UK Goth Music

TONIGHT

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:09:38 GMT

Faith and the Muse Early Bird Tickets

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:42:04 GMT

Just a reminder that Early Bird Tickets for Faith and the Muse with Razor Blade Kisses and The Eternal Fall, Sunday 1st November at Dingwalls in Camden, London, are now on sale for just £10 plus reduced 25p PayPal fee. Get them before the price goes up!

Full info: www.dj-psyche.net

Dark Assimilation airs tonight

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:49:56 GMT

This is the usual reminder that Dark Assimilation airs tonight from 11pm until midnight.

Ways to listen :

106.6FM in the Bradford area.
Stream online from http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/.
Download low quality mp3 of the show from http://www.darkassimilation.org/ (it will appear online sometime after the show airs)

Tonight it will be just myself in the studio. The show will be the usual mix of music and chat, along with a quick run down of local gigs and the regular club nights.

Nige

http://www.darkassimilation.org/

X-posted from dark_radio

Monster A-Go-Go, Sat 25th July, Birmingham

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:38:48 GMT

Monster A-Go-Go second instalment for 2009! Not long to go, Saturday 25th July. Special Guest Cavey Nik, International Man of Deathrock :0)

[Map Link to The Swinging Sporran]

If you're on Facebook we'd be much obliged if you would invite your friends, [Click Here] for the Facebook event.

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:45:04 GMT

18th and 19th July - This weekend!

Invocation, London, this Saturday

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:13:41 GMT

Invocation regulars going to Whitby in October might be interested to know that I'll be DJing at Nostalgia on Sunday 1st November, with regulars Martin Oldgoth and vellouria. Martin will be at Invocation on Saturday, and will have Nostalgia tickets for sale at the special price of £4 (they're normally £5 plus postage in advance, or £6 on the door).

Invocation website
Invocation on MySpace
Invocation on Facebook

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:56:59 GMT

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:38:35 GMT

THE BATCAVE – two exclusive books

THE BATCAVE remains the best known Goth club in the history of the genre, and here we have two huge photo books of classic images, of exciting bands, covering its original existence.

THE BATCAVE Volume 1 – £19.99
A 620 page photo book containing 818 images of happenings at The Batcave during 1983. You will find Alien Sex Fiend (three gigs), Ausgang, Danielle Dax (posed session), F1 Electric, Marc Almond, Pork Helmets, Sexbeat, Specimen (four gigs), along with the club itself, including staff, regulars, crowd and cabaret artistes/dancers.

THE BATCAVE Volume 2 - £19.99

A 572 page photo book containing 789 images of happenings during 1984/1985, featuring: Alien Sex Fiend, Anorexic Dread, Ausgang, Bone Orchard, Christian Death (Rozz Williams), Let’s Wreck Mother (post-Sexbeat), Pepperlip (featuring Jo Bones), Sexbeat (that’s Sophie on the cover), Specimen (two gigs), Tabatha’s Nightmare (Mark Tinley/Marcus Scott), Zero Le Creche and Zor Gabor (former Banshee guitarist John McKay), along with shots within the club of staff, crowd and regulars.

The vast majority of these photos are previously unpublished. Details on how to order prints of images included in rear of each book.

You need to register on the Lulu site to buy books which is easy. DO NOT use their express post, which costs far too much. If in the UK or US just use the normal inland service (not ‘express’), and if you are outside the UK or US stick with ‘economy’ which is simply their term for normal airmail. (If so inclined buy more than one book because the postage costs come down sharply. All books are very well packaged. If you are a business when you buy more than 10 books the cost of the actual books decreases too.)

THE BATCAVE Volume 1
THE BATCAVE Volume 2
- be patient while these pages load an you will see a preview where you can see some sample pages.

To keep up to date on all my book titles, including the new ones planned (including Flesh For Lulu, three volumes on Specimen, two on Alien Sex Fiend, three Gothic Image titles etc please keep an eye on http://stores.lulu.com/mickmercer - where you can also find all the existing books listed.

Luxury Stranger - upcoming dates - Notts and Derby this week!...and a Festival!

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:53:16 GMT

Jul 16 2009 The Running Horse, Nottingham
Jul 17 2009 Rockhouse, Derby
Jul 24 2009 Grounded @ The Old Dunn Cow Darlington
Jul 25 2009 Filming for 'I’m not from London film'
Jul 25 2009 Wire and Wool night @ The Loggerheads Nottingham
Jul 31 2009 Y Not Festival Pikehall (nr Matlock), Derbyshire

More info:
http://www.myspace.com/luxurystranger
http://www.luxurystranger.com

Free Download of 'Grounded' at Last.fm here:
http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/173386443/GROUNDED.mp3

Radio Night

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:03:11 GMT

Tonight 10pm-1am BST on www.reachonair.com

Goth, Industrial, etc. etc.
No featured album this week as, well... I've received nothing worth featuring.

