by DJ Jason | May 29th, 2017 | Goth News, Interviews
Interview with Nick Holmquist by Ed Shorrock Nick Holmquist might be better known to many dark music lovers as Nick Vincent, front man and guitarist of the uncompromising Swedish goth rocking outfit, The Preachers of Neverland. Some might think that the story ended in...
by DJ Jason | May 28th, 2017 | Goth News
by DJ Jason | May 24th, 2017 | Goth News, Interviews
Italian Magazine Interview with The Danse Society ‘Heaven Is Waiting’ by THE DANSE SOCIETY ~ Questions for Paul Gilmartin Arrangements with Absolution.NYC and special facilitations for Paul Gilmartin by Ed Shorrock. This interview first appeared in...
by DJ Jason | May 12th, 2017 | Goth News
The Gothic Artist From Mexico, The Raven An extraordinary artist, The Raven, is a specialist in gothic leather jacket art. While this post focuses mainly on her paintings on clothing, she also is an artist for website media, blogs, photography, serigraphy, aerography...
by DJ Jason | Apr 4th, 2017 | Goth News, Interviews
Interview with Orations by DJ Delchi Arrangements for the interview by DJ Jason DJ Delchi: First off it’s refreshing to hear new Gothic music that is rooted in the classic sounds of the genre. The instrumentation and mixing bring back a lot of good memories,...
by DJ Jason | Apr 2nd, 2017 | Goth News
by DJ Jason | Mar 10th, 2017 | Goth News
by DJ Jason | Feb 10th, 2017 | Goth News
NYC Goth Scene from 1990 to 2000 ~ a report on a decade of darkwave Thanks to The Sentimentalist Magazine, we at Absolution have received permission to reprint a wonderful article on the history of the NYC Goth scene from 1990 to 2000. It is from their Spring/Summer...
by DJ Jason | Feb 9th, 2017 | Goth News
Mars Roberge, aka Die J! Mars, is bringing his latest film, Scumbag, to Queens for the North American premiere by Bryen Dunn Absolution DJ-turned filmmaker, Die J! Mars (real name: Mars Roberge), is bringing his latest film Scumbag to Queens for the North...
by DJ Jason | Feb 9th, 2017 | Goth News
by DJ Jason | Jan 30th, 2017 | Goth News, Interviews
An Interview with SEVERANCE ~ Goth Rock from Monterrey, Mexico by Lisa Miles Almost every week since mid-November, it seems, the band Severance has been riding high with breaking and daily good news. Things got rolling with the release of the single “New Cult” to...
by DJ Jason | Jan 27th, 2017 | Goth News
A review of Thresholds the debut album by Severance by Ed Shorrock for Absolution Reviewing a debut album is a daunting task for a reviewer as much as it is a worry for a band. It is made all the more challenging when the first release for the album ‘proper’ is so...
by DJ Jason | Jan 23rd, 2017 | Goth News
by DJ Jason | Jan 18th, 2017 | Goth News
Review of The Infancy Gospels EP Disjecta Membra By Ed Shorrock A family tree showing Disjecta Membra’s bands members over the years would come out in a pretty weird shape. Starting and stopping abruptly in some places, growing and re-appearing in others and probably...
by DJ Jason | Jan 16th, 2017 | Goth News
by DJ Jason | Jan 16th, 2017 | Scene
Pawns and Maudlin perform Location: Home Sweet Home during the Nothing Changes party. 131 Chrystie St Manhattan NYC
by DJ Jason | Dec 18th, 2016 | Goth News, In the Press, Scene, Uncategorized
Ed’s musical direction in life was forged in the crucible of the 80s British goth scene. You can find the usual suspects among his collection. After a hiatus on the music front Ed developed a deep affection particularly for German and Nordic gothic rock and dark...
by DJ Jason | Dec 7th, 2016 | Scene
Review of MALVS Golden Apes By Ed Shorrock Golden Apes is a band which is defined by its indefinability. Ever since the release of Stigmata 3:am this Berlin based band have defied the music industry’s desire to put easy-to-market labels on bands. That is an unusual...
by DJ Jason | Nov 17th, 2016 | Scene
by DJ Jason | Nov 16th, 2016 | Scene
Classic Goth every “1st & 3rd” Friday at the legendary Pyramid club at 101 Ave. A