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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! We weren't quite sure how to break this to you all. We know it might come as a bit of a shock and we understand if it changes how you feel about us as an event and brand.

We're in the big leagues now....
Big up the Holiday Inn Reading South M4 massive! Thanks for the follow!

Image description: Announcement text teasers on an atmospheric stark woodland backdrop. "We have huge news" leading to a final graphic with a screenshot of the notification of a new follow from the Reading M4 southbound Holiday Inn.

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! We weren't quite sure how to break this to you all. We know it might come as a bit of a shock and we understand if it changes how you feel about us as an event and brand.

We're in the big leagues now....
Big up the Holiday Inn Reading South M4 massive! Thanks for the follow!

Image description: Announcement text teasers on an atmospheric stark woodland backdrop. "We have huge news" leading to a final graphic with a screenshot of the notification of a new follow from the Reading M4 southbound Holiday Inn.

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! We weren't quite sure how to break this to you all. We know it might come as a bit of a shock and we understand if it changes how you feel about us as an event and brand.

We're in the big leagues now....
Big up the Holiday Inn Reading South M4 massive! Thanks for the follow!

Image description: Announcement text teasers on an atmospheric stark woodland backdrop. "We have huge news" leading to a final graphic with a screenshot of the notification of a new follow from the Reading M4 southbound Holiday Inn.

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! We weren't quite sure how to break this to you all. We know it might come as a bit of a shock and we understand if it changes how you feel about us as an event and brand.

We're in the big leagues now....
Big up the Holiday Inn Reading South M4 massive! Thanks for the follow!

Image description: Announcement text teasers on an atmospheric stark woodland backdrop. "We have huge news" leading to a final graphic with a screenshot of the notification of a new follow from the Reading M4 southbound Holiday Inn.

A few more weeks and we have another fantastic lineup coming at you for the next Beat:Cancer Reading event. Thckets on sale at https://beatcancer.info/product/cofm-30-may-2026/

DO IIIIITTTTT

Occasionally we get an artist reach out to say hi, which is great as we're not omnipotent and love to support bands where we can (so please do say hi!) :D

@mylla_issues said hi recently and her coldwave hit Cold Hearted Snake has been on regular rotation since. Go check her out!

https://myllaissues.bandcamp.com/track/cold-hearted-snake

#musicrecommendations #industrialmusic

Join us Sat 4th July at The Castle Tap in Reading!

In the long lost mists of 2000, De/Vision were one of our go-to dancefloor fillers so I'm looking forward to adding in some of the new project, DeVision Reduxto that track record! DeVision Redux is Steffen Keth, plus @daniel_myer ... who once accidentally guested for us while on holiday in the UK :D

https://danielmyer.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-we-keep

#industrialmusic #musicrecommendations

It has been a while, so let's return to the CofM Recommends segment of your weekly feed content! To kick this off we're going to take one of our favourite acts from @resistanz_festival this year; and the one that a surprising number of people had never encountered before. @nevada_hardware are one of those that we've been fans of for years, so it was amazing to finally get to see them play over here.

https://nevadahardware.bandcamp.com/album/split-scene

#musicrecommendations #industrialmusic

One of the joys of being at a festival is the mornings where we can catch up on the socials! We're still missing Simon Penguin's sets, and lord knows what was played in the back-to-back sessions for the last hour of the night... but here is everything else from CharlieOctogirl, Endtransmission and Sidal#gothclub #industrialmusic #setlist

One of the joys of being at a festival is the mornings where we can catch up on the socials! We're still missing Simon Penguin's sets, and lord knows what was played in the back-to-back sessions for the last hour of the night... but here is everything else from CharlieOctogirl, Endtransmission and Sidal#gothclub #industrialmusic #setlist

One of the joys of being at a festival is the mornings where we can catch up on the socials! We're still missing Simon Penguin's sets, and lord knows what was played in the back-to-back sessions for the last hour of the night... but here is everything else from CharlieOctogirl, Endtransmission and Sidal#gothclub #industrialmusic #setlist

We had an awesome night with you at Church of Madness last night!
We are super aware that many of you travel great distances to join us and it does not go unnoticed the quite literal investment you put in to the Reading scene - We appreciate you, all of you, near and far.

There's a lot of chat about the goth/alt scene 'dying', but it only lives and thrives when people step up, come out, and hit the dancefloor. So as a small event run by a really dedicated team, whether there's 5 of you or 75 of you of the dancefloor, you're each deeply appreciated. We see you and how you support the scene and our community - Thank you!

Want in on this good stuff? Tell a friend, fill a car with weirdos and come join the party! A warm welcome awaits and we quite literally have cookies...

