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Dead Can Dance Announce North American Tour Dates for 2023

Exciting news for North American Dead Can Dance fans: the band, currently midway through the first leg of their two-part Europa – 2022 tours, have just announced a series of new…

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Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance Releases “Songs of Disenchantment (Music from the Greek Underground)”

With a world tour on hold until 2022, Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry has not been idle, with the surprise release of a new album Songs of Disenchantment (Music from…

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Dead Can Dance Reveal Their Video for “The Invocation”

Genre dying post-punk veterans Dead Can Dance have revealed their video for “The Invocation”, a movement taken from ACT II of their primeval and manichean ninth studio album Dionysus. The song…

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Dead Can Dance’s 1984 Self Titled Debut Album

On February 27th, 1984, British/Australian post-punk band Dead Can Dance released their self titled debut album on 4AD Records. The band was formed as a quartet in 1981 in Melbourne,…

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Man of Fire: An Interview with Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry

Dead Can Dance set to Release New Album—Their First in 6 Years

Brendan Perry has announced that Dead Can Dance, the post-punk meets neo-classical musical project that he and Lisa Gerrard helm—along with an ensemble of touring musicians, have recorded a studio album that is currently…

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Dead Can Dance | The Serpent’s Egg

On October 24th, 1988, 4AD records’ post-punk, ethereal, and world music act Dead Can Dance released their fourth studio album The Serpent’s Egg. The album’s art features a serpentine river…

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The Secret Origin of Dead Can Dance

The video above is from the band Marching Girls, a band that was originally from New Zealand called The Scavengers—who would later relocate to Melbourne after recruiting Singer/Bassist “Ronnie Recent”…

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Happy 55th Birthday Brendan Perry

Brendan Michael Perry (born 30 June 1959 in Whitechapel, London) is the legendary baritone maestro and multi-instrumentalist of Dead Can Dance along with Lisa Gerrard. Today he turns 55, and to celebrate we are sharing this classic…

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