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Nikoletta Winters

@lacrimorta.bsky.social
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Occasional Gothic Metal, Vaporwave, Visual Kei creator. Avid Lover of Darkness. lacrimorta.bandcamp.com

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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Let it be known Lacrimorta's 3rd album is in production. lacrimorta.com/2026/09/24/%...
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If you had asked me a year ago to imagine the life I am living today I would be in disbelief. Not because I am any closer to living out the lofty fantasies that exist within, but because I wasn&#82…
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just throwing this out there...I have ALWAYS paid real human artists to do the artwork for ALL of my albums. Musicians--please consider making a human connection, and pay someone who has a talent to make something visually for you.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One of the primary reasons I started to write music was to make the world more aware of Visual Kei. For 28 years, I yelled from mountain tops and was always ignored by everyone around me when it came to Vkei. It makes me very happy to see people from all walks of life in the West enjoying it.
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Elay Arson @elayarson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
June 21. Doing a rare, live show, in support of Crunk Witch at Bar 404 in Denver. Joined by @starfarermusic.com and Damn Selene
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Manhatten 🏳️‍🌈 🎹 🏳️‍⚧️ @manhatten.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#newmusic Just posted a new EP up on @subvert.fm - "Beyond Your Ken"... Three tracks, no fee. Enjoy. #retro #retrosynth #synthwave #80s www.subvert.fm/manhatten/be...
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BEYOND YOUR KEN by Manhatten - Subvert
Three track EP. Experimenting with repetitive structure and form... forgive the slightly "wanky" description.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🖤🖤🖤
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 28/04/2026
Still from “Holy Water” A Meiga da Vixilia An ode to the great Meigas - witches and wise women who are the cultural icons of Galicia. The consecrated heart with the sacred blade of Santiago (another symbol of Galicia) also appears in my last single / video “Dagger In The Heart” youtu.be/Sk-VCBT7X14
A cloaked dark figure with a crown of candles and holding a heart pierced with a blade.
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 24/04/2026
C Z A R I N A - “Holy Water” Out now on all platforms ❤️‍🔥 bfan.link/HolyWater The music video premieres in an hour at 18H Central EU / 17H UK Time / 12PM Eastern US Join us here 🏹 youtu.be/Sk-VCBT7X14
🔥 C Z A R I N A - Holy Water 🔥
For those they burned -- and those wouldn't burn 👉  https://bfan.link/HolyWater

C Z A R I N A opens a portal into the dark ages, leading a crusade in the name of the Divine Feminine with the gothic, ethereal modern synthpop track “Holy Water.” Drawing from medieval imagery and atmosphere, as well as the lore of holy crusades, the song strikes at the core of faith and religion, unmasking hidden truths in a quest to reclaim power and sovereignty.

Featuring C Z A R I N A’s signature celestial sound, “Holy Water” weaves Gregorian chants and sweeping orchestration into modern synthpop, darkwave, and gothic sensibilities, forming a richly brocaded soundscape that collides sacred rituals with rebellion and consecrated rage.

