Performing at Bats in the Attic at the amazing venue Alhambra Live are:
Last Dusk are a Goth Rock band from Heredia, Costa Rica, founded in 2010 by Carfax Haddo, bassist of the late Draconian Incubus, emerged from the need to keep the flame of the genre alive at a time when his defunct band decided to continue in another genre and renounce the same one that saw them born.
Parallel to this process of change, Last Dusk was forged in secret and released suddenly at the right time with their EP Trismegistus (2012).
Pioneering in their genre by transcending the borders of their country and influenced by old Goth Rock bands.
-The point of no return
The band has overcome different lineups since the beginning, after its first two years of being merely a studio project, debuts live in 2012 in small concerts in clubs in their country, it´s until 2015 the band is invited to play at the Sacrosanct 2015 festival in England along with bands like Long Night, The Last Dance, Yabanci, Whispers In The Shadow, NU:N, Grooving In Green and The Last Cry.
The same festival releases “Road To Sacrosanct 2015” compilation pressed on CD by Swiss Dark Nights label, this event determines the path of the band in the years to come.
6 months before the event Stephanie Sabat joins the project and prepares for her first experience on stage (Sacrosanct 2015) including a session guitarist, after this event, Carfax and Stephanie are convinced of the band’s potential and decide to reform the band.
of the band’s potential and decide to reform the band in different occasions.
-memento mori 2016-
They are invited to record a cover of the song “Broken Altar” by the band Das Projekt for their 25th anniversary compilation together with bands like N:UN and Age Of Heaven after this they release their debut album -memento mori- released under the label Deepland Records from Brazil.
and do a short tour in Costa Rica for that album, Carfax and Stephanie collaborate on the album Naked Until Noema by the band N:UN from Portugal in the tracks “aethyr” and “untitled” respectively.
-Wanderlust Tour 2018-
After a short friendly visit to England in September 2017 Stephanie and Carfax return to their country with a new invitation, playing at Darker Days Festival 2018 in the city of Leicester alongside bands like Red Sun Revival,The Faces Of Sarah, Star Industry, The Last Cry.
At that time, they are invited to play for the first time in Mexico City on two dates at El Centro de Salud together with Maldoror and at El Real Under with Lord Fer on bass, along with AM&BH, Blood Dance and Severance , shaping a new tour for that year.
Again the band is put to test and the members of that moment, when they found out about the invitations decide to resign, leaving only their newly joined keyboardist, Roberto Thomas, who decides to take the role of guitarist, Carfax retakes the bass player role and Stephanie continues on drums, this way the most consistent version of the project is defined at last .
After a successful performance at Darker Days 2018 the band is invited to participate in the same festival for its 2019 version.
-As The Young Die 2019-
That year they recorded their second album -As The Young Die- in collaboration with 5 lyrics by the British author Wayne Reid, the track by Stuart Harbut
(Guitarist of Rain Children) with their new album in hand, they launched their 2019 tour playing at Darker Days Festival 2019, in the same trip they also performed at The Gryphon Pub, Bristol with locals Rain Children.
Upon returning to Costa Rica Last Dusk organized the Awake 3 Festival with 1919 from England and continue with the World Goth Day Costa Rica 2019, they re-release their recent album with Secret Sin Records from England and followed by this, they visit Mexico City again with DJ Lord Fer invited to play as bassist at the Foro Bizarro in the “Ritvals” event in celebration of the birthday of Mexican Artist Edgar Castrejon, the next day they perform at the “Goth Not Dead” event with the Mexican band Valeria.
-10th Anniversary Tour 2020(Postponed)-
This year the band starts to write material for a third album, and they decide to include Gabriel Porras as keyboardist, Gabriel adapts quickly in their rehearsals preparing for their celebration tour with confirmed dates in as many countries as possible.
During that period Mexican beer brand “Cerveceria Gothic” released the beer “Last Dusk-The Sacred Flame” in celebration of the band’s
the band’s tenth anniversary.
And next, we’ve been invited to the awesome Bats in the Attic, Morecambe, North-West England by our wonderful friends at McGothicfox Promotions 🦇🦇
Tickets available www.ticketsource.co.uk/mcgothicfox-promotions
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