Cleveland-based duo Midnight Syndicate isn’t known to local clubgoers, but they’ve carved out a niche for themselves that’s brought them national success. For the past 25 years, composers Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka have been creating their orchestral goth music for horror films, role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, and most notably for Halloween haunted attractions, where their music has become an institution. They’ve made 13 albums in addition to film scores. And in 2014 they launched the horror-themed multi-media concerts Midnight Syndicate Live!, a part of Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends.
Now you can celebrate Halloween all year long: the group has released its first live album, titled Live Shadows, recorded at those Cedar Point shows over the last six years. They’re also releasing a series of videos from the album, which will be available digitally, on CD and on limited-edition purple vinyl.
“This album distills four years’ worth of immersive live performances into a collection of tracks that we feel truly represents the essence of these shows,” says Gavin Goszka.
Also, be looking ahead to a Midnight Syndicate mini-album of new studio material, their first release of new material in five years, slated for the fall, just in time for —you guessed it! — Halloween.
To learn more about the ensemble and order the album, go to MidnightSyndicate.com.