"Ripple Music announces a December release for their Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute album ""Burn on the Bayou"", featuring 32 bands of the Californian heavy label's roster. Listen to the first single with a rocking rendition of ""Fortunate Son"" by US stoner metallers Bone Church now!

Set for a December 3rd release, ""Burn on the Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival"" will be released in 3xLP format for a total of 29 songs and 3 bonus tracks. The album features covers by Ripple Music bands JPT Scare Band, War Cloud, KIND, Great Electric Quest, High Priestess, Kabbalah, Stonebirds, Thunder Horse, Void Vator, Cities of Mars, Kyle Shutt (The Sword) and many more."

Source: Prophecy

Charming Disaster Album: Super Natural History Category: Gothic / Folk / Rock Label: Self-released Release Date: 2023-03-03 Author: Ilker Yücel (Ilker81x)   If the grim historical connotations of Our Lady of Radium were perhaps too bleak, even when compared to topics of crime and the occult that adorned Charming Disaster’s earlier records, then Super Natural […]

Source: EBM.gr

Maduro
Album: Pretty Cages
Category: Darkwave / EBM
Label: Re:Mission Entertainment
Release Date: 2023-04-18
Author: Wil Cifer (WCifer)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

Charming Disaster
Album: Super Natural History
Category: Gothic / Folk / Rock
Label: Self-released
Release Date: 2023-03-03
Author: Ilker Yücel (Ilker81x)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

DEATHDRIFT Album: Liminal Nocturnes Category: Industrial / Goth / Experimental Label: Self-Released Release Date: 2023-03-02 Author: Dru Brozovich (vil7aincorr)   Even in this day and age of “look at me” social media band promotion, you occasionally come across a group that is a complete mystery, which can leave you to consume the music and the […]

Source: EBM.gr

DEATHDRIFT
Album: Liminal Nocturnes
Category: Industrial / Goth / Experimental
Label: Self-Released
Release Date: 2023-03-02
Author: Dru Brozovich (vil7aincorr)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

MINISTRY remains as steadfast as ever in raising the proverbial middle finger at the corporate and governmental demons seemingly in charge of a world out of control, as the band has released a new single, “Just Stop Oil.” Following up on “Goddamn White Trash,” the song sees Al Jourgensen and company [..]

Source: RE:GEN Mag

Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental.

Format: Digital, CD.

Background/Info: One year after the debut-album “Vestigium”, Simeon Popov strikes back with the second opus of his Crypthios project.

Related newsCrypthios – Vestigium (Album – Cryo Chamber)Content: The sound universe of the new work remains driven by an explicit Cinematic sound approach. The work is however evolving into a more Experimental sound approach. The tracks have been built up with impressive, numerous, field recordings. You’ll also notice slow, broken beats getting the work more accessible. The music is moving in between darkness and more evasive parts.

+ + + : The album sounds like an imaginary sonic collage. The project remains atypical to the Cryo Chamber roster although the Cinematic style remains connected to what we’re used to discovering on the Swedish label. The slow rhythm is an interesting aspect of this composition. I also noticed a few poignant cuts like the dreamy, but beautiful last cut “Sunrise” which is a cool apotheosis. Another magic cut is the more Experimental “A Place To Live” which is characterized by multiple sound effects.

– – – : The album is enjoyable but sometimes missing a few extra elements to speak about a true successful work.

Conclusion: Crypthios enlarges Cryo Chamber’s sonic horizon by an album which is definitely apart from the ‘classical’ Cinematic productions.

Best songs: “Sunrise”, “A Place To Live”, “I Saw Them As Their Fins Were Splitting The Sky”.

Rate: 8.

Label: http://www.cryochamberlabel.com / http://www.facebook.com/CryoChamber

Source: EBM.gr

Mammatus
Album: Expanding Majesty
Category: Psychedelic / Ambient / Progressive Rock
Label: Silver Current Records
Release Date: 2023-06-23
Author: Colin Andrew MacDougall (VexationsandtheVile)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

Flesh Field ist eine US-amerikanische Electro-Industrial-Band, die 1996 in in Columbus, Ohio von Ian Ross gegründet wurde. Ihr Debütalbum "Viral Extinction" wurde drei Jahre später veröffentlicht und...

Source: MedienKonverter

Mammatus Album: Expanding Majesty Category: Psychedelic / Ambient / Progressive Rock Label: Silver Current Records Release Date: 2023-06-23 Author: Colin Andrew MacDougall (VexationsandtheVile)   Progressive maestros Mammatus have returned with the band’s first full album since 2015’s Sparkling Waters. A slightly more guitar-driven opus, Expanding Majesty is nonetheless still very psychedelically focused; where Sparkling Waters […]

Source: EBM.gr

  Following the label’s recent re-release of the project’s sole album thus far, Esoteric Empire Entertainment has unveiled a new track from Salt Lake City electronic artist Logic Control, appropriately titled “November Nihilism.” Produced, mixed, and mastered by J. Dreher, the new track “captures the essence of fall” with its blend of evocative synth arpeggios […]

Source: EBM.gr

Maduro Album: Pretty Cages Category: Darkwave / EBM Label: Re:Mission Entertainment Release Date: 2023-04-18 Author: Wil Cifer (WCifer)   As a veteran producer of dark electronic artists ranging from :Wumpscut: to Miss Kitty and remixes for HEALTH and Violent Vickie, Dave Buraker has an impressive resume. Pretty Cages is his full-length debut for Re:Mission Entertainment […]

Source: EBM.gr

Die Metalcore- / Hardcore-Band FOREIGN HANDS präsentiert ihre neue Single “Conditioned For A Head-On Collision” mit einem Musikvideo bei YouTube. Als Gastsänger ist dabei Olli Appleyard (STATIC DRESS) zu hören.

Ob der Song auch als Vorbote eines neuen Studioalbums fungiert, hat die Formation nicht verraten.

Source: Vampster

Girls Under Glass
Album: Backdraft
Category: Darkwave / Goth / Rock
Label: Dependent Records
Release Date: 2023-06-02
Author: Trubie Turner (Flexei)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

Girls Under Glass Album: Backdraft Category: Darkwave / Goth / Rock Label: Dependent Records Release Date: 2023-06-02 Author: Trubie Turner (Flexei)   Girls Under Glass was founded in 1986, and quickly made a name for itself in the German darkwave scene. With a varied discography that skews from more traditional post-punk to a very electronic […]

Source: EBM.gr

Dissociate
Album: Opt Out
Category: Power Noise / IDM / Cyberpunk
Label: GIVE/TAKE
Release: 2023-03-10
Author: Jared Donisvitch (squirrelsquire)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

Die spätere Veröffentlichung von Outtakes bzw. nicht verwendeten Szenen gehört in der Filmindustrie eigentlich zur gängigen Praxis. In der Musik freuen wir uns bestenfalls über Demo-Aufnahmen oder sogenannte B-Seiten. Letzteres allerdings würde den Kern dieser EP nicht ganz treffen. Denn obwohl „Songs Of The Dusk“ während der Aufnahmesession zu „Anno 1696“ (2023) entstand und bereits als Bonus der „Artbook“-Edition des Albums beilag, handelt es sich keinesfalls um Ausschussware.

