Gothic Rock / Darkwave act The Awakening presents “Mirror Midnight”, the first taste of the self-titled album (their 12th to date, out October 18).

The single is about “humans’ tendency towards self-obsession and the media’s recurring manipulation of self-perception” so the band’s founding member Ashton Nyte says. And he adds: “Mirror Midnight is about the obsession of the self, as guided and fed and manipulated by mass media, social media and the endless flood of information and disinformation we all deal with constantly. It’s the juxtaposition of succumbing to insidious and divisive marketing while the world goes up in flames. And how that cycle feeds itself. It’s a story almost as old as time, like the fairy tale it alludes to.”

Here’s the video for “Mirror Midnight” shot by Ashton Nyte created the video, shot in black-and-white format, with a gothic noir film treatment.

Now based in the USA, The Awakening formed in South Africa in the late ’90s as the project of Ashton Nyte.

Coming up as well is an EU and UK solo acoustic tour – Nyte’s first post-Covid tour following his 36-date tour with Wayne Hussey back in 2019. The EU-UK tour kicks off September 28.

The “The Awakening” album is out October 18 via Intervention Arts and follows Nyte’s second book and eighth solo album “Autumn’s Children”. It will be released on vinyl, CD, digitally and various limited-edition formats.

The Awakening tour dates

• Sept 28 Ilmenau, Germany – Campus Noir Festival
• Sept 29 London, Uk – The Water Rats
• Oct 02 York, Uk – Fulford Arms
• Oct 03 Edinburgh, Uk – Cabaret Voltaire
• Oct 04 Sheffield, Uk – Record Junkee
• Oct 25 Karlsruhe, Germany – Kohi Kulturraum
• Oct 26 Dortmund, Germany – Pauluskirche
• Oct 27 Retie, Belgium – Cafe Foli-A
• Nov 01 Hamburg, Germany – Maria’s Ballroom
• Nov 02 Apeldoorn, The Netherlands – Brainstorm Festival (Sold Out)

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LA-based collective Beauty In Chaos has released their fourth album, “Dancing With Angels”, via 33.3 Music Collective. The album, featuring eight tracks, comes hand in hand with the video for “Holy Ground“, featuring Patrik Mata of Kommunity FK.

Formed in 2018 by guitarist Michael Ciravolo and Grammy-nominated producer Michael Rozon, Beauty In Chaos is a revolving collective of artists. The new album features contributions from returning members and new collaborators, including Wayne Hussey (The Mission), Ashton Nyte (The Awakening), Kat Leon (Holy Wars), Cinthya Hussey, William and Sarah Faith (The Bellwether Syndicate), Leo Luganskiy (Strangelove), Julian Shah-Tayler (The Singularity), Cynthia Isabella, and Patrik Mata (Kommunity FK).

Ciravolo describes the album as both a “sonic regression and a sonic progression,” blending elements from their previous works with new influences. The album includes unique interludes, or “Halos”, that connect the tracks.

The lead track, “Diving For Pearls“, features Wayne and Cinthya Hussey, with a single version mixed by Tim Palmer. As of July 24, ‘Dancing With Angels’ is available on limited edition multi-color vinyl and CD from the Beauty In Chaos store, where the ‘Diving For Pearls’ limited edition CD single is also available. Digitally, the album can be found on Bandcamp, Apple Music and Spotify. The first 100 vinyl copies come with two posters signed by the artists. Vinyl and CD purchases also include the full digital version of the album (with Halos and two bonus tracks).

Track List:

1. Present Tense ft. William Faith and Sarah Rose Faith
2. The Devil You Know ft. Kat Leon
3. Diving For Pearls ft. Wayne Hussey and Cinthya Hussey
4. Echoes and The Angels ft. Leo Luganskiy
5. Kiss Me (Goodbye) ft. Julian Shah Tayler
6. Hollow ft. Cynthia Isabella
7. Holy Ground ft. Patrik Mata
8. Made of Rain ft. Ashton Nyte

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(Photo by Kevin Estrada) Los Angeles-based collective Beauty In Chaos has released the music video for “Holy Ground” featuring Patrik Mata of Kommunity FK. This track is part of their upcoming fourth album, “Dancing With Angels”, set to be released on July 24, 2024. “Holy Ground” showcases a departure from BIC’s usual goth rock/post-punk sound, diving into the darkwave genre.

Here’s the video for “Holy Ground” featuring Patrik Mata of Kommunity FK.

“Dancing With Angels” includes contributions from artists such as Wayne Hussey of The Mission, Kat Leon of Holy Wars, Ashton Nyte of The Awakening, and more. The record follows the release of the single “Diving For Pearls”, which also features Wayne Hussey.

