Depression runs in the men
On my mother’s side
It’s dragging me further in
To a place I cannot hide
Isaac Howlett, the emotive voice behind synth-pop outfit Empathy Test, steps once more into the solo spotlight with Spiralling. Collaborating with the elusive European electronic collective A State of Flux, Howlett’s latest effort deftly balances heart-on-sleeve lyricism with dancefloor propulsion, charting deeply personal landscapes through textured electronica.

Spiralling unfolds like a rhythmic confession, anchored by Howlett’s unmistakable vocal clarity. The song confronts hereditary despair, capturing the relentless pull of depression and anxiety in evocative detail. It paints a stark emotional portrait, magnified through lush synth arrangements and subtle electronic intricacies courtesy of Flux’s inventive production. Together, they achieve a rare alchemy, merging cerebral introspection with kinetic energy, crafting a track equally suited for private reflection or communal catharsis.

Howlett bravely acknowledges the toll mental health struggles exact not merely upon the self but also on those closest by, layering his lyrics with empathy and accountability. Yet the song’s infectious beat and compelling melody never allow the darkness to overwhelm, resulting in an experience both danceable and deeply resonant.

“I’m in the privileged position of being asked to collaborate a lot, but rarely find time,” says Howlett. “However, when a deliciously dark demo entitled Spiralling landed in my inbox, I was immediately inspired. The lyrics come from something my late grandfather said, which stuck with me; ‘depression runs in the men, on your mother’s side.’ I felt like a time-bomb waiting to explode.”

A State of Flux, renowned for their anonymous experimentation and eclectic roster of talent including Arc, Peter 7, Sacred Geometry, and The Zero Movement, lend Spiralling their distinctive sonic fingerprint. Retro-futuristic synth textures collide gently with mathematically precise rhythms, carving spaces that feel simultaneously familiar and freshly experimental. This interplay complements Howlett’s emotional transparency, heightening the impact without ever overpowering the vulnerability at its core.

“We wanted to create a musical backdrop that, on the surface, seemed immediately accessible, but also delivered on complexity that mirrored Isaac’s personal expression,” says Peter 7. “It was a highly collaborative and fluid process where the track developed over a series of months with everyone contributing musical ideas.”

Ultimately, Spiralling exemplifies Isaac Howlett’s evolving artistry, harnessing collaboration as a catalyst to reveal emotional truths. It’s a poignant addition to his growing solo repertoire, affirming that within the electronic medium lies boundless potential for human connection.

Listen to Spiralling below and order the single here.

Spiralling by Isaac Howlett and A State of Flux

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Berlin’s Rosa Damask touches grass, delivering a brooding post-punk shadow play in her video for Adore You, out now via Downwards Records. Directed by Andrii Kaplia, the video serves as an austere nocturnal vignette, echoing the song’s unsettling combination of emotional drift and quiet surrender.

Musically, Adore You fuses electronic melancholy with icy minimalism, underpinned by synth lines that pulse like distant heartbeats. Damask’s voice, a sultry whisper edged with quiet desperation, suggests clandestine confessions, as though delivered through a half-opened window. The song itself explores detachment, confronting the unsettling realization that even the strongest bonds can quietly unravel, leaving only uncertainty and awkward silence in their wake.

Kaplia’s visuals reinforce this tension, keeping Damask perpetually restless, trapped in looping nighttime solitude. The subdued cinematography lends starkness to her isolation, emphasizing the cold intimacy between the artist and the camera. There’s gothic allure in the video’s subtle simplicity, evoking Bauhaus-era aesthetics distilled through contemporary Berlin ennui.

Damask herself wanders beneath the indifferent glow of a solitary streetlamp, mouthing lyrics with the urgency of someone addressing a phantom – whether it’s an estranged lover, the inner child, or an indifferent cosmos, it remains ambiguous. The singer’s low, conspiratorial tone channels the spectral urgency of Shirley Manson intertwined with Depeche Mode’s industrial synth ache, conjuring a simmering unease rather than explicit drama.

Adore You offers a poised meditation on emotional estrangement—where intimacy curdles into quiet fear, and acceptance comes reluctantly, but inevitably. Rosa Damask has unveiled a striking portrait of existential quietude, carried on a whispered lament that echoes gently into the abyss.

Watch the video for Adore You below:

Listen to Adore You below and order the single here.

Adore You by Rosa Damask

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Like parallel lines
We’ll never meet on my side
You’re sleeping in that ground
My heart, forever bound
Italian darkwave trio Ash Code (Alessandro Belluccio; Claudia Nottebella; Adriano Belluccio) conjures raw emotional alchemy in their latest single, Angel Oscuro, an elegiac invocation of loss and spectral yearning. Claudia Nottebella, whose voice powers through gothic rock elegance and icy synth urgency, describes the song as an intimate séance with a cherished departed soul; an ethereal communion forever hauntingly incomplete.

Ash Code delivers an achingly human hymn to those who remain with us, even after they have slipped beyond the veil; an immortal elegy, whispered tenderly to eternal shadows. The track pulses with celestial symbolism, threading together imagery of trembling vibrations, flames, and an infinite twilight of absence. Nottebella’s low, haunting vocals glide above synth lines deftly polished by Doruk Ozturkan of She Past Away. The Turkish darkwave stalwart’s mixing and mastering lend the track a sleek, cinematic clarity, underpinning Ash Code’s meticulous fusion of shadow-laden electronics and gothic drama.

Choosing Spanish lyrics for the chorus – both homage to their fervently supportive Latin American fanbase and a calculated stylistic maneuver – heightens the emotional resonance. The linguistic shift intensifies the track’s ritualistic atmosphere, sharpening the spiritual immediacy of grief into a visceral ache.

“Angel Oscuro” is one of the most personal and painful songs I’ve ever written,” explains Nottebella. “It’s dedicated to someone who is no longer here, someone who left behind an enormous void. The lyrics are a dialogue with this presence I still feel beside me, even though I know that, like parallel lines, we’ll never meet again in this life. There’s a sense of unresolved grief, but also a deep, almost mystical connection. I still feel a vibration inside me, as if that person were living through my skin, through the pain that remains.”

This profound sense of loss finds visual form in the song’s accompanying video, filmed amid the gravestones and hushed reverence of a cemetery. Cultural echoes permeate this somber tableau, intertwining traditions of Día de los Muertos and Italy’s Ognissanti and Giorno dei Morti, celebrations where grief blooms gently into communal remembrance.

Ash Code harnesses this universal resonance, articulating the profound duality of pain and love, of absence and continued presence. Alessandro and Adriano, clad solemnly in gothic mourning attire, gather among candles, flowers, and silent marble sentinels. Nottebella herself, dramatically veiled, embodies the song’s lyrical heartbeat: anguished yet reverent, bound to the departed by invisible threads of memory and sorrow.

“We wanted a very simple video that could capture all the sadness of the track,” says director Elio De Filippo. “We decided to shoot with an old VHS camera and set up a cemetery scene inspired by horror B-movies. The result is highly effective and blends perfectly with the mood of the music.”

Watch Angel Oscuro below:

“It took time. Eight years since Perspektive.”

During that span of time, the world changed—and so did Ash Code. When lockdown shuttered clubs, the trio kept the music alive via Gothicat’s virtual stages, proving that a scattered crowd could still feel. A run of EPs followed, plus a standout collaboration with techno luminary Ellen Allien and an exhausting world tour. Yet fissures spread beneath the surface: “2024 was the year of the crack.”

Personal turmoil, physical separation, and the sudden death of a loved one pushed the project to the brink. After six months of near-total silence, the band was jolted by new life—literally—and in that dizzy rush, “SYNTHOME was born.”

Borrowing Lacan’s sinthome (“the symptom turned symbol”) and splicing it with synth, the title underlines their mantra that “music is what holds us together.” The record charts a post-pandemic passage from shadow to glimmer, pairing cathedral hush with floor-rattling pulse. Every song—“Tear You Down,” “Nostalgia,” “Angel Oscuro,” “Living for the Sound,” and more—forms a shard in the mosaic of grief, distance, and survival, while closer “Synthome” lands as declaration, rebirth, and revelation.

Mixed and mastered by Doruk Ozturkan (She Past Away) and wrapped in Sandra Roczeń’s stark artwork, the LP welds dark-wave, synth-pop, EBM, and future nostalgia with cinematic bite.

Pre-orders for SYNTHOME are now live via Swiss Dark Nights and Ash Code’s Bandcamp ahead of the September 5th, 2025 release. Polish artist Sandra Roczeń—the striking face of 2018’s Perspektive sleeve—returns to grace the cover of SYNTHOME, giving Ash Code’s new era a haunting sense of continuity.

Pre-Order Here

Synthome by Ash Code

Formed in Napoli, Italy, in January 2014, Ash Code emerged when singer/programmer Alessandro Belluccio and keyboardist/backing vocalist Claudia Nottebella completed two demo tracks, Dry Your Eyes and Unnecessary Songs, initially started by Alessandro’s previous project. Shortly after releasing these tracks online, Alessandro’s twin brother Adriano Belluccio joined the lineup on bass.

Ash Code have performed extensively across 27 countries, spanning Europe, the Americas, Russia, and beyond, supporting acclaimed bands like Lebanon Hanover, IAMX, Clan Of Xymox, Cold Cave, She Past Away, Drab Majesty, and The Soft Moon. Their festival appearances include multiple editions of Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Amphi Festival, Castle Party, Cold Waves, and Nocturnal Culture Night. Demonstrating community spirit during the early COVID lockdowns, they spearheaded the “Gothicat” livestream festivals to raise funds for healthcare initiatives.

Catch Ash Code live in Europe!

Sep 5: Kulturpark Deutzen, Deutzen, Germany
Oct 18: Parterre One Music, Basel, Switzerland
Oct 30: Hootananny Brixton, Brixton, UK
Oct 31: Whitby Pavilion Theatre, Whitby, UK
Nov 28: ASTRA Kulturhaus, Berlin, Germany
Nov 29: Event Center Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Follow Ash Code:

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Instagram​
YouTube 

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Like parallel lines
We’ll never meet on my side
You’re sleeping in that ground
My heart, forever bound
Italian darkwave trio Ash Code (Alessandro Belluccio; Claudia Nottebella; Adriano Belluccio) conjures raw emotional alchemy in their latest single, Angel Oscuro, an elegiac invocation of loss and spectral yearning. Claudia Nottebella, whose voice powers through gothic rock elegance and icy synth urgency, describes the song as an intimate séance with a cherished departed soul; an ethereal communion forever hauntingly incomplete.

Ash Code delivers an achingly human hymn to those who remain with us, even after they have slipped beyond the veil; an immortal elegy, whispered tenderly to eternal shadows. The track pulses with celestial symbolism, threading together imagery of trembling vibrations, flames, and an infinite twilight of absence. Nottebella’s low, haunting vocals glide above synth lines deftly polished by Doruk Ozturkan of She Past Away. The Turkish darkwave stalwart’s mixing and mastering lend the track a sleek, cinematic clarity, underpinning Ash Code’s meticulous fusion of shadow-laden electronics and gothic drama.

Choosing Spanish lyrics for the chorus – both homage to their fervently supportive Latin American fanbase and a calculated stylistic maneuver – heightens the emotional resonance. The linguistic shift intensifies the track’s ritualistic atmosphere, sharpening the spiritual immediacy of grief into a visceral ache.

“Angel Oscuro” is one of the most personal and painful songs I’ve ever written,” explains Nottebella. “It’s dedicated to someone who is no longer here, someone who left behind an enormous void. The lyrics are a dialogue with this presence I still feel beside me, even though I know that, like parallel lines, we’ll never meet again in this life. There’s a sense of unresolved grief, but also a deep, almost mystical connection. I still feel a vibration inside me, as if that person were living through my skin, through the pain that remains.”

