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[email protected] WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO John Biscomb, Louise Brown, Charlie Hall, James Hoare, James Minton PRINTING Wyndeham Heron ©2009 Dark Arts Ltd. ISSN # 2042-1885 German electrowave act are materials. “It didn’t cost any more to like Nomads and American Apparel are spearheading a new campaign produce,” Athanor says, “and the same happily producing ethical wares with a thatA encourages goths to go green and goes for our t-shirts, which are made dark theme and mineral-based make-up it’s being supported by Greenpeace. from bamboo fibres.” companies are starting to realise not COVER PICTURE Ester Segarra Griffinvox, fronted by the delightfully- On the surface, goth culture is everyone wants to wear pastel shades. COVER MODEL Maleficent Martini (see page 5) named Lord Athanor, are behind Goth about as eco-unfriendly as possible Griffinvox hope more artists will HAIR BY For Earth which they hope will inspire – for starters aerosol-based hairsprays follow their lead and so far they’ve Marino Lambrix www.myspace.com/marino.lambrix us all to do our bit for the planet. But might not contain CFCs anymore but generated interest from a number of it’s not just about using energy-saving the propellant used in them is still underground acts including VNV Nation lightbulbs and recycling, Lord Athanor damaging to the environment.