Dropping by to show you a video I really adore. :] Enjoy it and have a nice wednesday.

Death will get you no matter how much you try to keep up with the world's views on who you should be. Everyone is alone when it comes down to it. Be yourself.
(by My love Christopher)

Paradise Lost

Genre: Doom Metal (early), Gothic Metal, Gothic Rock/Metal, Synth Rock (middle)
Country: England
Activity Period: 1988 - present
Members: Nick Holmes: Vocals
Greg Mackintosh: Lead Guitar
Aaron Aedy: Rhythm Guitar
Steve Edmondsom: Bass
Adrian Erlansson: Drums
Discography: 1990 Lost Paradise
1991 Gothic
1992 Shades Of God
1993 Icon
1995 Draconian Times
1997 One Second
1998 Reflections
1999 Host
2001 Believe In Nothing
2002 Symbol Of Life
2003 At The BBC
2005 Paradise Lost
2007 In Requiem
2008 The Anatomy Of Melancholy (live)
2009 Drown in Darkness - The Early Demos
2009 Faith Divide Us – Death Unites Us
Videography: 1990 Live Death
1994 Harmony Breaks
1999 One Second Live
2002 Evolve
2007 Over The Madness
2007 The Anatomy Of Melancholy



Band formed in 1988 Halifax, England by Nick Holmes (vocals), Greg Mackintosh (Lead Guitar), Aaron Aed (Rhythm Guitar), Steve Edmonson (Bass) and Matthew Archer (Drums). In 1990 released their first album "Lost Paradise" with sounds Doom Metal which was well received by public. One year after they released "Gothic" the album cataloged as one of the best and that positioned as founder of genre Gothic Metal mixing electric guitars with orchestral elements, female vocals and guitar solos (The fathers of Gothic Metal). "Shades Of God" is their third album released in 1992, disk that approaches an increasingly personal style and own, retaining the dark guitar melodies typical of Mackintosh, althought this time using acoustic guitars and vocal performance with a much more melodic than before by Holmes. In 1993 released "Icon" becoming one of the masterpieces of Gothic metal. Nick Holmes's voice, distant fully of his early doom sound, shows melodic and deep. The first thing is the careful attention to aesthetics that accompanied the album, which became more accessible sound, guttural voices were gone but there was still the weight of his music. In 1995 released "Draconian Times", recorded completly by Matt Archer on drums, who left the band to end of 1994, replaced by Lee Morris. The sound on this record had distanced itself a bit of gothic metal of previous discs, to achieve a heavy sound and melodic at the same time.
After that disk Nick Holmes announces more or less drastic changes in the influences and the sound of the band: the backsounds are more rockers, keyboards acquire greater role and voice of Holmes and is almost always clean."One Second" was released in 1997 a disk with rocker and a Synth Rock touch sounds. In 1999 release "Host", disk where the old hard guitars practically disappear in favour of rock sounds more technological, Synth Rock. In 2001 the band try to recover a bit of their old sound releasing "Believe in Nothing", disk where hard guitar riffs are again in the songs of Paradise Lost but not forgetting the electronic sounds Synth Rock. In 2002 released "Symbol Of Life", this was an album that combine heavy guitars with keyboards and electronic effects that at times reach Industrial rhythms; melodic, melancholy and epic rithms are added to this album reusing female voices like in their old disks.
In 2004 the drumer Lee Morris leave the band replaced by Jeff Singer. In 2005 the band says "return to roots" and publishes its tenth album "Paradise Lost". who tries to unite the two musical stages of the band, on this album practically disappears electronic sounds of Synth Rock leading a good album Gothic Metal.In 2007 release "In Requiem" which has a sound that seems rather a combination of "Icon" and "Draconian times" but spiced with elements that give them a more elegant and gloomy touch.
After celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2008 with the release of their much praised live DVD/2CD "The Anatomy Of Melancholy". In 2008 Jeff Singer left the band and comes Adrian Erlandsson in 2009.
Recently this year 2099 Paradise Lost released thier new album "Faith Divide Us - Death Unites Us" an album strikes an even darker path, keep the sounds of their latest album "in Requiem" and reminds their old albums "Gothic" and "Draconian Times".Nick Holmes use a mix between gruff, mecancholic and clean vocals accompained of the power drums recorded by session drumer Peter Damin and heavy guitars riffs sound (Greg Mackintosh and Aaron Aedy used guitars 7-string), another masterpiece of Paradise Lost.

