Paul Handley – Midnight Zone (Digital Album – Paul Handley)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic-ambient, IDM, ambient-techno. Background/Info: Australian artist Paul Handley is back on track unleashing a new album of 9 songs....
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Somatic Responses – Pattern Finding (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, ambient, acid, techno, IDM. Background/Info: The brothers Paul- and John Healy better known as Somatic Responses are...
LPF12 – A Quiet Place (Digital Album – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic. Background/Info: German solo-project LPF12 has endless creativity. Sascha Lemon is progressively evolving from his IDM approach towards soundtrack-like...
AD:keY – Never Enough (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Andrea- and René Nowotny better known at the EBM community as AD:keY became without a shadow of...
Azlack – Metal Knight (Digital EP – Nu Body Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, minimal EBM. Background/Info: Lucas Ezequiel Luna is an Argentine producer active since 2009. This “Metal Knight”-EP might be...
Aïboforcen – Sense & Nonsense (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, dark-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Belgian project Aiboforcen is back on track with a new work, which has been released...
Story Off – Facing Forward (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, electro-wave. Background/Info: Belgian formation Story Off has been set up in 2011 by Geert Vandekerkhof aka DJ Chesko....
The Joy Of Nature – Emptiness Is A Long Story / The First 12 Years Revisited (CD Album – The Joy Of Nature)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, folk, experimental. Background/Info: The Joy Of Nature is not exactly the most renowned formation dealing with ethereal, folk...
Darkness On Demand – Back To Psychoburbia (Digital EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Known and adulated in a former life as Dance Or Die, the German trio resurrected as...
Bornless Fire – Arcanum (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: Bornless Fire is a new electronic music project set up and driven by Dawn Of Ashes...
Nothing But Noise – Existence Oscillation (Possible) Future (CD Album – Nothing But Noise)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronic, IDM. Background/Info: Daniel B. and Dirk Bergen (both Front 242 pioneers) are back on track with their...
Alphamay – The Mellow Collie (CD EP – Battersea Electric)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Cris Frickenschmidt and Henning Hammoor released 3 albums under the Alphamay moniker in between 2015 and 2017....
V/A Statistics Mean Nothing When You’re On The Wrong Label (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-ambient, cinematographic, experimental, minimal-electronics, gothic, EBM. Background/Info: This album is a perfect opportunity to get more familiar with...
Microwelt – A1 (CD EP – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Microwelt is a German duo consisting of Machinist A & B. Behind these robotic nicknames are hiding...
Front Line Assembly – WarMech (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electronic, experimental. Background/Info: After the “AirMech”-album released in 2012 FLA is back on track with a new soundtrack....
De/Vision – Citybeats (CD Album – Popgefahr Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: German duo Steffen Keth - Thomas Adam are back on track unleashing the 14th full length album...
Lesa Listvy – Way Home (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Lesa Listvy (Леса Листвы) is a Russian ambient collective featuring 4 members. After having self-released an...
Vogon Poetry – Life. The Universe And Everything (CD Album – Audite Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish pop-invaders Roger Tell, Daniel Önnerby and John Andersson are back on track unleashing their third album...
Sphäre Sechs – Particle Void (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: German duo Martin Stürtzer (mainly known for his project Phelios) and Christian Stritzel are striking back...
Sensory++ – Art Of Sadness (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient. Background/Info: Belgian solo-project Sensory++ Sensory Plus Plus) joined hands together with Wool-E-Discs to unleash its first official album,...
Sebastopol – The Landing, 11 (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Belgian musician Marc Debroey has been involved with music since the 80s. He dealt with different...
Pieter Vermeyen – Hygge (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ambient, neo-classic. Background/Info: Belgian Pieter Vermeyen joined Wool-E-Discs contributing to the ‘Belgian NeuMusik’ series devoted to ‘ambient’ music...
