Manic Depression Records Archives

French Coldwave Outfit Curtain Ignite the Stage in Their Video for “Fire”

Silence can sometimes yield to rare and unexpected musical renewal, the kind that arrives without pomp, as if it had been waiting in a coat pocket, warm from the body.…

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Ghosts of Joshua Tree — Hauntwave Artist aux animaux Unveils Sorrowful Single “Void Moon”

Standing under the spellbound moonlight Snakes in your head when the demons rise at night aux animaux, a visionary musician raised amid Istanbul’s layered cultural complexity, conjures echoes of darkwave’s…

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Bands

French Darkwavers Denuit Drift Under a Moonless Night in Their Video for “nocturnal VISION” — Featuring Emmon

In their latest album, LOVE Violence, France’s Denuit dismantles the binary between passion and pain, exposing the ligature that binds them with all the grace of a lightning strike. Love…

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Italian Gothic Rockers Date at Midnight Debut Video for Brooding Confession “Useless Love”

For some, love is not a salve but a sickness, a cycle that turns endlessly, feeding on fears and wounds that never close. The world brims with faces, yet loneliness…

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Italian Darkwave Project The Spoiled Releases “Time” EP and Video for “Hole in A Chest”

My little pain, I wanna feel you inside I wanna make you see my love has died My little pain flows, never asking why Always taking me down, it burns…

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Parisian Post-Punk Group JE T’AIME Unveil Their Poignant Video for “The Last Words of a Sad and Pathetic Hero”

Can’t see your beautiful hair Perhaps I’ve gone blind I cannot feel my heart beating I must have screwed up again Parisian band JE T’AIME masterfully intertwines the rich heritage…

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French Coldwave Outfit Curtain Escape the Darkness in Their Video for “Against the Wall”

Every day is like a battle Welcome to the war Don’t give up If you lose your way tonight Regaining autonomy after a toxic relationship is a profound and essential…

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More Than Skin Deep — Italian Darkwave Project Fall Shock Debuts Video for “Fake New Model”

Are your eyes too sad to see The world inside of me? Leave you a message from this side, Will you mind? Occasionally, one finds oneself ensnared in interactions devoid…

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Video Premiere

Swedish Hauntwave Artist aux animaux Debuts Unsettling Video for “Sleep Paralysis”

There’s a dark cloud on my chest I feel it’s weight on me tonight There’s evil lurking in the corner It really wants to take a bite Navigating the complexities…

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Polish Darkwave Project Stridulum Debuts Video for “Astray” Featuring Manu of Distance H

STRIDULUM, a musical project hailing from Upper Silesia, emerged onto the scene in 2019. Comprising Marita Volodina and Arkadiy Berg, this duo identifies themselves as a “retrofuturistic entity from the…

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