DarkestWave Magazine (2024)

08/09/2023

NoirBizarre's IHaveADreamPop! Electric Underground Railroad event organized by The Veldt is happening on September 8 and 9 at VAE Raleigh. This two-day event will feature live music, vendors, and DJ sets inside VAE's main gallery. Free and open to the public. The event starts at 12:30 PM. Read More At DarkestWave Magazine

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24/08/2023

Bauhaus Staircase is the upcoming fourteenth studio album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) , and the fourth since their 2006 reformation. It will be released on 27 October 2023 by White Noise Records. Read more at DarkestWave Magazine

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20/08/2023

The Underground Youth’s eleventh album, 'Nostalgia's Glass', was just released on Fuzz Club Records. The album is available now as a Fuzz Club store-exclusive edition limited to 250 hand-numbered copies on 180g clear-pink vinyl, as well as 180g clear-blue vinyl and CD. Read more At DarkestWave

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10/08/2023

Beggars Arkive have announced a vinyl reissue, out October 6th, of the second Fields Of The Nephilim album The Nephilim, released 35 years ago by Situation Two/Beggars Banquet in 1988, and not pressed on vinyl since then. The album is pressed on golden brown vinyl and is expanded to a double LP. Read more at DarkestWave

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06/08/2023

New live album from The Jesus And Mary Chain out now, feat. tracks from ‘Psychocandy’, ‘Darklands’, ‘Automatic’, ‘Honey’s Dead’, ‘Stoned and Dethroned’, ‘Munki’ and ‘Damage and Joy’. Available on gatefold 180g double LP and CD. The black w/ white splatter version is limited to 2000 copies and exclusive to the Fuzz Club and Mary Chain stores. Read more at DarkestWave

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05/08/2023

It was all change when The Fall signed to Fontana. Guitarist Martin Bramah, who had founded the group with Smith, returned, replacing Smith's ex-wife Brix, who had been in the group since 1983. There were few cries of sell-out, however, when The Fall signed to a major; it was just part of an evolutionary process. Read more at DarkestWave

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11/07/2023

Lush announce Long-Awaited 'Spooky', 'Split', 'Lovelife' Reissue on 4AD... Read more at DarkestWave

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11/07/2023

EXCLUSIVE SERIES of Peter Murphy's artworks NOW LIVE Peter Murphy unveils his debut series of artworks, exploring his iconic gothic aesthetic through self-portraiture and music iconography. Read more at DarkestWave

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10/07/2023

Proper Records have announced pre-orders for the re-issues of The Catherine Wheel's first 3 albums, Ferment, Chrome and Happy Days with a release date of August 18, 2023. Formed in Great Yarmouth in 1990, Catherine Wheel – singer guitarist Rob Dickinson, guitarist Brian Futter, bassist Dave Hawes and drummer Neil Sims – are possibly one of the greatest lost bands of that fabled decade... Read more at DarkestWave

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10/07/2023

Siouxsie Sioux's debut solo album ‘Mantaray’ has been remastered and cut at half speed at Abbey Road Studios and is being released on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 2007. Read more at DarkestWave

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09/07/2023

Tremours release new single + video on Little Cloud Records. The single is available on a limited edition three color “Psychedelic Smoke” 7” vinyl! The B-side includes a “Dark Glasses” remix by Pete International Airport ( Peter G. Holmstrom of The Dandy Warhols)... Read More at DarkestWave

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09/07/2023

Pete International Airport's third album, It Felt Like the End of the World, is a triumph of process and vision. Named after a song by Peter G. Holmström’s other band, The Dandy Warhols, the eclectic project nails the elusive aesthetic of unexpected yet inviting sound art. Read more at DarkestWave

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07/07/2023

Witch Cat Records release "Bioanarquía" from Thanatoloop. Available as a Limited Edition Cassette or Digital download. Available August 4th. Pre-orders start today... Read more at DarkestWave

