industrial
Raven Black – The Scream Tour Shattered Cincinnati
On Friday, August 18, the 2023 Scream Tour slithered and creepy crawled into Cincinnati onto and across the Legends stage leaving blood, sweat and deep fingernail marks in its wake. The trek headlined by L.A. based theatrical dark metal circus Raven Black gave a dolled up performance complete with props and possessed passion. Direct support came from the modern day Vampira, Living Dead Girl with t...[Read More]
Siglos – A New Cathedral of Heavy Sound
Sin Quirin brings a multi-band, 20+ year resume to the table of any project he works on or stage he stands on. With names like Ministry, KMFDM, Revolting Cocks and Lords of Acid to name a few, he’s got more than a metal pedigree, it’s a dark, demented carnival ride of perpetual, heavy movement. From 2020 to present his focus has been on personal project Siglos (Centuries), in collaboration with vo...[Read More]
Asylum Reunion 2022 Brings 2000 Era Dance Back to Bar Granada
The lunatics will once again run the Asylum, symbolically on Saturday, November 26 with just enough time for the turkey tryptophan to wear off and chaos from the blackest of Friday’s to be in the retail rearview and on YouTube. Downtown Dayton was once a multi-venue metropolis for the black clad /leathered outsider, metalhead, rebel, loner and Goth kid looking for a place to dance, hangout, party ...[Read More]
Derision Cult – Charlatans Inc.
Charlatans Inc. is the 15th release from Derision Cult. Chicago’s answer to what scientifically could musically happen if Ministry, The Butthole Surfers, Rob Zombie and Skinny Puppy were melted together and diabolically merged in Frankenstein’s lab. The newest Molotov concoction is masterminded by Chicago’s Dave McAnally. The material was conceived in 2020, a year that will remain infamous in worl...[Read More]
Dawn of Ashes – The Crypt Injection II (Non Serviam)
From sunny and tan Los Angeles comes a dark new offering from Dawn of Ashes infested with wrath, ready to reign. Vocalist Kristof Bathory brings back the classic, old-school industrial aggro-tech signature sound of Dawn Of Ashes. The past few years brought turbulence and change for Bathory but he’s weathered storms and challenges, keeping his vision intact, conjuring up new alchemy-ridden creatio...[Read More]
SINE – INSOMNIÆ
Take the after midnight, all night heartbeat of the dance club add flashing spotlight speed adrenaline and the pulse of hundreds of people moving to the sounds vibrating from the speakers and you’ll get the songs Sine has created on debut INSOMNIÆ. She’s amped up the soul of the dance floor to her specifications, pouring sexually, personality, and chemical abnormality into the lyrics and sounds of...[Read More]
Adoration Destroyed Haunts The Mockbee
Thursday June 7, DF Productions and Events took over the inner sanctum of The Mockbee building in Cincinnati hosting a visually underground evening of dark industrial bliss. Synthesizers bounced off the cavernous stone walls in rapture as Xentrifuge, Fires and Adoration Destroyed filled the room with luminous, linear sounds and musical echoes. On entrance, to the right in a room that spoke As Abov...[Read More]
Prometheus Reigns in Fairfield
(Due to severe weather conditions, original headliners Raven Black were unable to perform) Friday December 15 DF Productions and Events at The Venue Event Center in Fairfield hosted three bands that played on, despite Mother Nature tampering with the lineup. Dayton’s Secret Circle Society presented a smooth, calming middle ground, sandwiched between aggressive metal and black and death met...[Read More]
Psyclon Nine Conclude Infektion Divinum Tour in Fairfield
The final stop of the 2017 Infektion Divinum tour came Friday June 9 at The Venue in Fairfield Ohio hosted by DF Productions. The 10-date trek spread the infection to the east coast starting in Lakewood, OH hitting New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island among other stops.
From Israel to Texas Seek Irony Play Tech N’ Roll
Arising from the burgeoning music scene of Tel Aviv, Israel, Seek Irony’s founding brother’s vocalist Kfir and drummer Rom Gov felt it was time to make the change to a new level and move the band to the US. They picked Austin, TX “The Live Music Capital of the World” to be their new home down south. Living and experiencing the vast multicultural surroundings of their homeland, they have breathed in...[Read More]