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Dark wave set!   0:25-3:27 OBSIDIAN GRAVES (Mexico) Nostalgia of a Vampire   3:28-8:30 OPPENHEIMER MKII (UK) Oh, My Mind Is A Storm   8:30-12:05 HAUNT ME (TX) Temple of Flesh   12:05-15:24 PLASTIK NOIR (Norway) Velvet Dark   15:25-20:18 ROMEO'S DEMISE (CA) ENDLESS APPETITE   20:19-23:38 THE SMELL OF DEAD ANIMALS (MI) Persecution   23:39-27:17 MERCY GIRL (UK) Punisher   27:28-30:00 MISERY MILE (CA)...

Dark wave set! 0:24-5:05 HUIR (Spain) Arch 5:05-10:35 THE CITY GATES (Montreal) The Great Devourer 10:35-14:17 ANTIPOLE & PEDRO CODE (Norway) Your Dreams Explode 14:18-17:48 BILLY ᛟ ODAL (AU) No One Can Hurt Them Now (feat. Flower Children Of The Apocalypse) 17:49-21:30 SHV/ARZ (GER) Dancing On The Edge 21:31-24:16 CIGARETTES AFTER SEX (CA) Twizzler 24:30-28:53 KISS TO KILL (CA) dying night 28:53-...

0:24-9:31 GALVANIST (MT) Atrophy — Blistering progressive death metal packed with groove, complexity, and emotional depth. 10:25-14:47 AM I IN TROUBLE? (NJ) Scarlet (Red Remix) Negative Agent — A return to their signature mix of weirdoness, unheard of songwriting, and eccentric keyboards. What the fuck is this. 15:12-21:44 THE FIFTH ALLIANCE (Netherlands) Jakob — Masterfully balanced doom, black m...

0:24-5:48 AS THE SUN FALLS (Finland) A Shimmer On The Tides — Hot, moody as fuck melodic death Vikings romance soundtrack.   6:42-11:25 DEFECT DESIGNER (Norway) As The Terracotta Dust Settles — Theatrical furnace death blended with witchy pagan, cosmic American, grind, psychedelic.   11:42-14:27 PSYCLOPS (Portland) Consequences Iii: Swallowed Skies, Sea Of Eyes (Pg. 12) — Storytelling proggy metal...

Brand new dark wave set! 0:24-4:10 CARRELLEE (WI) Captain (OMAR DOOM Remix) 4:11-9:05 SLEEP OF MIRRORS (Chicago) Alchemize 9:06-12:37 PSYCHIC GUILT (Portland) A Dark Dream 12:38-18:41 VELOCITY GARDEN (Denver) Pearls 18:42-22:12 MISS MISERY (Chicago) The Art Of Sorrow 22:13-25:38 TEMPERS (NY) Cold and Cruel 26:06-29:07 TRULY LOST (CA) Panic Signals 29:08-32:09 COLD KISS (TX) Dead To Me 32:10-35:23...

0:24-10:21 PURE WRATH (Indonesia) Bleak Days Ahead, Pt. II — A Best of 2022 band.  Tormented, distressed black metal with moments of beauty. Another stunning album. 11:42-16:07 REEKING AURA (NY/NJ) Gorged Beyond Grudges — A Best of 2022 band. Members of Artificial Brain and Buckshot Facelift. Heavy bouts of groove in tight, precise death metal. 16:44-24:16 NORTHERN GRAVES (TX/CAN) Endless (feat. N...

Dark wave set! 0:24-2:45 THE SPOILED (Italy) Crush 2:46-6:04 VAMPIRE VALENTINE (UK) Crimson 6:04-10:00 VICKVAPORS (CA) Release Me 10:01-12:24 HAUNT ME (TX) SOS 12:25-15:51 FAUX FEAR (PA) Lips Like Silver 15:51-20:23 COLD UNION (Poland) Tonight 20:24-24:43 HIDDEN BY IVY (Poland) Broken Self 24:56-28:21 LET THEM IN (Poland) Tanzgeist (It Burns remix) 28:22-37:04 DEAD CAN DANCE (Greece) Death Cults 3...

0:25-7:31 UNEARTHLY RITES (Finland) Ignis Fatuus — Filthy toned hellish death with clawing guitars in intricate passages. 8:42-13:57 INFERI (TN) Heaven Wept — A Best of 2021 album. Breathtaking technical death complexity and a marathon of guitar solos. 14:44-19:17 ARCHSPIRE (CAN) Red Goliath — Tongue in cheek but completely serious, complex tech death.  19:43-26:11 APOLAUSTIC (Swiss) De Feu et de...

