Fathomless darkness and dismay has the ability to amplify even the smallest glimmer of beauty. In the ugliest corners of material, and immaterial, reality it is not uncommon to discover a defiant diamond in the rough, if you will. A rose amongst the thorns. A beautiful faced whore. A moment of human kindness in war. […]

The Anxiety of Love are a Leeds-based Post-Punk band with membership stretching back to bands such as The Joan of Arc Family, Ave Maria, Solanas Solanas, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Ghost Dance, Certain General, Treehouse and White Car Pet. The cassette release of One is limited to 100 copies on the German Aufnahme + Wiedergabe […]

Dark, strange musical talents are seemingly in no short supply within the Mediterranean lands of Italy in the modern era.  Born just North of Venice in the Northeastern Italian city of Treviso, this trio of musicians — known simply as Father Murphy — manages to, through their outright odd industrial leanings, share many aesthetic qualities […]

I discovered the band Mephisto Walz in the early 1990′s as an addition on the re-issue of the now legendary American Gothic compilation on Gymnastic Records. This was at the beginning of their second incarnation, and the band immediately stood out with a complex, textured and original sound. A little research soon showed that Mephisto […]

Stryknin is a new — at least in terms of physical production — project from two gentlemen whom themselves appear to have had little experience, or at least success, releasing music from within the underground, though it appears that they have been active for a solid decade having formed in 2003. Regardless of their slow […]

Akubi Object formed in 1996 from the remains of two bands active on the late US Deathrock scene; 13 knots and Scarlet. The Akubi Object EP was originally released as a five track demo cassette in 1997; all of which are featured on this re-issue. The Akubi cassette was of very small circulation, one track […]

In memoriam 19th January 1809 – 7th October 1849 “Lo! Death has reared himself a throne  In a strange city lying alone  Far down within the dim West,  Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best  Have gone to their eternal rest.” -The City In The Sea One of the most […]

In Memoriam 20th October 1882 – 16th August 1956 Fitting for the spooky season, in today’s October Obituary I chose to honour the memory of actor Béla Ferench Dezsõ Blasko, more commonly known as Bela Lugosi. Born in the village of Lugos, Hungary, on October 20th 1882, he later fled the country due to his […]

In Memoriam 6th November 1963 – 1st April 1998 ‘I see the end, I see the end well, it was open so I crawled inside’ – Deathwish One of the greatest presents anyone gave me at the age of sixteen was a listening session and a copied tape of material by a band called Christian […]

“Dream into Dust returns to the post-industrial underground with their first new album in nearly a decade in “So Beautiful and so Dangerous”, an effort that runs an impressive gauntlet of genres from the captivating industrial-laden darkwave atmospheres that possess the project on a rhythmic level to gentle folk-esque guitar-work, emotive vocals as performed by […]