Es hat vielmehr einen Grund, warum selbst Sänger und Autor der Konzeptstory Niilo Sevänen das Gesamtpaket aus beiden Veröffentlichungen als „Director’s Cut“ bezeichnet: Inhaltlich füllen die drei weiteren Stücke Lücken, indem sie ein wenig zusätzlichen Kontext bereithalten: die Zerrissenheit des Protagonisten, als sein Kinderwunsch zunächst unerfüllt bleiben muss oder sogar das alternative Ende der Geschichte, das musikalisch etwas dramatischer ausfällt.

INSOMNIUM führen ihren bewährten Ansatz auf hohem Niveau weiter aus
Dabei fügt sich „Songs Of The Dusk“ perfekt in das typische INSOMNIUM-Gewand ein, das wie auf „Anno 1696“ die finnische Melancholie in sich trägt und diese Schwermut in wundervolle Melodien kleidet. Diesen bewährten Ansatz garniert die Band in „Flowers Of The Night“ mit zarter Akustikgitarre und einem bedachtsamen Hauptthema, in welchem sich die Zuneigung des Protagonisten zu seiner neu gefundenen Ehefrau spiegelt.

Progressiver und erbarmungsloser präsentiert sich dagegen das alternative Finale „Stained In Red“, wo die unheilvolle Lead-Gitarre und Hammond-Orgeln im Hintergrund zwischendurch ein wenig an die OPETH der 2000er Jahre denken lassen. Der in sich gekehrte Titeltrack schließlich zeichnet als eine Art Epilog ein Bild der Nachwirkungen: Ein Hauch von Schmerz schwingt mit, angesichts des zuvor vergossenen Bluts. Die erkämpfte Freiheit der Werwölfe von der Inquisition hinterlässt ihre Spuren und doch bricht im Verlauf der knapp zehn Minuten ein wenig Hoffnung durch die nachdenkliche Klanglandschaft: Mit Akustik-Gitarre und sanftem Klargesang deuten INSOMNIUM an, dass in den tiefen Wäldern Finnlands nun endlich Frieden einkehren wird.

“Songs Of The Dusk” rundet das Story-Konzept “Anno 1696” stimmig ab
Entfernt hatte man dieses insgesamt rundere Ende der Geschichte aus eher pragmatischen Gründen: Das Album sei in seiner ursprünglichen Fassung schlicht zu lang gewesen. Obwohl das in sich stimmige „Anno 1696“ letztendlich auch ohne die drei zusätzlichen Stücke funktionierte, ist „Songs Of The Dusk“ eigentlich ein essentielles Addendum. Weit von B-Ware entfernt, rundet die EP das vertonte Konzept rund und stimmig ab. Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass der sogenannte „Director’s Cut“ einem Werk sein gesamtes Potenzial entlockt.

Veröffentlichungstermin: 03.11.2023

Spielzeit: 22:02

Line-Up
Niilo Sevänen – Bass and Vocals
Ville Friman – Guitars
Jani Liimatainen – Guitars and clean vocals
Markus Vanhala – Guitars and clean vocals
Markus Hirvonen – Drums

Produziert von Jaime Gomez Arellano (Mix) und Tony Lindgren (Mastering)

Label: Century Media

Homepage: https://insomnium.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insomniumofficial/

INSOMNIUM “Songs Of The Dusk” Tracklist
1. Flowers of the Night
2. Stained in Red (Visualizer bei YouTube)
3. Song of the Dusk (Video bei YouTube)

Source: Vampster

Dissociate Album: Opt Out Category: Power Noise / IDM / Cyberpunk Label: GIVE/TAKE Release: 2023-03-10 Author: Jared Donisvitch (squirrelsquire)   Dissociate comes with a heady pedigree – Jonathan Ford has been musician, producer, and sound designer in the greater Minneapolis area for the better part of 20 years, doing everything from audio collages and music […]

Source: EBM.gr

INSOMNIUM setzten ihr Album “Anno 1696” mit der EP “Songs of the Dusk” fort:

Wir hatten einfach elf großartige Songs, und wir dachten, dass dieses Material zu gut ist, um ‘nur’ Bonustracks zu sein”, erklärt Niilo Sevänen (Bass, Gesang). “Sie sind Teil der großen Geschichte, man kann sie also als Director’s-Cut-Material betrachten, das ein wenig mehr erzählt. Für diejenigen, die mehr haben wollen.”

Abgemischt hat die EP Jaime Gomez Arellano, das Mastering ist von Tony Lindgren. Jetzt gibt es mit “Stained In Red” einen zweiten Song als Visualizer-Clip bei YouTube zu hören. Auch zum Titeltrack  “Song of the Dusk” gibt es ein Video bei YouTube. 

“Da das Album zu lang gewesen wäre, haben wir diese drei Tracks in der ursprünglichen Version weggelassen, aber sie sind Teil der ‘Anno 1696’-Geschichte, einige Lücken werden gefüllt. ‘Songs Of The Dusk’ bietet ein alternatives Ende, so dass jeder selbst entscheiden kann, welche Art von Stimmung er bevorzugt. Diese Version ist etwas hoffnungsvoller und weniger tragisch, zumindest auf einer allgemeinen INSOMNIUM-Skala – alle sind tot… außer den Wölfen.”

INSOMNIUM “Songs Of The Dusk” Tracklist
Flowers of the night
Stained in red (Visualizer bei YouTube)
Song of the Dusk (Video bei YouTube)

ImNovember 2023 sind INSOMNIUM mit den schwedischen Melodic-Death-Melancholikern IN MOURNING sowie den Pagan-Metallern KVAEN auf Tour.