Paradise Lost - Reflections

Download

http://www.paradiselost.co.uk

http://www.myspace.com/paradiselostuk

The Victorian Era A General Overview

The Victorian era began in 1837 with the coronation of Queen Victoria. The Victorian era began England's age of industrial progress.

In 1838 author James Fenimore Cooper said "England stands at the head of modern civilization, as a whole, although many countries surpass her in particular parts. The higher tastes of England are not as refined and cultivated, perhaps, as those of Italy or France, but the base of society is infinitely more advanced."

For most Goths, the culture of the era is the predominantly interesting thing about it. Subjects such as Victorian entertainment, dress, etiquette, and architecture are among the most frequently replicated and admired features of the Victorian age.

The entertainment of the Victorian era varied greatly between the social classes. The people of the era were interested in the arts and theatre, and these events were largely attended by people of many classes. However theatre was by no means the only form of entertainment. Gambling at card houses became widely popular, and even became the major targets of the reform movements. The Brass Band or Bandstand also became a popular form of entertainment. One of the most fascinating forms of entertainment came in the form of paranormal spectacles, such as seances and hypnotism.

One of the most inportant ifluences on today's Gothic culture was Victorian fashion, which was characterized by corsets, bloomers and elaborate ball gowns. The clothing of the Victorian era is assumed by many to be prudish and restrictive, but in reality was rather revealing and meant to accentuate a woman's figure.

Also born out of the Victorian era were the Pre-Raphaelites. The Pre-Raphaelites were a society of painters, poets, and critics founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, and Dante Gabriel Rosetti. The Rosette siblings had great influence over the poetry and art of the later Victorian era.

Part Two coming soon.

Make up -Eyeliner

Eye liner is a cosmetic used to define the eyes. It is applied around the contours of the eye to create a variety of aesthetic illusions such as depth and lenght or to emphasize the eye color. Eyeliner was first used in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia .

In the late 20th and early 21st century, heavy eyeliner has been associated with Gothic fashion. Here's a picture I found on the internet about how you could put eyeliner on your eyes and create amazing works of art :)

I hope this has been helpful for those of you looking for a new way to put eyeliner ! (I personally used the web looking thing for halloween this year and everyone wanted to know how I made it..I added some glitter and designed a little spider coming down from my eye :P)

Yours

♥BallerinaDark♥

Natalie Shau..an illustrator to keep an eye on!

As promised in the "Artist of the week" article here are some facts you might want to know about illustrator Natalie Shau.

"Natalie Shau is illustrator and photographer from Lithuania (Vilnius), currently living in Greece (Athens), where she has a workshop and photo studio. She works mainly in digital media and Natalie’s works are mixture of her photography, digital painting and 3D elements. She enjoys creating surreal and strange creatures, fragile and powerful at the same time. Natalie’s style was influenced a lot by religious imagery, fairytales illustrations and Russian classical literature such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol etc. Natalie Shau constantly keeps working on her own personal artwork and exhibitions, but also enjoys creating illustrations for music bands, fashion designers and writers. Her illustrations for Lydia Courteille jewelry campaign were published in french VOGUE magazine. Natalie’s client list consists of many music and advertisement labels such as: Island Def Jam, Ogilvy & Mather, Sony BMG, Century Media, Nuclear Blast, Trisol etc." [text taken from natalieshau.carbonmade.com (check out the site to see all of her works!)]

