Metatron Omega – Sanctum (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Last year I discovered this Serbian solo-project driven by ‘Scorpio V’ through the debut album “Gnosis...
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Enzo Kreft – Dark Matter (Vinyl Album – Walhalla Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Eric Vandamme aka Enzo Kreft is a Belgian artist who was active during the first part...
V/A Underground Wave Volume 5 (Vinyl Album – Walhalla Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, electro-wave, experimental. Background/Info: The Belgian Walhalla Records was set up as an independent record label, which mainly wants...
Doors In The Labyrinth – The Sound Of Her Wings (CD EP – Gnarphlager Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic, psychedelic, soundtrack. Background/Info: Doors In The Labyrinth is a solo-project driven by Josh Loughrey. He gained some...
Daniel Hall – Light & Dark / The Best Of (USB Album – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Sydney (Australia) Daniel Hall is an artist who has already released several albums. This...
Daniel Hall – Hope (CD Album + DVD – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: “Hope”-album is the seventh full length from Australian artist Daniel Hall. This release is packed in a...
BeNe GeSSeRiT – Eccentric???? (CD Album – EE Tapes)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, abstract, new-wave. Background/Info: Alain Neffe and Nadine Bal better known as the Belgian duo BeNe GeSSeRiT are...
V/A Iran Experimental Underground 016 Survey (Digital Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, electro-ambient, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: Unexplained Sounds Group is a digital label and platform for mainly dark-ambient music. Next to...
Noise Unit – Agitate / In Vain (Digital Single – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Artoffact Records moves back into history. Together with the re-release of “Deceit / Struktur” we now get...
Noise Unit – Deceit / Struktur (Digital Single – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Noise Unit was set up in the late 80s by two ‘giants’ of the early EBM/dark-electro scene....
We The North – Endemic (CD EP – Space Race Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Space Race Records again seems to have found a new promising band active in the wider...
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...
Assemblage 23 – Endure (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: No doubt about it, Tom Shear and his sonic brainchild Assemblage 23 belong to the...
Scheuber – The Me I See (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop. Background/Info: Dirk Scheuber will always linked to Project Pitchfork and the one behind the keyboards. He got involved...
Rome – The Hyperion Machine (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Folk-rock, chanson, ballad. Background/Info: Jérôme Reuter has gained a serious reputation since his debut work released in 2006 on...
Randal Collier-Ford, Flowers For Bodysnatchers, Council Of Nine, God Body Disconnect – Locus Arcadia (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: We’re used to discovering Cryo Chamber releases featuring multiple bands from the roster working together on a...
Phonothek – Lost In Fog (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial-jazz. Background/Info: Phonothek is one of the latest signings on the Cryo Chamber roster. This is a male-female...
Flowers For Babysnatchers – Love Like Blood (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: After Rosenshaul, Duncan Ritchie set up Flowers For Bodysnatchers. He was immediately signed to Cryo Chamber and...
Foretaste – Space Echoes (CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: The French Foretaste duo consisting of ‘XX’ (vocals) and ‘XY’ (machines) has already released so many cool...
Controlled Bleeding – Larva Lumps & Baby Bumps (DCD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, noise, psychedelic-hardcore. Background/Info: Controlled Bleeding was set up in the late 70s. The band hailing from New York...
Def Neon – Def Neon (CD Album – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, punk-pop. Background/Info: The British duo consisting of Emily (vocals & bass guitar) and Mickey (guitar & electronics) was...
V/A AnalogueTrash Label Sampler Vol.2 (CD Album – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Based in Manchester (UK), AnalogueTrash Records is one of the few growing labels from the...
IIOIOIOII – Post Brimstone /Expanded Version (Digital EP – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: IIOIOIOII (pronounced I.O.) was set up by Christopher Gurney in 2012. After a self-released debut-album (cf. “Reflect”)...
Offerings To Odin – Ravenous (CD Album – Forced Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM. Background/Info: Offerings To Odin is a Denver based band consisting of Stephen Bailey and Joel Walker aka...
Vanguard – Never Surrender (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Vanguard is back on track with their 3rd full length album to date. Jonas Olofsson and...
Torul – Saviour Of Love (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Jan Jenko left the band in the beginning of 2016 the band successfully “reset” with their new...
Syntec feat. Blind Passenger – Catch My Fall (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, synth-pop. Background/Info: This is another surprising comeback! Syntec is a band I perfectly remember from their early work,...
Orange Sector – Im Stahlwerk (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 1992 Orange Sector received instant success during their first 90s period where they got...
The Firm Incorporated – Veritas (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up at the end of 2014 The Firm Incorporated features Jens Kästel (ex-Funker Vogt singer),...
Throbberstalk – From Nought To Nowhere (DCD Album – Monopol Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Throbberstalk is a German band that was mainly active in between 1995 and 1999. They...
Nature Of Wires & CountessM – Cyber Rendezvous (CD Album – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Formed in 1986 by Gary Watts and Andrew Stirling-Brown, Nature of Wires has been active since 1994....
Front 242 – (Filtered) Pulse – Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box (DCD / Vinyl Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: This album apparently is the final opus from the “Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box”-trilogy celebrating the 35th anniversary...
Front 242 – No Comment / Politics Of Pressure – Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box (3CD / Double Vinyl – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: If you’re a fan of ‘242’ this special “Deluxe Anniversary”-box strictly limited to 1242 copies definitely is...
