Project by a-ha songwriter, Waaktaar & Zoe, signs with Norwegian record label Drabant Music
In May we announced that a-ha songwriter Pål Waaktaar-Savoy and singer Zoë Aphrodite Gnecco (daughter of American musician Jimmy Gnecco...
Year: 2016
Hoshin lands ‘Path of Dissolutions’ album on Cryo Chamber – dark ambient at its best!
"A contemplative and sedative album." That's what a fan thinks of Hoshin's album "Path of Dissolutions" which is out now...
Order your copy of Depeche Mode’s ‘Video Singles Collection’ 3DVD set video anthology right now + more releases coming up
Out on on November 11, 2016 via SONY Music Entertainment - and already available for ordering right here - is be...
Covenant to release boxset with 2CD and 3LP vinyl for new album ‘The Blinding Dark’ – get yours here
Out by mid-November is "The Blinding Dark", Covenant newest album (as you could already read here). For this album long-standing...
Smashing new industrial mix by Acylum of Sacha Korn’s ‘Feuer’ out now
We were quite surprised when we heard that the Neue Deutsche Härte act Sacha Korn had joined up with industrial...
Philippe Petit – You Only Live Ice (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Philippe Petit is a familiar and recognized artist at the wider fields of experimental- and...
Foretaste launches ‘Lost in Space’ video and releases new album ‘Space Echo’ – listen now on Side-Line !
Out today is Foretaste's newest album "Space Echo" and that was the sign for the band and its label BOREDOMproduct...
Cubanate frontman Marc Heal releases first solo album ‘The Hum’ – listen to the first single now!
Were have more details on the debut solo album by Marc Heal, better known as the founder and frontman of...
Synfactory launches ‘Demon’ single – listen here to a preview!
Synfactory, named after a free and open source software synthesizer for Windows, has a new digital single coming out on...
Mythos – Jules Verne / Around The World In 80 Minutes (CD Album – Groove Unlimited)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, synthesizer music, experimental. Background/Info: Electro-veteran Stephan Kaske is back on track with a new –and logical, opus inspired...
Spotify to stop free streaming (or at least limiting it)
The news is getting out that Spotify is considering limiting the access to free music for users of its streaming...
Karl Bartos releases ‘Communication’ deluxe fanbox with bonus track and lots more!
Out in October, but available in pre-order right here, is a deluxe fanbox version of "Communication", the debut solo album...
Honeymoon Cowboys – Liberating The West / Still! (CD Album – Tracks And Traces/Starman Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, new-wave, ballad-rock. Background/Info: Honeymoon Cowboys is a five-headed Belgian formation featuring ex-Siglo XX members Antonio Palermo (guitar) and...
‘Click Interview’ with Kriistal Ann: ‘Art Is A Soul Retreat; It Is An Instrument That Ennobles People
Kriistal Ann refers to the word ‘crystal’ and the real forename Anna of this Greek artist. The name was invented...
Kuolemanlaakso returns with ‘M. Laakso – Vol. 1: The Gothic Tapes’ released on (red & black) vinyl and in a CD boxset
Coming up in the next few weeks is the deluxe DVD sized artbook CD "M. Laakso – Vol. 1: The...
Ghost & Writer show background videos for upcoming live shows
In July we announced that Ghost & Writer (the project by Frank M. Spinath from Seabound / Edge Of Dawn...
Synths Versus Me duo to issue 12 inch ‘1987’ in October – vintage EBM which you can preview here
Synths Versus Me is a duo formed by Vanessa Asbert and Nico Cabañas and based in Lloret de Mar (Spain)...
Dave Ball (Soft Cell) and Jon Savage release soundscape album ‘Photosynthesis’
Out by early October - and ready for ordering now - is a brand new album by Dave Ball (Soft...
Minimal synth artist Kriistal Ann reissues splendid ‘Cultural Bleeding’ on vinyl in October – a must-have !
Those who follow our Spotify playlist probably noticed that we added the track "Fail of Misery (feat. Schonwald)" by Kriistal...
Hedera Helix – Pastiche (CD Album – 3RIOART)
Genre/Influences: Abstract-electronics, EBM, gothic. Background/Info: They call their music ‘intellectro’ and definitely remain one of the most atypical bands from...
Cryo Chamber reveals the followup to ‘Cthulhu and Azathoth’: ‘Nyarlathotep’ – list of dark ambient artists revealed!
