3 Gothic Rock Bands Battle it out!Courtesan:Blendings of Goth Rock and Industrial Sounds.The Black Riders Cult:Mixing dark alternative sounds with heavy riffs, deep basslines and metaphoric lyrics…Hollow Dawn:Formed from the ashes of some of Sheffield’s finest alternative/goth bands (The Way of all Flesh, Every Black Day, The Silent Age and Sanctuary) we still have unfinished business.
Manchester’s IST IST return with their fifth studio album ‘DAGGER’ – the follow-up to 2024’s ‘Light A Bigger Fire’ which charted at number 25 in the UK, breaking them into the Top 40 for the first time. Once again collaborating with producer Joseph Cross (Hurts, Lana Del Rey, Courteeners) the record finds the band returning to their electronic-infused post-punk roots after making a leap into more mainstream sensibilities last time out. Over their decade as a band so far, IST IST have forged a formidable reputation on word of mouth excitement, amassing a dedicated cult following in the process. Operating
VENUE UPDATE: The YorkshiremanPlease note the change of venue: The Yorkshireman, 10 Arundel Gate, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2PP We’re back! The Raven’s is extra special as we celebrate our first anniversary. Join us on Friday, 24th April for a night of live music and dark beats. We are thrilled to kick off the celebration with very special guests and long-time friends, Berlyn Trilogy, followed by floor-filling DJ sets. We will be joined by Nature of Wires + Machina X for a special appearance!! 📅 The Lineup20:00 | Doors Open20:30 | Nature of Wires + Machina X (Special guests)21:00
Welcome to the night of the Dead, Def Boners!Come along for a night of Le Neon Happy, as 3 of the UKs weirdest musical groupings converge onto Sheffield’s Rockiest Venue.Bring your Bananas,Wear your Neons, and the Boners will follow naturally.9pm Doors9:20pm – Le Bone10:20pm – Def Neon11:15pm – Dead HappyLate Bar afterwards !!
STIGMATA UK presents MESHplus special guestsThe Truth Doesn’t Matter – Tour 2026 Tickets:www.stigmata.uk/tickets Due to popular demand, those masters of emotional electronics MESH are playing their homeland again, it’s no secret their songs pull at your very heartstrings while more often then not, have you dancing the blues away too, this time they play these 3 very exclusive ‘The Truth Doesn’t Matter’ shows in the UK! In their hometown Bristol and also in Sheffield for the first time in several years! These special shows will see them play tracks from their new album plus an extended set of classic tracks
Cryptid Queers is back for our first party of 2026! Join us on Saturday May 16th as we return to FORGE Warehouse with a night of standout monster drag, headlined by none other than Psyclone Jack – one of the UK’s premiere alt entertainers and master shapeshifter. Hosted by King Confuza and with a full cast still to be announced, featuring as always a mix of established, rising talents, and brand new monsters. The night also serves as a fundraiser for our Drag Monster Festival, an all-day celebration of monster drag taking over FORGE Warehouse on August 8th. Alongside the
BlakLight is Los Angeles based dark synthpop trio Adam Collier (Beautiful Crisis, SilverScene), Brian Belknap (Mind Machine) & Omar Quiñones (Vain Machine). Formed by Adam and Brian in early 2020, the band released the singles “Isolation” and “Unknown Love” before quickly unleashing their critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Music in a Time of Uncertainty’. After an additional single, “Control”, an onslaught of remix EPs, compilation tracks and numerous remixes for other artists, BlakLight set their sights on a second album. “Nightmares” and “Reset” built anticipation for the follow-up, ‘Into the Void’, released in late 2021. ‘Into The Void’ crafts songs of
After an absence of 36 years, Poisonous Little Creatures make their return to the stage. It will be the band’s first gig for over three decades when they return at The Hallamshire Hotel, West Street, on Saturday 20th June, 2026.: the only venue they played back in the day that hasn’t been either demo’ed or closed down! With founding member Pete Vanston retired from the stage, Denzil Watson (vocals), Kirk Nelson (guitars) and Michael Fearnley (drums) are joined by Denzil’s ex-RepoMen bandmate Simon Tiller on bass and Lee Bradley on keyboards. Sonically the band take their influences from the 80’s indie/goth rock,
RevolutioN :RETRO EDITION: Saturday 4th July ******FREE ENTRY****** Please note: July’s RevolutioN event will be held at Sidney & Matilda in Sheffield city centre, due to a room refurb at Corp. Special retro edition of RevolutioN (and also our 17th year anniversary) featuring nothing but the most well known industrial, EBM, synthpop, aggrotech, electro and darkwave tracks from the 1990’s to the 2020’s Expect to hear the biggest dance floor tunes from the likes of VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk, Covenant, Front 242, Ministry, Rob Zombie, The Prodigy, Combichrist, Suicide Commando, Hocico, NIN, Assemblage 23, Icon Of Coil, Aesthetic Perfection, Laibach,