INSOMNIUM, IN MOURNING & KVAEN Tour 2023
05.11.23 (UK) Manchester – Club Academy
06.11.23 (UK) London – O2 Academy Islington
07.11.23 (FR) Paris – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
08.11.23 (BE) Sint Niklaas – De Casino
09.11.23 (NL) Tilburg – 013
10.11.23 (DE) Übach Palenberg – Rockfabrik
11.11.23 (DE) Bremen – Tower
12.11.23 (PL) Poznan – 2Progi
13.11.23 (PL) Krakow – Kamienna 12
15.11.23 (DE) Berlin – Hole 44
17.11.23 (HU) Budapest – Barba Negra
18.11.23 (CZ) Prague – Palac Akropolis
20.11.23 (DE) Bochum – Zeche
21.11.23 (DE) Leipzig – Hellraiser
22.11.23 (DE) Cologne – Kantine
23.11.23 (DE) Heidelberg – halle02
24.11.23 (DE) Frankfurt – Batschkapp
25.11.23 (IT) Milan – Legend Club
27.11.23 (ES) Barcelona – Razzmatazz 2
28.11.23 (ES) Madrid – Mon
29.11.23 (ES) Bilbao – Santana 27
30.11.23 (FR) Tououse – Le Rex
01.12.23 (FR) Grenoble – L‘Ilyade
02.12.23 (FR) Strasbourg – La Laiterie
03.12.23 (DE) Geiselwind – MusicHall
04.12.23 (AT) Vienna – Szene
05.12.23 (DE) Hirsch – Nuremberg
06.12.23 (DE) München – Backstage
07.12.23 (DE) Stuttgart – Im Wizemann
08.12.23 (DE) Cham – L.A. Cham
09.12.23 (DE) Trier – Mergener Hof
10.12.23 (DE) Hamburg – Gruenspan

INSOMNIUM Line-up 2023
Markus Hirvonen: Drums
Ville Friman: Guitars
Markus Vanhala: Guitars and clean vocals
Niilo Sevänen: Bass and Vocals
Jani Liimatainen: Guitars and clean vocals

Source: Vampster

Das kleine, aber feine Label Raubbau aus Berlin spürt ja seit vielen Jahren auch ein wenig dem kalten Hauch der schwedischen Schlachthäuser nach und bringt Material ehemals dort beheimatete Künstler heraus. Ich kann mich noch gut daran erinnern, als 1996 SANCTUM auf Cold Meat Industry mit „Lupus In Fabula“ ein in diesem Rahmen polarisierendes Album veröffentlichten, das zwischen Death Noise und Medieval-Instrumentierung schwankte und mit kehligen Metal Core-Gebrüll im Duett mit weiblichen Vokals garniert wurde. In Folge dessen gab es verstreut über die Jahre noch ein paar Veröffentlichungen und Neben- bzw. Folge-Projekte. Eines davon ist PALE und nach einer limitierten CD-R im Jahre 2008 stellt vorliegende Single den ersten regulären Tonträger des schwedischen Trios dar. Das Raubbau in Zusammenarbeit mit Ant-Zen sich dabei nicht nur auf das schnöde Vinyl beschränken, dürfte eigentlich klar sein und sie verpacken das Ganze in einer 8“formatigen Buch-Broschüre. Diese bietet auf 48 Seiten typisch ästhetischen s/w-Fotos von Salt, welche karge Landschaften und verlassene Industrie-Brachen zeigen. Die zwei Tracks der beiliegenden Vinyl-Single setzten dann die mit den Fotos erschaffene dystopische Atmosphäre musikalisch illustrierend als Soundtrack stimmig um. So hämmert dann grollend pechschwarzer und frostig Todes Noise mit scharfkantigen Ecken aus den Boxen, der von schleppenden Rhythmen und doomig-aggressiven Gesang dominiert wird. Gefällt mir verdammt gut, macht richtig Lust auf mehr und da könnte wirklich noch ein ganzes Album folgen. Doch erst einmal gilt es sich dem auf 148 Exemplaren limitierten Set zu widmen (welchem übrigens extra noch ein Downloadcode beiliegt) und die gelungene Symbiose von Artwork mit Sound auf sich wirken zu lassen! (Marco Fiebag)

Source: BLACK Onlinemagazin

Mit Lucina Soteira kreierte Luci van Org eine „tausendprozentige Live-Band“. Dementsprechend gibt es keine programmierten Töne auf „Tempel“, das am 10. November erscheint. Ein Genre brauchen Lucina Soteira nicht und in Schubladen passen sie sowieso nicht. Das macht bereits der kunterbunte Titelsong klar, der in „Tempel“ einführt. Wir sprechen in unserer Winterausgabe mit Luci über […]

Source: Orkus

Genre/Influences: Ritual, Dark-Ambient, Drone.

Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.

Background/Info: Greek sonic project Shilbalba has been active since 2009 and has released an impressive number of works. The band progressively evolved in style; moving from Metal-inspired creation towards Ritual and Dark-Ambient influences. This new opus has been introduced as ‘a ritual deriving from the darkest corners of the mind, the deathlike spheres of the Netherworld and the truest essence of the Afterlife, to become a homage to the Force of Life Eternal.’. It’s the first release ever released by Cyclic Law.

Related newsShibalba / Dead Man’s Hill / Deathwalk – The Circular Shades Of The Equinox (Album – Zazen Sounds)Content: Shibalba doesn’t really change the sound formula from previous works; we’re visiting a dark sound universe mixing Dark-Ambient atmospheres, Ritual, obscure, elements with Drones and Mystic chants on top. The work has been accomplished by multiple traditional, acoustic, instruments plus hand-crafted instruments empowering the Ritual side of the work.

+ + + : Shilbalba reminds me of the magic of 80s Industrial/Experimental projects -think to Zero Kama, for the use of real instruments and self-made equipment like bones and skulls, percussion instruments, Tibetan Horns, Tibetan Singing Bowls, bone & horn trumpets, Darbuka’s (goblet drums) as well as ceremonial bells and gongs. All together these instruments are injecting authenticity but also this obscure, Ritual, spirit to the work. It resulted in a atmosphere which is hard to catch but definitely awakening dark images and thoughts. The work has been slowly built up reaching an ultimate level of terror at “Te​λ​eth VI” and “Te​λ​eth III”.

– – – : Maybe not the most accessible release but you definitely gone like it if you’re into this kind of sonic experiences.

Related news‘Click Interview’ with Grande Loge: ‘Nothing Is Off Limits To Us’Conclusion: This work is touched by graceful obscurity.

Best songs: “Te​λ​eth VI”, “Te​λ​eth III”, “Te​λ​eth I”, “Te​λ​eth IV”.

Rate: 8½.

