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In Aeternum & Houston Underground Live presents:

Strap on Halo (Seattle, WA)
https://straponhalo.com/
Seattle, Washington darkwave trio Strap On Halo craft elegant, minimalist electronica that gives a solid hat tip to goth and French coldwave, yet succeeds in pushing the genre into a lyrically driven, ethereal space that is dream inducing and haunted in equal measure.

Aaron the Audiophile of 53rd and 3rd Magazine has said of the band, “Strap On Halo sounds as if they recorded their session in a smokey underworld dungeon but doesn’t rely on horrific imagery to sell their mission statement. Instead, they focus on an eerie groove and moody atmosphere to paint an audio picture of both gloom and beauty.” The trio draw comparisons to Faith and the Muse, Switchblade Symphony and Siouxie and the Banshees. They are revered and recognized as veterans of the 90’s second wave of the gothic rock resurgence. Known for their mesmerizing performances and beautifully produced albums, Miranda Yardly of Terrorizer magazine has said of the 2011 full length, The Dead Don’t Lie… “Lenore is a stand out track for me, I can’t get it out of my head. Even if I could, I’d want it back on, just for the drum machine alone. If you could bottle this song, I’d take a crateful, that cold 90’s sound injected with a smidgeon of sexiness…”

 

Dread Pixels (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/thedreadpixels

Dread Pixels’ sound can be described as energetic and rich with a weird enigmatic feeling.

 

Delphine Coma (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/Delphine.Coma

Delphine Coma is a beautiful, comfortably unsettling, minimal synth / dark ambient project by Ashe Rüppe and Dana Dark. Their combination of lush atmospheres and harsh noises create entrancing soundscapes that chill to the bone.