The Cascades – Diamonds And Rust (DCD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock, post-punk. Background/Info: German formation The Cascades saw the daylight in 1988 (!), but it took them years...
Year: 2017
Project Pitchfork returns with new album ‘Akkretion’ – here are the details
"Akkretion" is the title of the newest Project Pitchfork album which will be out in early 2018. The album is...
Nervenbeisser – Zeitenwandel (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock, industrial-metal. Background/Info: German formation Nervenbeisser is not a new name, but a band striking back 13 years after...
Scanner – The Great Crater (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, ambient. Background/Info: Robin Rimbaud better known under the Scanner moniker is a long-time praised artist active at...
Sleepwalk returns after 5 years of silence with 2CD set ‘Tempus Vincit Omnia’
Electro Aggression Records (EAR) welcomes the veteran Swiss electro act Sleepwalk to its roster of artists. After 5 years of...
Bimfest XVI to terrorise Sint-Niklaas on December 15/16 with Blancmange, Implant, Kirlian Camera and many more!
In little more than one week the Belgian Independent Music Festival 2017 edition XVI will kick-off. After last year’s 100%...
Rhyw – Cave Walls / Part One (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Techno, experimental. Background/Info: Rhyw aka Alex Tsiridis is a Berlin based techno artist. He joined hands together with Avian...
Exclusive: John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise project releases ‘SyStem Bi’ with Senegal’s Fakeba + video by Gina Czarnecki available now as well
(Photo by Vincent Bloch) Good news from John Fryer! Black Needle Noise Records, in association with No Devotion Records, presents...
Palast – Palast (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, pop-rock, new-wave. Background/Info: 2017 has been a major year for German Palast trio. They released this self-entitled debut...
Listen to the first 2 tracks from upcoming 2018 album by Junksista
Next year, in February more precisely, you can expect the brand new Junksista album “Promiscuous Tendencies” to be released. The...
Filth Pig – Mental Dead Ends (Digital Album – Filth Pig)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, punk, electronics. Background/Info: German solo-project Filth Pig (named after a Ministry album) is back on track unleashing a...
Heartlay – Close To Collapse (CD Album – Heartlay)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, crossover. Background/Info: Heartlay is the sonic child of French artist Aaron Sadrin. Set up in 2014 he released...
Babel 17 – Process (CD Album – ProiBI7ion/Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave. Background/Info: French formation Babel 17 belongs to the collective memory of the cold-wave music in France. They...
Alfa Matrix launches 7th volume in FREE download label compilation series ‘Matrix Downloaded’ – get it now
Those present at the Front 242 shows in Brussels already noticed it when checking the flyer inside the free CD...
Massiv In Mensch – Am Port Der Guten Hoffnung (DCD Album – Katyusha)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Massiv In Mensch has already been active since 1993; but the German electro formation disappeared...
Check out full version new No Other Gods single ‘2 Minutes Hate’
No Other Gods have a brand new track "2 Minutes Hate" which is out now, you can check it below....
Neonsol – Another Day (CD EP – Analogue Trash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Neonsol is a Danish-Canadian trio, which is already active for a couple of years now. They...
WhatTwoLeft – Children Of The Sun Shall Wither + What Two Left (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-Wave, Post-Punk. Background/Info: American duo WhatTwoLeft has already released a number of productions. They’ve joined hands with Brazilian leading...
2 first tracks available from new Psy’Aviah LP ‘Lightflare’ – out in February
"Lightflare" is the title of the brand new upcoming album by the Belgian electro trip pop act Psy'Aviah. The album...
Alfa Matrix has handed out more than 4000 (!) free ‘Sounds From The Matrix 019’ compilations during Front 242’s double concert in Brussels
Speaking of a big promotion campaign, the Belgian electrolabel Alfa Matrix has handed out over 4000 copies of the CD-sampler...
Moth – 20 Songs (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Moth was a Danish formation active in between 2012 and 2016. They released several productions and...
Les Chats Noirs – Les Fleurs Des Morts (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Les Chats Noirs is a male-female duo from Brazil. They previously self-released a few EP’s...
Android Lust – Berlin / Crater Vol.02 (CD Album – Synthellec Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental-pop, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Shikhee better known under the Android Lust moniker is now busy for more than 20...
