Suzi Sabotage, the dark coldwave solo artist from Helsinki, Finland, with her wintry, gloomy, synthpunk soundscape that is both danceable and ethereal has a new single out today – “Oodi Surulle” (“Ode To Sorrow”) which unconventionally entwines two worlds that aren’t mutually acquainted – neofolk and darksynth. Its lyrics embrace longing and sadness, as those are one’s most loyal companions… Read more →
Cult Argentinian darkwave act Euroshima’s Gala sees a vinyl reissue courtesy of Dark Entries. Euroshima was formed in 1986 by Fabián Iribarne, José Wyszogrod, Ricardo Parrabere, and vocalist Wanda. Originally released in 1987 on Polygram, Gala was a success throughout South America. But to the band’s dismay, they received minimal support from the record label, which meant the album would… Read more →
From Leipzig record label and concert collective Unterschall is a new cassette pressing from Bamberg, Germany’s darkwave / EBM / post-punk band Shosta — the Hölle der Vögel album from May this year features eight-tracks that deliver a blend that pulls in dark moods that evoke DAF and Boy Harsher. The Hölle der Vögel album in digital and cassette version… Read more →
Maybe life today is a bit too complicated, with everything that has happened these past few years where do you find balance? This may be exactly what Vandal Moon, the California-based post-punk duo comprised by Blake Voss and Jeremy Einsiedler were trying to figure out as they worked on their latest album — Queen of the Night a 12-track journey… Read more →
Finnish coldwave artist Suzi Sabotage released new single “I Am The Storm” and announced a special donation campaign to help the Ukrainian Red Cross Suzi Sabotage states: “I Am The Storm is a hymn to inner strength, resilience, and survival through difficult times. It’s especially dedicated to the courageous people of Ukraine. For every 2,000 streams on Spotify, $5 will be donated… Read more →
The Red Dots announce their new EP Collapse consisting of four original tracks plus a remixed version of the title-track that comes in at over 8 minutes. The Red Dots, the project of Leandro Gámez and Núria Estúñiga from Madrid, show in this new work after 5 years, their love for synthpop sounds as in “Nothing Stays” or the aspiring… Read more →
Stockholm-based post-punk / gothic rockers Then Comes Silence today release their sixth album Hunger, available everywhere for streaming, download as well as vinyl, Bonus Box and CD Digipak. As of tortured artists release introspective, doom-laden, pandemic-obsessed new material, Swedish gothic post-punk band Then Comes Silence is heroically swimming against the tide, eyes set firmly towards the light at the end… Read more →
Italian label Brucia Records will be releasing Donewiz, the debut album by post-punk/darkwave duo Grieving Sea. The project marks the first musical collaboration between Void (Feed Them Death, Pseudodoxia) and Giorgio Barroccu (Derhead), both co-founders of the record label. “Grieving Sea was created a purposely unpolished and low-fi blending of disparate genres such as post-punk, noise-rock, darkwave and romantic classicism”… Read more →
120 Volts #028 – A new Mixcloud playlist from featuring new and classic tracks by Sacred Skin, Forever Grey, Hexheart, Abu Nein, Depresion Radikal, Tears For The Dying, Xmal Deutschland, Yama Uba, Paradox Obscur, Venom Vampires, Discodrama, Autumns, Die Warzau, Phase Fatale, Terence Fixmer, and NNHMN. 120 Volts #028 Far Away – Sacred Skin Broken Home – Forever Grey The… Read more →
Transnecropolitan is now out by Plague Pits, an electronic / synthwave collective from Bern, Switzerland. The new 5-track album comes from the group that is inspired by the D.I.Y. electronic tape underground of yore. Plague Pits play disco dirges for the Anthropocene – cold wave for a heating planet. This band creates a sound inspired from an early 80s template… Read more →
