Gggolddd

Not to be confused with GGOOLLDD.

GGGOLDDD is a Dutch musical project by Milena Eva and Thomas Sciarone. Based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, the couple founded the band (originally as GOLD) in 2011, after Sciarone's departure from The Devil's Blood.^[1]

Gggolddd
Origin	Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Genres	Black metal trip hop hard rock electronic
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Ván Records Profound Lore Records Artoffact Records
Members	Milena Eva Thomas Sciarone Jaka Bolič Vincent Shore
Past members	Igor Wouters Nick Polak Kamiel Top Harm Haverman Tim Meijer Leyla Overdulve
Website	gggolddd.com

The band is known for blending many styles and influences into their sound, including trip hop, black metal, punk, hard rock and electronic music. The band changed their name from GOLD to GGGOLDDD in 2020.

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 Hell Fest^[2], Roadburn, Eurosonic, ArcTanGent^[3], Motocultor, Fusion Fest, Mystic Festival, AM 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 change their sound drastically into a rawer and more modern sound with post-punk rhythms and layers of black metal-style tremolo picking guitars.^[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.^{[citation needed]}

This line-up continued to record and release the albums Optimist (2017) and Why Aren't You Laughing? (2019).^[6][7] 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]}

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.^[8] 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,^{[9][10][11][12][13]} and sees the band shifting to a more electronic sound, incorporating synthesizers, samples and electronic beats.^[14][15]

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 1st of 2022.^[16] 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,^[17] inviting artists including Divide And Dissolve, Amnesia Scanner, Liturgy, Wiegedood and Backxwash.^[18]

During 2023, GGGOLDDD did two European tours as a 4 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".^[19][20] In early 2024, the band announced that Sciarone was dealing with post-COVID and that they focused on his recovery before getting back to performing live.^{[citation needed]}

Band members

Current

• Milena Eva – lead vocal (co-founder)
• Thomas Sciarone – guitar, synthesizers (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	Released: December 7, 2012 Label: Ván Records
No Image	Released: October 13, 2015 Label: Ván Records, Profound Lore Records
Optimist	Released: February 24, 2017 Label: Ván Records
Why Aren't You Laughing?	Released: April 5, 2019 Label: Artoffact Records
This Shame Should Not Be Mine	Released: April 1, 2022 Label: Artoffact Records

Extended plays

Title	Release details
Gone Under/Medicine Man	Released: March 31, 2012 Label: Ván Records
Faces I Don't Recall – The Optimist Remixes	Released: January 31, 2018 Label: Oaken Palace Records
The Bedroom Sessions	Released: June 5, 2020 Label: self-released
PTSD	Released: October 13, 2023 Label: self-released, Artoffact Records

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