🎟 CHAIN CULT TICKET GIVEAWAY 🎟
The show is happening soon and we’re giving tickets to you and your +1
How to enter:
1️⃣ Follow @darkestrite
2️⃣ Tag a friend you’d bring in the comments
3️⃣ Repost this post to your stories
⚠️ Only open profiles are eligible. If we can’t see the story repost, it won’t count.
⚠️To make it fair for everyone, only one entry per person will be accepted.
🏆On April 29 we will randomly choose 2 winners.
✨Good luck!
⛓️Chain Cult (Post-Punk, Deathrock / Greece) live in Yerevan⛓️
Chain Cult is a dark post-punk trio from Athens, Greece, formed in 2017.
Their sound blends post-punk, new wave, and punk influences, drawing inspiration from late-1970s and ’80s bands while maintaining a modern, energetic edge. Chain Cult gained attention with their self-released Demo, followed by releases through the label La Vida Es Un Mus. Their music often explores themes of personal struggle, political realities, and modern dystopia.
Support:
🇦🇲Topsy (Noise Rock)
🇦🇲Carrion Bat (Post-Punk, Goth Rock Vinyl Set)
📍Venue: Muhabar, Baghramyan 3
🗓Date: May 1, 2026, Friday
⏰Start: 21:00
💰Entrance fee: 5000 AMD at the door
Poster by @irwinlouis
Springtime will find us on a mini tour in Armenia & Georgia, and we're stoked to play there for the first time!
⛓️Friday 01.05 | Yerevan (AM), Muha Bar
⛓️Saturday 02.05 |Tbilisi (GE), Secret Place
⛓️Sunday 03.05 | Kutaisi (GE), Riff Raff
Meanwhile, we have some new songs in the works, hitting up the studio soon!
Poster by @edge_stavros
🖤✨For the Valentine weekend, we're bringing you Lovataraxx🥀
Lovataraxx is a darkwave / minimal synth / electronic duo spinning its web for more than ten years. Their layers of 80 synths and bewitched melodies remind some Lost Themes of John Carpenter, mixed with strong and sharps drum machines. The band is regularly quoting DAF, Absolute Body Control, or Fad Gadget as references. Since their formation Lovataraxx has been touring a lot in different parts of Europe and America, and we're beyond excited to welcome them in Yerevan for the very first time!
Support: Noisehost (Indie Pop / Yerevan)
📍Venue: Muhabar, Baghramyan 3
🗓Date: February 13, 2026, Friday
⏰Start: 21:00
💰Entrance fee: 5000 AMD at the door
Poster by @irwinlouis
The first rite of 2026 will be helmed by Astio, a post-punk band from Trento, Italy🇮🇹
Support:
🇬🇪 Gernika (dark hardcore)
🇬🇪 Failure Chord (post-hardcore)
📍Venue: Muhabar, Baghramyan 3
🗓Date: January 24, 2026, Saturday
⏰Doors: 21:00
💰Entrance fee: 5000 AMD at the door
⛄️As the end of 2025 approaches, we’d like to take a moment to acknowledge everyone who made it a great one for Darkest Rite:
✨First and foremost, an enormous amount of gratitude goes to TRÄUME, TÆL, Kris Baha, Fotokiller, Fuera De Sektor, Oust, Alec Yuzhny and Bicycles for Afghanistan for coming and sharing their art with us!
🥁Huge thanks to Handjar, Похороны Панка, Joltydom, Дикие Дрожжи*, Lowfloor, session_id, Wrong Again, Mashina, Nachalodnya for sharing the stage and taking part in the rites.
🏛Many-many thanks to Muhabar, Arthur and Tonelab, Denis at Dig / Vajrapar for letting us in and hosting.
🎉And to everyone, who came to quietly listen or dance and sing their hearts out - thank you so much for joining us!!
We hope you loved the events as much as we did, and we cannot wait to announce the next rites happening early next year!
The world is in a very dark place right now - please don’t forget to be kind to each other and take care of yourself. We hope to see you safe and sound in 2026.
Much love,
DR🖤
Alec Yuzhny from Bicycles for Afghanistan will take the stage at Muha Bar on December 23 with a long acoustic set, performing hits, deep cuts and covers.
📍Venue: Muhabar, Baghramyan 3
🗓Date: December 23, 2025, Tuesday
⏰Start: 21:00
💰Entrance fee: 3000 AMD at the door
