OMD launch brand new track ‘The View From Here’ – listen here
A new OMD track entitled "The View From Here" from the band's forthcoming album "The Punishment of Luxury" has been...
Year: 2017
Headless Horseman – 47009 (Digital EP – 47)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial, experimental, techno. Background/Info: William J. Youngman is already active for numerous years in the most sophisticated and...
Marco Shuttle – Systhema (CD Album – Spazio Disponibile)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, techno-ambient, mystic-electronics. Background/Info: Marco Sartorelli aka Marcho Shuttle is born in Italy, but based in London (or Berlin)....
Les Anges De La Nuit – Darkness Looms (CD & Digital Album – Static Cold Media)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Richard Abdeni and Anthony Stuart set up Les Anges De La Nuit in 2003. This American...
Hand In Waves – Hover In Remedy (Digital EP – Hands In Waves)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Hand In Waves is a German electronic music project mainly inspired and driven through electro-pop music. A...
Controlled Collapse – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CD Album – Alchera Visions/Machineries)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial-electro. Background/Info: Set up in 2003 Polish formation Controlled Collapse got some instant recognition releasing their debut album...
Bio-Dread – Parasite War (Digital EP – Pakapi Records/Industria Tropical Series)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-ambient, industrial-dub, experimental. Background/Info: “Parasite War” is the ninth and final chapter of the Industria Tropical series of...
Adam Probert – The Battle For Tomorrow (CD Album – Sonic Entrails Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial/punk poetry, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: I never heard of Adam Probert before. I found out that the artist is...
Glenn Main – Tribute To Jean Michel Jarre (CD Album – AD Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, space-electronics, synthesizer music. Background/Info: Norwegian artist Glenn Main has been inspired by the greatest and most legendary synthesizer...
Svartsinn – Collected Obscurities (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Hailing from Norway Svartsinn is back on track unleashing an album filled with tracks that were originally...
S.K.E.T. – Capitalism-Continuing Crisis (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, power-noise. Background/Info: It took 8 years to S.K.E.T. to accomplish their fourth full length album. The German project...
Reissue of two 1980 cult releases by Basement 5 imminent – both produced by Martin Hannett (Joy Division)
Here's something for those Factory Records fans who want to collect everything related to the label and its personnel. "1965-1980"...
Listen to the first excerpts of new Liars album ‘TFCF’ – IDM fanfood!
Australian electronica/punk act Liars aka the project of Angus Andrew, is back with the first excerpts of the project's upcoming...
Bel Canto live review and Anneli Drecker interview
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) After walking through the pouring rain towards Tøyenparken and the opening day of the...
The Knife announce ‘Shaking the Habitual: Live at Terminal 5’ film, album & photobook – watch the trailer
Due for Release 1 September via Rabid Records is The Knife's “Shaking the Habitual: Live at Terminal 5” film, album...
KMFDM ready to release first album in 3 years on vinyl and CD – check the full details
KMFDM are preparing to release their first new studio album in over 3 years. "Hell Yeah" will be released on...
Nine Inch Nails to land new EP ‘Add Violence’ in September on CD as well – get your copy now
"Add Violence" is the newest EP by Nine Inch Nails to be released in September. It was released digitally on...
Frame Of Mind – Resurrected (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s by German duo Michael Friedrich - Marko Hein, Frame Of Mind...
Ruined Conflict – Triumphant (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: American artist Xavier Morales, better known as Ruined Conflict, is already back on track. This is...
New Frames – Resistance Through Rituals (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: New Frames is one of the latest signings on Hands although featuring an old servant from the...
Last Days Of S.E.X. – Sabotage Normality (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, noise, electro-industrial. Background/Info: It took 8 years for Manos Chrisovergis to kick back with the third full length...
Bel Canto live in Norway yesterday at Øyafestivalen 2017 – watch the complete concert again right here!
Yesterday, August 10, the Norwegian electropop act Bel Canto played live at the completely sold out Øyafestivalen 2017 in Oslo's...
Tomohiko Sagae – Sensory Deprivation (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, techno-noise. Background/Info: Japanese producer Tomohiko Sagae is one of the newest artists who have joined the Hands roster....
