CORROSIONFEST 2020
Saturday 14 March 2020 | Alhambra Theatre, Morecambe | 7 bands
Our first CorrosionFest took place on 14 March 2020, after nearly a year of planning between McGothicfox Promotions and the Corrosion team.
The idea had grown out of the Corrosion goth club nights at the Alhambra. We'd already started introducing live bands into the evenings and wanted to put together something bigger, with a mixture of established goth rock bands, newer acts and artists from overseas.
What we hadn't planned for was a global pandemic.
COVID restrictions were beginning to take effect across Europe, and just before the festival we lost Belgian band Your Life on Hold because of border closures. Dawn of Elysium stepped in at short notice to complete the lineup.
Fortunately, the festival went ahead, with seven bands playing. Two days later, the government advised people to avoid pubs, clubs and theatres, and on 23 March the UK entered its first national lockdown.
It would be another two years before CorrosionFest returned.
We certainly couldn't have predicted how close we'd come to not having a first festival at all.
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John Merrick’s Remains
Doncaster, UK · Gothic electro-rock
A longstanding Doncaster dark alternative act combining theatrical horror imagery, electronics and rock. Their recordings include Dark City EP and John Merrick’s Remains.
Dawn of Elysium
Bradford, UK · Gothic rock
Established in 2012, with releases including Time and Tide (2016) and Raven (2019). Their earlier sound combined post-punk and gothic rock, later developing towards progressive gothic rock and metal.
Sometime The Wolf
Preston, UK · Gothic rock
Atmospheric, guitar-led gothic rock with a heavier edge. Their recorded work includes Never Wake (2017) and From Here and Earth (2019).
Auger
Blackpool, UK · Dark rock
Formed in 2017, Auger blend electronic programming, driving guitar and melodic dark rock. The original partnership of Kyle Wilson and Kieran Thornton went on to release several albums and develop a European touring presence.
Grooving in Green
United Kingdom · Gothic rock
Formed in Hastings in 2008, with a history of European touring and albums including Post Traumatic Stress, Stranglehold and A Second Chance
Unquiet Dead
Bedfordshire, UK · Gothic industrial
A two-piece combining heavy guitar, industrial electronics and layered female vocals. Their releases included Unquiet Dead (2017) and Anima Ignis (2019).
Still Patient?
Germany · Headliner
German gothic rock veterans formed in 1988, with early albums Salamand (1992) and Cataclysm (1994) helping establish them in the German 1990s goth scene. They reformed in 2012 and had released Zeitgeist Weltschmerz in 2018.