Formed in the winter of 1982 at the Batcave club in London, the band became known in the gothic scene for their psychobilly, dark electronic, industrial sound, heavy samples and loops and manic vocals.

Comprising of frontman Nik Fiend and his spouse Mrs. Fiend as the nucleus, the band has put out a long and musically varied discography over the years. Switching easily from heavy industrial to ambient experimental styles, and everything between, fans of Alien Sex Fiend are always wondering what the next album is going to entail.

Anne-Marie Hurst was the lead vocalist for the groups The Elements, Skeletal Family, and Ghost Dance.

Anne-Marie contacted Skeletal Family guitarist Stan on the off chance possibility of again working together.

These initial sessions worked well with new material written, rehearsed and ready to perform.

To augment the sound the duo began enlisting the services of other musicians with a definite view to releasing new material / performing live.

As of February 2010 Anne Marie is now back out on the road with with Stan and Trotwood in the band. Playing songs from her back catalog and new songs.

Arcana is a neoclassical/darkwave band from Sweden, formed in 1993. They merge classically- and medievally-inspired instrumental music with occasional vocals to arrive at a richly atmospheric and dark musical tapestry.

The original line-up consisted of Peter Bjärgö and Ida Bengtsson, but since 2002 it changed line-up and now consists of Peter Bjärgö, Ann-Mari Thim, Stefan Eriksson, Cecilia Bjärgö and Mattias Borgh.

In 1989, the name “Covenant” was selected for the group—a name derived from the unspoken, spiritual bond the trio professes to share.

Covenant’s first release, Dreams of a Cryotank, which would spawn an important early club hit for the band, “Theremin”, a track which can still be heard on dancefloors today.

Their second Album Sequencer would launch them onto the international forefront. It would result in the band embarking on their first European tour.

Hits like “Der Leiermann”, Call The Ships To Port” and “Bullet” became their trademarks.With a spate of headlining performances at major festivals in Europe Covenant also redefined their already impressive reputation for stellar live shows.

Shortly after the release of their sixth studio Album Skyshaper, Nachmanson amicably parted ways with the band and was replaced by Haujobb’s Daniel Myer. At first brought in exclusively for live shows, Myer was, in short order, asked to join the band permanently.

Started in 1990, Dive is the solo project of Belgian EBM pioneer and former Klinik and Absolute Body Control frontman Dirk Ivens.

Continuing the minimal, menacing electronics of early Klinik releases, but with a heavier, more saturated edge, Dive’s distinct sound has been a highly influential presence in the EBM and electro-industrial scene.

This was the start of many products with an evolving sound. With a minimum on equipment, Dirk creates a maximum of power.

His sound is copied by a lot of newcomers in the last couple of years and he proved on many stages that less means more.

In this new collaborative project the core members are Stephen Carey, formerly of Ireland’s This Burning Effigy; and Tony Pettitt, originally of the influential Fields of The Nephilim. With each song various musicians have been involved bringing in their own unique talents and trademark sounds to produce the debut album that is ‘Smoke & Mirrors’.

The vocalists who have graced The Eden House are Julianne Regan (All About Eve), Evi Vine, Amandine Ferrari and Monica Richards (Faith & The Muse). Also contributing are violinist Bob Loveday (of Penguin Café Orchestra, Van Morrison, and currently Bob Geldof’s band); former Fields of The Nephilim Peter Yates, Nod Wright and Paul Wright; along with drummers Simon Rippin (Nefilim, NFD) and Bob Irwin (Van Morrison, Johnny Cash).

Their music still sounds as promising as in the early years. Together with its members the music has evolved into honest contemporary dark rock songs without betraying their musical roots. It is no secret that the band is influenced by the death-rock, post punk, new-wave, goth-rock and electro bands of the eighties and nineties. Combining these musical influences with modern arrangements and their own typical style the band members create the unique sound of Erato.

The Exploding Boy were formed by Swedes Johan Sjöblom and Les Andersson in January 2006.

In the following year the band recruited more members and finally released their self-titled debut album.

From stompy techno to synthpop to dirty groove-laden electro: Faderhead mashes it all up like no one else.

It's 2009 and Faderhead's electronic music assault is in full swing. Three highly acclaimed albums in 3 years - and 2 massive worldwide clubhits with "Dirtygrrrls/Dirtybois" and "TZDV".