For fans of Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux, The Cure, and Dead Can Dance, “Holy Water” is also accompanied by a music video inspired by Arthurian and Medieval-themed vintage films like Excalibur and LadyHawke.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"One Flesh, One End" is one year old today. This album is based on the #tamsynmuir #thelockedtomb novels. The lyrics are some of my favorite that I have ever wrote. Maybe check it out to celebrate. And if you really dig it #BandcampFriday is also today.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Instead of doomscrolling, I have been grinding some very upper level guitar stuff since November. It freaks me the fuck out everytime I sit down to play it. It freaks me out for two reasons. 1. This stuff NOT fun to play. 2. I am actually starting to get it.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This is insane ahahahahaha XD
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 11/03/2026
The latest from @lacrimorta.bsky.social It’s bonkers and out of this world lacrimorta.bandcamp.com/album/one-fl...
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One Flesh, One End, by Lacrimorta
8 track album
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I am certainly entering a phase. My finger calluses are very proud of me. Fucking すや.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Over here making myself weep with a song. There's just something about playing a song live that hits differently than drafting it in a program.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Extremely honored for my album "One Flesh, One End" to be a part of the list. Please give all of Absynth's end of the year picks a look. There are some real heavy hitters in there. www.absynth.space/articles/top...
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Top Releases of 2025: NEON Edition — ABSYNTH
I can’t believe 2025 is already over. Thank goodness we made it through. What a heavy, grim year. I started writing a eulogy for 2025, but by the time I got to a 800-word count, I figured I should ju...
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ABSYNTH @absynth.space · 10/12/2025
TOP RELEASES of 2025: NEON Edition We teamed up with guest curators @michaeloakleymusic.bsky.social @neonfawkes.com @kaarinzoelee.com Synthprincipal To compile 2025’s best of Synthwave! You could say we Voltron’d it! Our biggest article yet- It’s a neon Bible! 👉🏼 www.absynth.space/articles/top...
Top Releases of 2025: NEON Edition - the Best of Synthwave, Retrowave, Spacewave, Dark Synth and Electropop
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I am kinda ghosting socials for a bit. I am in training for my next big leap. I will come out on the other end far stronger than I have ever been.
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 05/12/2025
Thank you so @karokratochwil.bsky.social and Alternation EU for the most wonderful and beautiful words about “Dagger In The Heart.” It made me tear up reading it. I’m so humbled and honored. ✨🙏🏼🙏🏼 alternation.eu/charina-%E2%...
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Czarina – “Dagger in the Heart”
There are artists who slip quietly into your life, and then there are those who arrive like a turning point - not with noise, but with presence. Czarina was the latter. I met her two years ago at...
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Chris Magdalenski @cmags27.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Check it out!! You might see a familiar face! 😉
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 05/12/2025
C Z A R I N A - Dagger In The Heart 🩶🗡️ Watch: youtu.be/QImNyGGkMrg Stream / Download: bfan.link/czdaggerheart Thank you to all the wonderful people who joined the premiere and who purchased on Bandcamp!! What a turn out. My heart is so full. Thank you for joining in the magic! I’m so grateful 🩶✨
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 30/11/2025
Society struggles recognizing greatness. People think greatness is always quantified by numbers or metrics. No. Mediocrity, accessible and commercial appeal are quantified by metrics. The point of being an artist is to break those molds. To create something that doesn’t exist, challenge… (1/2)
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I have been working on a little project with some pals in the states. I did the music for a cool little game called "Tractatus." Please check it out if you enjoy weird. troctopus.itch.io/tractatus-lo...
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Tractatus by Troctopus Press
Familiar mechanics coupled with profundity.
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Chris Magdalenski @cmags27.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
After a long pause I finished a new song under my Dark Matter Seance project! darkmatterseance.bandcamp.com/track/black-...
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Black Mirrors, by Dark Matter Seance
track by Dark Matter Seance
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 25/11/2025
Gothic Onnabugeisha 🩶🗡️ “Dagger In The Heart” arrives December 5th I hope you guys like star portals, celestial dream worlds, swords, angels and demons, killer samurai action, magic swords, giant winged creatures, and #gothic fantasy vibes. Can’t wait to unveil this cosmic jewel and visual feast!
A woman in a long black coat holding a magic sword
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 20/11/2025
C Z A R I N A - Dagger In The Heart ♰ New Single and Music Video ♰ December 5 🩶🗡️ czarinaofficial.bandcamp.com/album/dagger... #goth #gothic #synthpop #darkwave #orchestral
Coming December 5

C Z A R I N A unveils “Dagger In The Heart,” a breathtaking fusion of gothic synthpop, darkwave, and orchestral splendor that glows with both sorrow and strength. Her honey-coated, jewel-toned vocals shift from fragile whispers to blistering, soaring wails as the song journeys through darkness toward dawn.

Laced with celestial choirs and sweeping arrangements, it’s a hymn of survival — holding on through the night, trusting that the stars will light the way. “Starry nights, come and hold me,” she pleads, turning pain and heartbreak into something radiant and divine. The result is both ethereal and visceral — a cinematic release that reminds us that hope can still rise from the deepest dark.

The single arrives with a cinematic music video inspired by the fantastical visuals of 80s classics like The NeverEnding Story, Legend, and Labyrinth, infused with a distinct gothic edge.  

