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...
Year: 2017
Gitane Demone Quartet – Past The Sun (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Gothic. Background/Info: Gitane Demone (ex-Christian Death) is a legendary Goth artist I don’t have to introduce. “Past The Sun”...
Gender Trouble – Chokehair (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: This new project was set up by R. Loren (Pyramids, Sailors With Wax Wings, White Moth) and...
Cyborgdrive – Majestic Land (CD Album – Amuza Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Spanish musician Paco Butrón aka Cyborgdrive started composing music in the 90s. He got involved in several...
Torul cover Depeche Mode on new maxi-single ‘Monday’
“Monday” is the most recent single outtake of Torul's album “Reset”. Besides the title song “Monday” in two completely new...
OST+FRONT return with brand new max-single ‘Fiesta de sexo!’ (incl. a Miley Cyrus cover) – listen to the title track feat. Erk Aicrag from Hocico & Rabia Sorda fame
OST+FRONT are back with a brand new maxi-single, "Fiesta de Sexo!". The CD single comes in a strictly limited digipak...
3 vinyl LP reissue for 2011 Rome album ‘Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit’
In 2011 the Luxembourg based experimental neofolk and martial industrial act Rome returned with a song cycle in three volumes;...
Over and out for HIM, band splits up and announces farewell tour
Finnish goth rock act HIM is calling it quits. To end in beauty the band has announced a farewell tour,...
The Psychic Force – Welcome To ScarCity (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: The Psychic Force is one of the numerous 90s bands, which after a hiatus of more...
Golden Apes – Malvs (CD Album – AF-Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave, dark-rock, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up in the late 90s Berlin based Golden Apes progressively got some recognition...
‘Click Interview’ with Rave The Reqviem: ‘My Favorite Source Of Inspiration Is The Bible’
Rave The Reqviem has been set up by The Prophet (real name Filip Lönnqvist) in 2011. He got joined by...
Torn From Beyond – If The View Freezes (CD Album – Krater Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Torn From Beyond is a new dark-ambient project set up by Bert Lehmann who already experimented...
Click Interview’ with Amorphous: ‘Morgue Is Where My Roots Are In Electronic Music’
Does the name Gil O. Santos make ring a bell? He got involved in the Brazilian EBM formation Morgue, which...
The Negativity Bias – Whatever You Want (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-techno, psy-trance, IDM. Background/Info: The Negativity Bias is a brand-new project set up by Chris Dupont (real name Christoph...
Shock Therapy compiled on ‘1985-2008’ 2CD set including unreleased tracks
Shock Therapy were an electropunk band from Detroit, Michigan, USA. They were founded in 1982 by Gregory John McCormick, aka...
‘Face The Beat : session 4’ has hit Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.
For those who prefer using Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, Apple Music or whatever download or streaming store to enjoy music, we...
Peter Murphy launches new live album: ‘Bare-Boned And Sacred’ – out March 2017 – listen to a first song
Out in March is a brand new live album by Peter Murphy, recorded in New York during his ’Stripped’ tour...
Spherical Disrupted – Periapsis (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic electro-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: Audiophob co-owner Mirko Hentrich is involved in numerous music projects, but Spherical Disrupted definitely remains...
Kyoko Baertsoen (ex-Hooverphonic, Lunascape) debuts with solo album ‘Kyoko’ – listen to the album preview
Belgian singer Kyoko Baertsoen, who you will know from her work with Hooverphonic and as Lunascape will release her solo...
Punch ‘n’ Judy – Rum, Soda & Punch (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Folk-rock & metal, punk-rock & folk. Background/Info: Punch ‘n’ Judy is a German formation, which is already active for...
Time to submit songs for the 2nd volume of the super successful Alfa Matrix 4CD box compilation series ‘Electronic Body Matrix’
A few years ago the Belgian label Alfa Matrix released a massive 4CD set titled "Electronic Body Matrix vol. 1"...
Dageist – 40 (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Electro cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 this French duo from Lille (Northern part of France) has released...
Side-Line introduces Mystified – listen now to ‘Lick’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 48th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the excellent...
‘Click Interview’ with Llumen: ‘I Strive To Make Llumen Very Much My Own’
LLUMEN is the newest Belgian formation that joined the Alfa Matrix stable. It all started as a real band featuring...
Norwegian trio Essence Of Mind are returning to Germany this spring doing a club tour – here are the dates!
It will be the first time that Essence Of Mind will play a headline tour in Germany after playing at...
Haiku Funeral – Hallucinations (CD Album – Aesthetic Death)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, doom, metal. Background/Info: What would you expect from a band that saw the daylight on Halloween night? Nothing...
Side-Line introduces My Dear Killer – listen now to ‘Sea Of Trees’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 47th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by My Dear...
Digital Geist – ROTOR Rewired (USB Album – Digital Geist)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electronic. Background/Info: Alex Kourelis aka Digital Geist is an American artist I discovered by his “The Zero Engine”-album...
Severe Illusion has 2003 album ‘Discipline Is Reward Enough’ re-released as 2cd set
In 2003 Severe Illusion released the album "Discipline Is Reward Enough". 13 years later that album now sees a re-release,...
Justin Bennett (Skinny Puppy / Askew) and Stefano Rossello (Banter / Detune-X) return with Ketvector project incl. Nivek Ogre, Edward Ka-Spel etc.
Ketvector, created by Justin Bennett (Skinny Puppy / Askew) and Stefano Rossello (Banter / Detune-X), is back with the follow-up...
a-ha’s frontman Morten Harket will be a mentor on the popular TV show ‘The Voice’
Some fan news for the commercial TV show fans in Scandinavia. Earlier this month, a-ha frontman Morten Harket announced via...
Tunnels Of Ǡh – Surgical Fires (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-noise, experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: In a previous life Stephen Reuben Burroughs got involved in Head Of David. Today he...
Burial Hex – Throne (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Horror-electronics, death-industrial. Background/Info: Clay Ruby gained a serious reputation in the private and selected universe of ‘horror-electronics’. This prolific...