Trepaneringsritualen is the brainchild of Swedish artist Thomas Martin Ekelund, a ritual-industrial project informed by death industrial, dark ambient, power electronics. Active since 2008, the outfit has quite a vast discography, which includes many albums, EPs, singles, compilations, and even collaborations with household name Mz.412, and experimental black metal/industrial bands like Deathstench and Sutekh...
It's been quite a while since the last official Nine Inch Nails works, the free digital twin albums Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locust, were released as a gift during the Coronavirus lockdown. Not that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who have been in the official NIN lineup for more than ten years,...
From the quiet heart of Omaha, Nebraska emerges a sound anything but quiet. Dupliqet is a two-person Industrial Pop act forging sounds at the intersection of humanity and machine. Their songs pulse with metallic rhythms, fractured synths, and haunting hooks, while exploring a world in-which technology eclipses its creators, and mankind willingly surrenders. Drawing from the...
Founded as a solo project in January 2014 by multi-instrumentalist Massimo Usai in Sardinia, Italy, Confrontational boasts a catalog of seven albums and several EPs, most of which are self-released. His working methodology, which frequently incorporates various collaborators, allows him to constantly explore new nuances within darkwave and other related influences. For its latest release,...
Blood Handsome, the project of Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist Gerren Reach, returns after three years with his boldest and most dance-oriented work to date. Nostalgia Hold represents a significant evolution in the Blood Handsome sound. While retaining the brooding essence of the 80s darkwave and post-punk that characterizes it, the album introduces a richer,...
The Sheer Action of Fini Tribe stands as an essential and deeply personal monument to one of the most vibrant bands of the Scottish post-punk scene. This colossal anthology, meticulously curated and designed by the band members themselves, functions as a time capsule capturing their most productive years, from 1982 to 1987. The compilation is a...
Within the landscape of extreme music, projects often emerge that promise darkness, but few manage to encapsulate a genuine sense of decay and existential anxiety. Eugène, the debut album from Farnakht, the solo project of gender-fluid artist Masha Von Farnakh, achieves this with an artistic force and a DIY vision that make it a compelling...
Die Krupps is a foundational band in the history of industrial and electronic music, with origins tracing back to the early 1980s German punk scene. Founded in Düsseldorf in October 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka, who were previously members of Male (considered Germany's first punk band), the group has undergone a remarkable...
Music has always been valued for its ability to convey genuine human emotions such as sorrow, joy, or love. The question is whether an algorithm can truly feel what it creates. The debate over whether art requires an author's consciousness and lived experience may be called into question, yet in some cases, the result is...
Based in Vancouver, Bill Leeb is the creative mastermind behind various projects, though he is best remembered for two fundamental pillars of his legacy: the electro-industrial force of Front Line Assembly and the ethereal ambient-pop atmospheres of Delerium. His career, which spans nearly four decades, began early on as a member of...
