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TANKS AND TEARS - Timewave Out Now

Italian darkwave/post-punk outfit Tanks And Tears is back with a compelling sophomore album, Timewave, a clear reflection on the importance of time and the cyclical nature of events.

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PRINCIPE VALIENTE - Reveals First Single/Video From Upcoming Fifth Album

Sweden-based post-punk/shoegaze unit Principe Valiente has revealed the first single/video, "Something New", from its upcoming fifth album, In This Light, due in May through Metropolis Records.

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OMNIMAR - Shares "So Cold"

Russian dark pop act Omnimar has shared a new single and video, "So Cold", in which dark pop queen Maria Mar delves deep into the icy depths of emotions, confronting the shadows that...

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URKU LLANTHU - Releases Fourth Full-Length

Ecuadorian folk ambient/dungeon synth act Urku Llanthu - a solo musical project of Pablo Mesías, which transcends ancestral settings and sounds of hypnotizing atmospheres with gloomy...

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THEN COMES SILENCE - Presents First Single And Video From Impending Full-Length

"Ride Or Die" is the first single in nearly two years by Swedish iconic gothic rock/post-punk act Then Comes Silence. It is also an opening statement of intent from its stunning new album, Trickery,...

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HAMFERÐ - Offers Second Single/Video From Forthcoming Full-Length

Faroe Islands-based doom/death collective Hamferð has offered a chest-caving new single and video, "Hvølja", from its forthcoming full-length, Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk, set for release on 22 March...

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SULDUSK - Releases Sophomore Full-Length And Shares Video For "Mythical Creatures"

Today, Australian dark folk/blackgaze act Suldusk released its sophomore full-length, Anthesis, via Napalm Records. In support of the new album, the band shared a video for "Mythical Creatures",...

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NONE - Drops Another Single/Live Video From Impending Live Album

Black metal/neofolk/industrial solo act None has dropped another song/live video, "Stories", from its impending live album, Alive In San Jose, due on 8 March on digital streaming platforms.

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TERRA RELICTA - password: darkwave27

Terra Relicta dark music web magazine and radio are pleased to present a new compilation - password: darkwave27. Its 27 tracks are over two hours of pure darkwave satisfaction!

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FLOWERS FOR BODYSNATCHERS - New Album Out In December, Two Tracks Available For Streaming

Australian dark ambient act Flowers For Bodysnatchers, a solo project by artist Duncan Ritchie, is back with a new album entitled Infernal Beyond. The album will be released by Cryo Chamber on 1st December, and is recommended for fans of dark soundtracks with ominous overtones. You can already listen to the first two tracks: "A Beautiful Dark Place" and "We Are The Lure", in the players below.

The concept and story of the album revolves around:
On the night of July 1st, 1971 Ravenfield Asylum located in Fairhaven, Massachusetts was consumed by fire, killing 68 of the 70 patients and staff. It is a night that has now defined the once peaceful town.

The bodies of patient and inmate Ernest Semenov and his treating psychiatrist Dr. Richard Lankin were never discovered. Ernest Semenov was committed by the state and declared criminally insane for the brutal occult like murder of his wife and two daughters in 1968. The mysterious disappearance of Semenov and Dr. Lankin has since sparked fear and superstition in the small township. Persistent rumours surrounding the fire have only increased the towns paranoia that something darker and far more sinister happened that night and, that something unnatural and otherworldly now occupies the small town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

Although most of the documents regarding this case are sealed to protect patient confidentiality, some files allegedly allude to a possible occult styled mass murder of the inmates and staff and, of a relationship between Dr. Lankin and Semenov that went far beyond that of doctor and patient. Witness accounts from Fairhaven Fire Department fire fighters describe the asylum fire as so intense it was nearly pointless to attempt to contain the raging inferno. Saying, "The blaze howled and screamed as if the souls of its victims were being dragged into hell itself!". Only its isolated location prevented the fire from spreading to neighbouring properties and, only after six days would entry to the burnt out building be possible.

What fire crew's apparently found was gruesome beyond belief, dismembered body parts had been "decorated" around the asylum. The fire had apparently burnt so intensely in the sub-basement that a nearly bottomless pit had formed, revealing a thick black toxic substance that overcame several firefighters. On the second day those fire fighters reported having hallucinogenic experiences seeing two figures in the blaze walking back and forth as if unaffected by the inferno. Those closest to the fire say, "It was as if the figures were dragging bodies through the burning building. Back and forth, day after day".

To this day the residents of Fairhaven have tried to put this dark chapter in the town's history behind them. Though some believe what happened that July night in 1971 revealed a nightmarish world just beneath the skin of our own and, if you look hard enough "There's something in the darkness here staring.... Staring straight back at you". (Originally published September 25, 1974. Herald News). Link

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