Perry Bamonte of The Cure dies at 65 after short illness
Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the English rock band The Cure, has died at the age of 65. The...
nøwhere drops witch house EP ‘Solve Et Coagula’
"Solve Et Coagula", the second EP by European witch house project nøwhere, is out now as a self-released digital title....
Hocico expand ‘Hey Tú!’ collaboration with Prayers into full 4-track EP
'Mexican electro-industrial duo Hocico release the 4-track EP "Hey Tú!" via Out Of Line Music, expanding their collaboration with Mexican-American...
25th anniversary for Apoptygma Berzerk’s hit ‘Kathy’s Song’: ‘I drove to Holland to make sure Ferry Corsten did the remix!’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Coverart by Halvor Bodin) It's been 25 years since Apoptygma Berzerk's hit single...
Scheitan release new album ‘Wine For a Tormented Soul, video for ‘A Kiss of Death’ out now
Swedish gothic rock band Scheitan have released their new album "Wine For a Tormented Soul" through Greek label The Circle...
Portuguese synthpop project Zukatti releases ‘Luz da Noite’ single
Portuguese synthpop act Zukatti has released the digital single "Luz da Noite", sung in Portuguese, available on major streaming platforms...
Mephisto Odyssey set Dec 31 release for ‘CRASH: Reborn’, featuring previously unheard Wayne Static vocal takes and guitars by Brad Gillis
The San Francisco-based industrial rock / electronic act Mephisto Odyssey will release “CRASH: Reborn” on December 31, 2025 as a...
Stoneburner Interview: ‘It was finally time to write the Industrial record I have been promising myself’
American artist Steven Archer has been involved in numerous musical projects, of which Ego Likeness is undoubtedly the best known....
Concrete Nocturne confront what we’ve lost in new single ‘Shallow Grave’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Out today is another single from the dark Norwegians in Concrete Nocturne, "Shallow...
Anne Clark announces ‘Edge of Silence’ tour dates 2027
English spoken-word and electronic artist Anne Clark will tour with her band under the title "Edge of Silence" in January...
Carlos Perón and Melting Rust Opera unveil industrial metal single ‘I’m a Ghost’
Swiss electronic musician Carlos Perón and German project Melting Rust Opera have released their new industrial metal single "I’m a...
Swedish EBM trio CK 37 ready debut album ‘Inget Hat’ on Audite Records
Swedish EBM / synth trio CK 37 will release their debut album "Inget Hat" via Audite Records on January 9,...
Cold Spring to reissue Coil classic ‘Backwards’ for 10th anniversary
Coil’s post-industrial album "Backwards" will be reissued by UK label Cold Spring on January 23, 2026 as a 10-year anniversary...
Erdling re-release ‘Sternenschimmer’ in an acoustic version
The German dark rock / Neue Deutsche Härte band Erdling has released "Sternenschimmer (Acoustic Version)" today, December 18, 2025, via...
Marseille industrial pop quartet 1003 announce EP ‘0.3’ out January 30, 2026
Marseille industrial pop and electro rock quartet 1003 will release the EP "0.3" on January 30, 2026 as a self-produced...
Sonic Punter release ‘Cloud Indigo’ as standalone single + video live at Kuudes Linja
Finnish post-punk trio Sonic Punter has released the single "Cloud Indigo" via Blue Bear Records. The band has also released...
Gil Gerard, who led NBC’s ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century’, dies at 82
Gil Gerard, the American actor best known for playing Captain William 'Buck' Rogers in NBC’s "Buck Rogers in the 25th...
Luci Ferrum releases ‘Post Mortem Invictus’ EP
Russian-born dark electro artist Luci Ferrum, now based in the Dominican Republic, has released the EP "Post Mortem Invictus" via...
Matt Wilier releases ‘Winter Movement’ EP on Bruit Blanc
Paris-born neoclassical/minimalist pianist Matt Wilier has announced a new four-track EP titled "Winter Movement" via the French label Bruit Blanc,...
Phil Hartnoll (Orbital) joins Psychic Dancehall festival 2026
The Psychic Dancehall festival - a UK electronic and experimental music festival set for March 21, 2026 at The Wardwick,...
PLATRONiC cover ‘But Not Tonight’ on ‘In Your Memory 2’ Depeche Mode tribute
PLATRONiCFinnish-German futurepop duo PLATRONiC appear on the Depeche Mode tribute compilation "In Your Memory 2 (A tribute to Depeche Mode)"...
