Tag: 2015

Beborn Beton - A Worthy Compensation

Beborn Beton – A Worthy Compensation album review

It has taken Beborn Beton a long time to return with a new album, however the drawn out wait is well worth it after listening to the work that has been put into creating A Worthy Compensation. Beborn Beton’s signature sounds of melodic synthpop with a soul and edgy ballads that groove are intact. The band’s new album will be… Read more →

Jaguardini - Sleep Walker

New release: Jaguardini – Sleep Walker

Jaguardini from Harrisonburg, Virginia combine the sounds of old videogames and synthesizers with various styles of electric music to create its new album Sleep Walker. As a score to Robert Weime’s 1920 German Expressionist horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this album was written to unfold with the narrative and convey the inner psyches of the characters on-screen. With… Read more →

Astral Darkness - Surreal Dreams

Dark Electronics: Astral Darkness – Surreal Dreams

Astral Darkness has released his new electronic album Surreal Dreams as a free download and has just made public his first official video for the track “Moondance.” The work of Germán Pavelek, a DJ/Electronic music producer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Astral Darkness debuted in 2013 with Soul Revelations which reached number one in the electronic charts and made the Spanish Top 10… Read more →

Summer Breeze 2015

Out Of Line bands at Summer Breeze Open Air 2015

This year the Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany will be seeing its eighteenth installment and Out Of Line Music acts Blutengel, Combichrist and OST+FRONT will be playing this traditional festival for the first time. The trademark name for hard rocking sounds will take place from August 12th-15th on the airport of the Aeroclub Dinkelsbühl, located between Illenschwang and Sinnbronn.… Read more →

Gothic Visions V

Gothic Visions V: five new compilations released

Echozone from Cologne, Germany, has issued five new releases from its series of Gothic Visions compilations, the new albums are, Gothic Visions V – Deutsch / German, Gothic Visions V – Indie & Dark Pop, Gothic Visions V – Gothic & Dark Rock, Gothic Visions V – Electronic & Industrial, and Gothic Visions V – Dark Wave & Gothic. Founded… Read more →

Short and Crunch - Blutschwur

Harsh EBM: Short and Crunch – Blutschwur

Short and Crunch from Berlin, Germany have produced an excellent debut album – Blutschwur. With a style of music influenced by groups such as Centhron, Suicide Commando and Noisuf-X, Short and Crunch display an excellent balance of harsh EBM and musical quality in their tracks. The group of Kevin and Marco Liere started combining styles taken from industrial, EBM, synthpop,… Read more →

Fear Factory - Genexus

New Fear Factory album – Genexus out now

Fear Factory’s ninth studio album Genexus is out now worldwide via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The band recently announced a new tour supporting the new album. Fear Factory states, “We are pumped to be playing our first U.S. headline dates in support of our new album Genexus. We feel these shows will be a great blend of our new songs, along… Read more →

Hexen-Wychdoktor

Rhythmic Noise: Hexen – Wychdoktor

Hexen by Wychdoktor from Ottawa, Ontario has been released. The music of Wychdoktor explores themes of mythology, ritual, despair and isolation by experimenting with distorted drums, harsh synths and rhythmic noise. Self-released, Hexen is the third album by Wychdoktor, after 2013’s Ritual and 2014’s Totem. Hexen offers 17 gritty tracks full of texture and dark ambient noise. Hexen by Wychdoktor Read more →

//TENSE// – Disconnect Myself (Beau Wanzer Adjustment)

Mannequin Records release //TENSE// remix

German label Mannequin Records has released a remix of “Disconnect Myself” from //TENSE//. Back in 2011, Chicago’s Beau Wanzer reshaped the angry body-music of the now-defunct Houston duo //TENSE// with an 8 minute claustrophobic TR-909 workout. The track never saw the light of day on vinyl… until now. Wax-Trax era sounds fused with Wanzer’s grit. Guaranteed to pummel. To be… Read more →