AlterNation - music magazine about Electro, Industrial, EBM, Gothic, Darkwave and more

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

The legendary industrial act Front Line Assembly has always been willing to fearlessly push past the boundaries between genres, exploring all manner of styles and influence. The new album, "Mechanical Soul," can be seen as a culmination of these artistic ...

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

10 years ago, an album came to release that started one of the most impressive and constant careers in Dark Metal - "Fears" by Lord Of The Lost. What started as an offhand idea of frontman and band founder Chris ...

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She Past Away - Part Time Punks Session (News)
Renard - Waking Up In A Different World (News)
Assemblage 23 - Mourn (News)
Frett - The World as a Hologram (News)
Armageddon Dildos - Dystopia (News)

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Front Line Assembly - Mechanical Soul

This is not a nice looking cover – 'Mechanical Soul's artwork is reminiscent of their past aesthethic but somehow cheapend. The colour pallet is evocative of the game soundtrack 'Warmech' but the actual visual collage of elements harkens back to the 2000's. Front Line Assembly keeps repurposing itself with this latest, seventeenth album. But to what effect exactly and what purpose? With the initial pulse of the opening track ...

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A sign of our time - Gothicat Festival#1 live stream

Our world, the one we know so well, has undergone an amazing transformation. A terrifying transformation. SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has wrecked the world of concerts and club events. However.. when will be born problems. We will find solutions and so: Gothicat Festival #1 is an online charity event make to fight the Covid-19 virus, 2 hours of unreleased and never seen before live video clips from the best darkwave/goth acts from ...

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Coma Alliance

The magic of concerts in small clubs... I like festivals, but they are much less personal than the events organized in cozy, atmospheric places, especially if the stars of the evening play without any supporting bands and there is no limit on the amount of time they can spend with their audience. It is then certain that we all meet only to enjoy each artist's music, without the time limits ...

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XIV Prague Gothic Treffen (Articles)
Christian Death - Behind the Veil Tour (Live reports)
Interview with Traumadoll (Interviews)
Die Form - Rayon X (Music reviews)
Coma Alliance Tour 2019 (Live reports)

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Amphi Festival 2019

On 20-21st of July in Cologne, Tanzbrunnen there will be the 15th edition of Amphi Festival. The event has a long and rich history and is renowned for fantastic atmosphere, perfect organization and beautifully located venue. The festival takes place ...

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Christian Death announces forthcoming European Tour!

Gothic/Death Rock legends CHRISTIAN DEATH are very pleased to announce their very first LIVE VIDEO CHAT and premiere of their new video, "FORGIVEN."

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Kalisz Ambient Festiwal

Kalisz Ambient Festiwal is an event held in Poland for all ambient, electronic and experimental music fans. 7-th edition will be in third time at Arts and Culture Center in Kalisz, Poland. Line up: Kriistal Ann [GR] Paradox ...

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Roni Size in Poznań! (Events)
Algiers in Poznań! (Events)
AnimeCon Halloween in Poznań! (Events)
Algiers (Events)
Dotan Solo Tour (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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