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 →
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 →
Razgrom Music has two new electro-industrial releases available from Full Contact 69, the music project of Andreas Schubert from Germany. The first is Man Machine which was originally released in 2012 and was the album which drew attention to the Full Contact 69, and received the highest ratings from fans of FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY, PORTION CONTROL, NUMB, VELVET ACID CHRIST,… Read more →
From Örebro, Sweden, Astma is an old school EBM side-project of Stroma, formed in 2001. Band members Magnus Peterson, Stefan Gustafson, Robert Gustavsson have released a new album 600 Pounds of Body on Electro Aggression Records. The band has gradually developed its own brand of hard-edged old school electronics, skillfully mixing synthpop, punk and minimal EBM. 600 Pounds of Body is… Read more →
Pantser Fabriek, from The Hague, Netherlands, has their second release Stahlzeit now available on Bandcamp from Hack die Rübe the sub-label of SkullLine. There is no mystery here, Stahlzeit is just pure energetic and loud old-school EBM at its best. From the opening “Stahl-Musik,” a style and tempo is set as if forged in steel. The second track “Come Closer”… Read more →
After a 5-year hiatus, the cult 80s EBM act Serpents is on the verge of staging a remarkable comeback! State of War, on Electro Aggression Records, delivers pure raw and back to basics old school EBM with a signature Serpents touch. The 2CD also features a revised and expanded edition of the 2010 digital-only album Immer Voran! You better get ready… Read more →
Belgian electro label Alfa Matrix is re-releasing the previous albums Mutilations and Traces by German duo The Psychic Force. Michelle Christiansen and Jörg Charnowski spent the last month in the studio fully remastering their back-catalogue and are now releasing these two previous albums including bonus tracks on Bandcamp. The new cover artwork for both albums reissues was specially designed for… Read more →
Released in 1989, Disco Rigido by Die Warzau was the first album from Chicago performance artists James (Jim) Marcus and Van Christie. Formed in 1987, initially as Die Warzau Synfony, the group made the scene at a time when many other bands including Front 242, Ministry, Nitzer Ebb and Front Line Assembly were gaining momentum with ebm audiences. Die Warzau… Read more →
Infacted Recordings has released a new compilation, titled Strike One, to showcase some of the great electronic talent on the label. The collection includes tracks from Ruined Conflict, Shiv-R, Reaper, Unitary, Orange Sector, Mordacious, E-Craft, Modulate, Menschdefekt, Ien Oblique, Skyla Vertex, Frozen Plasma, Grendel, ES23, Circuito Cerrado and PreEmptive Strike 0.1. Stike One is available on Bandcamp. DIGITAL INFACTION –… Read more →
Standard of Living is the second LP by Pure Ground who are on Chondritic Sound. The band from Los Angeles has been creating minimal electronic industrial music with harmonies and discordant elements since 2012. Member G. Holger and J. Short use influences of science fiction and horror to produce a sound that presents dystopian reality and contemporary warfare by way… Read more →