Eisbrecher send out their submarine ‘Sturmfahrt’ in September – check the first preview
Eisbrecher are a German Neue Deutsche Härte band that consists primarily of Alexander Wesselsky (vocals) and Noel Pix (lead guitar/programming),...
Industrial synth wave artist 20SIX Hundred launches fan-funded campaign to re-release 2015 album ‘The cold rise from sleep’ on vinyl – available now to get your perk!
Vancouver, British Columbia based Industrial / Dark Synthwave artist 20SIX Hundred and California-based record label Sofa King Vinyl have teamed...
SaturmZlide – Human Art Engines (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM. Background/Info: German artist Alexander Marco strikes back with the fourth full length album of his SaturmZlide project....
kETvECTOR – Fig. 23 (CD Album – Rustblade)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Fig. 23” is the return after a long hibernation of kETvECTOR. Set up and driven by...
Delectro – Mueve Tu Cuerpo (Digital EP – I-Traxx Red Edition)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Colombian DJ and producer Diego Diaz claims to be inspired by 80s electronics, EBM bass...
‘Click Interview’ with ES23: ‘Maybe Music Is The Way I Get Along With My Life’
Set up in Bochum in 2004, it took a few years to ES23 to break through. The band got the...
Exclusive Front 242 and Nitzer EBB remixes featured on upcoming ‘Electronic Body Matrix 2’ 4CD boxset
A few days ago we announced that the belgian Alfa Matrix label is to release the 2nd volume in their...
Garbage reveal new video for ‘No horses’ which they claim to be controversial (editor’s note: it’s not)
Garbage have revealed a brand new video for their current single, "No Horses". Released last month, the track is in...
Me The Tiger to release new album ‘What Is Beautiful Never Dies’ next week – watch the teaser !
The 3rd album from the Falun, Sweden based act Me The Tiger, “What is beautiful never dies”, is almost here...
Antibody – Opera Of Death (Digital Album – Antibody)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body music, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Jan Laustroer has now been active for a couple of years under the Antibody moniker....
Adriano Canzian – Dangerous Mind (Vinyl 12″ – I-Traxx Red Edition)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body. Background/Info: Italian producer Adriano Canzian is a recognized and praised artist active in the wider fields of techno-body...
Legend releases fanpack for ‘Midnight Champion Fanpack’ album including CD/Cream 2LP/Cassette/Patch
Out in early October is the follow-up to Legend's debut "Fearless". On their second album "Midnight Champion" the Icelandic electronic-rock...
Mentallo & The Fixer is back with brand new studio album: ‘Arrange The Molecule’ CD/2CD. Check the first tracks!
More good news from Alfa Matrix, the Belgian based record label has announced that it will release a brand new...
Essay: History of Electronic Music
(By James T) Electronic music first became widely popular in the mid-1970s, but experiments with electronic musical instruments began as...
PAL sees 1995 album ‘Signum’ re-released as a double vinyl
PAL (or P·A·L) is the project by German artist Christian Pallentin. In 1995 the project saw the release of "Signum"...
The Smiths’ ‘The Queen Is Dead’ reissued as 5 x vinyl set and 3CD/DVD set
The Smiths’ "The Queen Is Dead" was first released in the summer of 1986 and was the third studio album...
Alfa Matrix to launch 2nd volume of massive 116-track strong EBM compilation: ‘Electronic Body Matrix 2’ 4CD Boxset (+ bonus downloads)
Out of the blue the belgian Alfa Matrix label releases the 2nd volume in their massive 'Electronic Body Matrix' series....
Win one of 5 duo tickets to see Front Line Assembly in London on 24th August !
Front Line Assembly play a London date on 24th August as part of a summer European tour. Masterminded by vocalist/musician...
Drama in technoland: Scooter faces charges in Ukraine for Crimean show
Scooter is in Ukrainian trouble now that the Kyiv-based Crimean Department of the Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal investigation against...
Kaibun – Gloomy Alice And Sinister Jack (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, minimal-industrial. Background/Info: Kaibun is a Belgian project set up by Laurent Delogne (Le Moderniste) aka ‘Jack’ joined...
V/A Forms Of Hands 17 (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, powernoise, IDM, industrial-trance, industrial-techno. Background/Info: “Forms Of Hands” became a recognized and successful label festival, which each year...
