Biography
BERYL BELOVED ("Beryl" pronounced to rhyme with Cheryl) is an alternative outfit based in Colorado, which retains even today the melodic, full-bodied spirit of post-punk, deathrock, and eighties-era gothic rock. Their impressionistic, lyric-focused songs draw from predecessors like Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Southern Death Cult, and others - merging intricate but uncomplicated progressions together with their own brand of storytelling.
Beryl Bacavis - Vocals, Backing Vocals, guitars, Keyboards, Strings
Hands Without a Face - Bass
The Mechanical Hound - Drums
Vaux "Jimmy" Borden (2009-10) - Bass, Backing Vocals
Count the Days, Beryl Beloved's first full-length album, features 10 all-new tracks that carry on in the spirit of the band's 2010 EP, Dressed for Burial. Both are currently available through most major digital distribution sites.
Their track "Last Rites" was recently featured on Drowned Visions, the 7th CD compilation from Dark Horizons. This double-disc collection was released in late 2011 with a limited run of 100 copies. "Foot Stuck Child" also appeared on Subculture Shock's Fall 2010 compilation, alongside acts like Bloody Dead And Sexy, The Birthday Massacre, and Solemn Novena. This cd was made available to participants of the show's semi-annual fund drive for WNRN 91.9 FM in Central Virginia. For nearly 15 years, WNRN's Subculture Shock has been the area's premier radio show for Goth, Industrial, Deathrock, Darkwave, and related genres.
The band has received regular airplay on 90.5 WUSC FM (Dark Entries) in South Carolina, 91.9 FM (Subculture Shock) in central Virginia, and WMBR 88.1 FM (Bats in the Belfry) in Cambridge, MA. "Procession" and "Last Rites" have been featured by U.K. DJ Martin Oldgoth on his weekly online radio show 'thirteen13,' and older demo tracks "Bought and Sold" and "Down Low" have also received airplay on Kansas City's 90.1 FM (Retro Red-Eye Express). Beryl Beloved's songs have been spun at clubs locally as well as internationally, most notably appearing on playlists at The Church and Beauty Bar in Denver, and Dead & Buried in the U.K.
Also heard on:
96.5 The Buzz, Kansas City (Sonic Spectrum)
Dark Horizons Radio
InsideOutcast
Deathrock Radio
Aztalan Turf
Fadeout Podcast
Danse Macabre
La Baticueeva
Ourobouros Podcast
Indie Life Radio
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