Fifth Annual Mass. Morgue Local Band/Art/Performance Halloween
Event combines Gloom, Electronica & Darkwave with Gothic Bellydancing,
Horror/Fantasy Art, and a Happy Hardcore DJ
The non-stop music promotion machine of Dark Sky Productions' booking agent,
Anderson Lynne Mar, and Lucretia's Daggers' front-woman, Lucretia X.
Machina, announce their fifth annual Mass. Morgue Halloween party, returning
this year to the Cantab Downstairs on Sunday, October 26, 2008. A Late
Night "Grab Cauldron" Raffle & Costume Contest will be held at midnight.
The 2008 installment features: *
- *FOUR BANDS: Eternal Embrace, Lucretia's Daggers, The Shadows Smile,
and Streak;*
- *TWO GOTHIC BELLYDANCERS: Badriya al-Badi'a and Karina Khan; *
- *A VINYL-SPINNING DJ: Silentperformance; and*
- *TWO VENDORS of dark arts: black & white horror artist Dan Moran &
fantasy author Adrianne Brennan. *
*With the growing popularity of this annual event, the lineup and location
of Mass. Morgue portends a sold-out show. Tickets can be purchased in
advance from bands and organizers to guarantee admission. The Morgue closes
at 12am. *
*Dark Sky Productions Presents:
Mass. Morgue 2008: Sunday, October 26**
The Cantab Downstairs *
*738 Mass. Ave., Central Sq. *
*(Red line T stop) *
*Cambridge, MA 02139 *
*Tickets: $10 in advance from bands & organizers; *
*$15 @ door day of show *
*7:30 PM-12 AM, 21+ *
*617-354-2685 *
*www.cantab-lounge.com*
* *
*For additional information, photos, etc., Contact: Lauri Murphy, Mass.
Morgue coordinator, Phone: 617-924-8959,
lucretiasdaggers@rcn.com.<lucretiasdaggers>
*
*BIOS:*
Eternal Embrace: 11pm
Gothic Doom Metal
*www.eternalembracemetal.com*
Seven-member Eternal Embrace, featuring violin, keys, and two vocalists, is
Manchester, NH's first and only Gothic Doom Metal band. The group has
performed in New England since 2004 with well known bands Katatonia, Leaves
Eyes, Insomnium, Swallow the Sun, and Shroud of Bereavement. Eternal Embrace
creates a unique tapestry of metal that combines orchestral instruments,
haunting keyboard melodies, driving guitars, tribal drumming, and avant-garde
style vocals. With influences ranging from death and doom metal, black
metal, gothic rock, new wave, classical, gypsy, and Middle Eastern music,
Eternal Embrace is an exotic theatrical experience. The band's latest album
*Snowfall* is available for purchase on their website.
Lucretia's Daggers: 10pm
Dark Lyrical Electro-Rock
*www.lucretiasdaggers.com** / <http>
www.myspace.com/lucretiasdaggers*
Since since August 2001, Boston-based trio Lucretia's Daggers has brought an
arty touch to their "dark lyrical electro-rock for the apocalypse". With a
namesake derived from '80s cult band *The Sisters of
Mercy<http>
*, Shakespeare/Livy-penned poetic biography, and 16th c. Borgia legend, LD
blends darkwave, synthpop, and futuristic metal with haunting female vocals.
Combining passionate, confessional, introspective lyrics *a la *Fiona Apple
and The Dresden Dolls; the quirk and inventiveness of XTC and Brian Eno; the
guitar power of Steve Vai and John 5; mixed with the raw angst and politics
of Nine Inch Nails and System of a Down, Lucretia's Daggers has opened for
national touring acts *Mankind is Obsolete <http>* (May
2008) and *ThouShaltNot <http>* (August
2008). LD has played high-profile clubs the Middle East and the Paradise
Rock Club in Round I & II of the 2005 Emergenza International Festival
Competition. LD released independent full-length album *Sad Flower
Songs<http>
* in 2006. At Mass. Morgue, LD will perform original works and their
signature cover "Lucretia, My Reflection".
The Shadows Smile: 9pm
Gothic-Rock-Metal
*www.myspace.com/theshadowssmilex*
" The voice that calls from the decayed tombs of our deceased loved ones."
The band;s name is derived from the lyric "*Just Paint Your Face / the
Shadows Smile" *from the song "Burn" by The Cure for gothic cult classic
movie *The Crow*. Bubba Grimm (formerly of Immune, Discord X, and creator of
the Johnny Strigoi project) founded TSS in early 2006 and released the *Memento
Mori E.P*. Local, national, and international music fans immediately took
notice of the E.P.'s eclectic mix of Goth/Industrial sounds and driving
metal guitars. Hauntingly dark lyrics addressing stories of historical
injustices and pagan themes separates The Shadows Smile* *from other bands.
Recent lineup additions include acoustic drums and classically trained
keyboardist/backup vocalist AMC. In late 2007, The Shadows Smile* *played
with Pennsylvania's Carfax Abbey, Gothminister of Norway, and the legendary
band The Misfits. Participants in both the Bodog Battle of the Bands and the
Emergenza International competition at the Paradise Rock Club, The Shadows
Smile* *released their first self-produced full-length album *Ghosts of Olde
New England* on June 21, 2007. Their full length album, *Nosferatu: A
Symphony of Horrors,* is due out in late fall/early winter of 2008.
