The Voice of Ottawa's Goth Community

This is the temporary website of Ottawa Goth our new website becomes available to the public in late-January / early-February. Please excuse its blandness as it was done very quickly as we would prefer to put our efforts into making the new website as great as it can be.

News:

Tons of new things!
Entered by Eric Mulligan @ 2012/02/29 23:10 EST

First and foremost, the Ottawa Goth Syndicate is now known as Ottawa Goth after having been voted unanimously by the Administration. Please see below for lots of new things.

New Administration
Entered by Eric Mulligan @ 2011/11/23 11:35 EST

On Saturday, November 5th, 2011, Eric Mulligan has been inaugurated as the OGS' new President and Kelly Taylor has been inaugurated as the OGS' new Vice-President.

Ottawa Goth Social Meetups:

• 04/13 - April All Ages Meetup @ TBD, 8 pm, All Ages
  See the movie "The Raven". All Ages social meetups every 4th Saturday of the month.
   
• 06/08 - Ottawa Goth at The Crypt Club Concert @ Cafe Dekcuf, 221 Rideau St, 8 pm, 19+
  19+ social meetups every 2nd Friday of the month. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Tickets available at Vertigo Records.
   

Ottawa Goth Events:

• 05/12 & 05/13 - Ottawa Goth at Ottawa ComicCon @ CE Centre, 4899 Uplands Dr, Ottawa, TBA, All Ages
  Ottawa Goth is an exhibitor during this event.

Ottawa Goth Sponsored Event:

• 05/22 - Kittie, The Agonist, Blackguard, Bonded by Blood, Doll @ Mavericks, 221 Rideau St, 7 pm, All Ages
  $21 tickets available at Vertigo Records, The Record Shaap and Black Widow Promotions.
   
• 07/01 - CORROSION 2012 with Attrition, Ayria, Encephalon, Glenn Love and more @ Elmdale Tavern, 1084 Wellington St W, 8 pm, 19+
  $23 tickets available at Vertigo Records, Death Disco and Ticketweb.
   

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Ottawa Goth Links:

• Facebook Page
• Facebook Group
• Meetup
• Tumblr
• Twitter
• Vampire Freaks
• YouTube

OGTV

Nightlife:

• Tuesdays: Industrial Strength Tuesdays @ Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St, Ottawa, 10 pm, 19+, no cover
  North America's longest running Industrial club night featuring DJ Leslie and DJ kNiveD (also of Death Disco). Playing Industrial and Underground Techno.
   
• Saturdays: Death Disco @ Swizzles, 246b Queen St, Ottawa, 10 pm, 19+, no cover
  Ottawa weekly Dark Alternative club night featuring two DJs from residents DJ Dolston, DJ kNiveD (also of Industrial Strength Tuesdays), DJ Alis (also of Encephalon), DJ Reverie (also of Positronic Radio, Future Pop) and DJ Nick. Playing Goth Rock, Death Rock, EBM, Futurepop, Synthpop, Industrial Rock, Industrial Metal, Post Punk, Aggrotech and more.
   

Upcoming Events & Concerts:

• 04/26 - Negura Bunget, Wolven Ancestry, The Way of Purity, Din Brad @ Mavericks @ 221 Rideau St, Ottawa, 7 pm, 19+
  $15 tickets available at Paypal.
   
• 04/30 - Lioness @ Cafe Dekcuf, 221 Rideau St, 8 pm, 19+
  $10 tickets available at Vertigo Records, The Record Shaap and Ticketweb.
   
• 05/01 - Rammstein @ Bell Centre, 1909 avenue des Canadiens-de-Montreal, Montreal, 7 pm, All Ages
  $72.75 to $109.75 tickets available at Evenko.
   
• 05/03 - School of Seven Bells @ La Sala Rossa, 4848 boul St-Laurent, Montreal, 8:30 pm, 18+
  $15 tickets available Admission.
   
• 05/12 - National Velvet @ Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St, Ottawa, 8 pm, 19+
  $15 tickets available at Ticketweb.
   
• 05/15 - Belphegor, Aborted, Suidakra, System Divide, Diamond Plate @ Cancelled
  Refunds available at point of purchase.
   
• 05/17 - The Living Deads, George Stryker and the Bandits @ Zaphod Beeblebrox, 27 York St, 8 pm, 19+
  $8 tickets available at Ticketweb.
   