This profound sense of loss finds visual form in the song’s accompanying video, filmed amid the gravestones and hushed reverence of a cemetery. Cultural echoes permeate this somber tableau, intertwining traditions of Día de los Muertos and Italy’s Ognissanti and Giorno dei Morti, celebrations where grief blooms gently into communal remembrance.

Ash Code harnesses this universal resonance, articulating the profound duality of pain and love, of absence and continued presence. Alessandro and Adriano, clad solemnly in gothic mourning attire, gather among candles, flowers, and silent marble sentinels. Nottebella herself, dramatically veiled, embodies the song’s lyrical heartbeat: anguished yet reverent, bound to the departed by invisible threads of memory and sorrow.

“We wanted a very simple video that could capture all the sadness of the track,” says director Elio De Filippo. “We decided to shoot with an old VHS camera and set up a cemetery scene inspired by horror B-movies. The result is highly effective and blends perfectly with the mood of the music.”

Watch Angel Oscuro below:

“It took time. Eight years since Perspektive.”

During that span of time, the world changed—and so did Ash Code. When lockdown shuttered clubs, the trio kept the music alive via Gothicat’s virtual stages, proving that a scattered crowd could still feel. A run of EPs followed, plus a standout collaboration with techno luminary Ellen Allien and an exhausting world tour. Yet fissures spread beneath the surface: “2024 was the year of the crack.”

Personal turmoil, physical separation, and the sudden death of a loved one pushed the project to the brink. After six months of near-total silence, the band was jolted by new life—literally—and in that dizzy rush, “SYNTHOME was born.”

Borrowing Lacan’s sinthome (“the symptom turned symbol”) and splicing it with synth, the title underlines their mantra that “music is what holds us together.” The record charts a post-pandemic passage from shadow to glimmer, pairing cathedral hush with floor-rattling pulse. Every song—“Tear You Down,” “Nostalgia,” “Angel Oscuro,” “Living for the Sound,” and more—forms a shard in the mosaic of grief, distance, and survival, while closer “Synthome” lands as declaration, rebirth, and revelation.

Mixed and mastered by Doruk Ozturkan (She Past Away) and wrapped in Sandra Roczeń’s stark artwork, the LP welds dark-wave, synth-pop, EBM, and future nostalgia with cinematic bite.

Pre-orders for SYNTHOME are now live via Swiss Dark Nights and Ash Code’s Bandcamp ahead of the September 5th, 2025 release. Polish artist Sandra Roczeń—the striking face of 2018’s Perspektive sleeve—returns to grace the cover of SYNTHOME, giving Ash Code’s new era a haunting sense of continuity.

Pre-Order Here

Synthome by Ash Code

Formed in Napoli, Italy, in January 2014, Ash Code emerged when singer/programmer Alessandro Belluccio and keyboardist/backing vocalist Claudia Nottebella completed two demo tracks, Dry Your Eyes and Unnecessary Songs, initially started by Alessandro’s previous project. Shortly after releasing these tracks online, Alessandro’s twin brother Adriano Belluccio joined the lineup on bass.

Ash Code have performed extensively across 27 countries, spanning Europe, the Americas, Russia, and beyond, supporting acclaimed bands like Lebanon Hanover, IAMX, Clan Of Xymox, Cold Cave, She Past Away, Drab Majesty, and The Soft Moon. Their festival appearances include multiple editions of Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Amphi Festival, Castle Party, Cold Waves, and Nocturnal Culture Night. Demonstrating community spirit during the early COVID lockdowns, they spearheaded the “Gothicat” livestream festivals to raise funds for healthcare initiatives.

Catch Ash Code live in Europe!

Sep 5: Kulturpark Deutzen, Deutzen, Germany
Oct 18: Parterre One Music, Basel, Switzerland
Oct 30: Hootananny Brixton, Brixton, UK
Oct 31: Whitby Pavilion Theatre, Whitby, UK
Nov 28: ASTRA Kulturhaus, Berlin, Germany
Nov 29: Event Center Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Follow Ash Code:

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Website ​
Facebook​
Instagram​
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Die Black/Death Metaller MYSTIC CIRCLE haben einen ersten Song aus ihrem kommenden Studioalbum, „Hexenbrand 1486“ online gestellt. Das Album soll im Herbst 2025 über ROAR erscheinen. Die erste Single-Auskopplung „Boogeyman“, zu der ebenfalls ein Musikvideo online ist, findet ihr ab sofort bei allen Streaming-Anbietern auf: https://mysticcircle.rpm.link/boogeymanPR

„Wir sind fasziniert von dieser Geschichte über den Boogeyman,“ verrät Beelzebub. „Das Böse lauert verborgen und beobachtet dich, bis es unerwartet zuschlägt und dich in die Dunkelheit zieht. Was könnte natürlicher sein, als den Boogeyman zu beschwören und ihn in der Welt des Mystic Circle zu entfesseln?“

Vor einem Monat hat die Band ihr „Kriegsgötter MMXXV“ Compilation Album veröffentlicht, feat. acht Tracks, darunter Coverversionen von BATHORY, CELTIC FROST, POSSESSED, ACHERON, sowie das komplett neu aufgenommene Cover des IRON MAIDEN-Klassikers „Afraid To Shoot Strangers“. „Kriegsgötter MMXXV“ ist hier erhältlich: https://mysticcircle.rpm.link/krieg

 

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Nach Veröffentlichung ihres 17. Studioalbums „Destination“, das im Mai 2025 über ROAR hier erschienen ist und direkt Platz #08 in den deutschen Albumcharts erstürmte, haben CREMATORY eine Reihe limitierter Vinyl-Neuauflagen aus ihrem Backkatalog angekündigt.

Seit heute sind die Neuveröffentlichungen ihrer ersten Werke, „Engulfed in Darkness“ (Demo, 1992 – erstmals auch erhältlich als Mini-LP), „Transmigration“ (1993) und „…Just Dreaming“ (1994) als limitierte farbige Vinyl Editionen erschienen, allesamt remastert von CREMATORY-Gitarrist und Produzent Rolf Munkes.
Bestellungen:
„Engulfed In Darkness“: https://crematory.rpm.link/engulfedPR
„Transmigration“: https://crematory.rpm.link/transPR
„…Just Dreaming“: https://crematory.rpm.link/justdreamPR

Aufgrund der hohen Nachfrage haben CREMATORY heute außerdem Neuauflagen von „Illusions“ (1995), „Das Deutsche Album“ (1996) und „Awake“ (1997) angekündigt.
Vorbestellungen sind ab sofort hier möglich:
„Illusions“: https://crematory.rpm.link/illusionsPR
„Das Deutsche Album“: https://crematory.rpm.link/crematoryPR
„Awake“: https://crematory.rpm.link/awakePR

 

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WARKINGS haben ihr fünftes Album veröffentlicht: „Armageddon“ erschien am 4. Juli 2025. Zum Release gibt es jetzt den Clip „Hangman’s Night„; der Song enthält ein Feature von DOMINUM.

Mit einem Video zu „Kings Of Ragnarök“ haben WARKINGS außerdem im Juni eine weitere Single veröffentlicht.

Im Mai hat die Band auch Video zur zweiten Single „Genghis Kahn“ veröffentlicht, einer Kooperation mit ORDEN OGAN. Zum Titeltrack „Armageddon” gibt’s seit Mitte April ein Video bei YouTube.

„Armageddon ist nicht nur das Ende – es sind die Momente der Geschichte, die die Welt für immer verändert haben. Das Album ist eine Hommage an die Krieger und Schildmaiden, die sich den Schlachten stellten die ihre Welt prägten.“ (WARKINGS über ihr neues Album)

Produziert wurde „Armageddon“ von Felix Heldt, Mix und Mastering lieferte Jacob Hansen. Als Gäste waren Eike Freese,  Jan S. Mischon (SALTATIO MORTIS) und Ken Kängström (FOLLOW THE CYPHER, SABATON) an der Platte beteiligt.

WARKINGS „Armageddon“ Tracklist
1. To Lindisfarne…
2. Armageddon (Video bei YouTube)
3. Genghis Khan (feat. Orden Ogan) (Video bei YouTube)
4. Kingdom Come
5. Morgana’s incantation
6. Circle of witches
7. Kings of Ragnarök (Video bei YouTube)
8. Call to Arms
9. Troops of immortality
10. Nightfall
11. Hangman’s night (feat. Dominum) (Video bei YouTube)
12. Varangoi
13. Here comes the rain
14. Stahl auf Stahl (feat. Subway to Sally)

WARKINGS „Armageddon“ Artwork

WARKINGS Konzerte
31.05.25 AT – Kufstein / Festung Kufstein
14.06.25 DE – Burg Abenberg / Feuertanz-Festival
19.06.25 BE – Dessel / Graspop Metal Meeting
27.-28.06.25 DE – Härtsfeldsee / Rock am Härtsfeldsee
03.07.25 DE – Ballenstedt / Rockharz ​
04.07.25 DE – Mühlheim a. d. Ruhr / Castle Rock
05.07.25 DE – Aschaffenburg / Colos-Saal + Hammer King (Album Release-Show)
10.-12.07.25 AT – Leoben / Area 53 – Festival
11.07.25 DE – Saarbrücken / Powerwolf SB-Open-Air
12.07.25 DE – Balingen / RV Bang-Festival
13.07.25 CZ – Vizovice / Masters of Rock
24.07.25 DE – Bremen / Seebühne
25.07.25 DE – Burg Creuzburg / Burg Creuzburg
30.07.-02.08.25 DE – Wacken / Wacken
06.-09.08.25 ES – Villena/Alicante / Leyendas del Rock
09.08.25 DE – Aach / Lake Constance / Das grosse Treffen
​

WARKINGS Line-up:
Tribune – War Chant
Crusader – Steelwing
Spartan – War Drums
Viking – Battle Axe
Morgana le Fay – Unholy Evocations

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Zwischen gotischem Grusel und elektronischem Glanz: Wer behauptet, dass Darkwave keine Überraschungen mehr bietet, hat noch nichts von Synthome gehört – oder gesehen. 'Ash Code' bringen am...

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In der Welt des Folk Metal ist der Weg nach Asgard kein bloßes Ziel – es ist ein Versprechen. Ein Ruf nach Ehre, Klanggewalt und ordentlich Krach...

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Der Blick geht nicht nach vorne, nicht zurück – sondern tief hinein. 'Der Weg Einer Freiheit' melden sich mit einem neuen Studioalbum zurück, das genau da ansetzt,...

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Manche Alben knallen dir die Apokalypse ins Gesicht. Andere flüstern sie dir leise ins Ohr. Translucent Communion, das 2008er Debüt von 'Vestigial', gehört zur zweiten Kategorie. Es...

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Modern Metalcore aus Wiesbaden: ACCVSED feierten ihren Labeldeal mit Arising Empire und haben im Zuge dessen einige Singles veröffentlicht: Nach dem Video zu „Day Of The Locust“ gab es den Clip zu „Avoider“ sowie den Track „Never Enough“ im Stream. Anschließend folgte ein weiterer Song in Form von „Don’t Let Me Fall Apart“ bei YouTube – das Stück ist eine Zusammenarbeit mit THE NARRATOR. Jetzt folgt auf den Titeltrack „Dealers Of Doom“ mit „Make Sure It Hurts“ eine weitere Auskopplung.

Mit „Killer Of Minds“ verkürzte die Formation vor einiger Zeit die Wartezeit auf ihr Debütalbum: „Dealers Of Doom“ erscheint am 1. August 2025 via Arising Empire auf CD, Vinyl sowie digital.

