Dark releases 2nd single and video ‘In the Dark You Die’
(Picture by Lilith Vampyre) The Hamburg based darkwave act Dark has released a new music video (and single) "In the...
Year: 2020
State of Being launch brand new single with new line-up
Christopher Foldi from State of Being informs us that the band has a new line-up, plus there is a first...
Fixmer – Invasion (EP – Bite)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, dark-techno, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: French producer Terence Fixmer is back on track. This truly work addict...
Arcana Obscura – Restless Dreams (EP – ConSequence Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ethereal, tribal, ritual, trance. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Thomas Gäbhard and his Arcana Obscura sonic brain child are...
Provision breaks 7 year silence with ‘Hearts Turn Dark’ album
Houston's darkpop band Provision breaks its 7 year silence with a brand new album, "Hearts Turn Dark". It's their 6th...
A-ha shows in the USA, Europe and Latin America rescheduled (UPDATE 2)
It's raining press releases of rescheduled tours these days, after Front 242, now also A-ha has its USA, European and...
Post-punk act Geometric Vision is back with a new single
(Photo by Jessica Squillante) The Italian post-punk act Geometric Vision has released a brand new maxi-single, "Slowemotion". Released on the...
Solar Temple releases 8” extremely limited edition vinyl single
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Etch Wear, the small Oslo-based independent record label (among other things), are making...
Subject.2 – Love Betrayal Deceit (Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Gary Starky and Sandra Tully are back with their second opus, which just as...
OctoLab – Mystery Park (Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Swedish duoArielle Andersson - Fredrik Lundvall Kindsäter is already active under the OctoLab moniker...
She Hates Emotions – Melancholic Maniac (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: With She Hates Emotions, the Blutengel front man Chris Pohl wanted to pay...
Amduscia – Existe (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital, 3CD. Background/Info: Mexican Amduscia is back on track, unleashing a new album (cf. “Existe”), but still...
A visit at ‘Electronic: from Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers’
(Photo & Text by UK correspondent Simon Helm) If you are curating an exhibition on electronic music and design, how...
Zwaremachine – Ripping At The Fabric (EP – Brutal Resonance Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, cassette. Background/Info: Two years after the successful “Be A Light”-EP Zwaremachine strikes back with new...
Pandoria – Crush (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Pandoria is a new and rather surprising band. This is a brand new duo featuring...
‘Click Interview’ with 808 DOT POP: ‘Thinking Outside Of The Box Is Something I Dearly Love’
He doesn’t like to be asked about his passed involvement with the EBM formation Ionic Vision and he doesn’t like...
Xotox – Gestern (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno. Format: Digital, CD & DCD. Background/Info: “Gestern” is the first new studio album by Andreas Davids aka...
Menschdefekt – Cursed (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Six years have passed since the last Menschdefekt-album “Touch Of Madness”. “Cursed” might be...
Our Favourite Music-Themed Slots
Love a music and casino? You’ve come to the right place! It’s time to switch on the jukebox, for some...
ESA joins with Caitlin Stokes (Corlyx) for ‘Eat their Young’ video and EP
After working together on "You are Safe Here" (taken from "Burial 10", released in February 2020) ESA once again comes...
In Search of New Samples
You're always on the listen for a new audio clip - whether it's musical, vocal, or ambient - that can...
Style Icons in Industrial Electronic
The Industrial Electronic music genre is a postindustrial outgrowth of industrial sound developed in the 1970s and 1980s by groups...
Mortar Devotions – Operazione Piovra / The Lead Chronicles (Album – Eighth Tower Records)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, experimental, cinematographic, electro-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Mortar Devotions is a Helsinki (Finland) based collaboration between Nona Et...
Mario Lino Stancati – Cross The Desert (Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Mario Lino Stancati is an Italian artist involved with different projects. He’s...
XTR Human – Interior (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records / No Emb Blanc)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Six years after the “Atavism”-album XTR Human strikes back with a new...
Marilyn Manson releases brand new video ‘We are chaos’ – watch it here
Out now is a brand new Marilyn Manson video - "We are chaos" - directed, photographed and edited by Matt...
Swans to release ‘Where Does A Body End?’ DVD, Blu-ray, and deluxe Blu-ray on September 11th
Out in September is "Where Does a Body End?", an intimate portrait of the band Swans, from their roots as...
Collide re-release ‘Chasing The Ghost’ (20 year anniversary) & ‘Some Kind of Strange’ albums as collector versions
US dark wave act Collide are doing a collectors item special re-release of "Chasing The Ghost" (20 year anniversary) and...
V/A Hungarian Allstars Synthpop Compilation Volume 1 (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This compilation will reveal to the international electro-pop community there’s a synth-pop...
Larva – Desolation Road (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: The Spanish Larva duo consisting of ‘InqUesT’ and ‘Anoxia’ are now terrorizing the...
‘Click Interview’ with Empathy Test : ‘Both Brexit, And Now Covid 19, Will Cripple The UK Music Scene’
Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf set up Empathy Test in 2013. The London (UK) based duo took the world by...
Die Kreatur – Panoptikum (Album – Napalm Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-metal, Neue Deutsche Haerte, Industrial-metal Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Dero Goi (singer/drummer of OOMPH!) and Chris Harms (singer/guitarist of...
Dawn Of Ashes – The Antinomian (Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, industrial, metal. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Next year Dawn Of Ashes will celebrate their 20th anniversary....
Uncreated – Leaving Now (EP – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Patrik Hansson who’s known as Vanguard member unleashed the debut-album “Eternal” of his electro-pop...
