British electro / indie poppers H2SO4 began as a remix project when electronic pop band Code reworked songs by Sulphur, an indie outfit. They released a bunch of 12″ white labels, and a couple of albums. After a few line-up changes the original crew is now back together again after a 20 year hiatus.

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Andreas Brun has not only returned to The Mobile Homes in full songwriter mode, he’s even found inspiration to launch a new project with Erica Li Lundqvist, vocalist in critically acclaimed darkwave band Abu Nein.

- We call ourselves Volo Vivace and I suppose you could call it dark electro, he tells Release. [more...]

Legendary music producer John Fryer (Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Fad Gadget, Cocteau Twins) created his own project Black Needle Noise in 2016, where he employs different guest vocalists on his songs. Now he’s back with new material.

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German electro industrial band In Strict Confidence released “Cryogenix” in 1996 on the now defunct label Zoth Ommog, and it has been unavailable for a very long time.

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German label Electro Shock Records has gathered a bunch of electronic bands to, you guessed it, cover Depeche Mode songs. [more...]

Swedish EBM/synthpop trio Violent Gandhi, featuring among others former Release writer Anders Wiik, have reunited and announced they will be releasing something old as well as something new. [more...]

Dave and 52 (!) other artists have joined together to each cover a song from Metallica’s landmark “The Black Album”.

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We have updated our Spotify playlist with new tracks from Chvrches feat. Robert Smith (The Cure), Noise Unit feat. Raymond Watts (KMFDM, Pig), Priest, Kælan Mikla, Hante, Aesthetic Perfection, Man without Country, Digital Energy, Miss FD, The Brides of the Black Room, Kebu, Ionnalee and Mildreda.

Hellfest 2022 (June 17-19) in Clisson, France, has released the massive line-up for a second wave (June 23-26). [more...]

We’ve been waiting for new material from Lucifer’s Aid since 2019 when the excellent album “Panic” came out.

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