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THE ALBUM IS FINISHED!
That’s right, we finally killed
the monster. On the 18th of Febuary 2007 the new album was complete, after two years of fierce writing and 364 years
of practice.
Needless to say, it’s well worth
the wait. And we hope you agree, because we're making you wait another couple of months until the release party. Sorry.
But we will be playing some of the new material at our
gigs, so show us love and come and see the greatest Gothic Folk Band to come out of Lancashire since 1643.
Compilation
CD
Misery Of
Sound are celebrating their 1st Birthday by releasing a compilation CD featuring a track by Danse of the Dead.
The
CD will be released on the 16th of March and also features tracks by Miss 616, Screaming Banshee Aircrew and Uninvited
Guest. The CD will be available on the night, with a live performance from Devilish Presley. For more Information have a look
at http://www.myspace.com/miseryofsound
Danse
of the Dead News
Felicitations!
After much deliberation, we
are now pleased to announce we will be holding Another Folking Halloween at Freckleton Cricket Club, near Peston.
(Where?)
Fear not! We shall be putting on coaches to and fro the event from Blackpool and Preston town centres.
The show will
be 7pm - 11pm and Entry will be £3 (inc coach)
Tickets will be available from Oddd Boots, Twisted and Pumpkinhead
within the next few days.
Fancy Dress Essential!! For more information, go to the
upcomming shows section on ourmyspace page.
Let's make it even better than last year
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Danse
of the Dead x
Danse of the Dead on UTAB 2
In
2004 The Arts Council agreed to finance a CD of Blackpool music entitled "The Ugly Truth About Blackpool”, a free CD
of Blackpool bands from the mid 70's onwards. The CD was a success and this August sees the release of “The Ugly Truth
About Blackpool Volume 2” on Just Say no to Government Music, which includes a track from Danse of the Dead. Copies
of the CD are currently available in Music Zone.
For more
information have a look at http://www.jsntgm.com
New Songs
Danse of the Dead will soon be returning
to Lancaster
to record the new songs “The Dead of Night” and “In The House of Fallen Leaves” in time for Halloween.
Danse of the Dead on Channel4.com
We now have a page on the Channel
4 website with music samples and a review section. Click on the following link to rate us and we’ll lick your eyes.
http://www.channel4.com/apps26/userpages/UserPage/bands/viewUserPage?resourceId=554359Sgs
Blackpool
Rox
Danse of the Dead Reviewed
by Andy Higgins in Blakpool Rox #9
R.I.P. Good Times
From Blackpool and described by
Zargo the Wyrd as the most unusual band to come out of Blackpool and the only Gothic folk band in Lancashire since 1643 –
the time of Mr. Winstanley and our Digger friends. This looks a little unusual with lots of plastic confetti pieces of cats
and R.I.P. Gravestones – give it a spin. First track is a really nice and mellow sounding song which is very much like
The Levellers. Not a lot of information accompanies the CD however a bit of googling unearthed the fact that they have approximately
five members, are on CDbaby and can be contacted by email at mailto:danseofthedead@yahoo.co.uk and have their own website at http://www.danseofthedead.co.nr
The first of the three tracks
on the CD is the best, and the singer has quite an enchanting voice – would like to learn more about em. 7/10
The Darkit E.P.
Oh well the highter order who overlooks
all matters related to Zargo and his cult must have read the last review. Didn’t take him long for him to furnish me
with yet more sacrificial offerings from DotD as I unearth another of their CDs nestling in my (now fortunately reducing)
pile of demos. Another 3 track offering from Zargo and his 3 friends (Benjamin Wolfe, Mr Swan and the Lady Zowie).
More of the same really –
it makes me think of the cartoon version of C.S Lewis’ “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” – where
all the demons mob up and attack Aslan for some reason. The vocalist really does sound like Mark Chadwick from The Levellers.
Like it. 7/10.
03/20/06
03/07/06
02/19/06
New pictures have been added to the Pictures gallery. They are, may I say, sexy.
2/6/06
Mr Wyrd has spoken. Read the latest blog entry at http://www.myspace.com/danseofthedeaddotdDanse of the Dead on CD Baby Danse of the Dead's latest offering, The Darkit e.p, has now sold out! The
band are still busy with new material, but for those of you who were unable to aquire the previous releases we
are releasing a limited edition 6 track CD of the songs from "R.I.P. Good Times" and "The Darkit e.p" As well
as being able to buy the new CD online, cdbaby.com also allows visiters to download free Danse of the Dead samples! Now
you have no excuses for failing to convert your friends and family to the joys (and terrors) of Gothic Folk! Buy
the new cd at http://cdbaby.com/cd/danseDanse of the Dead at Beautiful Days As many of you know, the diabolical plan to form Danse of the Dead
was born of the minds of Mr Wyrd and Benjamin Wolfe at the Levellers' own music festival, Beautiful Days in Escot,
Devon. It seems only right that Danse of the Dead should play at the 2006 festival, and, as fate would have
it, Virtual Festivals (Co-organisers of the event.) are running a competition for unsigned bands to have the opportunity
to play on the main stage. The band have entered, simply by sending in a CD, and all we have to do now is
wait ... But for be it from us to turn off the pressure! We need your help to get Danse of the Dead to Beautiful Days! email:
info@beautifuldays.org to tell them what a great idea it would be to have Danse of the Dead play the festival! Recording In
other news DOTD will be back in the studio on the 11th February to record new material for their album, due for release
in October.
