The Black Capes are a 5-piece gothic rock band from Athens, Greece.

The band has released three LPs,  “All These Monsters” (2017), “ Lullabies for the Dead” (2020) via German label darkTunes, and “Looks Like Death” (2022) The Council of Bones in the USA, while their new fourth album will be released in 2026 via darkTunes. All three albums were produced by Peter Rutcho (Danny Elfman, Falling In Reverse, Parkway Drive etc.) with artwork from the rock poster legend Angry Blue (Metallica, Lil Wayne, Iggy Pop, Soundgarden, the Pixies, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam etc.)

The Black Capes have been featured numerous times in the international music press such as Legacy, Metal Hammer, Sonic Seducer, Powerplay, Rock Hard etc. and have been featured as band-of-the-month in Orkus magazine, having entered the German alternative charts in the past.

In 2024-25 the band toured in Europe and the UK (Bologna, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Lancaster), and shared the stage with the likes of Perturbator, The March Violets, Theatre of Hate, Then Comes Silence, Ghost Dance, Tribulation, Two Witches, Soror Dolorosa and Wisborg among others making live shows their strongest suit.

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