Propter Hoc just announced Seduction and Betrayal. The main thread that weaves through this album is the idea of the physical, of being present and being embodied, of culture as experienced through physical objects like photographs, books, clothing, and through physical activity like dancing. We are all bodies in motion, expressive, attracted, compelled, seduced, and sometimes, betrayed. Meanwhile the digital… Read more →
Twin Tribes has announced the Darker Skies Tour for 2025 along side the Chameleons, Clan of Xymox, and Vandal Moon. More info on local lineups, pre-sale and ticket information can be found at Twin-Tribes.com. Read more →
Where Animals Play is the second General Dynamics album, arriving two years after their successful debut LP Weaponize Your Dreams. This second manifestation is the logical and brutal continuation of their distinct sound; menacing vocals splayed across an array of precision sampling, destructive percussion and finessed synth work. The duo (consisting of members QUAL + SARIN) embodies, assimilates and re-interprets… Read more →
Canadian label Artoffact Records has release their 2024 year-end sampler. Filled with 30-tracks of EBM, Industrial, New Beat, Synthpop, Darkwave, Post-Punk, and Goth from bands such as Blush Response, Front Line Assembly, Kælan Mikla, The Foreign Resort, Ultra Sunn, and Bootblacks. You can get it for free from Bandcamp and name your price. Artoffact Records 2024 Sampler by Artoffact Records Read more →
Clan Of Xymox will release a new EP entitled Blood of Christ on 6th December via Metropolis Records. The title song is also included on Exodus, the current album by the dark wave wizards released in June 2024, with the EP also including the brand new You’re The One plus six remixes of each track for a total running time… Read more →
Cold Grey Rain (CGR) has a new album called Awakening of Sorrows that will be released November 15th. Eight new introspective songs about the difficulties of living, the anxieties linked to one’s own life experience and other topical subjects in a context of human darkness. Melancholy songs that touch our soul to the core, addressing themes such as addiction “Those… Read more →
Embark on a sonic journey with Resurgence, the latest conceptual release from Brussels-based Spleen+ (a division of Alfa Matrix). This deluxe collector’s edition brings together 133 active bands from across the globe, spanning the diverse sub-genres born from post-punk’s iconic roots. Spread over an impressive 7-CD collection, this box set captures the essence of a movement that has influenced generations… Read more →
Today in anticipation of a new album, post-punk band She Past Away have released their haunting new track “İnziva” on all major platforms and also going live at 1PM EST is a new music video for the song directed by Nedda Afsari & Michael E Linn and produced by Michael R. Zumaya. İnziva by She Past Away Read more →
The eighth and latest slate of refined retro-futuristic synth-pop by Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride aka Xeno & Oaklander is named after and inspired by “the study of what not to do, a negative image of a positive, the other side, the other:” Via Negativa (in the doorway light). Recorded in the fall of 2023 at their modernist Connecticut home… Read more →
The Swedish duo releases their new single “Dead For Years” to promote their upcoming album Dead Of Night. The track carries a distinct Depeche Mode and Apoptygma Berzerk vibe, which Johan and Robert consider a compliment. Robert shares, “It’s funny how perception works. I always intended for this track to have a darkwave or even gothic sound. Then a good… Read more →
