Jesus Complex continues work on 5th album
(Picture by Humo Negro) The corona pandemic does push bands to work even harder in the studio. That's also the...
Year: 2021
Belgian electro pioneers Parade Ground see 1989 album ‘The 15th Floor’ finally released on CD
2021 marks the 40th anniversary of Belgium's pioneering electro act Parade Ground. This should have been celebrated with a string...
Munich Syndrome back with 11th album ‘Bad Blood’ – check the previews
Munich Syndrome has released its 11th album, "Bad Blood", as a soundtrack / companion to the memoir David B. Roundsley...
New album in the making for French darkwave act Exponentia
After months of preproduction to redefine the sound and evolution, French darkwave artist Ludovic Dhenry is about to return with...
Korinthians – Chaos Control (Album – Korinthians / Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Indie Rock-Pop, Wave-Pop, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Korinthians is a new Belgian band I discovered by this...
The Breath Of Life – Sparks Around Us (Album – Wool-E Discs / Manic Language Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Post-Punk, Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Three years after the brilliant album “Under The Falling Stars” (2017)...
Imperative Reaction – Mirror (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Imperative Reaction strikes back with the band’s first album in ten years! “Mirror”...
Frontline Assembly – Mechanical Soul (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Frontline Assembly this year celebrates their 35 (!) anniversary. A very good...
fïx8:sëd8 – The Inevitable Relapse (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD + lmtd. 2CD. Background/Info: Martin Sane strikes back with the third official album of...
KRAFTman to release new 4 track EP ‘Electrique Musique’
Following on from the release of the KRAFTman single "Florian" (which included remixes by 808 Dot Pop and Maschine Brennt)...
Lycia celebrate 30th anniversary ‘Ionia’ debut album with vinyl reissues
US pioneers Lycia have been a landmark for the whole darkwave and gothic scene since their inception in 1988 and...
Synthwave project Cyber Monday launches brand new album ‘Retro Lift’ – check it out now
The new Cyber Monday album has been released on all platforms. "Retro Lift" features guest vocals by Equinox, Siobhan Hammond,...
Coil tribute coming up: ‘Channeling The Solar Lodge’
Coitus Interruptus Productions and Crunch Pod are to release "Channeling The Solar Lodge", a free Coil tribute compilation next month....
Hostile Architect debuts with new EP on Brutal Resonance Records
Out now is the brand new EP from the Australian cyberpunk influenced EBM / electro-industrial project Hostile Architect. Released via...
Russian darkwave/synth-goth project Elezoria returns with brand new single on SkyQode: ‘Breeze Of Innocence’
Out now is "Breeze Of Innocence", a brand new single by the Russian darkwave/synth-goth project Elezoria, and the follow-up to...
Ludovico Technique release new music video ‘Embrace’
The gothic/industrial metal act Ludovico Technique have released their new music video and single "Embrace". This is the band's third...
Echo Image returns with ‘Walk My Mind’ single after 20 years – including remixes by Apoptygma Berzerk ++
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Sub Culture press release) After a 20 years hiatus Pål-Magnus Rybom decided...
‘Click Interview’ with KREIGN: ‘I Like That It Is Simple And Minimal’
KREIGN is an American set up in 2010 by featuring Ryan Hutman and Xiån Austin. They met thanks to a...
Résonance Magnétique – Paranormal Events (EP – Neris Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, IDM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: You might know French musician Ludovic Dhenry from his involvement with Exponentia and...
La Main – La Mélodie Du Sombre (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Three years after the debut album “L’Heure De Salir”, the French solo-project...
IceSun – Iceworks (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Cold-Rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: IceSun is a French band from Paris. The album “Iceworks” features a selection...
Chris Shape – Shaped To Deform (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Minimal-Electro, Techno-Body. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Chris Shape is an Italian solo-project driven by Cristian Camporesi. This artist...
Belgian electropop act Psy’Aviah launches new single / video ‘City In Flames’ taken from ‘Soul Searching’ album
Out now for immidiate download via the Alfa Matrix Bandcamp page (and other platforms to follow) is the last single...
