What sparked the terror that caused a crowd watching cult band Queen Carrion to surge for the exit, trampling to death a young fan in the crush? With Harlow and Thorn are lead guitarist Rhys, cellist Wendy, and bassist Lou, with Rhys’s girlfriend Jacqueline also in attendance. The Midnight Muse has an ingenious answer. The accusations of dabbling in the occult thrown towards Queen Carrion are little different from those rumours swirling around some of our better-known rock/metal/goth icons. There are elements in The Midnight Muse that break the uncanny spell which the horror-movie stereotypes and the time-shifting help to create.