Name: Bela Lugosi's Dead
Duration: P00H05M45S
Description: This was the first single from Bauhaus, which was an early goth band. The song, which is a very dark 9-minute epic on the death of a vampire, is considered the true start of the gothic subculture. The song's horror-esque lyrics along with the many eerie effects and monotone sound were standards for the rise of gothic music.

Bela Lugosi's Dead

from spektər [EP] by Konqistador

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This was the first single from Bauhaus, which was an early goth band. The song, which is a very dark 9-minute epic on the death of a vampire, is considered the true start of the gothic subculture. The song's horror-esque lyrics along with the many eerie effects and monotone sound were standards for the rise of gothic music.

lyrics

White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box

Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
Undead undead undead

The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count

Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
Undead undead undead
Undead

Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Bela's undead
Oh Bela
Bela's undead
Oh Bela

credits

from spektər [EP], released August 25, 2017
©2017 Konqistador
Produced: Konqistador, INfest8
Written: Bauhaus
Recorded: Detroit, USA / Sydney, Australia
Mixed: INfest8
Engineered: INfest8, R. Tiessen
Mastered: D. Feeny at Tempermill Studios
Artwork: hawkhaus

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Konqistador Detroit, Michigan

Konqistador deliver cinematic, downcast, darkwave with glitched synth, bass-heavy and drum-forward electro style production and perform live with provocatively themed, syncopated projection. Detroit based multi-arts practitioners Reginald Tiessen, Elizabeth Graham and David Andruchow are the key members of Konqistador since it's inception in 2005 and regularly collaborate with UK producer INfest8. ... more

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