Our new fall issue has dropped! The Fall 2024 Issue is the 70th issue of Auxiliary, a magazine dedicated to subculture fashion, music, and lifestyle. This issue features Dusty Gannon aka Goth Dad of Vision Video on the cover, Raymond Watts of PIG, Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, ATTRITION, Amnistia, Then Comes Silence, Laura Dark, Immortelle Bijouterie, Anastasia of the Dark, Eclipsed Emporium, Katarzyna Rott, and more. A long form delicacy full of interviews, editorials, articles, and reviews.

Auxiliary Magazine chatted with Plasmata, [melter], and 2 Forks about their upcoming Imperfect Waves Tour, their gothic rock and industrial sounds, and of all topics world domination, which was deemed, “a bad idea.” UTM Music Group and the Imperfect Waves Tour supported the production of the Fall 2024 Issue through their advertisements and we give them our thanks.

An Auxiliary Magazine interview the dark post-punk band Aurat, one of the artists we interviewed for our Summer 2020 Issue Emerging band lineup. For our Emerging feature, we checked in with a few bands we think have a unique voice in the musical landscape to inspire a new generation of concert-goers and record-buyers alike.

An Auxiliary Magazine interview with Finnish fine art photographer and sculptor Juha Arvid Helminen digging into the artist’s dark dystopian art.

Our new spring issue has dropped! The Spring 2024 Issue is out now. Print and digital editions are available for a limited time, get your copy asap in our online shop. This issue features Raven Court Clothing, KMFDM, King Yosef, NØIR, Black Nail Cabaret, Golden Apes, Her Own World, Art of Invi, Kassandra Love, Andrea Hunter, Katakomb, Equinox Art Boutique, Scarlet Darkness, Shana Feeley, and more. A long form delicacy full of interviews, editorials, articles, and reviews.

An Auxiliary Magazine interview with the dark punk band Totenwald, one of the artists we interviewed for our Spring 2020 Issue Emerging band lineup. For our Emerging feature, we checked in with a few bands we think have a unique voice in the musical landscape to inspire a new generation of concert-goers and record-buyers alike.

A list of 5 modern gothic horror novels to sink your teeth into plus a brief explanation of gothic fiction. Dark romance, romance, romantasy, paranormal romance, and all other genres of romance are alive and well. These genres all stem from their literary grandparents of the classics from the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen. But even the Brontes’ had parents. Gothic literature is the book world’s undead relatives.

Photographer Wil Foster of RockCandy Photo captured Cruel World Festival 2023 with his Polaroid camera and shares his experience. The festival was a nostalgic trip into the world of new wave, post-punk, and gothic rock at the iconic Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. 2023’s lineup was nothing short of legendary.

Our new winter issue has dropped! The Winter 2023 Issue is out now. Print and digital editions are available for a limited time, get your copy asap in our online shop. This issue features Yasaman Gheidi of Blackwood Castle, The Wake, Witch Baby Soap, Coffin Goblin, AR+, La Sorgente Pagana, Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth, Zoetica Ebb, Disjecta Membra, Chiffon Magnifique, Mildreda, Shadow Age, Andrea Hunter, Katakomb, and more. A long form delicacy full of interviews, editorials, articles, and reviews.

The hashtag #gothmom has 100,000 plus postings on Instagram. The band Vision Video grew their Instagram following with playful and heartwarming #gothdad videos. Alternative and dark clothing brand Blackcraft Cult makes a diaper bag. What does it mean to be alternative, to live a unique lifestyle, to have a unique aesthetic and be a parent? We interviewed Wesley Eisold from darkwave band Cold Cave, Shantel blogger at Charmed Collective, and others to explore this topic.

When it comes to conscious aesthetic, there is one brand at the forefront, R.A.G.E. Nation Apparel. They offer environmentally friendly options perfect for your wardrobe. Launched in 2013 and based in Fairfax Station, Virginia, RNA’s fundamental ideology is founded in radiating love and positivity, to “resonate a greater existence”. RNA designs exclusive street gear for conscious individuals. We take a closer look at their brand and some of their pieces.

Vixen by Micheline Pitt is a vintage inspired fashion line known for catering to us alternative folks and making us look our spooky best 365 days a year. We are lovin’ the mix of fabric compositions, crazy colors, new and familiar cuts, and prints in this year’s This Is Halloween collection. Here is a little collection review highlighting some of the best.