Vlimmer releases new single ‘Atemdauer’
Berlin darkwave act Vlimmer has released the new single "Atemdauer", backed with a German-language electronic interpretation of The Shins' "Caring...
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Project Pitchfork mark 35 years with ’35 Years in the Heart of Darkness’ tour
Project Pitchfork will celebrate 35 years as a band with the "35 Years in the Heart of Darkness" anniversary tour,...
Lowsunday share video for ‘You’re So Wired’ from ‘Black EP’
Pittsburgh darkwave and post-punk duo Lowsunday has shared an official video for "You're So Wired", the opening track on their...
The Autumn Aurora share video for new single ‘False Idols’
The Autumn Aurora have released "False Idols", the Italian post-punk and darkwave band's new single, out now on all major...
Sierra Veins announces international tour for 2026/2027
French darkwave/EBM artist Sierra Veins will kick off an extensive international tour on August 11, 2026, bringing her mix of...
Witch Of The Vale join Melanie on ‘All The Pretty Little Horses’
Scottish ethereal/darkwave duo Witch Of The Vale have joined veteran folk singer Melanie (Melanie Safka) on a new version of...
AI in the dark music scene: A survey of 821 scene professionals
(Image via Pexels) We announced it a while back, but we are finally ready with the results from our survey...
Brittany Bindrim announces ‘Bellow’ single on Black Dove Music
Darkwave artist Brittany Bindrim will release "Bellow", a new single, on 21 July 2026 through her own Black Dove Music...
Ghost Reflections announce their debut EP
Italian dark duo Ghost Reflections have announced their debut EP, blending gothic rock, post-punk, darkwave and cinematic soundscapes. The band...
TéMèT announces new single ‘Discord’
TéMèT, a synth pop and darkwave duo from Strasbourg, France, will release the single "Discord" on 21 August 2026. The...
Limited editions are the future of physical music
(Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash) Streaming did not kill physical music - that is an urban myth - but...
How blockchain technology is reshaping limited-edition vinyl drops for industrial and EBM labels
Limited vinyl runs have always carried a certain mystique in the industrial and EBM underground. A numbered pressing of 300...
Jess Lamb and Warren Harrison release mantra-driven dance album ‘I am.’
The Jess Lamb "I am." album turns affirmations into dance music: the American vocalist has released a twelve-track set, with...
Sydney Valette announces Artoffact debut album ‘I Fucking Love You’
The Sydney Valette "I Fucking Love You" album lands on 2 October 2026 as the Paris darkwave artist’s debut for...
Blutengel release full ‘Schwarzer Engel’ EP and CD via Out Of Line
Six weeks after the original single, German darkwave and synthpop act Blutengel released the complete "Schwarzer Engel" EP on 17...
Echoberyl’s ‘Mother Solitude and Other Dark Tales’ gets first vinyl edition
Five years after its digital release, the Echoberyl album "Mother Solitude and Other Dark Tales" arrives on vinyl for the...
Gravité Fresq release new single ‘Future Is On Fire’
Dublin-based electronic act Gravité Fresq released the new single "Future Is On Fire", out now on streaming platforms. The project...
SIIE releases ‘Indigo’ single ahead of 2026 tour with Nitzer Ebb
Swiss-German duo SIIE released the single "Indigo" via German label Cold Transmission Music on 17 July 2026. The coldwave and...
Side-Line releases ‘The Odin Files’ and ‘The Freya Files’ Ukraine charity compilations
Side-Line has releasedthe free charity compilations "The Odin Files" and "The Freya Files" on Bandcamp. "The Odin Files"' holds 55...
Vox Umbra release two-song maxi-single ‘Afterglow’ / ‘The Train’
Darkwave duo Vox Umbra released "Afterglow," a two-song maxi-single paired with "The Train," on June 5, 2026 as a digital...
CattaC releases ‘Close Your Eyes’ single via darkTunes
German dark-electro-wave duo CattaC released the single "Close Your Eyes" on 17 July 2026 through darkTunes Music Group. The track...
IAMIMPERFECT release five-track EP ‘Ghosts’
Sheffield, UK dark electronic duo IAMIMPERFECT released the five-track EP "Ghosts" on May 1, 2026, through Bandcamp. The EP is...
Post Analog Disorder announce ‘Burning The Edges’ vinyl LP
Oráculo Records has opened preorders for "Burning The Edges", the new 12" vinyl release from Hungarian duo Post Analog Disorder....