All new dark wave set! 0:24-5:09 QUAL (UK)(Nov 2025) Come With Me 5:09-8:36 SOFT DIVIDE (NY) dressed in black 8:37-12:21 GENO BEACH (Denver) Chronos 12:21-16:21 СКУБУТ (Austria) Tvoi Glaza 16:21-19:29 ANNUL NOIR (OH) (s)Inner Sanctum 19:29-24:03 BODY SYSTEM (Italy) Insane 24:03-28:43 OCCULTS (CA) My Type 28:44-32:29 THE DEPTHS (Greece) Good Girls 32:30-36:45 KISS TO KILL (CA) femme fatal 36:46-40:...

0:24-9:46 ETHEREAL DARKNESS (Belgium) The Cycle — Vocal anguish accompanies melodic doom and atmospheric, melodic, incredibly groovy black. 11:03-17:01 DECIPHER (Greece) Bound To The Wheel — Debut black metal shimmer that is stark with raw death blast beats and thrashy riffs.  17:44-21:46 THE SILVER (Philly) Memorias — My #1 album of 2021. Momentous heart-ripping progressive doomy black metal. 22:...

Darkwave show! 0:25-5:44 TRAITRS (CAN) Dream Drowning 5:45-9:50 THEY DIE (Italy) Borderline 9:51-13:49 STATION MODEL VIOLENCE (AU) Crepe Throne 13:50-17:50 I WOKE UP CHINESE (Italy) Reach For A Shadow 17:51-19:57 BAD BAD LUCK (Nashville) superego 19:58-24:38 FOPMUSIC (Sweden) I don´t want to know 24:55-28:34 TRANXHAINE (France) Ni Catharsis Ni Pardon 28:35-32:09 NIGHTCRAWL (Ireland) The Blood 32:1...

0:25-6:16 INCANDESCENCE (CAN) Confluence — Gorgeous melodic black metal with technical, proggy drumming and intricate guitars that build to sinister snarling passages. 7:15-12:15 PHASMA (Greece) I — Muscular death growls, a blinding black metal screech, and a shouted hardcore to match a refined icy black and a blasted death groove.   12:55-18:03 CEMETERY REIGN (Santa Fe) Captive in a Coffin — Chug...

Darkwave set! 0:25-3:21 SOCIAL STATION (DC) Good to Me 3:22-6:48 CURSING (Denver)(Oct 2025) I Like That We Fuck 6:49-10:44 FALSE FIGURE (Oakland) Favorite Game 10:45-14:19 HARDENED HEARTS (OR) Vampire Bites 14:20-18:10 LA MAIN (France) Dully 18:11-22:34 TORQUE MEMORY (Spain) Keepsakes 22:35-25:41 DEAD BORN BABIES (Montreal) To me you are the sun (ft Grizz) 25:42-29:34 AETHER SOUNDS (GER) Quiet Con...

Darkwave show! 0:24-3:40 ANTIPOLE & PARIS ALEXANDER (Norway) Alone Again 3:41-8:13 FEYLEUX (NC) Mercury 8:14-12:56 ATTIC FROST (GER) Promise Me (An Armageddon) 12:57-17:13 TEMPTRIX (TX) Dare to Try 17:14-20:47 DEATH'S COLD GRASP (MA) Your Last Breath 20:48-25:24 STRANGE FUTURES (UK) Hold Your Nerve (S Y Z Y G Y X Remix) 25:25-27:42 COLD KISS (CA) Llévame A Tu Cama 27:43-32:42 DLINA VOLNY (Minsk) M...

0:26-7:18 AGENBITE MISERY (NH) Whatness of Allhorse — Experimental twists in a house of black metal horror, with sludge lead-ups and groove. 8:16-19:51 GAVRAN (Netherlands) Okreni — Lovely post-metal with a dark edge and dreamy, hypnotic passages.  20:14-26:31 GORRCH (Italy) Vorago — Chaotic, seething black metal with moody moments of hush.  26:52-34:05 MORS VERUM (CAN) Your Apocalypse — Abrasive...

0:24-8:08 THE RUINS OF BEVERAST (GER) Last Theatre Of The Sea — The Ruins Of Beverast turns yet another leaf, but keep that achingly lonely, ethereal, tribalistic quality that is unique to them.  This is a great follow-up to their 2017 album Exuvia, one of my top 20 albums of the last 20 years. 8:53-17:17 WILDHUNT (Austria) Made Man — Gloriously righteous, theatrical thrash with soaring guitars an...

