Black Nail Cabaret ~ No Gold [2⊘2⊘]

No Gold is a multi-layered musical metaphor on embracing the impermanence of life and its fleeting imperfections shared in a skull-shaving session with heartfelt beauty and candor. “Change is inevitable. Mental or physical, local or global, it’s always happening. Sometimes we have to drop the old skin to give place to the new growing underneath.”, states Emese ‘Emke’. Undeniably, as this appears a multifaceted gift … Continue reading Black Nail Cabaret ~ No Gold [2⊘2⊘]

disturbedByVoicesJune 17, 2022May 28, 2023Leave a comment

bittersweet, catchy, gloomy, swirly

The Shyness of Strangers ~ If It Serves You [2⊘17]

Perhaps unsurprisingly a band named The Shyness of Strangers wouldn’t be the most unabashed. True to form, it might be more selectively-social and steadfast in its coldwave, post-punk sound. It might even … Continue reading The Shyness of Strangers ~ If It Serves You [2⊘17]

disturbedByVoicesJune 8, 2022May 28, 20231 Comment

layered photo taken from iamwarface's music video "closer"

arty, chilling, melancholic, passionate

IAMWARFACE ~ Closer [2⊘18]

She wields her secrets with a lustful passion, a carnal pleasure-plaything ill-matched and inhuman. A sultry-siren Molotov cocktail of combustible liquid ice, overflowing with preternatural beauty and grace enough to lure the soon-to-be soulless to her Stygian rocks, forlorn. His life, forfeit, bereft of soul, he struggles with his ebbing courage, grip… Continue reading IAMWARFACE ~ Closer [2⊘18]

disturbedByVoicesJune 2, 2022July 24, 20234 Comments

chilling, industrial, nocturnal, synthy

Depeche Mode ~ Wrong [2⊘⊘9]

Sadly, many of us are mourning the recent loss of keyboardist Andrew (Andy) Fletcher (AKA Fletch), who with fellow schoolmates Martin Gore (vocalist) and Vince Clarke (keyboardist) founded band Composition Of Sound, later adding vocalist David Gahan and rechristening themselves Depeche Mode (French for fast fashion). Vince would drop out after the band’s initial release Speak & Spell‘s subsequent tour, connecting with Alison Moyet to … Continue reading Depeche Mode ~ Wrong [2⊘⊘9]

disturbedByVoicesMay 28, 2022May 28, 20232 Comments

dancey, gloomy, gothic, melancholic

She Past Away ~ Soluk (Pale) [2⊘15]

Turkish band She Past Away conspired with Los Angeles’ Drab Majesty to present Soluk (Pale), an open invitation in surreal recognition of a dying civilization. This, unceremoniously designated the first “Double Feature” on GodHatesGoth, as it has proven difficult to choose between the original video track and the U.K.’s Kill Shelter’s beat-boosted remix — the former being a more illustrative video, and the latter gilded … Continue reading She Past Away ~ Soluk (Pale) [2⊘15]