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Industrial/Rock Band 51 PEG Breaks 14 Year Silence with AVOID

Industrial/Rock band 51 PEG are pleased to announce the release of their new album AVOID. This is their first release after a 14 year hiatus.

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The "Moon Song of 2020"

The "Moon Song of 2020" plebiscite has begun!

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New London After Midnight album Odebrane

Darkride Records announces the release of London After Midnight’s first live album, "Live From Isolation". The new album contains 10 performances; classic LAM songs plus some rarely performed fan favorites. Sean Brennan says "The album shows the power behind the ...

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Front Line Assembly - Mechanical Soul (News)
Lord Of The Lost - Fears (10th Anniversary Edition) (News)
She Past Away - Part Time Punks Session (News)
Renard - Waking Up In A Different World (News)
Assemblage 23 - Mourn (News)

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Hocico - Lost World EP

On the verge of celebrating thirty years of unwavering commitment to their chosen brand of industrial electronics, Hocico might be one of the few premiere aggrotech bands, still true to that formula and still capable of capitalizing on its well trodden trademarks. But their music now is not exactly the same as it had been back in the late 90's. Lost World EP shows off two new tracks of clean, ...

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Decadent Fun Club + Nowomowa + TOG - Castle Party in the Club

It was an absolutely magical night on October 9 at the Liverpool club in Wrocław. As part of Castle Party in the Club, two bands from Decadent Fun Club and Nowomowa played live shows and they did it in great style. Probably everyone missed a real club event, so the audience was great, both during the concerts and during the after party hosted by the team from Gdańsk - TOG. ...

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Interview with META MEAT

META MEAT have just released a truly exceptional album "Infrasupra", which is their second after "metameat" of 2016. I took it as a fine occasion to discuss their music a bit - its concepts, visual representation and inspirations. With Phil Von and Somekilos - about what it means to make music that is both personal and stylistically hypnotic. META MEAT is a truly unique project – since this is ...

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Golden Apes - Satori (Music reviews)
Gary Numan - Intruder (Music reviews)
Interview with Shannon Hemmett – LEATHERS, ACTORS (Articles)
Interview with Hidden by Ivy (Interviews)
Clicks - G.O.T.H. (Music reviews)

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BOY HARSHER + Hide | 31.05.22 | Hype Park, Cracow

Boy Harsher will appear in Warsaw and Krakow to promote his latest album "The Runner (Original Soundtrack)", which was released in January this year. The album is the sound equivalent of the film of the same title that Boy Harsher ...

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XVII PRAGUE GOTHIC TREFFEN - complete lineup

On Friday 26th and Saturday 27th August, the biggest gothic gathering in Central Europe will return to Prague. It will feature 11 bands (including scene mainstays Christian Death and The Frozen Autumn or contemporary cults Kælan Mikla or Minuit Machine), ...

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Skunk Anansie - Celebrating 25 Years, CKA2, Wrocław

Following the release of their 25LIVE @ 25 album in 2019 in celebration of their 25th anniversary, British rock icons Skunk Anansie have announced a new European tour date. Due to the huge interest in tickets, the band confirmed some additional concerts, ...

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Amphi Festival 2022 - 23-24.07.2022 (Events)
Lebanon Hanover + Twin Tribes / 16.10.21 / Zaklęte Rewiry, Wrocław (Events)
• Decadent Fun Club • Nowomowa • TOG • Castle Party in the Club (Events)
XVI. PRAGUE GOTHIC TREFFEN (Events)
Amphi Festival 2019 (Events)

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Recent publishing

2020-11-13

STILLNOX
ATEN
(CDr, Album, ALAC, FLAC, MP3, W)
2020-11-13

Lord Of The Lost
Fears (10th Anniversary Edition)
(CD)
2020-10-31

STILLNOX
War of The Worlds
(EP, FLAC, MP3, WAV)
2020-10-23

She Past Away
Part Time Punks Session
(CD)
2020-10-09

Renard
Waking Up In A Different World
(CD)
2020-09-11

Assemblage 23
Mourn
(2CD)
2020-09-04

FRETT
The World as a Hologram
2020-08-31

Ad:Key
Resonanz
(CD)
2020-08-31

Armageddon Dildos
Dystopia
(CD)
2020-08-21

KMFDM
IN DUB
(CD)
2020-08-07

God Module
The Unsound Remixes
(CD)
2020-07-31

Ost+Front
Dein Helfer In Der Not
(2CD)
2020-07-24

Clan of Xymox
Spider On The Wall
(CD)
2020-07-10

Statiqbloom
Beneath The Whelm
(CD)

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