Omen Code announce debut album “Alpha State” on Dependent, share first single “Brutal + Pure”
Omen Code (Photo by Alina Molidan)
Omen Code, the London-based industrial EBM duo, announce their debut album “Alpha State,” set for release on December 5, 2025 via Dependent Records. The first single, “Brutal + Pure”, is out now.
“This is probably my favourite track on ‘Alpha State’,” composer Kevin Gould says. “I like the structure and the meaty mid-tempo pace. In this track many of my favourite elements come together. The chorus impacts as a solid wall of sound and Agi’s final verse sounds desperate… almost like he is pleading.”
The upcoming album will also be available as a digital deluxe (adds eight extended versions as the bonus set “Beta State”); and as an artbook 2-CD (48-page 7” hardcover, includes download code and the exclusive “Beta State” disc).
About Omen Code
Omen Code is an industrial EBM duo from London, UK, comprising Kevin Gould (engineering, programming, track construction, lyrics) and Agi Taralas (vocals, lyrics). The project publicly surfaced in 2025 with the single “Brutal + Pure” ahead of debut album “Alpha State.”
Gould previously co-founded Electro Assassin, releasing three albums – “Jamming the Voice of the Universe” (1992), “Bioculture” (1993) and “The Divine Invasion” (1995). Before that, he was a member of Johnson Engineering Co., known for the 1988 album “Unleash”.
Taralas recorded as one half of Our Banshee, which issued the album “4200” in 2017. Read the review of ‘Alpha:State’.
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