Dec 19, 2023
This is the 2023 BEST OF DARK WAVE, a 2+ hour set!
#1 Album Dark Wave Album: A fucking TRIBUTE album, no less. One of the best dark wave albums ever made, on Cleopatra Records, of course.
0:25-4:49
VARIOUS ARTISTS, album - Just Like Heaven - A Tribute To
The Cure
Nov 28, 2023
0:25-6:19
DYSSEBEIA
(Switzerland)
Hatch
— Groove, intricate death, and
beautifully melodic and serpentine guitars add to the intensity.
7:04-12:12
CELESTE
(France)
Plisse les yeux jusqu'au
sang
— French raspy vocals runs its
fingers over a tense pummeling melodic black.
12:28-20:40
CRUCIAMENTUM
(UK)
Charnel...
Nov 21, 2023
Last post-punk/dark wave set of the year. I will have a special Best of 2023 set dedicated to this genre.
0:25-4:00
VOITH
(Sweden)
Viktoriah
4:01-8:24
CORBEAU HANGS
(AZ)
The Exchange
8:25-12:26
INDUSTRIAL WAIST
(VA)
when I was away (in your heart I am
dead)
12:27-16:04
NIGHT NAIL
(Berlin)
Fates Explained
16:05-18:58
Nov 15, 2023
0:25-7:47
CARNATION
(Belgium)
Cursed Mortality
— Carnation's 2020 album was
topnotch, and this matches it! Melodic groove, chomping and
galloping pace with incredible guitar solos.
8:56-19:22
CH'AHOM
(Germany)
Knots of Abhorrence I
— Tribal, fervent, swarming
primordial death and black. What a trip.
19:53-24:20
Oct 31, 2023
Scary metal isn't just for halloween.
0:25-4:38
AFTERBIRTH
(NY)
Angels Feast On Flies
— Realism mixed with fantastical and
unbelievable, otherworldly musicianship. My best Modern Death
in 2020, and this is another achievement. Psychedelic grind, raging
and melodic pops.
5:50-11:46
BERZERKER...