‘Extended Interview’ with Mentallo & The Fixer: ‘I Just Want People To Trip Out On It’
With his new studio album “Arrange The Molecule”, Gary Dassing confirms the undisputed Mentallo & The Fixer’s sound singularity. With...
Kirlian Camera releases first details February release ‘Hologram Moon’ (vinyl, 2CD ltd set, …)
"Hologram Moon" is the first Kirlian Camera album after five years for Elena Alice Fossi and Angelo Bergamini. In October...
Belgium’s Lovelorn Dolls return after 3-year long hiatus – listen to the first tracks from ‘Darker Ages’
"Darker ages" is the newest album from the Brussels based electronic goth metal duo Lovelorn Dolls and their 3rd so...
C-Lekktor returns with (double CD) ‘Out Of My Way’ – check out the leading track
C-Lekktor's 4th full studio album "Out Of My Way" will be released at the end of December. Expect a modern...
Sacha Korn unites with Aggressive 69 and (ex) Subway To Sally members to form Sick Man: 3 remixes out now!
The high explosive collaboration between Funker Vogt and Berlin musician Sacha Korn caused quite a big commotion a few years...
Dead Can Dance vocalist Lisa Gerrard releases 7inch ‘Pora Sotunda’ with The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices – limited quantity available (codeword for ‘act damn fast’)
"Pora Sotunda" is a brand new very limited 7” by the cult band The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices featuring...
When The Sun Hits – Immersed Within Your Eyes (CD EP – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: When The Sun Hits is a new formation consisting out of experienced musicians from Nottingham (UK)...
Morrissey will no longer do print interviews – watch the announcement
Last week Morrissey caused quite some rumor with his attacks on Merkel and with his comments about the Kevin Spacey...
Alfa Matrix launches 19 volume in ‘Sounds From The Matrix’ series on Bandcamp (and on a free CD)
The Belgian electrolabel Alfa Matrix has launched it's 19th (!) volume in their popular 'Sounds From The Matrix' series. On...
Miniatures – Jessamines (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Operating from Melbourne (Australia) Miniatures was set up by New Zealand expatriates Ché Walden and...
Electro Spectre returns with brand new single ‘Lovers don’t forgive’ – and it’s bull’s-eye (yet) again!
The Norwegian duo Electro Spectre (Isak Rypdal and Alexander Björneboe) are back with a brand new 6-track single. "Lovers don't...
Synthpop duo Vera-Fi lands debut Black Romance
Japanese synthpop duo Vera-Fi is an electronic music duo based out of Tokyo and was formed by Kairu, an expat...
Seraphim System – Kelevra (Digital Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, electro-industrial, industrial-techno, d’n’b. Background/Info: Seraphim System has been very prolific during the past few years. The American project...
Post-punk act Gad Whip to launch ‘Trapped In A Pin Hole Camera’ album on cassette
Out via Arachnidiscs Recordings next month is the newest album by the post-punk act Gad Whip, "Trapped In A Pin...
Phurpa – Rituals Of Bön II (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, ambient. Background/Info: Phurpa strikes back one year after their first chapter of “Rituals Of Bön”. The Russian information...
Phurpa – Ya Tog Rid Pa’I Gyer (DCD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, ambient. Background/Info: Set up in 2003, Phurpa is a Russian collective inspired by ritual music and Buddhism. It...
Günter Schlienz – Book Of Dreams (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Günter Schlienz is a name that maybe doesn’t ring a bell although he already released...
Echoes Of Yul – The Healing Sessions (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Echoes Of Yul is a Polish solo-project, which released 3 albums thus far. “The...
‘Click Interview’ with Boytronic: ‘This Social Media Thing And The Digitalization Of Music Is A Good Thing’
German formation Boytronic belong to the German ‘history’ of electro-pop music. Set up in the early 80s they got an...
Yone Dudas – Waiting For The Storm / Original Movie Soundtrack (Digital Album – Laebel)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, soundtrack. Background/Info: We all know Yone Dudas as the female pole of Decoded Feedback. This album is something...
V/A Electronic Body Matrix II (4 CD Box + Download Card + Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, techno-body, electro-pop, industrial-rave, minimal-electro, future-pop, electro-industrial. Background/Info: One of the leading labels of the electronic underground scene...
