These are the Toronto-Goth event archives for the month of April 2005. For a current listing of events, visit http://events.toronto-goth.com. For Toronto's gothic community resource, visit www.toronto-goth.com

A new monthly event featuring Toronto Goth and Decompression Fridays launches tonight. A night of Darkwave, Goth and Industrial featuring DJs Human Clone and Dementia. www.toronto-goth.com Tonight also a screening of the Bauhaus "Gotham" Live DVD between 9pm - 10pm. savagegarden.ca/fridays.html Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W., doors 9pm, 19+ only.

Prepare to indulge in a show that has taken North America by storm! CARNIVAL DIABLO is performing at The Opera House (735 Queen St. E)., Crypt doors open at 9 pm. and the carnage begins at 10 pm. sharp! Carnival Diablo is bigger than ever after 13 years of touring Canada. The sets, costumes and props used in Carnival Diablo thrust the audience down the rabbit hole and into a World of Victorian Decadence. This element is what has piqued the interest of A&E and The National Geographic Channel to do TV Specials about this Strange and Unusual Extravaganza... (more info on the website) Tickets are $25 for rushing seating, 18+, scott@carnivaldiablo.com www.carnivaldiablo.com

@ The Vatikan, 1032 Queen Street West Featuring: Tacoma Redd, Dear Jane I, Simmer, Hellmarys, doron zors poetic justice 19+, doors open at 9

Stupdity Of Fuck is a saterical look at sex in todays society which has been manipulated by the media. The artist is Charles Taylor, mediums are paint and collage. Broken Fence Gallery, 727 Queen St. East, 7pm, 18+, noxiousart@carrot.com www.brokenfence.org 416-462-3850

Groovella, Sarah, Christina, Laura, Lena, Ritz & Mikado invite you to Siren's Birthday Celebration. Friday April 1st to Sunday April 3rd. Receive 25 % off clothing - 15 % off accessories. Siren would like to thank you for your support and patronage over the centuries. Siren, 463 Queen St. W. www.sirenweb.com

toronto-goth.com presents return to The Catacombs every Sunday night at The Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W. Doors 8pm, no cover, all ages (ID required to drink). Steven (from Perdition) and Ocean spin classic gothic and all your requests.
For more info visit: http://catacombs.toronto-goth.com

Air Canada Centre, 7.30pm, $49.50-89.50+ from Ticketmaster.

@ The Vatikan, 1032 Queen Street West Featuring: Turbo AC's, Million Dollar Marxists, S.N.A.K, Inveighsion, The G-Men, The Agency ALL AGES, Doors open at 9, $10 Cover

Cysto - Built For You Cysto is the project of Toronto's own and Savage Garden regular Voytek Iwasiuk. The debut release "Built For You" is a manifestation of dark, aggressive EBM rhythms and melodic synth programing. XP8 - Forgive[n] XP8 are an up-and-coming Italian trio with a rather large European following. "Forgive[n]" features 15 tracks (almost 70 minutes!) of music which ranges from stompy EBM to introspective synthpop. Tonight also features DJ VORTX. Hosted by DJ Human Clone at Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W. Doors 9pm, 19+..

@ The Vatikan, 1032 Queen Street West Featuring: Turbo AC's, Million Dollar Marxists, Britney's Krack, Maximum RNR, Cheerleadr ALL AGES, Doors open at 9, $10

toronto-goth.com presents return to The Catacombs every Sunday night at The Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W. Doors 8pm, no cover, all ages (ID required to drink). Steven (from Perdition) spins classic gothic and some of your requests. Tonight also features special guest DJ Triple-X of www.themarsbar.com
For more info visit: http://catacombs.toronto-goth.com

Kool Haus, all ages, $41.25+ from ticketmaster.

Savage Garden, 550 Queen Street West Doors @ 9PM - Admission $5 Dress Code in Effect. Tribal Markings: Art, Self Expression, Rites of Passage, Personal History, Communal Identity. The Savage Garden of Eden invites you to come and explore your tribal roots in a fetishized and sensual environment. We will celebrate all forms of tribal markings; share your tattoos, piercings, come dressed in Henna, or shimmer in body paint. Sher Khan will choose several lucky and willing patrons to be decorated in latex body paint, while DJ Swiss Miss spins a slow and steady rhythm of seduction" Become a free member of our engaging, unorthodox and entertaining discussion group, EdenatSavageGarden@yahoogroups.com, and experience EDEN at no cost of admission!" For more information, please visit www.SavageGarden.ca.

Live performances by Perdition, The Divine, Nanochrist, Trench Run, Paradigm.

The Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W.

