Echostep – Pictures In The Sky (CD EP – Echostep)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Echostep has been introduced as ‘the alternative music adventure of Cleveland, Ohio based songwriter James Patrick Young’....
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Anti-Terror – Humanterror.com (CD Album – Anti-Terror Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Anti-Terror is a Polish duo dealing with a dark-electro & EBM format, which was previously active...
Sine Silex – Schachmatt (CD Album – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave & pop. Background/Info: Sine Silex is the meeting between Greek artist Kriistal Ann (also active under her own...
Kongo – Blubber (CD Album – Ur Muzik)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, glitch, industrial. Background/Info: Kongo is a new project featuring Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (Pouppée Fabrikk, Nordvargr, MZ.412, Folkstrom...
Daniel Hall – Together Again (CD + DVD – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Last year I discovered Daniel Hall who is based in Sydney (Australia). This musician is a prolific...
Bestial Mouths – Heartless (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, electronic. Background/Info: Bestial Mouths is a formation driven by the charismatic female singer Lynette Cerezo assisted by Christopher...
Strugg – Flood (CD Album – DarkSun Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover. Background/Info: Strugg is a French combo, which previously released one album and one EP. “Flood” is their...
Roya – Trax (CD EP – Roya)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop. Background/Info: Roya is an American female solo-project with Iranian roots and based in Stockholm. After having released...
Josy & The Pony vs The Poneymen – Hippodrone Club (CD Album – Rockerill Records)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, punk-rock, punk-pop. Background/Info: “Hippodrone Club” resulted from the common efforts between Josette Ponette (Josy & The Pony) and...
Hexenschuss – Gobbledegook (CD Album – Hexenschuss)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, psychedelic, shoegaze. Background/Info: “Gobbledegook” is the second album of Hexenschuss. This duo consists of Gil Luz (The Netherlands)...
FLeUR – The Space Between (CD Album – Bosco Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: We here welcome the debut album of the Italian duo FLeUR. The band is driven...
BeWider – Dissolve (CD Album – BeWider)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic, ambient-pop. Background/Info: BeWider is a solo-project from Italian musician/producer Piernicola Di Muro. He’s an experienced musician/composer who...
Ultra Arcanum – The Silence Inside (CD Album – Nadanna)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, minimal-pop. Background/Info: Ultra Arcanum is a London based formation consisting of Mark Thirkell (vocals) and Konstandinos Dorlis (electronics)....
Proxies – Groovin’Over Beirut (CD Album – Anna Logue Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop & new-wave. Background/Info: Anna Logue Records takes us back in time to Greece. Proxies was originally set up...
Car Crash Set – Join The Car Crash Set / Expanded Edition (CD Album – Anna Logue Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, new-wave. Background/Info: The main aim of Anna Logue Records (Germany) is to recover old 80s electro bands from...
Black Nail Cabaret – We Like To Suffer (CD EP – Basic Unit Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, noir-pop. Background/Info: Hungarian female duo Black Nail Cabaret is back on track unleashing the EP “We Like To...
Kill Your Boyfriend – Ghosts (Digital EP – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, ritual, shoegaze. Background/Info: Kill Your Boyfriend has been active since 2011 and now consists of the duo...
In Between – In Between (CD Album – PMS Studio)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: In Between is the solo-project of Italian artist Luca Maria Baldini. This self-titled debut work...
Sigha – Metabolism (CD Album – Token)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, IDM, industrial. Background/Info: Berliner James Shaw has released an impressive number of productions under the Sigha moniker since...
She Pleasures Herself – Fetish (CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Hailing from Lisbon (Portugal) She Pleasures Herself is a trio featuring members who already gained...
Mænifesto – Veni Vidi Vici (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, rock. Background/Info: Mænifesto is an Italian solo-project operating from Rome and conducted by Augustus Gregorio-Rossi. I never...
Extramensch – II (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Pop-rock, rock-metal. Background/Info: The German formation Extramensch strikes back with their second full length and this 7 years after...
This Morn’Omina – Kundalini Rising (DCD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, electronics, industrial, ritual. Background/Info: It took 6 years for This Morn’Omina to strike back with a new album....
Tragic Impulse – Devil On Your Shoulder (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-body-music. Background/Info: Tragic Impulse is an American solo-project set up and driven by Paul M. Graham. He started...
The Chainsmokers – Сloser
Genre/Influences: electronic dance music Background/Info: A native New Yorker Alex Poll and a native of Maine Andrew Taggart met in...
En Esch – Trash Chic (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro, industrial, rock. Background/Info: Klaus Schandelmaier better known under his artist name En Esch and his involvement in bands...
Am Tierpark – April Fool’s (Digital EP – Læbel)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Am Tierpark is back on track with a surprising EP, which has been released on the brand-new...
Stoneman – Steine (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, metal-pop. Background/Info: The Swiss Stoneman formation is back on track unleashing their fifth opus to date and the...
Palast – Hush (CD EP – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, psychedelic-pop. Background/Info: Palast is a German formation I remember from the last year released sampler “Electrostorm Vol.7” (Out...
Mono Inc. – Together Till The End (DCD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, metal, gothic. Background/Info: Singer Martin Engler and his acolytes are back on track unleashing the ninth studio album...
La Main – L’Heure De Salir (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dark-pop. Background/Info: After a few self-released production French formation La Main (translated ‘The Hand’) joined hands together with...
