Back in 2015, the lead singer and co-founder Tod Law of Unit:187 died of leukemia. Leaving a huge hole in both the Vancouver industrial scene and in the band, that could easily have been the end of this impressive group. But if we fast-forward to 2024, there’s new life surging and the album “KillCure” is ready to be unleashed on the masses, via Metropolis Records. I’ve been following the process for a while, having heard clips of the songs in an unfinished state, before they were sent off for mastering. Even then, they sounded massive. [more...]

Here is the Best of 2025 picks and a Spotify playlist from Johan Carlsson, Release Magazine.

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The Best of 2025 albums and songs plus a Spotify playlist from Mikael Kahrle, Release Magazine Editor-in-chief.

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After a long hiatus, Richard Silverthorn and Mark Hockings aka Mesh are back again with new material. It’s been ten years since their last album, so we thought it was time to hear what they’ve been up to, and learn about the new album “The Truth Doesn’t Matter”. Richard got back to us with all the answers.
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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. [more...]

Following warm critical acclaim and enthusiastic fan reactions, Jan Dewulf, the mastermind behind Belgian dark electro project Mildreda, is back with his most ambitious work to date: the 18-track double album “Realities” on Dependent Records. Built as a continuous, immersive anti-streaming statement, the album ties personal grief, longing, and existential questions to the myth of Sisyphus – using eight atmospheric ”Reality Check” interludes to glue the sprawling story together. In this in-depth interview by Mikael Kahrle, editor-in-chief of Release Magazine, Dewulf opens up about processing internal setbacks, the creative process, collaborating with EBM heavyweights like Dirk Ivens, Numb and Leæther Strip, his other projects like Diskonnekted, and keeping his elaborate sound design at the forefront of the electro industrial scene today. [more...]

We’ve kept tabs on Code 64, and later Xenturion Prime for many years, so when two members of Xenturion Prime started a new project, we were of course intrigued. And then came the first taste, and we learnt that this is a whole new ball game. The Sound Veil Society creates atmospheric dream synthpop on a level that few can reach. This Swedish / Norwegian constellation consists of Hasse Mattsson and Erlend Eilertsen, and we sent them some question to learn more about their new album “The Thing We Kept” which is out now on Progress Productions. [more...]