Steel Hook Prostheses – Calm Morbidity (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, ambient-noises. Background/Info: The Texan duo J. Stillings – L. Kerr started terrorizing the world in 1999. They’ve released...
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Deleyaman – The Lover, The Stars & The Citadel (CD Album – TTO Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ambient, ethereal. Background/Info: Deleyaman has already been active since 2000. This is the seventh full length album by...
Eisfabrik – Achtzehnhundertunderfroren (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & future-pop. Background/Info: Last year the German band Eisfabrik took me by surprise unleashing a phenomenal album entitled...
Rave The Reqviem – The Gospel Of Nil (CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, dark-electro & metal. Background/Info: Swedish electro/industrial-metal formation Rave The Reqviem recently released an impressive EP “Mono Heart” as...
Mondträume – Free (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Spanish duo Damasius Venys (lyrics & vocals) - Pikotto Vond Mond (composition) was revealed by Alfa...
Psy’Aviah – Chasing The Speed Of Light (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, trance-pop. Background/Info: No doubt about it, Psy’Aviah is one of the most atypical electro underground bands. The...
Dead When I Found Her – Eyes On Backwards (CD Album – Artoffact)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Behind Dead When I Found Her is hiding the creative outlet of Michael Arthur Holloway. Based in...
Protectorate – Protectorate (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark-EBM. Background/Info: Protectorate is a Finnish solo-project set up by Cardinal Noire member Kalle Lindberg. The band has...
Army Of The Universe – 1999 & The Aftershow (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, industrial-pop & dance. Background/Info: Army Of the Universe is an Italian formation based in L.A (USA). Set up...
Paul Handley – What Goes Around (Digital Album – Paul Handley)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic-ambient, IDM, cinematographic. Background/Info: After the recently released EP-teaser “For The Love Of Something” Paul Handley unleashes a full...
Paul Handley – For The Love Of Something… (Digital EP – Electron)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-dance, IDM. Background/Info: Australian musician Paul Handley has already been active for quite a long time and has been...
Magnetfisch – If You Were A Dinosaur, What Kind Of Dinosaur Would You Be? (Digital EP – Magnetfisch)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock & pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: The Swiss trio of Magnetfisch has already been active since the early millennium years...
Bloque Del Sur – Periferia (Digital EP – Pakapi Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Bloque Del Sur is an Argentine solo-project, which a few people might have discovered on a compilation...
Rotersand – Capitalism TM (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, future-pop, trance-body-music. Background/Info: “Capitalism TM” is the fifth full length album of Rotersand, but also their first...
Project Pitchfork – Look Up, I’m Down There (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: Twenty five years after their official debut album “Dhyani”, which became an instant success, Project Pitchfork...
ASP – Live… Auf Rauen Pfaden (4CD Box – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock, goth-metal, epic, medieval, ballad. Background/Info: ASP is a real phenomenon. Alexander Spreng is the creative spirit and...
ASP – Geisterfahrer (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, dark-rock, epic. Background/Info: ‘Asp’ aka Alexander Spreng became one of the uncontested flag holders of Trisol. “Geisterfahrer” was...
TöT – United By Hatred (CD Album – Replikants Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: TöT is a French EBM formation from Marseille. The band consists of 3 members sharing a common...
Leæther Strip – Spæctator (CD Album – Rustblade)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, dark body-pop. Background/Info: Claus Larsen is back on track unleashing his newest full length and the first...
Nigel Samways & Foss Moigne – Sanyo 07.1/Sanyo 07.2 Remixes (CD EP – INTOY)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient. Background/Info: I did not find a lot of information about Nigel Samways and Foss Moigne. Both artists...
Null Device – While You Were Otherwise Engaged (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: American formation Null Device has already been active for more than 20 years now. They became one...
Stoneburner – On The Folding Of Space (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-tribal & trance, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: Steven Archer (Ego Likeness) took me by surprise in 2014 unleashing the debut-album of...
Totem Obscura – Blutiges Eisen (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro-industrial. Background/Info: Set up by Nadine- and Pedro Engel, Totem Obscura was revealed to the world now 3 years...
Syndrome – Forever And A Day (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, ambient, drones. Background/Info: Set up and driven by Mathieu Vandekerckhove, Syndrome is a familiar name from the Consouling...
Ortega – Sacred States (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, doom-metal. Background/Info: Ortega is a band from The Netherlands, which started terrorizing the underground scene since 2007. The...
Barst – The Western Lands (Vinyl Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, soundtrack, industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Bart Desmet better known under the Barst moniker is a renowned and recognized Belgian...
Aidan Baker & Tomas Järmyr – Werl (DCD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic & apocalyptic-rock, ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Aidan Baker needs no real introduction, but Swedish drummer Tomas Järmyr is probably...
Supersimmetria – Materia (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial-trance, ambient-techno. Background/Info: We last year saw the amazing Supersimmetria project driven by Armando Alibrandi joining hands with Hands....
Ah Cama-Sotz – Exorcise – Murder Themes III (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundtrack. Background/Info: Belgian electro-industrial sound guru Herman Klapholz is back on track unleashing his latest opus, which in...
Geistform – Transmitter (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, minimal-techno-industrial. Background/Info: Rafael Espinosa better known under the Geistform moniker is an artist I discovered in 2002 on...
Cervello Elettronico – Logical Fears (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, IDM. Background/Info: No doubt about it, David Christian became one of the most praised sound makers when it...
Yura Yura – Rumu Namba (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, IDM, power-noise. Background/Info: Three years after the official debut album (cf. “Be Sexual”) French noise terrorist ‘Grégory...
Urok – Nagawor (CD Album – Mozdok)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Urok is a Polish duo driven by Robert Skrzyński and Michał Turowski. The band...
