13TH Monkey – Abyssal Disruption (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: Andreas Thedens and Harm Bremer are back on track, unleashing the third opus of their common project....
Year: 2019
Supersimmetria – Abiogenesis (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, tribal-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Here comes the fifth opus from Armando Alibrandi aka Supersimmetria. It also is the artist’s...
Sans-Fin – Etat De L’Art (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic-ambient, Background/Info: Sans-Fin is taken from the French language, but the project is from Leipzig (Germany). Driven by DJ...
Rammstein guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe kiss during Moscow show – defying Russia’s anti-LGBT laws
(Photo by Rammstein) This news remained largely unnoticed in the Western press, so we are bringing it today. The Rammstein...
ICD-10 – Differential Diagnosis (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Henning Hinck and Daniel Himmelreich are already active for several years now under the ICD-10 moniker....
XCIII – Transiense (CD Mini-Album – Anesthetize Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, apocalyptic-rock, industrial, post-punk. Background/Info: Set up in 2009, French XCIII is hailing from the Southern part of the...
DIE KRUPPS announces European tour
The German pioneers of EBM/Industrial-Metal will be touring Europe again in November and December 2019. Viral (US) and Manntra (HR)...
Adrian K. Smith – Subterranean (Cassette Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, soundscape. Background/Info: Adrian K. Smith entered into history as the singer and frontman of the legendary Click...
V/A Wave Earplug N°.3 (Vinyl Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Slovakian label 4mg Records started this series in 2017. It’s a way to support the...
Cognitive Benefits of Playing Fast-Paced Video Games
Figure 1 cognitive benefits of gaming Every year is another opportunity for the video gaming industry to grow in number count,...
The Awakening on tour with Wayne Hussey (The Mission) in Europe
The Awakening will be supporting Wayne Hussey (The Mission) on the European dates of his upcoming Salad Daze Tour! The...
Suicide Commando re-releases ‘Hellraiser’ as a 4-track limited Picture Vinyl single
In 2000 the Belgian industrial act Suicide Commando released "Mindstrip", the project's fourth album. That album held the track "Hellraiser...
OMD’s ‘Enola Gay’ is today’s worldwide soundtrack – (Hiroshima August 6, 1945)
74 years ago today, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb, 'Little Boy', carried by the...
Coven Project – Butterfly Resistance / All The Stars Have Turned Off And Rest In Silence (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Set up in 2013 by Vadym Sycantrhope, Coven Project became a rather prolific artist in a...
Hiemis – Hyperborea (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Hiemis has already released a few productions and now joined hands together with Noctivagant Records to...
DaGeist – Sexy (CD Album – Danse Macabre Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: DaGeist exists of Davide Schiavoni (vocals/compositions) and Frédéric Strzelczyk (bass guitar). The band was originally...
Horthodox – The Great Sacral Machine (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Horthodox is a project hailing from Israel, which released two productions in 2018. They now joined...
NotNotice – Altay (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: NotNotice has already been active for a couple of years now and has released several ‘dark-ambient-driven...
Rosetta Stone – Seems Like Forever (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic rock, Post-punk. Background/Info: The British band Rosetta Stone was for sure one of the leading Gothic rock acts...
Aram 17 – The Vision Of Death (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Aram 17 is an Armenian solo-project, which previously released four digital albums on Cephalopagus Records. Inspired...
Akem Mainyu – Umbra Utrala (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Akem Mainyu is a Russian project active since 2016. This is the first time I ever...
‘Click Interview’ with Statiqbloom: ‘My Intention Is The Evolution Gets More Focused And More Provoking’
Fade Kainer (Batillus, Tombs, Jarboe) set up Statiqbloom in 2013 as a solo-project. He got joined in 2016 by NY,...
The Wake – Masked (2CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic rock, Post-punk. Background/Info: This is a re-release of the original album of 1993, in a limited edition of...
