Great new Interview from Tzina Dove @ Absolution

Sept 2020 

Black Angel… Kiss Of Death.. One of the best contemporary goth albums of 2020. Following their debut ‘Widow’ last year new London goth rockers have delivered a forty-two minute dark dancefloor treasure. Released just over a month ago, this goth gem (a limited edition of 100 physical copies) is already sold out and a new batch is on its way… . More

BLACK ANGEL NEWS ON FACEBOOK

Aug 2020 

Welcome to Black Angel news. We wanted to find a way to share what we are up to and this seemed a good way to do it ♠️ Feel free to post Black Angel reviews or info you see about our band - and share this! - invite with your friends. Link

GOTH/POST-PUNK REVIVAL BLOG - PART II

Aug 2020 

Thanks to Nikolas Vitus Lagartija

Well under a year after releasing debut album The Widow, Matt Vowles’ Black Angel project return this week with their sophomore effort, Kiss of Death. Unashamedly influenced by the gothic sounds of Vowles’ own 1980’s youth in the UK, Black Angel’s debut was a highly polished affair stuffed full of strong melodies and brooding atmosphere, with earworms like Poison, Would I Lie To You, Christine, She and Bullet In The Head still enjoying heavy rotation on goth radio podcasts. Rarely has a debut album in the goth/darkwave genre sounded so complete.

Announcing the new album, Vowles claimed that Kiss of Death would be both “more goth” and “more punkabilly” than the debut set, and referenced The Sisters of Mercy’s Floodland and The Damned’s Phantasmogoria as the influences for the new record. Even a cursory listen reveals that once again, he has comfortably achieved his aim.  
Read it here

ELEKTRO VOX ‘K.O.D’ ALBUM REVIEW

Aug 2020 

Thanks to Rhea Preece for a great interview on Elektro Vox online Goth music mag here

BLACK ANGEL is an English goth rock band that came onto the scene in 2018 with their debut album The Widow. It was well received and inspired them to get back into the studio for 2020, working on their follow-up record, Kiss of Death.

As mentioned in their biography, the band wanted to capture the essence and sound of the 80’s goth style, but to not sound outdated or like a carbon copy of the bands that were most popular in the scene back then.

I believe they have done just that, bringing everything fundamentally goth and refining it in this album.……….more here

ABSOLUTION NYC INTERVIEW

Aug 2020 

Thanks to Tzina Dovve for a great interview - you can see it all here on Absolution NYC here

Tzina: When and where exactly were Black Angel formed? What motivated you to form a gothrock/postpunk band to begin with, and who are the members of the band?

Matt: Black Angel were formed in 2019. I grew up in the 80s going to goth clubs and listening to bands like Bauhaus, The Damned and The Cult, just to name a few, and I continued to listen to this genre of music for the next 25 years. It was always so well crafted in the 80s and it always resonated with me. I have always worked as a mixer, engineer, producer, and mastering engineer and have had many albums out over the last two decades- mainly in the rock and electronica genres.
Although being English, I now reside in Los Angeles as I work for a major studio in the film industry……….more here

SOUNDS & SHADOWS ALBUM REVIEW

Aug 2020 

Ken Magerman gives us great first review of our new album ‘Kiss of Death’ on ’Sounds and Shadows - here

‘Animal’ - Track of the Day

July 2020 

Fabrizio Lusso gives us ’Track of the Day on his site WhiteLight / WhiteHeat  - here  

’80s influenced goth post-punk project, Black Angel, lead by English musician and producer Matt Vowles, following the recent extended version of the band’s 2019 debut LP “The Widow”, have announced the release of their sophomore studio album “Kiss of Death”, introduced by the new single “Animal”