I do have the new Clan of Xymox single though...

Filthy & wrong

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:15:09 GMT

FREE live experimental industrial music recorded by XYKOGEN.

(Apologies for X-posting)

BLACK VEIL @ the Wellington Sat 1st August 2009 Double CD release party & more

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:58:50 GMT

We are happy to announce we will be holding a double UK exclusive CD release party!

Firstly (delayed from last month's BV) THE ETERNAL FALL'S stunning new album
"Alone" with copies to be won. If that wasn't enough the first 20 people through
the door will get a free 7 track "Black Veil Alone Sampler" which includes a
track not on the full length album .

www.myspace.com/theeternalfallband

Secondly for an exceptional Gothic/ Darkwave band from Italy MYDIAN GALLERY and
their exceptional debut album " Lack Of Light"

www.myspace.com/mydiangallery

If that wasn't enough we will be marking 1st August by featuring lots of Gothic
greats from Yorkshire.

Doors 8pm to 2.00am
GBP 2.50
Lots of free on street parking
& a well stocked bar

Sethee down T'wellington

(;-#) x

Scandy plus support.

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:16:31 GMT

Apols for X posting

SUGAR now available to buy!!!

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:19:46 GMT

Well, now that the launch gig is over.. I thought it only polite to remind you that our new album, "Sugar", is now available to buy and treasure forever!!

Available from both Resurrection Records and Music Non Stop NOW!!!

Get your Sugar while it's hot!!! :)
Ed.

The Covens 7th Anniversary - Saturday 11th July

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:06:32 GMT

Bedfordshires award winning club night and biggest gothic gathering, has reached its septenary and will be massing once more under the dark arches on Saturday 11th July with resident DJs Nephilimbabe & CovenAlex.

Our first 80s punters will receive Chocolate Witch

And once more, we'll be hosting Lutons top photographer - Hugh Byrne

9pm - 3am / £5 (last entry 1.30am) (R.O.A.R.)
Smoking area / Cheap bar / Dress codes apply.

Netgoth link / Facebook

For those coming from out of town, Easyhotel is but 20 yards from The Coven, and by pre-arrangement, host the cheapest rooms in town with specific rates just for Coven attendees. (£19.95 + £1.50 booking fee.)
Please visit The Coven MySpace site for the official EasyHotel email link to obtain rates.

Official Coven Site

BLACK VEIL @ The Wellington Leeds Sat 4th July 2009 setlist

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:21:52 GMT

DJ De’Ath

Masked Ball - JOCELYN POOK
Albatros - VERNEY 1826
Desire Of The Infinite - MYSTERIAN
Severance - SCARLET SLIPPING
The Writing Of My Fathers Hand - DEAD CAN DANCE
19th Century Ghost - NEBELHEXE
Secret Sons Of Europe - ROME
Mausernacht - PARZIVAL
Edges(mission valhalhia v) - KIRLIAN CAMERA
Misery Loves Company(face tomorrow rmx) - ANGELS ON ACID
Autonomic - DIE FORM
NSD - FEINDFLUG
Tomorrow Never Comes - VNV NATION
The Great Shipwreck of Life - IAMX
To Believe In Something - THE EDEN HOUSE
Preacherman(Contamininated mix) - FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM
Feuer - LACRIMOSA
The Will - DEAD CURTIS
Fall Apart - IKON
To Die Among Strangers - ROME
Why Do I Hate You Finland - KUU
Sleep Isabella - ABNEY PARK
Vaudevillain - GHOSTFIRE
The Scar - THE ETERNAL FALL *R
The Circle Never Ends - ELUSIVE
Stupid Questions - NEW MODEL ARMY
Floorshow - SISTERS OF MERCY
Our Summer - ALL ABOUT EVE
Schwarze Schmetterling - ASP
Immortal - SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS
Nine - BLACK HOLE NINE
Staatfiend - AGONOIZE
Futile - VELVET ACID CHRIST
Synthesize Me - DIORAMA
Seelenschmerz - BLUTENGEL
The Wedding - DIARY OF DREAMS *R
Saga Ja - UNHEILIG *R
Wicked Game - HIM *R
Die Tote Winkel - LACRIMOSA
Chameleon - STILL PATIENT?
Crystal Ocean(extd) - THE MISSION
Heaven Street - DEATH IN JUNE
Swords To Rust Hearts To Dust - ROME
Sarah - CULTUS FEROX
One World One Sky - UNTO ASHES
Flamma - QNTAL
She Wore Shadows - ASP
Teutates (Vegan Dance mix) - OMNIA
Mitternacht - E NOMINE *R
Panzermensch - AND ONE
Stukas - FEINDFLUG
Gelobnis - P.A.L
Sparrows & The Nightingales - WOLFSHEIM
Epitaph - L’ame Immortelle
Like You (Dj regret mix) - SNUTTOCK
Pale Candlelight - SOLITARY EXPERIMENTS *R
Over & Done - DEINE LAKAIEN
Tears - THE CRUXSHADOWS

