Out now – debut album female fronted electropop act Cosmic Armchair : ‘Contact’
In June 2014 Alfa Matrix launched the EP “We Are Watching” by a brand new signing, Cosmic Armchair. The female...
Year: 2017
LCN launches official video for ‘N’Ecoutez Pas Tous Les Conseils De Vos Amis’ – watch here
The official video for LCN's "N'Ecoutez Pas Tous Les Conseils De Vos Amis" is out now. The track is taken...
Simple Minds returns with new album in February: ‘Walk Between Worlds’ – listen to the trailer
On February 2nd 2018 Simple Minds will release their newest album 'Walk Between Worlds'. The studio album is the follow-up...
Click Interviewʼ with Friends Of Alice Ivy: ‘We Operate Very Much On Instinct’
Australian duo Kylie (vocals) and Amps (instruments, programming) were previously involved in Ostia. They next moved on with Friends Of...
Exclusive video premiere newest single Black Forest – watch ‘Greed’ here
A few days ago we announced the birth of Black Forest, the brainchild of Dejan Belgrenius who was also the...
Out now, the new Totem Obscura album feat. legendary German electropop act Hubert Kah (Sandra)
Out now is "Nordische Feste", the 2nd full length album by the German duo Totem Obscura. The album is mixing...
Exclusive : Mark Jackson leaves VNV Nation. Read full statement.
VNV Nation as we know it is no more. The band has announced that England born Mark Jackson is no...
‘Click Interview’ with Aengeldust: ‘No Rules’
Aengeldust is an electro-industrial solo-project set up and driven by Nadine ‘Cooraz’ Engel. She’s one of the few women involved...
Paul Kendall debuts with LeCabLe project together with Daniel Dickel – listen here
The first release from LeCabLe is a fact: the 8-track album "Multicore". LeCabLe consists of the duo Paul Kendall (lapsteel,...
Check teaser Morrissey biopic ‘England Is Mine’ – coming out on December 12th
Coming to Blu-ray, DVD, and digital formats (all available here) on December 12th is the Morrissey biopic "England Is Mine"...
After 4 years of silence the Swedish electro act Severe Illusion returns with EP ‘A Familiar State of Passive Compliance’
Four very long years. That is how long we had to wait on the newest EP by the Swedish Dark...
TB Frank (The Neon Judgement) joins up with Baustein to release the single ‘Mother of Earth’
Out on November 17 is the single "Mother of Earth" by the duo TB Frank (The Neon Judgement and also...
Marsheaux sees various very limited reissues on vinyl in December – pre-orders available now
Out in December - and available in pre-order now - are 2 brand new vinyl reissues of albums by the...
‘Click Interview’ with Stars Crusaders: ‘We Like To Blend The Sounds And Mix Ingredients To Create Something Different And Hard To Label’
Stars Crusaders is a ‘crazy’ Italian electro/future-pop band, which released their first official work in 2014. The band clearly revealed...
Arcana sees 2 albums re-released via Cyclic Law Records incl. previously unreleased material
Great news for the Arcana fans, the fine label Cyclic Law Records will be re-releasing 2 classic albums by the...
Chuck Mosley, former singer of Faith No More, dead at 57
Bad news keeps on pouring in. Former Faith No More singer Chuck Mosley died aged only 57 after battling for...
Portland garage punk icon Fred Cole (Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows) dead at 69
Bad news from Portland, Fred Cole is no more, the American punk icon died on November 9 from liver disease....
Saline Grace – Blacksmith’s Fire (CD Album – Deeper Water Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, neo-classic, cinematographic. Background/Info: German duo Saline Grace is already active for a couple of years now, but isn’t...
United Front – By All Means II: The Fall Of Church And State (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, industrial, death-industrial. Background/Info: United Front is a duo consisting of Gordon Lazarus (previously active under the U-731...
V/A Total 17 (DCD Album – Kompakt)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, dance-pop, ambient-techno, downtempo, experimental. Background/Info: The “Total”-series started in 1999. The latest series reveals an impressive cocktail of...
