lust - Mist
06 - Romanthica - Mercurio
07 - Sine Division (Kitty Lectro) - Breathe (Kitty Lectro Remix)
08 - Madness Of The Night - The Power Of Menstruation Versus The Blood Of Evil Wars (Ashura)
09 - NEuron - Ponad Stan
10 - Foghorn Lonesome - SVEA
11 - La Femme - Packshot
12 - Schlafes Bruden - Ritter Und Knecht
13 - Draconian Incubus - Without Tomorrow
14 - The Mission - Sometimes The Brightest Light Comes From The Darkest Place
This video was produced in October 2012 in Hong Kong by Director: Strahd Tang and Hoyin Chan Pruduction: Fat Ball and Dennis Fung Artists: Angelica Hung, Din-Tah Aeon and Nino A special thanks goes to Diane for managing everything.
Biography Din-Tah
Aeon and n1n0, already enriching the 'dark side of music' with other
projects in the past, are now on the road with a self-produced, 40
minutes-set, tied on the atmosphere of Fields of the Nephilim or The
Sisters of Mercy, revamping it into a modern style.
The album
"per aspera ad astra" not only shines with unique sound and
sophisticated tracks, but also inebriates the attentive listenes with
extraordinary audioeffects. The likewise self designed artwork is
enriched with drawings from the also german industrial artist ghostfog.
Let yourself be absorbed into the world of Aeon Sable. Description Long
enough Aeon Sable have waited for the star to shine. The debut from the
german duo is entitled "Per aspera ad astra" and delivers a very
individual interpretation of Goth-Rock.
Soulgrinder var ett svenskt gothic rock / metal / industri- band som verkade mellan 1993 - 2000. 1999 släppte de skivan Enter, men nu har de åter släppt skivan via Bandcamp. Man kan lyssna igenom den gratis men även ladda ner den till bättre kvalité för endast 2 euro, ca 15 - 20 kronor.
Romanthica är ett band från spanien och det hörs att de har fått en viss inspiration av bandet Héroes del Silencio. Deras senaste skiva är inspelad här i Sverige.
Har startat upp en youtube-kanal där jag kommer att lägga upp en del videos med bra band. Först ut är Katabazija från Serbien med låten Maldororovo Pevanje.
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Masquerade - Play Dead
03 - La Calle Morgue - Frecuencia de las Aves
04 - In Strict Confidence - Tiefer
05 - Ad Inferna - Eternity Regained (Acoustic Version)
06 - Corpus Principium - Languish
07 - Horror Vacui - In darkness you will feel alright
08 - The Rose Phantom - Until
09 - Madness of the Night - Taste the Madness
10 - Katabazija - Divlja Horda ( Borghesia cover )
11 - Evestus - Sleep Forever
12 - ASP - Unverwandt
13 - Daemonia Nymphe - The Great Divinity
14 - Soror Dolorosa - Hologram
15 - Lost Owl Virgin Ever - Heaven Is No Place On Earth
Asrai släppte en ny EP med titeln ”Between dreams and Destiny” den 20 augusti. Jag fick ett demo-ex för att spela på kommande Gothtune, vilket jag givetvis kommer att göra.
Asrai har många år på nacken, startade 1985 i Holland. Om ni vill veta mer om själva bandet så har jag faktiskt gjort en intervju med bandet här.
Om vi återgår till själva skivan så består den av sex låtar varav en är en remix av den första låten ”Stone Cold”. Första gången jag satte på låten ”Stone Cold” så tänkte jag, Sisters of Mercy? Men det vara själva inledningen, därefter återgick de till Asrai´s egenliga stil, dvs Gothic Metal.
”Between dreams and Destiny” är genomgripande bra och välproducerad.
Ett smakprov finns tillgänglig på nätet, deras video de släppte på låten, ”All Seems So Hollow” i våras.
