Category: Band Of The Week

Band of the Week - Le Vant

By Baz Dedheven on Apr 12, 2011 | In CD Reviews, Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Le Vant is the brainchild of Transylvanian born George D. Stanciulescu, created as a side project to his dark neoclassical metal act Ad Ombra. As a...

Band of the Week - Scarlet Leaves

By Baz Dedheven on Mar 29, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Brazil is not widely renowned as Goth Central, but Scarlet Leaves seem to be an exception to the norm. Formed in 2003 in Sao Paulo, and inspired by...

Band of the Week - Counting The Mad

By Baz Dedheven on Mar 22, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Formed through a shared appreciation of all things Nephilim, Counting The Mad came together in the barren britpop mid 90's in suburban Essex. After...

Band of the Week - Trash Monroe

By Baz Dedheven on Mar 15, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | 3 feedbacks »

As Brett Anderson once put it, "She walks in beauty like the night, hypnotising the silence with her powers, Armageddon is bedding this picture...

Band of the Week - Play Dead

By Baz Dedheven on Mar 8, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Another one of those "we're not goths" bands that were adopted by the goth crowd, Play Dead were formed in Oxford in 1980. Relating nicely with...

Band of the Week - Velvet Acid Christ

By Baz Dedheven on Mar 1, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Falling from the gothic wastelands of Colorado, Velvet Acid Christ is the brainchild mutation of Bryan Erickson who writes, plays, sings, and...

Band of the Week - The Chameleons

By Baz Dedheven on Feb 22, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | 1 feedback »

Never quite reaching the commercial success and reputation of their post-punk contemporaries, The Chameleons were formed in 1981 in Manchester and...

Band of the Week - Lacuna Coil

By Baz Dedheven on Feb 15, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Formed in Milan in 1994, Lacuna Coil happily sit in the 'gothic metal' genre, like a non-plastic European version of Evanescence. With both female...

Band of the Week - The Sisterhood

By Baz Dedheven on Feb 8, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Born through legal wranglings between seperated parties, the Sisterhood released their solitary single "Giving Ground" in January 1986. Armed with...

Band of the Week - The Hiram Key

By Baz Dedheven on Feb 1, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | 2 feedbacks »

Formed out of a disliking of what the Goth scene had evolved in to, the Hiram Key set out to cure the genre with music that they themselves wanted...

Band of the Week - Interpol

By Baz Dedheven on Jan 25, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

From the indie clubs of New York City, Interpol were formed in 1997 and released a string of EP's up until their debut album, "Turn on the Bright...

Band of the Week - Tribazik

By Baz Dedheven on Jan 17, 2011 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

There's not many bands that can boast having Jaz Coleman as a guest on their album. Tribazik, the up and rising UK industrial band, can do just...

Band of the Week - Department S

By Baz Dedheven on Dec 21, 2010 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Named after cult 1960's TV series, Department S were formed in 1980 from the ashes of the ska punk band Guns For Hire. Making their live debut in...

Band of the Week - Love Spit Love

By Baz Dedheven on Dec 14, 2010 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Rising from the ashes of the recently demised Psychedelic Furs, Love Spit Love was formed in 1992 by ex Furs' members Richard and...

Band of the Week - Modesta

By Baz Dedheven on Dec 7, 2010 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

To be adored

Formed in 2009, Modesta is a musical collaboration of singer/songwriter Viktoria Modesta and musician/producer Nik Hodges....

Band of the Week - Generation X

By Baz Dedheven on Nov 30, 2010 | In Band Of The Week | Send feedback »

Long before Billy Idol swanned off to the U.S. in search of a higher grade of peroxide, he used to front a decent honest punk band called Generation...