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SUMMARY:Halifax Goth Festival: Ghost Dance + Salvation
DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival 13th to 15th Feb. \n\n\n\nIn the Albany Arcade of Halifax’s Victorian Borough Market.Tickets on sale 10am 9th August. Full weekend tickets available.Members £19\, full £20\, o.t.d £21 . Buy from the bar and See Tickets. \n\n\n\nBAR inside the venue. \n\n\n\nFormed in 1985\, from the ashes of iconic luminaries of the ‘post punk’ and ‘goth’ scenes\, Skeletal Family and The SistersOf Mercy. They had an instant following and spent many weeks\, high in the indie charts\, with releases on the KarbonLabel and touring with many of their contemporaries\, The Cult\, The Mission\, All About Eve\, Wonderstuff\, Killing Joke\, aswell as appearing at many incredibly events\, such as Reading Rock Festival in 1988.After signing to Chrysalis\, for a major album release\, with ‘Stop The World’\, Ghost Dance appeared on radio sessions forJohn Peel\, Janice Long\, Nicky Campbell and made many Radio and TV appearances throughout the UK\, Europe\, Canada & the America.Sadly\, Ghost Dance disbanded after touring Germany with The Ramones in 1989. \n\n\n\n2021 saw a new line-up\, featuring Anne Marie hurst and going from strength to strength with their Youtube videos topping100\,000 plays and well received singles & live shows\, including special guests to Fields Of The Nephilim at the sold out‘Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival’ at Whitby in 2022 along with shows in Belgium\, Sweden and Mexico.2023 saw Ghost Dance release their long awaited new album ‘The Silent Shout’ to rave reviews\, which went straight toNo1 in iTunes ‘Goth Rock’ chart and the CD still remains high in the charts and is an Amazon best seller of the genre. \n\n\n\nSalvation are one of the original Leeds-based post-punk/goth bands. Formed in 1983\, the original line-up of the bandwas Daniel Mass (vocals)\, Mike Hayes (guitar) and James Elmore (bass). At the time\, Daniel Mass was working with The Sisters of Mercy\, and lead singer Andrew Eldritch took the band to K.G. Studios in Bridlington to record and produce Salvation’s first single\,“Girlsoul”\, which came out on the Merciful Release label.In 1985\, Salvation recruited new guitarist\, Choque Hosein\, and drummer Paul Maher replaced the drum machine. On 16.03.85\, the band played their first live gig at Leeds University’s Tartan Bar. 1985 also saw the recording of the “Jessica’s Crime”single\, this time with The Mission’s Wayne Hussey in the Producer’schair. This was followed in 1986 by another 3-track EP\,“Seek”.In 1987\, with the addition of secondguitarist Benoît Farvak and new bassist Richard Miechje\, Salvation recorded its first album\,“Diamondsare Forever”\, which entered the UK Indie Charts in July of that year. In 1988\, the band signed anew record deal with alternative label Karbon and released both “Sunshine Superman” (a Donovan cover) and the“All and More” EP which gained BBC Radio 1 airplay. \n\n\n\nIn 1989\, a new line-up toured extensively with bands such as The Mission\, New ModelArmy\, Red Lorry Yellow Lorryand Pop Will Eat Itself. At the end of the year\, Salvation signed to MilesCopeland’s IRS label and released a new single\, “Debris”\,and a second album\, “Sass”.In 1990\, Salvation supported labelmates\, The Alarm\, on its ‘No Frontiers’ tour. Following the tour\,Daniel Mass leftthe band.In 2007\, after a 16 year hiatus\, during which Salvation’s first CD compilation\,“Hunger Days”\,had been released (in1997)\, Daniel Mass and Benoit Farvak reconnected after being invited to play Leeds Metropolitan University with TheMarch Violets. \n\n\n\nSince 2012 the band has been touring regularly in the UK\, playing its own shows and supporting\, amongst others\,Fields of The Nephilim and Skeletal Family. 2014 finally saw the release of the widely bootlegged album\, “Clash of Dreams”\, most of which had been recorded back in 1984\, with Andrew Eldrich again on production duties.In March 2020\, Salvation played 4 shows in France and Belgium\, as special guests of The Mission. The last of thosedates was recorded and releasedas Salvation’s first ever Live album\,“We Gave You Diamonds…Live at De Casino!”Post Covid\, the band developed a new live sound\, incorporating digital drums\, and has since played a number of gigs\,supporting the Mission (2022) and Rose of Avalanche (2023). In January 2023\, Salvation was also part of the LeedsAntenna Festival line-up. Two 2023 book/CD packages also feature the bandIn September 2022 the band celebrated almost 40 years in the business with a sold-out homecoming gig at the Brudenell\, Leeds\, featuring members past and present.In October 2023 Salvation played at the Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival\, Whitby\, playing some never-performed live songs from the early years (1983-86). \n\n\n\nTickets on sale 10am 9th August. Full weekend tickets available.Members £19\, full £20\, o.t.d £21BAR inside the venue.
