Sanctum Fridays at Talon
Not to be confused with DJ Jason's historic event Sanctum Fridays that was held in CBGBs Basement back in 1999 - 2000, this new unrelated Sanctum is by a new DJ, Joe Hart. It will be on Fridays at a bar called Talon in Brooklyn. We wish him good luck with promotion....
Recommended: the two year anniversary of Memento Mori
Recommended: Memento Mori in July
Wave Gotik Treffen ~ a scene report by Luna Pallida
A Scene Report by Luna Pallida Wave-Gotik Treffen ~ Leipzig, Germany June 2nd - June 5th 2017 I had the opportunity to experience this year’s Wave-Gotik Treffen (WGT) festival, the 26th WGT, in Leipzig, Germany. I caught an evening flight from New York on the...
Interview with Nick Holmquist by Ed Shorrock
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...
Recommended: Memento Mori in June
Italian Magazine Interview with The Danse Society
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 Ascension Magazine...
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
