Karin Park interview: ‘EVO’, evolution and the cost of becoming
Swedish-Norwegian artist Karin Park released her EP "EVO" on 8 May 2026, the first part of a three-part cycle she...
enter.me releases new single ‘When Love and Fear Collide’ on Town & Towers
Danish electropop project enter.me releases the new single "When Love and Fear Collide" on 3 July 2026 through Town &...
DJ Moderno reworks post-punk classics on mashup album ‘Dark Sessions Vol. I’
Spanish producer DJ Moderno self-released "Dark Sessions Vol. I", a five-track mashup album that reworks post-punk and new wave songs...
GIO shares double A-side ‘I Am Crying / Holy War’ ahead of ‘Sanctified Hunger’
GIO, the gothic rock project of Georgia-based singer-songwriter Blake Carpenter, released the double A-side single "I Am Crying / Holy...
Shadowlands festival announces initial 2027 line-up for Canterbury debut
Shadowlands festival will hold its first edition from 1 to 4 July 2027 at the Gulbenkian Arts Centre in Canterbury,...
Keiji Haino and Steve Noble’s ‘Cafe OTO’ arrives on CD via Cold Spring
Cold Spring releases "Cafe OTO", a live album by Keiji Haino and Steve Noble, on CD on 17 July 2026....
Gnoomes announce new album ‘Losey’ on Rocket Recordings and share the title track
Gnoomes have set a release date for "Losey", the new album from the psych and electronic duo who formed in...
Chiron return with ‘A Dark Beauty’, out 17 July on Dark Vinyl Records
Melbourne darkwave act Chiron release their new album "A Dark Beauty" on 17 July 2026 through Germany's Dark Vinyl Records....
IAMX announce the 2026 ‘Recollections Tour’ across Europe
IAMX, the solo project of Chris Corner, have announced the Recollections Tour, a European run that mixes darkwave, synthpop and...
Hands Label Night Berlin at Urban Spree: rhythm, ritual and the body under pressure
The summer edition of Hands Label Night Berlin felt like a very different organism from the January one. I do...
Diary of Dreams as an electronic duet: back to the roots, or the new reality?
Diary of Dreams have announced a new live format. Adrian Hates and Felix Wunderer will appear on selected international stages...
‘We Are The Beautiful’ 4CD box charts two decades of shoegaze
Cherry Red Records collects two decades of shoegaze on "We Are The Beautiful", a 4CD box set of 67 tracks...
Lords of Acid announce ‘Cheeky Freaky Tour – Pt. 2’ with 15 US dates
Belgian-American act Lords of Acid have announced the "Cheeky Freaky Tour - Pt. 2", a run of 15 US dates...
Bliss My Heart and Cliff Estatof release post-punk single ‘Love Lies’ with Frank Ferrer
Bliss My Heart and Cliff Estatof, the Paris-based post-punk duo, have released the single "Love Lies" through Cleopatra Records. The...
Die In Eclipse, the new project of Darkrad’s Jana Komaritsa, releases debut EP ‘Sexwave’
Die In Eclipse, the new EBM and darkwave project of Darkrad's Jana Komaritsa, has released its debut EP "Sexwave," pairing...
Ecce Shnak premiere new video for ‘Eddie, Legalistic Homeslice’
Ecce Shnak, a five-piece art-rock band from New York City, have released the video for "Eddie, Legalistic Homeslice", the second...
Ben Christo interview: The Sisters of Mercy, Diamond Black and the discipline of dark, gritty melody
Ben Christo is a guitarist who has learned that volume is rarely the most dangerous thing a guitar can do....
Bunadox returns with dark synth single ‘The Prism’
Bunadox, the Seattle dark synth project led by sound designer and multi-instrumentalist Hans Twite, released the single "The Prism" on...
Electronic Corporation and heimelektronik share 12-inch EP on Mannequin Records
Electronic Corporation and heimelektronik, two German electro and EBM projects, have released a four-track 12-inch EP on Mannequin Records. The...
Martyrmachine interview: ‘Efficiency Justifies Everything’, Łódź and live drums
Martyrmachine are an EBM and electro-industrial duo from Łódź, Poland, whose new album "Efficiency Justifies Everything" arrived on 26 June...
Ukrainian project BlazerJacket release single ‘Cyberpunk’ with official AMV
BlazerJacket, the Ukrainian cyberpunk and industrial project of Denis Cherryman and Hybri.Mod, released the single "Cyberpunk" on June 19, 2026....
Bleu Reine releases new single ‘Cavalier Seul’ on Géographie
Bleu Reine's "Cavalier Seul" is the newest single from the Paris dream pop project of singer and producer Léa Lotz,...