ACCVSED „Dealers Of Doom“ Tracklist
01. Day of the Locust (Video bei YouTube)
02. Dealers of Doom (Visualizer bei YouTube)
03. Don’t Let Me Fall Apart ft. The Narrator (Video bei YouTube)
04. Total Eclipse of Self
05. Killer of Minds (Video bei YouTube)
06. Avoider (Video bei YouTube)
07. Make Sure It Hurts (Video bei YouTube)
08. Senescene
09. Never Enough (Video bei YouTube)
10. Obsidian

ACCVSED „Dealers Of Doom“ Artwork

aus dem Archiv:
Live erleben konnte man die Formation zuletzt im Sommer auf diversen Festivals. Im Herbst und Winter 2024 standen zudem einige Einzelshows an.

ACCVSED Tourdaten 2024
Support für POLAR:

26.06 🇩🇪 Bochum – Die Trompete
27.06 🇩🇪 Leipzig – Moritzbastei
30.06 🇩🇪 Frankfurt – Nachtleben

Festival-Shows:

28.06. 🇩🇪 Rottweil – Stadtjugendring
29.06. 🇩🇪 Feuchtwangen – Moos Meadow Festival
06.07. 🇩🇪 Villingen Schwenningen – Kulturnacht Open Air
20.07. 🇩🇪 Dieburg – Traffic Jam Open Air Festival
22.08. 🇩🇪 Lich – Music Forge Festival
30.08. 🇩🇪 Oberbach – Pell Mell Festival
31.08. 🇩🇪 Egelsbach – Raus ausm Keller Festival

Konzerte

26.10 Dresden – HD Rock Bar
27.10 Hannover – Bei Chez Heinz
31.10 Frankfurt – Ponyhof
01.11 Prag – Café V Lese
02.11 Stuttgart – Corefest
21.12 Essen – Curtain Call

ACCVSED Line-up 2024
Tino Mehlig  Vocals
Valentin Noack  Guitar
Pascal Klebe  Bass
Christopher Lerner Drums

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DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT veröffentlichen ihr neues Studioalbum „Innern“ am 12. September 2025 via Season Of Mist. Die Platte folgt auf „Noktvrn“ (2021) und wurde von Frontmann Nikita Kamprad produziert.

Im September und Oktober folgt zudem eine Headline-Tournee, wo die Atmospheric / Post Black Metal-Band ihr neues Material live vorstellen wird.

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT „Innern“ Tracklist
1. Marter (9:24)
2. Xibalba (10:07)
3. Eos (7:30)
4. Fragment (6:24)
5. Finisterre III (2:00)
6. Forlorn (7:44)

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT „Innern“ Artwork

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT Tourdaten 2025

18 September: Dresden, DE @ Chemiefabrik
19 September: Berlin, DE @ Heimathafen
20 September: Prague, CZ @ Rock Café
21 September: München, DE @ Backstage
22 September: Leipzig, DE @ Werk 2
23 September: Salzburg, AT @ Rockhouse
24 September: Wien, AT @ Szene
25 September: Zürich, CH @ Dynamo
26 September: Genf, CH @ PTR/L’Usine
27 September: Grenoble, FR @ Ampérage
28 September: Paris, FR @ Le Petit Bain
29 September: Ludwigsburg, DE @ Scala
30 September: Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof
1 October: Hamburg, DE @ Knust
2 October: Tilburg, NL @ 013
3 October: Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat
4 October: Bochum, DE @ Christuskirche

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IMPUREZA veröffentlichen ihr drittes Studioalbum: „Alcázares“ erscheint am 11. Juli 2025 via Season Of Mist und befasst sich inhaltlich mit dem spanischen Mittelalter und seinem Kampf zwischen christlichen Königreichen und Al-Andalus. Das Lyric-Video „Reconquistar Al-Ándalus“ bietet nun weitere Höreindrücke.

Mit „Verdiales & Bajo las Tizonas de Toledo“ gibt es außerdem einen weiteren Video-Clip.

„Das als zweiteilige Komposition angelegte Stück eröffnet das Album mit „Verdiales“, einer instrumentalen Hommage an die Volkstraditionen von Málaga, bevor es in die martialische Kraft von „Bajo las Tizonas de Toledo“ übergeht – eine Nacherzählung der legendären Heldentaten von El Cid: Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (El Cid Campeador) taucht nicht nur als historische Figur auf, sondern auch als gespenstischer Archetyp von Rache und Tapferkeit, wobei sein mythisches Schwert Tizona im Mittelpunkt der lyrischen und musikalischen Wildheit des Stücks steht“, heißt es von Seiten der Band.

Eine zweite Single ist in Form des Lyric-Videos „La Orden del Yelmo Negro“ abrufbereit.

Die erste Auskopplung „Pestilencia“ handelt von der Pest und ihrer Auswirkung auf Spanien.

Produziert und gemischt wurde „Alcázares“ von Sébastian Camhi, das Mastering übernahm Jacob Hansen. Das Artwork gestalteten Johann Bodin und Xavier Ribeiro.

IMPUREZA „Alcázares“ Tracklist

Verdiales (Video bei YouTube)
Bajo las Tizonas de Toledo (Video bei YouTube)
Covadonga
Pestilencia (Video bei YouTube)
Reconquistar Al-Ándalus (Lyric-Video bei YouTube)
Murallas
La Orden del Yelmo Negro (Lyric-Video bei YouTube)
Castigos Eclesiásticos
El Ejército de los Fallecidos de Alarcos
Ruina del Alcázar
Santa Inquisición

IMPUREZA Line-up 2025
Esteban Martín – All Vocals
Lionel Cano Muñoz – Rhythm, Lead & Spanish Guitars
Florian Saillard – Fretless Bass
Guilhem Auge – Drums

Source: Vampster

ZATOKREV haben die Veröffentlichung ihres neuen Albums „…Bring Mirrors To The Surface“ für 29. August 2025 angekündigt. Erscheinen wir die Platte via Pelagic Records. Einen Höreindruck des neuen Materials der Schweizer Sludge / Doom Metal-Band vermittelt die Auskopplung „Unwinding Spirits„, an der auch ZEAL & ARDOR-Mastermind Manuel Gagneux mitwirkt.

Dem Stück ging die Single „Blood“ voraus. Die Formation kommentiert zur Platte:

„Unser neues Album, das im Jahr 2022 fertiggestellt wurde, spiegelt eine Zeit tiefgreifender Veränderungen und Widerstandsfähigkeit wider. Es ist ein Zeugnis dafür, wie Herausforderungen überwunden und Neuanfänge angenommen wurden, sowohl persönlich als auch kreativ. Die Tatsache, dass das neue Album erst drei Jahre später erscheint, ist nicht zuletzt auf die Bewältigung von schweren Lebensherausforderungen und tiefgreifenden Veränderungen zurückzuführen. Das neue Album ist der Nachfolger des Vorgängeralbums ‚Silk Spiders Underwater‘, mit dem die Geschichte begann. Mit Bring Mirrors To The Surface wird die Geschichte nun zu Ende erzählt.“

ZATOKREV „…Bring Mirrors To The Surface“ Tracklist
1. Red Storm (ft. Bölzer & Schammasch)
2. Blood (ft. Inezona)
3. The Only Voice
4. Unwinding Spirits (ft. Manuel Gagneux/Zeal & Ardor) (Audio bei YouTube)
5. Faint
6. Changes (ft. Schammasch)
7. Pearl Eyes
8. Deep Dark Turns Green (ft. Minsk)

ZATOKREV Line-up 2025
Frédéric Hug – Drums
Frederyk Rotter – Guitar, Vocals
Lucas Löw – Bass, Vocals
Matthieu Hardouin – Guitar, Vocals

Source: Vampster

  Réal Cardinal hasn’t released a Comaduster album in more than five years. Alex Reed hasn’t released a Seeming album in five years. What a coincidence then, as both are gearing toward their own respective releases, while also joining forces for a new single [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

  Washington, DC-based electro/industrial artist S Y Z Y G Y X has announced details for the forthcoming Sinner album, marking the culmination of the last four years of songwriting and production. Due to arrive on August 1 via Cold Transmission Music, the announcement comes with the reveal of the video [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

  Given the steady stream of single and EP releases and live performances over the last several years, it’s strange to think that Ash Code hasn’t released a full-length studio album since 2018. Now, the Italian darkwave and post-punk trio has announced details for Synthome, due to arrive on September 5 via Swiss Dark Nights; inspired by the concepts of French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist Jacques Lacan [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

  It’s been a tumultuous five years for the Chicago post-punk and no wave act, but Ganser will at long last be releasing a new full-length album, titled Animal Hospital. Produced by the band with longtime collaborator Angus Andrew (Liars), the album marks the first release from the current lineup [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

JINJER stellen ihr aktuelles Album „Duél“ live vor: Anfang 2026 geht die Band auf Europatour, in Deutschland spielen die UkrainerInnen in Köln, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, München, Leipzig, Berlin und Hamburg.

Die Wartezeit bis zu den Live-Terminen verkürzt ein Vocal-Performance-Video zum Stück „Hedonist„.

JINJER „Duél“ Tour 2026

23.01.26 DE – Köln / Palladium24.01.26 NL – Tilburg / O1325.01.26 BE – Brussels / AB Brussels27.01.26 UK – Glasgow / SWG3 28.01.26 IE – Dublin / Olympia 29.01.26 UK – Manchester / O2 Ritz 30.01.26 UK – Birmingham / O2 Birmingham Institute 31.01.26 UK – London / O2 Kentish Town Forum 02.02.26 FR – Paris / L’Olympia03.02.26 FR – Lyon / Transbordeur04.02.26 FR – Toulouse / Bikini07.02.26 ES – Madrid / Wagon 08.02.26 ES – Bilbao / Santana 27 11.02.26 CH – Zürich / X-tra12.02.26 DE – Stuttgart / LKA13.02.26 DE – Wiesbaden / Schlachthof14.02.26 DE – München / Tonhalle16.02.26 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra17.02.26 AT – Wien / Gasometer19.02.26 CZ – Prague / Sasazu20.02.26 DE – Leipzig / Felsenkeller21.02.26 DE – Berlin / Astra22.02.26 PL – Warsaw / Progresja 24.02.26 FI – Helsinki / Kulttuuritalo 25.02.26 FI – Tampere / Tavara Asema 27.02.26 SE – Stockholm / Fållan 28.02.26 NO – Oslo / Sentrum Scene 01.03.26 DK – Copenhagen / Amager Bio02.03.26 DE – Hamburg / Grosse Freiheit 36

JINJER FESTIVALS 2025

03.06.25 LT – Vilnius / Compesa Hall04.06.25 SE – Sölvesborg / Sweden Rock06.06.25 PL – Gdańsk / Mystic Festival07.06.25 DE – Nuremberg / Rock im Park08.06.25 DE – Nürburg / Rock am Ring10.06.25 SI – Laibach / Mediacenter12.06.25 AT – Nickelsdorf / Nova Rock Festival13.06.25 FI – Turku / Rock Fest14.06.25 CH – Interlaken / Greenfield Festival15.06.25 UK – Donington Park / Download Festival17.06.25 BG – Sofia / Maimunarnika19.06.25 FR – Clisson / Hellfest20.06.25 BE – Dessel / Graspop Metal Meeting22.06.25 IT – Milan / Dissonance Fest25.06.25 ES – Viveiro / Resurrection Fest26.06.25 NL – Ysselsteyn / Jera On Air28.06.25 NO – Oslo / Tons Of Rock29.06.25 PT – Lisbon / Evil Live Festival02.07.25 DK – Roskilde / Roskilde Festival

 

JINJER – Zenith, München – 16.11.2024 – Konzertfotos

Source: Vampster

Die japanische Alternative / Nu Metal-Band MAN WITH A MISSION hat am 12. März 2025 eine neue EP herausgebracht. „XV EP“ erschien vorläufig nur digital, am 19. September 2025 folgen nun die CD- und Vinyl-Auflagen der Scheibe. Während die CD-Fassung mit zwei zusätzlichen Live-Mitschnitten als Bonus erscheint, enthält die Vinyl-Fassung neben der Vier-Track-EP nur vier der acht Live-Songs der Digital-Ausgabe.

