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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 18h

THANK YOU! 🖤🦇🖤🦇

Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 18h

Happy Birthday to songstress @lesliebenson.bsky.social of Mourning Candle! 🕯️🦇🎙️

🔊 mourningcandle.bandcamp.com/track/sycoph...

#goth #gothstyle #gothgirls #gothfashion #gothmusic #cemetery #darkwave #womeninmusic #mourningcandle

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 4d

“Post-show itis” is real. 😅🦇 - with @sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social and @lesliebenson.bsky.social #yallternative

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 4d

Pick your poison. ☠️ Bat + Butler = Batler. 🦇🔑

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 4d

DJ John Ichabod Anderson of Fascination Street keeping us all on the dance floor at the FS Hell Night Halloween Party! 🔥🎶🦇

#gothclub #gothnight #halloweenparty #nashville #fascinationstreet

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 4d

Ran into Taylor Dawson of She's Lost Control last night in Nashville! ⛓️🙌🖤🦇

Can’t wait for FeralWeen at The Cobra on Oct. 31! 🎃 (Come get feral with us!)

#sheslostcontrol #slc #slcnashville #feral #feralween #thecobra #nashville

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 4d

About last night… Spooky fun in the fog at Fascination Street’s Halloween party! ☠️🦇#whatwedointheshadows #gothclub #gothnight #halloweenparty #nashville #fascinationstreet

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 4d

Nadja + The Guide. 🫀🦇🩸#whatwedointheshadows

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Violent Vickie @violentvickie.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for listening & making one of my dreams come true! I worked super hard to get & it was worth it! 💜

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 5d

Today was fun. Mourning Candle🕯️cemetery shoot behind-the-scenes with Ray Rose Photography. 🪦🦇🥀

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 6d

We’re halfway through writing songs for our first full-length album, which we hope to release in 2026!

🔊DJs + Music Journalists: Please reach out if you’re interested in an interview or would like to play our new music on air! Thank you! 🖤🥀🦇

📸 @eightbitwitch.bsky.social

#darkwave #goth

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 6d

Live in concert: Mourning Candle (@sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social + @lesliebenson.bsky.social) taken last weekend for Fascination Street at The East Room in Nashville last weekend!

📸 Ray Rose Photography

#livemusic #mourningcandle #darkwave #darkwavemusic #concertphotography #goth #gothmusic

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 6d

I love these pics taken of our second @mourningcandle.bsky.social show at The East Room in Nashville last weekend! I was in the zone, the sauce, and the shadows. Surreal! 🕯️🖤🦇🎶

📸 Ray Rose Photography

#livemusic #mourningcandle #darkwave #darkwavemusic #concertphotography #goth #gothmusic

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 6d

@sh1nyumbr30n.bsky.social doing what he does best! 🙌🔥🦇

#livemusic #mourningcandle #darkwave #darkwavemusic #guitarsolo #goth #gothmusic

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 6d

Great memory! 🖤🎶🤩

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 7d

It’s been 9 years since I released “We Defy Oblivion,” an album by my former band, The Sweetest Condition. The song “Depths of Hell” is my favorite off the album. It’s still available on Bandcamp and Spotify. 🖤🦇🥀🎶 #tbt #goth #industrial

thesweetestcondition.bandcamp.com/album/we-def...

We Defy Oblivion, by The Sweetest Condition

10 track album

thesweetestcondition.bandcamp.com

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 7d

Excited about this one! Come join us in supporting our friends Dead Alive, Flummox, and OmenBringer at Eastside Bowl in Nashville on Saturday, Nov. 1 for MonsterThrash II! 🙌🎃🎶

@deadalivemetal.bsky.social
@flummoxband.bsky.social
@omenbringer.bsky.social

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GOTHBATS Nashville @gothbats.bsky.social · 9d

Celebrate Gothsgiving with us at our 4th Annual Cemetery Picnic on Sunday, Nov. 9 from Noon to 3PM at the Nashville City Cemetery. Free. All ages! 🪦 🥀🦇🖤

#goth #gothpicnic #gothbats #gothbatsnashville #cemeterypicnic #nashvillegoth #nashvillecitycemetery

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for making our single, “Sycophants,” your favorite @mourningcandle.bsky.social 🕯️ song with over 9,000 streams since its release this summer! 🙌🖤📼

#goth #gothmusic #darkwave #halloween #mourningcandle #sycophants #spookyseason

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 9d

“Sick sick sycophants… Take my hand, we’ll dance around the sycophants.” 🎶🦇🥀 - @mourningcandle.bsky.social

youtu.be/9oAV8up4IIM?...

#goth #gothmusic #darkwave #halloween #mourningcandle #sycophants

Mourning Candle – “Sycophants”

YouTube video by Mourning Candle

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 9d

My fit for my second live performance with @mourningcandle.bsky.social last weekend in Nashville… 🥀🩸🖤

#goth #gothgirl #darkwave #spooky

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 9d

Albie of SCARY BLACK is the perfect blend of shy, funny, friendly, and artistic. A Louisville darkwave legend. Honored my band @mourningcandle.bsky.social opened for him at The East Room in Nashville last Saturday. Pure vibes. 🖤🕯️ #Goth #Darkwave #LiveMusic #scaryblack

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 9d

Meeting Charles Edwards of Seraphim Shock at The East Room in Nashville last Saturday was an absolute dream come true. He and his bandmates and crew are the nicest people! So gracious and welcoming. 🖤🦇🎶

#goth #seraphimshock #charlesedwards #nashville #livemusic

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 9d

What a night! Mourning Candle 🕯️ opened for Scary Black and the iconic Seraphim Shock (shown here) at The East Room in Nashville last Saturday, presented by Fascination Street. 🖤🙌🎶

📸 @lesliebenson.bsky.social

#goth #darkwave #gothicmetal #livemusic #fascinationstreet #seraphimshock #nashville

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 10d

Huge thanks to DJ Adam Alexis McDole for spinning SERAPHIM SHOCK and Mourning Candle 🕯️on the air again last Saturday!

If you haven’t already, make sure to follow Body to Body at WXNA, and tune in every Saturday from 4–5 PM on 101.5 FM Nashville (wxnafm.org). 🦇🎶

#WXNA #Darkwave #Goth #GothicRock

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to our friends at #FascinationStreet - DJs John Ichabod Anderson & Nathanas T. Birk, sound engineer Luke, bartender Jesse, the door team of Heather Brothers and Ulysses Tylers, and everyone else who took great care of us at The East Room show on Saturday! 🎶🖤🦇 #goth #livemusic #nashville

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