Artist Of the Week- Kerli Kolv

Hello my gothic darlings! For this week I chose to put under the spotlight a recent artist. She's called KERLI . She's a singer from Estonia, she's very young (22 years old!) and you might have heard her hit single "Walking On Air" . Her debut album is called Love Is Dead . Her music is a mix between pop and alternative rock (she sounds a bit like Bjork). For all of you who are interested in her music check out this video:



FUN FACT: Both the album cover and the dresses for her video Walking On Air were made by artist Natalie Shau (we already put some of her artwork as images of some of the articles we wrote so far and we will soon have an article about her you don't want to miss! :)

Love and kisses by

♥BallerinaDark♥

Happy first Advent from Angel_of_HIM :]

I hope you enjoy it more than me x] I am in bed all alone(so I don't infect my bf) with a flu and high fever watching the Spongebob marathon on Nick. >__> *coughs*

And being bored on Stardoll because nobody talks to me *coughs-again*

Check out the new DKNY and try to fill out the Gift-o-Meter. The Interior is really worth it.

Also contact me if you want me to feature your outfit or anything :]

Greetings

Lisa aka Angel_of_HIM

Bauhaus

Genre: Post Punk, Gothic Rock

Country: England

Activity Period: 1978–1983,1998, 2005– (2008)

Members: Peter Murphy: Vocals

                 Daniel Ash: Guitar

                 Kevin Hankins: Drums

                 David J: Bass

Discography: 1980 The Flat Field

1981 Mask

1982 The Sky’s Gone Out

1982 Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape (Live)

1983 Burning From The Inside

1983 Swing The Heartache – The BBC Session

1992 Rest In Peace: The Final Concert (Live)

1999 Gotham (Live)

2008 Go Away White

Videography: Shadow Of Light

Archive

Gotham

Bauhaus is a post punk/gothic rock band of Northampton, England, formed in 1978 by Peter Murphy (Vocals), Daniel Ash (Guitar), Kevin Haskins (Drums) and David J (Bass).
Their gloomy and introspective sounds and image, Bauhaus is consider one of the first gothic rock bands.
Daniel Ash and David J both friends had the idea to a new band for this they need the right look for the band, so contacted with Peter Murphy, his old school friend who in this then worked in a printing factory, Murphy accept join to the proyect and co-wrote the song "in the flat field" (he never had written any lyrics or music). For complete the line-up joined Kevin Haskins old band mater of Ash and David J's young brother.
Their debut single was "Bella Lugosi's dead" released on 1979 (song of 9 min. recorded live in the study of a single shot). Followed for their first album "In The Flat Fields", an album claustrophobic and dense, and placed them among the vanguard of the movement gothic / sinister with bands like Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure or Joy Division.
In 1981 released their second album "Mask", employed more keyboards and a variety of other instruments to add to the diversity of the record, including the singles "Kick In The Eye" and "The Passion Of Lovers".
Their third album was "The Sky's Gone Out" released in 1982. Including Ziggy Stardust (Bowie's Cover), sinlge "Spirit". This album was released with a limited edition of the live album "Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape".
At that time began the band's internal problems due to the excessive role of vocalist Peter Murphy, who became the main face of advertising Maxel cassette tapes and made a stellar appearance in the preface of the movie "The Hunger" Tony Scott's, where they were supposed to appear all members of the band.
In 1983, Bauhaus presented his latest album "Burning From The Inside" that was their biggest seller and showed the group at its most commercial singles like "She's In Parties". The album began recording by members of the band while Peter Murphy was hospitalized with pneumonia, this detail and the fact that when Murphy was introduced to record the voices of the disc Daniel Ash and David J had recorded their voices in some issues were the detonating for the dissolution of the band.

Before the Bauhaus broke up in 1983, all members of the group made several solo works. Singer Peter Murphy worked briefly with bassist Mick Karn of Japan in the band Dali's Car before record his solo albums as Deep and Love Hysteria. Daniel Ash also recorded and released solo albums under the name of Tones on Tail with Kevin Haskins and Glen Campling, roadie for Bauhaus. David J has released multiple solo albums and collaborated with several musicians over the years. Currently working "in visual arts. Kevin Haskins has been creating electronic music for video games and has also produced artists like Gary Numan.
In 1985, David, Daniel and Kevin formed Love and Rockets who managed to enter the charts in the U.S. in 1989 with "So Alive". The band broke up after seven albums in 1998.
In 1998, Bauhaus reunited for the "Resurrection Tour" which included two new songs ( Severance, Dead Can Dance's Cover and The Dog's a Vapor "which was also published on the OST of the movie" Heavy Metal 2 ") . A live album recorded during the tour, called Gotham,released the same year.
They reunited in 2005, playing that year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.
In 2006 it was announced that the band would tour with Nine Inch Nails on "With Teeth tour".
After to 20 years without record, Bauhaus decide record their last album "Go Away White" ("I come with this darkness and go away white"), the album was recorded in 18 days in California and at this recreates the atmosphere that have always characterized this group.
Peter Murphy described the album as "spontaneous" and while it doesn't sound much as what they did in the past, it has some "positives" and "playfullness" to it.

