Acylum is back with all new 2CD album: ‘Zuchthaus’ – Out now
The German duo Acylum, Nadine and Pedro Engel, are back with an all new album, "Zuchthaus", which is the follow-up...
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Top 25 industrial / darkwave albums of the year 2023
Referring to the events that unfolded globally, 2023 has again been a bloody, terrible year. Music continues to be a...
Alfa Matrix unleashes new free massive download compilation – Dominates industrial Bandcamp charts overnight!
Alfa Matrix, the renowned Belgian label, commemorates its 22nd anniversary with yet another mastodont compilation on Bandcamp. The latest installment...
Out now: Brand new The Cure tribute 2CD compilation via Alfa Matrix and Spleen+ featuring 27 songs: ‘A Strange Play (Vol. 2) – Tribute to The Cure’
Nine years after the release of their first tribute to The Cure, titled "A Strange Play – Tribute to The...
Interview with Neikka RPM: ‘Neikka RPM Is Only Complete When We’re Together With You’
It is always something very special and confusing when doing an interview with artists you know a bit more personally....
ImJudas releases 2 new EPs on the post-punk label Spleen+
As we reported last month, Alfa Matrix has launched the sublabel Spleen+, which is created to accommodate more post-punk/minimal synth...
Neikka RPM – Scorpion In The Hourglass (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Electro, Industrial-Techno. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: New-York (USA) based Neikka RPM strikes back releasing their first new album in...
Top 25 albums of the year 2022
(By Stéphane Froidcoeur for Inferno Sound Diaries/Side-Line Reviews) 2022 has been once again a sad, bloody and terrible year. Living...
C-Lekktor – New World Disorder (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: After three self-released and four official albums C-Lekktor breaks the silence after a...
C-Lekktor adds new member to line-up: DJ & producer Dimitri Berzerk
C-Lekktor expands, the duo consisting of Markko and Jamie, welcome a 3rd member to their line-up: Dj/Producer Dimitri Berzerk aka...
Female fronted industrial club act Neikka RPM returns with ‘Scorpion in the Hourglass’ album in early December and goes for a much harder sound
The New York based female fronted industrial club act Neikka RPM returns with an all new album, “Scorpion In The...
C-Lekktor signs to Belgian electro label Alfa Matrix and announces brand new album for October – in pre-order now
One of the leading bands from the Mexican dark elektro scene, C-Lekktor, has landed a record deal with the Belgian...
Miseria Ultima celebrates Alfa Matrix record deal with brand new EP: ‘Witch Heart Apparition’ + video
Two weeks ago we announced that the Finnish dark electro duo had signed a record deal with the Belgian label...
Digital Factor – What? (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The last year released album “A Chemical Process” was the comeback of German EBM...
Auspex – Bloodlines (EP – Oath)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Auspex is a New York (USA) producer and DJ. He already released a few EP’s...
And the best 25 albums of 2021 are…
Over the past 12 months Inferno Sound Diaries' Stéphane Froidcoeur selected nearly 750 productions of which 600 also got a...
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The female fronted dark electro pop act Diffuzion is back with an all new single: ‘Jab # 3,1415926535... [Ain’t gonna fuck with my brain]’
"Jab # 3,1415926535... " is the title of an all new 8-track strong EP by the female fronted dark electro...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Rich Bova / Neikka RPM: ‘I Believe That The Side-Line Scene Is Not Interested In Fast Disposable Music’
Rich Bova definitely is an artist I had to interview for this ‘celebration interview’-series. He’s the operator/machinist of Neikka RPM,...
Dark techno act Matthew Creed returns with 2nd EP: ‘Hidden’
The dark techno act Matthew Creed returns with another 3-track EP, “Hidden”. The new track represents the Estonian techno subculture...
Entrzelle – Feeling Heavy These Days (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Pop, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Five years have passed since Entrzelle last album “Total Progressive Collapse”. Preparing the third...
Brand new dark techno project Matthew Creed signs to Alfa Matrix and releases first single and video ‘Love Is Just Another Stab In The Back’
Alfa Matrix has signed a brand new dark techno project, Matthew Creed. Behind Matthew Creed we find none other than...
Entrzelle return to to the industrial electropop spotlights with ‘Feeling Heavy These Days’ EP announcing their new album
The US based cinematic synth industrial project Entrzelle is back with an all new EP, "Feeling Heavy These Days". With...
Alfa Matrix releases brand new free download compilation + exclusive face masks
It has been a hectic year, also for Alfa Matrix, but luckily their bands took the time to work in...
H.O.W. – A Different Kind Of Reality (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: H.O.W. (Her Own World) is a Polish duo featuring the front man of Reactor...
Reactor7X side-project H.O.W. launches first single: ‘A Different Kind Of Reality’
Reactor7X frontman Ad-X has launched a brand new project featuring the female vocalist Yu: H.O.W. which stand for Her Own...
Alfa Matrix launches massive download compilation for free – all donations to be used to invest in new bands
Available now for free (or pay-what-you-want) via Bandcamp is the 9th volume in the "Matrix Downloaded" compilation download series by...
Reactor7x – Are You My Bitch? (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up in 2009 Polish duo ‘Ad-x’ (synths, composing, programming) and ‘Blackjack O'Hare’ (lyrics, vocals) signed to...
Synapsyche – In Praise Of Folly (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Stefano ‘Mannequinetik’ and Marco ‘Katatronik’ (vocals) better known as the Italian formation Synapsyche joined Alfa Matrix last...
Synapsyche signs to Alfa Matrix and announces 3rd album ‘In praise of folly’ – pre-orders available for CD and 2CD (ltd edition)
Italian duo Synapsyche has signed with the Belgian electronic label Alfa Matrix. And the label immediately also announced the release...
Depeche Mode synths mounted as a single instrument – Neikka RPM reports
A large crowd was gathered in front of New York's famous Metropolitan Museum of Art for last week's opening of...
Alfa Matrix launches 200 minute-plus compilation for free: ‘Matrix Downloaded 008’
With the 8th edition of their now classic free "Matrix Downloaded" label digital compilation, Belgium's Alfa Matrix label presents a...
Synapsyche – Mirror Terror (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 Italian duo Stefano ‘Mannequinetik’ (machines) and Marco ‘Katatronik’ Mantovani (vox) joined hands with Alfa...
Synapsyche joins Alfa Matrix and releases label debut single ‘Mirror Terror’ to announce 3rd album – watch the video for the title track
The electro industrial Italian band Synapsyche has joined the Belgian electro industrial label Alfa Matrix. The band's label debut is...
