Interesting article on a genre of music call “Folk Gothic”  Gothic female bands featured on this site..

http://femalemetalbands.blogspot.com/2010/03/folk-gothic-great.html

Bands such as The Northlight and  MIDNATTSOL featured on the site in You Tube video clips

Great post on using liquid eyeliner to create a gothic “cat eye” look, Video on the technique also.

“Gothic eyeliner is simple with a bit of liquid liner brushed on the top lash line into a cat eye shape. Fill in a thick black line over the top lid for a Gothic appearance withbeauty tips from a professional makeup artist in this free video on skin care and makeup. Expert: Chelsea Bagozzi Contact: www.suburbanheresy.com Bio: Chelsea Bagozzi started doing makeup seven years ago when she attended hair and makeup school. Filmmaker: Michael Burton”

Main post and video HERE

Wandering around the web yesterday I came across this Gothic Poetry site by a guy called Demonrobber.

A link to his site is HERE

“The Music Box”

The Music Box
Serenity sat on her bed and listened to the music
Playing over and over on the music box
It was her most treasured possession
It had been a birthday present to celebrate her tenth birthday
It was a haunting tune and the pink ballerina pirouetted and danced
To the tune and the music box play on and on
Serenity was now 35 and had lived here for 10 years
She had been engaged to Steve
They had first dated at the school prom
Just after her 16th birthday
They had gone on holiday to Spain and Cyprus
Bought a home together
And soon they would be married
But one night he found Steve in bed with her sister Sapphire
She had screamed at both of them
She screamed so much that she passed out with nausea
She was taken to hospital and stayed over a few nights
When she returned home Steve had move out
A week later she discovered he was staying with Sapphire
They both laughed at her and shouted “poor Serenity”
One night soon after she took an overdose of sleeping pills
Her mother found her slumped over her bed
She was taken back to hospital
And although she recovered physically
Her mind could not deal with the shock of recent events
She returned to her childhood lost in daydreams
She was moved to the psychiatric ward
And there she remained for ten years
Some of the patients complained about the music going on and on all day
The same simple haunting tune
It drove them to distraction
But it was the only thing that helped Serenity to stay calm and relaxed
She remains there to this day listening to her music
Lost in childhood dreams of innocence.

Our friends over at www.heavymetalonline.co.uk have relaunched their site with a fantastic new design. They have over 1,000 T-shirts and associated merchandise in their online catalogue

Found this fantastic site full of images of “Gothic dream homes” Some fantastic images, one below, click on the link HERE to see the rest

Gothic wedding ideas spotted at wedding-tips.us, some great gothic wedding dress images. Article HERE

We get asked all the time at Dark Emporium for tableware for gothic weddings, seems to be a growing trade, in and outside of the Gothic scene

Lots to be viewed HERE

Ever wondered what to read next, a quick search on Wikipedia will give you a list of what they consider to be Gothic Novels HERE

Personally I think they should have included, Shadow of the wind & The Angels game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Translated from Spanish to English, fantastic read..

Details HERE

I have now heard it all, women in USA found guilt of creating “Gothic Kittens”

Full story HERE

Trawling around the web today we found this fantastic image,

Dark Emporium are proud to launch their new venture, on the back of the successful shopping site www.darkemporium.com we have launched Gothic Valentine an online dating site geared at the weird and wonderful