Blutengel releases new single and video ‘Afterlife’
Berlin darkwave and synthpop band Blutengel released the single and video "Afterlife" on 4 September 2026 via Out Of Line...
Purest Form releases ‘RESISTANCE’ EP with a cover of The Prodigy’s ‘Breathe’
Los Angeles punk/EBM trio Purest Form released its EP "RESISTANCE" on Dais Records on 4 September 2026, closing the six-track...
Striped Light announces debut album ‘For All This Beauty’
Striped Light, the long-running collaborative project of English musician and producer Benge (Creep Show, Wrangler, John Foxx and the Maths),...
Kontravoid announces new album ‘Sound Of The Void’, shares single ‘Without’
Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Kontravoid, the recording name of Cameron Findlay, releases his new album "Sound Of The Void" on...
Simple Minds’ ‘Sons and Fascination’ turns 45 on 4 September
Simple Minds released their fourth studio album, "Sons and Fascination," on 4 September 1981 through Virgin Records. The Scottish post-punk...
Hocico put the ‘Unseen Horror Scenes’ bonus disc on streaming platforms
Mexican electro-industrial duo Hocico released a Deluxe Edition of their album "Unseen Horror Scenes" via Out Of Line Music, making...
Espen Ixtlan on photographing Satyricon, Apoptygma Berzerk and Ministry: ‘Long-term relationships make better photos’
Norwegian photographer Espen Ixtlan has spent close to three decades photographing bands and artists, with credits including Satyricon, Apoptygma Berzerk...
Merciful Nuns close the ‘Kvltan’ saga with ‘Nebulae’
Merciful Nuns, the German gothic rock project led by Artaud Seth, announced "Nebulae", the fourth and closing chapter of their...
ARMOURS’ ‘Body’ gets a Leæther Strip remix
Stockholm trio ARMOURS have released "Body (Leæther Strip Remix)", a reworking of the title track from their debut EP "Body"...
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In The Nursery expand ‘Köda’ with a limited ‘extended edition 2026’ CD
In The Nursery, the Sheffield neo-classical duo of twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone, released "Köda " on September 4....
Abul Mogard releases live album ‘Quiet Pieces – Live at Norbergfestival’
Italian dark ambient artist Abul Mogard released the live album "Quiet Pieces - Live at Norbergfestival" on 4 September 2026...
Corchorus releases dark folk debut single ‘Words Asunder’
Portland, Oregon dark folk project Corchorus released its debut single "Words Asunder" on 2 September 2026, paired with a lyric...
Angels In Shade release synth-pop single ‘Out Of Time’
Gothenburg, Sweden synth-pop and darkwave act Angels In Shade released the single "Out Of Time" on 4 September 2026, paired...
Gary Numan’s ‘Dance’ turns 45 on 4 September
Gary Numan released his third solo studio album, "Dance," on 4 September 1981 through Beggars Banquet. The album turns 45...
C-Lekktor pairs ‘Antimateria’ and ‘C:file’ EPs on one limited CD
Mexican dark elektro act C-Lekktor combines the digital EPs "Antimateria" and "C:file" on a single collector's CD digipak, limited to...
Implant sets 15th album ‘The Kinematics Of Doubt’ for 30 October on Alfa Matrix
Belgian EBM act Implant confirms its 15th studio album "The Kinematics Of Doubt" for 30 October 2026 on Alfa Matrix,...
Llumen opens CD pre-orders for ‘Winter Eden’, out 30 October on Alfa Matrix
Belgian dark electronic project Llumen has opened CD pre-orders for its fourth album "Winter Eden", confirmed for 30 October 2026...
BrokinPaper sets ‘Function Over Form’ album for 9 September
New York producer BrokinPaper releases his album "Function Over Form" on 9 September 2026. The seven-track record includes the previously...
Felsmann + Tiley share Echonomist’s remix of ‘God Is Lonelier’, announce London and Berlin shows
German synth duo Felsmann + Tiley released Echonomist's remix of "God Is Lonelier" on 3 September 2026. The original, featuring...
Mycelium Sky release mirrored 14-track debut album ‘Hello World’ on 5 September
Thirteen of the fourteen songs are already out; the running order is the news. Mycelium Sky, the one-man dark psychedelic...
Throbbing Gristle mark 50 years with TG50 at the ICA on 18 October and a 36-show ‘TG24+’ USB box set
Fifty years to the day after Throbbing Gristle played the ICA as part of their "Prostitution" exhibition, the London gallery...
Twice a Man announce ‘Reveries Before Silence’ artbook album and share ‘Desert Snow’ visualiser
Two Twice a Man artbooks now land on the same day. The Swedish synthpop act release their new album "Reveries...
