Artist description Gothic

Music Style Gothic

Musical Influences Corpus Delecti, Play Dead, Fields of the Nephilim, Blade Fetish, Love Like Blood, Lycia

Artist History Started in 1995; Nocturne has performed with the likes of SwitchBlade Symphony, Spahn Ranch, Sunshine Blind, THe Electric Hellfire Club, BIg Electric Cat, Christian Death, NON, Black Atmosphere, The Prophetess, Test Dept., Noxious Emotion, Sheep on Drugs, The Razor Skyline, The Impotent Sea Snakes, Trance to the Sun, Faith and Disease and Kevorkian Death Cycle also a mid and western U.S. tour with Noxious Emotion. Nocturne is made up of members of several bands; Ashe Ruppe of The Elysium Facade and formerly of Trance to the Sun, Mark Blewett of Black Atmosphere and also formerly of Trance to the Sun, Megan Mace of Noxious Emotion and Written in Ashes.

Group Members Tadashi: guitars - Ashe: bass, vocals - Mark: drums, additional keys - Megan: keyboards - Jeff: vocals

Instruments lots

Albums Of Beauty and Decay, The Unreleased Sessions (1995-1997), Undercurrent (compilation), The Chruch of North West Music (compilation)

Press Reviews "The four song EP, Of Beauty and Decay, contributes stunning music to the underground gothic scene. "The Haunting" features beautifully chiming guitars with the right mix of keyboards, bass, and live drums. The next track "To Die For" has great upbeat power followed by a more emotional, "Fade to Grey", which is suggestive of Carved in Sand era Mission U.K. The EP concludes with a song that would sound great on a gothic rock compilation. I look forward to a full length release from this Portland Oregon based ensemble. ~Octavia (Outburn Magazine) "Excellent, excellent band"! ~Propaganda Magazine "I enjoyed your CD even in my noisy office"! ~ David (Energy Records) "My co-host Brian and I find Nocturne simply delicious - smashing really"! ~ Micheal (WRAS 88.5 FM) "Nocturne avoids being any bands sound alike, and its nice to see (and hear) goth bands with a sense of where this music comes from without being slavish imatators. Neo-Punks take notice..." ~Where Angels Fear to Tread Magazine

Location Portland, Oregon - USA

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