Otto Dix releases 10th album ‘Autocrator’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange)The St. Petersburg based darkwave band Otto Dix releases their 10th album, named ‘Autocrator’,...
Month: August 2020
Neuroactive – Dances Remixes (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Finnish formation Neuroactive this year struck back with their newest opus “Minor-Side Effects”, which...
Coil’s ‘Sara Dale’s sensual Message’ get’s an expanded vinyl release
Coil, the experimental music group, founded in 1982 in London, England and concluded in 2005, keeps on giving us sonic...
808 Dot.Pop – Incandescent (Chromium + Platinum) (Single + EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Metroland’s ’Passenger S’ is back on track unleashing the third single/EP from his debut album...
Debut solo album Peter Ulrich re-released on vinyl
"Pathways and Dawns", the debut solo album from Peter Ulrich sees a re-release on vinyl via Infinite Fog. It's the...
First edition new AD:keY album ‘Resonanz’ out now – launched as ultra limited 2CD set (feat. Collaborations with Schramm, Steril, Armageddon Dildos, Rossi BM, …)
"Resonanz" is the title of the newest 6th full length studio album (and the follow-up to the 2017 album “Reanimator”)...
Armageddon Dildos return with ‘Dystopia’ in 3 formats: CD / 2CD / Download – out now
In March 2020 Düsseldorf's leading EBM act Armageddon Dildos launched a brand new download EP, "Heut Nacht" (available here on...
Die Robo Sapiens – FanFanFanatisch / The Düsseldorf EP (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The Die Krupps gang (cf.Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper and Marcel Zürcher) is back on track...
AD:Key – Herz Lass Los (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Andrea- and Rene Nowotny are now preparing their sixth full length album. While waiting for...
‘Click Interview’ with Xotox: ‘The Fusion Of Techno And Industrial Has Put The Harder Electronic Club-Sound To A New Level’
Andreas (Andy) Davids set up Xotox in 1998. The German solo-project gained some reputation composing harsh rhythmic- and industrial music....
Aesthetische – MMXX (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, trance. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The current Covid 19 pandemic forced artists to do things in a different way....
First Aid 4 Souls feat. LD50 – Fire (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Last year Hungarian electro/EBM act First Aid 4 Souls joined hands together with Alfa...
Shopping for Synthesizers: A Beginner’s Guide
Without synthesizers, would industrial music exist? Claus Larsen of Leaether Strip bought his first Moog in 1982; once he learned...
FINAL CALL – Submissions wanted for Side-Line powered ‘Face The Beat 6’ download compilation – send your submissions now for this mega industrial/electro compilation!
UPDATE: We are prolonging the deadline with 1 week. Deadline is September 8th. The wait is over. After being probed...
Avarice In Audio – From The Rib Of Adam (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “From The Rib Of Adam” is the fourth full length album by the Australian...
Studio-X vs. Simon Carter – Our Promise (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Techno-pop, hard-techno, dance-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Lawrie Masson (Studio-X) and Simon Carter earlier this year released their newest album...
Coil’s ‘best of’ reissued as a deluxe 2CD
Out on October 23 via Cold Spring is a reissue of the Coil best of releases "A Guide For Beginners...
Erasure prepare The Neon Tour – October 2021 dates announced
Erasure, the duo Andy Bell and Vince Clarke, have announced the first dates for their upcoming The Neon Tour to...
Wolfsheim founder Markus Reinhardt releases ‘Travel In Time’ video for single from upcoming debut solo album under the Renard moniker – watch it here
(Photo by Sven Emme) Renard is the brand new project by Wolfsheim founder Markus Reinhardt. Out now is the "Travel...
Kentin Jivek – El Circo Cubierto (Album – Kentin Jivek)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, neo-classic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French artist Kentin Jivek is back on track unleashing a new opus...
And Void – And Void (album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-pop, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: And Void is a new project featuring some very famous names from the...
‘Click Interview’ with T.Raumschmiere: ‘People Who Work On 4 Tracks For Six Months Either Have Too Much Time Or Too Little Ideas’
The story of T.Raumschmiere started with a German drummer aka Marco Haas who played the drums in different punk bands....
Is It Comfortable to Use eCheck Casinos?
An eCheck, or electronic check, is a payment method that works as conventional paper checks. The only difference is that...
Entire Orplid backcatalogue compiled in ‘Legatum’ 12-LP wooden boxset
Out in late September will be a wooden box, limited to 500 copies, including the entire Orplid discography on 12...
London After Midnight releases a series of live performance videos
London After Midnight would have been touring extensively throughout 2020 in the UK, Europe and the USA in support of...
Top 8 Music Genres That You Should Be Aware Of
You can understand the music genre as a conventional category, which defines some types of music as belonging to a...
OUT NOW: Front 242’s Daniel B. Celebrates 66th anniversary with ‘Six+Six’ revisiting Front 242, Male Or Female, …
Daniel Bressanutti aka Daniel B. from Front 242 fame Will soon celebrate his 66th anniversary. For the occasion he recorded...
Red Lokust – Whom The Gods Wish To Run, They First Drive Mad (Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years have passed since the promising debut album “The Repercussions Of Shedding...
Deathline International – Spin Zone II (EP – Distortion Productions / COP International)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, crossover. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: American formation deathline International gained a serious reputation during the 90s. I honestly...
KMFDM reinterpretes back catalogue hits on ‘In Dub’
Out now is KMFDM's newest album "In Dub". Well, new? On the follow-up to 2019's "Paradise" the band is reinterpreting...
Cold syntwave act Te/DIS launches 3rd album ‘Transparent Subsistence’ on CD and vinyl – first video ‘Phantom Light’ available
Out on 26. August 2020 via the Germany based Galakthorrö label is the 3rd album from the cold syntwave act...
