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Synthpop Duo Normal Bias Confront Propaganda and Media Addiction in Their Surreal Video for “Soft Power”

There is a peculiar efficiency to a system that keeps us furious and distracted at the same time. Give the public an endless supply of things to watch, opinions to…

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Buenos Aires Dark Synth Duo Balvanera Tear it Up in Video for “Degaste” — New Album “Hasta tocar el fondo vacío del lenguaje” Announced!

With Desgaste, Buenos Aires dark synth duo Balvanera do exactly what the title threatens: they wear the surface down until the machinery underneath starts showing its teeth. The word suggests…

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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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Bringing the Uncanny into Focus — Atlanta Post-Punk Trio Split Diopter Share Tour Video for “Navel Gazer”

Amid the creative dynamism of Atlanta’s flourishing music scene, Split Diopter brings an old-school sound into sharp focus. A goth-adjacent trio that moves deftly between post-punk’s raw urgency and coldwave’s…

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LA Synth Duo D.I.N. Debut Dazzling and Dreamy New Single “UP”

Welcome to the crystalline sonic world of D.I.N., a Los Angeles electronic music duo comprised of vocalist Josie Vand and synth wizard Greg Vand (High-Functioning Flesh, New Boy). Their latest…

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Song Premiere

Dallas EBM Project Semantix Debuts New Single “Like a Dog”

Dallas musician Semantix (aka Keaton Khonsari) announces a new release: the invigorating “Like A Dog,” the second single from Violent Protocol. This exciting and hypnotic EBM instrumental follows “Mania In the…

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Russian Coldwave Duo Låska Unveil Their Video for “Into The Smoke”

Låska in Russian translates as “Ласка,” or ”caress.” In Swedish, Laska means a ”black ink stain.” Russian Coldwave ex-pats Låska integrate these two meanings, into their sizzling track “Into the…

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New Orleans Darkwave Duo Balloon Boy Wake the Dead in their Video for “Rebirth”

During the early 1990s, New Orleans was a city often in the forefront of any young American goth’s mind as being the setting of Interview With A Vampire, and one…

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Russian Coldwave Duo Låska Showcase Bleak Cityscapes in their Animated video for “Grau”

Russian Coldwave duo Låska have unveiled their animated video for “Grau”, a bleak and buzzing electronic music track about the winter months of Berlin and Moscow; two cities whose industrial…

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Experimental Industrial Synth Project Altra Drops their First Video From “VISEX”

Experimental industrial synth project Altra has dropped their first video from “VISEX”, the first release by Charlottesville-based duo. Altra blends the sounds of lab equipment, modular synths, and industrial atmospheres…

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