In 2014 Cryo Chamber got some of the most prominent dark ambient artists together to synchronize their studios during a...
Harold Nono – Ideeit (CD Album – Bearsuit Records)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, experimental, ambient, neo-classic. Background/Info: Harold Nono is a formation that doesn’t release album on regular basis. “Ideeit” is...
Dronny Darko & Utu Lautturi – Rites Lost (CD Album – Sparkwood Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: This album brings two artists together. Dronny Darko is a Ukrainian artist who released a rather...
The Birthday Massacre – Imagica (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-cyber-pop. Background/Info: The title of this new album has been named after the original band name Imagica. Imagica...
Lahka Muza – Performance (DVD – eXcentriX Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave, ritual-wave. Background/Info: Lahka Muza is a Slovakian formation that was set up in 1984 in the now...
Kloq – Behind The Screams (CD Album – Kloq)
Genre/Influences: Breakbeats, electro-rock, technoid-rock. Background/Info: The 3rd full length album of Kloq is a fact. The band driven by producer...
Is Massive Attack’s Del Naja Banksy? Rumors resurface
The Daily Mail has come up with an interesting theory regarding the real identity of guerrilla graffiti star Banksy. An...
Apoptygma Berzerk pays tribute to his roots on ‘Exit popularity contest’ – to be released on vinyl, cassette and CD – you can order your copy here
Apoptygma Berzerk is reinventing its sound which is different from, but complementary to, the electro rock future pop stylings of...
Until Ben – The Ray (CD Album – Until Ben)
Genre/Influences: Electro-experimental, electro-jazz, electro-pop. Background/Info: Until Ben is a French producer who has compiled 8 songs on one album. It...
‘Click Interview’ with Chiron: ‘Art Is Supposed To Be A Struggle’
Chiron was set up by ex-Ikon singer Michael Aliani in 1997. The band got completed by by Ikon bass player...
Roman Leykam & Frank Mark – The Detection Of Slowness (DVD – Frank Mark Arts)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, abstract, soundtrack, experimental. Background/Info: Roman Leykam and Frank Mark both are familiar artists active on the Frank Mark...
Ooluu – Ophus (CD Album – Ooluu)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: First there was Oompalunatiks, which in 2013 got renamed into Ooluu. The band consists of Davindra, Asa,...
I, Synthesist – Circus Ride To Venus (Digital EP – I, Synthesist)
Genre/Influences: Experimental electro-pop, glitch-pop. Background/Info: Chris Ianuzzi is already active under I, Synthesist for several years now. He released a...
Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) featured on new The Mission album ‘Another fall from grace’ – order now on 2CD+DVD and 2LP
Out on a few weeks is "Another Fall From Grace", a brand new The Mission album. It was produced by...
3 new Elegant Machinery EPs in the making
Great news from the Swedish electropop legend Elegant Machinery, the band is working on not just one but 3 (!!)...
Electrorites – Structures (DCD Album – Nightmare Factory Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, dark-techno. Background/Info: Luca Vollaro is an Italian DJ and producer who’s already been active for 10 years now....
Drumcomplex – Perfection Is Imperfection (Vinyl Album – Complexed Ltd.)
Genre/Influences: Techno. Background/Info: Drumcomplex is a German techno-driven project, which is has already been active for several years, having performed...
Kant Kino has completed the recordings of a brand new album – finally!
One of Norway's finest electro acts, Kant Kino, has announced via a Facebook post that they have (finally!) completed the...
Brand new Rome album ‘The Hyperion Machine’ issued on a sweet orange vinyl (incl. CD)
Yesterday we already informed you about the "Hate us and see if we mind" EP by Rome, aka Jérôme Reuter;...
Cryo Chamber releases the Flowers for Bodysnatchers album ‘Love Like Blood’ + offers free shipping on all U.S. orders
The dark ambient act Flowers for Bodysnatchers, aka Duncan Richie, has released a brand new album, "Love Like Blood" which...
Nostalgie Eternelle – Magie Fragile (Vinyl Album – Hafen Schlamm Rekords/Urknall Tonquelle)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-minimal, electro-new-wave. Background/Info: Nostalgie Eternelle is a German duo that was mainly active during the 80s and early...
Monolith – Domination (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Techno-industrial, industrial, tribal-industrial. Background/Info: Eric van Wonterghem is a veteran active in the wider fields of electronic- and industrial...
