Have you noticed the sun has this ever so slight tint of red in it today? That is because it is preparing for BLUT ROT II tomorrow night, as should you! The streets will run blood red as The Coven launches into full red hued apocalyptic chaos!

Mark yourself for war and prepare for the cleansing aural fire provided by our lovely djs including:
Arddhu, Ramiel, Dishlexia, Mandrax, Oblique, Spreckenstein, Changeling, Oblivion and Digi.

To get us in the mood, Digi will be starting the evening with some soothing noise and chaotic ambient before hell gets unleashed with our two newest additions to the fold, Arddhu and Ramiel who will burn our ears with searing metal and filthy dark delights. After we’re nicely warmed up, the sanguinary flood will spill from the sky as a wall of EBM, Aggrotech, Futurepop, Metal, Oldschool Goth, Industrial Electro and Dark Alternative pummels your senses and sets your boots to “STOMP”!

So lace your corsets red, and soak your favourite shirt in the blood of your enemies. BLUT ROT returns tomorrow night!

See you on the dancefloor
- Spreckenstein

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Help us choose the theme for the Final 2009 Coven!

December is rapidly approaching and we need to get our marketing department into shape for the final onslaught.. So drop us your suggestions!

For the sake of ultimate cheesiness, if you can think of a theme AND title AND fit the word “Goth” in there it would be awesome (although not necessary), to continue the last two months’ horribly cheesy titles: “Gothtober” and “Goth-O-Ween”.

Here’s some ideas (pilfered from loyal Covenites) to get you started:
- Dark Fantasy
- Masquerade
- 7 Deadly Sins
- Black tie/Formal
- Victorian
- Gore
- Apocalypse

Have a think, utilise your genius and we’ll see if we can make it happen!

Chairs,
Spreckenstein

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What: The Coven: Gothtober
Where: Halo Nightclub - 37A Elizabeth St (Access from Purdy’s Mart off Collins St)
When: Friday 2hd October 2009, 10pm onwards
Cost: $7 + ID ($6 Members)
Why: The best reason to get your goth on in Hobart!

October has officially been renamed Gothtober as The Coven brings you not one but two events next month.

First up is Coven on Friday 2nd of October at Halo. Resident and guest DJs will serve out all the Goth, Industrial, Metal and Aggrotech your puny bodies can handle.

Then on the 17th of October electronic music legend David Thrussell aka Snog makes his first ever Hobart appearance at The Brisbane Hotel.

When: Friday 7th August 2009, 10pm till late
Where: Halo, 37A Elizabeth St (entry via Purdy’s Mart)
Bring: $7 + ID ($6 members)
What:

After a mammoth showing in July, The Coven is back on Friday 7th of August.

This month we’re introducing even more new DJs and promising more music genres than you can poke a stick at. Industrial, EBM, Metal and Goth, all tastes will be catered for.

Featuring resident DJs Changeling, Spreckenstein, Maggot, Digi, and Oblivion plus guests TBA.

Next Coven: Reminiscence

When: Friday 3rd July 2009, 10pm till late
Where: Halo, 37A Elizabeth St (entry via Purdy’s Mart)
Bring: $7 + ID ($6 members)
What:

Step into your time machine and set the clock for the 3rd of July 2009 for The Coven: Reminiscence.

We’re going back in time to explore the darker side of the olden days. From visigoths to pirates, chimney sweeps to countesses, weave and mangle the fashion of today with the style of yesteryear.

Featuring resident DJs Spreckenstein, Changeling, Maggot, Oblivion and Digi plus guests playing all the EBM, Goth, Metal and Industrial you can waltz to.

What: The Coven: Reminiscence
Where: Halo Nightclub - 37A Elizabeth St (Access from Purdy’s Mart off Collins St)
When: Friday 3rd July 2009, 10pm onwards
Cost: $7 + ID ($6 Members)

Sorry for the late notice… BUT!

Next Coven: Friday 5th June
No theme this time but who needs one? Goth it up to the max at your monthly source of all things alternative, The Coven.

DJs Sigil, Mandrax, Tinky Winky, Spreckenstein, Changeling, Maggot, Gravedigger, Oblivion und Morvian are primed to assualt your ears with all the Goth, Industrial, Metal, and New Wave Of EBM your body can handle.
We’ve got a new DJ this month and some more new fiends infecting us with their own brands of musical cataclysm over the next few covens to ensure your coven experience has a nice range of evil!

The Breakdown:

What: The Coven
Where: Halo Nightclub - 37A Elizabeth St (Access from Purdy’s Mart off Collins St)
When: Friday 5th June 2009, 10pm onwards
Cost: $7 + ID ($6 Members)
Why: The best reason to get your goth on in Hobart. Now with even more lasers!

The Coven’s lighting arsenal is getting extended!
In my possession we now have a new strobe (after the old faithful one died after 7 years of tireless service, and being dropped repeatedly) and a Dual Red (150mW)/ Violet (50mW, 410nm) laser!
Currently waiting on arrival from ebay:
- DMX controller
- Violet 120mW, 415nm laser
- 1500w DMX Strobe (with link out port for controlling the other new strobe)

Hey there Covenites!

Coven’s Medical Emergency is on this Friday. Expect to see Doctors, Nurses and patients with horrific afflictions. It should be a good one!

Should that not be enough for you, should you require more when it comes to the ‘dark arts’, and if you like metal, then we have the gig(s) for you!

If on Saturday the 2nd you aren’t stuck in bed from a punishing Coven experience, or just are too hardcore and need more, the come along to the Brisbane Hotel to see 5 bands traverse the full spectrum of metal. Performing 2 shows (an all ages at 3pm, and an overage show at 8pm) are:

Truth Corroded (hardcore/metalcore) - SA
Ne Obliviscaris (progressive/folk/melodic with a hint of black) - VIC
Separatist (technical death/metalcore) - TAS
Mephistopheles (death/jazz fusion) - TAS
Solar Thorn (melodic/black/blacknroll) - TAS

Coven DJs Spreckenstein, Maggot and Gravedigger all play in Solar Thorn (and all are DJing this Friday at The Coven too) so come along and give us your support, if you can walk….

DONT FORGET

MEDICAL EMERGENCY THIS FRIDAY!