This Sydney based independent group has toured throughout Australia, USA, UK, Europe & Japan, playing with bands such as Glasvegas (UK), The Jim Jones Review (UK), Frustration (FR), Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers, UK), Skeletal Family (UK), Der Fluch (Germany), Marky Ramone (USA), Christian Death (USA), †13th Moon† (Japan), The Stray Cats (USA), Sham 69 (UK). The band has also appeared at international festivals including Wave Gotik Treffen (WGT), Leipzig, Germany, Semana Gotica Festival Madrid, Spain, Whitby Gothic Weekend UK, Psychomania Rumble Germany, Ink 'n' Iron Festival in Long Beach CA, USA
The Dark Shadows have received great reviews throughout Europe/UK/Tokyo, appearing at The Semana Gotica Festival Madrid, Spain and Whitby Gothic Weekend in Whitby, UK, with features in the UK/EU press including, Top Bands for 2012 in Viva le Rock Mag UK, Big Cheese Mag and the 11:11 EP filling slot 3 on the Charts in UK Rock'n'Roll Mag. Their track 'Dark Shadow' - reached No. 24 on DOBLE 9 MOST PLAYED (Lima, Peru). 'Denial' made #33 in the 'Top 100 Most Played' and 'Blame' came in a #58!!
‘Autumn Still…’ the new album from The Dark Shadows, will be released in Europe and the UK late September on CD and limited edition collectible 12" vinyl (including digital download codes) through Halb-7 Records, Germany with distribution through Broken Silence (Germany) and C7 (UK). ‘Autumn Still…’ is a gathering of 12 tracks together as part a Dark Shadows collective introducing new tracks as well as including the singles previously released on limited edition vinyl that evoke the mood and feeling of the Dark Shadows musical journey and evolution of recent times.
Listen back to Sunglasses After Dark with Phil MacDougall for a live set from The Dark Shadows.