Soror Dolorosa - Confession Live

Soror Dolorosa - Cathodicum Live

Soror Dolorosa - aQ Record of the Week - the record we can NOT stop listening to

Our friends at San Francisco indie record store Aquarius have awarded Soror Dolorosa – Severance Record of the Week and given it this glowing review: Soror Dolorosa is a band that will confound many of those trolling the internet for any number of ’80s deathrock / darkwave obscurities. You could easily slip Soror Dolorosa – with its Goth name, its monochromatic artwork, the theatrical vocals, the rhythmic savagery – next to the likes of Christian Death, Specimen, The March Violets, and The Virgin Prunes, and none would be the wiser. Of all the ’80s references to make, Clair Obscure (while very well, obscure) is probably the closest, if that French band had been much better in grafting songs to match the ritualistic deathrock throb. The biggest surprise here might not in fact be that this is new and not some archival eighties lost gem, but that it is in fact the... Post Continued Here

Soror Dolorosa Severance CD Out Today

Soror Dolorosa – Severance CD is out now. You can order from the distro today. Feel free to write to ttr@todestrieb.co.uk to arrange wholesale orders and trades. We also have two related items now available. These are specialist photography books by Andy Julia (SD vocalist) published in France a few years ago. See all Soror Dolorosa items here. Your feedback is welcome: Visit the Soror Dolorosa myspace page, leave a comment, you can also recommend this release in the distro – you can do this with every title in the distro on the bottom of each page.

Up Next: Soror Dolorosa

Our next release will be Soror Dolorosa’s debut, expected at the beginning of August. Listen: Beau Suicide | American Chronicle Frontman Andy Julia will be familiar to most as the original, and current, drummer of Nuit Noire. He has also played in Peste Noire, Mutiilation, Celestia and is one half of Darvulia. Soror Dolorosa however is a complete departure from metal. Cold-wave blue sounds influenced by 80s post-punk and the variety of -wave splinters that formed in that decade. Bands like Sisters of Mercy, Virgin Prunes, Specimen (and other Batcave regulars) serve as pointers while building their own approach within a French revival of sorts. Sombre, passionate music with careful, often sparse, song writing; shimmering guitar notes, strong important bass lines, drums that pound the bass and crack the snare; and a palpable sense of detachment emphasising the cold in cold-wave.

Upcoming Soror Dolorosa gigs, Andy in new Peste Noire album

Soror Dolorosa have two April gigs scheduled, see flyers below. Soror Dolorosa vocalist, Andy Julia, plays drums on the new Peste Noire album “Ballade cuntre lo Anemi Francor”. We will have copies in stock this week (in addition: Shirts, La Sanie restocks).

Soror Dolorosa update and gig dates

Soror Dolorosa play cold-wave, inspired by bands like Joy Division, Virgin Prunes, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure etc. Smokey nightime blue sounds from deep in the city. SD is a project from Andy Julia renowned photographer and drummer with Nuit Noire, Darvulia, and in the past Celestia. Two new live videos have been added. Forthcoming live appearances: 10 Apr 2009 – Havana Café Avec Lysart + metallspürhunde – Ramonville, Midi-Pyrénées 25 Apr 2009 – La Manekine Avec Frank The Baptist + No Tears + Nova et Vetera – Picardie 2 May 2009 – Café de la danse avec Naevus et Dernière Volonté – Paris, Ile-de-France

Soror Dolorosa on French compilation

Manic Depression have released a web-compilation of the major acts in the French ‘dark scene’. This article includes the full list of artists and a download link.