01 Gothtune - Jingle
02 Savages - Shut Up
03 Henric De La Cour - Chasing Dark
04 Spiral69 - No Heart
05 Dionisios - Umbral
06 Born For Bliss - Innocent
07 Lithos Sarcophagos - Heavens and the Skies (Demo)
08 A SILENT NOISE - Tersicore
09 Oniric - Beyond the others
10 The shimmer - The name of love
11 The Crypt Club - Pop Life Denial
12 Aniaetleprogrammeur - Low passion
13 Laibach - Anglia
14 Bestial Mouths - Earth
15 Sinezamia - La Fuga
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Principe Valiente - In My Arms
03 - The Dead And Living - Dance With The Dead
04 - Still Patient - agoraphobia - re-mastered
05 - Corpus Principium - Masquerade of Tears
06 - Partly Faithful - Underset
07 - Starcontrol - Heart Becomes A Cages
08 - Lyncelia - Distained Perfection
09 - Dominus Mortalis - In the absence of God
10 - KATABAZIJA - NEKA IH!
11 - Cuervo Viejo - Equivoco
12 - Shining - Pale Colours
13 - Ludola - Nie wróce do domu...
14 - The Mary Onettes - Don't forget (to forget about me)
15 - Virgin Black - And I am Suffering
Har precis lagt upp en ny intervju jag gjorde med det italienska bandet The Nine Tears på onairtuens.com. Läs den och passa på att lyssna på deras nya skiva som finns tillgänglig i streamat format. Interview with The Nine Tears
Tracklist:
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Madness of the Night - Taste the Madness
03 - Das Projekt - Betrayal
04 - Girl Loves Dead Boys - On the mourn you Turn
05 - El Clan - Sin Sentir
06 - The Beauty of Gemina - Dark Rain
07 - Rose Inferni - Luna Sangrienta
08 - The Nine Tears - Undressed of Flesh
09 - Kuudes Silmä - Kuollut Mies
10 - Lithos Sarcophagos - Strangers
11 - Nobless Oblige - Runaway
12 - Varja - Inside the Flame
13 - Caron Dimonia - Pensavo Sarei Morto a 18 Anni
14 - Sisters of Mercy - More
15 - Celtic Frost - Tristesses de la lune ( Sorrows of the moon)
Girl Loves Dead Boys was formed in 2004 Westminster,
California USA by Phillip Baxter. After a break for five years they are
now back and working on a new cd.
Tell us about your backgrounds and musical influence? Phillip:
I have a wide background of musical influences but where ideas come
from for Girl Loves Dead Boys is mostly from my influences by Sisters of
Mercy, Clan of Xymox, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Nine Inch Nails
and oddly enough, Dr. Dre. I really like the simplicity of hip hop
rhythms and the musical structure. It's actually very similar to
darkwave from a rhythm standpoint but people don't notice it. You could
actually take my vocals out of most of GLDB tracks and replace them with
a rap artist and it would work. On the other side, I really enjoy to
rock out in a way to employ emotions of angst or anger or even sadness
like Nine Inch Nails has done so well and even bands from the past like
Led Zeppelin. A great example is the song Kashmir. It's dark but its
rock n roll. So, you will hear more of this style of influence on new
GLDB music like the new song "Hourglass Tipping" which will be out soon
on YouTube as a single video to predicate the new album. Is it the same line up today as it was between 2004 - 2008?
Phillip:
Yes and No. The main lineup has always just been myself. Kind of like
how Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails, Phillip Carl Baxter is Girl Loves
Dead Boys. There were inputs from other musicians rarely.
You had a break for five years, what did you do between this time, other bands?
Phillip: I
did collaborate and work on other music with a world band but was
mostly occupied with being in and out of bad relationships and
concentrating on work. I really didn't think much of GLDB during the
last 5 years. I just concentrated on finding myself, making peace with
the past, gained sobriety in 2010, and found new love. Got married.