Brand new darkwave show! 0:24-4:37 IAMNOONE (Italy) out of this world 4:38-8:04 UNDERTHESKIN (Poland) Always | Never 8:04-11:32 DEAdpILOT (GA) This Time Tonight 11:33-14:27 NIGHTSISTER (Portland) Spirit 14:28-17:35 VAMPIRE VALENTINE (UK) Thorns 17:36-20:54 BLIND SEAGULL (Russia) easy to forget 20:54-23:20 DAVID GALAS (MI) Halo 23:20-27:00 PLASTIK NOIR (Norway) Darkness 27:13-32:09 HEIMBERG (France...

My Best 35 Metal Albums of 2025 ! My #1 and #2 technically released in December of 2024, but what can I say. It's my fucking list.   #1 Aara: I loved the vocals, the emotions. Just a nail in my head, immediately. #2 Spectral Lore : A beast of a legendary band.  This was released on 12-31-2024, as a "Demo".  What a nut. Top 11 are listed in order, and the rest are alphabetized. 0:25-7:29 #1 Aara (S...

Best Darkwave of 2025!! My #1 album is Haunt Me (TX) ! I flew to NYC to see them this summer, and then got to see them in Denver. Love these guys.   Lithuania came out as a powerhouse this year for this genre, and my #2 Ghostwave put out an incredible album.  Also check out Pusto. I listed Mass Minor (TX) as the best surprise live shows I went to this year - opening for Urban Heat.  They only put...

0:25-5:10 DEPRAVITY (AU) Call to the Fallen — Gloriously wicked death with insanely noodling guitars and a delicious melodic and smidgen of tech. 6:13-10:06 GRABJAHRE (Austria) Haut — Desecrated forest black metal with the chaos of galloping noise. 10:35-16:37 AM I IN TROUBLE? (NJ) White —  Atmospheric psychedelic black metal with a spectrum of vocals and sweet emotions.  17:10-25:04 MORBIKON (VA)...

All new dark wave show! 0:25-5:19 HEX FORMES + BL!NDS (DC) (The Cure covers) strange day 5:20-10:30 POST-PUNK'ER (Romania) Last day 10:31-14:56 GHOSTWAVE (Lithuania) Blood Cathedral 14:56-18:01 TALK TO HER (Italy) The Half Light 18:02-20:50 ROUTINE (Berlin) I Disappear 20:51-23:38 VACÍOS CUERPOS (MEX) Love Killer 23:39-28:11 GHOST ENCLAVE (Italy) Away 28:12-33:22 K Я U R (Italy) Draught of Gall 33...

0:25-7:25 WITHERING SOUL (Chicago) Among Covetous Eyes — Black metal with intense death groove and strings-inspired tremolo picking. 8:24-15:46 RAGANA & DROWSE (WA) Ash Souvenir — Stunning male and female shoegaze and tortured vocals with eclectic black mixed with shoegazy melodic and indie rock.  16:25-22:18 1914 (Ukraine) 1917 (The Isonzo Front) — A best of 2018 and 2022 because these guys CRUSH...

0:25-6:03 BLISS OF FLESH (France) Sacrifice — My favorite type of melodic that encompasses ferocious death and tremolo black with so much groove. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yacIiYsnHZ8  6:57-11:00 GLORIOUS DEPRAVITY (NYC) Scourged By The Wings Of The Fell Destroyer — Direct death hits to the brain, allowing my brain to rest.  Nothing complex here, in the best way. The smoothest, hottes...

0:27-5:57 HECKTIC (Bulgaria) Vital to the Clockwork — Technical, tight, complex, proggy death with dynamic vocals and punchy, groovy thrash energy.   6:44-12:32 MALADIE (GER) Black Hole Weight In Our Hearts — Saxophone infuses a horror-filled dramatic black with jazzy sections.   12:51-16:47 THRON (GER) Hubris' Crown — Psychedelic, lush, melodic black metal. Reminds me a bit of Oranssi Pazuzu.   1...

All new dark wave show! 0:24-2:20 MISERY MILE (CA) Endless Love 2:20-5:25 CARRIEGOSS (FR) Fallen master 5:25-9:44 SYDNEY VALETTE (Paris) Something About Us 9:44-12:44 TERMINAL SERIOUS (Italy) Sewn Eyelids 12:44-17:31 OCCULTS (CA) Crimes (Your Sacrifice) 17:31-21:47 LUSTTONE (Greece) The Only Answer 21:47-26:18 LIIGHT (UK) Death Dance 26:30-29:51 DECHAKHAL (MEX) Una máquina letal 29:52-32:04 VESTR...