New Croc Shop album ‘Perpetual Sequence’ to be released in early March
"Perpetual Sequence" is the 9th full-length album by Croc Shop, featuring long time members Mick Hale and vMarkus. "Perpetual Sequence"...
The lost Scars Are Soulless album ‘Vendetta’ finally gets released 9(!) years after being recorded
The fine electro label Insane Records introduced a new member to its roster a while back, Chip Calise who is...
Yodok III – A Dreamer Ascends (Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematographic, Industrial-Psychedelia. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Yodok III is the sonic brainchild between Nowegian artists Tomas Järmyr...
Winterstille – Puin Van Dromen (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Chanson, Folk, Poetry. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Winterstille is a Belgian duo driven by Xavier KruthandGerry Croon. They both...
‘Click Interview’ with SNOWBEASTS: ‘I Don’t Want To Be Doing The Same Thing Over And Over Again’
Hailing from New England (USA) Rob Galbraith (aka ‘Raab Codec’) and Elizabeth Virosa are now active for several years as...
Brand new mini-album on vinyl by Pankow: ‘Der Doctor Schnabel von Rom’
Excellent news reaches us via Audioglobe, the scene's most important distributor. Pankow, the legendary Italian Industrial pioneers who are active...
Maltese electropop quartet Oxygyn release their new single ‘Mercy’
After their 4th and 5th singles "Venom" and "Wicked White Lies", the Maltese electropop quartet Oxygyn have now launched their...
Red Zebra – Songs And Stripes 1980 – 2020 (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Post-Punk, Wave-Rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: No need to introduce Red Zebra to the Belgian 80s fans while...
The Mars Model – FrancoBelge (EP – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Rock, Cold-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: The Mars Model is a Franco-Belgian formation, which explains the...
Paradox Obscur to release Metropolis debut ‘Singles & Rarities’
The Athens, Greece-based dark electronic duo Paradox Obscur aka Toxic Razor and Kriistal Ann) formed in early 2014. One of...
COP International Records announces signing of Stoneburner (aka Steven Archer from Ego Likeness) + new album to be produced by John Fryer
(Photo by Steven Archer) Coming up later this year on COP International Records is the Stoneburner album "Apex Predator" which...
Tommi Stumpff returns with all new album after 16 years of silence
At last, after more than 16 years, the album "Alles Idioten" is due for release this Spring. Included on the...
Jean-Marc Lederman – The Helpless Voyage Of The Titanic (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, Electronic, ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: During the past few years Belgian electro pioneer Jean-Marc Lederman is mainly...
Bruit Fantôme – Robert Smith (EP – Tripalium Corp)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro, IDM. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Bruit Fantôme is a French producer who has already been active for...
Daft Punk: ‘It’s Over and out’ – band calls it quits after 28 years
The French electronic duo Daft Punk have called it quits. The news was announced on their social media by the...
Loewenhertz gets Mesh remix treatment for new ‘Right As Rain’ single / lyric video
Available now is the newest single from the synthpop act Loewenhertz: "Right As Rain (Mesh Remix Edition)". You can expect...
Italo-Belgian cult EBM project Pro Patria joins Insane Records label and releases ‘Godless’ LP
To be released on February 24, International EBM-day that is, is the new LP by the Italo-Belgian EBM project Pro...
‘Click Interview’ with BLAKLIGHT: ‘To Be As Authentic As Possible’
BLAKLIGHT is an American duo from Los Angeles featuring singer Brian Belknap (MIND MACHINE) and operator Adam Collier (CRUSH333, MDA,...
Zeromancer returns after 8 years with ‘Damned le Monde’ single & remixes
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange)After an almost eight year long hiatus from releasing new music and 15 months...
‘Click Interview’ with 156: ‘Early Pioneering Acts And The Like, Challenged A Lot Of Music Lovers To Re-Imagine What Music Could Be’
Adel Souto is a Cuban born artist living in the USA. He has been involved with multiple artistic projects, music...
a-ha reschedule EU tour to Spring 2022
Due to the ongoing global Covid-19 outbreak a-ha have decided to reschedule their European shows once again, this time to...