Richmond Avant Improv Collective – Lamentations (CD Album – Arachnidiscs Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Experimental. Background/Info: Richmond Avant Improv Collective (RAIC) was set up in Richmond (USA) in late 2015. The ‘collective’ features...
Violet Tears – Metamorfosi (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave. Background/Info: Violet Tears is a band hailing from Bari (Italy), which saw the light of day in...
Der Blaue Reiter – United, Yet Divided (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Epic, experimental, neo-classic, neo-folk, industrial. Background/Info: Catalonian artist Sathorys Elenorth formed Der Blaue Reiter in 2005. Two albums were...
‘Click Interview’ with Cryo: ‘Much Song Writing In The World Is More Of A Mass-Production Industry’
Martin Rudefelt set up Cryo in the early years 2000. From start on this Swedish project dealt with a ‘different’...
Kraftwerk wins sampling case in EU top court: permission needs to be obtained to sample another musician’s song
A verdict in the EU top court - which lasted for 22 years (!) - is defining the rules of...
Talk Talk announce show to honour the late Mark Hollis (but without key line-up of Talk Talk)
Talk Talk have announced a one-off show at London's Royal Festival Hall to honour late singer Mark Hollis. The concert,...
Electropop/synthpop act Parentz just dropped ‘Dead Mall’ on TextMe Records – check it out
Oakland's Parentz, the electropop/synthpop duo consisting of Jeremy Sullivan and Jonathan Hall, have just dropped "Dead Mall", a song about...
How to protect your kid from cyber bullying?
unsplash-logoKat J Bullying has always been the problem with kids. Bullying has become quite common and it has nearly become...
Larva – Death On stage / A Compendium Of Live Recordings (DVD – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Spanish formation Larva is already active since 1998. Set up and driven by the charismatic frontman ‘InqUesT’...
Cameraoscura – Quod Est Inferius (CD Album – Toten Schwan MMXIX)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, dark IDM, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: I didn’t find that much info about this Italian project. It all seems...
Virtues & Failings – 2 (Digital EP – Virtues & Failings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, cold-wave. Background/Info: Virtues & Failings is a Canadian formation based in Vancouver. They last year released the first...
OST from Lars Von Trier’s controversial film ‘Antichrist’ gets first ever physical release
Out via Cold Spring is the first ever physical release of the soundtrack to Lars Von Trier's controversial film "Antichrist"....
Debut single ‘The Immortals’ by Empyres lands on Insane Records
It has been a while since new bands joined Insane Records, but the label has now picked up the American...
Horizon Of The Mute launches new song and lyric video – watch it here
The Finnish doom/industrial metal act Horizon Of The Mute has released a brand new song: "The Mass". You can view...
Vaping Organic – Is Organic E-Liquid Better For You?
unsplash-logoItay Kabalo You started vaping for a reason. Whether you were a former smoker that decided it was time to...
Review of the Core Knowledge Music Curriculum K – 4th grade
Music is all around us whether you are riding in an elevator, listening to your favorite electro-music band, or it...
Viscedra Drip – Satanic Panik (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Justin A. Thiele better known as the creative spirit behind the American project Viscera Drip released this...
Outpost11 – Resonate (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: “Resonate” is the debut album of the Russian solo-project Outpost11. The work was released in the...
Antibiosis – Biohazards Essence (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2013, the Russian duo Antibiosis strikes back with their second opus, which has...
Alien Produkt – Resurrection (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Alien Produkt is a band from Buenos Aires (Argentina), which was set up at the end...
Nohycit – Anomico (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Nohycit is a Bolivian dark-electro project driven by ‘Ferry Nohycit’ who you may know from his involvement...
V/A Respect The Prime – The Constructed Cold (CD EP – Distortion Productions / Electronic Saviors)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: This compilation was already released a while ago, but is an interesting concept I'd like...
Trade Secrets – Before We Vanish (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, lounge-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2017 in Los Angeles (USA) by F.J. DeSanto, Trade Secrets became a...