Pittsburgh shoegazer act West/Step drops new video+single ‘F:L’ from sophomore release
Pittsburgh's West/Step (aka Nathan Whitman) is reaching out with a new tune and video taken from their sophomore album "Peace...
Post-punk act Bootblacks release ‘Nostalgia Void’ single from upcoming new album on Artoffact Records
(Photo by Katrin Albert) The New York City based act post-punk band Bootblacks have released a new single, "Nostalgia Void"....
Miseria Ultima entering studio in October 2020
The Finnish based dark-electro duo Miseria Ultima (Aleksi Martikainen on vocals and Kimmo Huhtala on synths) will hit the studio...
‘Click Interview’ with Cat Rapes Dog: ‘Live-Streams Are Bullshit’
Joel Rydström and Magnus Fransson set up Cat Rapes Dog in 1984. The Swedish duo got world-wide recognition in the...
Lore performs at Infest Festival 2020 including new song – album in the making
It's been quite some time since ze posted an update on Lore, the singer who first got internationally reknown in...
How The Digital Age Changed Music Consumption
It's not news that the music industry has undergone numerous changes since before the advent of technology. It has almost...
Blue Eyed Christ – World On Fire (Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-rock, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: John D. Norten is a veteran from the underground scene. Mainly active...
Lefki Symphonia – San Ton Ilio/Like The Sun (Album – Labyrinth Of Thoughts / The Lab Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Λευκή Συμφωνία (Lefki Symphonia) is a Greek formation set up in 1984....
A Step by Step Guide on How to Clean Sterling Silver With Toothpaste
Cleaning your sterling silver is easer than you think with this step by step guide on how to clean sterling...
Vortex – Helioz (album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual, tribal. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German artist Marcus Stiglegger is back on track unleashing a new work...
Undirheimar – Heljarrúnar (album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Undirheimar is one of the latest signings by Cyclic Law. The project has...
Lamia Vox – Alles Ist Ufer. Ewig Ruft Das Meer (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Alina Antonova set up Lamia Vox in 2005. Originally based in Saint...
Desiderii Marginis – Departed (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Departed” can be seen as a milestone in the history of this...
Arcana – Inner Pale Sun (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, neo-classic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Inner Pale sun” was the fourth full length album released by...
V/A Wave Earplug No.4 (Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics, experimental, wave-pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: The “Wave Earplug”-compilation series is without a shadow of a doubt...
Cabaret Voltaire announce first new album in over 20 years – listen to the first track from ‘Shadow Of Fear’
Cabaret Voltaire have announced the first new album release in over 20 years. "Shadow Of Fear" is set for release...
Portion Control – Head Buried (Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Portion Control is part of EBM history. Set up in 1980,...
Clan Of Xymox – Spider On The Wall (Album – Trisol / Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Clan Of Xymox that’s now more than three decades of involvement and an...
‘Click Interview’ with Heimataerde: ‘This Band Is Ready To Plot The Big Things It Was Founded For’
Heimataerde remains without a shadow of a doubt one of the most particular and original bands active at the wider...
Erasure Interview: ‘Music has always been a comfort. I think that’s especially true right now’
(Interview by János Janurik - Photo by Phil Sharp) Erasure is going to release their 18th studio album, ‘The Neon’...
The Knife commemorate 20th anniversary with previously unreleased music
(Photo by Jon Bergman) The Knife are 20 in 2020. To commemorate the release of their very first 7” on...
Seeming launch new track and video ‘Reality is Afraid’
(Photo by Benjamin Torrey) Seeming has launched a new track and video, "Reality is Afraid". The song appears on Seeming's...
Razorwire Halo release new single ‘Cover My Eyes’
Working with The Label Group - electro-rock act Razorwire Halo now has released their new single "Cover My Eyes" as...
Rome – The Lone Furrow (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Chanson, cinematographic, neo-folk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hailing from Luxemburg, Rome, the project set up by Jérôme Reuter, this...
Bärlin – The Dust Of Our Dreams (Album – Bärlin / Sacem France)
Genre/Influences: Alternative rock, dark-rock, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: I can’t remember to have heard of this French formation...
‘Click Interview’ with NNHMN: ‘Music Is A Bright Light In This Dark Tunnel’
NNHMN (Non Human) is a Polish duo featuring Lee -who was active as an actress in city theatre, and Michal...
The Reuters – Shameless Promotion (EP – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Punk, punk-rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Reuters is a band from The Netherlands featuring Seja Records owner Johan...
TIJ – Gig Economy (Album – Candy Bomber Music / Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic, dark-rock, experimental, krautrock, chanson. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: TIJ (The Inconsistent Jukebox) is a project driven by Barry...
Nick Cave roasts both Antifa and the Far Right in a blog post
Nick Cave is in the middle of a mediastorm after responding to the question as to 'why he writes'. Cave...
Preparing for remote learning
Before the pandemic, there was no concept of remote learning in school. Remote learning is a popular method of learning...
Signal Bruit – Hyperborēe (Album – ProductionB)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Signal Bruit strikes back with a second album, which comes nearly...
G.U – Volume 2 (Album – Art For Ears)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Galactic Unground (G.U) is a Belgian project driven by the creative spirit...
Pole (aka Stefan Betke) announces new album called ‘Fading’ – A first track, ‘Röschen’, is available now
(Photo by Ben de Biel) Berlin based artist Pole (aka Stefan Betke) has announced more details of a new album...
U96 and Wolfgang Flür (ex-Kraftwerk) release collaboration album + new Wolfgang Flür album in the making
German techno/electronic legends U96 will release a new album with former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür on September 4th. The album,...
Top 3 Rock-Influenced Slots: Will the Rock Gods Favor Your Fortunes?
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