Tell us about the name Girl Loves Dead Boys. How did you find it and is there any deeper meaning or idea behind it? Phillip:
It didn't take much time to find the name. I was sitting in the studio
about to work on a new song for ReverbTv and I just had a flash thought
of "hey, why don't i do something different". That was the end of
ReverbTv right at that moment. I wanted to do something bringing back
my early influences of Sisters of Mercy, Clan of Xymox era. Those
rhythms that engaged me and those simple and atmospheric guitar lines
that were just so cool. I knew I had a baritone voice naturally but
never really explored the territory. It would be a new step for me but
it made me excited about music again. So, I just thought about all my
days in the goth dance clubs and pictured it in my head. I never really
could afford the coolest goth clothes and never did the crazy hair
styles and heavy makeup but I remember that the guys who were the most
"gothic" so to speak, always had the most girls, even though I didn't do
too bad, this is what I noticed. Gothic (dead girls) liked the most
gothic (dead boys) and I thought of the phrase "dead girls love dead
boys" and then just simplified that to work as a band name. Girl Loves
Dead Boys. Then I immediately went to work on the rhythm track for the
song Girl Loves Dead Boys and 2 hours later I was laying scratch vocal
tracks to it. The first song was that one. Its what I was thinking that
evening for the band name and titled the song the same and wrote about
my thoughts. Just listen to the lyrics. So everything kind of tied
together in one spark that evening, the band name, the title song, the
lyrics, my thoughts of my club past, and I went with it.
Where do you find your inspiration to make music?
Phillip:
All of my songs are thoughts from a third person perspective. It's like
a storyteller would do. I put myself in that frame of mind and just
begin to tell a story in the context of songwriting rather than
storytelling which is more complex. I am naturally a very emotional
person, a Scorpio/Scorpio rising, and had a tough childhood emotionally.
My love relationships have been extremely dramatic in the past and so I
have felt all those highs and lows that accompany love and loss.
Darkwave was the only natural choice to explore these emotions and
express them to others who have had those feelings. It was the only
natural choice to be able to relate this to others. Goth is similar but
the Darkwave sound adds textures and atmospheres that allow many more
emotions to be tapped in to and explored. Goth ends up in the news with
bad press and arguments too much.
Darkwave is pretty to the ears
and emotions and has a lot more to say and allows the songwriter to
express themselves as far as imagination can go. Pretty much anywhere.
It's a great genre of music that had its day in the 80's only for a few
years and surprisingly, in my opinion, didn't become as popular as rock n
roll itself. I mean with Darkwave, I can use a hip hop rhythm and sing
about any subject matter that may tap an emotional response to love,
loss, or even science fictional characters and it's still Darkwave then
turn around and use a heavy metal drum track and sing about something
else. Add hip hop to a Bauhaus track like Bela Lugosi's Dead and it's no
longer Goth. Darkwave has more room for exploration. I would go even as
far as to say that the new Sigur Ros song Brennisteinn is Darkwave. But
the hipsters are so knee deep in their own beliefs of what is indie
that this would be a great argument even to the actual members of Sigur
Ros who wrote the song. But in my opinion it's what Darkwave is. It's a
certain sound really. I hope to bring attention back to it.
I
see that you have played live in Serbia back in time, you picked a
Serbian artist who made the front cover for your album, "Dead Faces
White and Alone". I guess you have some connection to Serbia, do Girl Loves Dead Boys have audience in the east?
Phillip:
Not really anywhere in particular. It's a long story that will
eventually surface. I'm awaiting to see if we can pull a fan base of any
kind really. The whole world is saturated with hipster indie and other
genres in my opinion. So there aren't too many looking into darkwave
anymore or even goth. It all seems dead. It's really just a phase for
many people. Lucky to see someone get into goth or darkwave and stick
with it for more than 2 years then they move on to something else of
interest. I'm even taking a new approach to it in the second chapter
of GLDB with bringing back the rock side of it hoping to attract a
broader audience. I mean, you even see the new Sigur Ros is taking a
darker and heavier rock approach. It seems that floaty and ambient
textures aren't the thing right now. Not saying i will not do anything
floaty or ambient. I'll just do what comes to mind when I'm in the
moment if that makes sense. Right now I'm in a rock mood. I have some
things to say that are relevant at the moment. And, some cool
storytelling coming as well. I will be using lyrics that discuss the
topic of life after death and some science fiction type stuff as well
just to break up the monotony of love, loss, anger, and hurt lyrics all
the time.
