Gene Sophia Bogolepov set ‘Slow Down Your Burning’ as first single from ‘Dråma’
Berlin art-pop and indietronica artist Gene Sophia Bogolepov release "Slow Down Your Burning" on 3 September 2026 through MYCELM, the...
NCN 19: Nik Kershaw, Die Krupps, SKYND, Diary of Dreams and more head to Deutzen
Nocturnal Culture Night returns to Kulturpark Deutzen from 4 to 6 September 2026, with its traditional Warm-Up taking place on...
Pol release Rémi Lamandé video for new wave single ‘Sex Machines’
Dutch new wave duo Pol released the official video for "Sex Machines" on 21 August 2026. Fashion photographer and filmmaker...
Ministry release ‘We Hate’, the second single from final album ‘Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)’
Ministry released "We Hate" on August 21, 2026 through Cleopatra Records, the second single from the industrial band's final studio...
Kalte Steine release English-language darkwave single ‘Drowning’
Leipzig darkwave project Kalte Steine released "Drowning" on 20 August 2026 as a self-released digital single. The track runs 4:39...
‘Gypsy 83’ returns as a 4K director’s cut with an expanded goth soundtrack
Todd Stephens's 2001 goth road movie is back in United States cinemas as Gypsy 83: The Director's Cut, restored in...
Marca Diaboli’s cassette-only debut ‘Labyrintomb’ gets a single-sided vinyl edition
Sentient Ruin Laboratories will issue Marca Diaboli's debut EP "Labyrintomb" on vinyl on September 11, 2026, the first time the...
Xasthur set nine-track ‘Open to Misinterpretation’ for October 2 on Prophecy Productions
Xasthur release "Open to Misinterpretation" on October 2, 2026 through Prophecy Productions. The nine-track album continues the acoustic, neofolk-leaning form...
Greg Bullock closes his track-by-track ’26EP’ with ‘Blu-Green Beauty’
New Jersey dark rock and post-punk musician Greg Bullock has finished "26EP", a self-released four-track EP he built in public...
Fiori del Male finally release a Gulf War song written in Scampia in 1991
Neapolitan project Fiori del Male released "Allarme rosso nel golfo persico" on April 4, 2026, thirty-five years after Nunzio Ciccone...
Sektor Voltage put guitars at the front of fourth album ‘En otra dimensión’
Buenos Aires project Sektor Voltage released "En otra dimensión" on June 6, 2026, an eight-track fourth album that mixes electronic...
Subliminal Code add a fifth remix to slasher-film single ‘Behind the Mask’
Aggrotech and dark electro project Subliminal Code released "Behind the Mask" through Neon Retro Records on July 31, 2026, and...
Rule Of Two collect a year of Polypiel singles on ‘Restoring Balance to a Broken World’
Oslo duo Rule Of Two release the six-track EP "Restoring Balance to a Broken World" on August 27, 2026 through...
KMFDM’s ‘Tohuvabohu’ turns 19 on 21 August
KMFDM, the industrial and EBM group led by Sascha Konietzko, released "Tohuvabohu" on 21 August 2007 through Metropolis Records and...
XXV Wrocław Industrial Festival: SPKtR, The Legendary Pink Dots and unique collaborations mark the 25th edition
Twenty-five editions after a self-financed experiment in a bunker beneath Wrocław's Wzgórze Partyzantów, Wrocław Industrial Festival reaches XXV. From 5...
19th Elektrisch Festival: from industrial pioneers to the new underground in Zwickau
Zwickau's Elektrisch Festival returns on 24 October 2026 with a line-up that makes a convincing argument for electronic music as...
Corlyx release third 2026 single ‘Your Heart In The Serpent’s Mouth’ on Out Of Line Music
Corlyx released "Your Heart In The Serpent's Mouth" on August 20, 2026 through Out Of Line Music. The track runs...
Godflesh set penultimate album ‘Decay’ for 25 September on Relapse
The six tracks on "Decay" came out of the same sessions as "Purge" three years ago, and Justin Broadrick held...
Yazoo’s ‘Upstairs at Eric’s’ turns 44 on 20 August
Yazoo, the English synthpop duo of Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, released their debut album "Upstairs at Eric's" on 20...
alarm!systemen turn six years of tape recordings into a debut album for Antibody
The Brussels project alarm!systemen released its self-titled debut album on the Belgian label Antibody on July 31, 2026. Jorne Leurs...
Veda Rays close their singles run with the ‘You Can Do Anything’ EP
Veda Rays release the five-track EP "You Can Do Anything" on August 28, 2026 through Alleged Records, the band's own...
Zeistencroix release ‘Psychotronic’, mixed by Ulrich Wild and Christoph Wieczorek
Los Angeles duo Zeistencroix self-released their album "Psychotronic" on August 14, 2026. The eight tracks run 29 minutes and 34...
Celldweller opens the ‘Thief: Pulse of Promise’ soundtrack with ‘Never a Thief’
Celldweller released "Never a Thief" on August 19, 2026 through FiXT, the first track issued from the official soundtrack to...
The Birthday Massacre extend the ‘Cursed Blessings’ European tour with Wednesday 13 to seventeen dates
The Birthday Massacre have extended their "Cursed Blessings" European co-headline tour with Wednesday 13 to seventeen shows, running from November...
Deceits share ‘One Day You’ll Hurt As Much As Me’ video and autumn tour dates
Los Angeles post-punk band Deceits have released a video for "One Day You'll Hurt As Much As Me", the single...
A Flock of Seagulls’ ‘The Story of a Young Heart’ turns 42 on 20 August
A Flock of Seagulls, the English new wave and synth-pop band from Liverpool, released its third studio album "The Story...
Black Marble share ‘It Always Comes to Me’ video ahead of ‘Life in Small Spaces’
Two days before the album lands, Black Marble has released a video for "It Always Comes to Me", the last...
ÆRIA issue ‘Ivy’ and a video from the self-released debut mini-album
ÆRIA released "Ivy" on August 4, 2026, the second of six tracks on the self-released EP "Ivy: The First Mini-Album"....
Portion Control interview: ‘It’s closer to handling someone else’s archive that happens to have your name on it’
Portion Control have always been slightly awkward candidates for canonisation. Formed in London in 1979, their early use of synthesisers,...
Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo share ‘The Greatest Delight’ video ahead of ‘Psychedelia in White’
Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo released the video for "The Greatest Delight" on 18 August 2026, the third single from...
Chris Connelly sets 21-track Lou Reed tribute ‘Doo Wop in the Dark’ for 16 October
Four years after his Nico record, Chris Connelly has returned to the Velvet Underground orbit from the other side. The...
AVANT Festival returns to Lecce from 9 to 11 October with free entry
AVANT Festival holds its sixth edition in Lecce, southern Italy, from 9 to 11 October 2026, with free entry across...
Attrition and Annie Hogan reissue WWI album ‘Millions of the Mouthless Dead’ digitally
The album started with a shell that hit a British trench in Belgium in June 1917. Attrition founder Martin Bowes...
Chameleons take ‘Arctic Moon’ across Europe this autumn
Manchester post-punk veterans Chameleons are heading back onto European stages this autumn for an extensive run of dates in support...
Soft Science release third single ‘Fade’ ahead of album ‘Sand’
Sacramento dream pop group Soft Science released "Fade" on 18 August 2026, the third single taken from their fifth album...
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...