Dark Castle Fest 2023
Second Annual Dark Castle Music Festival featuring live performances by:
Astari Nite, The Kentucky Vampires, The Waning Moon, The Neuro Farm, The Palace of Tears, Dead Cool, Scary Black, In A Darkened Room, Motuvius Rex, Talking To Shadows, Chrysanthemum Ballroom, Wireworks, Ominous Erotica, and Sinister Senile.
DJs: Ichabod, Dead Souls Gothic Lounge, Count Grozny, and Sorrow-Vomit.
Bands
Astari Nite
Miami, Florida
Astari Nite crosses an obscure mix between Gothic Rock, Post-Punk and Darkwave, exploring themes of death, love, and the occult.
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The Kentucky Vampires
Louisville, Kentucky
The Kentucky Vampires are an unapologetically Gothic Rock band with roots in the city of Louisville, Kentucky.
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The Waning Moon
Costa Rica / Florida
Goth Rock to its core, The Waning Moon combines the talents of Ariel Maniki (Ariel Maniki and The Black Halos) and Zac Campbell (The Kentucky Vampires).
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The Neuro Farm
Washington, D.C.
Combining vocal harmony with soaring violin melodies, driving rhythm guitar, and ethereal sonic textures, their music has been described as hauntingly beautiful.
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The Palace of Tears
New Orleans, Louisiana
Moody darkwave duo blending elements of electro-shoegaze, ethereal witch house, neoclassical and ritual ambient drone. Hypnotic electronics and swirling guitar lay fertile ground for sultry seductive vocals that soar and dreamy lyrics that captivate.
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Dead Cool
Wilmington, North Carolina
Dead Cool is a dark electronic duo formed in 2020 by husband and wife duo, Johnny and Angela Yeagher. Their sound combines elements of darkwave, post-punk and synth pop.
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Scary Black
Louisville, Kentucky
Introverted darkwave from Louisville, Kentucky.
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In A Darkened Room
San Antonio, Texas
80's inspired Goth Rock / Post-Punk.
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Motuvius Rex
Lousiville, Kentucky
Motuvius Rex is a music project focused primarily on a fairly traditional Gothic sound with roots in Dark Folk and New Wave.
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Talking To Shadows
Baltimore, Maryland
Alternative/shoegaze rock from Baltimore, MD.
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Chrysanthemum Ballroom
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dark and danceable atmospheric guitar driven music inspired by post-punk, death rock and new wave music of the 1980s.
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Wireworks
Louisville, Kentucky
Wireworks released their debut release in May of 2021 which featured nine songs of all out post-punk and darkwave music. Both catchy and going from shoegaze to upbeat.
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Ominous Erotica
Louisville, Kentucky
Ominous Erotica began in 1994 as Louisville, KY based artist; William J. Butler, set out to do a solo project including singing, all instrumentation, and recording. The concept was to be eerie, vampire themed, with a bondage concept that included audio clips from many vampire films.
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Sinister Senile
Louisville, Kentucky
Sinister Senile is an evolving experimental project with a dark electro-accoustc edge.
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DJs
Ichabod
Nashville, Tennessee
We are excited to announce that Nashville’s legendary DJ Ichabod will be joining us at Dark Castle 2023!
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Dead Souls Gothic Lounge
Indianapolis, Indiana
Dead Souls Gothic Lounge is the creation of Indianapolis-based DJs Gomez and Naggaroth. It would differentiate itself from other nights by being all-ages, showcasing a wide variety of music under the goth umbrella including lesser-known artists from South America and eastern Europe.
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Count Grozny
Louisville, Kentucky
Count Grozny has been lurking in the shadows of Louisville's dark music scene since 2005. After getting their start under the tutelage of Louisville Gothic's founding members the Count would go on to spread his abysmal vision via various dark dance nights and concerts across the city.
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Sorrow-Vomit
Louisville, Kentucky
Sorrow-Vomit began spinning in 2004 with residencies at two of Louisville’s weekly Goth/Industrial events during that era. Currently, he is a member of the Radio Arcane collective with sets generally focused on recent releases.
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