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EXCLUSIVE: Dogtablet (Martin King – Test Dept) return with electro-industrial single ‘These Days’ ahead of ‘Designed To Fade’ album
London electro-industrial act Dogtablet (Martin King of Test Dept and Pigface) will release the digital single "These Days" on April...
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Music products now need far more than audio delivery. Streaming apps, artist tools, indie label platforms, and promotional dashboards all...
Culture Kultür present ‘Atomic Radio’ ahead of new album ‘Atomic’
Spanish futurepop/electropop act Culture Kultür have returned with the single "Atomic Radio", ahead of the studio album "Atomic", which is...
Touring Culture, Visual Identity, and Energy Independence Are Reshaping Live Music Setups
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Creativity Under Pressure: Mental Health Challenges in the Music Scene
The music world has always thrived on intensity. Long studio sessions, late-night performances, and the constant push to innovate can...
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KÁRYYN lines up ‘END TO KNOWING YOU’ ahead of new album ‘PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE (PULL)’
Syrian-Armenian-American singer and producer KÁRYYN has released "END TO KNOWING YOU" as the next preview from "PHYSICS UNIVERSAL LOVE LANGUAGE...
Wumpscut releases ‘Evoke – Provoke’ light blue vinyl and remix 2LP ‘Homicide Bajazzo’
German electro-industrial project Wumpscut and Betonkopf Media, in collaboration with Italian distributor Audioglobe, will issue two limited vinyl editions on...
Holy Sun Opera House share new single ‘Latched On’ ahead of debut LP ‘The Holy Sun Opera House’
The Los Angeles project Holy Sun Opera House has released "Latched On," the second single from their self-titled debut album...
Laibach unveil ‘Musick’ video ahead of new Mute album and 2026 European tour
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Finnish-German futurepop duo PLATRONiC release new single ‘Fortress of Fools’
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Neon Electronics put ‘Liberation’ on limited Oráculo Records vinyl with Ancient Methods and Patrick Codenys remixes
Belgian electro-wave project Neon Electronics have put the new 12-inch EP "Liberation" on preorder via Oráculo Records. The release comes...
Karin Park shares new single and video ‘Sing Your Sorrow’ ahead of new EP ‘EVO’
Swedish-Norwegian electronic artist Karin Park has released "Sing Your Sorrow", the first single from her upcoming EP "EVO", due on...
Mortiis returns with ‘Ghosts of Europa’, due June 26 in seven formats
Norwegian electronic artist Mortiis will release the new studio album "Ghosts of Europa" on June 26, 2026 via Prophecy Productions....
Hybryds seek to rebuild lost Belgian industrial video archive after YouTube takedown
Belgian ritual-industrial project Hybryds is trying to reconstruct the Belgian industrial archive on YouTube after the platform took it down....
Cold Cause releases self-titled debut album on Manic Depression
French-German post-punk/darkwave trio Cold Cause have released their self-titled debut album via Manic Depression. The record is available in limited...
Projekt Ich close album single series with ‘In The Fire’ feat. Stian Shiver
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Catholic Guns debut with ‘Anything’ on VUZ Records
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Aesthetic Perfection and SWARM release new single ‘Sorrow’
Aesthetic Perfection and SWARM have released the digital single “Sorrow” via Out Of Line Music. The track is accompanied by...
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The Darkwave Visual Imperative Industrial, EBM, and darkwave have always been genres built as much on atmosphere as on sound....
Einstürzende Neubauten add Josefine Lukschy on bass, confirm 2026 festival dates and studio webcasts
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Escape With Romeo release new single and video “Sound and the Fury” ahead of “Night After Night”
German post-punk/darkwave act Escape With Romeo just released the digital single "Sound and the Fury". The track comes out via...
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Planetdamage releases 15-track cyberpunk album ‘KILLCAPS’
Budapest artist Planetdamage (aka Máriusz Bari) has released his second album "KILLCAPS" as a digital album on Bandcamp. Thematically the...
Shock Corridor release new single ‘Buster’ with official video
Shock Corridor, the Naarm/Melbourne post-punk, trip-hop and experimental rock six-piece, today release the new single "Buster" with an official video....
The Sensory Side of Live Music: Smoke, Light, and Atmosphere
Live music has always been about more than just sound. In underground and alternative scenes especially, the experience is immersive—built...
Kodaclips return with new single and video ‘Pirouette’ on Bronson Recordings
Italian shoegaze/post-punk band Kodaclips today releases the digital single "Pirouette" via Bronson Recordings. The track arrives with a new video...
Till Lindemann releases new NSFW single and video ‘Es brennt…’
Rammstein's Till Lindemann has released the new single "Es brennt..." via Out Of Line Music. The official NSFW video is...
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New Zealand’s iGaming landscape entered a definitive structural alignment in 2026. With the new Online Casino Gambling Bill passing its...
Fourth Dimension reissues Broken Flag compilation ‘Morality’ on 2CD
"Morality: A Broken Flag Compilation" is back in print through Fourth Dimension as a remastered 2CD edition of the 1985...
