Combichrist – One Fire (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro-metal. Background/Info: Combichrist once started as a solo- and side-project of Icon Of Coil singer Andy La Plegua....
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Motor!k – Motor!k (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock, psychedelic-rock, experimental. Background/Info: Motor!k is one of the newest signings from Out Of Line and definitely one of...
Softwave – Game On (Vinyl Album – Softwave)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Softwave is a Danish duo set up in 2014 by Catrine Christensen and Jerry Olsen. They previously...
Anemone Tube, Jarl & Monocube – The Hunters In The Snow / A Contemplation On Pieter Breugel’s Series Of The Seasons (CD Album – The Epicurean)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soudscape. Background/Info: This album is a conceptual release featuring Anemone Tube (Germany), Jarl (Sweden) and Monocube (Ukrainian). The...
V/A All My Sins Remembered – The Sonic World Of John Murphy (CD Album – The Epicurean)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, chanson, industrial, dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: This compilation was already released a few years ago, but lately promoted. And...
Skeldos – Ilges – Caretakers Of Yearning (CD Album – The Epicurean)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Skeldos is a Lithuanian solo-project driven by Vytenis Eitminavicius. A few previous productions were released while...
Nikolas Schreck – The Futura Model (Vinyl 12” – The Epicurean)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: American Nikolas Schreck is a man from many talents; he’s not only musician and producer but...
Fear Falls Burning – Function Collapse (Vinyl Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Abstract, psychedelic, experimental. Background/Info: Active since 2005 under the Fear Falls Burning moniker, Belgian artist and veteran Dirk Serries...
Barst – Re: Cycles – Final Chapter Of The First Movement (Vinyl Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Bart Desmet better known as Barst is now active for a couple of years and has...
Iris – Six (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: American duo Reagan Jones (vocals), and Andrew Sega (music & production) have achieved their sixth full length album,...
Fix8:Sëd8 – Warning Signs (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: German solo-project Fix8:Sëd8 is driven by Martin Sane. After a debut period during the early millennium years...
Empirion – Resume (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, techno-body-music, techno-rock, breakbeats. Background/Info: Empirion saw the daylight in 1993. Back in time there were a trio consisting...
Kirlian Camera – Hellfire (CD EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental-pop. Background/Info: One year after their last album (cf. “Hologram Moon”) the Italian duo Kirlian Camera already has...
Centhron – Dystopia (CD Album – Dark Dimensions / Scanner)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: German Centhron has already been active since 2001 and this year unleashed their eight official studio album....
A Spell Inside – Masterplan (CD Album – Dark Dimensions / Scanner)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “Masterplan” stands as bit as a comeback for A Spell Inside as it’s their first new album...
Mazut – Promien (CD Album – Positive Regression)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial-techno, experimental. Background/Info: Last year I discovered the Polish duo Mazut by their excellent “Atlas”-album, which sounds like...
Michal Turowski – Wormwood And Flame (CD Album – Mozdok / Positive Regression)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Polish artist Michal Turowski is involved with multiple projects. I mainly know him for his work...
Nevel – The Hageland (DCD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, electro-dub, electro-dance. Background/Info: Nevel is a solo-project set up by Bart Van Meulebroeck who’s already active for years...
Enzo Kreft – Control (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Belgian musician Eric Vandamme aka ‘Enzo Kreft’ was mainly active during the 80s and early 90s....
Dole – Live (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, dark-rock. Background/Info: Dole is a French formation that was mainly active in between 1979 and 1987. They were...
Dead High Wire – Pray For Us (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, wave-rock. Background/Info: Belgian trio Dead High Wire is now active for a couple of years. They describe their...
E I L A N D – Eiland (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: E I L A N D is the meeting between Marcus Scheibmaier (synthesizers, keyboard & sequencer...
Der Klinke – Decade (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave. Background/Info: “Decade” is a truly appropriate title to celebrate ten years of the Belgian gothic/cold-wave formation Der...
Onsturicheit – In De Nevelen (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ambient. Background/Info: “In De Nevelen” is the temporary last –and fifth album from Onsturicheit released on Wool-E Discs....
Onsturicheit – Impressies (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Peter Moorkens remains in the flow releasing another album for Wool-E Discs’ “Belgian NeuMusik”-series. This is...
Onsturicheit – Splinter (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, ambient. Background/Info: The creativity of Onsturicheit has no limits. This is album number three for Peter Moorkens...
Onsturicheit – Angstzweet (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Krautorck, experimental. Background/Info: “Angstzweet” is the 16th chapter of the “Belgian NeuMusik”-series created by Belgian label Wool-E Discs. It...
Onsturicheit – Waan (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, krautrock. Background/Info: Peter Moorkens is a Belgian artist who is involved with music for numerous years now....
Neon Electronics – Apollo (CD Album – DanceDelic-D / Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-wave. Background/Info: Dirk Da Davo entered into history as one of the Neon Judgement core-members. We also know...
The Weathermen – The Weathermen’s Long Lost Live Instrumental Backing Tapes + Live CD Concert (DCD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-pop, new-beat. Background/Info: The Belgian duo The Weathermen belong to the collective memory of all EBM heads. Set...
Jean-Marc Lederman – Ode A La Pluie (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Belgian electro-veteran Jean-Marc Lederman has no limits when it comes to releasing new music. Mainly known...
V/A Forms Of Hands 19 (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM, rhythmic-noise. Background/Info: Hands label has used to release this annual compilation, which is a look back at...
