Independent international alternative music web magazine based in Gothenburg, Sweden
Amphi Festival in Cologne is turning 15 on July 20-21st 2019. Just like Wave Gotik Treffen, M’era Luna and other big events, it’s an annual massive gathering for the ”black” crowds with 12 500 happy visitors. The organizers give us an inside look; they talk about how the scene has changed over the years and …
Fortsätt läsa ”15 years as a ”Schwarze Szene” epicenter – Amphi interview”
The 2-day outdoor festival Subkult in Trollhättan, 75 km from Gothenburg has managed to stay alive against all odds. This weekend (June 14-15), it’s time for the fourth edition with EBM, goth, synthpop, darkwave, punk and metal acts like Rotersand, Rein, Dive, Evergrey, Solar Fake, Wulfband, Sturm Café and Alvar. But it’s not mainly about …
Fortsätt läsa ”A black celebration – 4th Subkult festival this weekend – interview”
On April 26th, 2019, the new trio rendition of Agent Side Grinder released “A/X”; an album with several sonic differences compared to earlier work; without losing their special blend of dark, cold and catchy. This album is also the maiden voyage for their new singer, Emanuel Åström. Peter Marchione caught up with Peter Fristedt and …
Fortsätt läsa ”More Agent Side Grinder than ever – interview”
At the end of the eighties, darkwave in Germany crystallized into the Neue Deutsche Todeskunst, where music influenced by goth rock and neo-classical pieces were combined with German-spoken lyrics paying homage to philosophers as Goethe and Nietzsche. One of the pioneering bands released the classic NDT album, also their debut album, “Das Sterben ist ästhetisch …
Fortsätt läsa ”Graceful and majestic darkwave – Goethes Erben interviewed”
The Hybridize Festival embarked on its tour across Germany at the end of February 2019. Four dates of harsh electronic music with hard electronic bands as Funker Vogt and Agonoize, and Swedish synthpop act Vanguard used as live bait to haul in people to the festival. Patrik Hansson and Jonas Olofsson formed Vanguard already in …
Fortsätt läsa ”Swedish synthpop export to Germany – Vanguard interviewed”
Over the last decade they’ve produced eleven solid albums plus several remix albums veering from stereoscopic EBM to spiky aggrotech. In September 2018 Funker Vogt released their latest album ”Wastelands”, marking over two decades of their existence whilst cementing their new, and at the same time old, home at RepoRecords. “Wastelands” sees the German trio …
Fortsätt läsa ”Locked and loaded and ready for a new era – Funker Vogt interviewed”
What makes a show something you remember for years? Does loud noise cause severe hearing loss? Are you one of those thinking that The Jesus and Mary Chain landmark ”Psychocandy” is the epitome of dirty, gritty and loud music? It’s obvious that you haven’t listened even to A Place to Bury Strangers. If you expect to get home from a …
Fortsätt läsa ”The louder side of the Wall of Sound – A Place to Bury Strangers interviewed”
Ronan Harris is on the crest of the electronic music wave with his tenth VNV Nation studio album “Noire”, released in October last year on his own label. The combination of danceable beats, synthpop, EBM and atmospheric pieces of classical music telling stories of grandeur have contributed to the legendary status VNV Nation righteously can claim …
Fortsätt läsa ”Total freedom – our big VNV Nation interview”
The last few years have seen the arrival of bands such as Actors, Then Comes Silence, The Foreign Resort and The KVB, contributing to a vibrant and exciting new wave of post-punk and coldwave. One of these electrifying new bands that struck a special chord with us is Toronto two-piece TRAITRS, formed in 2015. Sean-Patrick Nolan …
Fortsätt läsa ”An odyssey of pain, happiness and sadness: TRAITRS interviewed”
After a five-year hiatus, Henric de La Cour returned with his third full-length solo album ”Gimme Daggers” 2018. He describes the album was hardest to date to complete, but apparently the effort paid off as it is all over Release Magazine’s Best of 2018 lists. Peter Marchione from Release caught up with him at his …