IP307 preorders new ‘IP307.1’ 12-inch EP via Oráculo Records
IP307, the project of Israel Padilla, has opened preorders for a new 12" EP titled "IP307.1", set for release through...
Estado De Bienestar opens preorders for ‘Capítulo IV: La Fiesta Seria y Nuevas Formas de Tecnaco’
Estado De Bienestar has opened preorders for "Capítulo IV: La Fiesta Seria y Nuevas Formas de Tecnaco", the fourth chapter...
Unter Strøm announce new single ‘Fragment’ on Breathing Records
Unter Strøm, the electronic duo of Alex Gonzales (Matte Blvck) and John Kunkel (The New Division, John Grand), will release...
Independent labels explore new revenue streams as streaming royalties fall short
Darkwave, industrial, and post-punk labels have never relied on radio play to survive. But the streaming era has introduced a...
Dark Alternative Nightlife Culture Increasingly Extends Beyond The Dance Floor
Dark alternative nightlife in Australia has quietly expanded past the club floor. Industrial, EBM and darkwave scenes are no longer...
Buzz Kull and Kontravoid announce 2026 North American tour
Australian dark electro act Buzz Kull and Los Angeles-based project Kontravoid will co-headline a North American tour running from 10...
Death By Love releases ‘In Unity’ remixes as a Wieloryb tribute
Death By Love released "In Unity (WIELORYB Remix and Tribute)" on 14 July 2026, a two-track single on Distortion Productions...
Dark Line Spectrum releases ‘Born To Wait’ single
Dark Line Spectrum, the Bordeaux-based dark industrial electro project of Jean-Philippe Torres, known as Drone, has brought its single "Born...
Tiffadelic releases dark synthwave single ‘There She Go’
Tiffadelic "There She Go" is the new single from Tiffadelic, a darkwave and dark synthwave artist from Detroit, released on...
Tranxhaine releases debut album ‘Anamnèse’ on Bandcamp
Tranxhaine "Anamnèse" is the debut album from Tranxhaine, a French darkwave, gothic rock and post-punk project, self-released on July 10,...
IKON releases ‘The Witness Tree’ single ahead of ‘Collective Illusion’ compilation
IKON, the Melbourne darkwave, post-punk and gothic rock band, released the single "The Witness Tree" on 4 July 2026. The...
CallSubLoop() release debut EP ‘Flesh & Resonance’
CallSubLoop() "Flesh & Resonance" is the debut EP from the coldwave and darkwave project CallSubLoop(), self-released on Bandcamp on July...
Antipole & Pedro Code – Future Echoes (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
After releasing several albums on labels such as Unknown Pleasures Records, Young & Cold Records, and Manic Depression Records, Karl...
Wie Ein Gott Records gathers 14 acts on industrial compilation ‘Made By Humans’
Wie Ein Gott Records has released "Made By Humans", a 14-track compilation of industrial, EBM and darkwave, on 10 July...
Swedish synthpop duo CRED release new single ‘Free Soul’
CRED, the Swedish synthpop duo, released the single "Free Soul" on 10 July 2026 through the Danish label Town And...
Undertheskin releases ‘Exit | Wounds’ video from ‘Never | Return’
Undertheskin has released a video for "Exit | Wounds", a track from the Polish darkwave project's third album "Never |...
Out Of Line launches KiT Album collection for 30th anniversary
Berlin label Out Of Line Music has reissued eight catalogue albums as KiT Albums, a hybrid physical-digital format. The Out...
How are electronic acts pushing crypto into underground culture
Cryptocurrency has moved well past novelty status in underground electronic music. What began as a libertarian-adjacent experiment among early adopters...
Rue Oberkampf release ‘The Singles 2018-2026’ on Young and Cold Records
Munich darkwave and minimal-EBM act Rue Oberkampf collect eight single-era tracks on "The Singles 2018-2026", a retrospective issued on 9...
Résonance Magnétique release ‘atomic mass unit’ on Neris Records
Résonance Magnétique, the rhythmic industrial, noise and dark ambient project of French musician Ludovic Dhenry, has released "atomic mass unit",...
Les Hérauts de l’Ombre unite three projects on debut ‘Compilation’
Les Hérauts de l'Ombre, a dark-electronic collective based in Verviers, Belgium, released their debut "Compilation" on 21 June 2026 through...
Larva announce UK and Spain tour dates for autumn 2026
Spanish electro-industrial act Larva have announced UK and Spanish live dates for autumn 2026, and the Larva tour dates pair...