CD Draw congratulations to our lucky winners Stunty, Cal, Nicole, Teresa & Alex.
Thanks to Shinto Records, Rome, Snuttock and Hall Of Sermon for their support

DJ De’Ath

Lucretia My Reflection - SISTERS OF MERCY
Primary - THE CURE*R
Paint It Black - MEPHISTO WALZ
Fade To Grey - THE LAST DAYS OF JESUS
True Faith - THE DREADFUL SHADOWS
Eighties - KILLING JOKE
So Sorry - SCREAMING BANSHEE AIRCREW *R
Somebody Told Me - THE KILLERRS
Munich - EDITORS
An Honest Mistake - THE BRAVERY
Creeping To The Cross -THAT PETROL EMOTION
The Killing Jar (Lecroscopic mix) - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
Deception - THE CRUXSHADOWS*R
Du Hast - RAMMSTEIN
Open Your Eyes - THE DREAMSIDE (feat Rogue)*R
Timekiller - PROJECT PITCHFORK *R

Thanks to everyone for taking part in the inferno ;)

Next Black Veil is on Sat 1st August - A Yorkshire Gothic special more details
soon

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:57:22 GMT

I've been a bit quiet on the podcast fronts - for no real reason bar time - but I did have a video show planned for July - which is ready and up

The link you need is : http://www.clickcaster.com/kev36663

The playlist is:
Imprint - America the Beautiful
Rebentisch - Der Biss
Eisschock - Play the Game
Currious - Ressurection
Heavy Current - Rat Race
Infernosounds - Asche Zu Asche
Art of Erebus - Thousand Ways
Mary Magdalene - Satisfaction Control
Skorbut - 9 Lives Later
Lost Area - Unborn
Notes from Underground - Game
Thora - Dark Horizon
TH Industry - Scream

Which - I think there's a little something for most people in there... enjoy :-)

Uberbyte: DOS- the reviews so far :)

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:13:14 GMT

Reviews of DOS so far :

"On ‘DOS’, Sheffield natives Uberbyte have showed themselves to be one of the most exciting and relevant bands on the UK Industrial scene with this record." Sphere Magazine (UK)

"With [DOS] they have chosen a clear line and style; harsh industrial, good song writing and a strong concept" - Summerdarkness.nl (holland)

"this disc called [DOS] has quite some potential for the clubs" -Gothtronic (holland)

"This is musical entertainment for those of a darker bent, but not too dark to preclude having a sense of humour"- Connexion Bizzare (portugal)

"Uberbyte is firing on all cylinders and Crunch Pod has a pretty big hit on their hands. It's going to be difficult to get through a club night this year without hearing at least one track off this album" - Darktwincities.com (US)

" ”Say What?”, “Dissect”, and “Ich Will Tanzen” highlight this album which you will be sure to hear on industrial dancefloors" - 5SKULLZ.com (US)

"Taking the best from the old school and cleverly mixing with new ideas, UberByte truly redesigns Electro EBM with modern style, renewed energy and improving rhythmic dynamics, cleaning the genre of what is unnecessary and adapting for future ruminations." Heathen Harvest (US)

"their songs are among the most ingenious the scene currently has to offer." - Elektrauma.de (germany)

"while remaining damned heavy, Uberbyte have made quite a bit of progress... “DOS” certainly surpasses their debut" Side Line (belgium)

"I would even go so far as to say that I an affirmed non-dancer couldn't help but sway to the fascinating rhythms in 'DOS'. For the music connaisseur there is even lots of hidden technical sound gadgetry waiting to be discovered" (U)selinks webzine (germany)

http://www.uberbyte.net

Apologies for X posting. We won't complain at deletion if community rules are breached :)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:52 GMT

Tonight 10pm-1am BST on www.reachonair.com

Featured album : '21st Century Slave' by Dope Stars Inc

Between Midnight and 1am we'll be celebrating 4th July with a special themed hour....