Den Bonus-Track „Reaching For The Sky (Live in Japan)“ kann man jetzt als Video sehen.

Darüber hinaus gibt es auch einen Clip zu „Whispers Of The Fake“. Die Nummer folgt auf das Video zu „Vertigo“, dem Opener der EP. Als ersten Vorgeschmack teilten die Musiker im Februar den Track „Reaching For The Sky“ auf allen gängigen Streaming-Portalen.

Mit „XV E.P.“ will die Gruppe ihr 15-jähriges Bestehen feiern, sie umfasst vier neue Tracks sowie acht Live-Mitschnitte.  Die Platte erscheint via Century Media. Im Oktober folgt dann eine Europatour mit Terminen in Berlin, Frankfurt, Köln, Hamburg, München sowie Wien (A). Im Vorprogramm sind HANDS LIKE HOUSES zu sehen.

MAN WITH A MISSION „XV EP“ Tracklist
01 Vertigo (Video bei YouTube)
02 Circles
03 REACHING FOR THE SKY (Audio-Stream)
04 whispers of the fake (Video bei YouTube)

North America Tour 2024 “Kizuna no Kiseki” in Mexico

05 INTO THE DEEP
06 Merry-Go-Round
07 Seven Deadly Sins
08 blaze -Acoustic Ver.-
09 Dark Crow
10 Dead End in Tokyo
11 My Hero
12 Kizuna no Kiseki
13 REACHING FOR THE SKY (“PLAY WHAT U WANT TOUR 2025 in Japan”) – CD-Bonus-Track
14. Vertigo (“PLAY WHAT U WANT TOUR 2025 in Japan”) – CD-Bonus-Track

MAN WITH A MISSION „XV EP“ Vinyl-Tracklist
Side A

1. Vertigo
2. Circles
3. REACHING FOR THE SKY
4. whispers of the fake

Side B

1. INTO THE DEEP (“North America Tour 2024 “Kizuna no Kiseki” in Mexico”)
2. Merry-Go-Round (“North America Tour 2024 “Kizuna no Kiseki” in Mexico”)
3. Seven Deadly Sins (“North America Tour 2024 “Kizuna no Kiseki” in Mexico”)
4. Kizuna no Kiseki (“North America Tour 2024 “Kizuna no Kiseki” in Mexico”)

MAN WITH A MISSION, HANDS LIKE HOUSES Tourdaten 2025

02.10.25 UK London @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
03.10.25 UK Manchester @ O2 Ritz
05.10.25 UK Birmingham @ XOYO
08.10.25 Germany Berlin @ Metropol
10.10.25 The Netherlands Eindhoven @ Effenaar
11.10.25 France Paris @ Salle Pleyel
14.10.25 Germany Frankfurt @ Batschkapp
15.10.25 France Lyon @ Le Transbordeur
17.10.25 Germany Köln @ E-Werk
18.10.25 Germany Hamburg @ Markthalle
21.10.25 Czech Republic Prague @ Lucerna Music Bar
23.10.25 Germany München @ Backstage Werk
24.10.25 Austria Wien @ Simm City

MAN WITH A MISSION Line-up 2025
Tokyo Tanaka – lead vocals
Jean-Ken Johnny – guitars, co-lead vocals, rapping
Kamikaze Boy – bass, backing vocals
DJ Santa Monica – turntables, keyboards, sampling
Spear Rib – drums

Source: Vampster

GAUPA stellen ihren neuen Song „Lion’s Thorn“ in Form eines Lyric-Videos vor.

Die Nummer „Ten Of Twelve“ gibt es sogar in Bild und Ton bei YouTube.

Der Track folgt auf das Musikvideo „Heavy Lord“. Alle Tracks stammen von der aktuellen EP „Fyr“, die am 4. Juli 2025 via Nuclear Blast digital veröffentlicht wurde. Auf CD und Vinyl erscheint das Werk via Magnetic Eye Records inklusive des Bonus-Tracks „Sömnen / Febersvan (Live At Monkey Moon Studios, 2023)“.

Die Psychedelic- / Progressive-Rock-Band aus Schweden veröffentlichte zuletzt das Album „Myriad“ (2022).

GAUPA „Fyr“ Tracklist
01. Lion’s Thorn (07:37) (Lyric-Video bei YouTube)
02. Heavy Lord (03:58) (Video bei YouTube)
03. Ten Of Twelve (04:21) (Video bei YouTube)
04. Elastic Sleep (08:10)

Source: Vampster

AURI stellen ihr kommendes Album „III – Candles & Beginnings“ mit einem Clip zu „Museum Of Childhood“ vor.

Auch ein Video zu „Shieldmaiden“ gibt es im Stream:

Das neue Album des Crossover-Projekts von Sängerin Johanna Kurkela und den NIGHTWISH-Musikern Tuomas Holopainen und Troy Donockley erscheint am 15. August 2025.

Im August sind AURI auf Tour und geben auch Konzerte in Deutschland.

AURI – A Trail Of Candles & Beginnings Tour 2025
13.08. FI  Kitee, Kiteesali
14.08. FI  Kitee, Kiteesali
16.08. FI  Tampere, Tampere-talo
20.08. FI  Oulu, Madetojan Sali
22.08. FI  Vaasa, Ritz
23.08. FI  Helsinki, Helsinki Festival / Huvilateltta (+ Eye Of Melian)
12.09. UK  Manchester, RNCM Theatre
13.09. UK  Edinburgh, Queen ́s Hall
15.09. UK  London, Union Chapel
16.09. BE  Gent, Theaterzaal Vooruit
17.09. FR  Paris, La Cigale (+ Eye Of Melian)
18.09. NL Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg (+ Eye Of Melian)
20.09. CH  Zürich, Volkshaus
21.09. DE  Stuttgart, Liederhalle 
22.09. DE  Cologne Theater am Tanzbrunnen (+ Eye Of Melian) 
23.09. DE  Essen, Lichtburg 
25.09. DE  Mannheim, Capitol 
26.09. DE  Munich, St. Matthäuskirche 
27.09. AT  Vienna, Simm City 
29.09. HU  Budapest, MOM Kult
30.09. CZ  Prague, Hybernia
01.10. DE  Berlin, Passionskirche 
02.10. DE  Leipzig, Kupfersaal 
04.10. PL  Warsaw ,Palladium
06.10. DE  Hamburg Laeiszhalle 
07.10. DK  Copenhagen, Amager Bio
08.10. SE  Stockholm, Nya Cirkus
09.10. NO  Oslo Sentrum Scene
10.10. NO  Bergen Grieghallen

Source: Vampster

Im Februar 2025 erschien mit „To Live In A Different Way“ das Debütalbum der Alternative Rock-Band LOVE IS NOISE. Jetzt legen die Briten zwei brandneue Tracks nach: Zu „Hole In Me“ gibt es einen Clip, „All Eyes Shut“ ist u.a. als Audiostream bei bandcamp abrufbar.

Beide Stücke sind zugleich die ersten Songs des runderneuerten Line-ups. Der verbliebene Sänger Cameron Humphrey hat mit Sam Clark (Bass), Alex Ioannou (Gitarre) und Joe Pink (Drums) drei neue Musiker um sich geschart.

Source: Vampster

As the M’era Luna 2025 with its anniversary is ahead, we feel like we have to share an article waiting in our archives for too long… In 2019 again, our M’era Luna Tattoo Special was ready for the tattooed visitors of the festival, and once again visitors sent us pictures of their tattoos. The selected winners had the chance to do a shooting and interview with us, and the organizers gave small gifts as souvenirs.

Source: Reflections of Darkness

Videos der Woche (28.06.2025-05.07.2025)
Mit SPIRITUAL RAVISHMENT   NAEVUS   STILL IN LOVE   CURSE OF CAIN   MYSTIC CIRCLE   CELESTIAL WIZARD   BLOODY MOON   CELTIC HILLS   FIRMAMENT (Leipzig)   ABIGAIL WILLIAMS   DYING AWKWARD ANGEL   JOE STUMP’S TOWER OF BABEL   KONTUSION   AURO   HIGHER POWER   LETTERS SENT HOME   KNOSIS   KINGDOM OF GIANTS   PSYCHO-FRAME   CALL OF CHARON   OÏKOUMEN   THIS I OWE   ANCIENT MALICE   INNUMERABLE FORMS   RHYGOR   CRUENTATION   ASHES OF THE SUN   DEPHOSPHORUS   CONDITION CRITICAL   FIT FOR A KING   SANGUISUGABOGG   LORD OF THE LOST   RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR   MORS PRINCIPIUM EST   IRON SAVIOR   UPON STONE   ROYAL SORROW   AS DECEMBER FALLS   DURRY   HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD   J.B.O.   GOOD FORTUNE   BLESSINGS   TAUSEND ROSEN   SIENA ROOT   FACE YOURSELF   MONOLIYTH   SUPERNAUGHTY   SURVIVALIST   FALL OF SATURN   THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS   VILLAIN OF THE STORY   REINFORCER   SOLENCE   LINNEA HJERTEN   OUR NORTH   MOUNDRAG   MARGANTHA   BELIEVE IN NOTHING   HARVESTED   TETRAGRAMMACIDE   NO SHELTER.   APPALOOZA   GOLGATA   BETRAYME   BLIND EQUATION   WITCH CLUB SATAN   MALEVICH   VERDALACK   ABYSSALIS   HAXPROCESS   PERISHING   AGROPELTER   BARNABAS SKY   DEAD END FINLAND   VISITANT   CLAIRVOYANCE   IRON SPELL   VELVETEEN QUEEN   MATT MILLER   BORRACHO   SHADECROWN   BRAY ROAD   EPIC DEATH

Band: SPIRITUAL RAVISHMENT

Genres: grindcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: SPIRITUAL RAVISHMENT: kündigen neues Grindcore Album „Exit Humanity“ an

Band: NAEVUS

Genres: doom metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: NAEVUS: kündigen neues Doom Metal Album „Back Home“ an

Band: STILL IN LOVE

Genres: hardcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: STILL IN LOVE: zweiter Track vom neuen Hardcore Album „Recovery Language“

Band: CURSE OF CAIN

Genres: modern metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: CURSE OF CAIN: weiteres Video vom neuen Modern Metal Album „Achtung!“

Band: MYSTIC CIRCLE

Genres: black metal death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: MYSTIC CIRCLE: kündigen neues Black Death Metal Album „Hexenbrand 1486“ an – Video-Clip zu „Boogeyman“

Band: CELESTIAL WIZARD

Genres: melodic death metal power metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: CELESTIAL WIZARD: dritter Track vom neuen Power / Melodic Death Metal Album „Regenesis“ aus Denver

Band: BLOODY MOON

Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: BLOODY MOON: kündigen neues Melodic Death Metal Album „Lost & Damned“ an

Band: CELTIC HILLS

Genres: power metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: CELTIC HILLS: Video-Clip vom neuen Power Metal Album „Övervinna en Förlust“ aus Udine

Band: FIRMAMENT (Leipzig)

Genres: hard rock heavy metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: FIRMAMENT: kündigen neues Heavy Metal / Hard Rock Album „For Centuries Alive“ aus Leipzig an

Band: ABIGAIL WILLIAMS

Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: ABIGAIL WILLIAMS: Lyric-Video vom neuen Black Metal Album „A Void Within Existence“

Band: DYING AWKWARD ANGEL

Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: DYING AWKWARD ANGEL: zweite Single vom neuen Melodic Death Metal Album „The Missing Frame“ aus Turin

Band: JOE STUMP’S TOWER OF BABEL

Genres: hard rock heavy metal heavy rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: JOE STUMP’S TOWER OF BABEL: Video-Clip vom neuen Album „Days Of Thunder“

Band: KONTUSION

Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: KONTUSION: Video-Clip vom neuen Death Metal Album „Insatiable Lust For Death“

Band: AURO

Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: AURO: neues Black Metal Album „Im Schatten der Bastion“ aus Augsburg