Kill Instinct release ‘Control (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)’ on Freak Power – Out now
Kill Instinct have released "Control (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)" today, July 3, 2026 through their own label, Freak Power. The track...
Why CDs Still Matter In The Electro And Industrial Music Scene
Image source For decades, electro, industrial, EBM, synthpop, and post-punk have existed just outside the musical mainstream, thriving thanks to...
Miranda Cartel interview: ‘Amethyst’, crystals and a decade’s return
Miranda Cartel is the electronic project of Polish artist Emmanuella Robak, who released the 14-track album "Amethyst" on 21 March...
First Aid 4 Souls release 25-track album ‘Totems In A Field Of Pain’
Hungarian electro-industrial act First Aid 4 Souls have released the 25-track album "Totems In A Field Of Pain", issued digitally...
Lone Assembly sign to Metropolis Records for ‘Knots & Chains’ CD and vinyl
Swiss post-punk and darkwave band Lone Assembly have signed to Metropolis Records, which will release CD and vinyl editions of...
GIO shares double A-side ‘I Am Crying / Holy War’ ahead of ‘Sanctified Hunger’
GIO, the gothic rock project of Georgia-based singer-songwriter Blake Carpenter, released the double A-side single "I Am Crying / Holy...
Chiron return with ‘A Dark Beauty’, out 17 July on Dark Vinyl Records
Melbourne darkwave act Chiron release their new album "A Dark Beauty" on 17 July 2026 through Germany's Dark Vinyl Records....
IAMX announce the 2026 ‘Recollections Tour’ across Europe
IAMX, the solo project of Chris Corner, have announced the Recollections Tour, a European run that mixes darkwave, synthpop and...
Diary of Dreams as an electronic duet: back to the roots, or the new reality?
Diary of Dreams have announced a new live format. Adrian Hates and Felix Wunderer will appear on selected international stages...
‘We Are The Beautiful’ 4CD box charts two decades of shoegaze
Cherry Red Records collects two decades of shoegaze on "We Are The Beautiful", a 4CD box set of 67 tracks...
Die In Eclipse, the new project of Darkrad’s Jana Komaritsa, releases debut EP ‘Sexwave’
Die In Eclipse, the new EBM and darkwave project of Darkrad's Jana Komaritsa, has released its debut EP "Sexwave," pairing...
Vampire Valentine set second single ‘Cutting Ties’ for July 10 on Morella Records
Vampire Valentine, the darkwave band from Newcastle upon Tyne, will release their second single "Cutting Ties" on July 10, 2026...
I Ya Toyah releases industrial-rock single and video ‘Apology’ on Femme Fatale Records
I Ya Toyah, the Chicago industrial artist, released the single "Apology" on June 26, 2026 through her own Femme Fatale...
Sam Rosenthal releases solo ambient album ‘The Width of Shadows’ on Projekt
Sam Rosenthal, founder of Projekt Records and the band Black Tape For A Blue Girl, has released "The Width of...
LAHO releases seven-track album ‘Death Machines’ with a Depeche Mode cover
LAHO, the Finnish dark electronic project of Konsta Vehkala, released the seven-track album "Death Machines" on June 26, 2026. The...
Vampire Valentine ready self-titled album for August on Morella Records, led by ‘In The Dark’
Vampire Valentine, the darkwave band from Newcastle upon Tyne, will release their self-titled album through Morella Records in August 2026....
Nachtmahr release new industrial album ‘Imperivm’ on Trisol Music Group
Nachtmahr "Imperivm" is the new studio album from the Austrian industrial and EBM project Nachtmahr, released on June 26, 2026...
The Autumn Aurora release debut single ‘Plastic Altar’ on Volcano Records
The Autumn Aurora "Plastic Altar" is the debut single from the Italian post-punk and darkwave band The Autumn Aurora, released...
The Memory Of Snow release fourth album ‘Inside’ on Meridian Noir Records
The Memory Of Snow "Inside" is the new album from the French project The Memory Of Snow, released on June...
Thalie Némésis releases album ‘Dé(s)figurations’ on Meridian Noir
Thalie Némésis, the French darkwave project of the musician Nathalie, released the album "Dé(s)figurations" on May 22, 2026 through Meridian...
Tiffadelic premieres music video for single ‘Blood Bath’
Tiffadelic, a darkwave and post-punk artist from Detroit, has released the worldwide video premiere for her single "Blood Bath" on...
