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...
We are familiar with and excited by Philippe Gerber's facet as a producer under his alias John 3:16, a project he began almost two decades ago which culminated in a release on Industrial Complexx alongside Be The Hammer. However, parallel to his shadow production as a cult industrial music artist, he has forged a...
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,...
The Ilicitan label Espacio Interior joins forces with Catalan record company Marbre Negre to conclude Zero Null’s Mars cycle. This collaboration marks the finale of a series of releases that began taking shape three years ago with an initial conceptual work inspired by Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy, a collection of science fiction...
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...