Geistform – United Radiations (DCD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: Spanish music architect Rafael M. Espinosa is now active for nearly twenty years and can look back...
Talvekoidik – Within And Beyond (DCD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, rhythmic-soundtrack. Background/Info: Kai Hahnewald will always be linked to his major project S.K.E.T., but “Within And Beyond”...
13TH Monkey – Abyssal Disruption (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: Andreas Thedens and Harm Bremer are back on track, unleashing the third opus of their common project....
Supersimmetria – Abiogenesis (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, tribal-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Here comes the fifth opus from Armando Alibrandi aka Supersimmetria. It also is the artist’s...
Sans-Fin – Etat De L’Art (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic-ambient, Background/Info: Sans-Fin is taken from the French language, but the project is from Leipzig (Germany). Driven by DJ...
ICD-10 – Differential Diagnosis (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Henning Hinck and Daniel Himmelreich are already active for several years now under the ICD-10 moniker....
XCIII – Transiense (CD Mini-Album – Anesthetize Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, apocalyptic-rock, industrial, post-punk. Background/Info: Set up in 2009, French XCIII is hailing from the Southern part of the...
Adrian K. Smith – Subterranean (Cassette Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, soundscape. Background/Info: Adrian K. Smith entered into history as the singer and frontman of the legendary Click...
V/A Wave Earplug N°.3 (Vinyl Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Slovakian label 4mg Records started this series in 2017. It’s a way to support the...
Coven Project – Butterfly Resistance / All The Stars Have Turned Off And Rest In Silence (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Set up in 2013 by Vadym Sycantrhope, Coven Project became a rather prolific artist in a...
Hiemis – Hyperborea (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Hiemis has already released a few productions and now joined hands together with Noctivagant Records to...
DaGeist – Sexy (CD Album – Danse Macabre Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: DaGeist exists of Davide Schiavoni (vocals/compositions) and Frédéric Strzelczyk (bass guitar). The band was originally...
Horthodox – The Great Sacral Machine (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Horthodox is a project hailing from Israel, which released two productions in 2018. They now joined...
NotNotice – Altay (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: NotNotice has already been active for a couple of years now and has released several ‘dark-ambient-driven...
Rosetta Stone – Seems Like Forever (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic rock, Post-punk. Background/Info: The British band Rosetta Stone was for sure one of the leading Gothic rock acts...
Aram 17 – The Vision Of Death (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Aram 17 is an Armenian solo-project, which previously released four digital albums on Cephalopagus Records. Inspired...
Akem Mainyu – Umbra Utrala (CD Album – Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Akem Mainyu is a Russian project active since 2016. This is the first time I ever...
The Wake – Masked (2CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic rock, Post-punk. Background/Info: This is a re-release of the original album of 1993, in a limited edition of...
Richmond Avant Improv Collective – Lamentations (CD Album – Arachnidiscs Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Experimental. Background/Info: Richmond Avant Improv Collective (RAIC) was set up in Richmond (USA) in late 2015. The ‘collective’ features...
Violet Tears – Metamorfosi (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave. Background/Info: Violet Tears is a band hailing from Bari (Italy), which saw the light of day in...
Der Blaue Reiter – United, Yet Divided (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Epic, experimental, neo-classic, neo-folk, industrial. Background/Info: Catalonian artist Sathorys Elenorth formed Der Blaue Reiter in 2005. Two albums were...
Larva – Death On stage / A Compendium Of Live Recordings (DVD – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Spanish formation Larva is already active since 1998. Set up and driven by the charismatic frontman ‘InqUesT’...
Cameraoscura – Quod Est Inferius (CD Album – Toten Schwan MMXIX)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, dark IDM, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: I didn’t find that much info about this Italian project. It all seems...
Virtues & Failings – 2 (Digital EP – Virtues & Failings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, cold-wave. Background/Info: Virtues & Failings is a Canadian formation based in Vancouver. They last year released the first...
Viscedra Drip – Satanic Panik (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Justin A. Thiele better known as the creative spirit behind the American project Viscera Drip released this...
Outpost11 – Resonate (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: “Resonate” is the debut album of the Russian solo-project Outpost11. The work was released in the...
Antibiosis – Biohazards Essence (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2013, the Russian duo Antibiosis strikes back with their second opus, which has...
Alien Produkt – Resurrection (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Alien Produkt is a band from Buenos Aires (Argentina), which was set up at the end...
Nohycit – Anomico (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Nohycit is a Bolivian dark-electro project driven by ‘Ferry Nohycit’ who you may know from his involvement...
V/A Respect The Prime – The Constructed Cold (CD EP – Distortion Productions / Electronic Saviors)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: This compilation was already released a while ago, but is an interesting concept I'd like...
Trade Secrets – Before We Vanish (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, lounge-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2017 in Los Angeles (USA) by F.J. DeSanto, Trade Secrets became a...
Feverdreamt – Melantant (CD Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro, experimental, krautrock. Background/Info: Feverdreamt is one of the numerous projects set up by Alexander Leonard Donat. He’s mainly...
Bastard Noise / Xiphoid Dementia – Human Extinction Engine (Vinyl Album – Phage Tapes / Terror / Existence Establishment / Scry Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Noise, industrial. Background/Info: This work is a split album between long-time active noise-maker Bastard Noise and Xiphoid Dementia. The...
Aquamarine Space Unicorns – Anartist (CD Album – Arkay Artists)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, IDM, down-tempo. Background/Info: This project with a crazy name started in 2014 as a solo-project by Joyanna...
