The Sun And The Moon [UK]

The Sun and the Moon were Mark Burgess, John Lever, Andy Clegg and Andy Whitaker, with both Andy's on guitars. The group was formed when Andy Clegg and John Lever, recruited Mark (a friendship had developed between Mark and Andy Clegg who had played keyboards with the Chameleons) and Andy Whitaker. The two Andy's had been working together on another project (Music for Aborigines).

The band recorded an album, "The Sun and the Moon" and an EP, "Alive; not Dead", which included a cover of Alice Cooper's 'Elected,' a song which the Chameleons sometimes covered during their live shows.

The setup of the band, two ex-Chameleons playing with two guitarists, begged comparison to the Chameleons, though the band tried to develop its own sound. The Sun & The Moon broke up in April 1989.

http://www.myspace.com/thesunandthemoonmusic

The whole story of The Sun And The Moon:

http://www.thechameleons.com/press/index.php?article=22

Varsovie [Fra]

Between dark rock and post-punk, Varsovie emerged in 2004 by the creative output of Arnault Destal (lyrics/drums/arrangements) and Gregory Catherina (music/vocals/guitar), both ingrained figures of the French underground scene. (Forbidden Site)

Armed with influences such as Joy Division, Bauhaus and a generation of decadent and dark bands, journeying through a literary overdose that leaves irreversible repercussions and a pronounced taste for vertigo, Varsovie's repertoire is raw, in the image of the city (Warszawa) that, in the middle of the apocalypse, fought on, area by area, barricade by barricade, even if everything seemed to be already lost.

Joined by Thibault Chapelat on bass, and replaced by Yan Four in 2006, the band brings all of this energy and passion together on stage, radical and effervescent, in balance on the edge, the last cigarette before the long fall.

http://www.myspace.com/varsovie

Leitmotiv [UK]

Post punkers from Sheffield (UK), North of England goth band, with a four-man line-up consisting of Simon Asquith (vocals & guitar), Steve Shepley (keyboards), Dean Woodhead (bass) and Paul Asquith (drums). ’Silent Run’ should be a post punk classic, otherwise ’(Living in a) Tin’ is more synth/wave oriented, and here is a version remixed from the mini album ’Caress And Curse’. They realeased two excellent singles "Silent Run" in 1984 and "To the Suffering" in 1985 and the richly textured instant mini-album "Caress and Curse". Then, the line-up changed and Louie replaced the bassist Dean Woodhead. They released a maxi-single 12" "Big Money" in 1986.

http://www.myspace.com/leitmotivuk

Miserylab [UK]

Miserylab is the main music project of Porl King, formed after the disbanding of Rosetta Stone in the late 1990s.

King originally conceived miserylab as a moniker for remix and production purposes, such as work done for My Vitriol and the Mercury Music Award winning Elbow. A number of tracks were written in 2000, but were not released whilst production work remained the priority.

In 2005 King created a profile on MySpace, reworking and uploading some of his early miserylab material. In 2007 four of these tracks were made available as a free download, complete with downloadable artwork, known as the Vaporware EP.

Enthused by a positive response, and the successful relocation of his home studio to Leeds, King began writing the full-length Function Creep in November 2007. Released in April 2008 as both a download and limited edition CD, it had a more guitar-driven, post-punk feel than the previous EP. Function Creep was immediately followed by a downloadable single, an extended version of the track Be There Tomorrow.

King is now working on a second album, A Death That We Can Cure, intended to be released on November 5th, 2008. (It is consciously being released on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot.)

http://www.miserylab.com/

http://www.myspace.com/porlking

Three Clouds In The Sky [Net]

Three Clouds In The Sky - A Long Forgotten Day 12" (Self Released-1985)

Three Clouds In The Sky were a dutch post-punk band from Deventer. Ton (the guitarist for TCITS) was previously in the punk band Alerta where he played the bass guitar. “A Long Forgotten Day” was recorded in Joke’s Koeienverhuurbedrijf and produced by Dolf. After Three Clouds, Esther (vocals), Petra (bass)and Leon (drums) teamed up with Harry as guitarist in The Nightblooms who released several records on various UK labels.
http://www.last.fm/music/Three+Clouds+In+The+Sky

PS: Sorry Phoenix Hairpins, the search engine lead me to your old posst again, thank you for the upload:

click here

Never Blue [Che]

The only information I can find is from Phoenix Hairpins, who has upload their Freaky City 12" 1985.