Love and gratitude to SIDAL who played some astounding music last night and amazingly somehow broke the floor rather than the ceiling. Yeah, we're not sure either. For a dude with such a pointy head we expected a Venjent situation again tbh...

Church of Madness is back on the 25th of July. But before then there's lots in store from Team CofM! Make sure you're following our socials for news, music recommendations and more.

Keep up the weird work you lot! See you in July!
- Team CofM 🖤

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@simon_penguin @charlie_octo_girl

We had an awesome night with you at Church of Madness last night!
We are super aware that many of you travel great distances to join us and it does not go unnoticed the quite literal investment you put in to the Reading scene - We appreciate you, all of you, near and far.

There's a lot of chat about the goth/alt scene 'dying', but it only lives and thrives when people step up, come out, and hit the dancefloor. So as a small event run by a really dedicated team, whether there's 5 of you or 75 of you of the dancefloor, you're each deeply appreciated. We see you and how you support the scene and our community - Thank you!

Want in on this good stuff? Tell a friend, fill a car with weirdos and come join the party! A warm welcome awaits and we quite literally have cookies...

Love and gratitude to SIDAL who played some astounding music last night and amazingly somehow broke the floor rather than the ceiling. Yeah, we're not sure either. For a dude with such a pointy head we expected a Venjent situation again tbh...

Church of Madness is back on the 25th of July. But before then there's lots in store from Team CofM! Make sure you're following our socials for news, music recommendations and more.

Keep up the weird work you lot! See you in July!
- Team CofM 🖤

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@simon_penguin @charlie_octo_girl

We had an awesome night with you at Church of Madness last night!
We are super aware that many of you travel great distances to join us and it does not go unnoticed the quite literal investment you put in to the Reading scene - We appreciate you, all of you, near and far.

There's a lot of chat about the goth/alt scene 'dying', but it only lives and thrives when people step up, come out, and hit the dancefloor. So as a small event run by a really dedicated team, whether there's 5 of you or 75 of you of the dancefloor, you're each deeply appreciated. We see you and how you support the scene and our community - Thank you!

Want in on this good stuff? Tell a friend, fill a car with weirdos and come join the party! A warm welcome awaits and we quite literally have cookies...

Love and gratitude to SIDAL who played some astounding music last night and amazingly somehow broke the floor rather than the ceiling. Yeah, we're not sure either. For a dude with such a pointy head we expected a Venjent situation again tbh...

Church of Madness is back on the 25th of July. But before then there's lots in store from Team CofM! Make sure you're following our socials for news, music recommendations and more.

Keep up the weird work you lot! See you in July!
- Team CofM 🖤

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@simon_penguin @charlie_octo_girl

We had an awesome night with you at Church of Madness last night!
We are super aware that many of you travel great distances to join us and it does not go unnoticed the quite literal investment you put in to the Reading scene - We appreciate you, all of you, near and far.

There's a lot of chat about the goth/alt scene 'dying', but it only lives and thrives when people step up, come out, and hit the dancefloor. So as a small event run by a really dedicated team, whether there's 5 of you or 75 of you of the dancefloor, you're each deeply appreciated. We see you and how you support the scene and our community - Thank you!

Want in on this good stuff? Tell a friend, fill a car with weirdos and come join the party! A warm welcome awaits and we quite literally have cookies...

Love and gratitude to SIDAL who played some astounding music last night and amazingly somehow broke the floor rather than the ceiling. Yeah, we're not sure either. For a dude with such a pointy head we expected a Venjent situation again tbh...

Church of Madness is back on the 25th of July. But before then there's lots in store from Team CofM! Make sure you're following our socials for news, music recommendations and more.

Keep up the weird work you lot! See you in July!
- Team CofM 🖤

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@simon_penguin @charlie_octo_girl

We had an awesome night with you at Church of Madness last night!
We are super aware that many of you travel great distances to join us and it does not go unnoticed the quite literal investment you put in to the Reading scene - We appreciate you, all of you, near and far.

There's a lot of chat about the goth/alt scene 'dying', but it only lives and thrives when people step up, come out, and hit the dancefloor. So as a small event run by a really dedicated team, whether there's 5 of you or 75 of you of the dancefloor, you're each deeply appreciated. We see you and how you support the scene and our community - Thank you!

Want in on this good stuff? Tell a friend, fill a car with weirdos and come join the party! A warm welcome awaits and we quite literally have cookies...

Love and gratitude to SIDAL who played some astounding music last night and amazingly somehow broke the floor rather than the ceiling. Yeah, we're not sure either. For a dude with such a pointy head we expected a Venjent situation again tbh...