• 05/17 to 05/20 - Kinetik Festival @ Metropolis, 59 Ste Catherine E., Montreal, 6 pm, All Ages
  North America's biggest Hardcore / Industrial festival featuring Ad-ver-sary, Beborn Beton, Blutengel, C-Lekktor, Cenobita, Cenotype, Combichrist, E-Craft, End.User, FGFC820, The Gothsicles, Grendel, Haujobb, Heimataerde, Hocico, Hypr, Iszoloscope, Klangstabil, Lenny Dee, Merkurious, Miss Construction, Mutante, Nachtmahr, Nitronoise, Noisex, Orphx, Panzer AG, Projekt F, Satronica, Shiv-R, SITD, The Speed Freak, S.P.O.C.K., Stormtrooper, Winterkälte.
   
• 05/22 - Kittie, The Agonist, Blackguard, Bonded by Blood, Doll @ Mavericks, 221 Rideau St, 7 pm, All Ages
  $20 tickets available at Enter the Vault.
   
• 06/01 - Men Without Hats @ Theatre Corona, 2490 Notre-Dame O, Montreal, 7 pm, All Ages
  $33.75 tickets available at Evenko.
   
• 06/14 - 2:54 @ Le Divan Orange, 4234 Saint-Laurent, Montreal, 9 pm, 18+
  $10 tickets available at Admission.
   
• 06/15 - Radiohead, Caribou @ Bell Centre, 1909 ave des Canadiens-de-Montreal, Montreal, 6:30 pm, All Ages
  $73.50 / $83.50 tickets available at Evenko.
   
• 06/15 & 06/16 - D-Tox Rockfest @ Marina de Montebello, TBA, All Ages
  Outdoor underground music festival featuring Korn, Bad Relgiion, Suicide Silence, Dream Theater, No Use For A Name, Good Riddance and more....
   
• 08/11 & 08/12 - Heavy MTL @ Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, TBA, All Ages
  Outdoor Metal music festival featuring System Of A Down, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage, Suicidal Tendencies, Cannibal Corpse, Kataklysm, Gojira, Between the Buried and Me, Overkill, Veil of Maya, Cancer Bats, Job for a Cowboy, High On Fire, Goatwhore, Periphery, The Faceless, Iwrestledabearonce, Exhumed, Origin, Rose Funeral, Fleshgod Apocalypse, The Agonist.
   

If you'd like to add an event to our listings, please send us an e-mail at info@ottawagoth.ca.

Local Links:

Promoters:

• Black Widow Promotions
  Metal concert promotion company.
   
• Death Disco
  Gothic / Industrial concert / club promotion company.
   
• Rabbit Hole Productions
  Fetish event / Metal concert promotion company.
   
• Spectrasonic
  Concert promotion company.
   

Bands:

• Ad-ver-sary
  Official website of the Industrial band who are signed to Tympanik Audio. Previously from Ottawa.
  
  
• Creeping Beauty
  Official website of the Melodic Horror Rock band.
   
• Dead Culture Society
  Myspace page of the Gothic Metal band.
   
• Delta Theta Projekt
  Reverb Nation page of the Electro-Industrial band.
   
• Encephalon
  Official website of the EBM / Industrial band who are signed to Artoffact Records.
   
• Iszoloscope
  Official website of the Rhythmic Noise band who are signed to Ant-Zen Records. Previously from Aylmer.
   
• Monument
  Facebook page of the Symphonic Metal band.
   
• Patron Saint of Plagues
  Official website of the Horror Punk band.
   
• The Roboter
  Official website of the Kraftwerk-inspired Electronic band.
   
• Synkro
  Official website of the Rhythmic Noise band. Previously from Ottawa.
   

DJs:

• DJ Reverie
  Official website of the Alternative Electronic DJ.
   

Scene:

• Ottawa Horror
  Ottawa's horror scene.
   
• Ottawa Metal Message Board
  Message board of Ottawa's metal scene.
   
• PunkOttawa.com
  Listing of bands, shows, venues, etc in Ottawa. Covers more than just Punk.
   
• Steampunk Ottawa
  Ottawa's Steampunk scene.
   

Radio:

• D'un extrême à l'autre
  Bilingual radio show on Mondays from midnight to 2 AM featuring Industrial, Punk, New Wave and Experimental music
   
• eV's Underground on CKCU 93.1 FM
  Radio show on Tuesdays from 2 AM to 7 AM ranging from Melodic Metal, Goth, Hard Rock and more.
   
• Future Pop on CKCU 93.1 FM
  DJ Reverie's radio show featuring EBM / Industrial music. Not scheduled regularly.
   
• Positronic Radio
  DJ Reverie's bi-weekly on-line podcast featuring Synthpop / EBM / Industrial music.
   

Stores:

• Decypher
  Ottawa-based On-line Goth / Punk / Roller Derby clothing store.
   
• Trivium
  Gothic / Underground subculture clothing store at the Rideau Centre in Ottawa.
   

Artists:

• Tick Tock Tom
  Making art out of hardware parts.
   

