NIGHTMARE (Full Album)

by DARK

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Hitchhikers Nightmare Club I was totally blown away from Gothic Love within seconds! How could i miss this for so long? Favorite track: GOTHIC LOVE.

Wyrm Phood I love it, and I am looking for more to be released. Favorite track: IN THE SHADOWS.

Jonny/Friday Endlich kann ich mein Auto mit guter Musik beschallen <3 ich liebe euch! Favorite track: FOREVER SUFFER.

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1.	NIGHTMARE 04:00	lyrics	buy track
Obsession – toxic passionate rage Possession – your jealousy rushing the pace I said ‘wait’ I said ‘wait’ You didn’t wait, my pain is your pleasure Locked in your heart, controlled forever Helpless, blind desire In your spider trap, irresponsible liar We lost all control You raped my heart, stabbed my soul You don’t care nobody cares Nightmare Wandering – in your heart, this abandoned place Vanishing – lost in this empty space I said ‘wait’ I said ‘wait’ You didn’t wait, my pain is your pleasure Locked in your heart, controlled forever Helpless, blind desire In your spider trap, irresponsible liar We lost all control You raped my heart, stabbed my soul You don’t care nobody cares Nightmare
2.	FOREVER SUFFER 03:13	lyrics	buy track
PASSION PAIN I SUFFER AGAIN FOREVER SUFFER
3.	NYCTOPHILIA 03:54	lyrics	buy track
Take me by my hands, embrace me in your arms Surround me with your shadows, forever Hallowed be your darkness The midnight’s solitude As soon as the moon is shining, I belong to you A ghostly liberation, in the darkness of the night The endless mystery beneath your starry sky Nyctophilia Embrace me in your shadows, I’m living for the night Nyctophilia My love for the darkness fills my heart A love so kind and gentle Beyond the timeless time In your arms I’ve found my truth Your moon is my only light I walk the path of shadows, the journey of the dark You’re always there for me, I’m a sinner you’re my vice VINYL VERSION IN SUMMER 2021 VIA YOUNG & COLD RECORDS T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE AT bit.ly/darkofficialmerch
4.	IN THE DARK YOU DIE 05:24	lyrics	buy track
DARK - IN THE DARK YOU DIE In the temple of mourning, away from light Where the beloved ones reside Chasing immortality, chasing your desire For your dreams with Lilith Vampyre - you'll die To embrace eternity, you'll die Beyond the misty fog, in the darkness might She waits for you in delight Among ravens and gravestones Thirsty for your blood and wine She pleases herself with your vitality And in the dark you die
5.	GOTHIC LOVE 04:00	lyrics	buy track
Another day In the cemetery We'll be together Forever and ever Lovers of a gothic love In silent dismay I stare at your grave Love memories Eternal fire Lovers of a gothic love
6.	LOVERS IN THE DARK 04:11	lyrics	buy track
Flowing in the wind A leaf under the moonlight You have come to me A present from the fate Shining like a starlight We've turned to be... ...Lovers in the dark Lovers in the dark But I don't know, was it my pain you were looking for? I don't know at all but I couldn't no more Lost with wounds and tears You left me with a locked door You have faded away I never loved again You have the key of my heart But you don't want to stay We could've found a way But now no more Memories forevermore Of two, two lovers in the dark Two lovers in the dark Lovers in the dark I don't know, was it my pain you were looking for? I don't know at all, I couldn't no more Lovers in the dark Lovers in the dark But I don't know, was it my pain you were looking for? This pain will last forevermore Lovers in the Dark
7.	IN THE SHADOWS 04:34	lyrics	buy track
Whispers of the night Echoes of goodbye I can't stand it no more Punishing decision My heart in a prison A pain like never before Now that you're far away With the silence I'll stay Our dreams can't be left behind Come by, walk in the shadows with me But don't walk alone Love isn't gone I can't stand it no more Punishing decision My heart in a prison A pain like never before Now that you're far away With the silence I'll stay Our dreams can't be left behind Come by, and walk in the shadows with me
8.	AVOID EVERYONE 04:18		buy track

about

In his first year DARK has reached 2,000,000 streams, 40,000+ Spotify playlists and #1 Young & Cold Records best-seller record of 2021.