Shifted – Six Steps To Resurgence (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Guy Brewer aka Shifted has been quite prolific this year. Next to a new full length...
Shifted – Appropriation Stories (CD Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Guy Brewer was previously involved in the Commix project. After he had left this formation...
Traversable Wormhole – Sublight Velocities/Semiclassical Gravity (Vinyl 12” – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno. Background/Info: Adam Mitchell is one of those artists and sound producers who doesn’t often need to get introduced....
Reggy Van Oers – Taciturn Manner (Double Vinyl Album – Telemorph)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, techno-ambient. Background/Info: Reggy Van Oers is a DJ and producer from The Netherlands who’s now been busy for...
Panic Lift – Skeleton Key (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover, hard-pop. Background/Info: Ten years after the debut full length “Dancing Through The Ashes” Panic Lift has released...
Növö – The Shortwaves/Parallel (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, experimental. Background/Info: Laurent Boudic earlier this year unleashed his new opus “The Shortwaves” featuring 11 pieces of electro...
Jian Outworld & Simona Regina – Mirror Soul (Digital EP – Jian Outworld & Simona Regina)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, wave-dance. Background/Info: Jian Outworld started to write music which seemed to be inspired by music genres like trance,...
Cygnets – Alone/Together (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-wave, electro-rock. Background/Info: Cygnets is an American trio from Edmonton. After a few self-released albums they joined hands...
ANFS – The Age Of Ephemeral Man (Vinyl 12” – Inner Surface Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: ANFS is a Greek producer who has already released a few EP’s. This new release...
V/A 4 In 1 Vol.4 – Compilation (Cassette C60 – Insane Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, psychedelic, cinematographic. Background/Info: The “4 In 1”-series has been created by Alain Neffe during the early 80s. The...
TwoMonkeys – Whatt? (CD Album – Villa Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-rock, krautrock. Background/Info: A few years ago now the brothers Simone and Michele Bornati set up TwoMonkeys. “Whatt?”...
OAKE – Monad XXIV (Digital EP – Stroboscopic Artefacts)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Eric Goldstein and Konstanze Bathseba Zippora started working together as OAKE in 2011. They’ve released a...
LPF12 – The Changing Season (CD Album – Raumklang Music)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient. Background/Info: LPF12 is the solo-project of Sascha Lemon. After an early active period during the 90s the...
Grand((Ø))Signal – Aktivation (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-body-music, electroclash, new-beat. Background/Info: One year after their debut album “Aktivation” the Belgian duo consisting of Jacky Meurisse...
DI⁺ove – DI⁺vided (CD Album – DI⁺ove)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: DI⁺ove is a Belgian formation set up by Eric ‘Manchiniste’ who’s a guy I remember from...
Covenant – The Blinding Dark (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, ambient-body music. Background/Info: Covenant is one of the leading bands of the electro-underground scene for quite a...
Sixth Minor – Amygdalae (CD Album – Megaphone Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, apocalyptic electro-rock. Background/Info: Sixth Minor started as a duo featuring Renato Longobardi and Andrea Gallo. They released a...
Reaper – Babylon Killed The Music (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-body-music, industrial new-beat, EBM. Background/Info: Vasi Vallis became a praised and recognition musicians as a member of Frozen Plasma...
Torul – Reset (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: The Slovenian electro-pop formation Torul recently started a new and important chapter in their career....
Syntec – The Beginning (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: German duo Uwe Kallenbach (music) - Tobias Hartwig (vocals) set up Syntec in the early 90s. They quickly...
Jacky Meurisse Project – Crystal Blackout (Digital Album – i-Traxx Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, new-beat, electroclash, techno-body. Background/Info: Jacky Meurisse is one of Belgium’s EBM pioneers and an artist who has been...
Subliminal Code – Soldier Of Hell Reborn (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, hardcore electronics. Background/Info: Subliminal Code is a project from Venezuela set up and driven by Raul Jose Padron....
Degenerated Sequences – Degenerated Sequences (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Behind this new formation is hiding PreEmptive Strike.01 keyboardist Yiannis Dseq. The band got introduced to Advoxya...
Bio-Mechanical Degeneration – Warbeats (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Behind Bio-Mechanical Degeneration hides Vincent Pujol (ESR) and Tommy T. Rapisardi (Diverje) plus guest musician Tcheleskov...
A7ie – Narcissick Volume II – (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: French dark-electro formation A7ie has a clear and solid strong ‘sick music for sick people’! the band...
Alien Skin – European Electronic Cinema (CD Album – Alien Skin)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, jazzy, lounge. Background/Info: George Pappas will always be linked to this world-wide 80s hit “Send Me An Angel”...
Laureate Sky – The Way Without Fear (CD Album – Laureate Sky)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Laureate Sky is a duo from Madrid driven by José Manuel and Chema Kradalien who know...
Aidan Casserly & Kriistal Ann – Muse (CD Album – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Jazzy-pop, ballad. Background/Info: “Muse” resulted from the meeting between two artists hailing from different cultures, but sharing a common...
Midnight Syndicate – Zombies!!! (CD Album – Linfaldia Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-soundtrack. Background/Info: Edward Douglas and Gavin Goszka became recognized composers in a music genre we can easily define as...
Logic & Olivia – Pink (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Logic & Olivia is a German trio active since 1999. After having released 2 albums on Danse...
Liquid Divine – Get Off My Planet (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, ambient-pop electro. Background/Info: What happened to Guido Stoye and Christian Fritzsche who seemed to have disappeared from our...
Binary Park – Nothing (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Singer Huw Jones and composers Alfred Gregl and Torben Schmidt (Infacted Recordings owner) are back on track....
Reactor7x – Illusion Of Chaos (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Advoxya Records has a nose for dark-electronic talents. They’ve signed the Polish formation Reactor7x, which was set...