Velvet Kills – Mischievous Urges (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Velvet Kills is a Portuguese duo consisting of Susana Santos and Harris Iveson. They previously released...
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, new-wave. Background/Info: Last year The Raudive released a digital mini-album featuring 7 songs. The trio Marc Atkinson (guitar,...
Paranoia Inducta – From The Depths (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Polish artist ‘Antony Armageddon Destroyer’ is a real prolific and creative artist. He’s active...
Day Before Us – Nihil Interit (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient, ethereal. Background/Info: French composer Philippe Blache has already been active for 6 years now under the Day...
Noxvox – Niedowidzenia (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, neo-classic, ethereal, ritual. Background/Info: I didn’t find that much info about this ‘new’ Polish project, but it seems...
VNV Nation album ‘Empires’ re-issued on vinyl – Out now
For the first time ever, one of the most classic VNV Nation albums, "Empires", is being released on vinyl. There...
Enzo Kreft – Wasteland (CD Album – Enzo Kreft)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, new-wave. Background/Info: Enzo Kreft (real name Eric Vandamme) is a Belgian artist who started his music activities and...
Boytronic – Jewel (CD Album – Oblivion/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Eleven years after their last album (cf. “Dependence”) German synth-pop formation Boytronic are finally awakening from a...
Placebo Effect to release new album – first teaser online and Bratislava show confirmed
Placebo Effect will release their new album "Shattered Souls" in March 2018, their first new CD in 20 years. You...
Slovakian synth/electro bands united on ‘Synth Slovakia 2017’
Here's a new compilation that caught our attention: "Synth Slovakia 2017". The release will be out on November 11 and...
Jode is dead, long live Black Forest – first teaser for the new ‘Greed’ single now available !
Black Forest is the brainchild of Dejan Belgrenius who you will also now as the man behind Jode which was...
Exclusive stream of a bonus track on the debut EP by Dirk Da Davo (Neon Judgment) & Jean-Marie Aerts
A few days ago we announced that Neon Judgment co-founder Dirk Da Davo had joined up on the island of...
Out now, 5th album by German cult EBM duo AD:keY – ‘Reanimator’ available in 3 versions
The German EBM act AD:keY has released their newest studio album. On the new 13-track album “Reanimator” the Berlin-based duo...
Porn – The Ogre Inside (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal-rock. Background/Info: French formation Porn was set up in 1999 by Philippe Deschemin. All over the years he...
Out now, the brand new Implant album ‘Oxynoxe-X’, 4 years after ‘The Productive Citizen’
A few weeks after releasing their brand new download single “The Phone Call”, the Belgian electronic act announced the album...
Penny Rimbaud / Eve Libertine / Charles Webber – Kernschmelze II: Cantata For Improvised Voice (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, noise, industrial. Background/Info: Penny Rimbaud (composer) and Eve Libertine (vocals and lyrics) will always be linked to...
Penderecki – Kosmogonia (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, classical music. Background/Info: Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki maybe doesn’t ring a bell although I’m “The Shining”, “The Exorcist,...
Secret Sight – Shared Loneliness (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave. Background/Info: Secret Sight is an Italian trio. They released their debut album (cf. “Day.Night.Life”) now three years...
Ono Scream – Ono Scream (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze, new-wave. Background/Info: Ono Scream is a Belgian solo-project driven by Bart Willems (also known from Apparaat). This...
Follow Me Not – If The Sky Remains (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark wave-pop. Background/Info: French duo Follow Me Not is already active for a couple of years now. “If...
3rd season ‘Stranger Things’ in the making – a preview
The 80s aficionados have already been binging the 2nd season of the "Stranger Things", and if you haven't, try it,...
Watch the new Funker Vogt video for ‘Wahre Helden’
Out now is a brand new video from Funker Vogt for the track "Wahre Helden" which is taken from the...
Electropop act ImJudas launches debut EP ‘Tulpa’
After a series of compilation appearances and a cover of Front 242's “Don’t Crash” on the “Recovery >For You<” tribute...