PIG release ‘Dirt Box’ EP with four new songs and remixes by Combichrist, Cyanotic, Stabbing Westward and Rabbit Junk
Three co-writers share the credits on the new PIG EP. "Dirt Box" is released on 4 September 2026 via Metropolis...
HAAi releases ‘I Wanna Feel Like Someone’ with James Massiah and adds a 10-hour New York set to her DJ dates
South London poet and DJ James Massiah supplies the voice on the new HAAi single. "I Wanna Feel Like Someone"...
TORM Ent. and L.White Records announce the 26-artist ‘Tormentum Volume II’ 2CD
Six years after the first volume, the Austrian label TORM Ent. has announced Tormentum Volume II, a 2CD compilation of...
Low Blows release ‘SOS’ as a single with a video made by singer Carlos Vergara
Carlos Vergara, singer and bassist of Barcelona post-punk trio Low Blows, made the video himself this time. "SOS" comes out...
Giuliana May debuts with ‘Who am I?’, a cinematic pop single built on Pirandello’s masks
Luigi Pirandello's idea that a person is a set of masks rather than a single self supplies the theme of...
Bagger 258 release ‘Der Technokrat’ single, their first on Scanner / Dark Dimensions
After two self-released albums, Bagger 258 have a label. "Der Technokrat", a two-track digital single, came out on August 28,...
SoftWave release ‘Wake Up (Cicero Remix)’, a single remixed by the Pet Shop Boys-produced Scottish synthpop artist
Cicero, the Scottish synthpop artist whom Pet Shop Boys signed to their Spaghetti Recordings label in the early 1990s, has...
Matrukk releases dark disco single ‘Diavoleide’ in two versions on Cat Cave Records
Sardinian dark disco and coldwave producer Matrukk released "Diavoleide" on Cat Cave Records on 28 August 2026. The digital single...
Chainreactor return to industrial techno roots on ‘Melting Point X1’ EP, ‘Permagna’ video out
Three new tracks in thirteen minutes: that is the whole of "Melting Point X1", the digital EP that Chainreactor released...
djrum mixes the next ‘DJ-Kicks’ for !K7, with four new tracks and exclusives by Skee Mask and Clark
!K7 Records has handed its next DJ-Kicks mix to djrum. "DJ-Kicks: djrum" arrives on 16 October 2026 as a signed...
Till Lindemann releases ‘Du hast kein Herz (Live In Kraków)’ as second single from the live album
Twelve days after the first live single, Till Lindemann has put out a second. "Du hast kein Herz (Live In...
BEEJAYBEE releases debut album ‘VINAVVAVE’, ten tracks of industrial texture and soul from Saigon
"I'd rather you feel something uncomfortable than nothing at all." That is how BEEJAYBEE, a producer based in Ho Chi...
Scaled Alps release debut album ‘Let the Alpine Play’ on Blue Hell
Sixteen tracks, most of them under three minutes, make up the first Scaled Alps album. The Los Angeles band released...
Hellkern Warriors release fourth single ‘Rain, Steam & Speed’
Musicians from Berlin, Pietrasanta and Ibagué make up Hellkern Warriors, and the gothic rock project's fourth single, "Rain, Steam &...
HANDS Label Night Berlin announces New Year 2027 line-up with SONAR, NULLVEKTOR, GREYHOUND and more
HANDS will return to Berlin's Urban Spree on Saturday, 2 January 2027 for another New Year edition of HANDS Label...
j:dead reaches single number ten with ‘Null’
Ten singles into a twelve-single year, j:dead turns to the overthinking brain. The UK industrial project of Jay Taylor releases...
Telex announce ‘MAXI’, a 13-track album of extended versions on Mute
Thirteen new extended versions, cut from the original tapes, make up the next Telex release. "MAXI" arrives on Mute on...
Agonised Too interview: ‘There are scratches somewhere inside’
Agonised Too's "EYE CRY" is structured around a refusal of extremes. Its artwork contains neither pure black nor pure white,...
Desperate Journalist announce sixth album ‘Gilding the Lily’ and share lead single ‘Terrible Years’
North London post-punk quartet Desperate Journalist have released "Terrible Years", the first single from their sixth studio album "Gilding the...
Fear Maintenance turn Joy Division’s ‘Shadowplay’ into an industrial-metal cover
Everything on the record was played, produced and recorded in one house. Fear Maintenance, the solo project of Burlington, Ontario...