Related newsShibalba – Samsara (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)Artist: http://www.facebook.com/ShibalbaHalls

Label: http://www.cycliclaw.com / http://www.facebook.com/cycliclaw

Source: EBM.gr

Sludge Post Metal aus Boston: MORNE stellen ihr kommendes Album “Engraved With Pain” mit einer zweiten Single vor und haben einen Clip zu “Memories Like Stone” bei YouTube geteilt.

Auch ein Video zu “Wretched Empire” steht bei YouTube auf Abruf bereit. Sänger und Gitarrist Milosz Gassan fasst den Song so zusammen:

“Wretched Empire’ ist der erste Song unseres neuen Albums, mit dem wir die Wartezeit darauf beenden. Blanke, reduzierte Riffs und ein kalter Blick auf die Realität, im Text schildere ich meine Sicht auf die aktuelle Situation in der Welt: Alles ist gespalten, die Menschen lassen sich leicht in die Irre führen. Wir vergessen unsere Geschichte; Geschehnisse die noch gar nicht so lange her sind. Ich kommentiere meine Texte nie, aber in diesem Fall ist es vielleicht nötig. Ich nenne die Menschheit ein ‘erbärmliches Imperium’. Es ist kein optimistischer Song. Ich hoffe, dass die Leute ihn trotzdem genießen und etwas für sich selbst in dieser Single und auch im ganzen Album finden werden.”

Für “Engraved With Pain” haben MORNE mit Produzent Kurt Ballou im GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, zusammengearbeitet.

“Engraved With Pain” ist seit 3. November 2023 via Metal Blade erhältlich.

MORNE “Engraved With Pain” Tracklist
01. Engraved with Pain
02. Memories Like Stone (Video bei YouTube)
03. Wretched Empire (Video bei YouTube)
04. Fire and Dust

MORNE Besetzung:
Milosz Gassan – Guitar, Vocals
Paul Rajpal – Guitar
Morgan Coe – Bass
Billy Knockenhauer – Drums

Source: Vampster

Behind this American solo-project is hiding Bruce Maollem. He was previously involved with Metal projects...

Source: Side Line

Wer Poppy mit Pop gleichsetzt, kennt die Künstlerin nicht. Zwar ist ihr neues Album „Zig“ deutlich poppiger als gewohnt, steckt aber voller Power. Das Wort selbst empfindet Poppy als sexy: „Zig ist das, was ich als attraktives Wort bezeichnen würde.“ Der Titelsong entstand erst danach. Ursprungsidee war „ein Album, zu dem ich tanzen kann. Und […]

Source: Orkus

KING DIAMOND hat ein neues Musikvideo geteilt: “Masquerade Of Madness” bei YouTube.

Erschienen ist der Song ursprünglich bereits 2019 in digitaler Form. Mit dem Videoclip feiert man nun auch die Veröffentlichung auf 12″-Vinyl.

Source: Vampster

The two industrial bands ESA and Moaan Exis have united to release a new two-track...

Source: Side Line

Former The Cure member Lol Tolhurst, former Siouxsie & The Banshees drummer Budgie, and producer...

Source: Side Line

The Bellwether Syndicate
Album: Vestige & Vigil
Category: Goth / Rock / Post-Punk
Label: Sett Records
Release Date: 2023-04-28
Author: Ilker Yücel (Ilker81x)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

The Bellwether Syndicate Album: Vestige & Vigil Category: Goth / Rock / Post-Punk Label: Sett Records Release Date: 2023-04-28 Author: Ilker Yücel (Ilker81x)   It has taken a few years for William and Sarah Rose Faith to follow up on 2017’s The Night Watch EP, but the wait proves to have been worth it. Vestige […]

Source: EBM.gr

VNV Nation Album: Electric Sun Category: Electro / Synthpop / Futurepop Label: Anachron Sounds / Metropolis Records Release Date: 2023-04-28 Author: Ilker Yücel (Ilker81x)   Is there really anything more that needs to be said about VNV Nation? Since the mid ‘90s, Ronan Harris has taken the band through electronic peaks and valleys that send […]

Source: EBM.gr

Vivisepulture
Album: Ouroboros
Category: Industrial / Rock / Metal
Label: Endless Shadow
Release Date: 2023-02-27
Author: Vincent Rullo (DJ_Underminer)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

Vivisepulture Album: Ouroboros Category: Industrial / Rock / Metal Label: Endless Shadow Release Date: 2023-02-27 Author: Vincent Rullo (DJ_Underminer)   As the band’s debut, Vivisepulture’s Ouroboros enters the fray with a familiar but also fresh sound. With as much angsty determination as any comparable artist from the late ‘90s, this Salt Lake City trio delivers […]

Source: EBM.gr

VNV Nation
Album: Electric Sun
Category: Electro / Synthpop / Futurepop
Label: Anachron Sounds / Metropolis Records
Release Date: 2023-04-28
Author: Ilker Yücel (Ilker81x)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

The two industrial bands ESA and Moaan Exis have united to release a new two-track single, “Spit & Spite”, courtesy of Negative Gain Productions. “Spit & Spite” is a double A-side combining Moaan Exis’ punk-like industrial and basslines with ESA’s percussion.

All started when in 2020, just before the first lockdown of Covid appeared on the horizon, ESA and Moaan Exis played a show together in Prague, Czech Republic. There it was decided that at some point they would collaborate and put something together in the future.

Fast forward three to five years and the schedules finally aligned enough to create something that they all felt deserved to actually live. The artists wanted to make sure that whatever they put together felt like a 50/50 split – like ESA ingested Moaan Exis or Moaan Exis injected ESA.

Related newsToulouse, France-based industrial punk duo duo Moaan Exis present brand new (video)single: 'Sunset'Below is the video for “Spite”.

You can download the single below.

Spit & Spite by ESA vs Moaan Exis

Source: EBM.gr

Avgmnt
Album: Seqvences
Category: Electronic / EBM
Label: Self-released
Release Date: 2023-04-21
Author: Alyx Weaver (Aly-X)

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Source: RE:GEN Mag

  Jamie Blacker continues to dish out his own particular brand of Electronic Substance Abuse with the release of a new collaborative double A-side single with fellow electro/industrial act Moaan Exis. Released on Friday, November 3, the Spit & Spite single sees Blacker and Mathieu Caudron trading off in what the two hoped would “feel […]

Source: EBM.gr

Avgmnt Album: Seqvences Category: Electronic / EBM Label: Self-released Release Date: 2023-04-21 Author: Alyx Weaver (Aly-X)   Avgmnt is a Portland, Oregon based cyberpunk artist that began releasing tracks in late 2022, whose sound is an unexpected amalgamation of synthwave, witch house, ‘90s industrial, and EDM – to the goth’s ear, that blend might be […]

Source: EBM.gr

DORO feierte jüngst ihr 40-jähriges Bühnenjubiläum und darf sich nun auch über eine weitere Top-10-Platzierung freuen: “Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud” hält das Erfolgsniveau des Vorgängers “Forever Warriors / Forever United” (2018, #4) und sichert sich Platz fünf. Aus den besten Zehn purzeln neun Jahre nach ihrer letzten Platte “Get Hurt” (2014, #3) zum ersten Mal THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM. “History Books” landet auf der 13.