Are you going to play live in the near future? Phillip:
Absolutely. We are looking for invitations to large events and will
probably do a small show with a few HD cameras to film it as a sort of
"kick off" to the new GLDB thing. That will all come this year. I
promise. But mostly just looking for the larger event invitations. We
have not received any as of yet.
What is the future, are you going to make any new material, Cd etc? Phillip: Yes. Of course. Working on it as we speak. The new record "Torn"
will be my greatest effort to date. I've brought in the assistance of a
real drummer who comes from a metal background but is affluent in many
styles and he sees my direction and is easy to work with. You will hear
him and see him in the video for the song "Hourglass Tipping"currently
a work in progress. Ivana will show up on vocals on the new album as
well. I will be looking for further collaboration efforts as the album
progresses with other guitarists from well known underground goth
groups. I'll mention them and you will see them in upcoming videos. Lots
going on for 2013. I'm giving it a great effort this time. I feel good
about songwriting now. No real second guessing anymore. I'm hoping
things go well enough to follow with a second 2013 record in time for
the holidays. Time will tell.
Is there anything you want to tell the readers?
Phillip:
I don't know what to say really because I'm not sure of an existing fan
base. Everything is new again. I think we just cracked the 100 Likes
barrier on Facebook and VK is going ok so far. I would have to say thank
you for reading this interview and for listening to our music but would
also say to anyone reading this to please spread the word about Girl
Loves Dead Boys if you like us. And if things go well for GLDB its
always cool to say you were a part of something at the beginning before
it took off. And if nothing happens at least you supported something
unique to you. That's what is so cool about music. Discovering.
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Junkyard + The Wings Of Desire - Illumination
03 - Henke - Zeitmemory
04 - Girl Loves Dead Boys - Black Crow
05 - The Nine Tears - E.R.M.O.Y.
06 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street
07 - Caron Dimonio - Sul Monitor
08 - Soulgrinder - Down The Drain
09 - Krystal System - Rage
10 - Raven Adore - Chase
11 - Alice Sweet Alice - 3 Tides
12 - Madness of the Night - We Are Gothrockers And We Don´t Care
13 - Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
Madness of the Night is a swedish goth / rock / punk / darkwave band, formed in the end of 2011. Members are Daniel (ex member of Soulgrinder - Erotic Chant) and Abir (ex member of Erotic Chant).
Madness of the Night will release a full album this year under Massacre Records.
Madness of the Night homepage:
http://www.madnessofthenight.com
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Lithos Sarcophagos - The Circle
03 - H o R D - Heart (part one)
04 - Vanity - Sleeping Tears
05 - SunSin - Po Setmeni
06 - Blutengel - You Walk Away
07 - New Zero God - Damaged
08 - Dirty Filthy - Careless
09 - Solor Dolorosa - Silver Square
10 - Black No.1 - Wolf
11 - Dystopian Society - Dystopian Society
12 - Vanth - Let Me Live
13 - Bohemien - Gli Occhi degli Amanti
14 - Candlemass - Under the Oak
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Katabazija - Visoko
03 - VRCVS - Gengive
04 - The Danse Society - White Rabbit
05 - Arcane Winter - Civil War
06 - Carmen - Sacrilegio (demo)
07 - Bohémien - Un'Altro Sabato Ancora
08 - Popoï Sdioh - Cafaad
09 - Madness of the Night - Oppression (final mix)
10 - Dominus Mortalis - The End of Days
11 - Love is Colder Than Death - Tempest Kookaburra
12 - Tiamat - 384
13 - Miserylab - Tomorrow for us
14 - Plumerai - Mimosa
Asrai, you started as a band 1985 with only females. Over the time you have changed your lineup several times. Tell us about the way where you are today, have the struggle been hard?