Bauhaus - Crackle

Download

www.bauhausmusik.com
www.myspace.com/officialbauhaus

Picks of the week

I was posting earlier about 'keeping your eyes open'.

For those who are skeptic I looked up some stuff and now it's going to be my 

'Picks of the week' category. 

Weekly I show you what treasures you can find at regular shops.

I'll 'keep my eyes open' and look around in online shops and maybe take some pics in stores for you.

This week I found some things at H & M for you.

I love the skirt ( but I am not a 'common' size so I won't fit in xD)

And the hat thing <3>

Have a spooky wednesday.

Angel_of_HIM aka Lisa

GothicDivine for Stardoll

In Blog Gothic Divine on stardoll we started the idea of creating a own clothes collection. 

So maybe stardoll would maybe use the design someday or get atleast inspired by us. ^__^

I started with a drawing and I hope some people would join me soon and also show us some awesome drawings, designs of how they think stardoll clothes should look. 

Artist Of The Week

Hey, This is BallerinaDark writing and my task for now is to nominate a Artist Of the Week (every week..of course XD) . For this week I decided that Emilie Autumn was perfect! She's a young american artist that can sing and write songs and poetries, play piano harpischord and electric violin. Her look is inspired by theather costumes she used to be into since she was young. Her rise to fame as a solo artist began in 2005 with the release of the album "Opheliac". Her sound is a mix between chamber music, industrial, synth pop, classical, cabaret. The song I chose to make you listen to is one of my favourites at the moment and is called Dead Is The New Alive. This is a video of one of her live performances, I thuoght it was perfect to understand her style! ^_^ ♥

Keep your eyes open.

You have problems finding accessories, clothes, Interior, .. and there is no 'Gothic store' close to you. Or no online shop you can use?

Simple trick :P

'KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN'

You won't believe how many things you can find in the 'normal world' that fit your style. 

Go to H&M's, C&A's .. yes even Claire's !

Spiders, Crosses, Fairys, Lace, Velvet, .. 

Yours

Lisa aka Angel_of_HIM

Gloomy Greetings

Why hello, Gothic darlings, my name is Miss Esther Romaine a.k.a. essy717. You may call me Essy or Esther Romaine.

I will be writing about various subjects pertaining to the Gothic sub-culture.

If there is something you would like to know more about especially concerning anything historic feel free to ask me about it and I will answer to the best of my ability. If there is something you would like to ask me to write about just write in my guestbook on stardoll or comment on one of my blogs.

Your melancholy friend,

Miss Esther Romaine

Hi Everyone

As you could see, i'll write articles about music of the gothic movement.
But that discourtesy, that modals, well i introduce myself, i'm Caro (Carolina) Morrigan, stardoll user Cari_666. [call me for my name Caro or Carolina, cos "Cari_666" is just my sd account ;)]

To begin, i wrote an introduction about the history and origins of music listened in the gothic ambient. The idea is write about bands of diferent genres inside of this, i could leave links with some material uploaded to can be download for you, surprises surprises weekly (how my time permit me)
Suggestions of bands, or things relationated with music, contact me here on Gothic Divine Magazine or here.

if enjoy our articles leave a comment... or i'll kick you (yes specially for mine) ^^


Greetings & Bloody Kisses.

Good morning :]

Hey you all. It's sunday morning and I thought I post a lil bit about my plans here. 

Hopefully I can do regular posts soon.