Feverdreamt – Melantant (CD Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro, experimental, krautrock. Background/Info: Feverdreamt is one of the numerous projects set up by Alexander Leonard Donat. He’s mainly...
Bastard Noise / Xiphoid Dementia – Human Extinction Engine (Vinyl Album – Phage Tapes / Terror / Existence Establishment / Scry Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Noise, industrial. Background/Info: This work is a split album between long-time active noise-maker Bastard Noise and Xiphoid Dementia. The...
Velvet Acid Christ set to release ‘Ora Oblivionis’ – incl. early unreleased tracks on bonus CD
Velvet Acid Christ returns with "Ora Oblivionis". Inspired by the idea of self destruction, this album touches on every aspect...
New release from Vince Clarke’s VeryRecords by the UK electronic duo Brook – check out a first video
In 2016 Erasure's Vince Clarke founded the Brooklyn based record label VeryRecords, which he describes as being "a very small...
Aquamarine Space Unicorns – Anartist (CD Album – Arkay Artists)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, IDM, down-tempo. Background/Info: This project with a crazy name started in 2014 as a solo-project by Joyanna...
The Venus Fly Trap – Mars (CD Album – Glass Records Modern)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, post-punk Background/Info: “Mars” is a re-edition of the Venus Fly Trap-album originally released in 1988 by Danceteria. This...
V/A Underground Wave Volume 6 (Vinyl Album – Walhalla Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, cold-wave, electro-wave, minimal-electronics, experimental. Background/Info: Belgium label Walhalla Records is back on track unleashing the sixth volume of...
Click Click frontman Adrian K Smith launches brand new solo album
"Subterranean" is the new solo album by Click Click frontman Adrian K Smith. The release comes limited to 100 cassettes...
Slovakian dark synthpop act Imiafan release 12 inch on at Falco Invernale Records
The french label Falco Invernale Records presents new vinyl release. It is a 6 tracker 12" mini album titled "Videnie"...
a-ha and Rick Astley (yes, THE Rick Astley) announce 2020 tour in Australia and New Zealand
80's pop icon - and every mum's ideal son-in-law - Rick Astley will be a special guest at the upcoming...
Fad Gadget best of released on vinyl for the very first time + 2020 boxset in the making
(Photo Credit: Peter Gruchot) Mute Records will release a silver double vinyl release of "The Best of Fad Gadget" on...
Golden Apes – Kasbek (CD Album – Aenaos Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, cold-wave. Background/Info: German formation Golden Apes this year celebrates their 20th anniversary. Instead of releasing a ‘best of’...
Berlin Taxi – Contract (CD EP – Berlin Taxi)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Berlin Taxi is an American trio hailing from New Orleans. This self-released debut EP features five songs....
Mondträume – Lovers, Sinners & Liars (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: The Spanish Mondträume duo strikes back with their second full length, which comes five years after...
‘Click Interview’ with Franck Vigroux: ‘Emancipation And Culture Must Be More Important Than Economy’
French artist Franck Vigroux defines himself ‘a multifaceted artist’. He started playing the guitar and later on started experimenting with...
Synapsyche – In Praise Of Folly (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Stefano ‘Mannequinetik’ and Marco ‘Katatronik’ (vocals) better known as the Italian formation Synapsyche joined Alfa Matrix last...
Aesthetische – Co3xist3ns3 (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body music, IDM. Background/Info: Brazilian duo Guilherme Pires - Fabricio Viscardi were known in a previous sonic life as...
1919 – Futurecide (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, punk-rock. Background/Info: 1919 were active in between 1980 and 1983. They released one album and one EP. They...
Grendel returns with ‘Ascending the Abyss’ – mixed and mastered by Kojla Trelle (Soman)
After the release of the last Grendel studio album "Age of the disposable Body" and the re-release of their harsh...
The Normal returns on Mute Records after 40 years of silence… with more silence
Earlier this year, in January to be precise, we posted this article "When an April Fools prank becomes reality: ‘STUMM433’...
