Liverpool’s preeminent new music showcase is back for another year, with its mix of diverse sounds, indie crowd-pleasers, and one of the most stacked rosters of newcomers it’s had in some time.
Tag: gothic rock
Lacuna Coil’s stride in gothic-metal continues on their new album, as well as the last decade of creative moves that continue to pay off handsomely.
In this Review Round-Up, both The Nightmares and Daily J fall critically short of where they’re aiming, whereas Dead Air get it just right.
With their goth- and alt-metal away from UK shores for five years, New Years Day bring along Conquer Divide and Fearless Vampire Killers for a long-awaited win.
In this Review Round-Up, there’s great stuff all round, encompassing goth-metal from Tribulation, emo from Clay J Gladstone, and another uncategorisable punk firebomb from Meryl Streek.
With a gothic, shoegaze-y take on rock that’s legitimately cool, it’s just a shame that Zetra can’t drum up the ideas to work with it.
Chelsea Wolfe’s insidious merging of the atmospheric and esoteric within industrial and gothic music yields another terrific achievement on her new album.
Creeper’s newest venture into gothic opulence brings about a bracing run of ‘80s glam and hard rock, which they find supremely easy to craft another gold-standard winner from.
Stepping out of emo-rap and into experimental post-punk and artistic inventiveness, Adam McIlwee embraces the reinvention for his most identifiable work yet.
In this Review Round-Up, Frozen Soul make their solid next impact on death metal, though there’s arguably more intrigue and complexity to be found in new albums from Esben And The Witch and Bad//Dreems.