Fixmer / McCarthy – Chemicals (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-EBM, techno-body. Background/Info: Minimal techno-body guru Terence Fixmer and Nitzer Ebb vocalist Douglas McCarthy are back on track...
Alphaxone & ProtoU – Stardust (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: “Stardust”-album resulted from the common efforts of Mehdi Saleh (Alphaxone) and Sasha Cats (ProtoU). It also...
Aegri Somnia – Endtime Psalms (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Croatian solo-project Aegri Somnia is back on track unleashing its third album in history, which also is...
SiJ – The Time Machine (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Vladislav Sikach has released an impressive number of productions in a rather short lapse of...
Council Of Nine, Alphaxone, Xerxes The Dark, Wolves And Horses – Tomb Of Seers (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Tomb Of Seers” is a new opus released on Cryo Chamber bringing different ambient artists together....
Apocryphos, Kammarheit, Atrium Carceri – Echo (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Two years after the “Onyx”-album Robert C. Kozletsky (Apocryphos), Pär Boström (Kammarheit) and Cryo Chamber label...
Sect 37 – Ausländer (CD Album – Aesthetic Death Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Sect 37 or Section 37 is an English music project that was set up in...
Grandchaos – Tempest (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: Belgian based artist Cheleskov Ivanovitch is back on track with a new album full of remixes....
KIFOTH – Extensive Report (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Kneel In Front Of The Executioner, better known as KIFOTH is back on track with their seventh...
X Marks The Pedwalk – Secrets (CD Album – Meshwork Music)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, ambient-pop. Background/Info: X Marks The Pedwalk became one of the main EBM formations during the 90s and struck...
Desiderii Marginis – Songs Over Ruins (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Desiderii Marginis became without a shadow of a doubt the most successful formation of Johan Levin. The...
Peter Bjärgö – Animus Retinentia (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, neo-classic, neo-folk. Background/Info: Peter Bjärgö will always and instantly linked with formations like Arcana, Sophia and Karjalan Sissit...
Funker Vogt – Navigator Collector’s Edition (DCD Album + DVD – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: There has been a lot of commotion since Jens Kästel left Funker Vogt. By the end...
Elegant Machinery – I (CD EP – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop band Elegant Machinery became one of the most praised and famous bands in the genre...
Neikka RPM – Battle Scars (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial trip-hop, EBM, dark electro-pop. Background/Info: New-York duo Neikka RPM are back on track unleashing their first new studio...
Dave Inox feat. HIV+ – Danger Signal/MissConceptual (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: This work has been introduced as Spanish EBM and features David Hinojosa aka Dave Inox (who...
Motionen – Imago (Vinyl EP – Ascetic Limited)
Genre/Influences: IDM, tribal, techno, ambient. Background/Info: Motionen is a project hailing from Los Angeles (USA). “Imago” is the first release...
Mimetic – Maidenhead (Digital EP – Les Arts Minis)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Jérôme Soudan has been active under the Mimetic moniker since 1998. He released a considerable number...
Metalized Man – Losing Your Virginity: Metalized Boy’s First Adventures In Manhood (Vinyl Album – Foul-Up)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Lasse Bjørck Volkmann is a producer hailing from Copenhagen (Denmark) and active under the Metalized...
The Empire Line – Syndicat De La Couture (Vinyl 12 – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ambient, experimental, trance. Background/Info: Behind The Empire Line is hiding a Scandinavian duo of producers. Jonas Rönnberg and...
Aeon Waves – The Place Where Stars Choir (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Aeon Waves is an Indian producer (cf. Kanishk Budhori) who joined the Mindtrick Records roster to...
Theory – Red Book (Digital Album – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ambient. Background/Info: Theory is one of the newest additions to the Mindtrick Records roster. Driven by the creative...
Soldout – Forever (CD Album – Flatcat Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Charlotte Maison and David Baboulis better known as Soldout are back on track unleashing a new...
We Are Temporary – Crossing Over (CD album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: We are Temporary was set in 2013 by Brooklyn – New York based artist Mark Roberts. After...
Nachtmahr – Unbeugsam (DCD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Nachtmahr was set up in 2007 by Thomas Rainer. The Austrian musician was the creative spirit behind...
Die Form – Psychic Poison (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: I realized that this year Die Form will celebrate its 40 years of existence! “Psychic...
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Strvngers – Strvngers (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, d’n’b & pop. Background/Info: Strvngers is a new Canadian duo featuring Maria Joaquin and Kyle Craig. Their self-titled...
QDOR – I (Cassette Album – Old Europa Cafe)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ritual. Background/Info: QDOR is a mysterious Italian combo driven by ritual themes and dealing with experimental music. ‘QDOR...
Mytrip – Filament (Digital Album – Amek)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Real die-hard freaks of dark-ambient music will probably have heard of the Bulgarian formation Mytrip. This project...
Monocube – The Rituals (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Andrzew Gladushevskiy joined hands together with Malignant Records to unleash the second official album of...
Mnemonic – Mo:ral (CD Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, EBM. Background/Info: The German duo Mnemonic is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Last year they released...
The Thought Criminals – Dirty Electro (Vinyl 12” – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: British formation The Thought Criminals has already been active since 2004. They mainly released EP’s and only...
Mechanical Cabaret – Ortonesque (CD Album WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cabaret-pop. Background/Info: “Ortonesque” is the seventh full length released by London based Mechanical Cabaret. Set up in the...
