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Dark Dreampop Duo Magic Wands Release New Album “Cascades” via Metropolis Records

Something fated shines through in the way Magic Wands move, as if they’ve been orbiting this precise sound since the first time they struck a chord. Chris and Dexy Valentine…

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Ottawa Darkwave Duo Touched Fables Explore the Architecture of Despair with “The Sum of All Wounds”

Ottawa’s Touched Fables (Paul Anthony and Jim Roditis) write with the kind of precision one expects from those who have seen the architecture of despair up close. Formed in 2022,…

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Back to Nature — Los Angeles Electro-Pop Duo LUCKYANDLOVE Celebrate the Spirit with New Album “Humaura”

In Humaura, Los Angeles duo LUCKYANDLOVE step away from the narcotic glow of screens to search for something more elemental: the fragile essence of being human without algorithmic interference. They…

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In the Aftermath — Spanish Industrial EBM Duo Spammerheads Rise From the Flood With “The Mire Chronicles”

Spammerheads’ new LP, The Mire Chronicles, is a soaked dispatch from a city half-submerged in the wrath of Mother Nature. Born from the devastating floods that hit Valencia on October…

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UNCAGED — A No-Holds-Barred Interview With Ash Barrett on His Debut With Feral Crone Recordings

In a cultural moment where music feels embalmed in its own nostalgia, Ash Barrett’s UNCAGED tears through the embalming fluid, howling like a poltergeist trapped in a pawn shop. It’s…

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A Nocturnal Dance — Greek Synth Duo Paradox Obscur Unveil Video for “Like A Freak” from New Album “IKONA” (Review)

Does it make you click Now it’s time to go deep Way deep like a freak Taste my analog kick Paradox Obscur practice exorcism with their thundering new album, IKONA.…

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Chicago Songstress Brittany Bindrim Finds Antidote Through Art with Industrial-pop Panacea “Counterpoison”

Sword within the sheath Like our hopeless fantasies Truth spinning underneath All these sleeping galaxies Counterpoison is not a record that asks for your trust, it earns it through fire…

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ORR Conjures a Darkwave Homage to Horror Icons with the Halloween EP “HÖR”

Why do we love our monsters? From the masked stalker to the cursed videotape, the cenobite, the count, and the corrupted youth—these villains refuse to die because they reveal something…

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The Cult/Death Cult Ignite the Stage of the Majestic Theatre — Hiatus Announced After Final Four “Paradise Now 8525” Tour Dates

A Ceremony Reborn – The Cult Resurrect Death Cult on the Paradise Now Tour Inside San Antonio’s Majestic Theatre, where gold curtains shimmer beneath a painted night sky, history felt…

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Breaking Through the Mold — Richmond’s The Treasury Releases Brutalist EBM-Darkwave EP “Permanent District”

You’re breaking through the mold. Believe you lost control. Disorder in your future. Believe what you’ve been told. Richmond, Virginia producer and vocalist Troy Hancock, under the alias The Treasury,…

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