Für SORCERER geht es ebenfalls eine Handvoll Plätze nach unten: Nach Position 18 für “Lamenting Of The Innocent” (2020) bleibt für “Reign Of The Reaper” nun Nummer 23. Auch ENDSEEKER können den Erfolg von “Mount Carcass” (2021, #22) nicht wiederholen und müssen sich mit Rang 39 für “Global Worming” zufriedengeben.

Neuerscheinungen der Kalenderwoche 43
Diese Woche gibt es einige Neuveröffentlichungen im Kurzformat: INSOMNIUM haben die EP “Songs Of The Dusk” veröffentlicht, von ATREYU gibt es das dritte Mini-Album “A Torch In The Dark” und SPIRITBOX legen “The Fear Of Fear” nach. Ansonsten greifen Fans moderner Sounds wahlweise zum Metalcore von SILENT PLANET (“Superbloom”) oder DYING WISH (“Symptoms Of Survival”), wobei letztere die Zeiten der 2000er wieder aufleben lassen. Crossover gibt es derweil von KONTRUST (“Madworld”), während Power-Metal-Anhänger:innen mit ANGRAs “Cycles Of Pain” und SERENITYs “Nemesis AD” ebenfalls Futter finden dürften.

Außerdem neu im Handel: “Die About It” vob BAD WOLVES, “This Heathen Land” von GREEN LUNG, “Hymns From The Apocrypha” von SUFFOCATION, “Die In Fire – Live In Hell (Agony And Ecstasy Over Stockholm)” von WATAIN, “Last Day Of Sun” von FUMING MOUTH, “Embalmed In Decay” von CARNAL TOMB, “Cursed Mortality” von CARNATION, “Engraved With Pain” von MORNE, “Bathed In A Black Sun” von STRIGOI, “IIII” von BRIQUEVILLE sowie “Crookhead” von UFOMAMMUT.

Die Neueinstiege vom 03. November 2023
Top 20
05. DORO: “Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud”
13. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM: “History Books”
14. DURAN DURAN: “Danse Macabre”
15. NIRVANA: “In Utero” (Re-Release, WE)
17. SIMPLE MINDS: “New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey”

Top 40
23. SORCERER: “Reign Of The Reaper”
31. THE KILLS: “God Games”
39. ENDSEEKER: “Global Worming”

Top 50 und weitere
42. MÖTLEY CRÜE: “Shout At The Devil” (Re-Release)
44. DOKKEN: “Heaven Comes Down”
56. SAVATAGE: “Ghost In The Ruins – Live”
70. LED ZEPPELIN: “Led Zeppelin IV” (Re-Release, WE)
75. DEINE LAKAIEN: “Forest Enter Exit” (Re-Release, WE)
80. STEAMHAMMER: “Live”
86. DISMEMBER: “The God That Never Was” (Re-Release)
91. ONLY THE POETS: “Live From The ‘Feels Like Home’ Tour”

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Die Pop Punk-Band BROADSIDE hat eine neue Single samt Musikvideo online gestellt: “Bleu” bei YouTube.

Entnommen ist der Track wie der Vorab-Track “Lucid” dem Album “Hotel Bleu”, das am 10. November 2023 via SharpTone erscheinen wird.

Zuletzt gab es den Preview-Song “Bang” bei YouTube. Als Gast ist zudem Josh Roberts (MAGNOLIA PARK) zu hören. Zur vorhergehenden Single “Cruel” steht ebenfalls ein Clip bei YouTube bereit.

Beide Stücke folgen auf den Track “One Last Time”, der via YouTube auf Abruf bereitsteht und seit Juli 2022 verfügbar ist. Regie beim Clip führte Evan Draper.

Zuletzt veröffentlichte die Formation das Album “Into The Raging Sea” (2020).

BROADSIDE “Hotel Bleu” Tracklist

Stranger
Dazed & Confused
Don’t Lose Faith
Cruel (ft. Brian Butcher) (Video bei YouTube)
Bang (Video bei YouTube)
How To Love, How To Lie
Lucid (ft. Devin Papadol) (Video bei YouTube)
Feel Love
One Last Time (Video bei YouTube)
What Have I Done?
Bleu (Video bei YouTube)

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“We may lurk in the shadows but we all shine”
Emanating from the vibrant gloom of Jersey City, New Jersey, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/neon_funeral">Neon" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/neon_funeral">Neon Funeral</a> is an ensemble that has finely blended Darkwave and post-punk instrumentals with the ferocity of hardcore screamo/metal vocals, akin to an angst-infused communion between Ian Curtis and Frankie Palmeri of Emmure. The result is a soundscape that resonates with Pornography-era Robert Smith if he were possessed by the demon Pazuzu, with the jangly resonance of Smiths-era Johnny Marr’s guitars. With a history of stirring performances at notable venues like QXT’s in Newark, NJ, St. Vitus in Brooklyn, and Lucky 13 in Brooklyn, they’ve etched a mark in the North East Corridor alternative scene.

Their latest musical endeavor, an EP eloquently titled Banned From the Goth Club, is set to grace the digital shelves of Cleopatra Records on November 8th, aligning Neon Funeral with eminent names like Danzig, Christian Death, Skinny Puppy, and Gary Numan. The EP’s inception can be traced back to a cover song recorded and released for Cleopatra Records in 2021, which then catalyzed the creation of an original song. The conceptual thread of having a more cohesive body of work rather than a string of singles led them back to Timber Studios in Bayonne New Jersey, their creative haven, to craft two more tracks under the aegis of Adam Cichocki of Gatherers, a signee of Equal Vision and No Sleep Records.

The EP’s title track, Avolition, showcases a pulsating, dance-driven melody that is likely to lure listeners to the dance floor. The song encapsulates the essence of Neon Funeral’s ability to interlace dark, atmospheric tunes with an invigorating rhythm.