Yes we started in 1985 as an all girl band. At that time there was a lively music diverse squatting scene in Rotterdam and a lot of our friends were playing in a band, but only the guys played the instruments. So it was time to add some girl power to the scene. Nowadays we are the only band still existing from that era , with a steady line up now for almost ten years. And with this line-up we had our break through.
Karin1Sometimes the struggle was hard, we had some line up-changes and it wasn't easy to find people with the right chemistry,( and with all the line ups we played for several years). But when people want to move on you need to let them go. We were lucky with people we found and friends they became. Also the prejudices against women in music struggle was a pain, although it never stopped us playing our music.
Throughout the years it was an exceptional journey starting from playing in squats up until the big venues and touring.
Has there been any moment you felt like the doors opening up for you as a band?
When we signed at Transmission records, the doors really opened up for Asrai. We were signed almost the same day they received our demo. Crazy times followed with a lot of gigs, our album released in Europe ,South America and Asia, a European tour, our clip on MTV and the Box, yes suddenly we reached and touched a lot of people with our music
Manon - KeysYou have worked with music for a long time, what is the different today in the gothic scene from the 80´s or 90´s.
A lot has been chanced, including us ;). But I think the most important thing in the Netherlands is the venues. In the 80’s there were so many more venues, it was much easier to play somewhere. With all the restrictions on sounds, safety and all the things the government could think of to close down as much as possible. The venues have increasingly comercieler programming process since they no longer receive subsidies like before.
In the 80’s it wasn’t called Gothic yet, but I think there was always a people who were ore interested to go to see live bands and a group who prefers the dance parties. But through the years you see the scene develop, and different styles in the scene, think about cyber, steam punk, I think that is nice through the years that in the gothic scene everybody can express their creativity in their own way.
Do you believe we enter a third wave for the gothic rock?
Wasn’t thinking about it like that, but I think you could be right, a new generation and a new era for Gothic Rock.
Margriet-vocalsYou released a cd some months ago, "Pearls in Dirt". Tell us more about this record.
After the release from Touch in the dark, we started to write new material. We wanted Sascha Peath to produce the album and was supposed to be released by Transmission records again. Just before recording the record company went bankrupt. What was a disaster of course, lucky enough we found Season of Mist who wanted to release the album. Another label, another vision and approach.
We recorded Pearls in Dirt in the Excess studio, with Hans Pieters and it became a hot blooded album, with songs about love, losses and all the things called life.
Did it take long time to write the material and finish it?
Some songs formed pretty quick and others took a bit longer to grow on us, they needed some time to turn out the way they are now.
Do you have any upcoming gigs?
March 16 in Brussels, Belgium. It the first edition from an event called Coalescaremonium
What is the most weird experience you had on a concert?
Through the years we had some weird experiences, one of the most funniest was, that we left the stage in London and missing Manon, she couldn’t leave because a fan was hugging her ankles so she couldn’t leave, of course we rescued her… and one of the first times we were playing on a big festival, when a girl showed Martin her sexual capabilities... and he missed some notes ;).
You made a video for your song "All seems so Hollow", tell us more about it. Who made it for you? Did it take long time to make it?
All seems so Hollow was one of the first songs we wrote after Pearls in Dirt. Sascha Peath wanted to be our producer again and we recorded it at The Gate Studio in Germany.
We wanted to have a video clip for this song. And Loes Baijens and Silver shot the video . It was so much fun to do, we found a farm barn (close were we used to live in our youth) where we could record the clip. When we were there for the first time we saw some awesome cars. And they suggested that we could use one of those It became a midnight blue Mustang from the 60’s that was so cool. Everybody was so nice and helped us out it was awesome. Natascha from Studio Mystica helped us out with a lot of details. The recording took all day, I think we played the song for more than a hundred times but it showed off, we’re really happy with the result.
Do you have any other future plans?
Rik2The music business is changing we all know it and still don’t know what direction it’s going. It’s insane to see how many studio’s, labels, venues and festivals went bankrupt
Time changes and we and we think it’s time to get back to our roots, therefore we decided to do everything ourselves again, just to be pure in the process. Following our own vision and believes. At the moment we recorded 5 new songs at the Gate Studio with Sascha Peath again. He knows exactly what we mean and it’s such a pleasure to work with him. Just put All seems so hollow in the air, and our further plans, just to do what we love the most, making and specially playing music.
