Laibach’s ‘WAT’ turns 23 on 8 September
Laibach released "WAT" on 8 September 2003 through Mute Records. The album turns 23 this year. Iztok Turk and Laibach...
Blondie’s ‘Parallel Lines’ turns 48 on 8 September
Blondie released its third studio album, "Parallel Lines", on 8 September 1978 through Chrysalis Records. The album turns 48 this...
Alphaville’s ‘Salvation’ turns 29 on 8 September
Alphaville released its fifth studio album, "Salvation", in 1997 through Warner/Metropolis. The album turns 29 this year. Wikipedia lists the...
Clan of Xymox’s ‘Farewell’ turns 23 on 8 September
Clan of Xymox released "Farewell" on 8 September 2003 through Metropolis Records in the US. The album turns 23 this...
Ultravox’s ‘Systems of Romance’ turns 48 on 8 September
Ultravox, the British new wave and electronic band, released "Systems of Romance" on 8 September 1978 through Island Records. The...
Hannah Peel details ‘Underland’ CD and Barbican premiere
Northern Irish composer Hannah Peel will release her original score for "Underland" on CD on 16 October via Rivertones, followed...
Apoptygma Berzerk’s ‘Kathy’s Song XXV’ gets marbled vinyl
Emmobiz Records sold a surprise 77-copy marbled vinyl pressing of Apoptygma Berzerk's "Kathy's Song XXV (Come Lie Next to Me)"...
Empire State Human announce ‘Opulent’ album on CD
Irish synthpop project Empire State Human will release a new album, "Opulent," on CD via ScentAir Records in early 2027....
Mayflower Madame reissue ‘Insight’ as a deluxe vinyl edition
Mayflower Madame reissue their album "Insight" as a "Deluxe Version" through Icy Cold Records, after the original 2024 vinyl pressing...
Purple Trash release new album ‘Velvet Nightmares and Cold Sleep’
Purple Trash release their new album "Velvet Nightmares and Cold Sleep" on Swiss Dark Nights. The twelve-track record is out...
Golden Apes release twelfth album ‘The Sun Came Up Tremendously’
Golden Apes release their twelfth studio album "The Sun Came Up Tremendously" on Icy Cold Records on 18 September. The...
Tout Debord release ‘Necrologia’, a 32-track compilation
Tout Debord release "Necrologia", a 32-track double CD compilation, on Icy Cold Records. The digipak gathers the complete collection of...
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult’s ’13 Above the Night’ turns 33 on 7 September
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult released its fourth studio album, "13 Above the Night", on 7 September 1993...
Lacrimosa’s ‘Revolution’ turns 14 on 7 September
Lacrimosa released its eleventh studio album, "Revolution", on 7 September 2012 through Hall of Sermon (catalogue reference HOS 8030). The...
Gary Numan’s ‘The Pleasure Principle’ turns 47 on 7 September
Gary Numan, the English synth-pop and new wave musician who had spent the previous two years fronting Tubeway Army, released...
Siouxsie & The Banshees’ ‘Join Hands’ turns 47 on 7 September
Siouxsie & The Banshees released their second studio album, "Join Hands", on 7 September 1979 through Polydor Records. The album...
Covenant’s ‘Leaving Babylon’ turns 13 on 6 September
Covenant released its ninth studio album, "Leaving Babylon", on 6 September 2013 through Dependent Records in Europe (catalogue reference MINd...
Ministry’s ‘From Beer to Eternity’ turns 13 on 6 September
Ministry released its thirteenth studio album, "From Beer to Eternity", on 6 September 2013 through 13th Planet Records. The album...
Sex Virgin Killer follow ‘ANGEL’ with a Shinobu Narita remix of ‘Lissajous’
Tokyo darkwave and post-punk act Sex Virgin Killer followed its album "ANGEL" with a remix single, "Lissajous (Shinobu Narita Remix),"...
ShiShi releases ‘Blood Tape’, a music film about dependency
ShiShi, the dark electronic project of Ljubljana-based artist Artur Ziganshin, released a music film on 1 September 2026. Titled "Blood...
The Spiritual Bat release new album ‘Theatre of Dust’ with Doc Hammer producing
The Spiritual Bat, the Italian gothic rock band, release their new album "Theatre of Dust" on Swiss Dark Nights. The...
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin reissue ‘Tenebre’ soundtrack on limited yellow smoke vinyl
Claudio Simonetti's Goblin reissue the "Tenebre" soundtrack on 18 September 2026 through Rustblade. The label presses a limited yellow smoke...
