Kommando - Skull Snake

2015-11-07 (News)

Dan Courtman a.k.a. Kommando chose to get into the detail, the aspects of the snake as the subject for his' sixth release, 'Snake Skull': its biblical meaning, its skin, its venom, and also the places of horror, torture and even death that european legends and fairy tales labeled snake pits. Kommando's musical trademark right from the start has been to find footholds that belie the confrontational nature of the power electronics genre by pairing subtlety and diversification with aggression and rabidness. Death industrial, power electronics and dark ambient are symbiotically combined in a mesmeric and ritualistic way and produce dark, gloomy atmospheres delivered with intent and dedication. Brick walls of slow-pace kick drums and immersive loops build a solid foundation for heavy synth lines, noxious waves of distortion and well-thought-out vocal processing. Claiming and accessible, rhythmic and seething at the same time, 'Snake Skull' is an oftenly static genre's enrichment, advisable to broad-minded listeners an increased awareness of past, present, and future.

Lacrimosa - Hoffnung

2015-11-06 (News)

The all new Studio-Album (the first since 2012's ‘Revolution') for the 25 th Anniversary!10 tracks, 60 minutes, Jewel-Box edition with 28 (!) pages booklet After celebrating their anniversary in front of over 3,000 people in September, where the band already played two songs from the new album, and now Lacrimosa bring it under the name "Hoffnung" ("hope"). The most ambitious work of the creator of Gothic Metal and co-founder of the Symphonic Metal genre was recorded with an Orchestra of more than 60 musicians during the period of an entire year. To achieve this – unlike other bands – Tilo Wolff (singer and composer of Lacrimosa) did not rely on an external arranger for Orchestras but draws responsible for the entire scores for the orchestra recordings himself. And the result speaks for itself: Never before Lacrimosa inflamed such a storm of brutal guitar riffs, driving drums and bombastic kettle drums in perfect harmony with powerful trombones and heartbreaking strings. So it's not a surprise that one of the musicians said during the recordings: "This is like Pirates of the Caribbean goes Metal"!

Youth Code - Anagnorisis

2015-11-06 (News)

Hardcore EBM outfit Youth Code return with an even harsher stab at their signature industrial sound with the new single: "Anagnorisis". With producer Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly) at the studio helm, Youth Code come out swinging harder than ever. "Anagnorisis", backed by "Shift of Dismay", are just the tip of the iceberg for the pair as they push forward with their upcoming sophomore full length album in 2016... This 7" single is a preview of what's to come.  Limited to 400 copies on Black, 100 on Clear Yellow, and 200 tour only Clear Yellow/Smoke.

Vanguard - I Want To Live

2015-11-05 (News)

Vanguard are back with a new single! The swedish duo delivers pure electronic pop from their upcoming album "Never surrender". Besides the title track "I want to live" the single also contains two exclusive bonus tracks. "Alive inside" which is an uptempo synthpop song and "Rising Phoenix", a more EBM oriented track.The single also includes exclusive remix versions by Torul, FGFC820 and Interface. Pure straight electropop reduced to the max! Get infected by this new virus: Vanguard.

Die Sektor - From Out Of The Void

2015-11-04 (News)

The brand new album from Die Sektor - consisting of completely reworked tracks from the last 3 albums, rebuilt in the way only Die Sektor knows how...plus an amazing cover version of Die Sektor's "Inverted Structure"! 
Described by the band themselves as "possibly our finest work to date" and "can stand alone as an album in its own right", "From Out Of The Void" therefore serves as both the perfect introduction to Die Sektor for the uninitiated, and as the icing on the cake for the many fans that have followed the unfolding of "The Void Trilogy" over the past 3 years.

Suicide Commando - Electro Convulsion Therapy

2015-11-03 (News)

Suicide Commando presents the official re-release on vinyl and CD of their last ever tape Electro Convulsion Therapy from 1993 via Minimal-Maximal Records.  It has been 20 years since the first Suicide Commando album Critical Stage was released on the German Off Beat label. It was the promising start of a long and ultimately successful career and today Suicide Commando can be easily described as on of the leading harsh electro acts in the alternative scene. What some of you might not know is that Johan Van Roy released nine tapes before releasing his debut album in 1994.  Electro Convulsion Therapy was the last and without any doubt the most successful tape released in 1993. It contained the original 4 track recordings of later club hits "Traumatize", "Necrophilia" and "Time" while also featuring "Close Your Eyes", "Sheer Horror" and "How It Feels."  The re-release of Electro Convulsion Therapy holds the complete last tape on LP and also contains a selection of the best songs from the other early tapes released between 1988 and 1992, including several rare songs and even one previously unreleased song as a bonus on the free included cd version, all remastered by Eric Van Wonterghem at Prodam Berlin 2015.