How the alternative scene launched two mega-projects to gather funds to help Ukraine (interview with John Fryer and Bernard Van Isacker)
Two charity releases to help Ukraine have taken the Bandcamp charts by storm in the past few weeks. There is...
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Industrial / goth metal act Suicide Queen launches 2nd single ‘She Haunts You’
Out via Cop International is the 2nd single for the industrial / goth metal act Suicide Queen: "She Haunts You"....
Beauty In Chaos release ‘Behind The Veil’ LP feat. an all-female cast of vocalists incl. Elena Alice Fossi, Betsy Martin, …
Out now is "Behind The Veil" by Beauty In Chaos, the brainchild of and curated by guitarist Michael Ciravolo, which...
Side-Line premiere: Black Needle Noise release video for T.S.O.L. cover ‘Black Magic’ feat. Anjela Piccard
Black Needle Noise have an all new video ready for you featuring Anjela Piccard on vocals. The track is called...
Stabbing Westward back with ‘Ghost’ single
Out now is the newest Stabbing Westward single "Ghost". Included on the single is also the reimagined version of "Why"...
Black Needle Noise album ‘These Mortal Covers’ covers Depeche Mode, R.E.M., Deezer, T.S.O.L. and more
Out now is the Black Needle Noise album "These Mortal Covers" which holds a collection of cover version made the...
Cold wave trio Johnny Tupolev launch ‘Desperate’ video and EP
Out via the Oakland-based label COP International Records is Johnny Tupolev’s first proper release "Desperate - The Ep". For this...
Stabbing Westward announces first new album in 20 years: ‘Chasing Ghosts’ – Check ‘I Am Nothing’ single
To be released March 18, 2022 via COP International Records is Stabbing Westward's first new album, in 20 years: "Chasing...
Vaselyne (Yvette Winkler and Frank Weyzig formerly of Clan Of Xymox) join COP International, first single ‘Waiting to Exhale’ out now
COP International has announced the signing of the Dutch band Vaselyne. The duo came recommended by John Fryer who had...
GW Childs IV and John Fryer debut with ‘Tarrant County’ video
What happens when you mix a Star Wars composer with hybrid country music, and an English producer plus a banjo...
A Cloud Of Ravens release remix EP feat. remixes by Clan of Xymox, Actors, Chris Vrenna, John Fryer, …
Today, the Brooklyn-based gothic rock duo A Cloud of Ravens have released "Another Kind of Midnight: The Remixes", I an...
John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise announces new single ‘Machine’ featuring vocalist Attasalina & violinist Meredith Yayanos
(Courtesy Attasalina) Black Needle Noise’s first release on COP International Records is a fact. Out now is a new single...
COP International Records announces signing of Stoneburner (aka Steven Archer from Ego Likeness) + new album to be produced by John Fryer
(Photo by Steven Archer) Coming up later this year on COP International Records is the Stoneburner album "Apex Predator" which...
Chiasm and John Fryer to release debut album ‘Missed The Noise’ on March 5 – new single ‘Intertwined’ out now
Out via COP International on March 5 is the Chiasm & John Fryer debut album "Missed The Noise" for which...
Legendary producer John Fryer returns with new single from his project Black Needle Noise – full album in the making
Producer John Fryer (known for his work with Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Cocteau Twins, Fad Gadget, and many others)...
Black Needle Noise spread new single ‘She Talks to Angels’ (feat. John Fryer and Anjela Piccard)
(Photo by Candice Ghai) Out via Cleopatra Records is the newest single by Black Needle Noise featuring legendary producer John...
Industrial-electronic project Chiasm releases ‘Away EP’ featuring John Fryer through COP International label
(Photo courtesy of Chiasm) Chiasm has announced a brand new EP: "Away". Released via the COP International label it's a...
Living With Eating Disorders to re-release back catalogue EP’s – first 3 are available now
Andrea Kerr and Jared Hawkes, the duo behind the UK outfit Living With Eating Disorders (aka LWED) are in the...
PIG vocalist Raymond Watts featured on new single Black Needle Noise – listen here
Black Needle Noise, featuring legendary producer John Fryer (Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, This Mortal Coil), has teamed up with PIG...
Exclusive Side-Line premiere of new Black Needle Noise video ‘I Am God’ feat. Marselle Hodges
(Photo's by Brian Hodges) "I Am God" is the title of the newest Black Needle Noise (project by John Fryer)...
Black Needle Noise release new video feat. Yvette Winkler for the track ‘Gone’
Black Needle Noise, the exiting project by John Fryer, has a brand new video out for the track "Gone". The...
Brand new video and track for John Fryer’s project Black Needle Noise: ‘That Which Watches’ – watch it now
John Fryer's project Black Needle Noise has a new song/video up for "That Which Watches". The song features the vocals...
Exclusive: John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise project releases ‘SyStem Bi’ with Senegal’s Fakeba + video by Gina Czarnecki available now as well
(Photo by Vincent Bloch) Good news from John Fryer! Black Needle Noise Records, in association with No Devotion Records, presents...
Black Needle Noise joins up with Tara Busch for ‘Under My Skin’ single
John Fryer has started a brand new series of download single for an upcoming album. The first new track, "Under...
Black Needle Noise joins up with Sivert Høyem for brand new track ‘Breathless Speechless’ – available now as a name-your-price single track
John Fryer is apparently really enjoying the one-track-at-the-time release schedule he has imposed on his shoegaze wave project Black Needle...
Bill Leeb (Front Line Assembly, Delerium) unites with John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise project for ‘A Shiver Of Want’ single
Black Needle Noise, the project by John Fryer, is steadily building quite a nice tracklist for the complete album. This...
Japanese noise legend Merzbow mutilates Mortiis on latest single
The latest single from Mortiis’ "The Great Corrupter" album comes courtesy of the Japanese dark ambient-noise artist Merzbow, who twists...
SPECTRA*paris to release 3rd album ‘Retromachine Betty’ end of May – pre-orders available now
SPECTRA*paris, the project of Elena Alice Fossi, lead singer of Italian outfit Kirlian Camera, is back with a 3rd album,...
Mortiis releases remix album and announces UK tour
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Band photo by Sebastian Ludvigsen) As a followup to last year’s long-awaited 'The...
Delcious brand new download for John Fryer powered project Black Needle Noise with Jennie Vee – listen here
Out now is "Heaven" a brand new track for the John Fryer powered Black Needle Noise project, this time with...
Caroline Crawley (This Mortal Coil) has passed away, another great talent gone this year
"It is with deep sadness and sorrow that my dearest oldest mate in life and music passed away today after...
Black Needle Noise returns with ‘Warning Sign’ track featuring Kendra Frost
"Warning Sign" is a brand new track by the John Fryer powered project Black Needle Noise with Kendra Frost on...
John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise project launches new track ‘Treasured Lies’ and video for ‘I Face The Wall’
Producer John Fryer returns with yet another downloable track with his Black Needle Noise project. The track, "Treasured Lies", is...
