Tag: gothic

Devil’s Teeth, No Repeat: The Book of Peter Murphy

A review of 'the line between...' Peter Murphy lyrics 1980-2014. ...

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Mythological Entropy

Mothmeister: Revelations behind the mask...

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Heroes Sometimes Let You Down

Fraggle casts a critical eye on newcomers to the Finnish Metal tradition Heroes Don't Ask Why, and their new release 'Sound Of A Broken Heart'...

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Flaming in the Fog: Fields of the Nephilim, Kentish Town Forum

As other goth bands fall, Fields of the Nephilim still carry the torch through the graveyard...

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Something Slinky This Way Prowls: The Birthday Massacre, Live

Bouncing, thrashing and panty-flashing with The Birthday Massacre ...

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Loitered Lens: The Mission, Kentish Town Forum

Wayne Hussey and the last standing Goth's Goth at the Kentish Town Forum. Photos...

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Mirroring the Zeitgeist with Doom, Death and Gothic Gloom

Convenience death metal, giant wicker cocks. If politics has gone weird, why shouldn't music? Review of Gatecreeper and Abysmal Grief albums...

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Music For the Missus? The Pale (William Control)

Tortured delvings into the 80s synthpop palette for the first of a four EP collection...

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The Birthday Massacre (live at the Garage, Islington)

Oozing hot goth love to the faithful: The Birthday Massacre lived up to their name and killed it...

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Loitered Lens: The Mission

And when there's darkness all around, you shine bright.... Photos of The Mission live in London...

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Tower of Strength: The Mission live at Shepherd’s Bush

Jingle Jangle Scarecrows. Twelve Strings of Torment and Thunder...

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Loitered Lens: Fields of the Nephilim (Solstice Celebration)

Bookending the first of two solstice celebrations, FIelds of the Nephilim mark the shortest night at the Forum...

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Summoning Unnerving Prophecy at the Kentish Town Forum (Fields of the Nephilim)

The goth's goths - Fields of the Nephilim, enchant the congregation at the Kentish Town Forum...

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Grainy nihilist post-industrial ain’t what it was (Sonny Lanegan)

Boasting some solid grooves, Sonny Lanegan's industrial rock is immersive, if not hugely original...

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Fields of the Nephilim Celebration of the Solstices

Fields of the Nephilim announce exclusive UK appearances chosen to coincide with marking the Solstice...

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Taste, restraint and Donna Summer. The goth-metal way. (Aghast Afterglow)

Classically trained female vocals, Donna Summer covers and guitar shred which sounds like 'Yngwie Malmsteen with a sense of taste and restraint'. Aghast Afterglow's debut album has to be good....

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30 Years, Still Undead. The Mission, Tour Details

Thirty years after their first gig, The Mission bring their glorious goth rock back on tour. Dates and Details...

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Fields of the Nephilim Intimate Islington Date Announced!

Rumours of secret gigs, rumours of new material - Fields of the Nephilim come clean. Gig details/ticket links for Fields of the Nephilim at O2 Academy....

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I’m not an arrogant jerk maniac (Chibi The Birthday Massacre)

It’s important to me to know that people can come up and talk to me and know that I’m not an arrogant jerk maniac....

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Night Sins : To London or The Lake

Some riffs threaten to have hooks, some abstract intimation of catchiness seeps into the choruses. Tiny hints of distinctiveness begin to echo through like squeaks from a hamster in an aircraft....

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