Band: HIGHER POWER

Genres: alternative rock hardcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: HIGHER POWER: neues Album „There’s Love In This World If You Want it“

Band: LETTERS SENT HOME

Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: LETTERS SENT HOME: neuer Song „A Wife. A Whore“

Band: KNOSIS

Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: KNOSIS: neues Album „Genknosis“ der Metalcore-Band um Ryo Kinoshita (ex-CRYSTAL LAKE) – weitere Single „Tanebi“

Band: KINGDOM OF GIANTS

Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: KINGDOM OF GIANTS: neue EP „Burning Chrome“ im August 2025

Band: PSYCHO-FRAME

Genres: deathcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: PSYCHO-FRAME: neues Album „Salvation Laughs In The Face Of A Grieving Mother“ – weitere Single

Band: CALL OF CHARON

Genres: death metal deathcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: CALL OF CHARON: kündigen neues Death Metal / Deathcore Album „Tales of Tragedy“ an

Band: OÏKOUMEN

Genres: symphonic metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: OÏKOUMEN: neue Symphonic Metal Single „Enchanted Worlds“ mitsamt Video-Clip aus Frankreich

Band: THIS I OWE

Genres: doom metal gothic metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: THIS I OWE: Labeldeal für Progressive Doom / Gothic Metal Album „Alchemists“

Band: ANCIENT MALICE

Genres: death metal grindcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: ANCIENT MALICE: debütieren mit neuem Death Metal / Grindcore Album „Accept the Vile Gifts of the Dead“

Band: INNUMERABLE FORMS

Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: INNUMERABLE FORMS: kündigen neues Death Metal Album „Pain Effulgence“ an

Band: RHYGOR

Genres: modern metal progressive metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: RHYGOR: debütieren mit neuer Progressive Groove Metal Single „Relics“

Band: CRUENTATION

Genres: black metal death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: CRUENTATION: kündigen neues Black / Death Metal Album „Damned Fallen Angels“ an

Band: ASHES OF THE SUN

Genres: hard rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: ASHES OF THE SUN: debütieren mit neuem Hard Rock Album „Gods With Machines“

Band: DEPHOSPHORUS

Genres: grindcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: DEPHOSPHORUS: Titeltrack vom neuen Astrogrind Album „Planetoktonos“ aus Athen

Band: CONDITION CRITICAL

Genres: thrash metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: CONDITION CRITICAL: kündigen neues Thrash Metal Album „Degeneration Chamber“ an

Band: FIT FOR A KING

Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: FIT FOR A KING: neues Album „Lonely God“ – Video zu „Begin The Sacrifice“

Band: SANGUISUGABOGG

Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: SANGUISUGABOGG: neues Album „Hideous Aftermath“ im Oktober 2025

Band: LORD OF THE LOST

Genres: dark metal gothic metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: LORD OF THE LOST: neues Album „Opvs Noir Vol. 1“ – Video zu „Ghosts“

Band: RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR

Genres: modern metal nu metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: RISE OF THE NORTHSTAR: neuer Song „Back 2 Basics“

Band: MORS PRINCIPIUM EST

Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: MORS PRINCIPIUM EST: neues Album „Darkness Invisible“ – zweite Single „Monuments“

Band: IRON SAVIOR

Genres: power metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: IRON SAVIOR: neues Album „Machine World Reforged“ mit Neuaufnahmen – weiterer Song

Band: UPON STONE

Genres: melodic death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: UPON STONE: neue Melodic Death Metal-EP „End Time Lightning“

Band: ROYAL SORROW

Genres: alternative metal progressive metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: ROYAL SORROW: neuer Song „Samsara“& Tour im Herbst 2025

Band: AS DECEMBER FALLS

Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: AS DECEMBER FALLS: neues Album „Everything’s On Fire, But I’m Fine“; Tour im Herbst 2025

Band: DURRY

Genres: indie ROCK

Mehr dazu erfahren: DURRY: neues Album „This Movie Sucks“ – Video zu „Bully“

Band: HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD

Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD: neuer Song „Savior“

Band: J.B.O.

Genres: heavy metal ROCK

Mehr dazu erfahren: J.B.O.: neues Album „Haus Of The Rising Fun“ & Tour 2025/2026 – Video zu „Bussi“

Band: GOOD FORTUNE

Genres: alternative rock indie

Mehr dazu erfahren: GOOD FORTUNE: neuer Song „Purple Sun“

Band: BLESSINGS

Genres: hardcore noisecore Post Punk

Mehr dazu erfahren: BLESSINGS: neues Album „Blodsträngen“ – dritter Song „Allt Vi Kan Ge Är Upp“

Band: TAUSEND ROSEN

Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: TAUSEND ROSEN: neuer Song „Breezy Johnson“

Band: SIENA ROOT

Genres: classic rock Retro Rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: SIENA ROOT: neues Live-Album „Made In KuBa“ & Tour im Oktober 2025

Band: FACE YOURSELF

Genres: deathcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: FACE YOURSELF: neuer Song „Ov Agony“

Band: MONOLIYTH

Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: MONOLIYTH: Titeltrack vom neuen Death Metal Album „He Who Kills“ aus Australien als Lyric-Video

Band: SUPERNAUGHTY

Genres: stoner rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: SUPERNAUGHTY: kündigen neues Stoner Rock Album „Apocalypso“ an

Band: SURVIVALIST

Genres: deathcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: SURVIVALIST: erste Single vom neuen Groovecore / Deathcore Album „A Place For Those Who Suffer, Alone…“

Band: FALL OF SATURN

Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: FALL OF SATURN: neue Groove Metal / Metalcore Single „Pray or Prey“ aus London

Band: THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS

Genres: alternative rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS: neue Alternative Rock Single „Slipping Through (No Kings)“

Band: VILLAIN OF THE STORY

Genres: alternative rock metalcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: VILLAIN OF THE STORY: weiteres Video vom neuen Alternative Rock / Modern Metalcore Album „Convergence: Two Minds In One“

Band: REINFORCER

Genres: power metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: REINFORCER: kündigen neues Power Metal Album „Ice And Death“ an

Band: SOLENCE

Genres: electronic modern metal ROCK

Mehr dazu erfahren: SOLENCE: zweite Single vom neuen Electronic Rock / Metal Album „Angels Calling“ und Tour mit NOTHING MORE

Band: LINNEA HJERTEN

Genres: FOLK singer songwriter

Mehr dazu erfahren: LINNEA HJERTEN: neue Ambient Folk Single „Steg för steg“

Band: OUR NORTH

Genres: metalcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: OUR NORTH: Titeltrack von neuer Metalcore EP „Everyone For Themselves“ als Lyric-Video

Band: MOUNDRAG

Genres: progressive rock psychedelic rock

Mehr dazu erfahren: MOUNDRAG: kündigen neues Psychedelic Progressive Rock Album „DEUX“ an

Band: MARGANTHA

Genres: black metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: MARGANTHA: Video-Clip von neuer Black Metal Debüt-EP „Blood Moon Sacrifice“

Band: BELIEVE IN NOTHING

Genres: sludge

Mehr dazu erfahren: BELIEVE IN NOTHING: neue Sludge / Noise Single „Boiling Stone“ über den Atomkrieg

Band: HARVESTED

Genres: death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: HARVESTED: Lyric-Video vom neuen Death Metal Album „Dysthymia“

Band: TETRAGRAMMACIDE

Genres: black metal death metal

Mehr dazu erfahren: TETRAGRAMMACIDE: kündigen neue Blackened Death Metal EP „Cyber-Tantric Paradigm of Radical Sri-Vidya“ an

Band: NO SHELTER.

Genres: black metal death metal hardcore

Mehr dazu erfahren: NO SHELTER.: zweiter Track vom neuen Blackened Hardcore / Death-Metal Album „Remission/Reolve“

Band: APPALOOZA

Genres: heavy rock

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Genres: black metal hardcore Post Metal

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Genres: speed metal

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Genres: death metal progressive death metal

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Genres: death doom metal

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Genres: melodic rock

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Genres: melodic death metal

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Genres: black metal death metal

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Finnish electro-industrial band And Then You Die is premiering their new video “Dead (We Are)”...

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Unter dem Motto "Lux Aeterna Kirchen-Tour 2025 – Eine sakrale Nacht mit Joachim Witt" kommt der goldene Reiter auf eine ganz besondere Tour, präsentiert von Sonic Seducer! Mehr Infos und die Termine hier.

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Mit "Klabauterfrau" haben Versengold eine brandneue Single veröffentlicht! Mehr Infos und das Musikvideo hier bei uns!

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Lovers to strangers
From all the highs and lows
You had it all but you can’t trust no more
Might still get there
After an extended silence, Canada’s Violentene have finally unveiled their latest single, Savage City, an evocative, dark synth meditation on isolation and urban dread. Rooted in vintage electronics, Roland M channels the lush depths of classic 80s Moogs and Korgs, creating a rich foundation for vocalist Mvrijo to layer her stirring melodies. Her voice soars gently above synth pulses, capturing the unsettling tension of life within an ever-decaying metropolis. Echoing artists like Ladytron and Glass Candy, the duo expertly navigates between lush nostalgia and sharp, contemporary anxiety.

Savage City surges forth with moody hooks and textured layers that conjure the anxieties of contemporary existence. The lyrics explore emotional seclusion and the slow erosion of trust, depicting an internal struggle with fading hope and an urgent yearning for something genuine.

Violentene masterfully paint a portrait of modern disconnection, wrapped elegantly in dark synth precision. Fans of Chvrches, Empathy Test, and classic Depeche Mode will find resonance in this expressive and thought-provoking return.

Listen to Savage City below and order the single here.

Savage City by Violentene

Roland Marckwort started Violentene in 2017 as a desire to reconnect with early ambient/dream pop musings he began with Venus Swirls in the late 90s. That project led to electro outfit Liquified, releasing two successful and acclaimed CDs and much chart success, as well as a label deal with World Domination Records.

After a short DJ stint, Roland moved on to the indie-new wave foursome Politique, who released two albums, many a sold-out show, and a Canadian mini tour during 2008-2012. In 2017, Roland collaborated with NYC singer Dani Mari (Primitive Heart) and produced and released two EPs: Denial and Phantom Youth, both gaining a strong underground following with the shoegaze-dream pop crowd.

Mvrijo has been singing since her teens and has fronted popular Canadian indie rock and pop acts. Mvrijo and Roland connected locally in Ottawa in late 2019, with the focus being able to play live finally and work locally and so began work on the Otherworld EP quickly; her inclusion into Violentene has been the perfect missing piece, fulfilling the vision the duo has embarked upon.

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A burning paradise for the gods of war
The White House is now a dark star
Empires are back with a sinister smile
Resistance is the only way out
Albin Wagener’s music now glides through Caen’s fog-laden streets under the banner of The Memory of Snow, his evocative solo rebirth after the dissolution of Overcast. A decade of creative hibernation thawed on a journey to Finland’s austere, boreal north, where he rediscovered purpose amid Arctic hush and endless white horizons.

“For me, the name ‘The Memory Of Snow’ is connected to three things,” Wagener says. “First, a magical, serene, and very impactful moment I experienced in Finland in 2018, where I traveled up to the Arctic Circle, getting lost in the snowy landscapes. I felt a sense of fulfillment I had never experienced before. It’s also a memory from my childhood, when winters were still snowy, and I loved the sensations it brought: the silence, the calm… something that made it feel like being outside of time, in a way. And finally, it’s also a reference to the climate crisis, with the risk of losing this snow in many places. So it’s something very personal, and I think it also reflects the style of music I create.

Wagener fans his influences like a fortune-teller’s tarot deck, each card tinting the next—Depeche Mode’s icy synth thrum, Slowdive’s iridescent haze, and The Chameleons’ glass-cut angles. Out of that spread rise songs steeped in yearning, where post-punk frost dissolves into dream-pop vapor, then catches a hint of twilight blues. The full tableau unveils itself on his 13-track album, Obsidian Dust.