Beauty In Chaos was formed in 2018 by guitarist Michael Ciravolo, known for his work with Human Drama and Gene Loves Jezebel, alongside producer Michael Rozon. The collective has involved various prominent musicians from bands like The Cure, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails.

Track Listing

1. Present Tense ft. William Faith and Sarah Rose Faith
2. The Devil You Know ft. Kat Leon
3. Diving For Pearls ft. Wayne Hussey and Cinthya Hussey
4. Echoes and The Angels ft. Leo Luganskiy
5. Kiss Me (Goodbye) ft. Julian Shah Tayler
6. Hollow ft. Cynthia Isabella
7. Holy Ground ft. Patrik Mata
8. Made of Rain ft. Ashton Nyte

The album will be available on limited edition multi-color vinyl, CD, and digital formats. The first 100 vinyl copies include two signed posters.

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The Awakening has just released a new music video for the 4-part title track of their new double album, “The Passage Remains”. The video, “Passage (Part I – IV)”, is a teaser for the return to the band’s gothic metal roots. “The Passage Remains” is The Awakening’s 11th album.

“The essence of the song came to me in a dream, and I have taken that inspiration and woven it through the album. Dreams, our hopes, needs and desires, and personal journeys, in the face of adversity and other obstacles,” says The Awakening’s frontman, Ashton Nyte.

The physical album is packaged as a deluxe double CD (with double vinyl scheduled for next year). “The album was created to be enjoyed either as a whole, in two parts, or as two separate entities, each complete within themselves. It is a project I have wanted to create for many years, and I am delighted with the outcome,” Ashton Nyte adds.

Watch “Passage (Part I – IV)” below.

Now based in the U.S., The Awakening is a musical project born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the late ’90s. Ashton Nyte has also released 7 solo albums, a book of poetry, and short stories, and has collaborated on various projects with members of The Cure, The Mission, Bauhaus, Beauty In Chaos, and many more.

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To mark the halfway point of the 36 date European tour, Ashton Nyte from The Awakening has released live video footage from the band on the road. The video captures Ashton performing an acoustic version of The Awakening’s “Upon The Water” at the Limburg Theater in Heerlen, The Netherlands last week.

Watch the video below.

Singer and guitarist Ashton says: “The tour has been a magical experience. Working with Wayne and our fabulous tour manager Tim Parsons has been a joy and the audiences have been wonderfully responsive. I’ve enjoyed seeing many familiar faces and many new ones, as the tour winds back and forth through Europe. I’m looking forward to the second half and all that lies ahead. Considering we have very few days off, I am also very grateful for the delight that is European coffee.”

If you want to see both acts live at work, check these dates.

• 26.09.2019 FR, Paris – Le Bus Palladium
• 27.09.2019 FR, Brest – Cabaret Vauban
• 28.09.2019 FR, Angers – The Joker´s Club
• 29.09.2019 FR, Sortie 13 – Pessac, Bordeaux
• 30.09.2019 FR, Montpellier – Secret Place
• 01.10.2019 ES, Barcelona – Sala Upload
• 02.10.2019 ES, Valencia – 16 Tonelados
• 03.10.2019 ES, Madrid – Khitai
• 05.10.2019 PT – Lisbon – RCA Club
• 06.10.2019 PT, Porto – Hard Club
• 08.10.2019 FR, Lyon – Le Rock ’n Eat
• 09.10.2019 IT, Milano – Ligeria
• 10.10.2019 IT, Bologna – Freakout
• 11.10.2019 IT, Pisa – Caracol
• 13.10.2019 HU, Budapest – Robot
• 15.10.2019 AT, Vienna – Chelsea
• 16.10.2019 DE, Nürnberg – Der Cult

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The Awakening will be supporting Wayne Hussey (The Mission) on the European dates of his upcoming Salad Daze Tour! The Awakening will be playing over 30 shows across Europe from 3 September – 16 October 2019.

The Awakening is a musical gothic / dark rock project founded in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1995 by vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and producer Ashton Nyte. As of 2008 The Awakening has been based in the United States.

Wayne Hussey: “I met Ashton and that beautiful baritone voice of his a few years back and we have since remained friends and supporters of each other’s work. Of course we both also continue to be heavily involved with Michael Ciravolo’s ‘Beauty In Chaos’ project. So it is with huge pleasure I can confirm that Ashton will be supporting me on the mainland Europe (except Greece & Sweden) leg of my ‘Salad Daze’ tour. It’ll be great to have him along for the ride. Bring your driving license, Ashton, you can share the driving, there’s an awful lot of it.”

