Out Dec. 30th - Behind-the-music in-depth interview with Mourning Candle members @lesliebenson.bsky.social and @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social about the song “N0S4A2,” exclusively on Heavy Mental Breakdown Podcast @heavymusicpodcast, streaming on YouTube, Spotify and more! 🙌🎶🦇🕯️

✨THIS SATURDAY, Nov. 22!✨ Catch headliners Sexual Purity (Ukraine) and Mourning Candle 🕯️ at The Cobra, 2511 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN! 🙌🎶 9PM Doors. 10:30PM Show. Get there early! 🦇 $17. 18+. #darksynth #darkwave #slc #sexualpurity #mourningcandle www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-shes...

We’re just one week away from our show with Sexual Purity for She's Lost Control at Cobra Nashville! 🙌🎶🦇 10PM Doors. 10:30PM Show. Mourning Candle 🕯️hits the stage first. See you there! 🎟️ Tickets - $12 ADV. $17 DOS. 18+. www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-shes...

Happy Birthday to @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social of Mourning Candle! 🕯️🎂🕯️ 📸 Ray Rose Photography

We can’t wait to hit the stage again in less than 2 weeks! 🙌🎶 Tickets are available for our upcoming show with Sexual Purity for She’s Lost Control at The Cobra Nashville! 🦇 10PM Doors. 10:30PM Show. 🎟️ Tickets - $12 ADV. $17 DOS. 18+. www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-shes... 📸 @raysin_brand #darkwave

Thanks to Bold Journey magazine for the interview about music, my band @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️, healing and community. Read the article: boldjourney.com/meet-leslie-... #goth #womeninmusic #nashville 📸 Ray Rose Photography

Tickets are now available for our show Nov. 22 with Sexual Purity at The Cobra Nashville! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/venue-shes...

🚨SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 - We can’t wait to open for Sexual Purity and make our She's Lost Control debut! See you at 9pm on Saturday, Nov. 22 at Cobra Nashville! 🦇🎶 Let’s get feral!! #goth #darkwave #darksynth #livemusic #sexualpurity #sheslostcontrol #slcnashville #mourningcandle #cobranashville

Thanks for all the love of our single, “N0S4A2!” mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/track/n0s4a2 #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #n0s4a2

This time of year, the veil is thin. We can feel the connection with the other side… those who have gone before us. Hold your loved ones close to your heart as you remember them. They may just visit you in a dream to check in… - Leslie, @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️ 📸 Ray Rose Photography 🥀

Feralween is over, but we stay spooky all year long! 🦇🖤💜

One of the best metal bands in Nashville - @flummoxband.bsky.social! We had such a fun time at their MonsterThrash II show last weekend! 🙌🔥🔥 #flummox #metal #livemusic #nashville #eastsidebowl

Our friends in @deadalivemetal.bsky.social played a fantastic show for MonsterThrash II last weekend at Eastside Bowl! 🙌🦇☠️ 📸 LIB #deadalive #metal #countscapula #eastsidebowl #livemusic #nashville #halloween

She’s Lost Control at The Cobra Nashville last weekend for #FeralWeen got us all dancing! DJs #IAmDarkHeart Taylor Dawson and #TasteofNight #DJOrlok brought the house down! 🔥 #slcnashville #sheslostcontrol #thecobra #cobranashville #goth #industrial #festish #clubnight #nashville #nightlife

Nashville’s goth community is wildly growing! I am thrilled to be a part of it. 🖤🦇🖤 You’re all welcome here, friends. #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight

Seeing the new @depechemode.com “M” concert documentary film with our goth friends in Nashville was a surreal and magical experience! Highly recommend watching it! ✨🦇🖤 #goth #depechemode

Headliner Geneva Jacuzzi made us all jump! Artistic icon. ✨🖤✨ #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #GenevaJacuzzi #Synthpop #Arthouse #PopArt

