Under the alias SR60, Italian experimental artist Giuseppe Mascia crafts dark, hypnotic, and transcendental soundscapes. Mascia works with a minimalist synthetic palette, where every element, from industrial pulses, layered textures, and fractured rhythms, carries its own weight. His compositions are exercises in controlled tension, with noisy structures colliding against static backdrops to create a...
Rhys Fulber, a key figure in the industrial and electronic scene for his work with Front Line Assembly and Delerium, presents his new solo album, Memory Impulse Autonomy, under Artoffact Records. This work bridges his roots in the dark sound of the '80s (inspired by Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, and his fellow Skinny Puppy collaborators)...
Once I Died began as a solo project by Gianluca Rimei, an Italian musician and producer formerly part of the techno-industrial duo Calle Quevedo. The project’s debut album was released in 2022 on the Valencian label Industrial Complexx. Over time, Once I died evolved into a duo with the addition of vocalist Valerio Pascucci, leading...
Hailing from the depths of experimental and weird extreme metal, Hardware were a quite unique Mexican band. With only some demos and one EP, they left their mark on the early 90's underground scene, showcasing a sound made of chaotic and violent death metal with grind leanings, psychedelic vibes, orchestrations, and proto-industrial soundscapes. One has...
Estado de Bienestar is the new incarnation of Nico Cabañas' personal and artistic evolution. After years of sonic exploration as co-founder of the influential label Oráculo Records and the Ombra festival, Nico closes a chapter with Synths Versus Me and Almax und Forte to embark on a new phase. This rebirth is no...
It’s always exciting when a new project emerges from somewhere on the planet, founded with clear intent, exuding consistency and conviction from the very start. Sector 12 is an independent label based in Western Australia, and its debut release is nothing short of sublime: a meticulously crafted album that fuses techno, industrial, and EBM into...
Evitceles, a pivotal figure in Bulgaria's experimental electronic scene since 2014, has evolved from ambient and fog-drenched techno roots toward a harsher, more confrontational sound. Their catalog graces legendary imprints like Opal Tapes, Strange Therapy, Yerevan Tapes, and AMEK Collective, while their live presence has electrified venues and festivals across...
It's no mystery: between Al Jourgensen and his early output as Ministry there is no love lost. The eccentric artist even went so far, he conceived a not very believable story about having been forced by Arista Records to release the new wave/dark synth-pop debut album With Sympathy (known in Europe as Work For...
Industrial black metal is a very late 90’s concept, born out of the expansion and “commercial” success of a genre that, on paper, was conceived as the most conservative and underground expression of extreme metal, but instead quickly became the most experimental one, and even quite popular (both for the music, the lore linked to...
Jeremy Moore’s solo project, the mastermind behind experimental label Saccharine Underground, reaches its most abrasive and conceptual form with CoreCore Pulp, an album that functions as an inverted time capsule. It delivers sonic messages from a future where technology, digital obsession, and moral decay have collapsed into a nightmare of noise and dissonance. El proyecto...
