“This Australian group kicks out powerful tunes, successfully meshing gothic and darkwave with rockabilly, forming what is coming to be known as gothabilly. While the blend may sound odd to some, The Dark Violence of Beauty attacks these genres well and should appeal to the tastes of many.

Scot McCann has huge vocals that maintain a good deal of gothic essences, but doesn't develop the off-key melancholy of the genre. It's a refreshing change of pace from the funeral wails of the darkest goth.

A variety of melodic guitar techniques are used in the compositions of The Dark Violence of Beauty. Goth guitar is definitely present in some tracks, emanating a strong darkwave presence in others. But, then comes the country stylings and acoustic strums with energetic punk undertones, that give the music an excellent and welcomed twist”.- Sublevel203.com

“Gothabilly? That's what this crowd of Irish-Aussies call themselves. You're right, they're mad, but Australia has a long tradition of mad genius musicians in the dark side of music. There's Nick Cave, Mick Harvey … em … the rest of the Birthday Party … em … the Bad Seeds (Blixa Bargeld Australian? Maybe not). OK, maybe they're the first non-Nick Cave-related link in a rather short chain! Anyway, this is 13 tracks of inspired lunacy that smashes clichéd boxes, runs amok through genre barriers and sounds great.
The most important element is that the singer can sing, the musicians can play and this is one of the best sounding debuts in a long time. It's fun too, when was the last time you heard the word ""Yee-haw!"" in full-on Goth mode? Well, they're in here, on a mean, moody version of the folk song 'Ghostriders (in the sky)'. There's a jangly pop track 'Emmeline'; masses of emotive Goth stuff; a whiney indie-rock type thing that made me think of the Smiths, even though it sounds nothing like them. There's also a few playful take-offs of other people, like 'In Your Head', which features a very Ian ""((Southern) Death) Cult"" Astbury-esque whine, or 'Catherine Pt. 1' (what a goff name!), which features the bizarre sound of Valor (Christian Death) metamorphosing into Robert Smith (spooky!). Finally, there's a magnificent acoustic version of the Sisters' 'Something Fast' that puts Andy Eldritch to shame. This has everything - humour, intelligence, its tongue firmly implanted in its cheek - and it sounds fabulous.”- Sordid Magazine, Dublin 1999


“These guys were LOUD...very LOUD!! And let's face it, any band whose drummer turns up in an orange jumpsuit and wearing a bowler hat are going to be cool! DVOB played hard and really only let up for one song to take a breather. Their now obligatory version of ""Ghostriders in the sky"" got a fearsome workout and their song from the CITA CD was pretty damned fine. They closed off with a rewritten version of Neil Young's ""Rockin' in the free world"" that pulled no punches about the bands impressions of a certain US President - fire and brimstone from Canberra's Goth-Rockers. A full on set that left the crowd wanting more.”- The-Riotact.com, October 2003

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	Bonny Barbra Allen A classic (for at least the last 1200 years) arranged and expanded DVoB style.		Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
	Sleep		Alternative

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