Faith and the Muse reissue remastered ‘Elyria’ on Metropolis Records
Faith and the Muse release a remastered edition of "Elyria" on Metropolis Records on 8 October 2026, on digiCD. The...
Steve Roach releases ‘The Current Above: Immersion Seven’
American ambient/electronic composer Steve Roach has released "The Current Above: Immersion Seven" on Projekt Records. The album came out on...
Enzo Kreft releases new single ‘Escape Failed’
Belgian synth artist Enzo Kreft has released "Escape Failed", the second official single from his upcoming 2027 album "Synthetic Future...
SWARM releases new single ‘Sing For Me’ via Out Of Line
SWARM, the industrial EDM project of Brandon Thomas Carroll, has released "Sing For Me" on Out Of Line Music. The...
Nina Hagen readies second gospel album for Christmas
Nina Hagen is working on a new gospel album, with release planned for Christmas 2026. The German singer confirmed the...
Pet Shop Boys detail Alan Turing album ‘A Man From The Future’
Pet Shop Boys will release "A Man From The Future", an eight-part work about British mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing,...
TİR to support Mortiis and Nytt Land on ‘Southern Ritual’ Australian tour
TİR, the Sydney-based solo project of Turkish-born multi-instrumentalist Oytun Bektas, will support Mortiis and Nytt Land on the "Southern Ritual"...
Kregel interview: ‘The unifying power of music should not be underestimated’
Kregel is a Belgian band from Limburg that formed in 2016. Looking for a short, punchy name, they settled on...
Fields of the Nephilim’s ‘The Nephilim’ turns 38 on 5 September
Fields of the Nephilim, the English gothic rock band from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, released "The Nephilim" on 5 September 1988 through...
Skinny Puppy’s ‘Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse’ turns 40 on 5 September
Skinny Puppy released their second studio album, "Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse," through Nettwerk on 5 September 1986. The Vancouver industrial...
Blutengel releases new single and video ‘Afterlife’
Berlin darkwave and synthpop band Blutengel released the single and video "Afterlife" on 4 September 2026 via Out Of Line...
Purest Form releases ‘RESISTANCE’ EP with a cover of The Prodigy’s ‘Breathe’
Los Angeles punk/EBM trio Purest Form released its EP "RESISTANCE" on Dais Records on 4 September 2026, closing the six-track...
Striped Light announces debut album ‘For All This Beauty’
Striped Light, the long-running collaborative project of English musician and producer Benge (Creep Show, Wrangler, John Foxx and the Maths),...
Kontravoid announces new album ‘Sound Of The Void’, shares single ‘Without’
Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based artist Kontravoid, the recording name of Cameron Findlay, releases his new album "Sound Of The Void" on...
Simple Minds’ ‘Sons and Fascination’ turns 45 on 4 September
Simple Minds released their fourth studio album, "Sons and Fascination," on 4 September 1981 through Virgin Records. The Scottish post-punk...
Hocico put the ‘Unseen Horror Scenes’ bonus disc on streaming platforms
Mexican electro-industrial duo Hocico released a Deluxe Edition of their album "Unseen Horror Scenes" via Out Of Line Music, making...
Espen Ixtlan on photographing Satyricon, Apoptygma Berzerk and Ministry: ‘Long-term relationships make better photos’
Norwegian photographer Espen Ixtlan has spent close to three decades photographing bands and artists, with credits including Satyricon, Apoptygma Berzerk...
Merciful Nuns close the ‘Kvltan’ saga with ‘Nebulae’
Merciful Nuns, the German gothic rock project led by Artaud Seth, announced "Nebulae", the fourth and closing chapter of their...
ARMOURS’ ‘Body’ gets a Leæther Strip remix
Stockholm trio ARMOURS have released "Body (Leæther Strip Remix)", a reworking of the title track from their debut EP "Body"...
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In The Nursery expand ‘Köda’ with a limited ‘extended edition 2026’ CD
In The Nursery, the Sheffield neo-classical duo of twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone, released "Köda " on September 4....
Abul Mogard releases live album ‘Quiet Pieces – Live at Norbergfestival’
Italian dark ambient artist Abul Mogard released the live album "Quiet Pieces - Live at Norbergfestival" on 4 September 2026...
Corchorus releases dark folk debut single ‘Words Asunder’
Portland, Oregon dark folk project Corchorus released its debut single "Words Asunder" on 2 September 2026, paired with a lyric...
Angels In Shade release synth-pop single ‘Out Of Time’
Gothenburg, Sweden synth-pop and darkwave act Angels In Shade released the single "Out Of Time" on 4 September 2026, paired...