Johannes Groth: ‘I think some of the beauty of art is that it’s open to interpretation’
Johannes Groth comes from a family where music is hardly unfamiliar territory - Apoptygma Berzerk's Stephan and Jonas Groth are...
Aaron Dilloway returns to Dais Records with ‘No Skill Comedy Mind Reading’
Nine years after "The Gag File", Aaron Dilloway has a new solo album. The American experimental musician releases "No Skill...
Trauma Party release the video for ‘Roll Up (It’s The New Truth)’
Martin Bowes of Attrition mastered it at The Cage in the UK, which is where the trail from a small...
Nyx Division release ‘By Design’ ahead of four East Coast dates
Six days before their first East Coast run, Portland post-punk quartet Nyx Division released the single "By Design" on 28...
OMD’s ‘Universal’ turns 30 on 2 September
OMD's tenth studio album, "Universal", turns 30 on 2 September. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released the record through Virgin...
Tomorrows Letters release ‘Up Against the Wall’, the first single from a debut album
Minsk-based project Tomorrows Letters released the noir synthpop single "Up Against the Wall" on 31 August 2026, the first track...
Danz CM issue the double single ‘A Violent Power’ / ‘Bontempi Pop 3’
Los Angeles synthpop producer Danz CM released the double single "A Violent Power" and "Bontempi Pop 3" on 28 August...
Prague Gothic Treffen 2026: Where the Music Still Feels Like a Meeting Place
Prague Gothic Treffen has become one of the fixed points of my year, and I think the reason has less...
Gravité Fresq release ‘Hypocrisy Loophole’, their seventh single of 2026
Seven singles into a year that started in January, the Dublin project Gravité Fresq released Hypocrisy Loophole on 28 August...
Rue Oberkampf interview: ‘If we become predictable, it’s time to stop’
Rue Oberkampf's "Wehmut" is not simply a darker or quieter variation on what the band has done before. The more...
Color Theory release the single ‘Time to Kill’ with an instrumental
Los Angeles synthpop project Color Theory released the single "Time to Kill" on 28 August 2026. The digital release pairs...
Laufeyiar Sonr release the two-track single ‘Tarnished’, twenty years after ‘Vorst’
Laufeyiar Sonr released "Tarnished" on 10 August 2026, a two-track single running five minutes and 36 seconds. It is the...
Pissoir des Dieux release their debut LP on Fabrika Records on 30 September
Sixteen months after a digital-only first single, Pissoir des Dieux put out their debut album on vinyl. The French project,...
Dragan Capor releases a Nine Inch Nails ‘Capital G’ remix built from the 2007 ‘Year Zero’ stems
Los Angeles producer Dragan Capor, who works as DC for his studio defrostMusic, released an unofficial remix of Nine Inch...
Devil-M frontman Max Meyer joins Kirlian Camera on guitar for two sold-out Chemnitz nights
Max Meyer has not picked up a stringed instrument on stage in about ten years. The singer of the German...
Ton:Fehler release debut album ‘Der Charme des Stumpfen’ on Danse Macabre
Six years after two self-released EPs, Ton:Fehler have a label. The German electronic duo released their debut album "Der Charme...
Johan Agebjörn and Yota release ‘Falling’, second single from ‘Casablanca Nights 2’
Every track on the new Johan Agebjörn album has a different singer on it. The Swedish producer, best known for...
Twin Ritual release ‘Suffocate’, their first new single since 2023
San Diego synthpop trio Twin Ritual released the single "Suffocate" on 28 August 2026. It is the band's first new...
Then Comes Silence release a behind-the-scenes film for ‘Judgement Day’
Stockholm post-punk trio Then Comes Silence have released a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of their "Judgement Day" video, filmed...
The Chameleons’ ‘Strange Times’ turns 40 on 1 September
The Chameleons, the post-punk band from Middleton, Greater Manchester, released their third studio album "Strange Times" on 1 September 1986...
Agnis releases witchpop cover of IAMX’s ‘Mile Deep Hollow’
Polish witchpop and darkwave act Agnis released a cover of "Mile Deep Hollow" on 28 August 2026. The single-track digital...
And One’s ‘Bodypop’ turns 20 on 1 September
And One released "Bodypop" on 1 September 2006 through Out Of Line in Europe, with a US edition following on...
Mondträume interview: Pikotto on ‘Mind Games’, a new voice and a return to the stage
Sixteen years in, Mondträume have a different singer, a double album and, for the first time, confirmed live dates. "Mind...
Xavier Monax gathers twelve post-punk tracks on ‘Music for the basses’
Most of these songs have been sitting on Bandcamp one at a time since 2020. Music for the basses, the...