Hocico working on Live Album

2008-08-23 (News)

Live concerts of EBM and industrial acts are always a bit contradictory. No matter how good the atmosphere or sound, it is almost never really a live affair. So, live albums from this scene are relatively rare at this point. One of the scene's most prolific dark electro industrial artists, Hocico will now make this step. ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' will be released this year. Then we can decide in what way the songs will be differengt from the studio versions and what hocico will present us.

Blood - Vengeance

2008-08-23 (News)

As the limited first edition of the BLOOD concept album VENGEANCE for BLOOD (integral edition) released in March 2008 is nearly sold out, a regular edition release has been confirmed. And since the VENGEANCE for BLOOD series has sold over 10,000 copies, this release will be sold at a special price of $15. All songs on the album will be remastered. Four songs, including remixes, that were not included in the limited edition will be recorded on the re-release. Labelmates Virgins O.R. Pigeons will contribute a remix.

Girugamesh announce new album

2008-08-22 (News)

GIRUGÄMESH are one of Gan-Shin`s priority acts! The band just did a fantastic show at the sold out WACKEN FESTIVAL 2008. Now the alternative-metal heroes from Tokyo are announcing the release of their new album, which will be release worldwide between the 5th and the 10th of November.

Qntal - 'Purpurea'

2008-08-22 (News)

At 31 october the well known German medieval formation Qntal will release a Best Of album with the title "Purpurea". Packaged in a luxury cd box the retrospective contains all the highlights and remixes of the latest years. Qntal brings the modern into medieval and medieval into the modern. Here is the tracklist and the live dates, planned so far.

New Bloc Party Album Intimancy Out This today

2008-08-21 (News)

The third Bloc Party album ''Intimacy'' will be available this thursday via the website of the band www.blocparty.com . The band has announced this yesterday during a webchat with their fans. ''Intimacy'' has been produced by Paul Epworth (also responsible for the debut album ''Silent Alarm'') and Jacknife Lee (of the second album ''A Weekend in the City'') and recorded in Kent and London. Alan Moulder has done the mixing. Some tracks will sound like nothing before, wilst other tracks are typical Bloc Party instant classics like ''Helicopter'', ''Banquet'' or ''So Here We Are''. Last week Bloc Party already released the new single ''Mercury''.

''Electropop'' compilation series launches first volume

2008-08-21 (News)

The follow up to the "Elektrisch!" compilation series from the past years has arrived. "Electropop.1" is the first volume of the new compilation series from the team that compiled "Elektrisch!" over the past years. "Electropop.1" will bring you fresh sounds of new electropop-bands which the team consider to be worth to discover. The edition of the compilation is strictly limited to 777 numbered cds.