Camembert Électrique releases various-artists compilation ‘Low Pressure Systems’
French experimental label Camembert Électrique has released Low Pressure Systems, a various-artists compilation available as a digital release on Bandcamp....
Month: July 2026
Nachtschleife release debut single ‘Microgram’ on Echozone
Nachtschleife release their debut single, "Microgram," on July 17, 2026, through Echozone. The track mixes dark wave and dark electro...
Hot Sunday Blood release single ‘Awakening’
Italian band Hot Sunday Blood released their single "Awakening" on June 30, 2026, through Black Hole Records. The track mixes...
Dead Can Dance release ‘The Cicadas’ single via Bandcamp
Dead Can Dance released "The Cicadas" on July 15, 2026, exclusively through Bandcamp. The instrumental piece is the latest entry...
We Are Rewind unveils Pink Floyd ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ cassette player
We Are Rewind will unveil a Pink Floyd edition of its WE-001 cassette player on July 16, 2026, paired with...
Noir Addiction release ‘Pretty Things Don’t Last’ EP via SoulPunx Records
Italian industrial and alternative rock trio Noir Addiction release the six-track EP "Pretty Things Don't Last" on 16 July 2026...
Silke Bischoff unveil music video for previously unreleased title track ‘Tears’
German dark wave act Silke Bischoff have released a music video for "Tears", the previously unreleased title track of their...
Circuit3 announces ‘Metanoia: Music From Therapy’, featuring Vince Clarke collaboration ‘The Hope’
Dublin electronic artist Circuit3 will release "Metanoia: Music From Therapy" on August 14, 2026 through the Mortality Tables label. The...
Propter Hoc – Dramaturgy (Digital/CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
When we speak of dramaturgy, we often think of the theatre and the roles actors assume on stage. However, the...
How The Biggest Bands Find Success Off The Stage
If you ask most people what makes a band successful, they’ll tell you it’s through the music they put out,...
First ever Kraftwerk gig from 1970 lands on YouTube, and now officially via the WDR
(Source/Credits) In 1970 Kraftwerk played for the very first time live, and that was at Berlin’s techno club Tresor in...
Samsas Traum interview: Alexander Kaschte on ‘Vota Tenebris I’, fan requests and artistic control
For nearly three decades, Alexander Kaschte has made Samsas Traum one of the German dark scene’s least containable projects: a...
FARNAKHT releases queercore single ‘The Solution’
Parisian queercore electro/industrial artist FARNAKHT released the single "The Solution" on 11 July 2026, available now on Bandcamp and streaming...
:10: releases ‘Failed in Life’ album via CRL Studios
American industrial project :10:, the audiovisual work of Michigan artist Sean Forsythe, released the album "Failed in Life" on 14...
SynthAttack sets ‘Immortal in Hell’ for 11 September, confirms fall tour dates
German aggrotech act SynthAttack will release its sixth studio album, "Immortal in Hell," on 11 September 2026 through darkTunes Music...
Andy Bell announces ‘Extended Blue’, a 21st-anniversary 3-vinyl edition of ‘Electric Blue’
Erasure frontman Andy Bell will reissue his 2005 solo album "Electric Blue" as "Extended Blue", a deluxe 3LP set pressed...
N8NOFACE readies ‘Paranoid’ single produced by Dave Sitek
N8NOFACE, the Long Beach, California synth-punk artist signed to Stones Throw Records, is set to release the single "Paranoid" on...
Huir – States Of Light (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Huir is a Spanish duo comprising Ana Of The Head and David Solazo. After releasing several singles and EPs, they...
Modiste announces debut album ‘Nothing More Than a Machine’
Louisville, Kentucky synth-pop trio Modiste will release its debut album, "Nothing More Than a Machine", on August 7, 2026. The...
Best AI Music Generator in 2026: A Scenario-by-Scenario Guide for Indie Creators
Most "best AI music generator" lists rank tools by feature count. That's the wrong lens. The feature list barely matters...
VNV Nation postpones festival shows and cancels Unity Festival dates as Ronan Harris recovers from back surgery
VNV Nation has postponed four European festival shows to 2027 and cancelled its Unity Festival dates in Oberhausen and Berlin,...
Independent labels explore new revenue streams as streaming royalties fall short
Darkwave, industrial, and post-punk labels have never relied on radio play to survive. But the streaming era has introduced a...
