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Cold-Hearted Festival 2026 Announced With Cold Cave, Kaelan Mikla, Ash Code, Qual, Night in Athens, and More!

Since its launch in 2022, Dresden’s Cold-Hearted Festival has rapidly evolved into a cornerstone of the European darkwave scene, selling out year after year and steadily expanding its reach. Returning…

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Starlight Star Bright — Icelandic Trio Kælan Mikla Pull Down the Veil of Night in Their Video for “Stjörnuljós”

Be a starlight once more that guides me in the dead of night and when your fire weakens I shall lend you my flame In the grand flow of existence,…

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The Reapers Along the Waves — Watch Kaelan Mikla’s Collaborative Video with Bardi Johannsson for “The Phantom Carriage”

The Phantom Carriage, a 1921 Swedish silent film directed by Victor Sjöström, is a seminal work in cinematic history, known for its innovative special effects and narrative depth. The story,…

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Post-Punk.com Best of 2021

In the second year of a global pandemic, there were several themes prevalent in music, but most of all sincerity and earnestness seemingly took the center stage. During the transitional…

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Icelandic Post-Punk Trio Kælan Mikla Debut Video for “Hvítir Sandar” Featuring Alcest

Icelandic post-punk trio Kælan Mikla debut their surreal video for “Hvítir Sandar” featuring Alcest. The song, whose title translates as “White Sands”, weaves haunting and melancholic melody, with droning and…

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Kælan Mikla Unveil their Thunderous Video for “Stormurinn”

The Icelandic trio, Kælan Mikla, have just released their third single to the upcoming album, Undir Köldum Norðumljósum, that’s out on October 15th via Artoffact Records. “Stormurinn” is both melancholy…

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Kælan Mikla Dance Under the Cold Northern Lights in “Sólstöður”

Kælan Mikla dance under the cold Northern Lights in “Sólstöður”. The single is their first new song since 2018’s critically acclaimed album Nótt eftir nótt. The song is a dark…

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Synth-punk Artist Rex Pistols Debuts her Mournful video for “White Gold”

Synth-punk artist Rex Pistols tugs at our heartstrings through the exquisite beauty of sorrow. Her stunning new single, a shimmering dirge called White Gold, comes off her sophomore album What Love Is…

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Icelandic-Canadian Synthpunk Songstress Rex Pistols Explores Love and Friendship with “Glittering Moon”

The ancient Greeks had words for the three most profound kinds of human love: Eros, or sexual passion; Philos; a deep friendship; and Agape, the unconditional love for all humankind.…

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Solveig Matthildur Unveils the Video for her Morning Star Ballad “Venus”

Kælan Mikla synth arranger and backing vocalist Sólveig Matthildur has pulled yet another sorrowful song into her orbit, with the mournful morning star ballad “Venus”, a song about a lost…

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