‘Click Interview’ with Rhys Fulber: ‘It Was Some Of The Most Freeform Music I Have Made In A While’
Rhys Fulber is a musician/producer who will be forever linked to the EBM giant Frontline Assembly and the ambient-ethereal-dance project...
Creation VI & Uhushuhu – Δ (CD Album – Muzyka Voln/Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, soundtrack. Background/Info: “Δ” resulted from the common efforts between Creation VI and Uhushuhu. Especially the Ukrainian project...
Ästrälflüidz – Mÿsteriüm Mägnüm (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Ästrälflüidz is a Russian project featuring two artists from different music universes, but who find a...
Anthesteria – Eis (CD Album – Zhelezobeton/kultFRONT)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental, minimal. Background/Info: This album is a collaboration between 2 Russian labels. It’s the third release in...
Sij & Item Caligo – Queer Reminiscence (CD Album – Reverse Alignment)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, cinematographic, soundscape. Background/Info: Russian artists Vladislav Sikach and Sergey Epifanov aka Sij and Item Caligo, joined hands...
Klutae’s ‘Black Piranha’ album re-released on double vinyl including bonus tracks
Klutæ's new album "Black Piranha" is now available on double vinyl, including 4 non album songs that were not available...
Ethan Fawkes – XXIX (Digital EP – Ötomo Trax)
Genre/Influences: Technoid, dark-techno, techno-body. Background/Info: Ethan Fawkes is already back on track, now joining hands together with Ötomo Trax (The...
Gary Numan to release new ‘Savage (Songs from a Broken World)’ album on double vinyl (with 2 bonus tracks)
"Savage (Songs from a Broken World)" is the upcoming 21st studio album by Gary Numan and will also be released...
emmobiz Records to release brand new double vinyl compilation ‘EBM Industries Vol. 1’ – check the different formats + live event
Out in October via emmobiz Records is the first volume in the brand new compilation series "EBM Industries". This double...
ESA – The Hold (Digital EP – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, industrial-trance. Background/Info: Jamie Blacker aka ESA (Electronic Substance Abuse) is now active for 15 years and has...
Ethan Fawkes – Future Oldschool (Digital EP – Fnoob Digital)
Genre/Influences: Technoid, dark-techno, techno-body. Background/Info: Belgian producer Ethan Fawkes is releasing EP’s like hell. During the past few years he...
The Breath Of Life – Under The Falling Stars (CD Album – Magic Language Records/Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 1985, The Breath Of Life became one of the most important gothic formations...
Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins, Bella Union label) presents debut album ‘Ojalá’ by Lost Horizons
To be released 3rd November on Bella Union is the debut album "Ojalá" by Lost Horizons. Lost Horizons is the...
‘Click Interview’ with Other Artists About Suicide Commando: ‘Without Him Our Scene Would Be Very Different’
Suicide Commando is a long-time leading formation from the dark-electronic scene. The band is an important source of inspiration for...
Side-Line introduces Uncarnate – listen now to ‘Deep Green’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 84th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Polish...
‘Click Interview’ with Suicide Commando / Part 1: ‘I Really Wanted To Go Into The Opposite Direction Of All Those Copycats Of Today’
Four years have passed since the previous Suicide Commando-album (cf. “When Evil Speaks”). Johan Van Roy had to struggle with...
God Module to release brand new retrospective 2CD set ‘Does This Stuff freak You Out?’ plus announce US tour
Metropolis Recording artists God Module are heading out on tour in support of their new 2CD retrospective release "Does This...
Did you already download this fine Paul Kendall release? Check out ‘Mechanical Generation of (Vol 1)’
Released in May, this release has somewhat gone under the radar, hence why we want to bring it back to...
Eirikura – Reflection Of A Higher Realm (CD Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, cinematographic, folk. Background/Info: Wrotycz Records has signed this new formation, which rather appears to be a ‘collective’ instead...
Voiski – Marble Sadness (Vinyl 12” – Dement3d Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, IDM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Voiski has already released an impressive number of productions –mainly EP’s, since 2009, but “Marble...
Verge – Emblematic Ruin (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Verge is a solo-project set up by Irish producer Andre Gough. This work has been introduced...
For All The Emptiness – MT (CD EP – For All The Emptiness)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: For all The Emptiness is a Toronto (Canada)-based formation, which have already self-released two albums. The...
