EBM/Electro-industrial pioneers are a very famous name in the genre, one of the first bands to mix sci-fi undertones, dark synth sounds and harder rhythms with influences coming from the European scene. By time, Canada gave us names like Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy and Numb, cementing a new vision that...
A few weeks ago Hans Castrup released a double album on the Geräuschmanufaktur label, a platform based in the German city of Osnabrück, where this multidisciplinary artist with a long history also resides.Castrup usually develops his abstract vision with different artistic disciplines. His music shows that there are many factors that can somehow...
CONCEPTUAL delves into his personality, his inner self and his moods, to transform all his concerns into a small soundtrack of four pieces. This observation and analysis of his own subconscious has allowed him to broaden his field of sound research. Exploring himself leads to a greater emotional understanding and at the same...
Russian experimental musician and performance artist Dagmar Gertot debuts with Os Lacrimale, a 8-track album released on Cyclic Law. Here we find a dream-like sound informed by her dream state experiences. Strident elements meet operatic vocals and sparse sounds in a highly experimental atmosphere which surely benefits from the visual element...
Beckahesten is a new Swedish project featuring Peo Bengtsson, Per Åhlund of Skare and Diskrepant and vocals from Viktoria Rolandsdotter.Their sound mix dark ambient with ritual innuendos, folklore, soothing poetry and eerie atmospheres full of evoking harmonies. The result is a crepuscular experience recalling ancient roots and atavistic emotions.Vattenhålens Dräpare is their...
The Catalan label Hedonic Reversal surprised us quite a lot last year, first with the publication of Ascend, by the Belgian Orphan Swords, and later on, the great album by Huma, one of the managers of the label, so everything that comes from this project arouses great interest, and this time...
It's been a year since the enigmatic FSS appeared with its brand new debut album published in Veyl. That MMXX_FFS was impressive for its rawness and forcefulness, for its message and for the way it was transmitted, since it knew how to channel the frustration of seeing how the human race is destroying...
Mexican project Ritualz has come a long way. The brainchild of Juan Carlos Lobo Garcia, it started in 2010 as a witch house outfit, presenting a series of limited self-released singles and EPs in the spirit of the genre. After along hiatus he has returned with Doom in 2018, an album informed by his previous...
There are many experts who say that among the many qualities of Reeko one is the sound perfection of his work, his great ability to treat every tiny detail and give it the importance and consideration it deserves. Few artists have a sound as perfect as that of Juan Rico. He has been...
Raymond Watts is one of the protagonists of 80’s and 90’s industrial music ascension, albeit often underrated when compared to other names of the scene. One of the founders of KMFDM and a collaborator of Coil, Einsturzende Neubauten, Foetus, Watts has an astonishing solo carrier too. His...