Is there anything you want to tell the reader, that we forgot to ask?
Keep supporting bands, buy their cd’s and merchandise and go to the gigs. Follow them on social media, give them your support. And thank you for this interview
01 - Gothtune - Jingle
02 - Still Patient? - Mascara osiris II (2013)
03 - Girl Loves Dead Boy - Jane
04 - Closterkeller - Phantom
05 - Kuriozum - Phantom
06 - Zoophagous Patient - In Paradise
07 - Neuro Sentence - Kali
08 - Der Himmel über Berlin - Allumette Lucifer
09 - Madness of the Night - We are the Gothrockers and we dont care (classical mix)
10 - A Ring Of Thorns - Out Of Nowhere (antecedent cut)
11 - Laufderzeit - Ewige Dunkelheit
12 - Angelcorpus - Dark Angel
13 - Vagabondage - Throw the Goat
14 - Alchemy - Raven Girl
15 - Cold in Berlin - Take Control
16 - Robi - On ne meurt plus d'amour
Gothtune show sänds torsdagar kl 23.00 och söndagar kl 05.00 på Deadair Radio
Neuro -Sentence is a band from Colorado Springs, USA. They
describe themself as playing a mix of BloodWave, Goth, Electro,
Industrial. When I contacted them they reply me and told me they are in a
very busy time to finishing their full-length record. How is it going? Do you spend much time in the studio?
Count W-
Things are hectic at the moment between live shows and putting the
finishing touches on the full length. All of the tracks are already
recorded and mixed but we're still in the mastering phase. So at this
time we're basically wrapping up the album. The countless hours of
hanging out at the studio are behind us for the moment.
- Cold and Dry. Yes, in one way or another both of us spend a
lot of time in our individual studios. I prefer my creations to reality…
Will the sound of your coming album be the same as the E.P. "Victims & Virtues", or do you have any new influence?
Count W-
Our influences haven't changed. The new tracks have the same atmosphere
surrounding them. We think we've covered quite a bit for a debut
release, different song structures, the use of guitars, trying to
incorporate all of the different sub genres of goth/industrial etc. The
only thing that will be different on the full length is the production
quality. It will be better than the Victims and Virtues ep.
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Count W and I have further refined the razors edge, and have come very
far from where we started in 2009; being total loners -I mean strangers.
The influences are the same musically and lyrically: the majesty of
isolation, and the sweet miseries of the individual dwelling in the last
epoch of mankind.
Will the new record be under any label?
Count W- It's possible, but at this point in time there's nothing set in stone.
- Know any? Where do you find your inspiration?
Count W-
All things dark, depraved, sinister. The two of us grew up listening to
black metal. This plays a very important role when we're composing our
music. Capturing the dark atmosphere of black metal and fussing it with
timelessness of electro goth music is something that sounds very
appealing to us. Hopefully the rest of this scene will feel the same
way. We'll have to wait and see.
- Reality and our perception of it, crude as it is considering the flesh and the serving of our neuro-sentence.
Neuro-Sentence started 2009, have you guys been in other bands before?
- Music has been the only constant in my life besides anhedonia.
You play live; do you have anything-special happenings under your concerts? Any Tesla fireworks ;)
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We hope to drive the audience to ruin their lives for a single night of
ecstasy. Dionysus himself is a session live member, so you can infer
the rest… And yes, there is some residual energy from Tesla's workings,
which were conducted here in Colorado Springs.
How is the gothic scene in Colorado Spring, or the state of Colorado?
- Too much neon, not enough necromancy.
Is there anything you want to tell the reader?
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“If you believe that I’ve something to conceal, lose yourself in a
mirror and see how it feels, when pain and shame are the only common
bonds between me and you.” Thank you for your interest DJ Valhalla,
Farval... OUR DEBUT ALBUM COMING SOON!