02/04/06
Danse of the Dead has a Myspace! YAY! It took me a while to get it up, seeing as how Mr. Wyrd had tried to do it before,
but failed to realize that there are separate myspace accounts for bands. Well, here's the link: www.myspace.com/danseofthedeaddotd
Woo! I have one song up there now. I will update the myspace as well as the website, meaning you wont have to check both
for news. Whichever one you like best, just check it!
Also, this website has a new URL. You can still type in what you do now, it will work, but to make things easier I got
a domain name. Type in www.danseofthedead.co.nr and it will take you straight to the front page!
11/07/05
**This is also a bit late, but I'm stupid*
Another Folkin’ Halloween!
Danse of the Dead ended October
in style with a Fancy Dress Halloween
gig,
with support from Mr. Charlesworth music by DJ Grimly Fiendish, and
free
veggie hot pot for all! The evening was a great success and the band
would
like to thank everyone who came, especially
those who dressed up!
Runner up
prizes (Organic Green & Blacks Chocolates!) went to Corpse Bride and
The
Wicked
Witch of the North West ... however the winner left before the
prizes
were handed out! Molly Noggs, we have a £10
Oddd Boots voucher waiting
for
you!
As well as being a celebration of All Hallows Eve, this event was
hugely
significant to us all, being the first time The Lady Zowie took to the
stage
with Danse of the Dead.
Thanks
to everyone who helped to make it a great night!
10/22/05
This is really late, so pardon it! I didn't mean to get it on so late:
News
The Lady Zowie Joins the Band!
Zowie, lifelong friend of the
Danse of the Dead has now officially
become a
member of the band! She has emerged from her behind the scenes hiding
to
take her rightful place onstage. The Lady Zow will debut as the bassist
on
the bands next E.P, currently
in the making.
Plans For The Halloween Gig Revealed!
This Hallows Eve Danse of the Dead shall once more be descending
upon
the
THE RAIKES
PUBLIC HOUSE 16 LIVERPOOL RD BLACKPOOL! Dress
revelry!
Tickets are £2 pounds
(Or £2.50 on the door.) and will be available
from
the usual outlets (See the shops on our links page.)
The
evening will be a collaboration between Danse of the Dead and the
DJ
Grimly Fetish, who will be DJing between live
acts. This must not be
missed!
See you all there and don’t forget the fancy dress (Effort appreciated
...
even if every day is fancy dress for this band!).
Mailing List
To receive updates on the goings on in the
land of the dead, send a
blank
email, subject “DOTD mailing list” to danseofthedead@yahoo.co.uk and we
will
keep you posted on gigs, releases etc.
9/7/05
Danse of the Dead are currently writing material for their latest E.P,
due
for release this Autumn.
Danse
of the Dead are to guest on Mark Charlesworth’s forthcoming
album, All
Hallows Eve, scheduled for recording
this winter. Any of you who saw
Mr.
Charlesworth supporting Danse of the Dead recently will know this is an
album
to look forward to!
8/8/05
The Reverend Swan celebrated his birthday with an evening of Diabolical
excellence on Sunday the 7th of August. The
evening featured live sets
from
Mark Charlesworth and Danse of the Dead and a free vegan buffet! In a
church
hall of all places .... but we left without a trace of us ever
having
been there! Except a rather large whiskey stain
on the dance floor and
a
mysterious speech bubble next to a painting of the virgin Mary
proclaiming
“Danse
of the dead took my Virginity!”
A fantastical time was had by all and the band would like to thank
everyone
who attended.
But thanks most of all to the Lady Zowie, without whose hard efforts
the
evening would not have
been possible!
The Revered Swan and Zargo the Wyrd featured on the Blue Room website, click onto the following site to vote
for them as the best picture! http://www.facesinplaces.co.uk/Photos (Then select Friday the 29th July.) In other news, Thomas has announced his engagement to his lady Stephanie
(Who I’m told sat next to Benjamin at school until she pleaded with her teachers to move her.) We wish them
all the best. Weddings? I love weddings, drinks all around!! Which, we might add, made our previous evening
of revelry a quadruple function event! Birthday party engagement celebration, CD release and gig. What will we
think of next?... And it would seem wrong not to mention that Benjamin has acquired another motorcycle! (“Frankenstein.”)
Bigger and better of course, an ex-S.A.S. bike to be precise. You won’t be missing Mr. Wolfe in a hurry
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