All ages. Doors 8pm, $7 cover.

Goth/EBM/Classic alternative all night with DJ Oz. 19+ event. No cover. New monthly event that launches tonight, and will take place on the first Friday of the month afterwards. Neutral, 349A College St.

Garbage's latest offering "Bleed Like Me" fuses dark alternative music with pop sensibilities. "Bleed Like Me" features frenzied electronic programming, raunchy guitars and Shirley Manson's trademark vocals. The lead single “Why Do You Love Me,” is fast, filthy, and patently Garbage. Sure to be another Garbage masterpiece! Giveaways courtesy of Universal Music Canada. Hosted by DJ Human Clone at Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W. Doors 9pm, 19+.

Fetish Masquerade at Funhaus- 526 Queen St West . Tonights theme: A Grimm Night - Fetish Fairytales. Doors 10pm 19+ event $10 in theme $12 without. Mainroom: Lazarus & Phink (electro, retro, ebm, synth) Backroom: Play Dungeon with chillout tunes. www.fetishmasquerade.com www.djlazarus.com

@ The Vatikan, 1032 Queen Street West Featuring: Sutter Kain, Factory Rage, Omega A.D., Herd Thinner, Romeo Liquor Store 19+, Doors open at 9

toronto-goth.com presents return to The Catacombs every Sunday night at The Vatikan, 1032 Queen St. W. Doors 8pm, no cover, all ages (ID required to drink). Steven (from Perdition) and Ocean spin classic gothic and all your requests. Tonight also features special guest DJ DemEntia.
For more info visit: http://catacombs.toronto-goth.com

Strapping Young Lad, The Agony Scene Misery Signals Reflux . Opera House, 735 Queen St. E. all ages doors 7pm. Ticketmaster.

bands: 5th Projekt, Peeler, Position. venue: Lee's Palace, 529 Bloor Street West, doors: 8:30pm cover: $5, 19+

Toronto's own Re_agent made a huge impact on the Industrial scene with his debut release ABANDON. Arriving a year after the release of ABANDON is the accompanying remix disc, entitled "ABSCOND". The final track listing is still being sorted out, but rest assured that ABSCOND is full of amazing remixes by acts such as Andraculoid, Terrorfakt, Iszoloscope, s:cage, Fractured and many more! Hosted by DJ Human Clone at Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W. Doors 9pm, 19+.

The ever corset-clad Baron Marcus and his Beach Babes will transfuse Anne Rice with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon with Frankenfurter live, undead and onstage! Venue: The Steamwhistle Indie Club address: The Edge Storefront Studio 228 Yonge Street, no cover. For more info: vbb@divineindustries.com or http://www.vampirebeachbabes.com

Easily the most anticipated release of 2005, this is NIN first album since the highly acclaimed "Fragile" in 1999. Trent Reznor is back with 13 angst-filled tracks, that he has described as "13 good punches to the face". The first single "The Hand That Feeds" is pure Nine Inch Nails and is sure to be a dance floor favorite. Giveaways courtesy of Universal Music Canada. Come early from 9 -10 pm for a screening of "And All That Could Have Been" Nine Inch Nails live DVD. Hosted by DJ Human Clone at Savage Garden, 550 Queen St. W. Doors 9pm, 19+.

nwodtlem, laf-o, crushkill, razorgrrl, optik dementia, slap n tickle, other peoples music, visuals::dissonance. At gladstone hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., doors 9pm, $5PWYC, all ages.

Vampire Beach Babes, Brutal Knights with Technological Regression at Grassroots in Peterborough (Corner of Aylmer and Hunter). Doors 9.30pm, $8, all ages. www.nightfallentertainment.com

PANIC - the ultimate retro party Funhaus - 526 Queen St W Launch 10pm-4am 19+ event FREE before 11pm ONLY $5 after Mainroom: DJ Lazarus plays the coolest retro mix Backroom: The New Romantics (duran duran, etc) **2 year anniverary Party**. http://www.djlazarus.com

Diamanda Galás performs Defixiones: Orders from the Dead at the Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound.. Tickets are $28 or $20 student/senior. At 8pm at the Zion Church Sanctuary, 32 Weber Street West in Kitchener. For more info: openears.ca/2005/galas.htm & diamandagalas.com

All Treasures for Grown Up Pleasures. Tickets $15.00 at the door (must be 19+) Hours: Fri April 29 3PM - midnight Sat April 30 11AM - midnight Sun May 1 10AM - 6PM Location: Toronto Congress Centre 650 Dixon Rd. (NE corner of Dixon Rd and Hwy 27). See http://www.justforgrownups.com for all the details.