If you'd like to add a link to our listings, please send us an e-mail at info@ottawagoth.ca.

Links:

Radio:

• 1334Bats
  UK-based on-line podcast.
   
• ISN Radio
  Toronto-based EBM / Industrial on-line podcast.
   
• Real Synthetic Audio
  Toronto-based Synthpop / EBM / Industrial on-line podcast.
   
• WFKU
  New York City-based On-line Gothic / Industrial radio.
   

Record Labels:

• A Different Drum
  American record label specializing in Synthpop.
   
• Accession Records
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Gothic.
   
• Alfa-Matrix
  Belgian record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Ant-Zen
  German record label specializing in Powernoise / Rhythmic Noise / Ambient.
   
• Artoffact Records
  Toronto-based EBM / Industrial / Gothic label. Home of Ottawa's Encephalon.
   
• Black Rain Media Group
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial.
   
• Cleopatra Records
  American record label specializing in Gothic / EBM / Industrial.
   
• COP International
  American record label specializing in EBM / Industrial.
   
• Crunch Pod Records
  American record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Powernoise / Rhythmic Noise.
   
• Danse Macabre Records
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Dark Dimensions Label Group
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Deathwatch Asia
  Japanese record label specializing in EBM / Industrial.
   
• Dependent Records
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop. European home of Ottawa's Encephalon.
   
• Echozone Records
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Gravitator Records
  Russian record label specializing in Gothic / EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Infacted Recordings
  German EBM / Industrial / Synthpop record label.
   
• L-Tracks Music
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial.
   
• Manic Depression Records
  French record label specializing in Goth Rock / Death Rock / Post-Punk / Cold Wave.
   
• Memento Materia
  Swedish record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Metropolis Records
  North America's biggest Gothic / Industrial record label.
   
• Nilaihah Records
  American record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Noitekk
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial.
   
• Out of Line
  German EBM / Industrial / Synthpop record label.
   
• Progress Productions
  Swedish record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Remote Music
  German EBM / Industrial / Synthpop record label.
   
• Sonic-X Records
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial.
   
• Strobelight Records
  Austrian record label specializing in Post-Punk / Death Rock / Goth Rock.
   
• Synthematik Records
  Russian record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• Trisol Music Group
  German record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Synthpop.
   
• WTII Records
  American record label specializing in EBM / Industrial / Gothic / Darkwave.
   

Stores:

• A is for Arsenic
  Angelspit's Amelia Arsenic's London-based fashion label.
   
• Agace & Morbius
  Quebec City-based Gothic fashion designer.
   
• Atelier Gothique
  American Gothic jewelry store.
   
• Boutique Obscure
  Montreal-based Gothic, Fetish, Cybergoth fashion store.
   
• Cruella
  Montreal-based Goth, Cybergoth, Psychobilly, Burlesque, Fetish fashion clothing store.
   
• Cyberdog
  London-based Cybergoth / Rave fashion label.
   
• Diabolik
  Montreal-based Gothic, Cybergoth fashion store.
   
• Futurstate
  Toronto-based Cybergoth / Gothic fashion label.
   
• pinkabsinthe
  Polish jewelery shop specializing in Steampunk and Gothic jewelery.
   
• Plastik Wrap
  Toronto-based Cybergoth fashion label.
   
• Queen of Darkness
  German Gothic fashion label.
   
• Rivithead
  American on-line clothing store selling Steampunk, shoes, boots, clothing, band tees and accessories.
   
• VampireFreaks Store
  New York City-based store with Gothic, Cybergoth, Punk, Metal and more fashion and accessories.
   
• X-Tra-X
  German clothing store specializing in Gothic, Metal, Rock, Cybergoth fashion.
   

Lifestyle

• Gothic Charm School
  Helpful lifestyle advice for Babybats and Eldergoths alike. Updated regularly.
   
• Mookychick
  A largely feminist, alternative lifestyle resource with a variety of intriguing subjects covered.
   

Magazines

• Auxiliary Magazine
  A sophisticated magazine, available both in print and online. Examines alternative culture and fashion in a fresh, mature way.
   
• Fiend Magazine
  Australian publication focusing on music, fashion, etc.
   
• Gothic Beauty
  Extremely well-known publication focusing on Gothic lifestyle, fashion, music and fine arts. Also showcases travel and special events.
   
• Obskure Magasine
  French-language magazine focusing on underground music and literature.
   
• Rue Morgue
  Toronto magazine focusing on Horror in culture and entertainment.
   
• Side-Line Music Magazine
  On-line magazine specializing in dark alternative music.
   

If you'd like to add a link to our listings, please send us an e-mail at info@ottawagoth.ca.