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06/07/2023

Hanging Freud are a Glasgow based production duo of Paula Borges and Jonathan Skinner. As a duo they combine their somewhat nomadic past with multicultural backgrounds of coming from Sao Paulo (Brazil) and London (UK) ... Read more at Darkestwave

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18/07/2022

We had a chat with the members of Glorious Din several months back. On June 7th of this year we received the sad new of drummer Pete Herstedt's passing. This may be the only recounting of the fascinating history and legacy of the band that includes Pete, Jay and Doug. Eric has had limited access to internet while living in Uganda due to corrupt government policies. Read more at darkestwave.com

We had a chat with the members of Glorious Din several months back. On June 7th of this year we received the sad new of drummer Pete Herstedt's passing. This may be the only recounting of the fascinating history and legacy of the band that includes Pete, Jay and Doug. Eric has had limited access to....

15/06/2022

Italian Post-Punk band They Die will release their full length album 'Emptiness Prevails' on the preeminent Swiss Dark Nights label this Friday June 17th. (Read more at darkestwave.com)

They Die are an Italian trio that gravitates around the gothic world proposing the sounds of the dawn of the genre of the early eighties revisited in a contemporary key. The project is inspired by the atmosphere of the alternative discos of those years, reworked in the decadence of our days, obsessi...

14/06/2022

Chilean Post-Punk band Parasomnia have signed with the preeminent label Swiss Dark Nights to release their debut full length album entitled 'Vigilia' on Friday June17th. The album is the long awaited follow up to their 2020 Self Titled EP 'Parasomnia' and their 2021 cassette demo entitled 'Fontova ###X'. (Read more at darkestwave.com)

Parasomnia is a band formed during 2018 in Santiago, Chile, which breeds a mix influenced by 80's classic post punk and darkwave bandstand also Latin American sounds. The quartet comprised of Mauro Cronenberg on vocals, Franco R. on guitars and synth, Sebastian Gonzalez on bass and F. Negative on dr...

14/06/2022

Often Compared to Joy Division, Glorious Din made their everlasting mark on post-punk music with their own inimitable style in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene during the 80's where they shared a rehearsal space and played numerous shows with Faith No More (Who was fronted by Courtney Love at the time). Read more at darkestwave.com

Pete Herstedt, of Glorious Din, passed away Tuesday morning June 7th in Portland Oregon where he had been living with his wife, Cathy since the 90's. News of Pete's devastating passing came to us by way of Eric Cope earlier today. Earlier today guitarist, Jay Padget posted on the Glorious Din Facebo...

10/06/2022

Singer Julee Cruise has died aged 65 after battling ill health. Best known for her song Falling, which was used as the theme tune for serial mystery drama Twin Peaks, Cruise passed away four years after revealing she was fighting autoimmune condition Lupus. Her husband, Edward Grinnan, wrote on Facebook: 'She left this realm on her own terms. Read more at darkestwave.com

Singer Julee Cruise has died aged 65 after battling ill health. Best known for her song Falling, which was used as the theme tune for serial mystery drama Twin Peaks, Cruise passed away four years after revealing she was fighting autoimmune condition Lupus. Her husband, Edward Grinnan, wrote on Face...

10/06/2022

Vaselyne has build up to the upcoming album release with 3 fantastic EP’s - “Winter” “Here To Begin” and “Shame”. All three received high praise especially in the German dark music press and gave us a wonderful preview of their “The Sea Says” Album. Read more at darkestwave.com

Vaselyne has build up to the upcoming album release with 3 fantastic EP’s - “Winter” “Here To Begin” and “Shame”. All three received high praise especially in the German dark music press and gave us a wonderful preview of their “The Sea Says” Album. Good Albums are more than just a...

31/05/2022

As a pandemic put everything on hold literally everywhere in the world for The Foreign Resort, many bands struggled to find a new path and cope with changes in the music industry, not to mention dealing with unexpected challenges such as canceled shows/tours, travel restrictions, and personal illness. The Foreign Resort, from Copenhagen, was no different. Read more at darkestwave.com

As a pandemic put everything on hold literally everywhere in the world, many bands struggled to find a new path and cope with changes in the music industry, not to mention dealing with unexpected challenges such as canceled shows/tours, travel restrictions, and personal illness. The Foreign Resort,....