AD:keY live at the Front 242 ‘Black Out’ release party in Berlin
Urban Spree was the right place for this night. Not just because it is a good venue for dark electronic...
Mildreda team up with Suicide Commando on new single ‘Virtual Goddess’
Belgian dark electro project Mildreda, the work of Jan Dewulf, release the single "Virtual Goddess" on July 1, 2026 via...
j:dead returns with eighth 2026 single ‘Draws My Blood’
j:dead, the UK industrial and gothic-rock project of Jay Taylor, releases the single "Draws My Blood" on July 3, 2026...
The Wolfgang Press announce new album ‘Asylum Variations’ on Downwards
The Wolfgang Press, the London post-punk group, will release their new album "Asylum Variations" on September 25, 2026 through Downwards...
Xenturion Prime release new single ‘Halcyon’ on Progress Productions
Xenturion Prime, the Swedish-Norwegian powersynth trio, released the digital single "Halcyon" on June 27, 2026 through Progress Productions. The one-track...
Gipsy Fiorucci releases the video for new single ‘Dea Madre Terra (Alkemic Mantra)’
Italian singer-songwriter Gipsy Fiorucci released the video for "Dea Madre Terra (Alkemic Mantra)" on June 29, 2026, premiering it on...
Prometheus Flame release second album ‘Children Of A Lesser God’ on DWA
Prometheus Flame, the Greek dark electro act, released their second album "Children Of A Lesser God" on May 29, 2026...
Dream in castles release dark electronic single ‘synesthesia’
Dream in castles, an electronic project, self-released the single "synesthesia" on June 27, 2026. The Dream in castles "synesthesia" single...
Själens Dialektik release coldwave double single ‘Money and the Power / Sex Machines’
Själens Dialektik, the Stockholm post-punk, coldwave and electro project, released the double single "Money and the Power / Sex Machines"...
Vampire Valentine set second single ‘Cutting Ties’ for July 10 on Morella Records
Vampire Valentine, the darkwave band from Newcastle upon Tyne, will release their second single "Cutting Ties" on July 10, 2026...
BlakLight share Fictional remix of ‘The Haunting of Us’
BlakLight, the Los Angeles dark synthpop trio, release "The Haunting of Us - Fictional Remix" on July 3, 2026 across...
Empires in Defeat reissue electro-industrial single ‘March of Death’
Empires in Defeat, the electro-industrial and aggrotech project of Mathew Bonehead, have reissued the single "March of Death" through the...
Pet Shop Boys announce ‘Dreamworld’ German support acts for July 2026
Pet Shop Boys have announced the support acts for the German dates of their "Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits Live" tour....
Sun Ra and Merzbow ‘Strange City’ reissued as expanded 2CD on Cold Spring
Cold Spring reissues "Strange City", the collaboration between Sun Ra and Merzbow, as an expanded 2CD on June 26, 2026....
I Ya Toyah releases industrial-rock single and video ‘Apology’ on Femme Fatale Records
I Ya Toyah, the Chicago industrial artist, released the single "Apology" on June 26, 2026 through her own Femme Fatale...
Sam Rosenthal releases solo ambient album ‘The Width of Shadows’ on Projekt
Sam Rosenthal, founder of Projekt Records and the band Black Tape For A Blue Girl, has released "The Width of...
Ataraxia interview: ‘We don’t set ourselves against something; we act creatively to create something’
For more than three decades, Ataraxia has been regarded as both a household name and a cult act within the...
Aesthetische release anti-extremism EP ‘Every Beat Matters’ on Alfa Matrix
Aesthetische, the Brazilian electronic duo, released the digital EP "Every Beat Matters" on June 26, 2026 through Alfa Matrix. The...
Unter Null collects ‘The Failure Epiphany’ era on ‘The Rise From Ruin (and the Ritual of Becoming)’ 2CD – Out now
Alfa Matrix has released Unter Null’s "The Rise From Ruin (and the Ritual of Becoming)" on June 26, 2026 as...
LAHO releases seven-track album ‘Death Machines’ with a Depeche Mode cover
LAHO, the Finnish dark electronic project of Konsta Vehkala, released the seven-track album "Death Machines" on June 26, 2026. The...
Teanga Teanga rework the 1956 standard ‘Around the World’
Teanga Teanga released the single "Around the World" worldwide on June 26, 2026. The project pairs New York art-pop artist...
dreDDup release AI-made video for ‘President Evil’, third single from ‘Pan/Dora’
dreDDup, the industrial project from Novi Sad, Serbia, released a music video for the song "President Evil" on June 28,...
