Now (December 20) it’s time for the annual Gothenburg festival Electronic Winter (where Release is a media partner). Combichrist (Norway/USA), William Control (USA, pic), Twice a Man (Sweden), Digidroid (Sweden, Thermostatic side project) and Telemark (Sweden, Aesthetic Perfection side project with Elliot Berlin) are the main acts at the Brewhouse venue. [more...]

Nivek Ogre (Skinny Puppy) and Bill Leeb (Front Line Assembly) performed “Assimilate” together in Vancouver last night, as the encore. Leeb was a member of Vancouver band Skinny Puppy when “Assimilate” was recorded. [more...]

German EBM band Funker Vogt’s label Out of Line writes they have no interest in a collaboration with the new Funker Vogt vocalist, Sacha Korn aka Sick Man. And the 3 Funker Vogt members have just published one statement each, following an intial statement including the words “no politics just music”. [more...]

On December 13, the annual Malmö mini festival electriXmas is back after last year’s cancellation. We talked to one of the organisers, Andy Goodwin, about what happened last year, what made them come back, this year’s somewhat risky festival, future plans and much more.

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Release’s Fredrik Wik brought his cameras and went to Oslo for two Susanne Sundfør concerts. Read his report and browse the gallery. [more...]

The last Celldweller album was “Wish upon a Blackstar” which was released in EP installments, until the album was complete. Now Klayton aka Celldweller is continuing his sci-fi story with “End of an Empire” which is revealed in chapters. [more...]

Last year we got an album from Ohm, Chris Peterson’s new project with Craig Huxtable after leaving Front Line Assembly. Now he’s unveiling yet another new band that goes by the name Living Room Project. And it doesn’t sound like you would expect. [more...]

The Prodigy’s new album is complete and will be released in early 2015. The Prodigy will tour Australia and play Rock am Ring, Rock im Park and The Isle of Wight Festival 2015.

The debut video from electropop duo Silent Wave is here (watch it below). The single “Dream on Dream on” was released by Telegram a few days ago. Paul Kendall (Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Wire, Erasure, Recoil) did the mix and additional sound design and Mike Marsh (Depeche Mode, Robyn & Röyksopp, Basement Jaxx) the master. [more...]

The Mirror has analysed various song lyrics with best selling bands from the UK. They came to the conclusion that Depeche Mode have the most sophisticated lyrics, with Pet Shop Boys not far behind. [more...]