Sentient Ruin strengthens its alliance with prophets of sonic nihilism, Hold Me Down, reaffirming their collaboration with the arrival of Devour, the Virginian band's sophomore album. This work marks a crucial advance in their descent into the depths of synthetic abandonment, transcending a mere collection of tracks to stand as an artifact...
The European electronic scene celebrates an exceptional collaboration as Stefan Netschio, iconic voice of synth-pop pioneers Beborn Beton, joins forces with the enigmatic collective A State of Flux to reinterpret Dislocation, a classic by Ultravox originally featured on their seminal 1978 album Systems of Romance (co-produced by the visionary Conny Plank)....
The Texan industrial/noise/hardcore duo Street Sects have never been just another project aping the sound of established acts, or confirming to commercial logics. Leo Ashline and Shaun Ringsmuth have been crafting over the years a personal sonic and aesthetic universe in which American hardboiled and noir meet existential dread, depression, histories of crime, addiction,...
Suicide Commando, aka Johan Van Roy, is a solo project that today is synonymous with harsh EBM. After almost 4 decades of activity, the Belgian outfit still is very active and loyal to its core sound and aesthetics. At the beginning, Van Roy's sound was heavily influenced by minimal and abrasive acts like Klinik, as...
The Berlin-based label De Blauwe Aanslag dedicates its latest release to one of the pioneers of Viennese Actionism. Rocamadour is a sonic rebellion against modern sterility, a brutal return to flesh, blood, and ritual. Inspired by Hermann Nitsch’s legacy, this album brings together eleven tracks from various artists, blending avant-garde genres like noise, industrial, and...
Cold Spring is set to relaunch a genuine cult artefact, the complete soundtrack of Decoder, the visionary 1984 German film that fused industrial noise with cyberpunk dystopia. Three decades after its creation, the music accompanying this seminal work will finally see an independent CD release, offering a new generation the chance to experience its...
We are fortunate to have witnessed the meteoric rise of Years of Denial, a duo that has masterfully transformed their artistic vision into a visceral experience. Onstage, they radiate pure magnetism: Barkosina exudes a dark, enveloping charisma, while Jerome channels an electric energy that instantly electrifies the crowd. Together, they forge an onstage chemistry...
According to the permission of the Koran, the Khan could have four legitimate wives. In ancient times, such a measure was a precaution taken against the development of prostitution and a means to keep men at the family hearth, which led to an increase in the Islamic population. The Quran states that every partner can...
Vrna and Ens Imperfectissimum are two important names in Italian ritual/dark ambient underground. The first is the brainchild of Gianluca Martucci, involved in Il Prato Dei Desideri and Sagenhaft too, the second is the project of an anonymous member of Occult Odyssey. Their sound is ominous, evocative and highly informed by occult practices...
Hiiro Issiki (a.k.a. Jigga) crafts music that transcends mere auditory perception to become a fully immersive sensory experience. His sound, a fusion of introspective ambient, industrial techno, and cinematic textures, acts as a distorting mirror of contemporary human existence, capturing both the vertigo of modern hyperstimulation and those rare moments of transcendent stillness. In Tannins,...