Falling You release ambient/ethereal album ‘Metanoia’
San Francisco Bay Area ambient/ethereal project Falling You have released the album "Metanoia" as a self-released digital album. John Michael...
Acylum release dark electro “XX20XX” 20th anniversary album on Alfa Matrix
German dark elektro / industrial duo Acylum - a Side-Line Favourite - have released the digital album "XX20XX" via Alfa...
Cut.Rate.Box releases ‘Catastrophes? Absurdity!’ EP on Alfa Matrix with remixes from The Cassandra Complex, Negative Format, …
The Amercian electro pop / future pop act Cut.Rate.Box has released the remix EP "Catastrophes? Absurdity!" via Alfa Matrix. The...
Fermion Interview: ‘We got a lot of help from covid’
Fermion is an American duo formed by Augustine Backer and Eric Shans. I had the chance to discover them through...
Die Krupps issue politically loaded ‘Will nicht – MUSS! / On Collision Course’ single
The Düsseldorf EBM/industrial metal act Die Krupps has released the EP "Will nicht - MUSS! / On Collision Course" on...
BRYT release ‘Systemfel’ album on Bandcamp
The Swedish instrumental glitch industrial project BRYT (aka producer Roger Tell) has released the album "Systemfel" via Bandcamp. Tell describes...
AD:keY release EBM single ‘Der Böse Gott’ on Alfa Matrix
The German EBM duo AD:keY has released the digital EP "Der Böse Gott" on Alfa Matrix. The title track is...
Belgian collecting societies owe more than €600 million in unpaid royalties
A major scandal broke out in Belgium as it's revealed that the Belgian collecting societies (including Sabam, PlayRight and Reprobel)...
Cubic drops 808 Dot Pop rework album ‘Back To 808’ on Alfa Matrix
One of our favourite minimal electro acts, the Belgian electronic project Cubic of Franky Deblomme, has just released the album...
Out today: First Aid 4 Souls goes post-punk / darkwave on new album ‘Progenitrix’ featuring a string of female singers
Alfa Matrix / Spleen+ release “Progenitrix”, the new CD by the Hungarian project First Aid 4 Souls, today, December 12,...
Primal Scream reported to police over alleged antisemitic image at London Roundhouse
Primal Scream have been reported to the police after a Jewish audience member alleged that an antisemitic image combining the...
Frontal Boundary streams new ‘Failure’ album exclusively on Side-Line ahead of release tomorrow on Alfa Matrix
Alfa Matrix will release Frontal Boundary’s industrial/EBM full-length “Failure” tomorrow, December 12, 2025. But today we already offer you an...
Enduser returns with first LP in 10 years: ‘Unquiet’ – Soon out on Decay Recordings
Enduser, the long-running breakcore and experimental drum and bass project of American producer Lynn Standafer, will release the new full-length...
Staytus drops new single ‘The God, The Artist, & The Creator’
Los Angeles-based electro-industrial artist Staytus releases her new single "The God, The Artist, & The Creator" on December 12, 2025,...
The Co$t of Life releases “Destination: Unknown” EP
Here's news from a crossover project between synthpop and EDM. The Denver-area synth-pop and retrowave act The Co$t of Life...
Beauty in Chaos share “Get Down Moses” from new double A-side single
Los Angeles alternative rock collective Beauty in Chaos has released the double A-side digital single "God's Gonna Cut You Down...
Omen Code release debut album “Alpha State” on Dependent
Industrial EBM duo Omen Code have released their debut album "Alpha State" via the German label Dependent Records as a...
Ignis Absconditus announce new album ‘Transfigurations’ on Obscurus Records
Italian duo Ignis Absconditus will release their new album "Transfigurations" on 21 December via Obscurus Records, with the record available...
Mortal Realm drops politically themed single ‘ROT (And Decompose)’
Seattle industrial project Mortal Realm has released the political single "ROT (And Decompose)" via Negative Gain Productions. The track is...
Various Artists ‘Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom’ soundtrack finally issued on Cold Spring, 13 February 2026
The fine UK label Cold Spring will release the original soundtrack to Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1975 film "Salò, or The...
Portion Control join Artoffact and release ‘SEED EP3.1’
Portion Control, the long-running UK electronic and industrial group from London, have signed a new record deal with Canadian label...
Peter Murphy and Boy George release Juno Reactor remix of ‘Let The Flowers Grow’
English singer Peter Murphy and Culture Club frontman Boy George have issued a new digital single, "Let The Flowers Grow...
A Projection announce white vinyl LP reissue of ‘Section’, out 6 February 2026
Stockholm post-punk/goth band A Projection will reissue their third album "Section" as a limited edition white vinyl LP with amended...
