The City Gates & SUIR

Hailing from the cold zones of Montreal, Canada, The City Gates create a musical blend of post-punk, shoegaze, and darkwave.

They are now considered to be one of the most high-quality and unique bands on the global dark scene, gathering a solid following from all around the globe.

The band featured in prestigious magazines such as Sonic Seducer, Orkus, Post-Punk.com. Their hybrid sound made The City Gates has shared stages with many great acts like Trisomie 21, A Place to Bury Strangers, Actors, HAPAX, Solar Fake, She Pleasures Herself, Vision Video, The Foreign Resort, Bootblacks, NOTHING, Deserta...

Their live shows can be described as a relentless barrage of melodic guitars, explosive drums and aggressive bass, mixed with cathedral-esque vocals.

SUIR
In a constant interplay between the guitars, supported by energetic drum rhythms and melancholic lyrics, SUIR produces reverberated shoegaze, postpunk and cinematic, atmospheric music defined by by dense and complex sound walls.

Their live performance is expanded by a visual program which is strongly influenced by the origin of the two from the fields of art history and philosophy and builds a filigree and gloomy overall concept. SUIR has performed as headliner or support acts for artists like The Jesus and Mary Chain, Motorama, Lebanon Hanover, Esben and the Witch, The Underground Youth and The KVB, and appeared at major festivals that include Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT), NCN-Festival and Owls 'n' Bats Festival.