Sacred Skin and @srsq.bsky.social at Nightshade Festival were everything. 💜💜💜 #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #SRSQ #SacredSkin #retro

Ronnie Stone is my new favorite retro music maker. So nostalgic. 🥹🎶👏 #DarkSynth #80s #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar

BROOD FAYE brought it! 🙌🦾👏🎶🖤 📸 LIB #EBM #Industrial #Glitch #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #BroodFaye

Nightshade Festival is over, but now we have so many more reasons to visit Chattanooga! 🙌💜🖤🎶🦾 #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar

Joyfriend at Unknown Pleasures Chattanooga - Nightshade Festival! 👏 🙇 #DarkWave #DarkSynth #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #Joyfriend

It was exciting to see @plackblague.bsky.social perform again in Tennessee! Love the leather daddy vibes. 🦾⛓️ 📸 LIB #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar #PlackBlague

Luxe dark synth and a silky, soothing voice that evokes Cocteau Twins… @srsq.bsky.social you almost made us cry at Nightshade Festival! 🥹💜 📸 LIB #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic

DJ Reed Kavanah of Unknown Pleasures Chattanooga, TN spins at Boneyard Bar for Nightshade Festival. 🙌🎶 📸 LIB #Goth #DarkScene #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #BoneyardBar #ReedKavanah

We got to see @kontravoid.bsky.social headline Day 1 of Nightshade Festival in Chattanooga two weekends ago. Absolute fire. 🔥 📸 LIB #DarkSynth #DarkScene #GothNight #UnknownPleasures #Chattanooga #LiveMusic #BoneyardBar

Since seeing Night in Athens live at Nightshade Festival in Chattanooga two weekends ago, I’m obsessed with this song: “Words Unspoken.” It’s absolutely beautiful and haunting #darkwave #gothicmusic with #postpunk influences. Thanks to #NightShadeFestival promoters #UnknownPleasures for this show! 🙌

Nashville is lucky to have @generaltrust.bsky.social in its midst! What a fantastic performance for Fascination Street (at The East Room) last week! 📸 LIB #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #FascinationStreet #Nashville #LiveMusic

For fans of Heilung + Tori Amos, the ethereal experience of seeing @silverreinmusic.bsky.social perform is memorable and deeply moving. ✨ Here’s a clip from her recent performance in Nashville. 📸 LIB #SilverRein #Vocals #EtherealVocalist #HeavenlyVoices #ShieldmaidenEnergy #NordicFolk #PaganFolk

For those who need it right now. 💪

Highlight of the amazing @lauriefeyleux.bsky.social and Erica of @feyleux.bsky.social at Fascination Street, Nashville’s goth music night, a week ago. Video by me. 🖤💜🎶 #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #LiveMusic #Feyleux

I loved seeing @feyleux.bsky.social perform recently in Nashville for Fascination Street! I have “Blood Shadows” on repeat! 🙌🎶🖤💜 📸 LIB #Goth #GothMusic #DarkWave #DarkSynth #GothStyle #GothCulture #GothVibes #PostPunk #DarkScene #GothNight #FascinationStreet #Nashville #LiveMusic #Feyleux

SNAP benefits are ending, and 700K Tennesseans could go hungry. GOTHBATS is teaming up with @2HarvestMidTN to fight back! 💪 🎃 #Gothsgiving Food Drive & Picnic 🗓️ Sunday, Nov. 9 | Noon–3PM 📍 Nashville City Cemetery (1001 4th Ave S.) 👉 secondharvestmidtn.org #FightHunger #2HarvestMidTN #goth

Today we respectfully honor the tradition of Día de los Muertos. May the memory of your loved ones bring you peace and comfort. - Mourning Candle 🕯️ 📸 Ray Rose Photography

It’s 1 week til our annual cemetery picnic! 🪦 🥀 We’ll be gathering together at the Nashville City Cemetery Sunday, Nov. 9 from Noon-3PM to pay our respects and honor our goth community. Come join us, bring a spooky snack to share, and boxed food to donate to Second Harvest. Free. All ages. 🖤🦇 #goth

In honor of Día de los Muertos, we remember those who have passed through the veil, and we celebrate them. 🖤 Thanks to the @nashvillescene.com for this article about the #nashvillecitycemetery, which mentions GOTHBATS! 🦇 www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...

