VNV Nation Electric Sun Metropolis Records VNV Nation is back with its 11th studio album Electric Sun. Lead by Ronan Harris, the project is a pinnacle in the world of EBM, futurepop, and industrial dance since 1990 and its presence is still [...]
VISION VIDEO @ THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO APRIL 2, 2023 Providing “dance music for the end of times”, so says Vision Video’s website. They made their return to the Toronto stage at The Velvet Underground this past weekend. Their music is [...]
SUICIDE COMMANDO W/ SOLAR FAKE & TRICK CASKET @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MARCH 23, 2023 A pioneer of the electro-industrial, EBM, and aggrotech music scene, Belgium-based Suicide Commando has been commanding darkened dance floors since [...]
CLAN OF XYMOX w/ THE BELLWETHER SYNDICATE & VOSH @ VELVET UNDERGROUND, TORONTO MARCH 4, 2023 Since their formation in The Netherlands back in 1982, Clan of Xymox has been a pinnacle within the gothic rock and dark wave genres with many bands [...]
THE GOBLIN KING & GOTHIC HOMEMAKING A CONVERSATION WITH AURELIO VOLTAIRE Gothic musician, comedian, and YouTube personality Aurelio Voltaire has proudly released his most ambitious album to date this past December. The Black Labyrinth ~ A [...]
VISION VIDEO @ HARD LUCK BAR, TORONTO NOVEMBER 10, 2022 He’s known as Goth Dad on TikTok and Instagram, offering macabre-tinged dad jokes and nuggets of fatherly advice to all the baby bats out there. He’s actually Dusty Gannon – guitarist, [...]
PUSCIFER @ QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE, TORONTO NOVEMBER 8, 2022 Maynard James Keenan, mastermind and lead vocalist for powerhouse rock outfits Tool and A Perfect Circle, has brought his third project, Puscifer, to Toronto’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre [...]
WARDRUNA @ MERIDIAN HALL, TORONTO OCTOBER 19, 2022 Magic happens during the month of October and what better time to welcome a unique Norwegian musical group dedicated to revitalizing and stirring up the stories, instruments, and words of [...]
AESTHETIC PERFECTION @ THE GARRISON, TORONTO OCTOBER 15, 2022 The industrial pop trio Aesthetic Perfection, lead by Daniel Graves, returned to the Toronto stage after three years for their long-awaited American Psycho North American Tour. This [...]
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE w/ DEAD POSEY & KORINE @ THE AXIS CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO OCTOBER 9, 2022 It was a very welcome homecoming this Thanksgiving weekend for Toronto natives The Birthday Massacre. After a month long North American tour [...]
Blutengel Demon Kiss (25th Anniversary Edition) Out Of Line Music What had originally begun as a side project after German band Seelenkrank parted ways is now a year away from celebrating their 25th anniversary – the Berlin-based dark pop band [...]
THE SUN WILL SHINE ON THROUGH A CONVERSATION WITH JEFF BURROWS OF THE TEA PARTY Hailing from Windsor, The Tea Party have been a pillar in the Canadian rock music scene since the ‘90s. Despite disbanding in 2005, the trio have since reformed and [...]
THE TEA PARTY @ HISTORY, TORONTO JULY 2, 2022 The quintessential way to celebrate Canada Day as a fan of rock music has to be seeing Windsor natives The Tea Party return to the stage after a long and arduous lockdown. They did just this during [...]
Wardruna Kvitravn – First Flight Of The White Raven Music For Nations/Sony Music/Columbia Germany/Bynorse Einar Selvik is the storyteller and mastermind behind Wardruna, the Norwegian atmospheric musical group reviving ancient Nordic [...]
NIGHTWISH w/ BEAST IN BLACK @ HISTORY, TORONTO MAY 4, 2022 Live music has returned to Toronto after a lengthy series of lockdowns and fans couldn’t be more ecstatic. Musicians are also eager to return to touring and what better way for Finnish [...]
Jules Maxwell Cycles Ghost Palace Composer and Dead Can Dance keyboardist, Jules Maxwell, is back with his new album Cycles. A contemplative collection of instrumental offerings, this album is definitive of the word ‘soothing’. It is a departure [...]
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE FASCINATION METROPOLIS RECORDS Toronto natives The Birthday Massacre are back with their 12th studio album Fascination, an offering that is full of the dreamy synth pop and aggressive guitar blend that their fans have loved [...]
Robin Guthrie Riviera Soleil Après Minuit Robin Guthrie, the mastermind behind the ethereal post punk band Cocteau Twins, has returned for his third release of the year, Riviera. Although fans of Cocteau Twins may be looking for a similar sound [...]
Blutengel Erlösung: The Victory of Light Out Of Line Music German Gothic duo Blutengel, comprised of vocalists Chris Pohl and Ulrike Goldmann, have had quite a busy year thus far. Not only did they release a collection of ‘80s covers this year [...]
A NEW DRUG A CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL GRAVES OF AESTHETIC PERFECTION Musicians have had plenty of time in the past year and a half to retreat to the drawing board and get the creative juices flowing. This is how Daniel Graves of Aesthetic [...]
Lacuna Coil Live From The Apocalypse Century Media Records Italian Goth metal rockers Lacuna Coil chose to respond to the global pandemic the best way they could. Live stream a full-on rock show to celebrate their recently released album Black [...]
Lisa Gerrard & Jules Maxwell Burn Atlantic Curve Dead Can Dance members Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell have teamed up with producer James Chapman (MAPS) for a new album to be released this spring. Burn is a new project with London-based [...]
BURN A CONVERSATION WITH JULES MAXWELL OF DEAD CAN DANCE Powerhouses from the world-renowned band Dead Can Dance Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell are back with a new album to be released on May 7, 2021. The new project entitled Burn is their first [...]
RELIVING THE ’80s AND LOOKING AHEAD A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS POHL OF BLUTENGEL Taking their fans back in time, Goth electro band Blutengel have released their latest album Fountain of Destiny filled with classic tracks from the ‘80s, [...]
