The Wake – Masked (2CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic rock, Post-punk. Background/Info: This is a re-release of the original album of 1993, in a limited edition of...
The Sisters Of Mercy
Palais Ideal – Pressure Points (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave. Background/Info: Last year I discovered the German duo John Edwards (guitars, vocals, synths, programming) - Richard van...
Sisters Of Mercy guitarist Chris Catalyst leaves the band
(Picture by Chris Catalyst) Sisters Of Mercy guitarist Chris Catalyst has announced his departure from the band in a tweet...
Cubanate is back with ‘Kolossus’ EP : the first new release since 1998 + video for ‘Missing Persons’
The industrial techno-rock duo Cubanate have announced the release of their first new music in over two decades in the...
Dead Inside – Dead Inside (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Rock-gothic, gothic, death-rock. Background/Info: Dead Inside is a new formation hailing from Italy unleashing their debut work on Danse...
Junor Reactor’s Kris Kylven revamps his industrial project Ultimate Xperience with a brand new album
Kris Kylven (Junor Reactor's Drummer / Collaborator / The 69 Eyes Remixer & Ex-Killing Joke) returns with his trance /...
The Cascades – Phoenix (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Originally set up in the late 80s, The Cascades released their most significant material during the...
Whispering Sons – Image (CD Album – Smile Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: The Brussels based Whispering Sons were set up in 2013 and became one of Belgian hottest...
Still Patient? – Zeitgeist Weltschmerz (CD Album – Schwarzrock / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Three years after their last and successful album “Shape Shifters”, the German Still Patient? band is...
Atomic Neon – Remember Me (CD Album – Alice In… / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave, rock-goth. Background/Info: After having released three albums on Black Rain and one album on Holy Hour Records,...
ACTORS – It Will Come To You (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Debut full-length cd of this Vancouver (Canada) based quartet which already released their first single...
‘The Chaser’ single from The Ghostly Ravens – new exciting project from Fredrikstad
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Imagine David Lynch producing an offspring of The Jesus And Mary Chain and...
Palais Ideal – No Signal (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, rock-wave, rock-pop. Background/Info: Palais Ideal is a ‘new’ formation set up by an experienced duo. John Edwards (guitars,...
A Slice Of Life – A Slice Of Life (CD EP – A Slice Of Life)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Set up by singer Dirk Vreys (obsCURE) and guitarist Guy Wilssens (Perverted By Language) A...
Then Comes Silence – Blood (CD Album – Nuclear Blast Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark wave, post-punk, gothic rock. Background/Info: This is already the fourth album of this Swedish act, that was founded...
The Cascades – Diamonds And Rust (DCD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock, post-punk. Background/Info: German formation The Cascades saw the daylight in 1988 (!), but it took them years...
Velvet Kills – Mischievous Urges (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Velvet Kills is a Portuguese duo consisting of Susana Santos and Harris Iveson. They previously released...
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, new-wave. Background/Info: Last year The Raudive released a digital mini-album featuring 7 songs. The trio Marc Atkinson (guitar,...
Der Himmel Über Berlin – Amnesia (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: “Amnesia” is the second official album by the Italian formation Der Himmel Über Berlin. For this new...
The Shyness Of Strangers – Time (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, post-punk, new-wave. Background/Info: The Shyness Of Strangers is a solo-project set up by Vadim Kristopher who’s a Polish...
‘Click Interview’ with Gimme Shelter: ‘ I Do Not Know What Is So Funny About Being Named After A Title Of The Rolling Stones’
German duo Robert Grolms - Niko Kötzsch are active under the Gimme Shelter moniker for a couple of years now....
Bloody Dead And Sexy – Crucifixion, Please! / An Incomplete Guide To Psychedelic Deathrock (CD Album – Alice In…)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, new-wave. Background/Info: To celebrate their 20th anniversary Bloody Dead And Sexy together with their label Alice In… has...
The Sisters Of Mercy’s ‘Some Girls Wander By Mistake’ re-released as 4LP vinyl boxset – grab your copy here
The new 4 x 180-gram The Sisters Of Mercy vinyl box set "Some Girls Wander By Mistake" focuses on the band's...
Die Krupps sees vinyl reissue of ‘II: The Final Option’ including 11 bonus remixes by The Sisters Of Mercy, Paradise Lost, …
One of the most successful Die Krupps albums ever, "II : The Final Option", sees a double vinyl re-issue. This...
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...
Guillotine Dream – Lemuria (CD Mini-Album – Guillotine Dream)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, new-wave. Background/Info: Guillotine Dream is a gothic formation that was originally set up in the 80s. They released...
Dear Deer – Oh My (Vinyl Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, cold-wave, industrial. Background/Info: Dear Deer is a duo consisting of Federico Lovino (Popoï Sdioh) and Sabatel (Cheshire Cat,...
The Mission – Another Fall From Grace (CD Album – Eyes Wide Shut Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock. Background/Info: Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams (both ex-Sisters Of Mercy) set up The Mission in 1985. They rapidly...
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock & new-wave. Background/Info: I never heard of The Raudive before. The band is driven by a 3-membered combo...
Feeding Fingers – Attend (DCD Album – Sounds For Sure Records/Tephramedia)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, rock-pop, chanson, wave-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: Justin Curfman is a man of many talents. He wrote and published several...
Gregoriev – When Death Comes (CD Album – Gregoriev)
Genre/Influences: Metal-rock, gothic. Background/Info: Gregoriev is a solo-project set up by Polish multi-instrumentalist Grzegorz Morawski. He was previously involved in...
The Mission anounce 30th anniversary tour + new album
2016 sees The Mission celebrating 30 years since they first set foot on the stage at the Alice In Wonderland...
Still Patient? – Shape Shifters (CD Album – Schwarzrock/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Content: Still Patient? were one of the biggest promising bands from the German gothic scene during the...
The Sisters of Mercy postpone final 3 dates of October 2015 tour due to illness
The Sisters of Mercy have announced that they have had to postpone the final 3 dates of their October 2015...
Deplacement – Carousel (CD Album – Epictronic)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Content: Deplacement is an Italian electro-pop driven duo I recently discovered on a label compilation. The band...
Amazon continues to sell bootleg CDs from Depeche Mode, Sisters Of mercy, Front 242, …
Bootlegs are illegal across Europe and close to every online store has been avoiding to have them in their catalogue...
