Gggolddd

Gggolddd (stylised in all caps) is a Dutch musical project by Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone. Based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the couple founded the band in 20

Gggolddd
Not to be confused with GGOOLLDD.
Gggolddd
Milena Eva of Gggolddd in 2022
Milena Eva of Gggolddd in 2022
Background information
OriginRotterdam, the Netherlands
Genres
Years active2011–present
Labels
Members
  • Milena Eva
  • Thomas Sciarone
  • Jaka Bolič
  • Vincent Shore
Past members
  • Igor Wouters
  • Nick Polak
  • Kamiel Top
  • Harm Haverman
  • Tim Meijer
  • Leyla Overdulve
Websitegggolddd.com

Gggolddd (stylised in all caps) is a Dutch musical project by Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone. Based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the couple founded the band in 2011, after Sciarone's departure from the Devil's Blood.[1] The band changed their name from Gold (stylised in all caps) to Gggolddd in 2020. The band is known for blending many styles and influences into their sound, including rock, post-punk, post-metal, black metal, electronic and trip hop.

The band has toured extensively through Europe, sharing the stage with artists such as New Model Army, Amenra, Converge, Mono, Cult Of Luna, Boris, Alcest and Sólstafir. They have performed at festivals such as Hellfest,[2] Roadburn, Eurosonic, ArcTanGent,[3] Motocultor, Fusion Fest, Wave-Gotik-Treffen and Devilstone.

History

Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone were already a couple when they founded the band in 2011. After Sciarone left the Devil's Blood they put a line-up together, with drummer Igor Wouters (known for playing with hardcore punk bands like Backfire!, Born From Pain, Madball), bass player Harm Haverman (previously of Reaching Forward, Razor Crusade and Modern Life Is War) and guitarist Nick Polak. they recorded and released the debut album Interbellum in 2012 through Ván Records.

With new bass player Tim Meijer (known for Tenement Kids), they recorded their second album No Image with producer Jeff Zeigler. The album was released in 2015 by Ván Records, and by Profound Lore Records in North America. The album saw the band drastically change their sound, into a rawer, more modern one, with post-punk rhythms and layers of black metal-style tremolo picking guitars, while also embracing more experimental music, "noisy loud" indie-rock, and dark and deathrock.[4][5] In order to perform these guitar parts, the band added a third guitarist, Kamiel Top, to their line-up. In 2016, Jaka Bolič replaced guitarist Polak, who had left to join Dool.[6]

This line-up continued to record and release the albums Optimist (2017) and Why Aren't You Laughing? (2019).[7][8] Ahead of the release of Why Aren't You Laughing?, bass player Tim Meijer left the band and was replaced by Leyla Overdulve. The band premiered "Why Aren't You Laughing?" at the 2019 edition of Roadburn Festival.[citation needed]

Milena Eva during a Gggolddd concert in 2022
Gggolddd performing in July 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, guitarist Top and bassist Overdulve left the band and were replaced by Vincent Shore on guitar and Danielle Warners on bass. Eva and Sciarone were commissioned by Roadburn Festival to write a piece for the 2021 event.[9] The band premiered the resulting piece, "This Shame Should Not Be Mine", through a live-streamed edition of the festival called Roadburn Redux. "This Shame Should Not Be Mine" deals with Eva's personal experience with sexual assault,[10][11][12][13][14] and sees the band shifting to a more electronic sound, incorporating synthesisers, samples and electronic beats.[15][16]

The band recorded This Shame Should Not Be Mine as a full-length album in Orgone Studios with Jaime Gomez Arellano. The album was released on April 1 of 2022.[17] The band presented the album at Roadburn Festival 2022 with live strings. Eva and Sciarone also curated part of the Roadburn line-up that year,[18] inviting artists including Divide And Dissolve, Amnesia Scanner, Liturgy, Wiegedood and Backxwash.[19]

During 2023, Gggolddd did two European tours as a four-piece consisting of Eva, Sciarone, Shore and Bolič. With this line-up, the band recorded and released an EP called PTSD, with three new songs and two electronic re-recordings of the songs "He Is Not" and "Old Habits".[20][21]

In March 2024, the band announced that Sciarone was suffering from symptoms associated with long COVID, with no signs of improvement, and was focusing on his recovery before resuming live performances. All scheduled dates had been cancelled.[22]

Musical style

Gggolddd has been described as alternative pop,[9][12] dark rock,[4] alternative rock,[8] experimental,[17] and post-punk.[1] Eli Enis of Revolver described the band's style as "shifting between sounds that range from dirt-kickin' rock to dirgy post-metal".[11] François Gorin of Télérama wrote that the band's music is "dark, with gothic accents and sometimes violents".[14]

This Shame Should Not Be Mine features minimalist electronic sounds with influences ranging from post-rock to trip hop.[23]