But wait, there's more to the man with the mohawk: as a complete surprise to almost anyone, he just released the highly acclaimed "Horizon Born"-EP ... a collection of 5 haunting ballads that show an emotional side and an ability to create beautiful music that most people never expected from a man who's famous for his dancefloor-dominating clubtracks!

Faderhead's high energy live shows are currently supported by Marco Visconti (XP8l) on keyboards and backing vocals.

Faith and the Muse, formed in 1993, are vocalist and songwriter Monica Richards and William Faith.

The duo draws from a wide array of styles: gothic rock, ethereal, Celtic, post-punk, and even jazz. Neo-pagan and Celtic mythology influences much of their lyrical content.

While their sound varies greatly from song to song, their music is always highly emotional and spiritual, with a cathartic and epic character.

Their performances change from tour to tour, featuring at times theatrical and orchestral instrumentation, or quiet intimate acoustic events, and other times, straight-up hard rocking shows.

Formed in 2004, FGFC820 is the hard EBM project from well-known and respected New York City DJs Rexx Arkana and Dräcos. Drawing on joint and separate influences ranging from old school industrial to modern gabber, Arkana and Dräcos combine to create a sound that is at once melodic and relentlessly rhythmic.

The rhythms pound their way into your psyche with militaristic grandeur, stomping like a Teutonic march

Their debut EP, “The Hanging Garden,” was released in 2005. In May 2006 they released their full length debut, “Urban Audio Warfare,” and in 2008 their second album, “Law & Ordnance”.

Front Line Assembly are Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber, the best-known project undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo.

Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining elements of EBM.

They evoke politically barbed cynicism with found spoken word samples and harrowing, distorted vocals that sound like the clarion call of Armageddon. Synths emit sharp tones that evoke anxiety, piercing peaceful, passive listening through the diaphragm; dance beats roll into the mix, offering bleak, hedonist pleasure.

Funker Vogt is a German EBM/Electro-band, formed by Gerrit Thomas and Jens Kästel in 1995.

Since 1996 “Funker Vogt” has published 7 albums, plus various EPs, singles and remix CDs.

Next to its creativity, it is the vibrant energy of its live concerts which best characterises the band. This quality has undergone continuous improvement as the size of the band has grown from two to four.

“Funker Vogt” is also known as a complete work, regrouping image, music, lyrics, and stage presence into a unique theme: one of the major characteristics of Funker Vogt’s concerts is the martial appearance of the band.

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Formed in 1990, The House of Usher is often referred to as the “last” Goth rock band from Germany.

The band’s literary appetite doesn’t end with their name; Kleuden likes to write short stories for each album.

The House of Usher's first release, "Dance Hall Days Dawn Kissed", was only available on cassette. After issuing more tapes and an EP called "Relic" in 1993, the House of Usher's initial LP "Stars Fall Down" appeared in 1995.

In 1996 the band releases the album "Zephyre", in 1998 "Black Sunday Chronology" and in 1999 "Cosmogenesis". Despite a few line-up changes, Kleuden remained with the House of Usher, recording "Inferno/l’enfer" in 2002. In 2005 the band released "Radio Cornwall". Their latest album "Angst" was released in 2009.

IN THE NURSERY is the Sheffield-based musical project (neo-classical electronic) centred around the nucleus of twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone. ITN's musical history spans more than twenty five years and has constantly expressed their desire for progress and experimentation. Their sublime, cinematic music blends electronica, classical arrangements, orchestral percussion and soundscapes evoking a timeless quality.

IN THE NURSERY have released more than two dozen albums since 1981. The creative progress of the band’s albums has always consolidated their distinctive sound while taking on board contemporary influences.

ITN’s music has been used on numerous film soundtracks and trailers including Beowulf, The Aviator, Interview with the Vampire, Along Came a Spider and The Rainmaker as well as the La Femme Nikita TV series.

Parallel to their studio works, ITN have spent the last twelve years developing their Optical Music Series, new scores for classic silent films. The series to date has included The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Asphalt, Man with a Movie Camera, Hindle Wakes, A Page of Madness, Electric Edwardians and The Passion of Joan of Arc. ITN have performed their new scores at screenings throughout Europe, South America and Australasia.

Bettina Köster is one of the protagonists of the German punk / New Wave. When references are only the new-wave loading iron gray, which she ran together with Gudrun Gut in Berlin, Mania D or malaria named!

