The December Sound [US]

The December Sound - The Silver Album - Debut 2007

This cult of noise-terrorists cloak themselves in MELTING GUITARS, DANGEROUS SONGWRITING, EVIL DRONES, HYPNOTIC BASSLINES, MANIACALLY DISTORTED BEATS, HEAVILY EFFECTED/DETACHED VOCALS & OTHER-WORDLY SOUND-SCAPES. It’s dark and extreme, influenced by existentialism and avant-garde/radical/underground currents. The group has a reputation for unrelenting live shows that are a full-on assault of the senses,whilst achieving even greater depth on their debut album.

Led by Zack Sarzana’s gliding guitars and vocal stylings that range from soft and hazy to outright threatening. The December Sound creates a feeling of hollowed reverberations, echoing trough the air. Jimmy Rosi joins in creating this vicious soundscape with dreamy keyboards and melodic rhythm guitar that often calls back to Zack’s leads. Keeping the back-beat going is the hypnotic ryhtyn section which includes the spiral-like drumming of Drew Richards, along with newest member Cat Crowley, delicately playinga bass that huns chaos and quit alike.

The December Sound debut album is filled with drones and tones of dark, profound sonic depth. Already being heralded as “the best unsigned band on the planet!” by the THE BIG TAKEOVER, their debut effort certainly lives up that praise.

http://www.myspace.com/thedecembersound

http://www.thedecembersound.com/

The Sky Drops [US]

The Sky Drops are Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette - a superforce of guitars, drums, and vocals. Based in Wilmington, Delaware, the band members each have their own fine pedigree and began The Sky Drops in the Autumn of 2005.

Rob Montejo's previous band Smashing Orange's retrospective album "1991" was released on Elephant Stone Records in 2005. Monika Bullette's debut album The Secrets won Philadelphia's City Papers 2005 Music Award "Best Album You Can Get For Free and Without a Guilty Conscience".

Rob and Monika's beautiful harmonies are intensified by swimming blissed-out guitars and no-nonsense drumming. The Sky Drops have been likened to a "shoegazing Everly Brothers".

http://www.myspace.com/theskydrops

http://www.theskydrops.com/

Thrushes [US]

Their debut album “Sun Come Undone” was released on March 13, 2007 on Birdnote Records.

Guitarist Casey Harvey had been pestering Rachel Tracy about forming a band for years. She finally relented in the summer of 2005, agreeing to play bass, and they recruited vocalist/guitarist Anna Conner during a pickup baseball game and drummer Matt Davis shortly thereafter. Having cut their teeth in the formative Baltimore all-ages indie scene of the mid-nineties, they were itching to make meaningful music again. Several practice sessions in, they realized there was real chemistry and Thrushes was born.

*Ryan Sterner replaced Matt Davis on drums in September, 2007

http://www.thrushesrule.com/

http://www.myspace.com/thrushes

Zero Le Creche [UK]

Zero Le Creche - Last Year´s Wife - The Collection - 2008

Zero Le Creche were formed in the mid eighties. The band consisted of terry Miles (bass), Richard Ollie (drummer), Andy Mitchell (guitar) and Andy Manning (singer). There most famous record was “Last Years Wife” which is still a favourite on the goth scene. Zero Le Creche were just getting noticed when unfortunately Andy the singer decided to leave. He was replaced with a guy named Jamie when they recorded “Falling”, but the band was not the same without Andy, so they split up. They are hoping to reform in the near future and have an albums worth of recorded unheard material which is being released in January 2008 via Cherry red Records. Including digitally re-mastered recordings of Last years wife, Women say and Fall to dust, also including studio recordings, live studio rehearsal songs and a live recording from Dingwalls, London.

http://www.myspace.com/zerolecreche1

http://www.last.fm/music/Zero+Le+Creche

The Preachers Twilight [Fra]

They've already been passed away for many years......

PROMO BIOGRAPHY 1988

Innovative new french duo "THE PREACHERS OF TWILIGHT" release their debut three track 12"single featuring "ON THE RAZOR EDGE","GUST", and a stunning cover of Bowie 's "SCREAM LIKE A BABY"in UK.on Monday December 12 (1988) (Sedition records/Pinnacle Distribution).

THE PREACHERS are twenty three year old GARANCE DANIEL (vocal/keyboards) and guitarist/bassist ASTLLY LAURENT,aged twenty two.The Duo met last year when LAURENT' S band "THE HILL' S PREACHING " supported " THE SILENT AGE" fronted by Daniel at a gig in Paris.Daniel has been with Silent Age since its inception in October 85.Although the band established a real cult following , Daniel was unhappy with the bands musical direction and welcomed the opportunity to established a new and original creative force.

The pair found a common musical meeting point in current bands such as THE MISSION and SISTERS OF MERCY with earlier influences coming from the likes of KING CRIMSON , GENESIS and YES .Says Daniel " Our music is anything but instant , but it has an identity and character of its own. Discipline and chaos co-exist side by side . Delve into the music into the sounds and you will find it growing more every time you listen. Lyrics are very important to us , we aim to create a trance like state investigating the planets natural elements and mysteries.

Although the band received tremendous support and live acclaim in France, they decided that because of their Gothic influences and roots they would be better suited basing themselves in Great-Britain.

In August the Duo recorded and produced the new single at AQUARIUS STUDIOS in GENEVA prior to moving to London in late September .Now signed to SEDITION RECORDS, THE PREACHERS are currently preparing material for their debut album before commencing a series of UK dates in January and February(1989).

