Ashes To Ashes

The bewitching frontwoman of New Years Day, Ash Costello, exorcises her demons in the spot light.

“Tattooing is very therapeutic for me,” declares Ash Costello, front woman for aggro-goth metallers New Years Day. “I’m always going through something in my life that I need to overcome, and I found that when I get a tattoo and focus all my energy on getting through the pain, coming out the other side, I always feel a lot better.”

New Years Day certainly allows the bewitching singer to exorcise her inner demons. The band has been touring constantly in support of their last album Malevolence, a heavy slab of their signature hard rock that they originally labeled “Hauntedmansioncore.” They are currently at work on material for the next album, and while fans await that, they will be able to indulge in The Haxans, Ash’s side project with Rob Zombie guitarist Matt Montgomery (aka Piggy D.), which sounds like what would happen if Gomez and Morticia Addams time-warped to the ‘80s and made dancey goth tunes. Their debut drops in January 2017.

“We just wanted to do what we like and had this idea of being, like, a goth Ike and Tina Turner with this dark aesthetic but getting people swinging in their seats,” explains the red-and-black-haired vocalist. “It’s taken us a while to figure out what that sounds like, and it seems like it’s coming together now.” She feels fortunate to have two outlets for two sides of her. “I can have that therapeutic aggression and can also have that willy-nilly silly fun time where you get to dance in a room and groove.”