Out now! German harsh electro act Acylum offers brand new ‘Kampf Dem Verderb’ album as a limited 2CD first edition release
After some releases with their side-projects Totem Obscura and Aengeldust, plus the publication of rare early demo material through the...
Brand new Digital Factor album ‘A Chemical Process’ available now as a ltd CD digipak with 2 exclusive bonus tracks not available as download
In October 2020, one of the most missed cult electro-EBM bands from the early nineties took everyone by surprise with...
Helalyn Flowers launch 6th studio album ‘Àiresis’ today – available now
Out today is "Àiresis", the brand new 6th studio album by the Italian female fronted electro-rock act Helalyn Flowers. The...
Kill Shelter & Antipole unite on new album ‘A Haunted Place’ – watch the new video ‘Raise the Skies’
British darkwave and Scandinavian coldwave fuse as Kill Shelter (UK) and Antipole (Norway) announce a new collaboration album entitled "A...
Synapsyche covers Apoptygma Berzerk’s monster hit ‘Bitch’ on augmented re-release of ‘Hate and Psyche’ EP
Alfa Matrix is re-releasing another EP from Synapsyche's back catalogue with as exclusive bonus track, their cover version of Apoptygma...
Wolfsheim founder releases new lyric video for Renard project: ‘Heresy (feat. Sarah Blackwood)’
Available now is a new lyric video for Wolfsheim founder Markus Reinhardt's project Renard. The video is for "Heresy" which...
Assemblage 23’s Tom Shear invited on new Avarice In Audio EP ‘I Pray’
Avarice In Audio has returned with a second and final single from their latest album “From The Rib Of Adam”....
New Front 242 live recordings officially become available from the 1987 and 1989 tours
Alfa Matrix continues to release cult live recordings from Front 242. Available now for immediate download are recordings made in...
Vatican Shadow – Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era (Album – 20 Buck Spin)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Ambient, Industrial, Technoid. Format: Digital, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Dominick Fernow has already been active for numerous years now and...
V/A Document Edition II (Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, EBM, Electro-Ambient, Experimental, Industrial, Minimal-Electronics. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Slovakian label Aliens Production is already active for numerous...
Jan Doyle Band – The Body Balanced (EP – Jan Doyle Band)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, EBM, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Jan Doyle Band is a UK band, which is already active for...
Nice Cold Nation – Invictus (Album – Nice Cold Nation)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The French Nice Cold Nation is back with the last chapter of an...
Nice Cold Nation – Time (Album – Nice Cold Nation)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nice Cold Nation is a French band originally set up as a solo-project...
Aesthetische lands brand new EP: ‘Overflow’
The Brazilian duo Aesthetische distilled 2020’s overflow of restrictive measures and hopeless lock-down moments and translated them into positive solid...
KHMAR debutes on Insane Records with ‘Mrak’ EP
Insane Records is introducing a brand new project: KHMAR. KHMAR is the Techno/Industrial side-project by the Distorted World frontman Ivan...
Russian harsh EBM duo Invisible Devastation release new single ‘Prophecy’
Out now via the fine label SkyQode is "Prophecy", a brand new single by the Russian harsh EBM duo Invisible...
Shedir – Finite Infinity (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Italian female artist Martina Betti strikes back with the second opus of her...
Taphephobia – Blue Hour (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Blue Hour” is the eighth studio album by the Norwegian Ketil Søraker under...
Zavoloka – Ornament (Album – Prostir)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic-Ambient, IDM, Electronic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Kateryna Zavoloka is a Ukrainian female artist who released her seventh full...
Ugasanie – Freedom And Loneliness (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Belarus solo-project Ugasanie is driven by Pavel Malyshkin. The artist released an impressive...
Aegri Somnia – Nusquam (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Aegri Somnia is a solo-project driven by Croatian artist Jurica Santek. “Nusquam” is...
Novakill – Iconoclast (Album – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Australian EBM duo Novakill is active for more than twenty years now. they’re not...