"Nightmare" (CD & LP) contains all his first 8 songs, including the absolute hits “Forever Suffer”, “Nyctophilia”, “Nightmare” among others. Addictive Darkwave/Goth/Post-Punk – to dance your pain away.

“Probably the strongest release of the year”
-Marcel Leidenroth (Y&C Records)

“Debut of the year - totally perfect (100/100 points)”
- Peek-a-Boo Magazine

“Already cult and I can understand why”
-Dark Entries Magazine

#1 best-seller of the year 2021 on Young & Cold Records (Germany)

First Live Performance confirmed at Wave Gotik Treffen (Leipzig) in June 2022

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DARK, a singer/songwriter from Hamburg, strikes hard with the debut album Nightmare. 8 songs that mercilessly drag you along the darkest paths of dark music.

DARK found a home at Young & Cold records. In June 2020 the first single Forever Suffer was released. An enormous bombshell. And it didn't stop there. Nightmare and Nyctophilia followed. Followers worldwide watched the clips en masse, DARK was included in tens of thousands of streaming lists.

I myself discovered this masterful project in the autumn of 2020. The first tune I heard by DARK wonderfully fitted the grey and dreary Belgian autumn day, even more desolate because there was nowhere to go during the pandemic.

And that first tune was Nightmare. A masterly song. In my 47 years of existence, I have discovered a lot of great music in as many genres as there are bands because we don't care about pigeonholing. But this? A tsunami of enthusiasm, love at first sight! Rarely I have been so overwhelmed by this musical explosion.

When I discovered the other songs, my breath stopped several times. The songs grab you by the throat without looking back. Goosebumps. This is such an overwhelming debut that I suspect it will be hard to top. And actually, it doesn't have to be - this is absolutely sublime class.

Forever Suffer belongs at every party. Great darkwave with lyrics that don't need more than a few words: "Passion, Pain, I suffer, Again. Forever Suffer". The building blocks? Corky drumbeats, a bassline with the necessary shine, and synths that cycle rhythmically as well as humming. Perfect! Totally perfect!

And then my absolute favorite, Nyctophilia. Actually, all eight songs are my favorites, this one perhaps even more so. You don't change a successful recipe. The ingredients are the same as the previous song but are backed up by dark guitars. They subtly wriggle their way into this anthem.

What certainly cannot be said of DARK is that it would be one-size-fits-all. That's what the Hamburg songwriter is careful of. In the Dark You Die could almost be called minimal. Vocally DARK goes down a few registers, in an almost spoken word mode. It's certainly danceable. It has everything: nice rhythm, intoxicating melody, mystery on every level.

The next magnum opus: Gothic Love. Do not expect an unctuous ballad. No, don't! DARK's voice sounds even more tormented. Musically it hovers between darkwave, minimal, and some future-pop-like passages in which the synths get an absolute leading role. Lack of cheerfulness, that's clear from this phrase: "In silent dismay - I stare at your grave - we'll be together - forever and ever".

We said it already: variety is trumps. A song between post-punk and darkwave. You can hear a hint of She Past Away in it but it might as well remind you of Clan Of Xymox. Does it matter? Not at all. A quieter song that babbles on. And shines. A diamond of very exceptional quality. With heavenly voices on top.

In The Shadows is another gem. Please give me a dancefloor bathed in mist, lock me in and put this on repeat. For hours. This never gets boring. Cut from different musical cloth again. No song sounds the same and that makes this album, which for me is the debut of the year anyway, even more interesting.

The last song is a heavy gothic song. Avoid Everyone is a sledgehammer blow... and the dance goes on.

If there is one debut album that I would call a classic, this is it. The album Nightmare excels on all levels: atmosphere, diversity in the songs, both musically and vocally. DARK announced that in 2022 they will take the stage to present us all these songs live. So organizers, wherever you are: make it happen!

Jurgen Braeckevelt // Peek-a-Boo Magazine
17/11/2021

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released May 7, 2021

Written, recorded, and produced by DARK between June 2020 and May 2021, during the covid-19 pandemic.
Female vocals by Nicole Willerton
Guitars on Nyctophilia by Lestat Filth
Mastering by Daniel Hallhuber
Cover Model: Madame Absinthe
Photo by Dan Fischer

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Addictive darkwave/goth/post punk with deep vocals. To dance your pain away.

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