Vaselyne have just revealed a brand new single “Waiting to Exhale” taken from their upcoming EP. The accompanying video was made by Dutch filmmaker Dorothee Meddens. The EP will be released later this year as well as a full album. The new album includes collaborations with Lynette Cerezo, Searmanas, John Fryer and Michael Aliani. Vaselyne plans to return to stage in 2021 with a new live band. Vaselyne are Yvette Winkler (vocals, lyrics) and…

  Stockholm based post-punk darkwave act A Projection have just revealed a brand new single “Darwin’s Eden”. The single sees the band more fully embracing the electronic realm, placing themselves in the intersection between the ’80s synth pop and the darkwave hit lists of 2021. The accompanying video was directed by Nicklas Lindahl at Nilfilm. It was filmed in an old church and a natural history museum, with candlelit visuals that convey a sense of dread…

Canadian dark alternative label Artoffact Records has released their 2020 sampler…and the best part is, it’s free for download on their Bandcamp page. You can get it here. While 2020 was full of stress, uncertainty, and grief for the world as a whole due to the pandemic and its effects on us all, it was a year that still saw a lot of innovative music in our scene. This sampler captures a notable fraction of the…

  Skinny Puppy co-founder cEvin Key has released “Anger Is an Acid”, the new single from his upcoming solo album Xwayxway. Sneaker Pimps founder Chris Corner, also known as IAMX, lends his stunning vocals on the single. Kevin explains: “It was a collaboration that came from first just being friends. I had written the ‘Anger’ arrangement and sent it to Chris on a whim. I think it was over a year and a half later, he just one day said,…

  Iconic producer John Fryer has teamed with the Croatian-Australian operatic soprano Helena Mamich for the latest Black Needle Noise single “Nocturnal”. The single explores new approaches to making music, merging the recognizable BNN dark electronic soundscape with an opera soprano. While Helena doesn’t sing to a libretto, she conveys the message of “Nocturnal” successfully; she adds another layer of darkness to an already dark mood of the song and “Nocturnal” gets closer to the…

  The UK alternative rock outfit BirdPen have just released a new single and video “Invisible”. The single is taken from their forthcoming album All Function One, which is set for release on 5th March 2021 on JAR Records. The album was written, recorded and produced by the core group duo of Dave Pen (also singer and guitarist in Archive) and Mike Bird, and mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios. All Function One…

  DEINE LAKAIENhave released the second single ‘Because of Because’ from their forthcoming double album Dual. ‘Because of Because’ represents the duo’s lyrical “answer” to the previously released cover of Patti Smith/Bruce Spingsteen classic ‘Because the Night‘. Alexander Veljanov explains: “While there is no musical connection between those two tracks, I have taken lyrical inspiration for ‘Because of Because’ from the themes that ‘Because the Night’ invokes. This song revolves around self-determination, a feeling of belonging, and the energy that can…

  Swedish EBM act Pouppee Fabrikk have just released the second EP taken from the “Armén” album. Burn Forever features remixes by Pouppee Fabrikk, Blush Response and Kreign. While PF remix transformed the song into an angry and revolted solid EBM, Blush Response turned this track into an oppressive, noisy and destructured cut and the US newcomer Kreign gave it a powerful old school EBM twist. “Burn Forever” is available via Bandcamp now. Pouppee Fabrikk 6CD…

  Soft Riot has just released a limited edition video collection which compiles one decade of video output, including 14 music videos, 2 Possession Records short films promoting When Push Comes To Shove (PSSN04) and The Outsider In The Mirrors (PSSN02) as well as various incidental footage that totals in at 1 hour, 45 minutes running time. Videos include: Possesion Short Film 001 | Fate’s Got A Bone To Pick With You Taking Off The…