An artistic visual narrative accompanies “Avolition” as it finds a visual home in a local vintage arcade and bar, a setting that impeccably mirrors Neon Funeral’s aesthetic. With the bar owner’s green light, an entire morning and afternoon were dedicated to capturing the song’s essence on film. The collaborative efforts of videographer Jarrett Allen, editor Ray Morales Jr, gaffer Huttemberg Nassar, and grip/AC by Cole Brui birthed a visual piece that is as enigmatic as the song it represents.

Watch the video for “Avolition” below:



With a narrative that explores varying emotional undertones, Banned From the Goth Club ventures from the upbeat cadence of “Avolition” to the somber yet intense electronic-metal fusion in “High Tech Low Life,” leading to the introspective depths of “A Void” that reflects on nihilism, drug addiction, and societal pressures. The EP is rounded off with an 80s cover of “Party All the Time,” originally by Eddie Murphy and Rick James, bringing with it silky smooth nostalgia laced with a razor-sharp edge.

On the EP’s intriguing title, the band explains:

“The name of the EP “Banned From the Goth Club” was given because of the oxymoron and difficulty of finding our audience given our contradictory sound. The goth audience can’t exactly get fully immersed into the music because of the aggression and intensity of the vocals and the hardcore scene can’t exactly understand the softer and dance-driven instrumentals for moshing. We once performed at a goth venue and seemed out of place and out of touch with the audience. We then coined the phrase Banned From the Goth Club to introduce the sound playfully and almost welcomely.”

The full EP will be unleashed on November 8th, promising a realm of dark, yet danceable tunes for the alternative scene. Meanwhile, delve deeper into Neon Funeral’s sonic world <a href="https://neonfuneral.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here.</a>

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Die Post Hardcore / Pop Punk-Band CAPSTAN stellt ihre neue Single “Heart To Heart” mit einem Videoclip bei YouTube vor.

Zuvpr veröffentlichte die Formation bereits einen Clip zum Track “Bête Noire” bei YouTube.

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Die Black Metal-Band BLOEDMAAN hat mit “The Night of Blood” eine erste Single ihres kommenden Albums “Castle Inside the Eclipse” veröffentlicht. Es ist das erste Album des neuen Projekts des belgischen Musikers Ronarg (ARS VENEFICIUM, ANTZAAT), der an den Drums von Frederik Geuvens unterstützt worden ist.

“Castle Inside the Eclipse” wird am 15. Dezember 2023 via Immortal Frost Productions erscheinen.

BLOEDMAAN “Castle Inside the Eclipse” Tracklist
01. The Night of Blood (Audio bei YouTube)
02. Cursed Charms of Death
03. Haunted Melancholic Obsessions
04. Winged Flight under the Pale Moon
05. The Hunter’s Dream

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The Peruvian electronic music ensemble <a href="https://instagram.com/theremyn4">Theremyn_4</a> has just unveiled their tenth studio album, Art, Noise + Speed. This release marks a pivotal progression in their musical journey, spanning over two decades, where they have successfully melded eclecticism with a steadfast artistic vision.

In the five years since their previous studio album, Lost Moments, Theremyn_4 has sustained an energetic musical output. Their discography has been enriched with the reissue of their inaugural albums, Fluorescente verde en el patio and Mi vida en infrarrojo, each accompanied by an abundance of additional tracks. Their creative portfolio also includes a series of music videos, remixes, and two singles, all serving as precursors to this latest album.

Art, Noise + Speed is further augmented by collaborations with a roster of distinguished artists. Among them are Paul “Bee” Hampshire, the renowned vocalist from Getting The Fear; Nicolas Miranda and Lu Falen, both valued contributors and current members of the live lineup; Joao Villacorta, lending his expertise in post-production and recordings; and Joni Chiappe, an illustrious Peruvian musician who tragically passed in late March.

In the creation of their latest album, Theremyn_4 has elegantly woven in influences from seminal new wave and progressive music luminaries, including Peter Gabriel, Japan, Getting the Fear, Gang of Four, The Fixx, and King Crimson. Drawing from these iconic touchstones and more, the band has crafted an auditory experience distinct from their earlier compositions.

Art, Noise + Speed delves into a rich palette of themes, nodding notably to avant-garde art movements of the early 20th century – particularly Italian Futurism and German Expressionism. Beyond the confines of visual art, the realms of cinema, literature, and architecture have also lent their essence, enriching the band’s creative canvas.

“I started working this album in 2020 and I have been shaping the tracks and the concept of the album influenced in part by “new” music (so in quotes) because there is so much material online that you can discover new worlds in the 70s or 80s,” muses Jose Gallo. “This album has also been influenced by the “band” format we have been doing live shows for the last few years. For example in songs like Neon Sun/Neon Man or Nazca Slow Cowboy. Reading about art, music and history has been an endless source of inspiration for me for quite some time now.”

The record commences with Nazca Cowboy, a kaleidoscopic number reminiscent of Madchester vibes — notably echoing the likes of Happy Mondays, but with a nod to the electro-centric Super Furry Animals. The esteemed Paul Bee Hampshire graces the track with his presence. As the album progresses, Notre Dame, Pt I emerges, drawing parallels with the synth motifs reminiscent of The Units’ High Pressure Days. When combined with Krautrock influences and a touch of spoken word, it crafts a compelling auditory narrative. Next comes two synth instrumentals: Street Girl Ethos and Air Giants, both poetically weaving Hertz tones into gorgeous tapestries of sound.

Art Stealers showcases the vocals of Lu Falen, whose timbre evokes reminiscences of Trent Reznor. Anchored in an 80s synthpop rhythm, the track offers a modern flair, while its rhythmic repetition invites both dance and recognition. Gallo draws inspiration from the drama of the theatre, the pulsing energy of New York City, and the nuanced realm of artistic appropriation via sampling.

After the initial tracks, the record flows into another instrumental piece, Dry Season, which offers a fusion of funk with an atmospheric, almost celestial, ambiance. Then Neon Sun/Neon Man takes center stage, exuding an immediacy in its tempo that crescendos into a rousing chorus, as if beckoning the listener into its narrative embrace. Subsequently, Notre Dame Pt II emerges, offering a contrasting vibe. This piece resonates with a more laid-back, serene aura, providing a gentle decrescendo from the album’s preceding energy and guiding the listener through a soothing interlude. To round off this musical odyssey, the album gracefully circles back with Nazca Slow Cowboy, a collaborative piece that serves as a fitting conclusion. This track sees the return of Paul “Bee” Hampshire and also features the poignant contributions of the late Joni Chiappe, ensuring a resonant closure to the album’s intricate tapestry of sounds.