The album opens strong with “So Many Buildings Close to the Sea,” a track that hovers over a sun-soaked city filled with longing. Wagener channels something akin to Frank Tovey’s folk intensity alongside Morricone-esque synth riffs, capturing fleeting romances amidst concrete jungles and transient human connections. His voice floats softly yet sharply, vividly illustrating the theme of impermanence, much like the inevitable retreat of summer.

The raw nerve of Betrayed confronts personal devastation without embellishment, reminiscent of The Church’s melancholy hymns and early U2’s earnest intensity. Wagener’s honesty is brutal, dissecting familial wounds and emotional treachery, exposing despair that teeters on oblivion’s edge. Dark Star ignites fiercely, a clarion call against creeping fascism and ecological decay. Wagener’s vocal condemnation blazes over dark synths, conjuring imagery of obsidian dust and societal collapse, urging resistance against authoritarian tides with urgency and conviction.

Please Me twists the night into an urgent plea for sensual escape. Its distorted vocals and heated guitar licks blur the boundaries between emotional pain and raw, visceral release, capturing intimacy as a primal refuge from daily monotony and internal strife. Viper coils seductively, venomous love framed as addiction and self-destruction. Violent metaphors snake through lush instrumentation, depicting romantic turmoil as an alluring yet ruinous trap, leaving scars of guilt and internal blame.

Warm Rain simmers anxiously, nocturnal tension dripping through urban solitude. Wagener’s uneasy imagery and spectral instrumentation channel sleeplessness and suppressed violence, articulating city life’s hidden restlessness. A shift occurs in Prince of Asturias, where upbeat rhythms and lush strings celebrate authenticity and inner clarity. References to Leonard Cohen reinforce the song’s call to embrace genuine creativity and purposeful self-awareness, illuminating personal truth as a path toward hope.

The Cold Birth of Despair is a slow descent into existential twilight, draped in celestial chorals and Lynchian blues. Wagener’s plaintive synth pads underscore life’s inevitable void, portraying death as both profound and profoundly isolating. Ghost City traverses empty streets haunted by regret and societal scars. Humanity’s destructive impulse contrasts sharply against nature’s tranquil persistence, suggesting serenity might bloom only after humankind’s departure.

What’s Left Of A Man depicts emotional ruin and resignation. Addiction and past betrayals cloud the narrator’s weary reflection, leaving only husks of self amid life’s absurd repetitions. Meanwhile, Dakota Skye offers a poignant critique of fame’s hollow promise, using its tragic muse to condemn society’s exploitative contradictions. Wagener mourns the discarded idols, caught in celebrity’s isolating glare.

Blast From The Past revisits nostalgia with aching honesty, admitting past failings and acknowledging memories that stubbornly refuse oblivion. Love’s ghostly persistence is accepted without romanticizing its enduring sting. Finally, Destination embraces life’s stark limits, finding beauty amid inevitable decay. Wagener’s resignation is tender, comfort found in simple moments against existential resignation, questioning purpose while savoring transient joys.

Wagener’s The Memory of Snow is a compelling journey through the emotional wilderness, a reflective embrace of isolation, despair, and fragile hope, offering solace amidst life’s beautiful decay.

Listen to Obsidian Dust below and order the album here.

Obsidian Dust by The Memory Of Snow
Albin Wagener spoke with Post-Punk.com about the creation of the album, his influences, and the subject material in his poignant lyrics.
 
Obsidian Dust is your third album, and it’s been noted as something of a creative milestone in your career. How do you feel your musical identity or approach has evolved on this record compared to your previous releases? Were there any new influences or challenges you embraced during the creation of Obsidian Dust that set it apart from your earlier work?

It’s been an incredible journey actually, since I started making music again in 2022, after a ten-year long writer’s block. Basically, I needed to tread carefully regarding music and get used to it again in a way. My first album, Home is where the heart aches, reflects this: it’s based on a mix of new and old ideas. The second album Atlantic is a bit more conceptual, still a mix of ideas, but I felt more confident about making music and writing more straightforward tracks, in order to build a musical world of my own. It still feels like some work in progress when I listen to the songs, but it’s getting somewhere. Strangely, Obsidian Dust wasn’t meant to happen: I was starting to work on a mirror album to Bowie’s Outside (which is now 30 years old), titled Inside (and which I hope to release by the end of 2025), and somehow I started playing with more atmospheric sounds. All in all, a specific artistic vision to emerge of all this: the aim of my music was to mix electronic elements with eerie soundscapes and some southern gothic feeling. In this sense, Obsidian Dust is a work on its own, more cohesive… it’s been compared to Depeche Mode, Nick Cave and Swans, so I guess I can be pretty proud about this work. The influences remain the same, but they are finally combined in something that is much more personal. I feel like I didn’t need to copy or write tracks that would ultimately say “this one is officially inspired by this band or that band”, but just make my stuff, write songs, experiment with sounds and that’s that. Obsidian Dust is a happy accident, it emerged as a full body of songs.

Reviewers have described Obsidian Dust as “darker, denser and heavier” than your earlier albums, blending elements of coldwave, post-punk, dream pop, and even “Lynchian” soundscapes into an immersive sonic journey. What was your approach to crafting the album’s rich sound palette and instrumentation to achieve this mix of electronic textures, gothic guitar tones, and deep melancholy? Did you experiment with any new instruments or production techniques to develop the album’s distinctive atmosphere?

I guess I just drifted away from classic songwriting and just wanted to experiment with sounds. Sometimes I would just turn on the computer, choose a sound and start playing around with it-this is how the songs Warm Rain or The Cold Birth of Despair ended up being full fledged songs. But at the same time, the more I played with this dirty southern guitar sound and the atmospheric synths, the more I knew where I wanted to go: I needed Obsidian Dust to be the sound of dusty summer evenings, when it’s too hot, when the day’s been to dark and storms are about to burst. In this sense, it’s a summer album-but not the kind of classic summer albums where it’s all about positive vibes and dancing and stuff. It’s a goth summer album: it’s dark, sticky, uncertain and rusty. This is probably where The Memory Of Snow is probably going, ironically (when you think of the name of my musical project). I guess I had a few influences in mind, like some tracks by Peter Murphy or The The for instance, and of course David Lynch’s works, in order to recreate this strange atmosphere where everything feels like it’s slowly decaying because of the heat. It’s like a feverish nightmare in the middle of a hot summer night.

You recorded, mixed, and mastered Obsidian Dust yourself at Brkfst Studio in Lille. What was the recording process like when you handle every aspect of production on your own? Did working in your personal studio give you more freedom to experiment or refine each track’s sound? And were there any challenges (or advantages) in being responsible for the entire production process from start to finish?

Since I began making music again in 2022, I started a very intimate journey. I had to get intimate again with keyboards, with the sound of my own voice, with production techniques and stuff. I started working on mixing and mastering, watching tons of videos, experimenting, going back and forth because I wasn’t always satisfied with the result, etc. It was about learning to be a musician again, so I wanted to be in full control… well it’s more about artistic empowerment than control actually. It’s about finding my own vision, and since I was on the verge of beginning a new chapter of my musical life after such a long hiatus, I wanted to mix and master those songs. I want to be in charge of the result, I needed to feel like I was the only one responsible for the outcome, even if it wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. So yes, it’s also about experimenting: I mean when you’re on your own and you start mixing, you can always go back to your song and change a few things if you feel like something is missing in your sound. When you work with other people and you’re in the mixing process, well you spend your money on mixing and you can’t go back… or if you go back, you need to do it all over again. It’s also less expensive of course, and it’s more rewarding to feel like you’re learning and becoming a better artist, somehow.

 
The album’s title, Obsidian Dust, is quite evocative – and it even appears in the lyrics of “Dark Star.” What does “obsidian dust” signify for you in the context of this record? Is there a story or concept behind how you chose that title, and how do you feel it ties into the album’s overall themes or mood?

To be completely honest, the working title was Obsidian. I was feeling like I was working on a dark album, so I wanted a title that would reflect it. But at the same time, there was also this filthy and sticky atmosphere, where you feel like you’re working with things that are falling apart, decaying and still sticky. So I felt that Obsidian Dust was a better title for the album, because it would reflect its atmosphere-like a musical movie, if you prefer. It’s funny that you mention those lyrics, because Dark Star is quite an apocalyptic song-it’s really a political anthem about the end of democracies, about the craziness of our times, especially with Musk and Trump’s alliance and the way it just hit the world. So I liked the idea of this contrast between ‘obsidian dust’ and ‘the memory of snow’, especially because the name of my musical project is about childhood memories and my love for the snow and the peace it brings me. This idea of a darkness that is devouring everything like a black hole, tearing everything apart, and just swallowing a form of innocence that is now definitely gone. I’m sorry, it’s not a very positive or funny album! But I believe it’s the only honest music I can make.

 
The songs on Obsidian Dust span both deeply personal and broadly political subject matter – from personal betrayal and desire to the “authoritarian zeitgeist” of our times, meditations on mortality, a pandemic-induced standstill, and even a tribute to Leonard Cohen. How did you manage to balance these diverse themes within one album? When writing, did you approach the intimate, emotional songs differently than the more outward-looking tracks that tackle social and existential issues?

I’ve always thought that music is a politic thing-and art in general. Postpunk is about mixing intimate existence with political topics, when you take a look at the lyrics of The Sound, Joy Division, Comsat Angels or Eyeless In Gaza for instance. And the whole purpose of the alternative musical scene since the beginnings, since punk and postpunk, is to question the way we live, the absurdity of our existence, love in dark times and the way society works. So in a sense, it’s very political, even when it speaks to your soul. Even if the topics since to be quite diverse in terms of songwriting, they all try to connect the intimate with the political or with society if you prefer. Even bigger topics like those approached in Dark Star and Ghost City affect our lives: the way a pandemic has put our lives and our societies on hold, or the way these new political era completely destroys our sense of safeness and security. Home is where the heart aches, right? It’s also about trying to find comfort in references, in love, lust and journeys. This is also why the album ends with Destination, a track about the end of a journey… which does not mean that eveything is coming to an end, but that a chapter is closed.

“Ghost City” addresses the eerie stillness of a world in lockdown — the “pandemic-induced standstill” that you depict in the song. What inspired you to write about that lockdown atmosphere, and how did you translate the feelings of isolation and tension into the music? Were there specific instrumentation or production choices you made to evoke the emptiness of streets and the tension of that period in “Ghost City”?

During the pandemic, I was driving through the city to buy some food, and everything was so still and peaceful… but it felt like the end of human society somehow. It was frightening and relieving at the same time, it’s like being liberated from the stress and the constraints of daily life. Yet it was also creating something that was pretty much dystopian in a way, with democratic regimes imposing rules that were not democratic at all, and people locked in their own homes. So I had these lyrics written around 2020, there just waiting for the right musical atmosphere. And while making the album, I also listened to some old Sisters Of Mercy, and to be honest I just felt like it would be interesting to write some music that would bring some kind of post-apocalyptic soundscapes to the lyrics, with a thumping rhythm section and something that would be more dynamic, in contrast with the stillness of the Covid lockdown. In my songs, there’s always this kind of strange contrast between deep sadness I think, and the fact that the only way out is to hope that things can get better. It’s about being aware of this whole absurdity, yet being able to work for these tiny lights. I guess Ghost City works that way; there’s still energy in bleakness.

 
“Dark Star” is one of the more politically charged tracks on the album, confronting what you’ve called an “autoritären Zeitgeist” (authoritarian zeitgeist). The lyrics reference rising fascism and disinformation, even declaring “The White House is now a dark star… The memory of snow is now obsidian dust. What sparked the creation of this song, and how did you go about conveying its urgent, ominous message through the music and arrangement? Did writing “Dark Star” influence the overall concept or the title of the album in any way?

