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Synapsyche - In Praise Of Folly

Italian duo Synapsyche has joined the prestigious Alfa Matrix label family for the release of their much anticipated 3rd full length studio album. "In Praise Of Folly" is without any doubt the album of mature songwriting and production for Synapsyche. ...

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Aesthetische - Co3xist3ns3

Brazilian electronic duo Aesthetische takes us by surprise with this new "Co3xist3ns3’ release demonstrating to us in 10 tracks that modern electronics and their sharp EBM roots can coexist in full harmony for an uplifting sonic experience. "ExisTense" immediately ...

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La Scaltra - The Third Eye

The whisper of spirits mingles with the singing of witches who reveal their self in the dark-graceful dance. Sadness, pain, longing become hope, waiting with a smug smile for the lost ones. And La Scaltra is the gateway there. ...

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Accessory - Elektrik (News)
T.O.Y. - Silent Soldiers (News)
Fix8:Sed8 - Warning Signs (News)
Combichrist - One Fire (News)
Signal Aout 42 - Insurrection (News)

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Interview with Traumadoll

Adam Radziszewski and Agata Pawłowicz decided to join forces and as TRAUMADOLL they released their first joint material entitled "Elusive." on May 1st, 2019. The album features dynamic melodies, cold emotional vocals and precision of arrangement. About music, inspirations and artistic calls... with Traumadoll. Adam is involved in Orbicide and Uncarnate bands, Agata in Desdemona, This Cold, Abyss gazes and Alienoil. Why did you actually decide to create the ...

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Die Form - Rayon X

"Everything comes from black and loses itself in white" - the motto of the newest Die Form album are the words of Louis Bertand Castel, eighteenth-century scholar and pioneer of visual music, who tried to connect sound waves with visible electromagnetic waves. Today, it seems that it is the French duo who continues his work, but darker are being used to it. Die Form has been always moving a hard ...

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Coma Alliance Tour 2019

Sometimes – especially when I overdose reading press - I wonder if there's still any raison d'être for live shows. Currently people are attacked by attractions everywhere they turn – any gadget, social media platform, screen, billboards or paper screams that loud that brain has trouble processing it all. Everything is available in an instant, effortlessly, with just but one click. Does anyone need any more adrenaline? I've read that ...

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Castle Party 2018 (Live reports)
Vanguard - Retribution (Music reviews)
Einstürzende Neubauten - Lament (Music reviews)
Job Karma - Society Suicide (Music reviews)
Interview with Schnittmuskel (Interviews)

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Christian Death announces forthcoming European Tour!

Algiers in Poznań! (Events)
AnimeCon Halloween in Poznań! (Events)
Algiers (Events)
Dotan Solo Tour (Events)
Stu Larsen (Events)

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Recent publishing

2019-07-19

Motor!k
Motor!k
(CD)
2019-07-12

She Past Away
Disko Anksiyete
(CD)
2019-06-28

Mondträume
Lovers, sinners & liars
(CD)
2019-06-21

Synapsyche
In Praise Of Folly
(CD)
2019-06-21

Aesthetische
Co3xist3ns3
(CD)
2019-06-14

La Scaltra
The Third Eye
(CD)
2019-06-14

Accessory
Elektrik
(CD)
2019-06-14

Fix8:Sed8
Warning Signs
(CD)
2019-06-14

Kirlian Camera
Hellfire
(CD)
2019-06-07

T.O.Y.
Silent Soldiers
(MCD)
2019-06-07

Signal Aout 42
Insurrection
(CD)
2019-06-07

Cryo
The Fall of Man
(CD)
2019-06-07

Statiqbloom
Asphyxia
(CD)
2019-06-07

Combichrist
One Fire (Deluxe Edition) - 2CD
(2CD)

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