Happy WEEEN weekend! 💜🖤🎃

We’re really excited to be included on this Halloween episode of Out ov the Coffin! ⚰️ 🦇 Thanks DJ Ichabod! 🖤🕯️ 🪦 STREAM the episode here: www.mixcloud.com/OutovtheCoff... #goth #darkwave #outovthecoffin #halloweenpodcast #halloween #mourningcandle #nashville

On Devil’s Night the veil grows thin, the candles flicker, and the night comes alive... Wishing you a hauntingly beautiful Halloween weekend and Samhain from Mourning Candle. 🕯️🦇 Pictured: @lesliebenson.bsky.social @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 📸 Ray Rose Photography #goth #cemetery #devilsnight

Happy Halloween weekend from GOTHBATS! 🎃 See you at our Gothsgiving Cemetery Picnic ✨🪦🌳 on Sunday, Nov. 9 from Noon to 3PM at the Nashville City Cemetery, 1001 4th Ave S, Nashville, TN. Free and open to all ages. Stay spooky. 🦇 #goth #gothbats #cemeterypicnic #nashville #gothbatsnashville

We’re excited to be mentioned again in this week’s Halloween issue of the @nashvillescene.com, along with Nashville City Cemetery Association! (Thanks Hannah Herner!) 🦇🖤 www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture... #halloween #nashville #cemetery #goth #gothbats #nashvillecitycemetery

Check out Secret Society of Goths’ video tribute to our single “Sycophants” by Mourning Candle out now on YouTube! 🎶🎃🎶 #gothvideos #mourningcandle #ssog #remixvideo #halloween #goth #darkwave youtu.be/a-_e7n4Ft3A?...

🦇 In the spirit of giving back, GOTHBATS is hosting a Boxed Food Drive for Second Harvest Food Bank of Mid TN during our Gothsgiving Picnic ✨🪦🌳 on Sunday, Nov. 9 from Noon to 3PM at the Nashville City Cemetery. #Gothsgiving #GothBatsNashville #SecondHarvest #Goth 📸 Photo by Scott Antifonario

Favorite new darkwave artist - Night in Athens! I got to meet this amazing solo artist in Chattanooga last weekend. Please follow their socials and support! “Words Unspoken” is such a vibe. I’m playing it on repeat. 🦇🎶💜🖤 #coldwave #nightinathens #postpunk #goth youtu.be/0C5ERltif4U?...

The vibe for HalloWeek… 🪦🥀 Teaser pics from our recent cemetery photoshoot by 📸 Ray Rose Photography, featuring @lesliebenson.bsky.social 🎙️ and @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social 🎸 🎹 of Mourning Candle. 🕯️🎶🦇 #goth #cemeteryphotography #halloween #ghosts #mourningcandle #darkwave

Excited for this show on Wednesday! 🖤🎶🦇 FS presents: @feyleux.bsky.social @silverreinmusic.bsky.social @generaltrust.bsky.social October 29th, 2025 | The East Room, Nashville, TN. 🦇🎶 Tickets: www.ticketweb.com/event/fascin... #goth #darkwave #livemusic #nashville

THANK YOU! 🖤🦇🖤🦇

“Post-show itis” is real. 😅🦇 - with @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social and @lesliebenson.bsky.social #yallternative

Pick your poison. ☠️ Bat + Butler = Batler. 🦇🔑

DJ John Ichabod Anderson of Fascination Street keeping us all on the dance floor at the FS Hell Night Halloween Party! 🔥🎶🦇 #gothclub #gothnight #halloweenparty #nashville #fascinationstreet