…Even If I don’t live in the USA, I knew that a second mandate by Trump would have disastrous consequences for the world as we know it-well at least as we know it in western democracies, because we forgot what chaos is like, and we probably were too much confident about our societies and the way they are working. But somehow it’s not about Trump himself: it’s more about watching safe democracies falling apart, slowly decaying, tumbling down and drifting into a whole new territory where inequalities are about to become violent, where people cannot speak with each other anymore even when they disagree. Democracy is about being able to disagree peacefully, and discuss these disagreements without engaging into civil wars. This time appears to be gone now. But Dark Star is just one song among others on the album, yet it’s probably one of the most aggressive and raw tracks, definitely. It has this industrial touch which makes me want to experiment more in this sense in the future, to be honest.
 
 “Prince of Asturias” serves as a poetic nod to Leonard Cohen – it’s noted as a tribute that even quotes Cohen’s famous remark, “If we knew where the good songs came from, we’d go there more often”. Why did you choose to incorporate that reference into this song? What significance does Leonard Cohen or that particular quote have for you, and how did it influence the mood or message of “Prince of Asturias” in terms of songwriting or sound?

Again, it’s a dark summer album, so it made me think of this video I saw, when Leonard Cohen was granted the Prince of Asturias award for Literature in 2011. And it’s probably the most beautiful speech I know to be honest. To see this old man, all gloomy and soft at the same time, trying to share his humble thoughts on life and songwriting… I mean it’s a beautiful testimony when you consider his body of work. In this sense, Prince of Asturias tries to reflect his. It’s a softer song, a bit nostalgic and melancholic of course, but it’s more contemplative, trying to reconnect with the meaning of songwriting and how it can serve us all when we have to face the difficulties and nightmares of our lives. It’s about finding beauty and relief in the simple things. In this sense, this song is probably one of the rare beacons of light in Obsidian Dust. And I love how it actually says so much about the mysteries of songwriting by just quoting Cohen.

“Dakota Skye” stands out for its storytelling; the lyrics hint at a real-life narrative with lines like “They said a pornstar saved America / But did America save a pornstar” What inspired you to write this song and the story of “Dakota Skye”? How did you approach capturing the emotional weight of that story in the music and performance, and what do you hope listeners connect with or take away from this track?

Actually, this one is interesting because I got bad comments about it. It’s about this adult pornstar who called herself Dakota Skye and who died from an overdose at the age of 27. It’s a classic tragic american tale to be honest. Her real name was Lauren Kaye Scott, and I don’t know why but I got touched by this story… it says so much about the American dream, which in reality looks a lot more like an American nightmare sometimes. And yeah as I said, I got bad comments; people wrote me telling me this shouldn’t be released as a single, that I shouldn’t write a song about a pornstar… this really surprised me to be honest. We’re in 2025, a lot of tracks have been written about pornstars especially since the 90’s (I’m thinking of the Manic Street Preachers’ Little Baby Nothing about Traci Lords), and there’s this whole intriguing thing about porn. Everybody knows about it, of course noone watches it, and there’s this whole ongoing debate about the way this industry can empower or exploit women, and the feminist take of Onlyfans for instance. In the end, it’s about getting past it all and looking about human beings trying to make it through life, whatever their choices, however tragic they may be. It’s about respect in some way.

The track “Betrayed” vividly conveys the agony of personal betrayal (with lyrics about “the taste of blood in your mouth” and how pain “always come from the beloved ones”. How did you channel those intense emotions into the song’s musical arrangement and vocal delivery? For example, did you use any particular instrumentation, effects, or songwriting techniques on “Betrayed” to make sure the listener feels the rawness and vulnerability behind the lyrics?

Betrayed is a very, very personal song. During these last few years, I experimented a lot of relational violence from family and close friends who are not friends anymore. These have been tough times, really. I felt like I’ve been betrayed by close ones, and honestly if it weren’t for my kids and my wife, I probably would have make very, very bad choices at the time. It’s still fresh, all these things happened in a very short period of time and it’s been very, very violent. That’s all I can say. Betrayed is about finally getting this out of my system, and I wanted a track that was balancing sadness with rage, which you can feel with the guitar… sometimes it’s just playing away, and all of a sudden it’s about overdrive and saturation. It’s about letting this anger explode in a song, because ultimately I couldn’t let it explode in the face of these people. This is also why we have music: it prevents from hurting people when you get hurt so hard that you feel like your whole world is crumbling down. I’ve suffered a lot, and I’m happy that it’s all over now. I won’t forget what happened, but at least I’m over it. But I needed to get it out of my system: this is why I needed Betrayed, with its balance of rawness and vulnerability. It feels good to wear your heart on your sleeve, finally, when you just kept it all to yourself for so long because you didn’t want to hurt back those who hurt you. I guess some readers here will be able to relate.

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  Following the release of his debut solo EP earlier this year, Empathy Test frontman Isaac Howlett has revealed his latest single. Collaborating with the enigmatic European music collective known as A State of Flux, “Spiralling” sees Howlett delving into a more diverse range of influences [..]

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  Making its premiere here on ReGen Magazine is the music video for “Black Pink Panthers,” the new single from London-based electro/industrial act Pink Panther Project. As the latest indication of the band’s forthcoming album, the song picks up on the esoteric and occult themes [..]

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“Paradise” is the fifth album by Brooklyn-based band Bootblacks. The current line-up features the trio...

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This year, October 31st not only marks Halloween or Samhain, but also the release date of the long-awaited new Das-Ich album, which will be entitled “Fanal”. Bruno Kramm invites us into his studio, which is crammed full of equipment but extremely well organized, where the “real” instruments catch our eye alongside all kinds of technical […]

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The legendary MARQUIS magazine, issue no. 84 – this time with the sensational Dani Divine, TS legend Bailey Jay, Trinity Princess, Lilly Pietrie, Cat de la Lune, Loulou D’vil & Eden Berlin, great photo series by Frankinsella, Sascha Perlinger, Daniel D’Ottavio and MmaexX Photography as well as the particularly courageous interview with Madame Alaska Order […]

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Neue Deutsche Härte is a word that doesn’t come easily to everyone. For all their obvious “love” of the Rammstein sound, Nebelhaus are built on a solid foundation of their own making and have shaped their sound spaces in a respectable way. This is the third single from the forthcoming album, which will be entitled […]

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Und ist es nicht auch wirklich ein herrliches Sinnbild für den jugendlichen Metal-Nerd, der die meisten von uns wohl mal waren? Die wir uns zwar nach Gesellschaft sehnten, diese aber gleichzeitig nur schwer ertrugen? Und die wir sowieso auch gar nicht so sehr brauchten, denn wir hatten ja uns und unsere Musik, und damit waren wir schon ziemlich erfüllt und sind es noch, oder etwa nicht?

Ja, allein durch die Namensgebung hat die Bonner Band URISK schon einen Stein bei mir im Brett, aber da ist noch so viel mehr: Die Musik ist exzellent komponiert, ausgeführt und aufgenommen, und das alles auch noch selber und zuhause (Mastering: Sunsetter Studio), von Menschen, die sich explizit antifaschistisch positionieren. Dazu dann noch dieser unglaubliche Kontrast am Gesang: denn wer diesen zum ersten Mal hört, wird es evtl. kaum glauben, dass er von einer zierlichen jungen Frau stammt, so finster, brutal und kraftvoll tönt es aus den Lautsprechern. Ja, Marleen Bügener liefert hier eine der besten Black-Metal-Gesangsperformances ab, die ich je gehört habe, und sie schafft es sogar noch, zwischendurch melodischen, vielseitigen Gesang einzuflechten. Fantastisch!

Den braucht es auch, zumindest wenn man, wie ich, auf Hooks angewiesen ist, um ein Album mehrfach zu hören. Und die Musik von Benedikt Brixius macht es mir da erstmal nicht leicht, da sie sich durchaus „progressiv“ und also recht sperrig gibt. Ohne mehrfache Durchläufe geht hier also nichts, aber wenn man sich dann darauf eingelassen und eben den ein oder anderen Widerhaken geschluckt hat, offenbaren sich immer mehr Details und Schönheiten.

Nur Mut: „Shrivelling Lights“ belohnt intensives Hören
Schon die zärtlich-melancholische Bass-Melodie, perfekt abgemischt, direkt im ersten Song „Moonburnt“, setzt einen dieser melodischen Kontrapunkte zu dem dissonanten Chaos, das URISK sonst gerne entfachen. Solche haben mir auf dem Demo noch gefehlt; hier sind sie vorhanden, und sie öffnen das Herz für die Rhythmen und die Riffs und den Gesang, in denen soviel Wut und Verzweiflung steckt und soviel kompositorische Finesse, dass es für ein Debüt fast schon frech ist.

Im Ernst: URISK werden es schwer haben, „Shrivelling Lights“ zu übertreffen. Man gebe sich nur mal die Minuten drei bis fünf von „Grip Of Fog“, in denen soviel Musikalität und Gefühl steckt, diese packende Progression vom traurigen, aber bestimmten Klargesang hin zur totalen Raserei, auf einem Fundament aus verspielter Rhythmik – es ist einfach meisterhaft. Danach dann die Ode auf den „Urisk“ selbst, beginnend mit einer tänzelnden Melancholie, die Schönheit und Unbeholfenheit perfekt ausdrückt. Sie wird sich nach drei Minuten wiederholen, eingeleitet von einer brutal emotionalen Steigerung im Gesang, zu der ich stehend applaudieren möchte.

Den Großen mindestens das Wasser reichen
Wem das alles noch nicht reicht: URISK haben mit den ersten Minuten von „Harbinger Of Despair“ eine für die Gesamtwirkung dieses Albums geradezu essentielle wehmütige Verschnaufpause eingebaut (gefolgt von, ja, einem Crust-Part, geil!), was erneut ihre kompositorische Klasse zeigt. Dazu kann Brixius auch noch Gitarrensoli, und das Drumming des Finnen Filip Gäddnäs, das dieser in seinem eigenen Studio eingespielt hat, lässt ebenfalls keine Wünsche offen. Mittlerweile sind URISK zu einer kompletten Live-Band angewachsen, und das nächste Album ist schon in Arbeit.

Und dieses Album, eine verdammte Eigenproduktion, ist mindestens so gut wie alles, was von großen und kleinen Labels ständig auf den Markt geschmissen wird. Für den URISK also rosige Zeiten, wenn das sensible Wesen es schafft, an der Aufmerksamkeit, die es nun hoffentlich überall erhält, nicht zu zerbrechen.

Spielzeit: 40:40 Min.

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 25.04.2025

Das Album auf Bandcamp

URISK „Shrivelling Lights“ Tracklist

1. Moonburnt
2. Grip Of Fog
3. Urisk
4. Harbinger Of Despair
5. Shadow Of My Lunacy
6. An Eala Bhàn

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Die Grindcore-Band SPIRITUAL RAVISHMENT hat mit „Exit Humanity“ ein neues Album angekündigt. Es ist nach „Children of the Atom“ (2010) das zweite Album der Rumänen und wurde von Tudor Scânteie und Drummer Andrei JumugÄ� gemixt. Ein Release-Termin steht noch aus. Vorab gibt es jedoch mit „Enemy Mine“ einen Video-Clip.

SPIRITUAL RAVISHMENT „Enemy Mine“ (Video bei YouTube)

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Die Black Metal-Band ANCIENT TORMENT hat nach „Sorrow Verses“ mit „Under the Guise of Virtue“ einen zweiten Track ihres kommenden Albums „Follow the Echo of Curses“ veröffentlicht. Es ist das erste Album der US-Amerikaner aus Rhode Island rund um Gitarrist Sean McQuade (WITCH KING, I, DESTROYER) und sei eine introspektive Reise durch die Schatten des abgrundtiefen Leids und die Geheimnisse der Umarmung des Todes.

