I just learned about this new book, Gótico Tenochtitlan: la disección de las sombras by Cristhian Chavero López, which talks about the goth music scene in Mexico City. As far as I can tell, it is only available in Spanish so far, so my angloparlante followers wouldn't be able to read it, but all my Spanish-speakers out there certainly can.
Their official Facebook page (their only account on social media): https://www.facebook.com/13candlesofficial
The whole album is pretty good, plenty of good songs. Xenomorph being my favorite, there's also Disbelievers and The Altar that are really good. 8/12 songs added to my main playlist. Funny that I'd never heard about them before, even during my gothic metal phase in 2022. This album was definitely goth rock though. Gonna be listening to their "Angels of Mourning Silence" next, which is supposedly more metal we'll see.
Sadly, as far as I could find out through Google, they haven't released new music since their "Killing for Culture" EP from the year 2000. But they do have a Facebook page, their latest post being in 2022, stating "you never know you all may get a new song or 2 seeing as 2022 will the 30th anniversary of the birth of 13 candles." Will we ever get those new songs? Who knows…
TÍTULO: Madonna entronizada con el Niño y los santos Antonio Abad, Juan Bautista, Andrés, Víctor, Catalina de Alejandría, Nicolás, Marcos y Lucía.
AUTOR: Lorenzo Veneziano
FECHA: 1371 aproximadamente
MATERIAL Y TÉCNICA: Tempera
DIMENSIONES: 118,5x127,5 cm
INVENTARIO: 988
Este pequeño políptico, que conserva la carpintería original con tallas góticas, muestra hasta qué punto la tradición de la pintura bizantina estaba todavía presente en la Venecia de la segunda mitad del siglo XIV. La Virgen con el Niño, sentada en un precioso trono, está rodeada de ángeles músicos y numerosos santos. Con toda probabilidad el políptico procede del monasterio de Santa María della Celestia de Venecia y, dadas sus reducidas dimensiones, quizá estuviera destinado a la devoción privada de una monja.