I would like to do some stardoll topics like Outfit of the week, so if you think your outfit is worth a look always tell me. :] 

Gothic Lifestyle tipps and tricks. Look forward to it ^___^

'GothicDivine for Stardoll'.  Design clothes and send us a pic. No matter if only pencil, colour or on the computer. Everything will get posted here. Maybe someday Stardoll will look at this and use our designs. ;]

I try to think about themes for contests so we can start soon into an exciting future for Gothic Divine.

Mail me if you have ideas for themes and things we should write about. 

Yours sincerely

Lisa aka Angel_of_HIM

I welcome you!

Hey, I'm Lisa but people better know me as Angel_of_HIM from stardoll.

I'm one of the new writers here.

I hope you like this still young blog and you'll enjoy reading my posts.

I'm a little busy right now but I try to start regular posting this weekend and get a banner for me ;] 

I'll have my topics in fashion and lifestyle and also bring some stardoll themes in here. :]

*greetings*

Lisa aka Angel_of_HIM 

Music In The Gothic Subculture

All began by late-7O's began to appear bands in the gothic rock and deathrock scene including Bauhaus, Specimen, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Damned, Southern Death Cult, Ausgang, Sex Gang Children, 45 Grave, UK Decay, The Virgin Prunes, Kommunity FK, Alien Sex Fiend and Christian Death. Gloria Mundi, Joy Division, The Cure, early Adam and the Ants and Killing Joke have also been associated.

By the mid-80's, the number of bands began proliferating and became increasingly popular, including bands like The Sisters of Mercy, The Mission (or The Mission UK), Xmal Deutschland, The Bolshoi and Fields of the Nephilim. The Darkwave genre began to take everytime more strength with bands like Clan Of Xymox,Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Black Tape for a Blue girl.

The 90's saw the further growth of 80's bands and emergence of many new bands. This produces what is colloquially termed Ethereal Wave, a subgenre of Darkwave music.

In the mid-90s, the styles of music that were heard in the places where goths attended ranged from gothic rock, deathrock, industrial music, Gothic Metal, EBM, ambient, experimental music, synth pop, shoegazing. This variety was the result of the need to maximize attendance by all outside the alternative music scene, particularly in small towns, and due to the eclectic tastes of the members of the subculture, but also noted further changes in attitude.

The other significant development of the '90s was the popularity of electronic bands like VNV Nation, Apoptygma Berzerk and Covenant in the gothic scene. The emergence of what has been called the music and style Cybergoth (which has much in common with synth pop, furure pop and EBM) caused bitter divisions among its fans and those who were firmly fastened to the guitar's model of the Gothic rock. Bands with a sound typical of the darkwave or those like The Crüxshadows, which combine electronic sounds and gothic rock, drew on both sides, to some extent.

The Dark Cabret born later-90's which draws on the aesthetics of the decadent, risqué German Weimar-era cabarets, burlesque and Vaudeville shows with the stylings of post-70s goth and punk music.

In more recent years have seen a resurgence of positive sound of Gothic Rock and Deathrock. Bands with an earlier goth sound like Cinema Strange, Bloody Dead And Sexy, Black Ice and Antiworld.

Today, the goth music scene has grown mainly in the area of Western Europe, especially German.

The Gothic Metal born to early of 90's technically wasn't born the sounds of Gothic Subculture mentioned previously, althought is relative because some bands,of this genre are from gothic rock or darkwave sounds (bands could be consider them more directly from gothic movement), others just are from Symphonic Metal or Doom Metal sounds, and mixing classic music's elements.

Here finds bands like Lacrimosa, Paradise Lost, The Gathering (early), Lacuna Coil, Epica, Type O Negative, Moonspell, Within Temptation.

The same happens with Industrial Rock / industrial Metal Music born to late-80's take elements of Industrial and Metal Music centered in guitars riffs and synthetizers.

The Industrial Metal is asociated to the case previously said of Gothic Metal, both genres directly aren't from Gothic Subculture, meanwhile the Electro Industrial Music born in 90's is asociated to Electrodark side because shared the use to synthetizers.

Bands like Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, Oomph! Laibach, Zeromancer, Dope Stars INC., Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, finds in this category.