Hà; People 3 55 – One Bear, Two Bicycles And One Xylophone (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, death-industrial, experimental. Background/Info: The name of the project, the title of the album, the global impression and the...
Kilmarth – Catharsis (CD Mini-Album – Kilmarth)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental. Background/Info: Kilmarth is a Belgian project set up in 2007 by Cédric Wattergniaux. After having released several...
Sophya – Broken Mirrors (CD Album – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, ethereal-gothic, goth-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Israel, but based in The Netherlands this is the first new studio album...
Juno Reactor – The Mutant Theatre (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Electro-trance, electro-tribal, psy-trance, cinematographic. Background/Info: Juno Reactor is back on track with a new opus. Ben Watkins is often...
Eximia – Visitors (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Swedish label Cryo Chamber welcomes the young Slovakian artist Dominik Ragancík to release his debut full...
Dead Melodies – The Foundations Of Ruin (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape, cinematographic. Background/Info: This is the fourth studio album for Tom Moore aka Dead Melodies. It also is...
BySenSeS – People (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: BySenSes is a Belgian solo-project driven by Didier Dewachtere. He self-released a debut full length in...
Reutoff feat. Deutsch Nepal – Eating The Dust (CD Album – Entartete Musikk)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electronic, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Eating The Dust” resulted from the common efforts between Russian industrial veteran project Reutoff...
Metroland – Men In A Frame (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian electro-pop duo Metroland are striking back revealing their 4th full length album to the world. This...
Lords Of Acid – Pretty In Kink (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, electronic, breakbeats, punk-rock. Background/Info: Exactly 30 years after their creation and the legendary hit “I Sit On Acid”...
Hadewych – Welving (CD Album – Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, black-metal, dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Hadewych is a band from The Netherlands, which released a self-titled album in 2007....
Eidulon – Combustioni (CD Album – Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Italian artist Francesco Gemelli gained some recognition as visual artist, but he also composed music under...
Egoprisme – Among Noise (CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, new-wave, EBM. Background/Info: Manic Depression Records seems to have something with artists from the Northern part of France....
Dead Astropilots – New Control (Vinyl Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, dark-pop. Background/Info: We here welcome a duo from the Northern part of France unleashing their debut album. Manic...
Raskolnikov – Hochmut Kommt Vor Den Fall (CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, wave-rock. Background/Info: The band name Raskolnikov has been inspired by the word-wide famous Dostojevski’s novel “Crime And Punishment”....
Joy/Disaster – Resurrection (CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, punk-rock. Background/Info: French formation Joy/Disaster is already active since 2005 and has released several productions since then. “Resurrection”...
Sweet William – The Early Days 1986-1988 (CD Album – D-Monic / Datakill Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave, goth-rock. Background/Info: German formation Sweet William saw the daylight in 1986. Set up by Oliver Heuer and...
The Sand Rays – Remembered Vol.1 (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Jim DeJong has been involved with The Infant Cycle in between 1992 and 2014. He...
Talk To Her – Home (CD EP – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Indie, pop-rock. Background/Info: Talk To her is a rather young Italian formation unleashing their official debut EP featuring 4...
Porch Nap – Antidot / Selected Works 2007 – 2017 (CD Album – Fulldozer Records / Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Experimental. Background/Info: Porch Nap is a Russian artist hailing from St. Petersburg. Busy exploring acoustic sound treatments and transforming...
Otzepenevshiye – Razryv Svyazi / Disconnection (DCD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, drone. Background/Info: This is the first significant release of Otzepenevshiye in 11 years. Set up in 2006 by...
Gen-ZX – Tick-Tock (Digital Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial-punk, experimental-techno. Background/Info: Gen-ZX is a brand-new German duo driven by two familiar names of the electronic scene....
Binary Park – Life On Lines (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Binary Park strikes back with their third full length album in the band’s history. Driven by...
Future Lied To Us – Presence (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Future Lied To Us is a project driven by Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg (Rotersand), Vasi Vallis (NamNamBulu,...
