​Pitch Black Manor, the Quad Cities first and only Goth band, is back from the dead after 27 years since their last live appearance! On October 22nd 2022, a monstrous resurrection will occur at Rozz-Tox in Rock Island! THIS IS A COSTUME PARTY~ COME DRESSED TO SHOCK, STALK, AND GET DOWN WITH THE DEAD! $10 advance / $15 at the door Under 17 Requires Parent/Adult Guardian ​7pm doors, 8pm show Learn more: PITCH BLACK MANOR  Read More

Rock Island, Illinois musician Jeff Konrad has remixed a classic track from Quad-Cities band Pitch Black Manor: Pitch Black Manor – Over and Over Again (Jeff Konrad Remix): Direct Download: 16-BIT WAV   Available now   Length: 2:35 FCC Clean Joshua Bentley, Chad Fifer, and Lyle Erickson gave birth to Pitch Black Manor (Quad Cities first Goth Rock band) over 25 years ago in East Moline, IL. In 2020 Pitch Black Manor returned with “Monster Classics” and in 2021 delivered “Night Creeps”. Bentley approached fellow Quad Cities producer/musician Jeff... Read More

Pitch Black Manor, the Quad-Cities’ first and only goth rock band, came out strong in 2020 after 25 years in seclusion with “Monster Classics,” and now Pitch Black Manor returns to kill it again with “Night Creeps.” The new record scares up a gritty tale of a city gripped with unsolved murders and a mad scientist who will stop at nothing to release his minions on the unsuspecting public. Pyromaniacs, back-alley black magic, and serial killers are boiling up a cauldron that the authorities are unable to contain. “Night Creeps” “drips with dread and combines sinister synth, glittery... Read More

There’s no place like the Raven’s Grin Inn, about an hour north of the Quad-Cities, and Joshua Bentley of East Moline is helping make sure that the unique 19th-century mansion stays open in the future. The leader of the goth rock band Pitch Black Manor, Bentley is assisting the closed year-found attraction with fundraising. If you donate at least $5 on Raven’s Grin Inn’s Paypal, get a free download of the band’s Halloween-themed album “Monster Classics,” which was released over the summer. “This is a culturally relevant experience near the Q-C that needs to stay in business,”... Read More

You’ve heard of Christmas in July? Well, the Quad-Cities’ first goth rock band has reunited to celebrate Halloween in July. Joshua Bentley, 46, of East Moline, played his first show in the Quad-Cities 29 years ago Tuesday — July 21, 1991 at Uncle Roscoe’s Polo Club in Davenport, with his band Pitch Black Manor (which formed in 1990). Bentley has fronted other Q-C bands, Savage Gentlemen, Human Aftertaste and Hot Candy Idols (national touring with Human Aftertaste in 2007) and has come full circle back to where it all started. Pitch Black Manor recently reunited, with bandmates... Read More