Rue Oberkampf announce ‘Wehmut’, a six-track album on Young And Cold Records
Rue Oberkampf release "Wehmut" in mid-October 2026 on Young And Cold Records, their third full album for the Augsburg label...
Ironic Sweden release ‘Walk With Angels’ on 21 August through Town And Towers Records
Ironic Sweden, the Swedish synthpop and darkwave duo built around producer Dan Ritzen, release "Walk With Angels" on 21 August...
Sina Matix releases ‘Killing The Curse’, an EBM-leaning single about starting over
Sina Matix, the Jacksonville dark electro project, released "Killing The Curse" on 7 August 2026 as a standalone digital single....
Rosetta Stone announce ‘Executing Nostalgia’ and release first single ‘Shadowban’
Rosetta Stone, the gothic rock project Porl King has fronted since 1988, release "Executing Nostalgia" on 25 September 2026 through...
Vogon Poetry release ‘Further Than Before’ on 28 August
Swedish synthpop trio Vogon Poetry release "Further Than Before" on 28 August 2026 through Audite Records. The track takes its...
Siva Six and Das Ich announce two Spanish dates in September 2026
Siva Six and Das Ich share a bill in Spain for the first time on 11 and 12 September 2026,...
Alex Okami releases ‘Permanent Disease’ and confirms September US tour dates
Phoenix post-punk and darkwave artist Alex Okami released "Permanent Disease" as a digital single on July 30, 2026, and the...
The House Flies announce ‘Derelict Crawl’ and second album ‘Lions and Ore’
The House Flies, a four-piece post-punk and dark alternative band from Moline, Illinois, release "Derelict Crawl" on 4 September 2026...
Casual Confrontation releases ‘ARREBATO’, first single from ‘BASTION’
Nashville project Casual Confrontation, run by songwriter and producer Frankie Diez, released "ARREBATO" as a digital single on August 14,...
Silke Bischoff release a remastered ‘Under Your Skin’ as the ‘Tears’ compilation moves to 25 September
Silke Bischoff issued a remastered "Under Your Skin" on 18 August 2026 through Dependent Records. The track first appeared on...
COH reissues ‘Iron’ on vinyl for the first time through We Are Busy Bodies
COH reissues "Iron" on 30 October 2026 through the Toronto label We Are Busy Bodies, remastered and pressed on vinyl...
Nachtmahr interview: ‘The setlist is the script for the movie we present every night’
When Thomas Rainer and I spoke in 2024, "Verboten!" was presented as a decisive stage in Nachtmahr's development, a record...
Till Lindemann issues ‘Live in Krakow’ concert film and live album on 25 September
Twenty 4K cameras, six GoPros, two 360-degree rigs and a drone were pointed at the stage of the TAURON Arena...
Karin Mérat, singer of XVII° Vie and Les Secrets de Morphée, has died
Karin Mérat, the French singer and multi-instrumentalist who fronted the darkwave group XVII° Vie and ran the neoclassical project Les...
Gnoomes share the ‘Shakshuka And Pie’ video, the third single from ‘Losey’
Gnoomes released the video for "Shakshuka And Pie" on 18 August 2026, the third single lifted from "Losey", the album...
Clockwork Echo return after two years with the ‘Acolyte Protocol’ single and video
Clockwork Echo released "Acolyte Protocol" on 11 August 2026, a self-released digital single that ends a gap of more than...
Dina Summer release ‘Rat Race’, the closing track of the ‘Children Of The Night’ mini-album
Dina Summer released "Rat Race" on 5 August 2026 through Iptamenos Discos. The 2:56 track mixes taut synth sequences with...
Clan of Xymox’s ‘In Love We Trust’ turns 17 on 18 August
Clan of Xymox's "In Love We Trust" turns 17 on 18 August. The Dutch dark wave band released the album...
BOREDOMproduct closes its webstore to the EU and postpones the new Foretaste album
The French electropop label and mail-order BOREDOMproduct has closed its webstore to customers in the European Union and postponed its...
Andy Bell’s ‘Love Oneself’ / ‘Delicious’ 12-inch single delayed to August 28
Andy Bell's double A-side 12-inch single of "Love Oneself" and "Delicious", pressed on pink vinyl and due out on August...
Ghostbells release ‘Curses’ single and video via Out Of Line Music
New York darkwave duo Ghostbells released "Curses" on August 14, 2026 through Out Of Line Music, as a digital single...
Microwaved builds ‘Day of the Woman 2028’ around fifteen female artists reworking one track
Des Moines electro-industrial project Microwaved has announced "Day of the Woman 2028", a collaborative album set for 1 January 2028...