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/halifax-goth-festival-ghost-dance-salvation/
LOCATION:The Grayston Unity\, Halifax\, 8 Horton St\,\, Halifax\, HX1 1PU
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Live Bands,Yorkshire and the Humber
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SUMMARY:Halifax Goth Festival: Chameleons + Korinthians
DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival 13th to 15th Feb. \n\n\n\nAs part of the Halifax Goth Festival. Taking place in candlelit Halifax Minster. Bar in the church. Mostly seated/first in = best view/pew.The legacy of The Chameleons dates all the way back to 1981 when the band were discovered by the legendary BBC Radio host John Peel. Following their debut single ‘In Shreds’ for Epic Records in 1982\, the band released three seminal albums: the widely acclaimed ‘Script of the Bridge’ (1983)\, cited bymany sources to be a masterpiece way ahead of its time\, its follow up ‘What Does Anything Mean? Basically!’ (1984) and for the US based Geffen Records ‘Strange Times’ (1986). Their unique sound quickly captivated the public through their very own mix of melancholic\, yet energetic and powerful tunes\, hypnotic ethereal riffs and the potent\, timeless lyrical style. The Chameleons are considered to beone of the most influential guitar bands of the 80s and 90s\, contributing substantially to the post-punk\,shoegaze and indie scenes and are often regarded as one of the most underrated bands ever to emerge from the city of Manchester England.The Chameleons disbanded in 1987 only to re-emerge in 2000 with the independently released\, ‘Why Call It Anything’ and toured widely across Europe and the United States. However following the tragic death of their drummer\, John Lever\, and the departure of another founding member guitarist\, Dave Fielding\, the group disbanded once more. The Chameleons reformed in 2021 with surviving founders and principle writers: guitarist Reg Smithies and bassist\, vocalist & lyricist Mark Burgess\, joined byguitarist Stephen Rice\, Danny Ashberry on keyboards and on drums Todd Demma.Over the decades the popularity and reputation of the band continued to grow leading them to share the stage with the likes of U2\, Killing Joke\, Bauhaus\, Simple Minds\, Talk Talk\, The Cure amongst others. The Chameleons regard themselves primarily as a ‘live band’\, which has earned the fan’s loyalty and respectfor decades with ther effortlessly intense and emotionally-charged performances. They have been touring extensively in the EU\, UK\, US and as far abroad as Australia\, South America and China.The Chameleons are excited to announce the release of their first new single in over a decade: ‘Where Are You’ coming out on May 24th on Metropolis Records in conjunction with ‘Strange TimesEntertainment.“We are thrilled to be working on our brand new album titled ‘Arctic Moon’ coming out later this year. We’ ve been working extremely hard and we’re really proud of the results so far. We all feel it’s the best work we’ve done so far. Fans might have the chance to hear some of the new songs on the upcomingtour in the United States\, Europe\, Australia and South America. \n\n\n\nKORINTHIANS is a postpunk quartet from Ghent\, Belgium\, characterized by some as “doom disco” or “new-romantic darkwave”. They are inspired by artists such as Goose\, Mogwai\, Linea Aspera\, Kaelan Mikla\, The Soft Moon\, Boytronic\, M83\, Actors\, Kite\, Agent Side Grinder and Boy Harsher. \n\n\n\n“KORINTHIANS seamlessly weave together a melodious mosaic of the sublime and the melancholic\, utilizingeeriesynths andemotivevocals. The tunes are catchy enough to propel you into the kinetic energy of the dance floor with their airy and spacious aura\, yet they do not shy away from conveying a sense of vaguely ominous urgency.” –Postpunk.com “Firmly rooted in the ’80s Post-Punk and New Wave\, the guitar-driven sound for dark hearts from the quartet\, at times heightened by evocative synth sweeps\, recall somehow the resonant noirish romanticism of Interpol and Editors and even the bombastic tones of early Radiohead and Arcade Fire.” –WhiteLight//WhiteHeat“No Future” is an ecstatic blast of synth melodies and rock ‘n roll energy. It exemplifies the band’s sound\, which they describe as a post-wave blend of ’80s melancholy and ’90s anger. –Synthpop FanaticAbout A Major Walk: “An applaudable [second album]for a band that has definitely changed pace\, and that fully deserves to reap the fruits of the great work done for such an exciting album\, capable of captivating more and more listen after listen. From here on\, it is legitimate and proper for KORÌNTHIANSto aim high\, because the potential is truly great and\, with this spirit\, one can swear that the best is yet to come. Not to be missed.”–Darkroom Magazine \n\n\n\nStrong support comes from Belgium’s Korinthians.Tickets: £34 adv. members £33. from the bar or Seetickets
