The Gothic Artist From Mexico, The Raven
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...
Interview with Orations
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, with new...
Recommended: Memento Mori with special guest DJ Luna
Recommended: Memento Mori on March 23rd
NYC Goth Scene from 1990 to 2000 ~ a report on a decade of darkwave
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...
Die J! Mars is bringing his latest film, Scumbag, to Queens for the North American premiere
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...
Recommended: Memento Mori on February 23rd
Interview with SEVERANCE ~ Goth Rock from Monterrey, Mexico ~ by Lisa Miles
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...
A Review of Thresholds ~ the Debut album by Severance ~ by Ed Shorrock
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...
Recommended: The Raven Cafe Reunion ~ Raven Redux
Review of Disjecta Membra’s The Infancy Gospels EP by Ed Shorrock
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...
Recommended: Memento Mori on January 26th
Recommended: Pawns on January 25th
Pawns and Maudlin perform Location: Home Sweet Home during the Nothing Changes party. 131 Chrystie St Manhattan NYC
Author and Journalist Ed Shorrock
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...
Golden Apes’ new album MALVS reviewed by Ed Shorrock
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...
Recommended: Memento Mori on December 8th
Recommended: No Return Post Punk Society
Classic Goth every "1st & 3rd" Friday at the legendary Pyramid club at 101 Ave. A
Recently unearthed photos of Requiem in White
Interview with The Danse Society by Ed Shorrock
The Society interview by Ed Shorrock Arrangements for the interview were made by DJ Jason Editor's note: The Society were obliged to change their name from The Danse Society to The Society in November 16th 2016. This article was published the month before the...
Recommended: Memento Mori in October
Interview With Chris McCarter of IKON by Kris Hex
Interview With Chris McCarter of IKON by Kris Hex Arrangement for the interview and addendum by DJ Jason Ok to start off as I always do, how are you today Chris? I see that up to late of last year you were busy with re-issues and box sets of the band’s music, what’s...
Interview with The Wraith by Kris Hex
The Wraith Interview by Kris Hex Alright, to start off guys, would you mind introducing yourself to people who may not know you or your backgrounds (musically speaking)? Davey, most people know you were in Lost Tribe but what about the rest of you guys? KAZ : I’m Kaz,...
Photos from the Terminal Gods’ 5 year Anniversary show at The Finsbury
A Collection of Photos from the Terminal Gods' 5 year Anniversary show at The Finsbury Here is the setlist; 1) Intro (their old intro) 2) Connection and Rupture 3)Discovery 4) Constrictor 5) Persona 6) Wheels of Love 7) God Child 8) Card Player 9) Electric Eyes,...
Recommended: The Spiritual Bat and Crypt6 in Philadelphia ~ FREE SHOW
and Guest DJ's TBA The Barbary 951 Frankford Ave Philadelphia, PA 19125-4141 Interview with The Spiritual Bat
Recent Acts of Darkness
- Wave-Gotik-Treffen Photos… 2026… 33rd Edition… Leipzig… Germany… May 22nd – May 25th 2026…By Tzina Dovve (DJ Lady Davinia)…
- Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026… Exclusive Video Interview With Corpus Delicti… By Tzina Dovve (DJ Lady Davinia)…
- Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2026…33rd Edition…May 22nd – May 25th 2026…Leipzig…Germany… Festival Review…By Tzina Dovve (DJ Lady Davinia)…
- Interview With The Man & His Failures…BY Tzina Dovve (DJ Lady Davinia)…
- Recommended Event: Synth Goth Serende on May 14th
