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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 1d

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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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 5d

We’re so grateful to DJ Ichabod and all the other DJs who have been spinning our music! Thank you 🖤🖤🖤

Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

Nadja + The Guide. 🫀🦇🩸#whatwedointheshadows

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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 · 7d

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 · 7d

Exciting things on the horizon for Mourning Candle!🕯️🦇

▪️Our new single, “Harbinger,” drops this November! We’re thrilled to have once again worked with the amazingly talented @nickmclaren.com on the song!

▪️We’re booking shows for a regional tour next year. If you’d like to book us, please DM us!

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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

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

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 8d

We saw you perform in Nashville a few years back. Great set! We’d be honored to open for you sometime. 💜🖤🎶🦇

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

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

Mourning Candle – “Sycophants”

YouTube video by Mourning Candle

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Leslie Benson @lesliebenson.bsky.social · 10d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

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 · 11d

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 · 11d

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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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 13d

Tonight Nashville! 🦇🎶🙌🥀 Fascination Street presents: SERAPHIM SHOCK w/ special guests Scary Black and Mourning Candle. 🕯️

Saturday, October 11th, 2025
The East Room
2412 Gallatin Ave.
Nashville, TN 37206

18+up welcome.
8pm doors, 9pm show.
$25 dos.

Tickets:
www.ticketweb.com/event/fascin...

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 13d

We’re grateful to be on the air again tonight! Get hyped before the FS presents: SERAPHIM SHOCK w/ Scary Black + Mourning Candle: October 11th, 2025 | Nashville, TN show! 🙌🎶

Listen to Body to Body at WXNA 101.5 FM Nashville, TN radio, with host DJ Adam Alexis McDole, from 4-5PM CT on wxnafm.org. 🦇

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 14d

Hi friends! We’re hitting the stage at 9PM this Saturday! (Doors at 8PM). 🖤🦇

🕯️FS presents: Seraphim Shock, Scary Black, and Mourning Candle - Oct. 11th, 2025 at The East Room, 2412 Gallatin Ave., Nashville, TN. 🎶 18+up. $25 dos.

🎟️ www.ticketweb.com/event/fascin...

📸 Anastasia Elliot

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Mourning Candle @mourningcandle.bsky.social · 15d

See you this Saturday, Oct. 11 at The East Room when Mourning Candle 🕯️ opens for SERAPHIM SHOCK & SCARY BLACK! 🙌🖤🦇 8PM Doors. 9PM Show. 18+. $20 ADV. $25 DOS.

🎟️ Info + Tix: www.ticketweb.com/event/fascin... 🎃

#goth #darkwave #gothmusic #theeastroom #gothnight #gothdjs #fascinationstreet

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