Rome to release ‘Hate us and see if we mind’ EP on vinyl – listen now
Out later in September is the newest Rome EP "Hate us and see if we mind" on vinyl. The EP...
Glass attack on John Lydon (PiL) in Chile
A video has surfaced from the August 14 attack on Public Image Ltd frontman John Lydon at a concert in...
Kriistal Ann – Cultural Bleeding (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electronics, gothic-pop. Background/Info: Kriistal Ann is an artist involved in music, poetry, and photography. She has been the...
Diary Of Dreams back among the living with ‘Relive’ 2CD set
Out in the next weeks is a live album by Germany's Diary Of Dreams. "Relive" was recorded "without brandishing or...
Leaether Strip launches ‘Spectator’ album on 2CD and red vinyl – get your orders in now
Leaether Strip is back, after having worked 3 years on a new album, called "Spectator". You can expect a mixture...
Bleib Modern – Vale Of Tears (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Bleib Modern is a Berlin based band, which started composing music in 2014. The band was...
Electro Spectre label Crab Key Records releases album from the brand new project Model1
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The new project led by producer Isak Rypdal will present raw electronic music...
Understanding When to Invest in DJ Speakers
If you have mostly been tuning your skills at home or performing in venues that have their own PA systems,...
‘Click Interview’ with Markko Barrientos Sanchez (C-Lekktor, Circuito Cerrado, Kromak): ‘I Have Nothing To Prove To Anyone Else Because I’m Not Looking For Fame’
C-Lekktor became the big next Mexican dark-electro sensation after Hocico while Circuito Cerrado is rapidly growing towards the top of...
Please… don’t shave with CDs
Storming The Base has launched a really funny campaign to push their sale campaign - which actually offers a good...
‘Sound Mirrors’, the new Covenant single out now on vinyl and CD – order your copy here !
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Covenant's new single 'Sound Mirrors' (available here on vinyl and CD), released August...
Scarlet Leaves – Deep Sad Frustration (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Scarlet Leaves in my opinion is one of the most talented new-wave bands from Brazil. The...
Satanismo Calibro 9 – Kymah Rising (CD Album – Old Europa Cafe)
Genre/Influences: Ritual music, infernal-industrial. Background/Info: Satanismo Calibro 9 was set up in 2005/2006 as a solo-project of ‘Doktor Pery’ while...
Plastique Noir – 24 Hours Awake (CD album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Plastique Noir is a Brazilian trio, which has now been busy for more or less 10...
Chiron – Best Of (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Chiron is a band that will for sure ring a bell for new-wave fans. The band...
Massive tribute to Rational Youth to be released on 3LP (+ 2CD) – time to order your copy (there are no digital copies)
Out in a few weeks - and available here - is the massive tribute album "Heresy – A Tribute to...
Novakill – Danger (CD Album – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up 20 years ago by the Australian duo ‘BONES’ and ‘SiK’, Novakill is back on track...
Listen to an exclusive preview of the new 11-track album by one of France’s best electropop product Foretaste!
Here's great news for all those into great female fronted electropop. The French top electropop act Foretaste returns with a...
Henrik Nordvargr Björkk / Margaux Renaudin – Anima Nostra (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: “Anima Nostra” is the meeting between one of the leaders and old-servant of the dark-ambient and...
Aria Rostami & Daniel Blomquist – Wandering Eye (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Abstract, experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: “Wandering Eye” resulted from the common efforts and creativity of 2 artists. Daniel Blomquist got...
Sid & Nancy – Love Kills (DVD/Blu-Ray Film – STUDIOCANAL)
Genre/Influences: Punk Content: To celebrate 40 years of punk and the 30th anniversary of this legendary movie, STUDIOCANAL decided to...
The Arch – Fates (CD Album – WHY2K Music)
Genre/Influences: New-wave & rock-pop. Background/Info: I realized that The Arch is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. This Belgian formation...
Straight from Belgium, the electropop act Bazart – you never heard of them before although they are massive in Flanders (Belgium)
This is the first article outside Holland and Flanders (Belgium) that talks about the Belgian electropop act Bazart. People who...
Electropop act Snuttock hits back with ‘Rituals Redux’ – listen now to the first songs including a Leaether Strip remix!
Snuttock, in conjunction with Morphius Records, is to release "Rituals Redux" on September 15th, 2016 (pre-orders available here). The album...