Anyway exist followers of these last genres, Gothic Metal and Industrial Metal that possibly could be in the other extreme of Gothic Subculture.

Gothic Literature

Gothic literature is generally believed to have been introduced in the year 1764 with the publication of author Horace Walpole's "The Castle of Otranto". Gothic literature is characterized by the combined elements of horror and romance. The most prominent features and themes of a good Gothic novelare these: hereditary curses, secrets, death, decay, ghosts, medieval castles, darkness, Gothic architecture, and haunted houses. zthe seminal characters in these pleasingly horrifying novels can range from madwomen,perambulating skeletons and vampires to Byronic heroes and werewolves. In writing "The Castle of Otranto" Walpole set out to combine the modern novel and medieval romance. Unfortunately many well-educated people looked down on this type of literature as merely being sensationalist women's entertainment. Classic novelist Jane Austen gently parodied the Gothic genre by writing "Northager Abbey". In "Northanger Abbey" ther is considerable mention of the Gothic novel, especially Ann Radcliffe's "The Mysteries of Udolpho".

There are several different types of the Gothic novel within the genre. For example Romantic Gothic was introduced by many of the romantic poets. Some prominent examples are: Keats' "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", Lady Caroline Lamb's "Glenarvon", and Coleridge's "Christabel" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". In the summer of 1816 the distinguished author Lord Byron hosted a small gathering at his home the Villa Diodati on the banks of Lake Geneva. In attendance were: Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary, and Lord Byron's personal physician John William Polidori. Lord Byron issued a challenge to his friends to see who could pen the best horror story. Out of this contest came "The Vampyre" from Polidori and "Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus" from Mary Shelley.

By the Victorian era Gothic novels had declined into a form of cheap horror fiction known as the penny dreadful. "Varnet the Vampyre was probablythe most influential of these tales. Edgar Allan Poe began to re-invent the Gothic tale firmly believing "that terror is not of Germany, but of the soul". Some of his most important Gothic stories include: "Fall of the House of Usher', "The Pit in the Pendulum", and "The Oval Portrait". Poe also pays homage to the Gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe by mentioning her name in "The Oval Portrait". Byronic romanticism is also a prevalent theme in the writings of Poe and Emily and Charlotte Bronte. The works of such Gothic writers also had great influence on the writings of more mainstream authors such as Charles D!ckens and Robert Louis Stevenson. Post-Victorian Gothic literature was continued in the 20th century by authors such as Daphne du Maurier, Anne Rice, H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King.

Written by Essy717

Goths around the world

It's hard to say how big and where the gothic scene has gone nowadays. I've been looking for a number online but couldn't find anything. There's no "sign if you are goth homepage" or an official world wide club to join. There are only vague things that can make your guess :

--> In year 1999 there were 50.000 visitors at the biggest goth festival in Germany (the Gotik Wave Treffen)

--> The magazines "Zillo" and "Gothic" sell more than 250.000 magazines around the world.

The scene is international with centers of gravity in western nations and Japan.
The differences in the countries are mainly influenced by the local music and fashion trends but also the the already existing cultural and religious traditions affect the arrangement of the culture. These trends do change fast though. In some places the infrastructure only keeps up via internet over regions and countries. (virtual infrastructures)

But there's no border gothic can break. There is no soul it can't touch! :)

written by Angel_of_HIM

♠ Gothic Make Up ♠

Black liquid eyeliner, black pencil ,black/grey/purple/blue/red/white/green eyeshadow, fake black or dark coloured eyelashes, black thick mascara, bloodred/black lipstick, pale foundation, perfect eyebrows. And don't forget to be as artistic as you can! Especially when putting make up on your eyes...eyeliner and well put eyeshadow can do miracles!!

"If I'm dressing up, I draw cat-eyes with my black eyeliner, or a Emilie Autumn-style heart on my cheek. If it's really special, I might do theatrical style dolly make up: white cake with blushed cheek and long lashes" said by ♥ TrekkieGirl ♥

"I don't use make up all the time because I hate removing it, it's like scraping a nice painting you worked on for days!" said by ♥ Rosiee ♥