John Peel called Bettina his "queen of noise", and that's just what she is. Take a voice like Marianne Faithfull's, add some dark and heavy guitars & beats, and you'll get an idea of what Köster sounds like.

Militia is a Belgian industrial percussion band. It was founded in 1989 by the multi-instrumentalist Frank Gorissen and wind instrument player Jo Billen and now 6 musicians are involved.

The band is known for its use of self made percussion and wind instruments and the scrap material they transform into musical instruments. The band’s music is often inspired by the anarchic and atheist social views and their concearn about our natural environment, themes that can be found in most of their lyrics and statements.

Narsilion is a neoclassical darkwave band from Spain. Formed in 2000 as Aranmanoth and renamed to Narsilion in 2002.

In a short period of time, Spanish based Narsilion have managed to climb to the summit of neoclassical, heavenly voices and folk music. Their combination of diverse styles; dark and martial while remaining sweet and rich with fable have attracted a large public in the small world of dark folk and medieval sounding music public.

Especially their second record, 'Arcadia', has been the ear catcher. It easily sold out, boasting of a delicate dig pack design full of fabled lands and long lost beauty.

NOSFERATU is a UK Gothic Rock band formed in March 1988 by Damien DeVille. They are one of the most successful Gothic rock groups in the world. Their albums, singles, and DVD have sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. They have also sold hundreds of thousands of songs on various compilation albums since their first commercial release in the early 1990s.

Nosferatu have the credibility of being one of the few UK-based Gothic rock bands to receive chart success both in the UK and Germany.

Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio is an aesthetic constellation situated somewhere on the illusive boundary between the impending apocalypse & the orgies of ancient Rome; and accompanied by the sound of acoustic guitars, cyclic soundscapes, strings and percussions; come songs on the threshold of the sensually seductive and morally reprehensible; gospels on the verge of the conjecturally acclaimed and what's soon to be condemned.

The music is contemporarily referred to as Apocalyptic Pop, but its continuing variation over the past thirteen years extends further and perfectly congregates a variation of nuances into the distinguishing essence of that which is Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio.

Cum, join and witness for yourself, the orgies of Roses and Equilibrium.
Two is company, Three is an Orgy; I am Forever.

Rabia Sorda is Erk Aicrag’s solo project. The lyricist and singer of the Mexican hard elektro duo Hocico, started working on this project in 2003, listening to the internal voices that compelled him to create his own sonic world.

Seventh Harmonic are a female symphonic ensemble formed in Autumn 1999, creating dark atmospheric dreamscapes, drawing on many influences from Celtic through Eastern. The music blends an intoxicating mix of soaring violin and angelic vocals, with classical piano undertones

When the multi-vocalist project went into hibernation in 2004, the band’s founding members Caroline Jago and Eilish McCracken joined Sol Invictus, who went on to play with Arcana in Autumn 2008; whereupon a friendship was formed between the two bands which led to Ann-Mari from Arcana offering to sing for Seventh Harmonic a year later.

Sex Gang Children is an early gothic rock group that formed in the early 1980s in Britain. They were a very dramatic band, relying on heavy bass, tribal drumming, sudden mood shifts, a woozy cabaret ready sound that influenced the rise of the later Dark Cabaret scene, and yet another in a long line of goth singers with an odd, highly dramatic voice.

They remain one of the better known bands out of the early Goth scene.

Early 80's avant-garde industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy were formed in Vancouver, Canada.

Skinny Puppy experimented with electronic recording techniques and methods. the band composed multi-layered music generally using keyboards, synthesizers, found sounds, drum machines, live percussion, tape splices, samplers, and conventional rock music instruments.

Skinny Puppy has remained fresh and vital to its many fans, and is considered as one of the most important bands in the industrial/gothic/ebm genre, inspiring such acts as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson.

SPECTRA*PARIS is an Italian electronic project created by Elena Fossi, known for her work in long-running and influential electronic band Kirlian Camera. SPECTRA*paris was created in the wake of the dissolution of Siderartica, Fossi’s previous side project.

The style of the band is going to add roaring tech guitars to electronic rhythms,
offering a spectacular mix of futuristic and glam-noir “new rock”. Fashion, haute-couture,
crimes, secret services, spy stories, sex, erotica... all that and much more goes to get
mixed up into a magic and fresh musical box led by the amazing and unrivalled voice of
the gorgeous frontliner Elena Alice, lead singer and composer of the songs!

