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My new Fearless Vampire Killers tattoo isn’t healing well. It sits in the crook of my arm, rubbing against my bicep when I bend. I suppose that’s what I get for making an impulsive, passion-driven walk-in on Halloween at a tattoo shop in a foreign country. It was mere paces from Camden Underworld, a venue […]

Kier Kemp, former co-vocalist and guitarist of FVK (Fearless Vampire Killers), has annouced is new project, Inklings. The band comprises Kemp (vocals/guitar) and Michael Lane (guitar), whom fans may recognize from FVK's “Neon In The Dance Halls” music video.  Kemp elaborated on his new bandmate on Twitter: “FVK and Michael have been friends for years. Played in […]

FVK (Fearless Vampire Killers) have announced that they will play their final show on October 30 at London's Camden Underworld. The group disbanded following the departure of co-vocalist/guitarist Kier Kemp on July 4, but have made clear that Kemp will be playing this final show.  Pre-sale tickets are available now for members of FVK's fansite, […]

UPDATE: July 5, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. EST FVK have announced that all upcoming performances, barring Shield Fest on July 17—where Kemp will not be playing with the band—have been canceled. Those shows include appearances at both Reading and Leeds festivals among others. The band are expected to announce a farewell show soon.  UPDATE: July […]

Five months after the release of their mini-album Bruises, FVK (aka Fearless Vampire Killers) reentered the studio in mid-March to begin work on material for the next era of the band. Having dropped their qualms about pleasing the industry or literally anyone but themselves, the band feel they have recorded two songs, “Always Forgive” and “Priceless,” that are the most themselves of […]

If you're looking for quintessential spooky tunes, you're probably going to turn to our “grampires” of the late-'70s and '80s goth rock movement. But you'd be mistaken to think there are no new creepcore torchbearers. Here's a quick primer on songs from the past 10 years by artists who've continued the tradition of casting a […]

Fearless Vampire Killers' Bruises—one of our 10 Essential Albums Of 2015—has produced a captivating trilogy of videos, which concludes today on APTV with “Regret.” The series follows the narrative of co-vocalists Laurence Beveridge and Kier Kemp and their intertwined relationship with a central female character (played by photographer Justine Trickett.) From sustaining metaphorical contusions in “Like […]