November 2004: It's been a while, but here is the latest Serious Black Communique!
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October 2003: Serious Black was reviewed in the prestigious Euro Goth-Industrial publication Side-Line Magazine (Issue # 45, Oct. 2003) - More to come....

October 2003: Serious Black is on a new Gothic-Industrial zine/CD compilation called Random Infliction being distributed to major and minor retail outlets that carry Goth-Industrial music. Random Infliction can also be purchased at CD Baby cdbaby.com/randominfliction.

Total copies are strictly limited to 5,000 and expected to go fast at a price under $5.00 so procure your copy NOW!

July 2003 Legends Magazine Comprehensive review by veteran music reviewer of Barbican in the July August 2003 Issue/QUOTE: It became evident that this CD from an unknown artist might actually be one of those diamonds in the proverbial haystack..”
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July 2003: SERIOUS BLACK featured on Internet radio show "Myths of the Flesh" at MIDNIGHT tonite.
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June 2003: Morbid Outlook In Rotation with Mistress McCutchan/QUOTE: Sardonically fabulous industrial. Fun to stomp around to, and I mean, if that last track doesn’t crack a smile... you must be one seriously sad sack.”
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June 2003: Gothic Beauty Magazine Amidst decked-out diva-darklings Jett Black reviews Serious Black in Issue #9/QUOTE: “Fans of Gray Numan, Covenant, Lacrimosa, and Project Pitchfork will find tracks such as The Prowler, Voices In My Head and The Garden Of Earthly Delights irresistible!” But if you want to read the rest of it, you’ll just have to buy the magazine, the review is only in the print issue.
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May 2003: Starvox Internationally famous music journalist Mick Mercer (the guy who wrote “The Goth Bible”) seriously scrutinizes Barbican. QUOTE: “giving you plenty to consider and really enjoy, because this has big production values and the artistic ambition is fully realized…”
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May 2003: Midnight Calling QUOTE: “On this excellent CD, Serious Black has successfully merged many diverse elements that transcend a single classification. Steve Mecca is one of the relatively few artists to do this without a choppy, discordant effect…”
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April 2003: Darker Than The Bat Peter-Jan Van Damme’s highly regarded European Goth-Industrial site - Serious Black Barbican review
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April 2003: This has been a long time coming, but the time is right to let you know what's happening in the world of Serious Black. While the snow in this god-forsaken hinterland of New York state refuses to melt, things have been heating up in the "Barbican."
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March 2003: Splendid (NOTEWORHTY MAINSTREAM MUSIC SITE) reviews Serious Blac/ QUOTE: “Serious Black mastermind Steve Mecca has the dark-wave/synth-pop formula down to a necromantic science…”
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February 2003: The one song off Barbican that's raised the most controversy has got to be "Waste 'Em With My Crossbow!" It's not goth, industrial, techno, or anything remotely connected with the genre. It's a joke, dude, A JOKE!

Inspired by a satirical fantasy-roleplaying comic book called Knights of the Dinner Table, the VP & creator of the comic, Jolly Blackburn liked it so much they put up an exclusive link on the front page of their Web site for Serious Black. http://www.kenzerco.com/ Scroll down a bit when you get there and you can click on a link to hear a bit of the song. No one else has this exclusive link, not even the main Serious Black Web site. Also, if you happen to pick up Issue#75 of Knights of the Dinner Table, you'll find a blurb & CD photo about Serious Black and the song on page 82. (Thanks, Jolly, it doesn't get any better than this!) Well, then again, maybe it does. By now Dr. Demento has a copy so if you're in an area where they broadcast his show- REQUEST IT!

Or go to the Dr. Demento site - http://www.drdemento.com/contactus.html and e-mail a request.

Want to hear a clip of "Waste 'Em With My Crossbow?" Just CLICK HERE!

February 2003: Yet another review of Barbican can be found at the RhythmUS site - Just go to the music reviews page from the main menu and click on Serious Black Barbican to find out what TG Mondalf thought of the CD. It's concise, to the point, and I'd have to agree with him on most all accounts.

February 2003: For those who haven't read AcYD BURN's review of "Barbican" in the Dark Tranquility eZine, it's still available.
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February 2003: Serious Black has also been interviewed! Noted Goth-Industrial journalist Sonya Brown conducted an e-mail interview with me for "In Music We Trust." Find out my opinion on the many uses of duct tape, among other things.You can find it here- http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/57h09.html

You will also find there the first-ever picture of Serious Black on the Web. Lots of other great music stuff there, so feel free to nose around after reading the interview.

Nov. 7, 2002: The music of local recording artist Serious Black splashed across television screens throughout the Southern Tier of New York when PBS television station WSKG, Binghamton aired The Flood of '35 on Sept. 27th, 2002-2005.
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Oct. 29, 2002: Serious Black, the electronic goth-industrial project from Elmira, NY has been rocketing up the mp3.com sub-genre charts relentlessly over the last couple of days.
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Oct. 27, 2002: The Serious Black song, "The Garden of Earthly Delights" has reached position #31 on the mp3.com Electronic Cover Song charts.
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Oct. 26, 2002: The "official" release date of the new Serious Black CD is Oct. 31st, 2002-2005 but it may be early November before you see it for sale. Any questions or comments, please shoot me an e-mail. I expect the Serious Black Web site to go on line about the middle of November. I've had a very positive response to the Serious Black tracks posted on mp3.com. Keep listening & tell your friends!

Thanks for your support, Steve / Serious Black