Stabbing Westward date ‘Wither ReWired’ for 10 September on 180-gram vinyl and digipak CD
Stabbing Westward release "Wither ReWired" on 10 September 2026 through COP International. The industrial rock band have re-recorded their 1996...
nolongerhuman rebuilds four older tracks for the vinyl-only ‘Insect Archives’ EP
Portland electro-industrial project nolongerhuman releases "Insect Archives" on 2 October 2026 through COP International. The EP exists on vinyl only,...
The Cassandra Complex set ‘Generating Station Complex’ for 30 October on vinyl and CD
Post-punk and industrial act The Cassandra Complex release "Generating Station Complex" on 30 October 2026 through COP International. The album...
The Electrozixx, the Floreffe synthpop duo behind fifth EP ‘Frenchy Touch’
The Electrozixx are a synthpop and electropop duo from Floreffe, in the Belgian province of Namur, and their fifth EP,...
Manufracture Music release two-track anti-AI statement ‘The Scene Lies (A.C.I. Manifesto)’
Austrian industrial project Manufracture Music released "The Scene Lies (A.C.I. Manifesto)" on Bandcamp on 14 August 2026. The two-track release...
Dead Astronauts set October release date for fifth album ‘Shallow Grave’
Darkwave and synthwave duo Dead Astronauts release their fifth studio album, "Shallow Grave", on 2 October 2026 through Cold Transmission...
iamnoone announce new album ‘Gloomy Days’ on Cold Transmission Music
Italian darkwave and cold post-punk project iamnoone release their fifth album, "Gloomy Days", on 4 September 2026 through Cold Transmission...
Bragolin announce 30-date North American Hope Tour with Carrellee
Dutch darkwave duo Bragolin will play their first concerts in North America this autumn. The North American Hope Tour runs...
Oddysseys release self-recorded 16-track album ‘However You Want It’
Chicago post-punk band Oddysseys released their album However You Want It on 15 August 2026. The record runs 16 tracks...
Blone Noble releases ‘Subterranean World’ with a video by Redamo Rosa
Los Angeles new wave artist Blone Noble has released the single Subterranean World, co-written and produced by Dakota Blue and...
Wailin Storms release ‘The Arsonist’, their first album for Season of Mist
Wailin Storms, the southern gothic rock quartet from Durham, North Carolina, released their fifth album "The Arsonist" on 10 July...
PIG interview: ‘I am fairly intolerably self-critical and demanding of myself and others’
PIG is Raymond Watts, and Watts has been part of the industrial scene since the early 1980s. He started the...
Magic Wands release ‘Diamond Rain’, the first track from an album due in early 2027
Magic Wands released the single "Diamond Rain" on August 14, 2026 through Metropolis Records. The Los Angeles duo of vocalists...
ITCH put debut ‘House of Ghosts’ on Escape.ai
ITCH have made a debut record called "House of Ghosts" available to stream on Escape.ai, a distribution platform and creator...
Elsiane singer Elsieanne Caplette announces a solo project and 2027 tour plans
Elsieanne Caplette, singer and composer of Montreal trip-hop duo Elsiane, announced on August 12, 2026 that she has begun a...
Portion Control release ‘Displaced Hybrid Refugee’ video as their first archive box set arrives
Portion Control released a video for "Displaced Hybrid Refugee" on August 14, 2026, the same day their first archival box...
EMMON teams with Agent Side Grinder for ‘Relics’ remix ahead of ‘ICONMIXED’
Swedish electro artist EMMON released "Relics (Agent Side Grinder Remix)" on 14 August 2026 through Icons Creating Evil Art. The...
Ray Noir and Danny Blu release ‘Gothstar’, final single from upcoming EP
London-based queer alt-metal artist Ray Noir releases “Gothstar” on 13 August 2026, a rave-metal single featuring New York alternative artist...
Bizou announce ‘Widow’ EP on Moonboot Records and share ‘Death Mag’
Los Angeles band Bizou will release the six-track EP "Widow" on Moonboot Records on 25 September 2026. The band recorded,...
ShadowMouth and The Elder Goths release twin single ahead of ‘Modern Alchemy’
Pittsburgh industrial project ShadowMouth and Cleveland vocal trio The Elder Goths released the double single "The Promise of Alchemy/The Death...
Shaven Primates release four-track EP ‘Kill The Algorithm’ on TAD Records
Oxford band Shaven Primates released the four-track EP "Kill The Algorithm" on TAD Records on 31 July 2026. The EP...