Church of Madness is back on the 25th of July. But before then there's lots in store from Team CofM! Make sure you're following our socials for news, music recommendations and more.

Keep up the weird work you lot! See you in July!
- Team CofM 🖤

Image descriptions in comments & embedded as Alt Text

@simon_penguin @charlie_octo_girl

We had an awesome night with you at Church of Madness last night!
We are super aware that many of you travel great distances to join us and it does not go unnoticed the quite literal investment you put in to the Reading scene - We appreciate you, all of you, near and far.

There's a lot of chat about the goth/alt scene 'dying', but it only lives and thrives when people step up, come out, and hit the dancefloor. So as a small event run by a really dedicated team, whether there's 5 of you or 75 of you of the dancefloor, you're each deeply appreciated. We see you and how you support the scene and our community - Thank you!

Want in on this good stuff? Tell a friend, fill a car with weirdos and come join the party! A warm welcome awaits and we quite literally have cookies...

Love and gratitude to SIDAL who played some astounding music last night and amazingly somehow broke the floor rather than the ceiling. Yeah, we're not sure either. For a dude with such a pointy head we expected a Venjent situation again tbh...

Church of Madness is back on the 25th of July. But before then there's lots in store from Team CofM! Make sure you're following our socials for news, music recommendations and more.

Keep up the weird work you lot! See you in July!
- Team CofM 🖤

Image descriptions in comments & embedded as Alt Text

@simon_penguin @charlie_octo_girl

We had an awesome night with you at Church of Madness last night!
We are super aware that many of you travel great distances to join us and it does not go unnoticed the quite literal investment you put in to the Reading scene - We appreciate you, all of you, near and far.

There's a lot of chat about the goth/alt scene 'dying', but it only lives and thrives when people step up, come out, and hit the dancefloor. So as a small event run by a really dedicated team, whether there's 5 of you or 75 of you of the dancefloor, you're each deeply appreciated. We see you and how you support the scene and our community - Thank you!

Want in on this good stuff? Tell a friend, fill a car with weirdos and come join the party! A warm welcome awaits and we quite literally have cookies...

Love and gratitude to SIDAL who played some astounding music last night and amazingly somehow broke the floor rather than the ceiling. Yeah, we're not sure either. For a dude with such a pointy head we expected a Venjent situation again tbh...

Church of Madness is back on the 25th of July. But before then there's lots in store from Team CofM! Make sure you're following our socials for news, music recommendations and more.

Keep up the weird work you lot! See you in July!
- Team CofM 🖤

Image descriptions in comments & embedded as Alt Text

@simon_penguin @charlie_octo_girl

We had an awesome night with you at Church of Madness last night!
We are super aware that many of you travel great distances to join us and it does not go unnoticed the quite literal investment you put in to the Reading scene - We appreciate you, all of you, near and far.

There's a lot of chat about the goth/alt scene 'dying', but it only lives and thrives when people step up, come out, and hit the dancefloor. So as a small event run by a really dedicated team, whether there's 5 of you or 75 of you of the dancefloor, you're each deeply appreciated. We see you and how you support the scene and our community - Thank you!

Want in on this good stuff? Tell a friend, fill a car with weirdos and come join the party! A warm welcome awaits and we quite literally have cookies...

Love and gratitude to SIDAL who played some astounding music last night and amazingly somehow broke the floor rather than the ceiling. Yeah, we're not sure either. For a dude with such a pointy head we expected a Venjent situation again tbh...

Church of Madness is back on the 25th of July. But before then there's lots in store from Team CofM! Make sure you're following our socials for news, music recommendations and more.

Keep up the weird work you lot! See you in July!
- Team CofM 🖤

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@simon_penguin @charlie_octo_girl

Let's try that again, with the right URL in the post this time!!

Come join us on the 17th of March for an early listen through the new Beat:Cancer compilation, featuring a whole host of amazing tracks from some amazing bands (...and Karkasaurus...). If you've been watching the Beat:Cancer socials you'll have seen the full lineup. If not... why not?

This March in Reading we will once again be joined by our friends from Church of Madness as we get excited for Resistanz Festival 2026!

For those who wish to join us in the excitement, you could win 1 of 3 day-tickets to Resistanz 2026 (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday), where you can see headliners such as Cassyette, Amelia Arsenic, and Solar Fake. All you have to do to be in with a chance to WIN one of these tickets is simply show up, claim a raffle ticket and wait for the announcement later in the evening.

Full details for the event will go live in the coming week, but if you want to get in early, head on over to www.schismrockclub.com/tickets.html to book your ticket in advance!