Lucifers Bathroom release ‘The Sigil’, second single from debut EP ‘Red Wax’
Lucifers Bathroom, a dark alternative solo project from Germany, released the single "The Sigil" on June 15, 2026. The Lucifers...
Miseria Ultima work on new album, the follow-up to ‘Arctic Esotericism’
Miseria Ultima, the Finnish dark electro duo signed to Alfa Matrix, are working on a new album, the follow-up to...
Stars and the Underground release shoegazing single ‘Echolocation’ with Talmar’s Hannah Berry
Stars and the Underground, the New Zealand project of Auckland musician John Mason, released the single "Echolocation" on May 22,...
Vampire Valentine ready self-titled album for August on Morella Records, led by ‘In The Dark’
Vampire Valentine, the darkwave band from Newcastle upon Tyne, will release their self-titled album through Morella Records in August 2026....
Calva Y Nada release live album ‘El calor de Zwickau’ on emmobiz
Calva Y Nada, the German electro and dark-wave project of Constantin Warter, release the live album "El calor de Zwickau"...
Ray Noir releases ‘Boys,’ third single from ‘Gothstar’ EP
Ray Noire (Photo by Sam Rockman) (By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) London-based queer alt-metal artist Ray Noir has...
Kant Kino interview: ‘Sometimes a joke gets closer to the truth than a manifesto’
Nine years after “Kopfkino”, Kant Kino have returned with “Echoes of The End”, a 24-track album that feels less like...
Pyrroline announce sixth album ‘Ambiguity’ on Electro Aggression Records
Pyrroline's "Ambiguity" is the electro-industrial project's sixth album, announced for release on Electro Aggression Records as a Digipak CD. The...
Nachtmahr release new industrial album ‘Imperivm’ on Trisol Music Group
Nachtmahr "Imperivm" is the new studio album from the Austrian industrial and EBM project Nachtmahr, released on June 26, 2026...
Jacqui Hunt releases first solo album in 18 years, ‘Desiderium’
Jacqui Hunt "Desiderium" is the new album from Australian vocalist Jacqui Hunt, of Single Gun Theory, released on June 26,...
Real Farmer release live EP ‘Live at The Dalby Cafe’ and announce tour dates as support of The Sisters of Mercy
Real Farmer "Live at The Dalby Cafe" is a new four-track live EP from the Dutch band Real Farmer, released...
The Autumn Aurora release debut single ‘Plastic Altar’ on Volcano Records
The Autumn Aurora "Plastic Altar" is the debut single from the Italian post-punk and darkwave band The Autumn Aurora, released...
The Medea Project release single ‘Komēn: Facets’ on BDB Productions
The Medea Project "Komēn: Facets" is a new two-track single from the UK band The Medea Project, released on June...
The Memory Of Snow release fourth album ‘Inside’ on Meridian Noir Records
The Memory Of Snow "Inside" is the new album from the French project The Memory Of Snow, released on June...
Elektrikill release new album ‘Küntzpiracy’ on Evol Music Group
Elektrikill, the electro-industrial project of Steve Vil, have released the album "Küntzpiracy" through Evol Music Group. The ten-track record is...
Thalie Némésis releases album ‘Dé(s)figurations’ on Meridian Noir
Thalie Némésis, the French darkwave project of the musician Nathalie, released the album "Dé(s)figurations" on May 22, 2026 through Meridian...
Tiffadelic premieres music video for single ‘Blood Bath’
Tiffadelic, a darkwave and post-punk artist from Detroit, has released the worldwide video premiere for her single "Blood Bath" on...
Berlin ist RAW: Cassiopeia, RAW-Gelände and Berlin’s talent for selling its own soul
RAW-Gelände (Photo by Karo Kratochwil) Does Berlin really want to become another Frankfurt? The news around Cassiopeia and RAW-Gelände does...
THEA announces debut single ‘Ghost in the Machine’
New dark electro-pop artist THEA (aka Teodora Pindaru) announced a debut single, "Ghost in the Machine", with a videotoday June...
Caustic releases ‘It’s Not Gatekeeping If You’re a Douchebag’ for The Trevor Project
Caustic, the industrial and powernoise project of Madison, Wisconsin musician Matt Fanale, released the single "It's Not Gatekeeping If You're...
HAAi shares ‘DIGITiSE’ single and announces new album on Mute
HAAi has released the single "DIGITiSE" and announced a new album of the same name, due 9 October 2026 on...
Chelsea Wolfe announce 2026 European tour with A.A. Williams
Chelsea Wolfe has announced a 2026 European tour, with A.A. Williams as support. The run forms the European leg of...