Listen to the album below:

<a href="https://theremyn4.bandcamp.com/album/art-noise-speed">Art, Noise + Speed by Theremyn_4</a>

Art, Noise + Speed is already on all digital platforms has a limited edition on CD (available worldwide through shop.hypersfera.com).

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Melancholic cemetery sounds? Wrong! Anyone who still remembers Mantus as a melancholy, darkly dreamy band hasn’t been paying attention in recent years. With “Verstärker”, the duo makes it clear once and for all that the sound can be heavy and dark, but at the same time rocking and hard, and that the topics can also […]

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CARNAL TOMB aus Berlin veröffentlichen heute ihr neues Album „Embalmed in Decay“. Der dritte Longplayer der deutschen Old School Death Dealer ist seit dem 3. November 2023 in den Läden und steht zum Streaming bereit.
„Embalmed in Decay“ kann über diesen Link in voller Länge gestreamt werden:
https://carnaltomb.bandcamp.com/album/embalmed-in-decay

Gastauftritte auf „Embalmed in Decay“ von Serkan Niron von den türkischen Death Metallern ENGULFED auf dem Track ‚Draped in Disgust‘ und einige zusätzliche Intros von ehemaligen MORBID PANZER sowie PUTRESCINE und SPEEDWHORE-Gitarrist Leonhard Link setzen das Sahnehäubchen auf CARNAL TOMBs Darm- und Gore-Kuchen.

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Trauern ist ein individueller Prozess, dessen Bewältigung die vielfältigsten Formen annehmen kann. Allein die dabei zu durchschreitenden Phasen sind allen gemein: eine Grundlage, welche das grobe Rückgrat von „How’s The Heart?“ darstellt. Die titelgebende Frage verrät es eigentlich schon: BLOODRED HOURGLASS geht es emotional zuvorderst um die persönliche Ebene.

Dazu führen die Finnen jene Tendenzen weiter aus, die bereits in Teilen den Vorgänger „Your Highness“ (2021) prägten. Während klassische Melodic-Death-Metal-Trademarks somit weiter in den Hintergrund rücken, gewinnen Synthesizer und groovende Rhythmen ebenso an Gewicht wie der Klargesang Jaredi Koukonens. Zwischen den üblichen harschen Vocals sorgt der Frontmann auf diese Weise im Idealfall für dramaturgische Höhepunkte („Of Course I Still Love You“), im Allgemeinen fehlt den Cleans aber sowohl Power als auch Charme, um als tragende Säule den Bandsound zu schultern („Fragile“).

BLOODRED HOURGLASS nutzen das Potenzial ihrer drei Gitarristen kaum
Problematisch ist das insofern, als dass BLOODRED HOURGLASS ausgerechnet die Gitarrenarbeit vernachlässigen. Anstelle des vielschichtigen Melodeath-Riffings übernehmen die Melodieführung nun vorwiegend Synthesizer vor einem tief gestimmten und noch dazu recht matschig abgemischten Rhythmus-Fundament. Dass die Band eigentlich drei Gitarristen, aber keinen Keyboarder in ihren Reihen zählt, scheint angesichts der Klanglandschaft eigentlich unvorstellbar. Genutzt wird dieses Potenzial auf „How’s The Heart?“ jedenfalls nicht.

Dafür erinnert „Anomaly“ in vielerlei Hinsicht an moderne IN FLAMES, während BLOODRED HOURGLASS ansonsten zumindest ein gutes Gespür für einprägsames Songwriting beweisen. „In Lieu Of Flowers“ und „The End We Start From“ haben ähnlichen Ohrwurmcharakter wie das treibende „The Sun Still In Me“, wo die eigentlichen Stärken der Formation wenigstens teilweise zum Tragen kommen. Dass Tracks wie der hypermoderne Titeltrack oder das überlange und mitunter zähe „Leina“ im Bandkontext dagegen eher experimentell wirken, ist natürlich prinzipiell lobens-, in ihrem Endresultat allerdings kaum lohnenswert.

“How’s The Heart?” ist ein Wechselbad aus Höhen und Tiefen
Dementsprechend schwierig ist es für uns, angesichts dieses Wechselbads aus Höhen und Tiefen die eigentlich wichtigste Frage zu beantworten. „How’s The Heart?“ wollten BLOODRED HOURGLASS schließlich wissen. Nun, wir sind emotional hin und gerissen: Auch wenn wir in diesem Fall nicht direkt trauern, bleibt letzten Endes doch ein wenig Zwiespalt zurück.

Veröffentlichungstermin: 20.10.2023

Spielzeit: 41:14 (ohne Bonus-Tracks)

Line-Up
Jaredi Koukonen – Vocals
Jarkko Hyvönen – Drums
Jose Moilanen – Bass
Lauri Silvonen – Guitar
Joni Lahdenkauppi – Guitar
Eero Silvonen – Guitar

Produziert von Dan Braunstein (Mix und Mastering)

Label: Out of Line Music

Homepage: https://www.brhg.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bloodredhourglass

BLOODRED HOURGLASS “How’s The Heart?” Tracklist
01 Of Course I Still Love You (Video bei YouTube)
02 In Lieu of Flowers (Video bei YouTube)
03 Fragile
04 Anomaly
05 The Sun Still In Me (Video bei YouTube)
06 Song of Forgotten
07 Leina
08 Devotion
09 The End We Start From (Video bei YouTube)
10 How’s the Heart (Video bei YouTube)
11 Only When I’m Breathing (Bonus Track)
12 Hennessy (Bonus Track)
13 Twin Flame (Bonus Track)

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If there’s no heaven… I’ll make it exist.
Ah, those Los Angeles purveyors of post-punk perfidy, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/deceits_band/?hl=en">Deceits</a>" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/deceits_band/?hl=en">Deceits</a>, have deigned to dance once more into the fray, parading their latest opus with a flourish: If There’s No Heaven… With a title that winks at eternity, this collection of tunes is a veritable seesaw of sentiment, a curious cavort between the depths of despondency and the buoyant bubbles of hope. They’ve plucked the name of this melodious mélange from a line, oh so poignant, that emerges in the twilight of the album—a tale of paramours, those star-cross’d perhaps, entwining their fates with whispers stout enough to thumb their noses at the void’s gaping maw. Their tender troth seems to be but a delicate defiance to the Great Big Void. Love in the shadow of nothingness — what could be more divine?

Within its breadth, the album traverses a spectrum of musical expressions, each segment a reflection of the varied sentiments encountered during its creation. Deceits deftly honor the canon of classic post-punk — The Cure, Sad Lovers & Giants, The Chameleons, The Danse Society — while their repertoire unflinchingly incorporates elements across genres, embracing the angularity of new wave, the dark contours of deathrock, and even the impassioned cries of ’90s emo/screamo. It’s a bold synthesis of influences that speaks both to the band’s versatility and to their reverence for the form.

