A Night of Dark Post Punk Music: Reliquia + Hurtsfall + Mrs. Frighthouse + The Black Capes

Name: A Night of Dark Post Punk Music: Reliquia + Hurtsfall + Mrs. Frighthouse + The Black Capes
Start: 2026-09-11T18:30:00+01:00
Location: Aatma

Schedule

Fri, 11 Sep, 2026 at 06:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Aatma | Manchester, EN

A profoundly eclectic concert bill celebrating different and diverse sounds from the dark alternative underground. From gothic rock, to post-punk doom to industrial noise.
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"Reliquia is a UK-based five-piece crafting emotionally charged, atmospheric music that merges post-punk urgency, post-rock scale, and the weight of heavy alternative music into a sound that prioritizes dark atmospheres, anthemic songwriting and heavy, crushing emotion.
Formed by vocalist Gregg Neville (Spire Circle, Golden Gardens) and guitarist Tobias Gray (The Machinist), the lineup is completed by George Kal (guitars), Andy Lindley (bass), and Karim Nashar (drums).
Since emerging onto the UK live circuit in 2023, the band has shared stages with artists across the darker and more experimental ends of the alternative spectrum, including Darkest Era, Hexvessel, Godthrymm, Scandelion, Night Hexe, and industrial pioneers Attrition. Their sets have quickly gained a reputation for being aggressive, intense, theatrical and emotional."

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"Mrs Frighthouse is Carys and Luna Frighthouse, a wife and wife industrial noise metal duo from Glasgow. Their unique blend of harsh sonic dissonance and chaos combined with beautiful heart-wrenching vocals has seen them play headline shows and festivals across the UK.
They confront issues of misogyny, homophobia and transphobia in performances that feel in equal parts disturbing and cathartic."
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"Hurtsfall have a unique approach: with no guitars, keyboards and Bass VI build a rich soundscape as a foundation for Sam Harrison Emm’s distinctive theatrical delivery. Hurtsfall blend gothic rock, post-punk, and synth/pop, recalling the essence of your favourites with a fresh genre-spanning twist. Based in Nottingham, the ancestral home of Lord Byron, they share his penchant for romantic verses."
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"The Black Capes are a 5-piece gothic rock band from Athens, Greece.
The band has released three LPs, “All These Monsters” (2017), “ Lullabies for the Dead” (2020) via German label darkTunes, and “Looks Like Death” (2022) The Council of Bones in the USA, while their new fourth album will be released in 2026 via darkTunes. All three albums were produced by Peter Rutcho (Danny Elfman, Falling In Reverse, Parkway Drive etc.) with artwork from the rock poster legend Angry Blue (Metallica, Lil Wayne, Iggy Pop, Soundgarden, the Pixies, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam etc.)
The Black Capes have been featured numerous times in the international music press such as Legacy, Metal Hammer, Sonic Seducer, Powerplay, Rock Hard etc. and have been featured as band-of-the-month in Orkus magazine, having entered the German alternative charts in the past.
In 2024-25 the band toured in Europe and the UK (Bologna, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Lancaster), and shared the stage with the likes of Perturbator, The March Violets, Theatre of Hate, Then Comes Silence, Ghost Dance, Tribulation, Two Witches, Soror Dolorosa and Wisborg among others making live shows their strongest suit."