The key was placed, the lock undone and the asylum freed to imbue the world of imagination and curiosity; an invitation to their arcane world of adventure seductively hosted within the dark beauty of the Ghost Parade. Ghost Parade is… Read More ›
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Vincent Christ – Galore EP
Having drawn a fair amount of attention and praise with the single, Heart On A Chain, last year, UK’s VINCENT CHRIST is looking at a far larger landscape of recognition with his debut EP, Galore. Offering five instinctively contagious yet… Read More ›
Klammer – The Day Before Yesterday
With an instinctive appetite for post punk we have found it lustfully coming to the fore as many notable encounters forged in its depths have been recently unveiled. Now it is getting another shot of adrenaline with the new album… Read More ›
Vesssna – Почти Святая/Just About Saintlike
Hailing from Russia, Vesssna is a gothic metal band which has just released their debut album on CD. Почти Святая translated as Just About Saintlike was originally unveiled in 2018 but as sadly so many encounters from the band’s part… Read More ›
The Mojo Slide – Manic Panic
After the release of their well-received debut album, Twist Your Bones, in 2015 The Mojo Slide with praise still wrapping their ears have spent the past few years working on its successor. This September sees its highly anticipated release and… Read More ›
Chasing Ghosts – Bring Me Suffering
Immersing in hauntingly melancholic adventures has been a regularly rewarding experience since first being enveloped by the dark sounds Of Chasing Ghosts through 2016 single Everything Changes. Even so it is hard to remember being more enthralled and emotionally engaged… Read More ›
Her Despair – Mournography
“Mournography is an exploration into the mysteries of tragedy, blasphemy, death, and love; both literally and figuratively…The mourning of some, the lust of others. These songs praise and pervert the Word of God simultaneously: providing a deeply unsettling spiritual experience… Read More ›
Quantum Leap – No Reason
Creating a tantalising yet portentous fusion of post punk and garage rock, Swedish trio Quantum Leap make their major entrance with a debut album which through its dark climes and apocalyptic tones makes for one hungrily infectious and enthralling proposition…. Read More ›
Shriekback – Why Anything? Why This?
In music it is so easy to be adulterous to one’s first love; to gather a harem of lustful attractions just as fevered though the one is always the prime affection. For us XTC was and is that irreplaceable ardour… Read More ›
Mayflower Madame – Premonition EP
Though formed in 2011, it was the release of their debut album Observed in a Dream two years ago which awoke real attention upon Mayflower Madame, introducing them to a whole wealth of new fans, us included. It offered a… Read More ›
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