Dark Alternative Nightlife Culture Increasingly Extends Beyond The Dance Floor
Dark alternative nightlife in Australia has quietly expanded past the club floor. Industrial, EBM and darkwave scenes are no longer...
Mechanical Horizon set ‘Walking on Rainbows’ for 17 July
German synth pop and future pop project Mechanical Horizon will release its new album, "Walking on Rainbows", on CD through...
Kontrast release new album ‘Imperium’ on 17 July 2026
Kontrast release their new album "Imperium" on 17 July 2026 through Danse Macabre Records. The German electro and EBM band's...
Buzz Kull and Kontravoid announce 2026 North American tour
Australian dark electro act Buzz Kull and Los Angeles-based project Kontravoid will co-headline a North American tour running from 10...
Felsenreich release sixth studio album ‘Motiv und Tempo’ via Danse Macabre Records
Felsenreich release their sixth studio album, "Motiv und Tempo", on CD via Danse Macabre Records on 17 July 2026. The...
Devil-M releases ‘Titanomachie (The Remixes)’ with Psyclon Nine and Das Ich
Devil-M's "Titanomachie (The Remixes)" is out now as a digital release via Danse Macabre Records. The German gothic industrial act's...
Death By Love releases ‘In Unity’ remixes as a Wieloryb tribute
Death By Love released "In Unity (WIELORYB Remix and Tribute)" on 14 July 2026, a two-track single on Distortion Productions...
Cold Spring reissues 1988 tape ‘Shoot And Crucify’ on CD
UK label Cold Spring reissues "Shoot And Crucify" on CD on 24 July 2026, some 38 years after the various-artists...
Bottle Next spotlight ‘Half Wit’ from ‘Echoes of life’ EP
French alternative and industrial rock band Bottle Next is spotlighting "Half Wit," the lead track from its five-track EP "Echoes...
Dark Line Spectrum releases ‘Born To Wait’ single
Dark Line Spectrum, the Bordeaux-based dark industrial electro project of Jean-Philippe Torres, known as Drone, has brought its single "Born...
kinGeorg releases new single ‘Kjærlighets Grunge’ on Apollon Records
Norwegian artist kinGeorg releases the single "Kjærlighets Grunge" via Apollon Records, out now on streaming. The track moves between alternative...
Coil’s ‘Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)’ remastered for 30 October
Coil's 1987 album "Gold is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)" returns remastered on limited-edition vinyl, CD and digitally on...
Johnny Hates Jazz co-founder Calvin Hayes dies at 63
Calvin Hayes, keyboardist, drummer and co-founder of British pop group Johnny Hates Jazz, died on Thursday, July 9, 2026, after...
Isotope Soap releases ‘Messypolarity’ compilation on CD
Isotope Soap, a Swedish synth-punk and industrial act whose members have not been publicly identified, has made its music available...
Incirrina – Trace (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Cold Transmission Music)
“Trace” marks the third album by the Greek duo Incirrina. George Katsanos and Irini Tiniakou have crafted 11 tracks that...
Jah Wobble & Tian Qiyi share ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ ahead of ‘Mystic Liverpool’
Jah Wobble and Tian Qiyi released "Strawberry Fields Forever" on July 14, 2026, the second single from their album "Mystic...
Music-related video games to play in 2026
(Copyright-free image) Whether you’re a fan of post-punk or you dance away to electropop, combining your favorite musical compositions with...
Tiffadelic releases dark synthwave single ‘There She Go’
Tiffadelic "There She Go" is the new single from Tiffadelic, a darkwave and dark synthwave artist from Detroit, released on...
Sea Fever release limited ‘Special Australian Edition’ LP on Trans:Com
Manchester band Sea Fever, whose line-up draws on New Order and Section 25, released the compilation LP "Special Australian Edition"...
Tranxhaine releases debut album ‘Anamnèse’ on Bandcamp
Tranxhaine "Anamnèse" is the debut album from Tranxhaine, a French darkwave, gothic rock and post-punk project, self-released on July 10,...
Culture Kultür interview: ‘To enjoy making music that connects with other people’
For over three decades, Culture Kultür has been a well-established name on the international Future-Pop and Synth-Pop scene. Since its...
IKON releases ‘The Witness Tree’ single ahead of ‘Collective Illusion’ compilation
IKON, the Melbourne darkwave, post-punk and gothic rock band, released the single "The Witness Tree" on 4 July 2026. The...