Band members

Current

  • Milena Eva – lead vocals (co-founder)
  • Thomas Sciarone – guitar, synthesisers (co-founder)
  • Jaka Bolič – guitar, samples
  • Vincent Shore – guitar, samples

Former

  • Igor Wouters – drums
  • Nick Polak – guitar
  • Kamiel Top – guitar
  • Harm Haverman – bass
  • Tim Meijer – bass
  • Leyla Overdulve – bass

Discography

Studio albums

Title Release details
Interbellum
No Image
Optimist
  • Released: February 24, 2017
  • Label: Ván Records
Why Aren't You Laughing?
This Shame Should Not Be Mine
  • Released: April 1, 2022
  • Label: Artoffact Records

Extended plays

Title Release details
Gone Under/Medicine Man
Faces I Don't Recall – The Optimist Remixes
The Bedroom Sessions
  • Released: June 5, 2020
  • Label: self-released
PTSD

Live albums

Title Album details
The Isolation Sessions
  • Released: May 1, 2020
  • Label: self-released
Live at Roadburn Redux
  • Released: April 1, 2022
  • Label: self-released, Artoffact Records

Compilations

Title Album details
The Archive Sessions
  • Released: July 3, 2020
  • Label: self-released
Recession
  • Released: October 12, 2020
  • Label: self-released

References

  1. ^ a b Brown, Louise (2015-12-11). "Dutch Post-Punks Gold Talk Emojis, Optimism, and Recovering from The Devil's Blood". Vice. Archived from the original on 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  2. ^ Young, Alex (2018-11-27). "Hellfest reveals 2019 lineup: Tool, Kiss, Slayer, Dream Theater to headline". Consequence. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  3. ^ "The big review: ArcTanGent 2023". Kerrang!. 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  4. ^ a b Hill, John (2015-10-26). "Stream Gold's New Death Rock Prism of an Album 'No Image'". Vice. Archived from the original on 2026-07-26. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  5. ^ Martijn (2015-10-02). "Listen to \"The Controller\" from Dutch band Gold". Bringing Madness to the Masses since 1998. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  6. ^ "Elle Bandita is dood, lang leve Dool! - zeeland". 3voor12 (in Dutch). 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  7. ^ Rowella, Chris. "Gold – 'Optimist' (Album Premiere)". Invisible Oranges – The Metal Blog. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  8. ^ a b Edwards, Briony (2019-03-08). "Gold premiere new single Why Aren't You Laughing?". LouderSound.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  9. ^ a b Hobson, Rich (2021-12-02). "Dutch alt. pop group Gggolddd talk trauma and trust on brooding new single Notes On How To Trust". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  10. ^ WIllems, Jasper (2022-04-05). "Interview – Rotterdam's heavy rock revisionists Gggolddd: "This Shame Should Not be Mine is a document of trauma"". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  11. ^ a b Enis, Eli (2022-02-17). "Hear Gggolddd Process Trauma With Piercing Post-Metal On 'Invisible'". Revolver. Archived from the original on 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  12. ^ a b Murray, Robin (2022-03-17). "Gggolddd Channel Raw Emotion On 'This Shame Should Not Be Mine'". Clash. Archived from the original on 2026-07-26. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  13. ^ Witterauf, Stefanie (2022-04-06). "'Es geht um die Scham, die mir auferlegt wurde'". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2025-10-08. Milena Eva: Die Musikerin hat ein Album über eigenen sexuellen Missbrauch aufgenommen
  14. ^ a b Gorin, François (2022-04-12). "Gggolddd, Christian Lee Hutson, Nicole Faux Naiv, Simon Love, les méconnus pop-folk de la semaine". Télérama (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-04-12. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  15. ^ "VoS | Interview with Gggoldd". veilofsound.com. 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  16. ^ Islander (2022-03-21). "Gggolddd: 'This Shame Should Not Be Mine'". No Clean Singing. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  17. ^ a b Lee, Christina; Touros, Cyrena; Hilton, Robin (2022-04-01). "New Music Friday: The top 5 albums out on April 1". NPR. Archived from the original on 2025-04-20. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  18. ^ staff, Treble (2021-10-26). "Initial Roadburn 2022 lineup announced". Treble. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  19. ^ "Live review: Roadburn 2022". Kerrang!. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  20. ^ Smith, Simon (2023-10-25). "Gggolddd – PTSD Review". Higher Plain Music. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  21. ^ Kirk (2023-11-02). "Gggolddd – PTSD – Scream Blast Repeat – Reviews". Scream Blast Repeat. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  22. ^ "Gggolddd canceln alles" [Gggolddd cancel all]. laut.de (in German). 2024-03-27. Archived from the original on 2026-07-27. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  23. ^ Werner, Johannes (2022-03-25). "Gggolddd - This Shame Should Not Be Mine". Metal.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2026-07-26.

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