Presented by darkTunes Music Group

Written, Produced, Performed, Mixed and Mastered
by C Z A R I N A
Music Video, Photography and Cover Art by The Kitsunés
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I'll play. Here's all you need to know about my depraved existence. 1. Cats 2. Yorkies 3. The Locked Tomb 4. Malazan 5. Tarot 6. CEDH Magic the Gathering 7. Music Production (Ableton) 8. 1990s Visual Kei 9. Japanese Language Study 10. Slayers (1990s anime)
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
You know, I think about writing something all the time about the strange stuff that has happened in my life. Then, I remember everyone is just as strange. I am not special. I am no one. I am not interesting.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Ran is probably my all time favorite movie. I am happy he was here to do it.
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 12/11/2025
🙏🏼 ご冥福をお祈りいたします
Legendary Japanese Actor Tatsuya Nakadai 1932-2025
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Atomcyber @atomcyber.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
GODSLAYER🔥⚔💀 Traditional wraparound cover artwork for davdralleon and his new release out today🎉🤘! 👉 davdralleon.bandcamp.com/album/godsla... Done with ink, inkwashing and watercolours on watercolour paper. I will post some process. Check out that banger!🤘🔥
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 07/11/2025
It all starts with discipline. Discipline recognizes discipline. Game recognizes game. Why those who carry the same levels of disciple tend to hang around each other and support each other.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
LISTENING PARTY STARTING NOW burialgrid.bandcamp.com/live/nord-co...
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NORD Compendium Listening Party
I'll be here to answer any questions, awkwardly accept compliments (if given), and give bits of trivia that I probably would never divulge anywhere else. Bathe in the meaty meal of it all or pop in fo...
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
You haven't lived until you've seen a cat projectile vomit across a room and your Yorkie dives head first into the vomit pool for a snack.
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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 29/10/2025
GOTY you can hold in your actual hands and HOLY SHIT JUST LOOK AT IT 😍
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Cat Temper @cattemper.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Yes I was channeling John Tesh on this track cattemper.bandcamp.com/track/feral-...
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Feral Angel, by Cat Temper
from the album Cat Out Of Hell
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 29/10/2025
I always believed you are shaped by those who surround you. It’s always crucial to surround yourself not just with quality, top-grade talents who will inspire and motivate you, but also quality people with strong integrity and values and got their hearts in the right place. Never settle for less.
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 29/10/2025
Also check out @lacrimorta.bsky.social’s bloody brilliant LP “One Flesh, One End” True talent and also one of the coolest a privilege to witness her all these years. lacrimorta.bandcamp.com/album/one-fl...
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C Z A R I N A @czarinaofficial.com · 28/10/2025
Karl @synthwriter80s.bsky.social is our head editor on @absynth.space and he is one of the most prolific reviewers in the history of music reviews. I have to double check each time with him that he’s not already reviewing a record I want to review. Giving Karl all the love for being so awesome.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Very honored to be a part of this. Please check out the rest of the list. There are some amazing Halloween picks here.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Me rn writing new music. So many ideas that others might be like "damn that's amazing" and I am like "SHIT, DOGSHIT, ULTRALLIGATORSHIT."
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Just finished Silent Hill F. I think over time this will be regarded as a classic. Don't believe the the naysayers. Konami did something correct here. Higarashi writer Ryukishi07 did tremendous work on this piece. I loved Higarashi and I loved this. I think it's the best Silent Hill.
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NEURON SPECTRE @neuronspectre.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
SURPRISE DROP!...I HAVE JUST UNLEASHED A BRAND NEW 5 SONG EP, 'WHEN THE DARK SHADOWS CREEP' ON MY BANDCAMP!... neuronspectre.bandcamp.com/album/when-t... #HORROR #HALLOWEEN #HORRORSYNTH
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ABSYNTH @absynth.space · 24/10/2025
Featuring John Carpenter @extize.com Mercy Girl Perturbator Vioflesh @carpenterbrut.com Apnoie @thecure.com Shadowrunner + @neiliomusic.bsky.social HEALTH + Sierra Veins @agnisofficial.bsky.social Helix Code @lacrimorta.bsky.social @circuitpreacher.bsky.social Beachdolls Dress To Impress
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ABSYNTH @absynth.space · 24/10/2025
Absynth Editors’ Picks for Halloween 🎃 A mix of fresh releases, new favorites, a few good ol’ classics and dark tracks we just absolutely love to death 💀🖤🗡️🩸 Curated by @czarinaofficial.com @cmags27.bsky.social @synthwriter80s.bsky.social www.absynth.space/articles/edi...
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Editors’ Picks For Halloween — ABSYNTH
As the nights grow longer and the veil between worlds thins, Halloween—and for some, Samhain—calls for a soundtrack steeped in shadow and atmosphere. Beyond the costumes and candlelight, it’s the mena...
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
This feels odd to say, but I think I'm finally coming out of the worst creative rut of my life. I wasn't even remotely prepared for the weirdness this has caused, but I am feeling like there's finally some direction.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
You are absolutely allowed to change your mind--about anything.
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Manhatten 🏳️‍🌈 🎹 🏳️‍⚧️ @manhatten.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
#squaregirl #squaregirlwork #pixelart #pixelated #80s #retroart #retro #glitchart #glitch #chromakey #popart #collage #feelsgood #foundher #digitalart #lowmood #inspiration #trapped #whatamess #tobeignored #watchingyou
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
While I do think it's important to be capable of analytically breaking down an art form, it totally sucks the fun out of it.
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Nikoletta Winters @lacrimorta.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I can't keep up with socials as of late, but it is still #BandcampFriday in the states. Maybe check out "One Flesh, One End" for some Locked Tomb Halloween vibes, pr maybe just my entire discography for gothy EDM feels. lacrimorta.bandcamp.com/album/one-fl...
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One Flesh, One End, by Lacrimorta
8 track album
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Manhatten 🏳️‍🌈 🎹 🏳️‍⚧️ @manhatten.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
#squaregirl #squaregirlwork #pixelart #pixelated #80s #retroart #retro #glitchart #glitch #chromakey #popart #collage #digitalart #lowmood #inspiration #painintheneck #whatamess
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