Irish darkwave/post‑punk/synthwave duo Crá Croí return with "Fires At Dawn", a cinematic meditation on ruin and renewal. Where their debut single "Radiation Romance" shimmered in the glow of aftermath, "Fires At Dawn" stands at the threshold between night and awakening—a hymn for the haunted, an anthem for survival.
The duo—RG (all instruments, music, lyrics, production) and CD (vocals, artwork, co‑production)—forge a sound both spectral and visceral. Brooding synths and fractured guitars coil beneath vocals that rise like smoke from wreckage, embodying Crá Croí’s uncompromising DIY spirit and devotion to atmosphere.
Lyrically, the track captures a world suspended between despair and defiance. “Hear the sirens call, will we rise or will we fall / We’re the poets of the chaos, writing tales of the dead,” CD intones, crystallising the band’s vision of beauty born from collapse. Across its verses, echoes, embers, and ghosts intertwine: fragile hearts flicker in the half‑light, broken dreams linger in cold air, and mist‑shrouded horizons hold the last traces of laughter. Crá Croí also released a music video for the new single, "Fires At Dawn", and you can view it below. Link
German gothic/darkwave cult act Silke Bischoff has signed with Dependent Records, who will reissue the band’s long‑unavailable catalogue. Formed in 1990 by Axel Kretschmann and the...
A.A. Williams has released another video single, "Poison", from her next studio record, Solstice, set to see the light of day on 5 June through Reigning Phoenix Music. Reflecting on...
Italian atmospheric blackened doomgaze ensemble Gli Alberi have unveiled their third full‑length album, Maturafine, released via Masked Dead Records. Built around the stark, symbolic...
Klimt 1918 have presented their most introspective, sky-gazing side with the stylish video noir for "Aventine". The track serves as the second advance single from the band's upcoming...
"There were already bands doing small illustrations of symphonic metal, and I was thinking, why doesn't someone do this all the time?" - Christofer Johnsson
"For my sake, I could just stop playing the old stuff, but on the other hand, I know that our fans want it." - Anders Kobro
"Goth people want to have fun sometimes too. I guess if your listening time is 99% dark, sad songs or evil black metal songs, sometimes you want 1% joy, and here I come." - Franck Hueso
"When I found the goth scene and the music and everything around it, I slowly started to find my true self again. I'm fascinated by Satanism - not because I worship Satan..." - Gözde Duzer