Gary Numan’s ‘Dance’ turns 45 on 4 September
Gary Numan released his third solo studio album, "Dance," on 4 September 1981 through Beggars Banquet. The album turns 45...
C-Lekktor pairs ‘Antimateria’ and ‘C:file’ EPs on one limited CD
Mexican dark elektro act C-Lekktor combines the digital EPs "Antimateria" and "C:file" on a single collector's CD digipak, limited to...
Implant sets 15th album ‘The Kinematics Of Doubt’ for 30 October on Alfa Matrix
Belgian EBM act Implant confirms its 15th studio album "The Kinematics Of Doubt" for 30 October 2026 on Alfa Matrix,...
Llumen opens CD pre-orders for ‘Winter Eden’, out 30 October on Alfa Matrix
Belgian dark electronic project Llumen has opened CD pre-orders for its fourth album "Winter Eden", confirmed for 30 October 2026...
BrokinPaper sets ‘Function Over Form’ album for 9 September
New York producer BrokinPaper releases his album "Function Over Form" on 9 September 2026. The seven-track record includes the previously...
Felsmann + Tiley share Echonomist’s remix of ‘God Is Lonelier’, announce London and Berlin shows
German synth duo Felsmann + Tiley released Echonomist's remix of "God Is Lonelier" on 3 September 2026. The original, featuring...
Mycelium Sky release mirrored 14-track debut album ‘Hello World’ on 5 September
Thirteen of the fourteen songs are already out; the running order is the news. Mycelium Sky, the one-man dark psychedelic...
Throbbing Gristle mark 50 years with TG50 at the ICA on 18 October and a 36-show ‘TG24+’ USB box set
Fifty years to the day after Throbbing Gristle played the ICA as part of their "Prostitution" exhibition, the London gallery...
Twice a Man announce ‘Reveries Before Silence’ artbook album and share ‘Desert Snow’ visualiser
Two Twice a Man artbooks now land on the same day. The Swedish synthpop act release their new album "Reveries...
HAAi releases ‘I Wanna Feel Like Someone’ with James Massiah and adds a 10-hour New York set to her DJ dates
South London poet and DJ James Massiah supplies the voice on the new HAAi single. "I Wanna Feel Like Someone"...
TORM Ent. and L.White Records announce the 26-artist ‘Tormentum Volume II’ 2CD
Six years after the first volume, the Austrian label TORM Ent. has announced Tormentum Volume II, a 2CD compilation of...
Low Blows release ‘SOS’ as a single with a video made by singer Carlos Vergara
Carlos Vergara, singer and bassist of Barcelona post-punk trio Low Blows, made the video himself this time. "SOS" comes out...
Giuliana May debuts with ‘Who am I?’, a cinematic pop single built on Pirandello’s masks
Luigi Pirandello's idea that a person is a set of masks rather than a single self supplies the theme of...
Bagger 258 release ‘Der Technokrat’ single, their first on Scanner / Dark Dimensions
After two self-released albums, Bagger 258 have a label. "Der Technokrat", a two-track digital single, came out on August 28,...
SoftWave release ‘Wake Up (Cicero Remix)’, a single remixed by the Pet Shop Boys-produced Scottish synthpop artist
Cicero, the Scottish synthpop artist whom Pet Shop Boys signed to their Spaghetti Recordings label in the early 1990s, has...
Matrukk releases dark disco single ‘Diavoleide’ in two versions on Cat Cave Records
Sardinian dark disco and coldwave producer Matrukk released "Diavoleide" on Cat Cave Records on 28 August 2026. The digital single...
Chainreactor return to industrial techno roots on ‘Melting Point X1’ EP, ‘Permagna’ video out
Three new tracks in thirteen minutes: that is the whole of "Melting Point X1", the digital EP that Chainreactor released...
djrum mixes the next ‘DJ-Kicks’ for !K7, with four new tracks and exclusives by Skee Mask and Clark
!K7 Records has handed its next DJ-Kicks mix to djrum. "DJ-Kicks: djrum" arrives on 16 October 2026 as a signed...
Till Lindemann releases ‘Du hast kein Herz (Live In Kraków)’ as second single from the live album
Twelve days after the first live single, Till Lindemann has put out a second. "Du hast kein Herz (Live In...
BEEJAYBEE releases debut album ‘VINAVVAVE’, ten tracks of industrial texture and soul from Saigon
"I'd rather you feel something uncomfortable than nothing at all." That is how BEEJAYBEE, a producer based in Ho Chi...