Electronic Body Building Music — Valisia Odell Gets Physical in Video for “Breaths”
Vermin’s attack Choking me up Breaking my teeth Bottomless pit Put yourself in a moment that exists just before panic fully picks the lock when the body still tries to…
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Swiss Industrial Body Metal Act Susurration Celebrates Power and Submission in Video for “Break Me Down”
Susurration comes charging out of the speakers like a basement full of bad ideas, finally finding the right voltage. On Break Me Down, the Swiss outfit takes the cold command of EBM,…
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Recursive Romance — UK Post-Punk Duo Peak Flow Circle Relationship Rancor in Video for “Repetition”
Tension fuels apprehension Unanswered questions Over and over and over again Channel receptors to block out the pain It’s the kind of relationship that keeps dragging its busted carcass back…
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LA Post-Punk Trio Scimitar Turn Romantic Ruin Into Lonely Procession With Video for “Razors”
Scimitar’s latest single, Razors, comes with the kind of bruised glamour that made the dark side of post-punk worth chasing in the first place – back when a band could…
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Open The Void, Scream! — Polish Deathrockers Miguel and The Living Dead Return with Video for “Speaking in Smoke”
Cracked lips telling lies with final breath blood moon shining on the edge of death. There was a particular thrill to the old-school deathrock scene, a sense that it had…
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From Berghain to the Beach — XTR Human Soaks up the LA Sun in Cameo-laden video for “RAVE GOD”
RAVE GOD by XTR HUMAN takes that old 90s rave rush – that big-eyed, bad-decision bliss – and feeds it through the iron lungs of Industrial EBM and Techno. The setup…
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Austin’s Jet Cemetery offers a Graveyard Bloom of Dark Electronics and Dream-Pop Decadence on “The Canary” LP
Jet Cemetery’s The Canary LP comes on like a strange transmission dug out of the dirt with bare hands, a record made by people who seem to understand that if…
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“Your Pallid Face” — Border Goth Trio The Slashes Summon Shadowy Romance With “Vampiros”
Your Gaze Can’t be traced in the shadows The Slashes’ new single Vampiros saunters in with its collar up, looking half in love with the night and half ready to…
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NYC’s Vexillary Twists the Mythic Journey Inward in Video for Venomous Track “1000X”
New York City’s Vexillary understands that pressure alters matter. On 1000X, mastermind Reza Seirafi treats EBM less as a fixed code than as a volatile compound, something to be heated,…
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Seattle’s Ghost Fetish Returns With the Soft-Focus Synthpop Dream of “Someone”
Seattle’s Ghost Fetish returns with Someone, a song that wears its longing lightly but leaves a lasting impression. There is something quietly spellbinding in the way it moves, balancing romantic…
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