The Birthday Massacre are releasing their new album Diamonds on Metropolis Record on 27 March 2020. Diamonds explores themes ranging from heartbreak to anguish and from lust to love. “Diamonds is a current reflection of where Falcore, Chibi and I are at creatively,” states guitarist Rainbow. “For my part, I think the lyrics are quite contemplative and philosophical. Underneath the surreal metaphors and imagery are some very raw and personal sentiments. Throughout the writing process we had the opportunity to collaborate…

  Blending the boundaries between pop, progressive and nu-metal, Poppy’s new album I Disagree embodies “alternative” in the truest sense of the word. In conjunction with the album release, Poppy has shared a new video for the new single “Anything Like Me”, watch here. The album marks a dynamic and deliberate shift for Poppy. She explains that “in terms of doing what I wanted to in every element from start-to-finish, this feels like my first…

  WIRE have shared the second single from their new album, ‘Mind Hive’, which is set for release on January 24th 2020 via the band’s own label pinkflag. ‘Mind Hive’ is the group’s first newly recorded material since 2017’s stellar ‘Silver/Lead’. Following the first glimpse of ‘Mind Hive’, “Cactused“, new single “Primed And Ready“ rides out on a tightly pulsing synth sequence punctuated by icy slivers of guitar. “The lyric/text for this song could be read as a series of…

  American experimental rock composer, musician and guitarist Rafiq Bhatia is releasing his new EP “Standards VOL. 1” on 31 January 2020 on Anti-Records. The EP transforms cornerstone works by Duke Ellington, Ornette Coleman and Ewan MacColl into immersive, otherworldly realms of sound that are uniquely Rafiq Bhatia. Working with several renowned jazz musicians including the three time Grammy Award winning vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, Bhatia implements dreamlike and sometimes volatile electronic techniques to recast classic repertoire as a window into the darkness…

  20 years ago, influential goth-electro-industrial-cyberpunk band The Cassandra Complex released ​Wetware​. Now it is finally being made available again in fully remastered and resequenced versions, spread over three releases. The songs were originally written in 1999 in Los Angeles and Hamburg, and were seen by the band as the culmination of the work they had been doing in the previous 15 years of near-constant recording and touring. “From the moment I started The Cassandra…

  London After Midnight have announced the re-release of their 1991 debut album, ‘Selected Scenes from the End of the World’. Their debut has been given the complete remixing treatment from the original master tapes and include unreleased bonus material and a never-before-heard recording from the original 1991 sessions.  The re-release titled ‘Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119’ will feature the long out of print original cover art from the first German…

  Die Krupps are returning with the brand new album Vision 2020 Vision out on 15 November. Their latest masterpiece is a concept album; music, artwork and lyrics are inextricably linked. Engler and Dörper depict our world on the edge of the abyss, where chaos and violence rule the streets, governments are powerless and civilization increasingly turns into hordes of wild, murderous barbarians. The title song puts in a nutshell where this development is bound…

  Belfast’s alternative rock act Wynona Bleach formed in 2015 under their previous name of R51, where they self-released critically acclaimed EP’s “Pillow Talk” and “NO CHILL” and embarked on a 12 date Russian tour. Since changing their name in 2018, they released the EP “Sugar” and made a number of live session appearances on BBC Radio. They performed at the Reading and Leeds Festival, a televised Ulster Hall show in Belfast. They were personally invited…

  London/LA Industrial rock act, Drownd, has announced their eponymous debut album out December 13th on Armalyte Industries. The 8-track album mixes the bands’ harsh industrial and transgressive sound with elements of atmospheric electronic music. Drownd will also play their debut headline show at The Black Heart, Camden, London on December 10th. DROWND comprises of frontman Joe Crudgington, with the live band including Paul Traveler on Drums, Matt Sutton on bass guitar, Tom Hancock on…

  Choir Boy reveal their new single “Nites Like This” from the upcoming full-lenght album due next year. Choir Boy debuted with the warmly received album ‘Passive With Desire‘ in 2017, drawing comparisons to Bryan Ferry and Talk Talk. After signing to Dais Records, Choir Boy followed up with the 2018 single, “Sunday Light” and a reissue of the debut album on vinyl and CD. Recently, Adam Klopp has filled out the band with a permanent lineup: Chaz Costello on bass (also…