Here are the tour dates:

• 3 SEP – KULTURFABRIK – KREFELD, GERMANY
• 4 SEP – MTC – COLOGNE, GERMANY
• 5 SEP – MUK – GIESSEN, GERMANY
• 7 SEP – SING SING – PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
• 8 SEP – OLD MONASTRY – WROCLAW, POLAND
• 9 SEP – POGLOS – WARSAW, POLAND
• 11 SEP – BINUU – BERLIN, GERMANY
• 12 SEP – MUZ – HANNOVER, GERMANY
• 13 SEP – KULTUURKELLER – FULDA, GERMANY
• 14 SEP – MONKEY’S MUSIC CLUB – HAMBURG, GERMANY
• 15 SEP – MOVIE – BIELEFELD, GERMANY
• 17 SEP – VICTORIE – ALKMAAR, NETHERLANDS
• 18 SEP – PAARD – DEN HAAG, NETHERLANDS
• 19 SEP – LIMBURG THEATRE – HEERLEN, NETHERLANDS
• 20 SEP – JK2470 – RETIE – BELGIUM
• 21 SEP – ENTREPOT – ARLON, BELGIUM
• 22 SEP – B53 – EERNEGEM, BELGIUM
• 23 SEP – GARAGE CLUB – SAARBRUCKEN, GERMANY
• 24 SEP – KOHI – KARLSRUHE, GERMANY
• 26 SEP – LE BUS PALLADIUM – PARIS, FRANCE
• 27 SEP – CABARET VAUBAN – BREST, FRANCE
• 28 SEP – THE JOKER’S CLUB – ANGERS, FRANCE
• 29 SEP – VENUE TBC – BORDEAUX, FRANCE
• 30 SEP – SECRET PLACE – MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
• 1 OCT – LA NAU – BARCELONA, SPAIN
• 2 OCT – TONELADOS – VALENCIA, SPAIN
• 3 OCT – STAGESOUND – MADRID, SPAIN
• 5 OCT – RCA CLUB – LISBON, PORTUGAL
• 6 OCT – HARD CLUB – PORTO, PORTUGAL
• 8 OCT – LE ROCK ‘N EAT – LYON, FRANCE
• 9 OCT – LIGERIA – MILANO, ITALY
• 10 OCT – FREAKOUT – BOLOGNA, ITALY
• 11 OCT – CARACOL – PISA, ITALY
• 13 OCT – ROBOT – BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
• 15 OCT – CHELSEA – VIENNA, AUSTRIA
• 16 OCT – DER CULT – NUREMBERG , GERMANY

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Here’s a release which should please many gothic rock fans. Out in Summer, but available in pre-order now is the solo debut album of Mark Gemini Thwaite. That name will ring a bell with many readers as Mark Gemini Thwaite (aka MGT) has recorded and performed with a large variety of goth rock acts over the years.

The list includes a long tenure with UK gothic rock act The Mission, Peter Murphy (Bauhaus), 3 albums and various tours with trip hop musician Tricky and Gary Numan next to collaborations with Ministry, P.J. Harvey, Combichrist, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Revolting Co*ks, Young Gods, Prong, Primitive Race, etc..

On “Volumes” you’ll find a bunch of collaborations including Ville Valo of Finnish Love Metallers HIM (on cover-version of the Abba Hit “Knowing Me Knowing You” – see the video below), Wayne Hussey (The Mission), Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls (The Wonderstuff), Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy), Raymond Watts (PIG/KMFDM), Saffron (Republica), Julianne Regan (All About Eve) and goth legend Andi Sex Gang, Ashton Nyte (The Awakening), Carlo Van Putten (Dead Guitars).

In short it features the who-is-who from the gothic rock scene. The CD can now be ordered right here.

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The Awakening, South Africa’s best known gothic metal export product, is set to release a new single, “The Carriage”, this Halloween. The single will act as the lead single for their full-length album, set to be released March 2016.

“The Carriage” was mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Faith No More, Sepultura, and Therion) in Los Angeles and the band could count on a guest appearance by Mark Gemini Thwaite (guitarist for The Mission, Peter Murphy, and Gary Numan). The single also is the first recording to feature The Awakening’s new bassist, Chela Rhea Harper (previously of Coal Chamber).

Since relocating to the US in 2008, The Awakening have released their eighth album “Tales Of Absolution + Obsoletion” in 2009, toured extensively, and released “Anthology XV” in 2013. In addition, front man and songwriter Ashton Nyte released 3 solo albums, “The Valley”, “Moederland” and “Some Kind Of Satellite”.

“The Carriage” will be available on iTunes and at www.theawakening.com on Halloween, October 31st.

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