Makes My Blood Dance sign to Metropolis Records and release new single ‘Your Little Hand In Mine’
Brooklyn electro-goth and pop-metal band Makes My Blood Dance have signed to Metropolis Records and release the new digital single...
Concrete Nocturne adds another layer of club EBM to debut track ‘Ghosts’ with the ‘Stanley Cupid Remix’ – out now!
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) As we're waiting for the new tracks from the Norwegian duo Concrete Nocturne,...
Tobias Bernstrup Interview: ‘Playing an instrument is an art’
Swedish musician and queer artist Tobias Bernstrup returned this year with his seventh album. “Shadow Dancer” has been released by Nadanna. The...
Cryogenic Echelon compiles archive material on ‘A Monument To Me’ – Out on Alfa Matrix
Australian dark electronic project Cryogenic Echelon has released the digital album "A Monument To Me"via the Belgian label Alfa Matrix....
j:dead launches year-long single series with ‘Pressure’
UK industrial-electronic act j:dead has launched the digital single "Pressure" today via Infacted Recordings as the first entry in a...
The Names release ‘Procrastination’ EP via Spleen+ including Hard Facts remix
Brussels post-punk band The Names release the digital "Procrastination" EP today, 5 December 2025, via Spleen+, the post-punk division of...
State of Anguish release new single “Unpreferred”
Norwegian synthpop / futurepop duo State of Anguish release their new single "Unpreferred" today, 5 December 2025, via Town And...
Halovox releases industrial single “First Bite”
US electronic project halovox has released the new digital single "First Bite". The track appears as the first completely new...
Björk teases new album through ‘Echolalia’ 2026 exhibition in Reykjavík
Icelandic artist Björk is preparing new music tied to a forthcoming studio album that will debut as part of the...
Jarboe announces ‘Sightings’ album and UK/EU tour with Thor Harris & Joy Von Spain
Influential experimental artist Jarboe, known for her years in Swans, will release her new album "Sightings" on 3 April 2026...
Uchylak drops experimental electronica album ‘Zimna Gmina’ in 2026
Uchylak’s "Zimna Gmina" is the new digital album from Wrocław-based producer Łukasz Bejnar, released via The Polish label Ubocze Records....
Miss Construction release new single ‘Back Again’ via Out Of Line
Berlin-based EBM / industrial-electro project Miss Construction return with the new single "Back Again" on Out Of Line Music. The...
Barry Adamson shares ‘Jane’s Day Out in Court’
English composer and former Magazine / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bassist Barry Adamson has released the new digital...
Navazo previews debut LP with dark synthwave single ‘Presa’
Madrid-based musician and filmmaker NAVAZO has released "Presa", a dark synthwave single that serves as the first preview of his...
KMFDM announce new album ‘Enemy’ on Metropolis Records
KMFDM, the Hamburg-originating industrial rock and industrial metal group, will release their new studio album "Enemy" on 6 February 2026...
Devil-M return with Greek myth album ‘Titanomachie’
German industrial metal quartet Devil-M have released their fourth album "Titanomachie" on 30 November 2025 via Danse Macabre, available in...
Advocatus Dei launch second album ‘Nein’ in December 2025
German gothic rock band Advocatus Dei will release their second album "Nein" on 19 December 2025 as an 11-track digital...
Breathing Records launches with ‘Inhale Vol. I’ industrial / dark electronic compilation
San Diego-based independent label Breathing Records marks its official launch with the 10-track compilation "Inhale Vol. I", out digitally, with...
Mercury’s Antennae drop ‘The Veil Opaque v.2’ video and digital maxi-single
Transatlantic ethereal wave / shoegaze trio Mercury’s Antennae close 2025 with a new four-track digital maxi-single, "The Veil Opaque v.2",...
Duran Duran, We Are Rewind debut “Pop Trash” cassette player and cassette
We Are Rewind and Duran Duran have unveiled the WE-001 Duran Duran Special Edition portable cassette player, with a cassette...
Lowsunday returns with ‘Low Sunday Ghost Machine – White EP’, premiers ‘Love Language’ video
Pittsburgh-based post-punk / shoegaze outfit Lowsunday has released "Low Sunday Ghost Machine - White EP" via Projekt Records, marking the...
Amulet unveil ‘Purification’ EP with remixes from Interface, Tragic Impulse, and more
The Washington, D.C.-based dark romantic electro-rock band Amulet has released the seven-track EP "Purification" through Distortion Productions. "Purification" revisits key...