A great harmony among the members Elena Fossi, Marianna Alfieri & Alessia Cavalieri (and good friends...) of SPECTRA*paris is
probably one of the peculiarities of this project.

Over the last 10 years, Belgium's best gothic rock export to date, Star Industry have built a strong reputation for their live performances through numerous appearances across Europe in the scenes biggest festivals.

Star Industry offers a collage of strong new gothic anthems led by extremely catchy choruses, powerful song arrangements, intricate electronic loops, incisive guitars, dark synth lines and carrying drum patterns.

Triarii is the German martial industrial act of Christian Erdmann. He combines martial industrial with neo-classical.

A triumphal arch of bombast and orchestral swells limned with choir and dark vocals.Accentuating a dark glory of Empire strings lend the air minatory aplomb, marching without percussion usher arteries of choir and strings offering skyward libations to swell in a grandiose climax.

A sinister seed was planted in the fertile soil of northern Europe as Christian Erdmann (Triarii) and Tomas Pettersson (Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio) gave birth to the track “Roses 4 Rome”. And now finally, the progeny has been conceived and fully developed; and what they call TriORE, has ultimately been born.

Both participants go beyond themselves and step out of normal character, but TriORE is nonetheless the embodiment of all that which is Triarii, and all that which is Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio; like a succulent apple in two opposite pieces just waiting to be devoured.

The bombastic touch of Triarii is still there; the string sections, the choirs, the martial drums and much more; alongside the eloquence of Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, musically, melodically, as well as lyrically. This is what all lovers of both bands have been waiting for.

The band UMBRA ET IMAGO was founded by Mozart in autumn 1991 with the purpose of creating a counter-statement to the upcoming gothic culture.
In 1992 the band started live performances, which where fueled by their visual effects from the first time on. Bottom line: The band became cult and Umbra et Imago established their own branch in goth-music. S/M-phantasies were used as their trade mark in the former asexual Indie scene, making its way to a much larger audience. The S/M-theme was chosen purposely, because it would reflect the most intellectual expression of sexuality in their minds.

The first album Traume, Sex und Tod was released in 1992, followed by Infantile Spiele one year later, which became their break-through. Gothic Erotic turned into a Club hit.

The lyrics ( as the author Mozart comments himself) come from many different influences such as literature, biographic elements and off course observation of todays life. They fall from odd subtle humor into a spotting, evil mirror of our society and its irony.

Unheilig is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band, formed in 1999 and consists of Der Graf, Grant Stevens and Jose Alvarez-Brill.

Unheilig which fuses heavy guitars, dancable beats and a dose of infectious synth-driven melodicism with the brooding croon of Der Graf presiding over it all. It ends up being a very tasty combination

They are stylistically connected to the Dark Culture.

Vic Anselmo is a Gothic/Alternative singer and songwriter. A great invention, stunning voice and wide musical horizon let her find her own special ways in creating music.

Her songs sound like a soundtrack to dreams. They are very sensual and would amaze you with their dynamic contrasts and sound variety. All that comes together with an impressive onstage image.
Vic Anselmo is bound to be the first Latvian alternative lady to be known outside the Baltic States.

Her debut album “Trapped in a Dream” was released in Europe on October 10th 2008 and is being destributed by the German label Omniamedia.

VNV Nation is an electronic music group formed in 1990 that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music into what they call futurepop.

VNV Nation´s inspiration was originally the clash of modern and classical Europe cultures, where mythology and technology live in an uneasy fusion but this has since broadened to encompass a world view. The music ranges from electronic dance music to ballads and classical inspired music. Inspirations are taken from a wide range of styles including contemporary underground club culture, industrial and classical music. The lyrics draw on philosophy, literature, art, politics and different forms of symbolism. VNV Nation does not advocate any ideology. It is a metaphor for expression.

The letters VNV stand for “Victory Not Vengeance”. The meaning behind this stylised motto is that one should strive to achieve, not sit in bitter regret.

Void of Sadness was founded in the summer of 2004.

Faithful to our roots since the foundation of the band, our music can be defined as something in between industrial metal with a post rock flavor.

WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW is a Gothic Rock band from Austria, formed in 1996. The bandname is inspired by the story The Whispers in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft. A new Album will come out in April 2010.

YelworC began in Germany around 1987, started by Peter Devin and Dominik van Reich. They developed a unique style of EBM, combining heavy bass lines, danceable beats, and horror film inspired atmospherics.