Freak City 12" (Bariton Records-Be 30-920-1985)
1. Freak City
2. Storm
3. Summer In Town
4. The Whale

The Prophetess [US]

The Prophetess is yet another band who has abandoned the majority of it's original sound to escape back to the gothic days of yesteryear. Gone totally are the electronics used in previous work replaced entirely with melodic guitar work. The overall structure of the music remains almost exactly the same as before just without an electronic element. This seems to be a popular fade with gothic bands recently in hopes to get back to the true roots that gothic music initially stemmed from. The Prophetess seems to be doing the job remarkably well. One can even heard elements of some of the older Love & Rockets material present on a number of tracks.

Review from first LP from “All Music Guide”:

"Dripping more than a passing interest in Christian Death, Bauhaus, early Cure, and the Sisters of Mercy in their atmospheric wake, the Prophetess turn in note-perfect goth by rote, and are completely unapologetic about it. Vocalist Mark Hawks wanders through carefully constructed smoke and candle wax, indebted perhaps more to the rumbling of Peter Murphy than is prudent, but still obviously and completely taking the task at hand very seriously. Backed by all the tolling bells and ghostly whistles one would expect across a healthy ten-track set, the band also adds its own spark, using acoustic guitar and classic rock riffs to great advantage, most notably on “Avalon” and “Sylvia.” From the opening “Embrace My Love” to the slightly histrionic “Crucifixion of Sanctity” and on to the bite and punch of “Masquerade With Me,” there aren’t many corners the band doesn’t sweep out. Although it can be argued that the Prophetess are little more than a generic goth-by-numbers combo, and that their lyrics pass too often into the moon goddess arena of triteness and overly obvious allegory, it’s impossible to dismiss them. They are endearing in their way, and musically, they can’t be faulted. And while old schoolers probably won’t want to cast much more than a passing glance at the Prophetess, this album is persnickety, infectious, and ultimately not easily dismissed.”

http://www.myspace.com/thisvastness

Atomic Neon [Ger]

Atomic Neon - Darkenia (Release 2008)

Having started their spaceship from planet "Darkenia", the young German band releases this OldSchool Cold Wave CD just right after their "Life on Earth EP" released on Motor Digital. These 6 extra-terrestrian musicians were on the hunt for a life saving substance - the ATOMIC NEON. In a skillfully arranged manner, adding new elements to the ColdWave sound and combining PunkRock with emotional vocals, this CD presents a range of sounds which won't definitely be forgotten.

Influenced by the sounds from the late 70's/early 80's, ATOMIC NEON is the groundbreaking band for the future.1994 was the year Rio Black & Dr. Mole, the creative center for ATOMIC NEON, first made music together. In the Fall of 2006, after forming the Synth-Pop project SPUNK2003, Black & Mole searched for a live guitarist to help. Thus, the project was reinvented and songs were reconstructed into the band ATOMIC NEON.

http://www.myspace.com/atomicneon

http://www.atomic-neon.de/

Valery & The Greedies [Rus]

Four guys from northern russian village had gone through passion for the most dreary garage-punk since February 2008. And then they changed their course aside post-punk and new wave flirting with pop-music and art at the same time.

http://www.myspace.com/valeryandthegreedies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY7ehhshlRk

Novocaine Mausoleum [Rus]

Novocaine Mausoleum is a band from Moscow plauing batcave/gothic/deathrock. With a flair for the dramatic and bizarre, they make an interesting addition to the underground gothic landscape. Their sound echoes the abandoned grandeur of the former Russian Empire, from gilded grand palaces to desolate ruins of factories. Influences like Cinema Strange can clearly be heard on their 6-track demo.

The band disbanded early August 2008. After several years of making themselves known, the band has called it quits.

http://www.last.fm/music/Novocaine+Mausoleum

Two vids here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd_J_tjE2YE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999QX4_5I-Q

The demo can be download here:

Madre del Vizio [Ger]

Madre del Vizio - Un Mondo Dove 2008 (Compilation)

Many moons ago, MADRE DEL VIZIO spread like wildfire with their track "Amore, Fede, Speranza" featured on Zillo's "German Mystic Sounds Vol. 2" compilation, which quickly conquered the whole of Germany and the rest of Europe. For a long time they maintained the position of being the only German band of that particular genre. In 1990, their first release was a split LP togther with LES FLEURS DU MAL (now known as ENGELSSTAUB), followed by the track "Madre" on the 7" compilation "Death By Dawn". In 1992 they released the CD album "Dio!Dio!Dio!" which is a cult classic today, followed by the CD "The Crypt" and the two MCDs "Feast Of Blood" and "All Around...". The successful history abruptly ended in 1997, when the band split up.

http://www.myspace.com/madre2008