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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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Golden Apes - Satori

Satori in Zen Buddhism means awakening, enlightenment. The point when everything becomes clear gets into the right place in the puzzle and reaches completeness. The moment Golden Apes released such a single is significant, indeed. Even though it may not be directly related to the pandemic in the lyrics or stylistics, it leads to certain connotations about the understanding of things in the context of transience, impermanence of everything. ...

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Gary Numan - Intruder

He has been capable of shifting aesthethics, like a conceptual chameleon, in drastic, broad movements, only to emerge on the other side – as a gentleman synth pioneer (The Pleasure Principle), survivor of the Earth undone (Warriors) or mad-hatter of a fractured psyche (Splinter) – a musician fully in control of his style. Gary Numan is back with Intruder, that aims to erect a persona worthy of these troubled times. ...

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Interview with Shannon Hemmett – LEATHERS, ACTORS

Shannon is one of the most versatile artists I had the pleasure to meet. Synth and vocal in the Canadian postpunk band ACTORS, a singer and composer in her own project LEATHERS, a photographer, graphic and tattoo artist...extremely creative, driven by caffeine, art and optimism she creates worlds of her own that follow a fine aesthetics and sublime sound. Just on the verge of the release of the new LEATHERS ...

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Interview with Hidden by Ivy (Interviews)
Clicks - G.O.T.H. (Music reviews)
Kanga - You and I Will Never Die (Music reviews)
Front Line Assembly - Mechanical Soul (Music reviews)
A sign of our time - Gothicat Festival#1 live stream (Articles)

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XVI. PRAGUE GOTHIC TREFFEN

On Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th of August, the largest Gothic meeting in Central Europe will return to Prague. It will present 8 bands (including names like Rein, Empathy Test, and Then Comes Silence), DJs, and a traditional ...

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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 (Events)
Roni Size in Poznań! (Events)
Algiers in Poznań! (Events)
AnimeCon Halloween in Poznań! (Events)
Algiers (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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