Coil’s lost ‘Hellraiser’ sessions land in June as an expanded LP and digiCD edition
Coil’s experimental soundtrack work for Clive Barker’s 1987 film "Hellraiser" will return on May 29, 2026 as "The Unreleased Themes...
SPK return as The SPKtR with ‘The Last of Men’
Industrial pioneers SPK have returned as The SPKtR, a collaboration between Graeme Revell and his son Robert J. Revell. The...
Front 242’s ‘Geography’ returns on clear transparent vinyl
Front 242’s 1982 debut album "Geography" is available again on clear transparent vinyl via Alfa Matrix. The label has released...
Funker Vogt announce first vinyl editions of ‘We Came to Kill’ and ‘Execution Tracks’
German electro-industrial act Funker Vogt will release first vinyl editions of "We Came to Kill" and "Execution Tracks" on March...
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In 2026, simply having a functional website or app is no longer sufficient to capture and retain user attention. From...
Zürich’s Fueled By Fear revisit a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’
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Vince Clarke & Blancmange collaboration project Doublespeak announces self-titled album of reworked cover versions
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The Sisters Of Mercy cancel concert at this year’s Brutal Assault to move up the recording schedule for their new album
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Robert Görl (DAF) and Sylvie Marks launch Görl with debut album ‘Dark Silver Moon Light’
Görl, the new electronic duo formed by Robert Görl (DAF) and DJ Sylvie Marks, will release its debut album "Dark...
Jah Wobble and Jon Klein to Release New Album “Automated Paradise”
The upcoming release of “Automated Paradise”, a new collaborative album by Jah Wobble and Jon Klein, is attracting attention from...
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Memorials (members of Electrelane & Wire) announce ‘All Clouds Bring Not Rain’ on Fire Records
Memorials, the British experimental pop duo of Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms (Wire), will release their second album "All...
Dekad releases ‘I Should Have’ 2-track single as first preview of brand new ‘A Distorted View’ album
French electropop/EBM project Dekad has released the 2-track single "I Should Have" via BOREDOMproduct. The release arrived with an official...
Sea Of Sin release brand new new wave / pop album ‘The Shape Of A Lonely Soul’
The Hamburg-based German new wave/pop act Sea Of Sin has released "The Shape Of A Lonely Soul", an independently released...
Abel Autopsy opens planned trilogy with debut album ‘uunder’
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Kaia Fincher turns desire into a queer vampire love story in new ‘Take My Love’ video
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Brazilian darkwave/post-punk act Iron State push ‘Doppelgänger’ with new official video
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Rosegarden Funeral Party reissue 3 albums in vinyl: ‘The Chopping Block’, ‘Martyr’ and ‘In the Wake of Fire’
Audioglobe just informed us that Dallas post-punk band Rosegarden Funeral Party will get three Young & Cold vinyl reissues: the...
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Rituals Over Limburg IV returns to Heerlen with Zero Kama, Inade, The Vomit Arsonist and more
Dunkelheit Produktionen has announced "Rituals Over Limburg IV", the fourth edition of its two-day ritual and industrial event, set for...
Still Machine announce ‘Echoes of Echoes Within’, a remix collection built from 2025’s ‘Echoes Within’
Chicago post-punk trio Still Machine have announced the remix album "Echoes of Echoes Within," due April 24, 2026 via Someoddpilot...
Mirror Revelations sign to Fuzz Club and announce new album ‘Ígnea’ with single ‘Desafiar’
Toluca, Mexico psych-krautrock band Mirror Revelations have announced their second album, "Ígnea", alongside their signing to Fuzz Club (Editor's note:...
Cosey Mueller shares ‘Der Politiker’ video ahead of ‘Embodiment of Denial’ album
Berlin experimental electronic punk artist Cosey Mueller has released the new single and official video for "Der Politiker", the first...
Lowsunday present ‘Nevver’ as final single from ‘Low Sunday Ghost Machine – White EP’
Pittsburgh post-punk and shoegaze band Lowsunday just released “Nevver”, the final single and video from “Low Sunday Ghost Machine -...
Music Ambassadors Tour 2025 documentary follows cultural strength in wartime Ukraine
Music Ambassadors Tour 2025 is now the subject of a new documentary film released by UAME’s Music Saves Ukraine initiative....
Noir Addiction release ‘Serve Me Some Crime’ video & single
Italy-based alternative-industrial rock act Noir Addiction have released the new single "Serve Me Some Crime" via the Berlin-based Soulpunx Entertainment...
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Any Miracle issue ‘Joran (Oliver Deuerling Remix)’ as a two-track digital single
The German darkwave/post-punk band Any Miracle has released the two-track digital single "Joran (Oliver Deuerling Remix)". The single holds two...
Seventh Harmonic return with ‘And The Light Shineth In Darkness’, featuring Annmari Thim Hermansson and Monica Richards
The neoclassical ensemble Seventh Harmonic has released the four-track EP "And The Light Shineth In Darkness," via their Bandcamp page....
Lakeside X announce new single ‘Factory Flowers’
Prague electronic act Lakeside X have returned with "Factory Flowers" as their first new music in three years and the...
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