ATTX to release debut single ‘GAIJIN’ on August 14
ATTX, a dark synthwave project from Italy, will release its debut single "GAIJIN" on August 14, 2026, self-released. The title...
Hocico’s ‘Odio Bajo El Alma’ turns 29 on 14 August
Hocico's debut full-length album, "Odio Bajo El Alma," turns 29 on 14 August. The Mexican electro-industrial duo released the record...
45 Grave’s ‘Pick Your Poison’ turns 14 on 14 August
45 Grave released the album "Pick Your Poison" on 14 August 2012 through Frontier Records. The Los Angeles deathrock band's...
Raphael Loher rebuilds his own concert tapes into ‘Figuren’ for Präsens Editionen
Swiss pianist and composer Raphael Loher releases "Figuren" on 4 September 2026 through the Lucerne publishing platform Präsens Editionen. The...
Soundedit 2026 confirms Marc Almond, Wolfgang Flür, Hugh Cornwell and The Wolfgang Press for Łódź
Soundedit has announced the lineup for its 18th edition, running in Łódź, Poland, from 23 to 27 October 2026. The...
The Arms of Someone New expand ‘Love, Power & Justice’ to 38 tracks on Projekt
Projekt has released the 40th anniversary deluxe edition of "Love, Power & Justice" by The Arms of Someone New. The...
Volker Rapp turns Douglas Trumbull’s ‘Silent Running’ into an 18-track album
German electronic composer Volker Rapp released "Silent Running" on 14 August 2026 through the Argentine label Cyclical Dreams. The 18-track...
Deadly Sins issues the ‘Red’ EP on DressCode Black with four remixers
Belgian dark electro and EBM project Deadly Sins has issued "Red", a six-track digital EP on the Antwerp label DressCode...
Nao Katafuchi releases the title-track video from ‘Lonely Fire’ on Kernkrach
Minimal synth and darkwave artist Nao Katafuchi has released the video for "Lonely Fire", the title track of the album...
Escape With Romeo release 13th album ‘Night After Night’
German post-punk and darkwave act Escape With Romeo released their 13th studio album, "Night After Night", on August 7, 2026...
Dead Can Dance’s ‘Anastasis’ turns 14 on 13 August
Dead Can Dance released the album "Anastasis" on 13 August 2012 through PIAS Recordings. The eighth studio album by the...
Crucifera releases new single ‘Paint’
Crucifera, the solo industrial project of New Jersey-based musician Danielle Astraea, released the single "Paint" on July 24, 2026. The...
Hye-gang and DustCats release ‘Tired with all these, for restful death I cry’
Korean vocalist Hye-gang and Polish producer DustCats have released "Tired with all these, for restful death I cry", a single...
The EU commission killed the indie mailorders as of today
From 12 August 2026, today that is, small European record labels and mail-order businesses selling CDs and vinyl across EU...
Electronic producer William Orbit dies at 69
British electronic musician and producer William Orbit has died at the age of 69. His family confirmed he died at...
Detalji shares single ‘So Call (Summer Night)’
Finnish alt-electronic artist Detalji has released "So Call (Summer Night)", a new single on the label Deep Limit, out August...
Bleak Monday releases video for ‘Shelter’
Karlsruhe, Germany industrial death-wave trio Bleak Monday has released a video for Shelter, a single issued on Bandcamp on July...
Project Pitchfork’s ‘Quantum Mechanics’ turns 15 on 12 August
Project Pitchfork, the Hamburg group that mixes dark wave, electro-industrial and dark electro elements, released "Quantum Mechanics" on 12 August...
Purwien & Kowa release ‘Hinter Glas’ single ahead of ‘Sechs’ album
German synth-pop duo Purwien & Kowa release the single "Hinter Glas" on August 14, 2026 via Town And Towers Records....
Heldautomat release new single ‘Anders Sein’
German electronic duo Heldautomat released the single "Anders Sein" on August 14, 2026 via Town & Towers Records. The track...
Bon Harris at 61: ‘The thing that never changes is the desire to be creative’
When I spoke with Bon Harris in February, on EBM Day of all days, our conversation kept returning to something...
Rome’s ‘The Hyperion Machine’ turns 10 on 12 August
Rome released its tenth studio album, "The Hyperion Machine," on 12 August 2016 through Trisol Music Group. The neofolk album...
Lustmord and Dave Lombardo form Lustmord Lombardo, debut album ‘The Pulse of Atoms’ out Oct. 2
Lustmord, the Welsh dark ambient and industrial pioneer, and Dave Lombardo, the Grammy Award-winning drummer and co-founding member of Slayer,...