Still Patient? - Shape Shifters

Still Patient? have released a new full album, and yes this sounds like a great comeback. This band from Germany were a big band with international success in the 90´s. If you like pure Gothic Rock with a blend of metal, you should try this out.

New song by Lithos Sarcophagos

Lithos Sarcophagos have released a new song, The City of Hate. It is free to download.

Kalt – The Invisible

Kalt is a one- man project by Mike York from Germany, a former member of Garden of Delight. His album The Invisible is the third or forth? released november 2014. The sound of The Invisible give me very much vibes of Love Like Blood´s midtime in the 90´s.

It sounds very good, no bigger hits for the easy listeners. It is much influenses from gothic rock, but the drums have more like a metal sound, and that sounds awesome. Some of the guitars are also more heavier metal-sound, but mostley with a gothic rock theme, great riffs with melodies.

All songs on this album are namned with two sentence, and the first always start with a The, interesting. Some of my favorite songs: The Mother, The Sister, The Brother and The Zombies. And the track, The Life, more a ballad is also awesome.

This kind of albums and music, good produced as this album is rare today. If you are into the german era of the 90´s gothic rock with bands like Love Like Blood, Garden of Delight, Secret Discovery I think this is something you should check out.



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Gothtune playlist at Spotify 2013

This is a playlist of the songs we played at Gothtune podcast 2013. It is not all songs because everything can not be found at Spotify. However, it is 103 song and over 8 hours with music, enjoy!

Liquid Grey - Arsenic Dreams

A new review is up at Dark Reviews, this time it is Liquid Grey´s new album Arsenic Dreams. Read more about this here!

Lithos Sarcophagos - The Guidestones

New song by Lithos Sarcophagos, "The guidestones" (demo), free to download.

Lithos Sarcophagos - The Circle

Lithos Sarcophagos is a one man project by Daniel Dante. He is a member of the swedish Gothic Rock band Madness of the Night and an ex member of Soulgrinder.

Lithos Sarcophagos started 2013 with the idea to make something more dark, traditional Gothic Rock with a blend of Black/Doom Metal. 26 of Januari 2014 there was the first release, the ep Myself - MMXIV. It include four track done from scratch by DIY (do it yourself) idea.

The ep Myself - MMXIV can be found at bandcamp, free streaming:

If you want to hear more from Daniel Dante´s other project, then check out Madness of the Night.
http://www.madnessofthenight.com/

or Soulgrinder

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Lithos Sarcophagos - Myself

Lithos Sarcophagos is a one man project by Daniel Dante. He is a member of the swedish Gothic Rock band Madness of the Night and an ex member of Soulgrinder.

Lithos Sarcophagos started 2013 with the idea to make something more dark, traditional Gothic Rock with a blend of Black/Doom Metal. 26 of Januari 2014 there was the first release, the ep Myself - MMXIV.

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Dark Reviews got a new page. We will still publish most of the reviews here too, but this page will be a clean page with only reviews.

Gothtune Podcast #20 at Mixcloud

Gothtune podcast-20 - 201312 by Gothtune on Mixcloud

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

REVIEW: Madness Of The Night - The Asgarda

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.

http://massacre.musiclogistics.net/releases/227375

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id726613282?affId=1720307
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CHFOE1W?tag=geo01-21
www.madnessofthenight.com
www.facebook.com/madnessofthenightmusic
www.twitter.com/madnessnight
www.youtube.com/user/Madnessofthenight

www.massacre-records.com

This review is republished from Onairtunes.com, written by ProducerMark.

Soulgrinder - Enter

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.

http://soulgrinder.bandcamp.com/
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Romanthica - "Mercurio"

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.



www.romanthica.bandcamp.com/album/mercur­io
www.romanthica.com
https://www.facebook.com/romanthicaoficial

Gothtune Podcast #17

Gothtune podcast-17 - 201309 by Gothtune on Mixcloud

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

Gothtune Podcast #14

Gothtune podcast-14 - 201307 by Gothtune on Mixcloud

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

Gothtune Podcast #11

Gothtune mix-11 - 201304 by Gothtune on Mixcloud

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

Intervju med Asrai

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

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Gothtune mix- 6 (2012-12)

Gothtune mix-06 - 201212 by Gothtune on Mixcloud

01 - Gothtune Jingle
02 - Neuro Sentence - Anhedonia
03 - Delirium Nocturnus - Time
04 - Hearts Of Black Science - Metropolis
05 - Halo Violation - Bloody Kiss
06 - Mystigma - Vision Incoplete
07 - Mainpoint - Freedom
08 - NEuron - Gdy Się Zbudzę Ze Snu
09 - Madness of the Night - Jävla Zigenare
10 - Elegy of Madeline - Pater Nostre
11 - Passion Play - Sight For Sore Eyes
12 - Sleep Project JP - Coldsleep
13 - Mizantropia - I´m after you
14 - Madre Del Vizio - Reprise?

Mizantropia - За тобой (I'm after you)

Brukar inte lyssna så mycket på gothic metal ala Nightwish, men nu dök det upp ett band från Ukraina som faktist låter ganska intressant.

Anathema Untouchable Part 1&2

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