Artoffact Records signs Vancouver-based post-punk band Actors
Artoffact Records has signed the promising Vancouver-based post-punk group Actors which formed in 2012. The debut full-length album, "It Will...
Empty Chalice – Emerging Is Submerging / The Evil (Cassette Album – Industrial Ölocaust Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual, experimental. Background/Info: Behind Empty Chalice is hiding Antonine A. who’s also the creative mind behind Gopota. This...
Crash City Saints – Are You Free? (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, wave-pop. Background/Info: Seven years after their debut album “Glow In The Dark Music” this new opus by Crash...
Throbberstalk (Repowered by Vore Complex) – Petrichor (CD Album – Throbberstalk)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: This album is something special; it’s the meeting between 90s formation Throbberstalk, which has been remixed...
Root4 – Walk My Way (CD Album – 7Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop, indie-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Set up and driven by Hauken Hein in the early 90s, Root4 is not...
Aengeldust (side-project Acylum member) hits back with… 13 new tracks on ‘Zucht’ EP !
The German female fronted harsh electro act Aengeldust is back. Out now - exclusively via Bandcamp for the moment -...
Front 242 and Underviewer announce a new series of shows for 2018
Good news for the Front 242 fans as the band has announced various new showdates for Front 242 and Underviewer...
When political correctness goes in overdrive you get this… the victim: belgian electropop act Bazart
Drama in Belgium's Twitterland as pictures of a dressed up Daan Schepers and Simon Nuytten from the electropop act Bazart...
Black Needle Noise joins up with Tara Busch for ‘Under My Skin’ single
John Fryer has started a brand new series of download single for an upcoming album. The first new track, "Under...
Debut album electro pop act SIN.SIN out now – listen to the complete album!
The female fronted electro pop act SIN.SIN has finally released its debut album! The release is one which many people...
French dark electro phenomenon Crytek signs with Alfa Matrix and releases debut EP ‘Anathema’ – listen here!
Alfa Matrix has signed up the French dark electro act Crytek and immediately also releases a first download EP! The...
Trade Secrets – Golden Life (CD EP – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, lounge-pop. Background/Info: Trade Secrets released a few productions in the late 90s, but 2017 appears to be the...
Third Realm – The Suffering Angel (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, electro-wave. Background/Info: Third Realm is an American formation, which has already been active since the early millennium...
European Ghost – Pale And Sick (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: European Ghost is a new/cold-wave inspired band from Italy. The debut album “Pale And Sick” was...
Der Himmel Über Berlin – Amnesia (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: “Amnesia” is the second official album by the Italian formation Der Himmel Über Berlin. For this new...
Lotte Kestner – Off White (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Ballad, cinematographic, indie. Background/Info: Lotte Kestenr is the artist name of Anna-Lynne Williams. She was previously involved as the...
Carta – The Sand Collector’s Dream (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-rock, ambient-rock, experimental. Background/Info: Based in San Francisco (California, USA), Carta released their fourth full length album featuring 10...
Seigmen releases ‘Enola’ 3×7″ vinyl box for X-mas
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Christmas started early this year for fans of Seigmen, Zeromancer and Ljungblut, as...
Studio-X vs. Technoid – Neural Torment (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, industrial-rave, techno. Background/Info: “Neural Torment” resulted from the common efforts between Australian sound guru and producer Lawrie Bayldon...
Schwarzblut vs. Saeldes Sanc – Wildes Herz (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Medieval, dark-electro, ethereal, gothic. Background/Info: After a previous split-release between dark-wave-electro-medieval band Schwarzblut (The Netherlands) and the the medieval...
Tom Waits to reissue remastered versions Anti Records catalog on vinyl
While this isn't exactly dark wave related, many of you have a soft spot for Tom Waits, the American singer-songwriter,...
Laibach release new live video for ‘Vor Sonnen-Aufgang’
Laibach have unveiled a new live video for “Vor Sonnen-Aufgang” ahead of their European tour which starts on November 4...
nTTx – Of Beauty And Chaos (CD EP – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: This is the second official EP by nTTx. Gord Clement was previously involved as the singer...
