Our Bands - past and present
Here you can read info about the bands that have been under our label, and of course, those that still are.
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Dr. Arthur Krause
Dr. Arthur Krause were formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2001. Two years of gigging and song-writing, combined with a long musical career in other projects, finally paid off for this hard-working and talented band when the debut album “Before and After” was released. It consists of 10 songs with strong influences from the glorious days of the 80´s with both undertones and overtones of goth.
The second album "When Love is Dead" was released in 2007 and superseeded the sales of the debut by far. It also received a number of very good reviews in the underground scene but in spite of this, or maybe because of it (?), they have not received the attention they deserve from national or international media.
2010 saw the release of their third album, "Solutions", establishing them as one of the premier goth acts around.
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Kindred Spirits
On a dark and rainy November night in 1996, Kindred Spirits saw the light for the first time. Since then the intention has been to have fun and give the world excellent gothic music. So far they have succeeded, having released one album, participated on numerous compilations and headlined the Scottish gothic festival Dark City in Edinburg, 2004.
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Revolution By Night
Revolution By Night, descending from former Restoration II, ennoble the heritage of great bands like Fields of the Nephilim and Nine Inch Nails, add their own musical spices and up-date the sound to the 90's. Released their debut album, "Breathe", on the label in 1996 and have since gone on to release further recordings, slightly more oriented towards electronic scene, on the German Equinoxe label.
Vocalist Steve Weeks is also a well-known DJ, from Slimelight and numerous alternative European dance floors.
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Children on Stun
Children on Stun hail from Hastings, England, and were one of the finest and most exciting alternative bands in Europe in the 90's. They scored grand-slam (best band, best single and best track) in 1995 on the polls of Alt Gothic on the internet
(the biggest gothic site back then) - and the only reason they didn't win the best album category was that they didn't
release one in 1995!!! Sadly they decided to call it a day in 1998 and split up. Two of the original members are still involved in the music scene today: vocalist Neil Ash in the band Stripper and guitarist Simon Manning in Spares.
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Dark Side Cowboys
Dark Side Cowboys originate from Hammerdal and Umeå, in the very north of Sweden. They made their CD-debut in 1995 with the EP "Pure Hearts", on the edge of new wave with their dark atmospheric rock. The full-length album "The Apocryphal" followed with layers of sound, arranged as to give the listeners the feeling of being part of a movie.
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Funhouse
The well-established Swedish band, often compared to The Mission. Lots of eighties influences from this guitar based rock band, who have released six albums and four singles as well as headlining European festivals such as Whitby Gothic Weekend, Herbstnächte, The Witches of Easter and Leipzig Gothik Treffen (with 299 other bands...).
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Into The Void
The superheavy metalheads Into the Void started in Lund and immediately made themselves known as a chaotic live act. Straight from the start they refused to play like others.
The inspiration stems from metal/grunge/70's hard rock,
but Into the Void definitely have their own version.
The debut CD "Facelift" struck Earth in 1995 with its message of love and understanding. Too good to be missed... | top
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The Mist of Avalon
The Mist of Avalon formed in Uppsala, just north of Sweden's capital Stockholm, in 1994, and has evolved strongly since the early days of punk (!) rock. The Mist of Avalon are walking in the wonderland between metal and the darker parts of the underground scene, combining melancholic melodies
based on keyboard soundcapes with eerie guitar riffs.
It's not too far off from Paradise Lost or Fields of the Nephilim, with the vocals slightly more pitched.
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Dawn of Oblivion
Dawn of Oblivion are goth, metal and aggression and they are bloody great! They master both slow, eerie songs as well as fast rockier ones. Their albums and have received much praise in Sweden, where the press often compare them with Paradise Lost or Type O Negative. Hit the scene with their debut album "A Fervent Prayer" in 1994 and has since evolved to include both an industrial and metal dimension to their music. On M&A Music Art they have so far released the albums "Yorick", "Mephisto's Calling" and "The Final Chapter" as well as the EP's "Haunted" and "Ikaros".
Guitarist Stefan Rosqvist also has a solo project on Liquid Note Records.
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Spares
Formed out of the ashes of Children on Stun, a band well-known for its ability to knock senseless, bewilder and shock and truly one of the finest underground acts of the 90's, guitarist and song-writer Simon Manning is now finally back in the music scene with his new project Spares. He's gathered a few familiar faces around him - Neil Ash, Nick Blewitt, Alison Wheatley to
name a few - and recorded something quite spectacular for the debut album "Tired and Bizarre". This album was accompanied by the EP "The End of the Line" - a dance floor crasher.
The next Spares album to be released "Download", followed a year later by "Suffering Fools Gladly" and a successfull Whitby Gothic Week-end head-lining.
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Never Mind
Never Mind are from the deep forests of Hässleholm in Sweden and made their debut with a gorgeously depressing cover of "New Dawn Fades" on a 7" vinyl in the late '80's. Six years later the album "Absolutely Sane" was released. Andrew Eldritch was due to produce it but due to work commitments trhis was not to be, which was a shame, as the album would probably have recieved a lot more attention and recognition if it were.
Most likely the last release of the band, as they are on their 12th year on their "break", it never reached the heights it should have.
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Les Fleurs Du Mal
Les Fleurs Du Mal is a black and white rock band from the hardening social reality of Stockholm, Sweden.
Founded in 2009 as a platform for musical, emotional and political expression as concieved and performed by Axel and August Grim.
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