Empires in Defeat reissue electro-industrial single ‘March of Death’
Electro-industrial project Empires in Defeat reissue “March of Death”, first heard on 2006’s Ultra Dark Radio Compilation Volume II, via Maschinen Klang.
Empires in Defeat, the electro-industrial and aggrotech project of Mathew Bonehead, have reissued the single “March of Death” through the German label Maschinen Klang. The Empires in Defeat “March of Death” single is out now on Bandcamp and YouTube, with a wider streaming-platform release set for July 9, 2026. The track first surfaced almost two decades ago, on the “Ultra Dark Radio Compilation Volume II” in 2006.
“March of Death” mixes driving electro-industrial rhythms with aggrotech vocals. The reissue is the project’s first release through Maschinen Klang, the Bonn-based label that also issues Bonehead’s current project, The Mechanical Sheep.
Empires in Defeat revisit ‘March of Death’
The reissue brings a 2006 compilation track back as a standalone single. “March of Death” is streaming now on Bandcamp and through the official video on YouTube, ahead of its arrival on the wider streaming platforms on July 9, 2026.
About Empires in Defeat
Empires in Defeat is the electro-industrial and aggrotech project founded in 1998 by Mathew Bonehead. The project emerged through the German Ultra Dark Radio dark-electro scene of the 2000s, contributing “Resist” to the first Ultra Dark Radio compilation in 2005 and “March of Death” to the “Ultra Dark Radio Compilation Volume II” in 2006.
Bonehead has worked across several projects in the same field. He co-founded CIRES with Eric Schmaler and currently records as The Mechanical Sheep, the main act on Maschinen Klang, the label he runs from Bonn. The “March of Death” reissue, out now on Bandcamp and YouTube and on wider streaming platforms from July 9, 2026, is the first Empires in Defeat release to appear through Maschinen Klang.
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