Wasserkraft Manifest – Voyagers Of Peace And Understanding (CD Album – Kompuphonik Musik)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: “Voyagers Of Peace And Understanding” is the debut album of the Swedish electro-pop band Wasserkraft Manifest....
Unknown Land – Redline (CD EP – Unknown Land)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Unknown Land is the meeting between a Chileen singer/producer (Lucia Ponticas) and an Australian producer (Rob...
Otto Dix singer Michael Draw releases Russian opera tribute, gets remixed by Substaat
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Michael Draw, the countertenor singer from the Russian darkwave band Otto Dix, released...
Swedish electropop act VOITH launches ‘Kraftwerk (Roboterkönige)’ – their own tribute to Kraftwerk
Out now is the brand new VOITH video "Kraftwerk (Roboterkönige)" which is basically a tribute to Kraftwerk, but without being...
Deus frontman Tom Barman caught up in #MeToo boomerang after playing the angel on Belgian national TV
Belgian musician Thomas Andrew Barman,better known as Tom Barman, is caught up in the #MeToo storm as he has been...
Black Friday sale at Alfa Matrix : 50% off on all products – here’s your code
The Belgian industrial / electro record label Alfa Matrix has launched a huge Black Friday offer where they are offering...
Eraldo Bernocchi & Netherworld – Himuro (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, downtempo, IDM, experimental, deep-house, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Himuro” is the meeting between two great Italian artists. Eraldo Bernocchi (known...
Bruce Harper – Bruce Harper (CD Album – Bruce Harper)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, cinematographic, ambient-techno, psychedelic. Background/Info: Bruce Harper is an Italian trio. The members are still active in other common...
Audio Mace – Disturbing Voices (CD Album – Ek Balam Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Audio Mace is an American duo driven by Chris Wikman and Al Baldwin. I never...
Mentallo & The Fixer – Arrange The Molecule (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, industrial, IDM. Background/Info: Mentallo & The Fixer will next year celebrate its 30th anniversary. The Texan project...
Rome sees upcoming album ‘Hall of Thatch’ also released as a limited 2LP white vinyl+CD set
Out in a few weeks from now is the brand new Rome album "Hall of Thatch". "Hall of Thatch" will...
Animal Youth – Animal (Vinyl Album – Weyrd Son Records)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Risen from the ashes of Siamese Queens we welcome the in Brussels based trio Animal Youth....
Japanese electronic project Succubist debuts with ‘Blood Flow’ album – preview it here
The name Sara Tsukiyama might ring a bell with some of our readers as her old band Liiaiira was featured...
‘Click Interview’ with Root4: ‘When You Release Two Or Three Singles, The Album Has A Bigger Chance To Be Heard’
Root4 is not exactly the most famous and renowned underground electro band. Set up in 1990 the German formation went...
God Module – Does This Stuff Freak You? – A Retrospective (DCD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Jasyn Banger set up God Module in the late 90s. His debut album (cf. “Artificial”) became...
Ginger Snap5 – Against The Days (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Ukrainian duo Ginger Snap5 is a formation I discovered on the SkyQode with their excellent debut...
Kirlian Camera – Sky Collapse (CD EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Italian duo Kirlian Camera has their new album “Hologram Moon” in the pipeline. They released this...
Morrissey attacks Merkel for destroying nation’s identity: ‘I want Germany to be German’
Smiths frontman Morrissey has gone full force in an interview with the German news magazine Der Spiegel defending Europe's cultural...
Simon D. Carter’s dark techno project SD-KRTR debut out now feat. a series of female guest singers
Back in March 2017, UK techno/breakbeat DJ Simon D. Carter formed SD-KRTR via which he launched the “Rise” EP. Out...
Storming The Base has started its Black Friday sale – include super limited vinyl test pressings, here’s the link to get access
It's Black Friday sale time at Storming The Base, and besides 100s of records at real dumping prices (as low...
Metroland remixes Erasure for deluxe 2CD version ‘World Be Gone’ – limited to just 500 copies
Out on December 21st is a Greek expanded edition of the recent Erasure album "World Be Gone" with 6 exclusive...
