Our Spotify playlist has some new additions. Fortsätt läsa ”Playlist updates: Ministry, Boy Harsher, Soft Cell, Combichrist +7”
Twice a Man frontman releases personal and dark solo album
Dan Söderqvist from Twice a Man has just released a dark and personal solo album: ”Eight Songs Evoked in Winter Sleep”. Fortsätt läsa ”Twice a Man frontman releases personal and dark solo album”
Ministry: final album and final European tour
It seems like we’ve gotten the last Ministry album several times, but this time I know it’s for real – like Donna Summer used to sing. Fortsätt läsa ”Ministry: final album and final European tour”
A poet and a member from A Spell Inside = futurepop duo Vorn
Vorn is a new duo that may be of interest for fans of futurepop and the German band A Spell Inside. Fortsätt läsa ”A poet and a member from A Spell Inside = futurepop duo Vorn”
Covenant steps in for VNV Nation
Covenant stepped in for VNV Nation at Castle Party in Poland yesterday and will also replace them at the Amphi Festival in Cologne. VNV Nation has been forced to postpone and cancel several festival shows. Fortsätt läsa ”Covenant steps in for VNV Nation”
Playlist updates: The Hacker/Rein, Doublespeak, Front 242 +9
Our Spotify playlist has 12 new additions – recommended songs that have been the released the past few months. Fortsätt läsa ”Playlist updates: The Hacker/Rein, Doublespeak, Front 242 +9”
Twice a Man praise cover albums by Coloured Tears
Coloured Tears has just released not one, but two Twice a Man cover albums that are praised by the electronic and darkwave pioneers themselves. Fortsätt läsa ”Twice a Man praise cover albums by Coloured Tears”
Soft Cell returns with ”Danceteria”, their final album
As you probably know, Dave Ball from Soft Cell and The Grid died at the age of 66 last year, in 2025. Dave and Soft Cell vocalist Marc Almond had been working on new material right before he passed away, and those songs are now getting a release. Apparently the album was finished two days before Dave’s passing.
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Artfoffact has big plans for Portion Control
Last year, Canada’s Artoffact Records signed Portion Control and plans to release new music and reissue the back catalogue as a series of remastered box sets with unreleased tracks included. This legendary British band influenced Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails and Orbital, to name but a few Fortsätt läsa ”Artfoffact has big plans for Portion Control”
Interview: How darkwave duo Red Mecca Survived chaos and relapse
On their new album Red Mecca, a duo from Northern Sweden, successfully blend darkwave, post-punk, synthpop, and cinematic electronica. But it was far from certain that this album would see the light of day. Vocalist Susanne Jonsson’s sister was murdered, her relationship crashed and Jan Strandqvist fell back into drug and alcohol abuse. Release Magazine editor-in-chief Mikael Kahrle asked the creative duo about their painful journey, their genres and influences – ranging from Tubeway Army, Joy Division and Cabaret Voltaire to Massive Attack, why the former vocalist Frida Madeleine left and and receiving some remarkably honest and interesting answers. Fortsätt läsa ”Interview: How darkwave duo Red Mecca Survived chaos and relapse”