„Follow the Echo of Curses“ wurde von Josh Welshman gemixt und von Dan Lowndes gemastert. Das Cover-Artwork stammt von David Thiérrée. Release-Termin ist der 1. August 2025 via Eternal Death.

ANCIENT TORMENT Line-Up:
Zealot – Drums
Tormentum – Guitars
Apparition – Guitars
Stygal – Vocals
Czarnobóg – Bass

ANCIENT TORMENT „Follow the Echo of Curses“ Tracklist
1. Hanging from a Dead Star (6:44)
2. Spectre at the Crossroads (5:47)
3. Sorrow Verses (7:04) (Audio bei Bandcamp)
4. Dejected Dreams Molested in Purgatory (5:08)
5. Under the Guise of Virtue (7:31) (Audio bei NoCleanSinging)
6. Rotting Temperament (9:00)

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Die Doom Metal-Band NAEVUS hat mit „Back Home“ ein neues Album angekündigt. Es ist nach „Sun Meditation“ (1998) und „Heavy Burden“ (2016) das dritte Album der Deutschen aus Bietigheim-Bissingen.

„Back Home“ wurde mit einem Cover-Artwork von Roland Scriver (40 WATT SUN, SERPENT VENOM) ausgestattet und wird am 19. September 2025 via Dying Victims Productions erscheinen. Vorab gibt es den Titeltrack zu hören.

NAEVUS Line-up:
Sven Heimerdinger – Bass, Vocals
Mathias Straub – Drums
Oliver Grosshans – Guitars
Uwe Groebel – Vocals, Guitars

NAEVUS „Back Home“ Tracklist
1. Intro
2. Back Home (Audio bei YouTube)
3. The Dead Don’t Sleep
4. My Fire
5. Under A Different Sky
6. Ghost
7. Angels Never Come
8. Master Of Shiver
9. Free The Ravens Fly

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Die Hardcore-Band STILL IN LOVE hat mit „Inherit“ einen zweiten Track ihres kommenden Albums „Recovery Language“ veröffentlicht. Es ist das erste Album der Briten, die davor mit „Withdrawal Symptom“ eine EP veröffentlicht hatten.

Das Album befasst sich mit Themen wie persönlicher Kampf, Widerstandsfähigkeit und emotionaler Katharsis und wird am 5. September 2025 via Church Road Records erscheinen. Vorab gibt es mit „Nervous Impulse“ auch einen Video-Clip.

STILL IN LOVE „Recovery Language“ Tracklist
1. Tell The Truth
2. Nervous Impulse (Video bei YouTube)
3. Preserve & Cherish (feat. Sam Carter)
4. Feathered Nest
5. Inherit (Audio bei YouTube)
6. The State Of Things To Come
7. You Have To Let It Go
8. Pillar Of Strength

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Mit „Sermão“ wird am 25. Juli 2025 via Alma Mater Records die Split der Black Metal-Bands SIGILO (aus Portugal) und LUXÚRIA DE LILLITH (aus Brasilien) erscheinen.

SIGILO / LUXÚRIA DE LILLITH „Sermão“ Tracklist
1. Sigilo – The Lurking Evil
2. Sigilo – Preliminary Invocation
3. Sigilo – Somber Prayer For the Ostracized
4. Sigilo – Universal Gathering Chantic
5. Luxúria de Lillith – A Testemunha do Mal
6. Luxúria de Lillith – Coração de Dragão
7. Luxúria de Lillith – Nosferatos
8. Luxúria de Lillith – Aos Filhos de Asmodeus
9. Luxúria de Lillith – Asmodeus
10. Luxúria de Lillith – Negras Chuvas de Sangue

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Die Modern Metal-Band CURSE OF CAIN stellten im Mai 2025 den Titeltrack ihres kommenden Albums „Achtung!“ mit einem Video vor.

Nun hat die Band mit „Tik Tok (Darkness)“ einen weiteren Video-Clip veröffentlicht.

Die Band hat mit „Starry Eyes“ im April eine weitere Single veröffentlicht. Zuvor erschien „Candy Cain Murder„, die Formation erklärt dazu:

„Der Song war unser erster Einblick in die Welt, die wir erschaffen haben. Als wir den Track vor den Studio-Aufnahmen live spielten, fühlte es sich wild und ungezähmt an – als würden wir etwas Größeres als uns selbst kanalisieren.“

Beide Songs werden neben der im Januar veröffentlichten Single „Feel the Pain“ Teil eines neuen Albums sein. „Achtung!“ ist die zweite Studioplatte der Band und erscheint am 26. September 2025 via ROAR.

„“Feel the Pain“ handelt von den Momenten, die sich in die Ewigkeit erstrecken“, kommentiert Gitarrist Timekeeper. „Jede Sekunde des Leidens trägt das Gewicht der Zeit, aber auch das Versprechen, dass sie vergehen wird.“

CURSE OF CAIN „Achtung!“ Tracklist
01 – Mirror Mirror
02 – Feel The Pain (Video bei YouTube)
03 – Starry Eyes (Video bei YouTube)
04 – OneZero
05 – Candy Cain Murder (Audio-Stream)
06 – All Your Zombies
07 – Blood Shanty (No Hope)
08 – Empty Hands
09 – Achtung (Video bei YouTube)
10 – Tik Tok (Darkness) (Video bei YouTube)

CURSE OF CAIN „Achtung!“ Artwork

CURSE OF CAIN Line-Up
Soulkeeper – Vocals
Rainbow – Vocals, Percussion
The Pirate – Bass, Vocals
Timekeeper – Guitars
Mechanic – Drums

CURSE OF CAIN „Feel the Pain“ (Video bei YouTube)

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Die Black Death Metal-Band MYSTIC CIRCLE hat mit „Hexenbrand 1486“ ein neues Album angekündigt. Das neue Album des deutschen Duos aus Ludwigshafen folgt der jüngsten Compilation „Kriegsgötter MMXXV“ nach und soll noch im Herbst 2025 via ROAR erscheinen.

Mit dem Video-Clip zu „Boogeyman“ gibt es jetzt einen ersten Vorab-Song.

MYSTIC CIRCLE Line-Up:
Beelzebub – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
A. Blackwar – Drums, Guitars, Keyboards

MYSTIC CIRCLE „Boogeyman“ (Video bei YouTube)

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Die Power / Melodic Death Metal-Band CELESTIAL WIZARD hat nach dem Track „She Is The Blade“ mit dem Video-Clip zu „Wicked Master“ einen dritten Track ihres kommenden Albums „Regenesis“ veröffentlicht.

Es ist nach „A Sinister Awakening“ (2018) und „Winds of the Cosmos“ (2022) das dritte Album der US-Amerikaner aus Denver und wird am 11. Juli 2025 via Scarlet Records erscheinen. Vorab gibt es mit „Pale Horse“ einen Video-Clip.

„Der Song beginnt mit einem Gesetzlosen, der durch die Wüste reitet und vor der Gestalt des Todes flieht, die ihn verfolgt. Im weiteren Verlauf des Liedes wird der Geächtete gezwungen, sich dem Tod und seiner eigenen Sterblichkeit zu stellen. Er geht für immer verändert daraus hervor, und der Kreislauf der Wiedergeburt setzt sich fort. Der Track deutet das Konzept von Ende und Anfang an, das sich durch das gesamte Album zieht“, erklärt die Band.

„Regenesis“ wurde erneut von Nick Nodurft bei Rusty Sun Audio produziert. Das Cover-Artwork stammt aus der Feder von Dan Goldsworthy.

CELESTIAL WIZARD Line-Up:
Nick Daggers – vocals, guitar
Amethyst Noir – vocals
William Perkins – guitar
Soren Bray – bass
Tim Gillman – drums

CELESTIAL WIZARD „Regenesis“ Tracklist
01 Muerte
02 Pale Horse (Video bei YouTube)
03 Fangbearer
04 She Is The Blade (Audio als Stream)
05 Shores Of Eternity
06 Into The Abyss
07 Ride With Fire
08 Wicked Master (Video bei YouTube)
09 Emerald Eyes
10 Regenesis

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Die Melodic Death Metal-Band BLOODY MOON hat mit „Lost & Damned“ ein neues Album angekündigt. Es ist nach „Widow from the Dark“ (2023) das zweite Album der Finnen und wird am 31. Oktober 2025 via Inverse Records erscheinen. Das Cover-Artwork stammt von Ariz M Fazri. Zu „My Payoff“ gibt es vorab einen Video-Clip.

BLOODY MOON Line-up:
Veeti Sukari – Vocals & Guitars
Nisse Nurminen – Bass
Toivo Aitakari – Drums

BLOODY MOON „Lost & Damned“ Tracklist
1. Deadly Rendezvous
2. Rage Metal
3. My Payoff (Video bei YouTube)
4. Blood Red Tears
5. I’ll Torn ‚em Apart
6. Lucky Bastard
7. End of the Road
8. Murder Hotel Chicago
9. Madman’s Boogie Woogie
10. Lost & Damned

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Die Power Metal-Band CELTIC HILLS hat mit „Metaldays“ einen Video-Clip von ihrem kommenden Album „Övervinna en Förlust“ veröffentlicht. Es ist das vierte Album der Italiener aus Udine und wurde von Noel Sommerkamp gemixt und gemastert. Ein Release-Termin steht noch aus.

CELTIC HILLS „Metaldays“ (Video bei YouTube)

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German artist Jennifer Touch emerges as a solitary figure cut against a sprawling prairie landscape, her presence stark contrast against the power lines and smokestacks that loom in the distance. This hauntingly captivating scene unfolds in the powerful new video for “Dripping.” Shot in evocative black and white, saturated Technicolor, and interspersed with scenes bathed in a golden sunset, the visuals form a striking metaphor that perfectly encapsulates the song’s cinematic intensity and soaring vocals.

Beautifully shot and directed by Nea Gumprecht, the visuals feature Jennifer Touch in a black fringed outfit and wide-brimmed hat—stylishly echoing Dave Gahan’s iconic look in Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus.” Cradling an abalone shell—symbolic and enigmatic—her expression remains raw and introspective throughout the powerful performance.

Musically, “Dripping” combines throbbing bass synths, icy cinematic textures, and industrial pulses with Touch’s distinctively fierce vocals, delivering lyrics with a bone-chilling intensity that sweeps across the sonic landscape like a gathering storm. Her sound—a mesmerizing collision of dark ’80s synth nostalgia, acid-pop textures, and industrial grit—resonates deeply, an emotional cyclone of personal revelation.

Jennifer Touch describes her music as Post-Wave-Cold-Pop-Acid-Romance, and indeed, this track pulses with echoes of PJ Harvey’s raw power, DAF’s driving EBM rhythms, and the brooding elegance of Depeche Mode. Yet, like a lone rider forging her own trail, she spurs her sound toward uncharted horizons.

Watch the video for “Dripping” below:



Born in Dresden, Jennifer Touch grew up in the former East Germany, moving through Dessau’s Bauhaus scene before basing herself in Berlin and now Leipzig. Early exposure to synth-pop icons like Duran Duran and Human League shaped her formative musical interests. Her artistic path led her to release initial recordings in 2014, culminating in the critically acclaimed debut album Behind the Wall (2020), a reflective exploration of her GDR childhood. Her follow-up, Midnight Proposals (2023), continued to garner praise and drew inspiration from literary greats like John Steinbeck.

Throughout her career, Jennifer has collaborated with prominent artists such as Curses and Paranoid London and was featured on the Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX compilation alongside Boy Harsher, The KVB, and Buzz Kull. Her compelling performances have spanned continents, with notable appearances in the UK, Europe, Mexico, Colombia, and SXSW 2025.

“Dripping” is the compelling first taste from her upcoming album, Aging At Airports, slated for release on September 1, 2025, via Fabrika Records.

Listen to “Dripping” on Spotify and Apple Music.

More from Jennifer Touch:

Instagram
Facebook
Bandcamp

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