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Magic Wands - Switch

Magic Wands is a US dark pop outfit originally formed in Nashville by guitarists & vocalists Chris and Dexy Valentine, but now based in Los Angeles where they have been joined by drummer Pablo Amador.

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ANGER 奰 - The End is Nigh

The new song by ANGER 奰, 'The End is, is about the decline of free-thinking. As the sole member, B.W., points out:

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Weird Wolves new single - The Construct

Starting out as an acoustic band in 2018, Gore and Colantonio have evolved into the Electro-Goth band. Their first single, "Ghost Voices - Weird West (Official Game Soundtrack)" was released in December, 2019

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Hatif releases new single - Long Yea (News)
VNV Nation - Electric Sun (News)
Industrial/Rock Band 51 PEG Breaks 14 Year Silence with AVOID (News)
The "Moon Song of 2020" (News)
New London After Midnight album Odebrane (News)

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Cold Beats vol. 1

By putting on my headphones and isolating myself from the world, I started listening to a compilation from the Cold Beats label. Autumn is outside, the temperature keeps dropping, pervasive nostalgia — a climate conducive to cold sounds, which abound on this record. The aforementioned label has taken the initiative to promote and support bands and projects from the electro and wide-ranging wave genres worldwide. Wave takes various forms on this ...

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Feather Trade - Dead Boy

It seems that the trend for a post-punk band is going stronger and now we are witnessing a real abundance of new projects in the genre. In a way, this is a very positive direction, because this music has amazing musical and intellectual potential, which still creates opportunities to build new, inspiring solutions. Having this background in mind, Feather Trade attract attention with a certain rawness, severity, sincerity of expression, ...

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The Soft Moon + Fatamorgana

The Soft Moon is a project the fans of strong, dark sounds have known and cherished for years. Already the first release from 2010, "The Soft Moon", caused a stir in the alternative music environment, and the subsequent "Zeroes" and "Deeper" only confirmed Luis Vasquez's position as a true virtuoso in handling extreme, difficult-to-tame emotions in a form of the most exquisite music. The concert in Cracow was the part ...

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Golden Apes - From The Sky EP (Music reviews)
The Runner Tour - Boy Harsher, Sexy Suicide (Live reports)
Hocico - Lost World EP (Music reviews)
Decadent Fun Club + Nowomowa + TOG - Castle Party in the Club (Live reports)
Interview with META MEAT (Interviews)

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Amphi Festival 2023 line up is now complete

Gojira + Alien Weaponry + Employed To Serve / 26.07.2022 / Wrocław A2 (Events)
BOY HARSHER + Hide | 31.05.22 | Hype Park, Cracow (Events)
XVII PRAGUE GOTHIC TREFFEN - complete lineup (Events)
Skunk Anansie - Celebrating 25 Years, CKA2, Wrocław (Events)
Amphi Festival 2022 - 23-24.07.2022 (Events)

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Recent publishing

2023-05-25

Suicide Commando
God Of Destruction
(EP)
2023-05-12

Lord Of The Lost
Blood & Glitter
(CD)
2023-04-28

Centhron
Einheit C
(CD)
2023-03-24

Depeche Mode
Memento Mori
(CD)
2023-03-10

Delerium
Signs
(CD)
2023-03-03

Clan of Xymox
Spider On The Wall
(2CD)
2023-02-24

Diary Of Dreams
Melancholin
(CD)
2023-02-15

dISHARMONY
Cloned III
(CD, Limited Edition)
2023-01-27

Die Krupps
Entering The Arena
(CD, Mini-Album, Limited Editio)
2023-01-27

Mono Inc.
Ravenblack
(CD, Deluxe Edition)
2023-01-26

Angelspit
The Greatest Trick
(MP3, Single)
2023-01-20

Laibach
Love Is Still Alive
(EP)
2023-01-19

Empusae
SHäk
(File, FLAC, Single)
2020-11-13

STILLNOX
ATEN
(CDr, Album, ALAC, FLAC, MP3, W)

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