Die Krupps and Front Line Assembly will tour Europe in 2018 together! “The Machinists United” tour starts in London on 19 August. Tour dates: 19 AUG 2018 ISLINGTON ACADEMY O2** – LONDON (UK) 20 AUG 2018 LA MACHINE** – PARIS (FR) 21 AUG 2018 DE HELLING** – UTRECHT (NL) 22 AUG 2018 KULTURFABRIK** – KREFELD (DE) 24 AUG 2018 TRUCK STOP** – GOTHENBURG (SE) 25 AUG 2018 KLUBBEN** – STOCKHOLM (SE) 29 AUG 2018…

  Heaerts Combine, an international compilation of 25 EBM/industrial bands, was released on 22 March through LÆBEL. The goal of the release is to raise money for living and medical expenses  for industrial/EBM legend Claus Larsen (Leaether Strip, Klutae, Am Tierpark, Mirland/Larsen, the Stricken) and his husband Kurt Grünewald Hansen, who is unfortunately very sick, which makes it difficult for the couple to earn their living through touring. Based on an original idea by Jonathan…

  South Florida based post-punk act Astari Nite released their latest single and video “Sunday Queen” on 23 March. The single is the first track off their upcoming album Midnight Conversations, to be released on Cleopatra Records in July 2018. Mychael’s thoughts on the single: “In Sunday Queen, a tragic obsession occurs between magic and love. I feel as the days continue to go by I am finding myself to be more and more infatuated…

  Conzoom Records announce the last electropop. CD series. The 12th compilation consists of 13 electropop tracks from various artists. It will be released on April 13th, 2018 in 100 copies. If you like to support coonzoom Records electropop. release you can get your copy here: http://conzoomrecords.com/index.php/en/store/product/view/1/29 Tracks: 01. Deutsche Bank – (Don’t Stop) Autopop (Extended Version), 02. Elegant Machinery – Wheels In Motion (Parralox Remix), 03. Empathy Test – Bare My Soul (Mr.Kitty Remix),…

  Fjokra revealed the official video for the new single “Evening Lights” on 13 March. The single can be described as a blend of rock, glam and funk with a very catchy and uplifting chorus. The visuals for the “Evening Lights” video are a collaboration between Fi (main vocalist and songwriter), director George Guise (Azealia Banks, Mark Morrison) and animator Jonathan Irwin. Fjokra are Annie Bea (vocals/percussion), Jax Richardson (guitar), Filippo Galli (drums) and the…

  Electronic music artist Sevren Ni-Arb of X MARKS THE PEDWALK formed his ambient electronic music project SN-A in 2012. Transmissions was the first album (CD + digital) which was out in June 2013. The second album Distance will be released on 27 April 2018 on Meshwork Music. The album is characterized by driving beats, pulsating basslines, hypnotic synths and spherical soundscapes. Distance will be available in physical (CD) and digital format. Enjoy the video…

  After the teaser single from the record entitled ‘Landslide’, the Norwegian artist Zialand released ‘Shelter’ on 23rd February. Her thoughts on the song: “it is a love letter to my daughter. Within the song I am watching my daughter reach towards this electric thing called ‘life’, which means that my role is slowly dying. There is beauty and pain for us both….but mainly beauty.” “Shelter” is another emotional number from Zialand. The beautiful piano chords intertwine with Zialand’s emotional vocal which create an intense and…

  The Belgian electro label Alfa Matrix started a reissue series of the back-catalogue of the cult industrial music pioneers Mentallo & The Fixer and the band’s side-projects Benestrophe and Mainesthai. The reissues have been fully remastered by Gary Dassing himself. You can get the first 5 remastered releases via Bandcamp and on all other digital platforms. Included are the Mentallo & The Fixer albums “Continuum” and “No Rest For The Wicked”, “Out To Lunch”,…