Machinefabriek – Amalgaam (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Rutger Zuydervelt set up his Machinefabriek project in 2004. Hailing from The Netherlands,...
Anne Clark back catalogue partially reissued on CD and vinyl
While Anne Clark is battling cancer, the Italian distributor Audioglobe informs us that various re-releases from the artist's back catalogue...
Members of Mindless Self Indulgence, Lights A.M, Aesthetic Perfection, … lend voices to new animated music series ‘X-RL7’
The debut episode of 'X-RL7', a pixel-art cyberpunk animated series and music project featuring the voice acting skills of numerous...
Norwegian Giants beats up the summer with weekly album releases
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) At the start of July I was made aware of the ‘Norwegian Beats,...
The most popular synthesizers in the industrial music scene
Our industrial music scene lives by the grace of synthesizers, unless you throw in a few guitars of course. But...
‘Click Interview’ with Finkseye: ‘I Have A Rough Outline For A Fake “Mad Max”-Movie Type Soundtrack’
Before Finkseye, Henrik Fink Nilsson was involved with Struma. The common element between both bands is EBM! The name of...
5 Tips for Opening an Impressive Live Music Venue
Opening a live music venue may not be a walk in the park. It would be best if you aimed...
5 Ways to Make a Recording Studio Appear More Professional
Nothing beats a productive day in the studio. When the musicians come prepared, they record every track in just a...
Looking to Throw a Rocking Party? Use These Tips to Have An Awesome Bash
Whether you’ve been in your current residence for a while now or if you're just moving in, the idea of...
The Importance Of Music In A Casino
Casino music is fundamental to bring out feeling and make a climate for the players. Music profoundly affects our states...
Celluloide release French cover and video for John Foxx penned ‘Europe After The Rain’
Celluloide will release a super-limited 7" EP, 4-track 33rpm signed clear vinyl edition in September 2020: Translucide". You can order...
Danny Blu track ‘Bubble’ gets remix treatment by Mr.Kitty
Dark Pop/Darkwave artist Danny Blu's song "Bubble" has been remixed by synthpop artist Mr.Kitty. "Bubble" was released last summer by...
Rapoon – Hotel Bravo (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, ritual, tribal, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Robin Storey returns to Zoharum unleashing his newest studio work “Hotel...
Lagowski – Secrets Of Numbers (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: IDM, techno, experimental, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Andrew Lagowski strikes back with a new and very personal work....
Jupe Jupe – Nightfall (EP – Jupe Jupe Music)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: I discovered the Seattle (USA) based Jupe Jupe by their previous full length...
Cemetery Sex Fairies – The Liquid Source Of Joy & Horror (CD – Indie God Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Cemeteries Sex Fairies is a German trio featuring a male composer and two...
‘Click Interview’ with Wintry: ‘We Must Move Ahead And Listen More To New Music’
Internet is getting artists closer, giving birth to new bands. Before the new millennium it was nearly impossible to imagine...
Von Mollenstein – Fistful Of Mental (Album – Von Mollenstein)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-metal, industial-punk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Von Mollenstein is a duo from The Netherlands set up in 2019...
Vlimmer – Pulmo (EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, post-punk, cold-wave, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CDR, Cassette. Background/Info: Alexander Donat has released an impressive number of EP’s over...
Corlyx tackle mental illness in new video ‘Porcelain Skin’ – announce new album ‘Together Apart’
Hailing from Los Angles is the darkwave/post-punk act Corlyx who have announced their new album "Together Apart". But before that...
‘Click Interview’ with Masquerade: ‘Sometimes Masks And Heavy Makeup Bring Out Your True Nature And Personality’
Masquerade is a Finnish band hailing from Helsinki set up in 2012. They released the debut album “Ritual” in 2016...
Pan Sonic – Oksastus (Album – Kvitnu)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, abstract. Format: Digital, CD, Double Vinyl. Background/Info: Pan Sonic, the legendary Finnish duo featuring Mika Vainio and...
Lisfrank – The Human (Album – FinalMuzik / St.An.Da.)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, electro-wave, minimal-electro, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Fulvio Guidarelli has been active since 1980. He released productions at...
V:XII – Rom, Rune And Ruin / The Odium Disciplina (Album – Aesthetic Death Records)
Genre/Influences: Power-electronics, drone, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: V:XII is a new project by Daniel Jansson (Deadwood, Morn, Blodulv, S.T.U.G....
Alphamay – Conformity (Album – Battersea)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German duo Cris Frickenschmidt - Henning Hammoor have been active since 2013....
Feu Follet – La Forêt Oubliée (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro-wave, psychedelic, experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Alban Blaising active under the Feu Follet moniker released last...
Sleepless Droids – Sleepless Droids (EP – Sleepless Droids)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electronic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Sleepless Droids is an Australian project set up by producer Aaron Potter around 2011....
Enjoying a Fruitful Life
There are many expenses attached to living. Some you create by adopting bad habits and others are unavoidable. Fortunately, there...
The Search – Some Place Far Away (Album – Aenaos Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ramzig Tekeyan is the creative force hebind The Search for more than twenty years....
Hunter Complex – Dead Calm And Zero Degrees (Album – Burning Witches Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Hailing from The Netherlands, Lars Meijer is involved with music since the...
BlackieBlueBird – Goodbye In July (Album – Aenaos Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: BlackieBlueBird is a Danish male-female duo striking back with their second full length album....
The Venus Fly Trap / Alex Novak – Mercurial 1978-2018 (Album – Glass Modern)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, cold-wave, gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Venus Fly Trap is a British band that was originally set...
