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Ken Magerman (Sounds and Shadows)

@soundsandshadows.bsky.social

Singer of the very silly Goth band Amaranth. Runs the Music review page/podcast/Facebook group Sounds and Shadows.

694 Followers  |  367 Following  |  105 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024
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Winter, by Sodium Light Disco track by Sodium Light Disco

Hey, help me get the listens to make the recommendations list!

Sodiumlightdisco.bandcamp.com

03.03.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hot New Darkscene Releases It can be easy to always turn to familiar sounds in dark times. I remember being in a rut of pre 2018 always listening to the same bands from the 80s and 90s over and over. In 2018 I started openin…

Hot new Sounds and Shadows reviews soundsandshadows.com/2026/02/27/h...

27.02.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ACTORS Brand New Single – CTRL In 2018 Vancouver Post Punk band Actors released the groundbreaking album β€œIt Will Come To You” as part of a next wave Darkscene revolution. After extensive touring through world stages…

Now with a third LP release and new tour on the horizon I’m excited for the chance to review the latest single β€œCTRL” on Artoffact Records.
soundsandshadows.com/2026/02/20/a...

20.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In This Moment’s β€˜Blood’ Serves as a Linchpin Record, Stands Up Ten Years Later In This Moment is one of the few bands I have something of a hipster attitude towards; as in, I’ve been a fan of theirs since before they were cool. Around the time of 2010’s A Star-Crossed Wastela…

As today is the anniversary of its release, check out my retrospective on In This Moment's 'Blood' from @soundsandshadows.bsky.social that I wrote for the record's tenth anniversary.
soundsandshadows.com/2022/10/28/i...

15.08.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Supreme Overlord of Eyeliner and Existential Dread, Ken Magerman of @soundsandshadows.bsky.social , w bandmates Colin Schipper (bass) & Damien Faust (guitar) in

Amaranth - Sep 18 2025 - The Pyramid Scheme - Grand Rapids, MI

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#Amaranth #KenMagerman #ColinSchipper #DamienFaust

09.10.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Favorite 30 Darkscene Albums of 2025 Sounds and Shadows Best Darkscene Goth Industrial albums of 2025

Huge shout to @soundsandshadows.bsky.social for mentioning @cursemackey.bsky.social's latest album. But do check out the whole article as there are alot of amazing releases on there. Link in the comments.

30.01.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope everyone has checked out our Favorite Darkscene Albums of 2025

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Sounds and Shadows Interview with Jim Semonik (Distortion Music/Electronic Saviors/Red Lokust)
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Electronic Saviors Interview now on youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bfj...

17.06.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Electronic Saviors Vol 7:ReUnion Bandcamp Exclusive Tracks, by Distortion Productions 18 track album

Interview with Jim Semonik about Electronic Saviors volume 7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bfj...

16.06.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Violent Vickie
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Interview with Florida ElectroPunk Artist @violentvickie.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TguW...

01.06.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Scott Harris (hororhaus)
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Awesome new interview with Scott Harris of @hororhaus-official.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_2...

14.05.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Colorado Death Rock Band Plague Garden
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New interview with Colorado Death Rockers @plaguegarden.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXQ0...

13.05.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@soundsandshadows.bsky.social
@katpaled.bsky.social

05.04.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember Kat, by The Amaranth track by The Amaranth

On 12/13/2024 the Detroit darkscene community lost one if it's brightest lights Kat Paled. We composed this track to always remember what she meant to us. We will donate the proceeds from the track to her favorite charity The Ferndale Cat Shelter
theamaranth.bandcamp.com/track/rememb...

05.04.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sounds and Shadows Interview with Sidewalks and Skeletons YouTube video by Sounds And Shadows

Interview with @sidewalksjake.bsky.social who is going to be playing Cold Waves this year :) My introduction to Witchhaus www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

02.04.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Now After Nothing from Atlanta
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New Interview with @nowafternothing.bsky.social
I have been trying to introduce myself to more bands I wasn't as aware of. I'm really glad I learned about Atlanta Industrial Grungegaze Now After Nothing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdlo...

28.03.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Panic Priest
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Sounds and Shadows interview with Chicago based @panicpriest.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrj...

27.03.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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InterView: Rohn-Lederman - Hearing Them From Space An InterView with Emiliegh Rohn and Jean-Marc Lederman Β  By Ilker YΓΌcel (Ilker81x) Intro: In August of 2021, COP International released the Watch Out! maxi-single from the newly formed of Rohn-Lederma...

InterView: Rohn-Lederman - Hearing Them From Space

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Sounds and Shadows Interview with Aurelio Voltaire
YouTube video by Sounds And Shadows Sounds and Shadows Interview with Aurelio Voltaire

Interview with Gothic Bard @aureliovoltaire.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsOx...

26.03.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Roger Edber the Sax master of Pigface
YouTube video by Sounds And Shadows Sounds and Shadows Interview with Roger Edber the Sax master of Pigface

Inspirational interview with Pigface's sax man Roger Ebner . We start with a shout out to Grabyourface . Then talk about meeting a GoFight Cd release party in Chicago. How he walked up to Martin Atkins and talked his way into Pigface. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVl...

25.03.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with NITE
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Awesome Texas Twin that do lovely darkwave NITE. Excited to see them at Fixation Fest in Detroit 5/9/25

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP0e...

24.03.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with John Robb (Part 1)
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Part one of our interview with @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social the unrivaled music journalist and punk icon from The Membranes www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R6z...

23.03.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with COP International
YouTube video by Sounds And Shadows Sounds and Shadows Interview with COP International

Great interview with Christian of COP International label. I was just talking about him with Jim Semonik last night www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Ei...

19.03.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Sam Rosenthal
YouTube video by Sounds And Shadows Sounds and Shadows Interview with Sam Rosenthal

Interview with @samrosenthal.bsky.social from Black Tape for a Blue Girl and the Projekt Records record label.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j53TmkkU9tY

12.03.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Slighter
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Interview with amazing Textural Sound Sculpture and Soundtrack artist Slighter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmV6...

11.03.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sounds and Shadows Interview with Christian Death
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Sounds and Shadows Interview with #ChristianDeath www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMiH...

11.03.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Matt Spatiall is bringing a frantic urban decay sound with punk rock tinge of Warsaw and Public Image Limited. Orange molten guitar solos and cavernous bass lines ride the line between nostalgia and contemporary. @nowafternothing.bsky.social
soundsandshadows.com/.../now-afte...

09.03.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@witchhands.bsky.social

09.03.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SOUNDS AND SHADOWS INTERVIEW WITH WITCHHANDS
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Sounds and Shadows Interview with Colorado Death Rockers WitchHands www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaCd...

09.03.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Nice, I will add them to my review list :)

08.03.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0