This Saturday - Ball @ Bartons Arms, Birmingham

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:28:55 GMT

The ball is back this Saturday. Other than it's a great night out with great music and great beer, there are three extra reasons why you should all come out this Saturday.

1. It's Ade's (One half of the organisers) 50th birthday so come and celebrate with him, there may even be cake.
2. The next ball won't be until October as this year there is a summer break.
3. It's FREE entry because it's Ade's birthday

FREE ENTRY, FREE ENTRY, FREE ENTRY, FREE ENTRY, FREE ENTRY, FREE ENTRY

BLACK VEIL ( 10 years of De'Ath) @ The Wellington Sat 4th July 2009

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:16:30 GMT

We are very happy to announce we will be holding a Cd release party for the new Shinto Records compliation Sin-Faktory. CD's to be won!

You can listen to samples of tracks here

http://www.sin-tech.org/Sin-Faktory.html

It will also be a release party for Lacrimosa's "Sensucht" album with free stickers & posters. (if you want some ensure you are there early)

If that wasn't enough there will be additional exclusive CD release parties
for

THE ETERNAL FALL's new stunning album "Alone". This is a special Ltd Edition 18 track BV version which can be won

http://www.myspace.com/theeternalfallband

ROME 's new masterpiece "Flowers from Exile". CD's to be won

http://www.myspace.com/romecmi

SNUTTOCK 's new album "Carved and Sutured" with CD's to be won

http://www.myspace.com/snuttock

Two of DJ De'Ath's favourite bands ASP & FEINDFLUG also celebrate their 10 year anniversaries this year so we will be featuring some of their best tracks in his set.

http://www.myspace.com/thetalesofasp

http://www.myspace.com/feindflug

There will be free mini chocolate Skulls & Bones

As a special treat BV will be running from 8pm to 2.00am and with your support it's hoped this will continue so please tell your friends.

Please spread the word

Dark Assimilation airs tonight

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:01:57 GMT

This is the usual reminder that Dark Assimilation airs tonight from 11pm until midnight.

Ways to listen :

106.6FM in the Bradford area.
Stream online from http://www.bcbradio.co.uk/.
Download low quality mp3 of the show from http://www.darkassimilation.org/ (it will appear online sometime after the show airs)

Sun 1st Nov: FAITH & THE MUSE + support, Dingwalls, London

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:54:47 GMT

Mark your calendars! For all those who won't be catching them in Whitby,

Faith and the Muse

will be playing at Dingwalls in London, Camden Lock.

Last time F&tM graced our stages it was just the two of them in a stripped-down acoustic format. This time can't be any more different. They're bringing the full band plus Taiko drummers, Butoh dancers and a string quartet for a full-on extravaganza! No Bull and Gate nonsense, I had to hire Dingwalls just to get a stage big enough for it all!

Support comes once again from the fabulous Razor Blade Kisses and The Eternal Fall (Spain -- exclusive UK appearance).

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There will be a limited number of Early Bird Tickets for only £10! These will be available until 31 August or until they run out. (Don't worry, I'll let people know if it's getting close.) Available online only via PayPal, and I'll even split the 50p fee with you so each ticket is £10.25 all in.

Note these are ELECTRONIC TICKETS ONLY and WILL NOT BE POSTED OUT.

For full info click here.
Facebook event, flyer, etc. coming soon!

Possession in Bournemouth this Friday (3rd)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:05:29 GMT

Hi everyone. Just a quick reminder that it's Possession in bournemouth this Friday:

Goth, Industrial, EBM and the odd 80s kinda tune at Sound Circus, 140-142 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth. £3 entry, 9-2am. And it's got air conditioning!

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:50:58 GMT

This Saturday, London

Playing the usual mix of Deathrock, Old School Goth, Post Punk, Gothabilly an Graveyard Garage, Electropunk, Cold Wave etc....with guest DJ SPEAKMAURAUDER [Brave Exhibitions]

Stuff like:

The Cramps, Joy Disaster, Sex Gang, Xmal, Kap Bambino, Strobo Monsters, Bloody Dead and Sexy, Martin Dupont, Plush Insane, 45 Grave, Gang of Four, Siouxsie, The Cure, QEK Junior, Cinema Strange, Another Species, Avant Garde, The Defectors, Ths Ghastly Ones, The Horrors, Squishy Squid, Wire, Neils Children, Alien Sex Fiend, Ausgang, Bauhaus, Fangs on Fur, Grossstadtgefluster, 1919, Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons, Clair Obscur, Frustration...etc etc

http://www.myspace.com/braveexhibitions

http://www.myspace.com/deadandburieduk

Remember we're 9-2, so get there early for maximum fun!

Feel free to message any requests!