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Berlin Darkwave Artist Skelesys Makes a Grand Entrance With his Debut Album “Fading Echoes”

Berlin darkwave artist Skelesys makes a grand entrance with his full-length debut album, Fading Echoes. Across nine stirring tracks, he navigates the twilight realms between lingering memories and the relentless…

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Listen to The Nocturnal Trip-Hop Lullabies and Dark Alt-Rock Purrs of LA Trio 8mm’s “Black Cat” LP

Black Cat on a fire throne says to show the failing in your bones Here we turn inside out or turn to stone These pearls are just old sand falling…

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Oaths Under A Rock — Los Angeles Darkwaver Noble Savage Unfurls Noir Post-Punk Romance in “Black Noise / White Shadow”

Are these dead flowers? Is it dead bait? Are these sad lovers left to waste? Carl Jung understood that the soul’s depth, much like a landscape at dusk, is revealed…

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Swiss-German Darkwavers Emily Kinski’s Dead Release “Black Light District” — Watch Video for “The Mirror in Me”

In tracing the roots of German-Swiss trio Emily Kinski’s Dead (Oliver Spring, Thomas Kowa, René Ebner), one senses their fierce reverence for the raw, rebellious spirit of 80s post-punk and…

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New York’s Silent EM Synthesizes Sound and Fury with New LP “REAL LIFE” and Single “Institution”

It’s been five years since we last heard from Silent EM, aka NYC-based musician Jean Lorenzo. While the world has changed several times over, Silent EM’s brand of incisive, cold,…

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DC’s Amulet Weaves an Icy Spell of Gothic-laced Alt-Rock in Their Latest Album “Katharsis”

Amulet, an esemble born from the bustling history-paved metropolis of Washington, DC, rises again with their gothic-laced hearts, inviting listeners into a realm where raw emotion collides with electric fervor.…

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Brooklyn Dream Pop Outfit The Harrow Returns with the Smoldering “Cinderglow”

A blackout in the breeze Honeysuckle memories A silkspun wound, a crushing ember That could not compare Brooklyn-based dream pop quartet The Harrow have returned with a brand new four-track…

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Industrial Music Icon Bill Leeb Plugs His Deck into Dark Data Streams in Solo Debut Album “Model Kollapse”

We stride toward the future with such reckless haste. Automation has consumed industries whole. But as we surrender more control to technology, are we careening toward an inevitable Model Collapse?…

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Spanish Ensemble New Wave Kill Blends Compelling Post-Punk With Gothic Rock Romance in “Stitches for The Soul”

Madrid’s New Wave Kill is saddling up once more, charging headfirst into new terrain from their post-punk beginnings. Felipe Vein’s guitar slices through like a sharpened blade, while Iulia Richea’s…

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Louse’s Mid-80s Post-Punk Infused LP, “Passions Like Tar,” is Fueled by Fiery Anthems and Moody Melancholia

Louse emerged from the pandemic’s precarious haze in Cincinnati, Ohio, forging their sound in the stillness of lockdown. Drawing deep from the wells of early to mid-80s post-punk, cold wave,…

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