The opening track, Failures, is a  highly energetic song with a guitar riff inspired by Promised Land by Skeletal Family and Primary by The Cure.

“Failures was one of the first songs we ever wrote, we decided to properly re-record it since we felt it had much more potential to reach the sound we envisioned for it when we first wrote it,” says Moreno. The chorus line of “the bliss of failure” is about trying to find peace in owning up to major life mistakes.

Drowning In An Empty Sea is a love letter to early Cure: it pays homage to A Forest.

“The song was created in roughly one day which was a first for us since it’s usually a chaotic and long process,” Moreno recalls. “The song’s lyrics came to me suddenly in a daydream I had in which I imagined a beautiful dark blue ocean, and because of my fear of oceans, I felt like I was choking without even having to touch the water which I subconsciously knew was a metaphor for the sensation of going through anxiety.”

In the veiled language of night, a solitary soul yearns for a reunion steeped in the eternal and the visceral in the lyrics for the next song; Mi Amor, Mi Vampira. This poetic lament blends devotion with a gothic romance, where love’s sacrifice verges on the vampiric, yearning for an amor de sangre—a love as deep and enduring as the blood that sustains life itself.

This sentiment is followed by A Burial of Dreams: a haunting confession emerges in the twilight of introspection—a plea for quietus among the cacophony of regrets. The seeker of solace confronts their history, longing for erasure, for the peace of mind that eludes them. Amidst the refrains of could-haves and should-haves, there lies a stark yearning for the solace found in the oblivion of closed eyes. This elegy to the self, rife with the torment of unspoken words and unhealed wounds, is a testament to the weight of memory and the elusive nature of healing.

Every Promise is a candid narrative entwining affection and regret, confronting the solitary aftermath of personal failings. Brooding guitar and an undercurrent of bass and evocative guitar riffs carry a distinct fervour with Moreno’s passionate vocals. Lingering on unsaid words and past regrets, the lyrics evoke a remorseful reflection on lost opportunities and unfulfilled commitments. A chorus of apologies underscores a narrative of love and disappointment, where roses symbolize intentions never fully realized and promises remain hauntingly unkept.

To Just Fade Away commences with guitar notes that are ethereal whispers harkening to the Cocteau Twins, before surging into a breakneck tempo. In a seamless genre shift, Serenity (Blows The Wind) sweeps us into the realm of Britpop, yet it is imbued with the airy essence of dream pop laced with a discernible post-punk edge, evoking a soundscape that is both nostalgic and novel.

As the album draws to a close, we are met with If There’s No Heaven…, a track that resides in the deepest echelons of introspection. With its resemblance to The Cure at their most contemplative, it’s a track that doesn’t just simmer with existential musings—it demands an active engagement, an audit of the soul. Here lies the quintessence of the album: it is as much a collection of songs as it is a dialogue with the self, a meditation on the ethereal and the eternal.

Listen below and order the album <a href="https://deceitsband.bandcamp.com/album/if-theres-no-heaven?from=embed">here</a>:

<a href="https://deceitsband.bandcamp.com/album/if-theres-no-heaven">If There’s No Heaven… by DECEITS</a>

In the waning months of 2021, a band known as Deceits came into existence through the camaraderie of Kevin Moreno, contributing his vocal stylings as well as handling the bass and synthesizer; Kevin Hernandez, who takes up the mantle of the guitarist alongside his synthesizer responsibilities; and Francisco Saenz, who underpins the trio with his percussion. This collective draws a deep well of inspiration from The Cure, with a nod as well to the likes of Asylum Party and Human Tetris.

The ensemble crafts a sound that is at once reflective and rhythmically compelling, a nod to the brooding introspection of the 1980s post-punk scene. Yet, Deceits does not merely replicate; they infuse their work with contemporary darkwave sensibilities and an undercurrent of hardcore punk’s immediacy and spirit. This fusion creates a poignant backdrop that invites both reflection and movement, an homage that speaks as much to the present as it does to its storied influences.

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Released today, 3 November 2023, is the new album “Chemistry” from Decommissioned Forests. The album is available now from Bandcamp, Spotify, and all major streaming platforms. This is the third full-length album for the London-based experimental electronic trio and follows their dank atmospheric debut, “Forestry” (2019), and the post-industrial modernist sophomore album, “Industry” (2022).

Musically the trio (Howard Gardner, Daniel Vincent, and Max Rael) have been taking a broad range of influences by outsider artists such as Coil, Current 93, Cluster, Nine Inch Nails, Nurse With Wound and Throbbing Gristle to merge it into their own sound.

As the “Chemistry” album’s 10 tracks took shape, it became clear that the collection of songs had started to take a conceptual form. Daniel explains: “We started to plot the curve of the album musically as we recorded Max’s vocals, so the album loosely follows a day in the life, as day dreams, existential angst, and some kind of trauma surface.”

Related newsLondon trio Decommissioned Forests share sci-fi-inspired video 'Black River Falls'Max expands: “In terms of lyrical themes for the album, we start with Goodbye to the Cloud People which for me, is at least in part, about coming off antidepressants, leaving a world where nothing feels quite real, a not unpleasant dreamlike numbness, so the narrator of the album is taking a look at the world around him and in many ways, seeing it for the first time. Medication then plays into the wider them of chemistry which is explored further in the title track, and All is Vanity. Eel Tank and Bread to the Ducks describe alien attempts to capture something of the human condition, but there’s always something inherently lost in translation. Eel Tank reflects the existential horror of being trapped in unfulfilling meaningless work, whereas Bread to the Ducks tries to capture something of scarcity economics, capitalism and the factory farming of animals. I’m the kind of person who has a drawer full of old notepads going back over the years so I tend to bring a mixture of fresh new ideas and improvisation, as well as old words and ideas that I still like and that still resonate with me now. Lyrically, Black River Falls is pretty untouched from 2002, and The Dust is a rewritten version of a song that goes right back to the very first band I was in as a teenager at school. I guess some of us never really fully grow out of that teenage angst. ‘We were always easy prey’. We were then, as we are now.”

The Howard Gardner video for the album’s lead-single ‘Black River Falls’, which premiered on Side-Line.com in September, continues the narrative from “A Comforting Uncertainty” video from the band’s previous album.

You can download the album below from Bandcamp or order a physical copy.

Chemistry by Decommissioned Forests

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