Streak: 8pm
Industrial Rock & Televisions
*www.StreakBand.net <http>* / *www.myspace.com/streak*
From the mind of Chris Dimock, Streak began in 2004, with Paul Aho joining
as live electronic drummer in early 2007. Streak's live act blends
industrial, rock, TV's and shameless self promotion, like the Beach Boys
tripping out on acid, running around in their underwear singing "I Get
Around" and shouting "How about a little industrial with your sex?" Compared
to such greats as 16volt, NIN and Ministry, Streak blends its own unique
version of industrial-rock. Featured on the new "Sinister Music" compilation
in distribution at the New England of Mayhem Fest, Streak have received
airplay on a variety of college and online radio programs and recently
appeared live on WXOJ 103.3FM's "Music of Flywheel" program out of
Northampton, MA. The band is currently completing their full-length debut CD
scheduled for release later in 2008. Streak's recording process, however,
has not stopped them from playing a full schedule of shows around New
England, including MA, VT, and CT.
DJ Silentperformance
Happy Hardcore & Hard Trance
*www.djsilentperformance.com** / <http>
www.myspace.com/djsilentperformance*
Nick MacNeil, aka DJ Silentperformance, has been spinning vinyl since the
summer of 2006. Among his shows are ManRay's Xmortis at TT The Bear's Place
in Cambridge, and a private party for a Beat Forge Productions DJ. Like
most DJs, Silentperformance witnessed his heroes spinning and thought, "Man
I want to do that!". So he decided to go a rather unique route and set out
to become one of New England's premiere Happy Hardcore DJs. At this year's
Mass. Morgue DJ Silentperformance will spin Hard Trance with a taste of
Happy Hardcore and maybe some Drum&Bass.
Badriya al-Badi'a
Gothic Belly Dancer
*www.myspace.com/badriya_al_badia*
"Music made manifest in the flesh." Badriya combines her years of listening
to gothic music with her traditional belly dance training to create dark
musical interpretation written upon the body, a journey that takes the
viewer from the heights of elegant soulfulness to the rawest depths of
emotion and all places between. A regular performer of both traditional
Arabic style and gothic belly dance in the Boston area since 2000, Badriya
al-Badi'a is the organizer of the annual gothic belly dance festival Raks
Spooki, now in its third year, which features internationally-known workshop
instructors and provides a unique performance opportunity for those
interested in the darker side of dance.
Karina Khan
Gothic Belly Dancer
*www.myspace.com/karinakhan*
Karina Khan is an award- winning world fusion bellydancer who performs and
teaches throughout the Northeast. She is known for her creative, technical,
and emotive performances infused with ballet, flamenco, Indian classical,
and of gothic dancing. Having formerly been a member of the groundbreaking
troupe Lotus Moon World Fusion Bellydance, co- founder and teacher at Lotus
Rising World Dance Studio in seacoast New Hampshire, she is now living and
pursuing her solo career in Boston.
Dan Moran
B&W Horror / Dark Fantasy Art
*www.723.com/DoktorFaustus* / *www.myspace.com/faust_prometheus*
Dan Moran is a self-taught artist whose work often explores the dark, the
strange, and the horrific. He specializes in black and white drawings and
most often uses ball-point pen. His dark-themed works have appeared in print
in magazines such as *Cthulhu Sex* and *Theatre of Decay* and in online
magazines and galleries such as *Horrotica*, *The World of Myth*, and *Strange
Horizons*. His work has also appeared on the CDs and T-shirts of metal bands
such as Nocturnal Vomit and Putrefied Genitalia. Dan is a lifelong fan of
horror films and of the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, and he spent a decade
working in a haunted house, bringing fear to untold thousands. Dan is also a
published author of erotic adult fiction appearing in print magazines such
as *Swank*, and in book form from
*Cacoethes<http>
*. At Mass. Morgue 2008, Dan will be selling reproductions of his black and
white artwork.
Adrianne Brennan
Romantic Dark Fantasy/Sci-Fi
*www.adriannebrennan.com/bio.html*
Adrianne Brennan stumbled upon her love of writing at the tender age of ten
when she was given a creative writing assignment for her science class. The
end result was a brief science fiction comedy featuring numerous puns
regarding vegetables. Once the writing bug bit, it bit pretty hard, and from
the age of 14 onwards she began working on a lengthy fantasy novel. The
novel is still a work in progress as she continues to focus on her other *
works <http>*, including the Dark Moon
series and her recently published work, *Blood of the Dark Moon,
<http>*featuring vampires, magick,
secret societies, and romance. An avid reader, Adrianne has been most
influenced by various science fiction and fantasy authors including
Madeleine L'Engle, Roger Zelazny, Laurell K. Hamilton, Neil Gaiman, and Alan
Moore. Adrianne's works were previously published through *Aphrodite's
Apples Press <http>*and are now contracted
through Freya's Bower. She is a member of the *Romance Writer's of
America<http>
*, *EPIC <http>*, and the *Midnight Seductions
Authors group <http>*. Adrianne will be selling
CDs of *Blood of the Dark Moon <http>*at
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