VINCE release synth-pop single ‘Tomorrow’ via Echoknocks Records
VINCE "Tomorrow" is the new single from the Swedish electronic pop group VINCE, released on July 8, 2026 through Echoknocks...
CallSubLoop() release debut EP ‘Flesh & Resonance’
CallSubLoop() "Flesh & Resonance" is the debut EP from the coldwave and darkwave project CallSubLoop(), self-released on Bandcamp on July...
A Tomb Full of Stars announce debut album ‘1: When the Reflection Passes’
A Tomb Full of Stars "1: When the Reflection Passes" is the debut album from the American experimental duo A...
Antipole & Pedro Code – Future Echoes (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
After releasing several albums on labels such as Unknown Pleasures Records, Young & Cold Records, and Manic Depression Records, Karl...
Ludovico Technique join Combichrist on 2026 North American tour
New York industrial act Ludovico Technique will support Combichrist on a North American tour that runs from 15 September to...
Manufacture’s Perry Geyer launches new project Fracture
Fracture is a new audiovisual project from Perry Geyer, the electronic musician behind 1980s Boston body-music act Manufacture. The duo...
AI Music Tools for Indie Artists on a Budget
Building a music career as an independent artist has never been easier in terms of access to audiences, but producing...
Mana ERG – Concealed Under A Stranger Tongue (Digital/CD Album – XBDA)
Mana ERG is the musical alter ego of the Italian artist Bruno de Angelis, who also gained recognition through his...
Wie Ein Gott Records gathers 14 acts on industrial compilation ‘Made By Humans’
Wie Ein Gott Records has released "Made By Humans", a 14-track compilation of industrial, EBM and darkwave, on 10 July...
Front 242 issue ‘Black Out’ on solid silver vinyl and Full Silver Pack
Front 242, the Belgian electronic body music pioneers, now present their farewell live album "Black Out" on solid silver double...
The Joy Thieves and Chris Connelly release ‘I’ll Be Your Hammer’ video
The Joy Thieves, the Chicago industrial collective, released "I'll Be Your Hammer" on 7 July 2026, a single and video...
Italian darkwave artist Lilinanna releases ‘The Ghost’ video
Lilinanna, the Italian darkwave and post-punk solo artist, has released "The Ghost", a single and music video issued through the...
Haruomi Hosono signs to Ghostly International, shares ‘Note of Mothership’
Haruomi Hosono, the Japanese musician and Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder, has released the single "Note of Mothership" and announced the...
Swedish synthpop duo CRED release new single ‘Free Soul’
CRED, the Swedish synthpop duo, released the single "Free Soul" on 10 July 2026 through the Danish label Town And...
Swedish EBM trio CK 37 release remix collection ‘Inget Hat (Remixer)’
CK 37, the Swedish electronic body music trio, have released "Inget Hat (Remixer)", a 27-track collection of reworks of their...
A Certain Ratio share new ‘Knife Slits Water’ mix and 2026 tour dates
A Certain Ratio, the Manchester post-punk and funk group, have shared a new Emperor Machine mix of "Knife Slits Water",...
Onenine & Myk Jung – Duress (Digital EP – Onenine & Myk Jung)
This EP is the result of a collaboration between two well-known figures from the German underground scene: Axel Kleintjes now...
NEA launches NEA Editions label with debut album ‘Orizzontale’
NEA, an experimental and electroacoustic collective based in Italy's Murgia Materana Park, released "Orizzontale" on June 26, 2026. The album...
Undertheskin releases ‘Exit | Wounds’ video from ‘Never | Return’
Undertheskin has released a video for "Exit | Wounds", a track from the Polish darkwave project's third album "Never |...
Rome duo Slava Bogu release debut album ‘Canzoni private’
Slava Bogu, a post-punk duo from Rome, Italy, have self-released their debut album "Canzoni private" ("Private Songs"). The record came...
Out Of Line launches KiT Album collection for 30th anniversary
Berlin label Out Of Line Music has reissued eight catalogue albums as KiT Albums, a hybrid physical-digital format. The Out...
Tanzwut release single ‘Rosenkrieg’ from album ‘Herz aus Stein’
In case you didn't see it, Tanzwut, the German medieval rock band, released the single "Rosenkrieg" ("War of Roses") with...
