About Me
ALL THINGS MACABRE OPERA MACABRE is a power house fusion of dream, nightmare and passionate eccentricity. An extraordinary intimate world of opulent sonic vision.
Coming Soon: New Release 2008 "13 O'CLOCK". Listen to twisted, gorgeous preview tracks on myspace.com now.
MELISMA, a tripped out ascent into after death/ after life. WHITE RABBIT, OM’s journey through a fractured Looking Glass.
An amalgamation of stunning melodies and dazzling vocals, wicked electro, and punk edge guitar licks. From lyrical elegance and delightfully surreal imagery to unrelenting aural darkness. OM invade the imagination and overload the senses. Surreal Goth Punk Electro!
A sensory roller-coaster ride. Sensuous and angelic, crazed and self-mocking. Twisting you around into a powerful sonic wall to send you reeling on black ice... And still wanting more.
Electro soundstage by BEN PATTISON. Vocal acrobatics and twisted tales by THE BARONESS. Joined on stage by consummate performers VICTORIA MARKS-RADANOV and JOSH ORTH, Opera Macabre invite you to into a dream dimension where the strange and unusual let us to experience the ordinary world in an extraordinary way.
And to add even more fuel to the sonic fire, introducing in 2007, electric and bowed double bass in the guise of Valentina, a classicly trained goth rock uber-babe with serious skill and Adam-V courtesy of ultra cool heavy electro unit, Digitalis Effect, on guitar. Their live, recorded sound and stage persona, already larger than life, is guaranteed, bigger and better than ever before!
Based in Melbourne Australia, Opera Macabre represent the culmination of a dynamic thirteen year collaboration and in late 2003 released "Thorns" a diverse 14 track CD of new music. They are currently in the process of completing tracks for their next album with new songs previewing live in recent shows to fantastic response.
Working together as THE BARONESS AND LOVE LIES BLEEDING they released two highly acclaimed albums "The Way of All Flesh" and "Dark Beauty" through Australian indie label Heartland Records and feature on numerous compilations.
Attaining cult-like status through their elaborate one-off projects and performances, they have been major players in many special events including the Dead of Night Gothic Balls, Continuum 3 - Creatures Natural and Unnatural, where they performed to a fabulous audience that including special guests, authors Neil Gaiman and Richard Harland.
They have been interviewed and reviewed for publications and webzines including Fiend, Gothic Beauty, Mick Mercer, MKS, HQ, Beat Magazine, The Age, The Herald Sun and numerous radio stations, having featured in JJJ's Top Ten Gothic Songs.
Consulted during production of Warner's QUEEN OF THE DAMNED as experts in dark underground culture; enthralling the 2,000 strong crowd as headline performers at the Night of The Damned Concert.
In May 2004 Opera Macabre were honored to be featured guest artists at the COVENANT Melbourne concert.
Acknowledged by a dedicated underground following, making the club play lists and receiving praise from countries as diverse as France, Great Britain, The USA, Germany and Russia in their past incarnation as THE BARONESS AND LOVE LIES BLEEDING. They are now appearing on club and radio play-lists around the globe in the guise of OPERA MACABRE.
In October 2005, at the invitation of the legendary DJ Taiki (D-Grimoire), The Baroness presented a special solo performance on behalf of Opera Macabre at BLACK VEIL in Osaka, Japan. A wild wonderful night with the cool ghouls of Osaka tapping right into the vein of the macabre magic. The Baroness is in the process of planning a 2008 return. The Baroness still doesn’t get the “shy Japanese audience†thing because everyone partied like crazy from the moment the show began. (See http://www.territory-d.com/)
You would be right in saying OM like to play with their fiends and in 2006 The Baroness completed guest vocal work on two tracks for THE TENTH STAGE, the project of Roberto Massaglia (TANKT) and John Von Ahlen (Subterrane Studio). The tracks also feature Chris Mc Carter (IKON) on guitar and Mark Tansley (SUSPIRIA, INTRAVENUS). She also performed on stage with them at their CD launch and looks forward to a more in depth collaboration with THE TENTH STAGE in 2007, with more involved vocal and live work planned for 2007. She is currently developing lyrics and vocals for a track for the forthcoming solo project from Mark Tansley (SUSPIRIA, INTRAVENUS). We look forward to many more creative adventures.
Opera Macabre featured in the 2006 Halloween edition of THE BLEEDING EDGE PODCAST. Check it out.
We are currently planning shows for late 2007 and beyond. OM look forward to gathering many more Fiends Macabre around the world and look forward to playing for your wicked pleasure soon. Become a Fiend Macabre now! Baroness says... Go on... You know you want to.
OPERA MACABRE is audio visual decadence.
Buy “THORNS†at GUP (Online shop), VICTORIAN GOTHIC, HEARTLAND RECORDS And from TERRITORY (Osaka, Japan) *Trade enquiries for product and shows welcome.*