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/halifax-goth-festival-chameleons-korinthians/
LOCATION:Halifax Minster\, Causeway\, Halifax\, HX1 1QL
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Live Bands,Yorkshire and the Humber
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SUMMARY:Halifax Goth Festival: Rhombus + Hemlock
DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival 13th to 15th Feb. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale 10am on 9th August. Fulll weekend gig tickets available.£7 members/£8 full /£9 on the door. Buy from the bar or See Tickets. \n\n\n\nRhombus has been established for more than a decade as one of the best Alternative/ Goth bands on the UK scene.Mixing male and female vocals with swirling guitars\, a rock solid rhythm section\, and a powerful and ear-wormingly catchy sound\,Rhombus have gained a strong following across Europe and beyond. The band’s live shows always deliver a high-energyexperience that leaves the audience always eager for more.”The heart of Rhombus is excellent songwriting. The combined skills of Ed\, Rob\, Alixandrea and Lee produce quality songs thatare often varied and always memorable. \n\n\n\nHemloch are a Symphonic Metal band\, hailing from Yorkshire and Herts. Hemloch channel raw emotion\, delving into the apocalyptic. Summoning the influence of myth\, darkness\, and the chaos of modern life\, Hemloch craft songs that feel both otherworldly and deeply human. They don’t shy away from the void\, they challenge it.
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/halifax-goth-festival-rhombus-hemlock/
LOCATION:The Grayston Unity\, Halifax\, 8 Horton St\,\, Halifax\, HX1 1PU
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SUMMARY:Halifax Goth Festival: Cover of Dark + Black Rain
DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival 13th to 15th Feb.Tickets on sale 10am on 9th August. Full weekend tickets available.Members £7\, full £8\, on the door £9 \n\n\n\n“Resurrecting the good times – Cover of Dark are a five-piece band from Leeds\, playing the best of Goth and alternative 80s music.” \n\n\n\nBlack Rain exploded onto the scene with a sold out debut gig in March 2024\, quickly establishing a reputation as one of the hardest working post punk bands in the country. On the back of this debut we were asked to play with Auger and Spiritual Bat on the UK legs of their European tours. The subsequent 12 months saw the band rapidly become one of the most in-demand post punk bands in the country. With appearances at Corrosion Festival (Morecambe)\, Serial Bowl Records (Sunderland)\, NecroscopE (Coventry)\, Fulford Arms (York)\, Carpe Noctum (Leeds)\, Stripped (Gateshead) and Nightbreed (Newcastle). \n\n\n\nIn a world of bland manufactured noise\, Black Rain offers a stark\, unrelenting fresh take on the classic post-punk sound\, existing in the space between the aggressive raw energy of punk and the brooding dark intensity of goth. Our self-titled debut album\, released on July 14th\, has been met with critical acclaim. Baby Step Magazine (15/6) hailed it as “a brutal\, beautiful collision of ghostly atmospherics and razor-edged rage…channel the grit of their homeland and the fury of a world on edge. With a sound forged in isolation\, anger\, and unrelenting honesty\, Black Rain don’t want to fit in—they want to burn it all down.” Peek-A-Boo Magazine (12/06) further described it as “freshly-sharpened double-edged Post-Punk. Aggressive and unrelenting but with a fresh take on the classic sound …post-punk at its most fierce and unfiltered.”.
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/halifax-goth-festival-cover-of-dark-black-rain/
LOCATION:The Grayston Unity\, Halifax\, 8 Horton St\,\, Halifax\, HX1 1PU
CATEGORIES:Covers Bands,Festivals,Live Bands,Yorkshire and the Humber
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