Death And The Maiden – Wisteria (CD Album – Fishrider Records / Occultation)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, dream-pop. Background/Info: Death And The Maiden is a band from New Zealand unleashing their second full length album....
Stef Animal – Top Gear (CD Album – Fishrider Records / Occultation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, dream-pop. Background/Info: The name Stef Animal doesn’t maybe say something. She’s a member of The Golden Awesome...
V/A Wave Earplug N°.2 (Vinyl Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: Slovakian label 4mg Records moves on supporting the real minimal- and underground electronics by...
White Hills & Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand – Desire (CD EP – Ván)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-rock, rock-wave, krautrock. Background/Info: Albin Julius got some fame with Der Blutharsch. This neo-folk driven project got renamed into...
Six Comm / Hexas – Torture Gardeners / Beneath The Sun (Vinyl 7” – Biotope Art Organization & Hagshadow Production)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, wave-rock. Background/Info: This 7” is a split release between Six Comm and Hexas. While Six Comm, the...
V/A El Real Under – Diez Años De Contracultura (Vinyl Double Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic, punk, electro-pop, dark-electro, wave-pop, future-pop, EBM. Background/Info: I couldn’t resist reviewing this artistic double vinyl compilation featuring...
SN-A – Distance (CD Album – Meshwork Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: Sevren Ni-Arb will be forever linked to X Marks The Pedwalk. But the legendary EBM artist...
Die Sektor – The Void Trilogy / 3CD Limited Edition (3CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: Next to the release of the album (DCD) “To Be Fed Upon Again” Digital World Audio...
Die Sektor – To Be Fed Upon Again / Limited Edition (DCD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: American formation Die Sektor saw the daylight in 2004. The debut album “To Be Fed Upon” released...
C-Lekktor – Animals (CD EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Mexican dark-electro sensation C-Lekktor delivers a new EP featuring the title-song taken from the last album “Out...
Cygnosic – Fire And Forget / Extended Edition (CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Georg (Georgios) Psaroudakis created Cygnosic in 2007. Eleven years later he can look back at a...
Sirus – Singularity (CD Single – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, cyber-punk. Background/Info: Driven by Josh Rombout, the Australian Sirus project strikes back after two acclaimed official albums. “Singularity”...
Richard Von Sabeth – The King Of Nothing (CD Album – Rehab Records & B-Music)
Genre/Influences: Cabaret-gothic, goth-pop. Background/Info: Behind Richard Von Sabeth is hiding Riccardo Sabetti (Spiral 69). “The King Of Nothing” is the...
Planet://Damage – Angst/Snapshots Of A Surveillance Manifesto (CD EP – Two Gods)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, EBM, experimental. Background/Info: Bari Máriusz is a Hungarian artist active as Planet://Damage. After a few released EP’s he...
Heligoland – Coriallo (CD EP – Commission 45 / Soleil Après Minuit)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Hailing from Melbourne (Australia) and now based in Paris (France) Heligoland has released 3 albums and...
Guild Of Cats – Kill The Pain (Digital EP – Guild Of Cats)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Guild Of Cats is a Swedish band which previously released a single. This debut-EP features 4 songs....
Haujobb – Alive (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, experimental, EBM. Background/Info: Haujobb celebrates their 25th anniversary by a fine selection of 15 live songs that were...
Escupemetralla – Poison Of Dead Sun In Your Brain Slowly Fading (CD Album – Novak)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Escupemetralla is a Spanish duo from Barcelona that was active during the late 80s and...
Hand In Waves – Burn Down In Tears (CD Album – Hand In Waves)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Hand In Waves is a German electro-pop project driven by Felix F. I last year discovered this...
AD:KeY – 10th Anniversary (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Ten years after the debut album “Thema Nummer Eins” (2008) the ex Armageddon Dildos live keyboardist Rene...
