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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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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

On July 29th, the EP from Berlin-based dark rock enchanters Golden Apes will be released. The EP consists of four new tracks and two remixes - including a track previously released as part of Peer Lebrecht's side project - VOYNA ("Satori"), and a remix of the title track prepared by him as well. As Christian Lebrecht, the bassist of Golden Apes, recalls, this release is, to some extent, the result ...

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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)
Golden Apes - Satori (Music reviews)

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OMD HEADLINING THE AMPHI FESTIVAL 2023 + COVENANT, QNTAL & OBERER TOTPUNKT CONFIRMED!

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)
Lebanon Hanover + Twin Tribes / 16.10.21 / Zaklęte Rewiry, Wrocław (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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