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GGGOLDDDD is a Dutch musical project by Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone. Based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, the couple founded the band (as GOLD) in 2011 after Sciarone's departure from The Devil's Blood.[1]
The band is known for blending many styles and influences into their sound, like trip hop, black metal, punk, hard rock and electronic music. The band changed their name from GOLD to GGGOLDDD in 2020.
The band has toured extensively through Europe, sharing the stage with artists such as New Model Army, Amenra, Converge, MONO, Cult Of Luna, Boris, Alcest and Sólstafir. They have performed at festivals such as Hell Fest[2], Roadburn, Eurosonic, ArcTanGent[3], Motocultor, Fusion Fest, Mystic Festival, AM Fest, Wave-Gotik-Treffen and Devilstone.
History
[edit]Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone were already a couple when they founded the band in 2011. After Sciarone left The Devil's Blood they got a line-up together. With drummer Igor Wouters (known for playing with hardcore punk bands like Backfire!, Born From Pain, Madball), bass player Harm Haverman (previously of Reaching Forward, Razor Crusade and Modern Life Is War) and guitarist Nick Polak they recorded and released the debut album "Interbellum" in 2012 through Ván Records. The sound of "Interbellum" is a mix of heavy metal and hard rock.
With new bass player Tim Meijer (known for Tenement Kids) they recorded their second album "No Image" with producer Jeff Zeigler. The album was released in 2015 by Ván Records, and this time Profound Lore Records released the album in North-America. The album saw the band change their sound drastically into a rawer and more modern sound with post-punk rhythms and layers of black metal-style tremolo picking guitars[4][5]. In order to perform these guitar parts the band got a third guitar player in Kamiel Top. In 2016 guitarist Jaka Bolič replaced Nick Polak who then had joined DOOL.
This line-up continued to record and release the albums "Optimist"[6] (2017, Ván Records, produced by Randall Dunn) and "Why Aren't You Laughing?"[7] (2019, Artoffact Records, produced by Jaime Gomez Arellano). Ahead of the release of "Why Aren't You Laughing?" bass player Tim Meijer quit the band and was replaced by Leyla Overdulve. The band premiered "Why Aren't You Laughing?" at the 2019 edition of Roadburn Festival.
During the COVID pandemic guitarist Kamiel Top and bass player Leyla Overdulve quit the band and were replaced by Vincent Shore on guitar and Danielle Warners on bass. Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone were commissioned by Roadburn Festival to write a piece for the 2021 edition of Roadburn Festival. The band premiered the resulting piece "This Shame Should Not Be Mine" through a live-streamed edition of Roadburn Festival called Roadburn Redux. "This Shame Should Not Be Mine" deals with Milena Eva's personal experience with sexual assault[8][9][10][11][12][13], and sees the band shifting to a more electronic sound, incorporating synthesizers, samples and electronic beats[14][15].
The band recorded "This Shame Should Not Be Mine" as a full length album in Orgone Studios with Jaime Gomez Arellano. The album was released on April 1st of 2022[16]. The band presented the album at Roadburn Festival 2022 with live strings. Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone also curated part of the Roadburn line-up that year[17], inviting artists such as Divide And Dissolve, Amnesia Scanner, Liturgy, Wiegedood and Backxwash[18].
During 2023 GGGOLDDD did two European tours as a 4 piece consisting of Milena Eva, Thomas Sciarone, Vincent Shore and Jaka Bolič. In this formation the band recorded and released an EP called "PTSD", containing 3 new songs and 2 more electronic rerecordings of the songs "He Is Not" and "Old Habits"[19][20]. Early 2024 the band announced that Thomas Sciarone was dealing with post-COVID and that they focused on his recovery before getting back to performing live.
Band members
[edit]Current
[edit]- Milena Eva - lead vocal (co-founder)
- Thomas Sciarone - guitar, synthesizers (co-founder)
- Jaka Bolič - guitar, samples
- Vincent Shore - guitar, samples
Former
[edit]- Igor Wouters - drums
- Nick Polak - guitar
- Kamiel Top - guitar
- Harm Haverman - bass
- Tim Meijer - bass
- Leyla Overdulve - bass
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Release details |
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| Interbellum |
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| No Image |
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| Optimist |
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| Why Aren't You Laughing? |
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| This Shame Should Not Be Mine |
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Extended plays
[edit]| Title | Release details |
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| Gone Under/Medicine Man |
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| Faces I Don't Recall - The Optimist Remixes |
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| The Bedroom Sessions |
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| PTSD |
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Live albums
[edit]| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Isolation Sessions |
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| Live at Roadburn Redux |
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Compilations
[edit]| Title | Album details |
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| The Archive Sessions |
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| Recession |
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References
[edit]- ^ Brown, Louise (2015-12-11). "Dutch Post-Punks Gold Talk Emojis, Optimism, and Recovering from The Devil's Blood". VICE. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ Young, Alex (2018-11-27). "Hellfest reveals 2019 lineup: Tool, KISS, Slayer, Dream Theater to headline". Consequence. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ "The big review: ArcTanGent 2023". Kerrang!. 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ "Stream Gold's New Death Rock Prism of an Album 'No Image'". VICE. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Martijn (2015-10-02). "Listen to \"The Controller\" from Dutch band GOLD". Bringing Madness to the Masses since 1998. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Rowella, Chris. "Gold - 'Optimist' (Album Premiere)". Invisible Oranges - The Metal Blog. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Edwardspublished, Briony (2019-03-08). "GOLD premiere new single Why Aren't You Laughing?". Louder. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Hobsonpublished, Rich (2021-12-02). "Dutch alt. pop group GGGOLDDD talk trauma and trust on brooding new single Notes On How To Trust". Louder. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ WIllems, Jasper (2022-04-05). "Interview – Rotterdam's heavy rock revisionists GGGOLDDD: "This Shame Should Not be Mine is a document of trauma"". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Enis, Eli. "Hear GGGOLDDD Process Trauma With Piercing Post-Metal On "Invisible"". Revolver. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Interviews, Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews &; Murray, Robin (2022-03-17). "GGGOLDDD Channel Raw Emotion On 'This Shame Should Not Be Mine'". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Witterauf, Stefanie (2022-04-06). "(S+) Milena Eva: Die Musikerin hat ein Album über eigenen sexuellen Missbrauch aufgenommen". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ "GGGOLDDD, Christian Lee Hutson, Nicole Faux Naiv, Simon Love, les méconnus pop-folk de la semaine". www.telerama.fr (in French). 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ "VoS | Interview with GGGOLDDD". veilofsound.com. 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Islander (2022-03-21). "GGGOLDDD: "THIS SHAME SHOULD NOT BE MINE"". NO CLEAN SINGING. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Lee, Christina (2022-04-01). "New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on April 1". NPR. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ staff, Treble (2021-10-26). "Initial Roadburn 2022 lineup announced". Treble. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ "Live review: Roadburn 2022". Kerrang!. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Smith, Simon (2023-10-25). "GGGOLDDD - PTSD Review". Higher Plain Music. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ Kirk (2023-11-02). "GGGOLDDD - PTSD - Scream Blast Repeat - Reviews". Scream Blast Repeat. Retrieved 2025-10-08.