01/02/2022

Black Rose Burning is a New York-based musical project created by instrumentalist, producer, and engineer George Grant. Its first published album, “The Year of Scorpion”, presents the root sounds of the project. Shortly after, a club mix of the song “Outgunned” was released, as a sort of b-side. Read more at darkestwave.com

Black Rose Burning is a New York-based musical project created by instrumentalist, producer, and engineer George Grant. Its first published album, “The Year of Scorpion”, presents the root sounds of the project. Shortly after, a club mix of the song “Outgunned” was released, as a sort of b-s...

24/01/2022

STRIDULUM is a musical project based in Southern Poland, formed in 2019. The duo are Marita Volodina on vocals/lyrics and Arkadiy Berg handling the instrumentation. Soothing Tales of Escapism, which was released December 2021 via Manic Depression Records, is the band's first full-length album after the release of the Burial EP in 2020. Read more at darkestwave.com

I'm just a bit behind in my review of this album that dropped a little over a month ago, but hopefully my late review will be a helpful reminder to those who haven't yet checked out this band. STRIDULUM is a musical project based in Southern Poland, formed in 2019. The duo are Marita Volodina on voc...

23/01/2022

French Witch Folk duo, Saturne & Valfeu released their second single, with accompanying video, last month. These two lonesome dreamers saw their feeling born in a fantastic universe of runes, fairies and incantations, on a large flat rock on the edge of an emerald river. Read more at darkestwave.com

J'étais à toi peut-être avant de t'avoir vu." "I was yours maybe before I even saw you." - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, "Elégie" This verse perfectly sums up the love story of Saturne & Valfeu. French Witch Folk duo, Saturne & Valfeu released their second single, with accompanying video, last mo...

23/01/2022

Inspired by Shakespeare's Othello and dedicated to the memory of the people who perished in the last couple of years. The Denver-based Electronic-Rock band The Drood will release their new song and music video 'It Must Needs Wither' on all major music platforms on Tuesday January 25th,. Read more at darkestwave.com

On Tuesday January 25th, the Denver-based Electronic-Rock band The Drood will release their new song and music video It Must Needs Wither on all major music platforms. The song was written, performed, and recorded by The Drood and features Nathan Jamiel (Synths, Guitars, Vocals), Daniel Watts (Percu...

18/01/2022

The long-awaited film The Runner, written and directed by Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller of electropop duo Boy Harsher, has just premiered on Shudder. Darkest Wave Magazine doesn't generally do movie reviews, but we'll make an exception for a film that is, in essence, a themed music video album. Read more at darkestwave.com

The long-awaited film The Runner, written and directed by Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller of electropop duo Boy Harsher, has just premiered on Shudder. Darkest Wave Magazine doesn't generally do movie reviews, but we'll make an exception for a film that is, in essence, a themed music video album. T...

18/01/2022

Neonpocalypse is a new Stockholm-based solo project from Alex Svenson, who is also known for his work as lead vocalist in the dark post-punk band Then Comes Silence. The project has just released an EP on Swiss Dark Nights... Read more at darkestwave.com

Neonpocalypse is a new Stockholm-based solo project from Alex Svenson, who is also known for his work as lead vocalist in the dark post-punk band Then Comes Silence. The project has just released an EP on Swiss Dark Nights entitled -ISH which features six tracks -- four original songs and two remixe...

17/01/2022

At Darkest Wave, we love when we stumble across amazing bands. We were blown away when Ductape’s 'Labirent' came across our desk last year and have been massive fans since. Read more at darkestwave.com

At Darkest Wave, we love when we stumble across amazing bands. We were blown away when Ductape's 'Labirent' came across our desk and have been massive fans since. To date the band have released 'Little Monsters' E.P., 'Wooden Girl' Single, 'Labrient' Full Length, 'Live At Radio Modyan' Full Concert....

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