The Goth Calendar

Post Plague presents: Palindrones + Dead Blood Cells + Silent Star
2025-08-08 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | Poco Loco, Chatham, 58 High Street, Chatham, Me4 4ds
A night of Dark Wave, Post -Punk and Electronic industrial with the Enchanting Darkwave group Palindrones returning this time to headline with their intoxicating beats and show. Supported by the amazing synth sounds of Silent Star and you ever faithful Medway industrialists, Dead Blood Cells.

Horror Vacui + TBC
2025-08-14 19:00 - 23:00 | Hope & Ruin, Brighton, 11-12 Queens Rd, Brighton and Hove,, Brighton, BN1 3WA
Italian post-punk/death-rock Horror Vacui five piece return to the UK with a headline show at the Hope & Ruin, Brighton on Thursday 14th August.

Supports to be announced soonEntry 18+

Horror Vacui blends early ’80s goth with post-punk in a horror-tinged sound. Their name reflects a signature style built on tight, guitar-driven songs, sing-along hooks and vocal lines many of which have become modern goth anthems as for “In Darkness You Will Feel Alright”. Fans of Corpus Delicti, Sisters of Mercy, Christian Death and Killing Joke will find familiar ground, but their catalog reaches far beyond nostalgia. Their lyrics explore identity, darkness, society and the human psyche with a raw, punk-rooted urgency that also defines their live presence and political ethos.

Life Review + Tiny Forehead + Jacob Wix
2025-08-16 19:30 - 23:00
Free gig, doors 730pm

Keller Cl, Kiln Farm, Milton Keynes MK11 3LH

Phone: 01908 262924

Dlina Volny
2025-08-20 19:00 - 23:00 | The Prince Albert, Brighton, 48 Trafalgar St, Brighton, BN1 4ED
Dlina Volny is a trio originally from Minsk, Belarus, now based in Warsaw and London.

The band melds Eastern European post-punk with Western darkwave, crafting a moody, introspective sound driven by haunting vocals that feels both nostalgically familiar and distinctly modern. “Dazed” LP was the first album they released on Italians Do It Betterin 2021. It was mixed by Dean Hurley and mastered by Mike Bozzi. The band has established a strong presence in Europe, the UK, and Mexico, performing at festivals like ESNS, Kalabalik på Tyrolen, and Grauzone.

Their new LP, set for release in spring 2025, promises a darker and more assertive sound, melding elements of dark pop, EBM, and cold wave.

PITCHFORK: “Perhaps you’ve been waiting for someone to put you onto Belarusian post-punk trio Dlina Volny, whose Molchat Doma-esque sense of ennui is the perfect match for the American Life track “Hollywood”

CLASH: “New album ‘Dazed’ was released a few hours ago, a crystalline, inviting document of sub-zero electronics. Already becoming a cult favourite, Dlina Volny have also ushered out a new video on the web. Stripped from the album, ‘Do It’ revolves around that motorik pulse, utilising analogue synths and swooping, post-punk bass lines.”

Mutant with Attitude + Blank Xpression + Barking Poets + Tiny Forehead
2025-08-23 19:00 - 23:00 | The Fiery Bird, Woking, 32 Goldsworth Rd, Woking, GU21 6JT
With Blank Xpression, Barking Poets, Mutant With Attitude

Live at The Fiery Bird 32 Goldsworth Rd, Woking GU21 6JT

Doors 7pm, £12 OTD, £10 advance from -https://sessami.co/events/18cf4ec5-20fa-4ff8-a862-c06a4bfccbed?utm_medium=website&utm_source=FieryBird

Email, info@fierybirdvenue.org.uk.

Skeletal Family + Split Dogs + Monica & The Explosion
2025-08-30 19:00 - 23:00 | The Holroyd Arms / Suburbs Venue, Guildford, 36 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8AF
Skeletal Family and Special Guests go Undercover in Guildford

FOR THREE AWESOME BANDS

SKELETAL FAMILYSPLIT DOGSMONICA & THE EXPLOSION (SWE) solo set

SKELETAL FAMILY are: Anneka Latta – Vocals / Stan Greenwood – Guitars / Roger ‘Trotwood’ Nowell – Bass / Ian ‘Karl Heinz’ Taylor – Keyboards / Saxophone /Adrian “Ozzy” Osadzenko – Drums and Percussion

Being one of the more prominent Indie / Alternative bands from the early / mids 1980s, Skeletal Family enjoyed relatively major national and international success. From topping the National UK indie charts for three weeks in Autumn 1984 with debut album “Burning Oil” (above other contemporary northern bands The Smiths & New Order) to recording seven BBC Radio One sessions for John Peel, Janice Long & Kid Jensen. Their impressive live show at this time bought them to the attention of The Sisters of Mercy front man Andrew Eldritch, who, after seeing a local performance, invited them as special guests on their 1984 Black October tour. The next two years saw the band gracing the stage with acts such as Siouxie & The Banshees, Spear of Destiny & The Mission etc.

Undettered, following vocalist Anne Hurst’s sudden departure in 1985 following the release of their second album “Futile Combat”, the band enjoyed greater national chart success with the singles ‘Restless’ & ‘Just A Minute’ via signing to Chrysalis Records with new vocalist Katrina Phillips (from ex Specials Terry Hall’s band The Colourfield, single ‘Thinking of You’). This line up of the group disbanded in 1987 but due to the advent of the worldwide web, reissues of earlier studio and compilation albums, along with a rapidly growing resurgence of interest in eighties music & culture the band reformed again in 2022. Now consisting of original members Stan Greenwood, Roger ‘Trotwood’ Nowell and Ian ‘Karl Heinz’ Taylor, i.e. the main songwriters of the band (all of whom were in the original pre cursor to Skeletal Family from 1979 called The Elements) produced two new original studio albums “Sakura” & “Songs Of Love Hope & Despair” alongside a third release on Jungle Records titled “Day Of All Days”. The band continues to play live to this day, headlining alternative European festivals / events which culminated with an extensive month long USA tour in 2018 coupled with one off appearances in Brazil and Mexico. 2020 / 2021 saw the band utilising the Covid pandemic to their advantage. Alongside vocalist Anneka Latta and drummer Adrian “Ozzy” Osadzenko the band recorded 19 new songs at Paul Weller’s Black Barn Studios, Ripley, UK. Ten of these tracks have been selected for the bands sixth studio album “Light From The Dark” scheduled for release Sping 2023 via Chapter 22 Records. https://skeletalfamily.com

AND we have them going Undercover over at Suburbs The Holroyd Guildford. Enjoy!

SPLIT DOGSKnown for their signature gut-punching, fast-paced sound, rock n rollers Split Dogs have hit the ground running since the release of their self titled debut album in 2023. Blasting out hot and heavy live performances all over the UK, Cultivating a loyal and growing fanbase with their raucous stage performances, hard-hitting hooks and infectious lyrics, they are here to destroy!

Check out split dogs and feel the sweat, steel and sex appeal.https://linktr.ee/splitdogs

MONICA & THE EXPLOSION (SWE) SOLOMonica and The Explosion is Monica Welander, is an acoustic punk rock artist originally from Sweden. She has been touring all around the world, as a solo artist or with a band, known and respected for her dynamic live performances and her songs. The sound is best described as ”jukebox punk” – acoustic rock ‘n’ roll with attitude.

https://monicaandtheexplosion.com/
