Gothic Vibes

This NIN cover is delivered in on the chariot of The Cure classic, Fascination Street, which defined the genre Darkwave. Hurt exposes the pain of losing a loved one and how to continue living on with purpose.

I 
Hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that’s real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know 
Goes away in the end
And you can have it all 
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I 
Wear this crown of thorns 
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else 
I am still right here

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know 
Goes away in the end
And you can have it all 
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again 
A million miles away
I would keep myself 
I would find a way

Engineered, Produced, Mixed & Mastered by: 
Pete Mills at Shadow Zone Sound
Written by Trent Reznor
Bass, Guitar, Synth, Vocals: Pete Mills
Drums: Shawn Mrazek
Additional Production: Ellen Hawk

Darkness

Hurt

To reconcile heartache by kissing the living dead after a broken heart beats Cold. With an adrenalin rush of chill “Cold” turns a dire situation into a dark sonic manifesto.

I watched as you froze
Chilled me to the bone
And your lips kissed 
Cold, so cold, so cold
So cold
So cold

Death by a thousand cuts
You keep telling me its not enough
Hanging on 
Gimme more 
Begging me 
From the floor 
Oh no, don’t stop it’s so cold

You betrayed what I thought was trust
Getting off on all the ways you suffer
Need a hit 
Gotta fix
Down below 
There’s a storm so cold

I watched as you froze
Chilled me to the bone
And your lips kissed 
Cold, so cold, so cold
So cold
You turned me into stone
As the lights are dimming low
Now my lips kiss 
Cold, so cold, so cold
So cold
So cold

Secret and malevolent
Coquettish in your wicked sin 
Gotta break 
From the cold
Too escape 
From your hold on me, can’t breathe I’m so cold

Blinded by this twisted fate 
Drowning deep into the void we made
Like a fist 
Through the glass
One more kiss 
Make it last so cold

I watched as you froze
Chilled me to the bone
And your lips kissed 
Cold, so cold, so cold 
So cold
You turned me into stone
As the lights are dimming low
Now my lips kiss 
Cold, so cold, so cold 
So cold
So cold


A thousand cuts
A thousand cuts
A thousand cuts 
Death by a thousand cuts 
I turned to stone, chilled to the bone 
I crumbled into dust
The lights dim low and the curtains close
Our death by a thousand cuts

I watched as you froze
Chilled me to the bone
And your lips kissed 
Cold, so cold, so cold 
So cold
You turned me into stone
As the lights are dimming low
Now my lips kiss 
Cold, so cold, so cold 
So cold
So cold

Engineered, Produced, Mixed & Mastered by: 
Pete Mills at Shadow Zone Sound
Written by Pete Mills & Bryn McCutcheon
Bass, Guitar, Synth, Vocals: Pete Mills
Drums: Shawn Mrazek
Additional Production: Ellen Hawk

Cold

The spark between dark and gothic attraction can lead to a charged demise. Perpetually intertwined with murky chemistry and twilight solemnity, Darkness polarizes these moods. The accompanying video features a panther, representing the animalistic hunt for lust and our powerlessness in its force. This beautiful animal signifies the darkness of death and the grace of rebirth when two fated, karmic contracts fuse together and self-destruct. The extravagance of this murky chemistry shines a light on dreams, a provides solace in the dangers of the underground. The vocals channel romantic lamentations to inspire those lost in the shadows of life.


I wanna kiss the glow
From your lips so chemical
Your flames burn down my hell
So sick you gotta get me well

My catalyst of light
Reflecting my neon eyes 
Your waves turn my lead to gold
Let’s get sucked in the undertow

Into the darkness, you and I
Lost in the shadows where evil lies  
Into the darkness into the darkness 
You and I 
We’re deep in the zone 
Eclipse my soul 
Where no one knows
We’re all alone 
Into the darkness 
Into the darkness
You and I 

I close my eyes to see
This atomic melody
Detonates the blackened sky
This moment will never die

We’ll never see the light again
The underworlds creeping in
Your waves turn my lead to gold
Let’s get sucked in the undertow

Into the darkness, you and I
Lost in the shadows where evil lies  
Into the darkness into the darkness 
You and I 
We’re deep in the zone 
Eclipse my soul 
Where no one knows
We’re all alone 
Into the darkness 
Into the darkness
You and I 
You and I

You and I

Into the darkness, you and I
Lost in the shadows where evil lies  
Into the darkness into the darkness 
You and I 
We’re deep in the zone 
Eclipse my soul 
Where no one knows
We’re all alone 
Into the darkness 
Into the darkness
You and I

Digital Drvgs - Dark Romance

Nocturne - Paralysed age

All that's holy
Pure and born free
Ends in curses
Tears and hearses
We all know this 
And we won't miss
All your drama
And your bullshit
Beg for money
Always guilt free
You won't get a single thing from me
For free

Get out
We owe you nothing 
We all fall down

Get Out

Dead Romance

About UNDER ATTACK
“All conflicts represent a tragedy, where the silence grows and shrouds every voice. The fog of war is able to distort reality and our perception of it: in a conflict nobody wants to listen to the Truth, hypocrisy spreads like a plague, voices of the victims and all the people involved get silenced. We want to shed a light on this insufferable silence and break it, for the victims of all conflicts, once and for all”.

Listen to UNDER ATTACK: https://secretcameras.fanlink.tv/underattack

Under Attack

The new Darkwave/Gothic single by Secret Cameras
Find more about the band here: https://secretcameras.fanlink.tv/bio
© Secret Cameras (2024)

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Los Angeles post-punk band THE SWEET KILL, helmed by Pete Mills, stands as a gothic-rock tour-de-force, a dark presence in a world of cold wave synths and brooding guitars. Spawned to be a beacon for those lost in the shadows of life, Mills guides listeners with his smooth baritone voice through a sonic terrain stretching over wind-swept moors and past crumbling Gothic ruins. THE SWEET KILL delves deep into the darker chambers of the soul, where despair and longing collide. His voice, like a haunting refrain, pulls at the heartstrings, evoking the desolate beauty of a long-lost romantic era echoing the laments of London After Midnight, Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division.

Shadow Zone Sound, Mills’ own recording sanctuary, is a vessel for exploring the darker edges of the human condition—where every note, every lyric, searches for meaning in the spaces between life and the infinite unknown. Both Darkness (2023) and Nowhere (2024), released on Germany’s Young & Cold Records, bear this unmistakable mark. Mills muses, “Nowhere questions the final analysis of the soul’s journey between life and death, are we eternally drifting in the ether or, are we never lost and always found?”

Dame and Damage released on Shadow Zone Records, ushers in the romantic era of 2025 destined to bittersweetly chill those that choose love. Hinting at a new album waiting in the wings for 2025, Mills promising more reflections on love, loss, and the fleeting nature of existence.

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