Text and Photos: Charles Nickles Were I a nobler man, I’d be telling you all about how I survived the Integrity, etc. gig last night what with all the beer and bodies flying, the crowd-killing and borderline riot that ensued from packing so much heavy into such a small room.

Life is not always easy, but music can always uplift me! Today we want to share almost 2 hours of some our favorite Post Punk // Death-rock jams that make life worth living. It’s time for you to press play and allow CVLT Nation’s Unreal Post Punk // Death-rock Playlist

Straight up the Louder than Light is one of the sickest tours this year without a doubt! What I love about this package is that it’s not genre specific which is how many of us listen to music now of days! This is the only tour that has Skeletonwitch ~

If I had to take only one genre of music to a desert island, I’d have to bring my sweet, sweet deathrock (with lines blurred to include a lot of post-punk). I need the dischord and gloom it invokes to balance out my incessant positive outlook on life. The Bay

Forget comparisons, forget Xmal Deutschland, forget post-punk, death rock, goth and experimental music. Rakta are one of a kind and the only inhabitant of their native planet where the ambient sound is the jubilation of black witches gathering, dancing to the roar of a collapsing world. On the new record “Falha

Growing up at a time when there was no internet or digital cameras meant it was a challenge to document our scenes with quality photos! This is why I love things like Instagram and tumblr – because these places allow us to archive our past. I could spend so much