Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
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We love the darker side of music where beauty is to beheld. We hope to bring you reviews of new music and bands while reminding you of other eras. Onyx music reviews is music reviews for darker bands and fans. Goth, darkwave, coldwave, new wave, deathrock, industrial, EBM, post punk, synth and a bit metal.
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
4d ago
Aaargh, I am running late and I need to show you a single from Bologna band The Peripheries! Out on Three Hands Records, “Colder Than Your Smile” came out in the beginning of June, from members Wiz (vocals), Udo (bass), Flaminia (the monster from the north), Giorgia (visuals), Morgana (beats, tailoring) and Arnar (guitars, keys ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
1w ago
Swedes Hatif have released a new single called “Broken Bucket,” which is the first track off the next to be dropped album, on the Town And Towers Records label. The lilting guitar swaps at will with the intense synths, which sprinkle everything with their illumination. The vocals are sonorous and call us to the lyrics ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
1w ago
Sleek Teeth are a dark electronic duo from California, and they have released their third single “Operating” on the 20th of September. As far as I can tell, the band has been around since 2023, which is when they debuted the single “Gone.” Instantly, you hear the old school influences like Front 242 in the ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
2w ago
From the wilds of Ōtepoti (Dunedin), in Aotearoa (New Zealand), Robots In Love have crept on us, and then slapped us with a new single “The Sequel.” Elenor Rayner (vocals, production), Alex Burchell (drums, production) and Tony Lumsden (bass) are now the core of the group, which was begun a year ago by Rayner. You are ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
2w ago
Cicadas could be the rock stars of the insect world. They are the loudest, live two to seventeen years, shed their carapace and come out in Summer to mate and spent most of their lives hibernating. “Cicada” is also the latest single from Lunar Paths‘ Diane Dubois and Kevin Hunter. Kevin has recorded live drums ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
2w ago
In 1986, Siouxsie and the Banshees released the album Tinderbox, which yielded the all too catchy single “Cities In Dust.” Now in 2024, Naarm (Melbourne) based Velatine, have covered “Cities In Dust,” featuring for the first time the vocals of Sasha Tyler, along side the ever present lord of darkness himself, Loki Lockwood. Electronics herald ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
2w ago
“Never Sever” is the new single from Norway’s Mayflower Madame, from the album Insight, which will be released on November the 1st on the label Night Cult Records. There is a haunted tone to the beginning of “Never Sever,” however this track kicks off with the guitars powering up their shoegaze jangle. The vocals call ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
3w ago
Aston Nyte, lead singer of goth rock band The Awakening, has once again taken on the duty of lead vocalist with US super group, Beauty In Chaos, for the single “Made Of Rain,” which is off their fourth album Dancing With Angels. Michael Ciravolo is a master guitarist and the notes drift in a sensuous ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
3w ago
Friday the thirteenth was the release date for the single “Stay Strange” by Swedes THEN COMES SILENCE, which features the smoky eyeliner (and vocal chords) of Dusty Gannon, lead singer of US group Video Vision, out on Metropolis Records. From sliding down the guitar strings, to the jaunty nature that said guitars are being played ..read more
Onyx Music Reviews » Darkwave
1M ago
Is it a bird or a plane? Why no, it is London’s test plan, a post-punk trio and they have released their third single, “It’s Not Enough” at the end of August. Max Mason (drums, backing vocals), Michalis Fragkiadakis (guitar, backing vocals) and Rory Dickinson (bass, vocals) make up test plan. The first fifty odd ..read more