End of 1988 biography.

http://www.myspace.com/thepreachersoftwilight

Phaidia [Jpn]

Phaidia was a Japanese goth band, formed in the early 80’s. Cutting voice, powerful drums and guitars… They’ve been labeled “the Japanese Christian Death”.

Discography:
+SANATORIUM ‘81 (Collaboration with the band Gilles de Rais)
+’81 and ‘82 VV.AA. albums
+PHAIDIA ‘83+R.B.F.1984 (Label bands compilation)
+DANCING DEATH(EP)’84
+CHIKASITSU NO AKUMATACHI(flex)’85
+IN THE DARK(LP)’85 city locker

They also appeared in a Tatsuya Yoshida compilation called “Devil from the East”, where he reunited quite a few projects he had been involved in, as Malinconia, Ruins, Naked City or Phaidia.

http://www.myspace.com/phaidiafanpage

http://www.last.fm/music/Phaidia

Blue Kremlin [Ger]

Blue Kremlin were a mid 1980’s German Goth band. They released one official cassette, and have an unofficial live show from 1985 that is of great quality.

This band should have gone far, but was quite underground.

http://www.myspace.com/bluekremlin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cwjaBTxD0Q

The Catholic Comb [US]

The true origins of The Catholic Comb are shrouded in mystery. Truly, birthed of a distinguished misunderstanding of its own surroundings. Driven by the urgency of death. Inspired by the inevitability of beauty. How four strange daydreamers came together, wrote, sang, played, drank, and lived these songs is a sentimental story. Surely, some time ago, in the queerest hour of night, each staring out a separate window, a secret pact was signed as dreams and memories are signed. Even if, unbeknownst to themselves.

The Catholic Comb have compiled two collections of their adventures. A self-titled EP, and also 10 songs of “Ghost Stories”. Frantically, they have been inviting new dreamers in not-so-distant towns to join in contemplation, rambunctious ramblings, innocent violence, and drink. All in pursuit of beauty! So, bring your pillows, bring your flowers, bring your wine in spirited pursuit of the divine, and sing with me as I quote, “this is our time, it is severe!”


http://www.myspace.com/thecatholiccomb


http://www.last.fm/music/The+Catholic+Comb

Opera Multi Steel [Fra]

Opera Multi Steel began your activities in 1983, in the city of Bourges, located in the central part of France. Of the first formation of the band they made part the siblings Franck (I lower, vocal and keyboards) and Patrick Lopez (vocal and keyboards), besides Catherine Marie (vocal, keyboard and percussion). Before they deciding to create him/it it Operates Multi Steel, Franck and Patrick they participated in bands with proposed musical different. Franck Lopez was integral of a called folkloric band Avaric, together with Eric Milhiet that later would be invited to integrate OMS as bear and guitarist. Already Patrick, did vocal in a band of style called ebm/electro Afghanistan. In 1987 they would also start to integrate the band guitarist Xavier Martin, that would participate in few recordings. Besides him, the band counted in elapsing of your career with the several invited musicians’ presence, to example of Carine Grieg, vocalist of the band arnel Collection Andréa.

http://www.last.fm/music/Opera+Multi+Steel

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/opera.multi.steel/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Multi_Steel

Plastique Noir [Bra]

Urban Requiems - EP 2007

Plastique Noir was formed at the end of the year 2005 by some members and ex-members from underground bands from Fortaleza/CE/Brazil. Since it started, has been always looking for new ways but not the commom live bands presentation, sometimes poorly explored in their artistic possibilities not only in the musical aspects.

Unique in the style in Fortaleza, the Plastique Noir (black plastic, in french) embraces the name of the bag used to store dead bodies in morgues. The music, gloomy but pleasant to dance, involves bodies and minds carrying them to an intensive experience with their english-written lyrics which evocates the myths and facts of horror, morbidness, melancholia and madness created by the conflict of the infinite passions proper to the human existential labyrinth. Besides, each step the band takes is meticulously planned by its members, from lyrics and melodies to graphical arts and cenography, by using their very diverse professional aptitudes. This goes with their proposal to be a multimedia and artistically self-sufficient band.

http://www.myspace.com/plastiquenoir

http://www.purevolume.com/plastiquenoir

Here you can dl the mp3 EP:

http://af-music.de/releases/plastiquenoir-urbanrequiems.html

You Will Die Alone [Aus]

It's an Australian shoegaze band, few info around the net, all I could find is an review abt their 3 tracks EP "Duets". http://www.messandnoise.com/releases/5657

BTW, no more mention of MBV anymore, I'm so tired of hearing this.

http://www.myspace.com/youwilldiealone

Heavïness [Swe]

Heaviness - Released 2006

Heavïness are commonly thought to be a shoegaze four-piece hailing for Stockholm, Switzerland, Swaziland, Sweden. Phono-geographically speaking, their sound lies approximately half way between over there and somewhere else, provided somewhere else is located in a container. They do stick pretty close to the shoegaze ethic, both in terms of sound, aesthetics. Their first record, self titled, was released in Autumn 2006.


The lineup consists of David (the Eagle Cross; guitar+vox), Emma(cello+bass), Daniel(drums) and Rizzler(guitar). It’s hard to say whether the other David is also in the band; he does the projections for the shows. David and Daniel used to play together in both Montage and Vacuum.


http://heaviness.se/

http://www.myspace.com/heaviness