Astral Possession is the alias of Alexander Panov, a Ukrainian producer who since last year has been self-releasing a series of recordings built on the foundations of industrial, power electronics, dark ambient, and noise. His work exudes a dense and unrelenting darkness, anchored in themes that orbit death, perversion, and suffering, treated not as...
Italian DJ and producer Sirio Gry J is the mastermind behind Monolith Records, and one of the most dedicated artists in the field of cyberpunk-themed electronic industrial music, be it rhythmic, techno-driven, or informed by dark ambient, drone, and noise. With a career lasting more than a decade, Sirio Gry J has never compromised...
Since 2014, Bulgarian producer Evitceles has built an extensive and consistent discography spanning multiple electronic genres, earning the trust of international labels such as Opal Tapes, Amek, Yerevan Tapes, and Seagrave. With each release, he consolidates a working method defined by discipline and an uncompromising willingness to explore new sonic territories. Ripe...
Ximo Noguera is the mind behind Industrial Complexx, both label and webzine, one half of NXT Recordings, together with Jesús Sierra, and a producer, DJ, and artist deeply involved in the world of underground industrial, electronic, and experimental music. After years of collaborations and contributions to V.A compilations for various labels, he debuts with...
Mexico's premier electronic duo Hocico (cousins Erk Aicrag and Racso Agroyam) are one of the major projects from the late 90s and early 2000s EBM scene, in their case the harsh EBM subgenre to be precise. Together with names like Combichrist, Suicide Commando, Wumpscut, and others, they survived the decline of that scene, still...
GIVE/TAKE, a label split between Los Angeles and Minneapolis, releases Group Exhibition 006, the latest installment in its artist compilation series, available completely free on Bandcamp. The album brings together twelve tracks from projects spanning multiple countries, and stands as a precise and compelling snapshot of what is happening on the margins of contemporary...
American artist Madeline Goldstein has been quite active in the world of underground synth music for several years. The former front woman of Portland's Fringe Class, she started a solo career after relocating to Los Angeles. The self-released Forget This showcased a minimal synth-pop sound with electro elements, while the single Lost In...
The mysterious musical entity Heimito Künst returns with the aptly titled Vol. 3, the third album in the discography of the project. If the previous entries, the self-titled debut and the sophomore Post Exoticism, had more of an abstract, ambient approach informed by drone music, this new installment is quite rhythmic and more structured in...
Emerging from the Scandinavian cold with a sound rooted in industrial and EBM, Tazer carries in its DNA the legacy of giants such as Rammstein — yet far from confining itself to a reverential imitation, it forges its own identity, one that proves as distinctive as it is effective. The lineup operates as a...
Some records arrive as the result of meticulous planning; others are born from the moment itself, from a chance encounter. Nostis belongs unequivocally to the second category, and it is precisely for this reason that it proves so fascinating. Behind downGate stand two essential names from the Baltic industrial and experimental scene: Oorchach, the alias...
