EP Review: Spectral Darkwave – Live Fire Exorcise

Recorded at Hitchin’s Club 85 in October last year, Spectral Darkwave tide us over between albums with a seven-track live offering. A band I first encountered at Bloodstock last year, I was rather taken by their last release, At Outer Dark and this mini-album draws a fair bit from it. Churning out a heady mix of … Continue reading EP Review: Spectral Darkwave – Live Fire Exorcise

Crew Review 2021: Mosh (the Big Kahuna)

Ugh. Where do we start? 2021 was a horrible mess, filled with cancelled gigs, political garbage (more so than ever before) and climaxed with one of the worst Christmas number one singles in living memory. Thankfully somehow, somehow, music survived in near-guerrilla format. Bands continued their pushes online, live streams have become as commonplace as … Continue reading Crew Review 2021: Mosh (the Big Kahuna)

Album Review: Spectral Darkwave – At Outer Dark

Spectral Darkwave were one of the many bands that really caught my eye at Bloodstock 2021 (and we had a nice chat with two of the band while the other member just scared the hell out of me). Their interesting blend of Cthulhu mythology, actual history and steampunk makes for an entertaining package, and they … Continue reading Album Review: Spectral Darkwave – At Outer Dark

Bloodstock 2021 Video Interview: Spectral Darkwave

Spectral Darkwave tell us the legendary origins as "space pirates" with their name and how it flows into their music. Which leads us into some dark and true historical events. This may be our first interview with a muzzled person so if you want to know more, head over to our pre-Bloodstock chat with them … Continue reading Bloodstock 2021 Video Interview: Spectral Darkwave

Spectral Darkwave announce ‘At Outer Dark’ album, release video

We have a Bloodstock interview with Spectral Warkwave coming up, and we featured them in the runup to the festival as well. They did mention this new album and we're happy to be able to give you some more details about it as well as the new video for "731" (which they played as part … Continue reading Spectral Darkwave announce ‘At Outer Dark’ album, release video

#RoadToBOA2021 – Spectral Darkwave

We had a breather last year, but again we're aiming to bring you a little bit of info about as many bands as possible who will be featuring at this year's Bloodstock Festival. Hitting the Jagermeister Stage on the Sunday are Spectral Darkwave... Simple things first – where are you guys from? Everywhere and nowhen … Continue reading #RoadToBOA2021 – Spectral Darkwave