AlterNation Music Magazine

Encephalon - Automaton All Along

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-20T09:33:27Z

Encephalon’s Automaton All Along, set for release in February 2025, delves into an intricate narrative of artificial life and existential despair, wrapped in the band’s signature fusion of industrial, darkwave, and electro sounds.

Emmon - Machines (Terence Fixmer Remix)

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-18T14:43:43Z

Looks like Christmas came early this yeaer. Sweden’s electro powerhouse, EMMON, is set to end 2024 on a high note with an exciting new release, "Machines (Terence (...)

Neurasthenic - Life of Pain

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-18T09:09:51Z

Life of Pain is Neurasthenic’s first full-length album, offering a dark and immersive exploration of human suffering and existential dread. The album’s sound is deeply influenced by seminal post-punk and coldwave acts such as The Sound, The Chameleons, Joy Division, White Rose Transmission, Bauhaus, Molchat Doma, and Interpol.

Skelesys - Fading Echoes

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-16T09:13:33Z

Debut album of darkwave artist Skelesys. Across nine evocative tracks, "Fading Echoes" navigates the tension between nostalgia and self-discovery, weaving together a moody blend of synth-pop, post-punk, and goth influences. The result is an atmospheric exploration of memory, heartache, and resilience a soundtrack for those moments when the past refuses to stay buried, and the future feels uncertain.

Cardinal Noire - Vitriol

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-14T09:24:40Z

Cardinal Noire's upcoming album, set for a 6th December 2024. release via Artoffact Records, promises to be one of the most intense offerings yet from the Finnish industrial band. This record is expected to take the band’s signature blend of aggressive beats, distorted synths, and dark atmospheres to a new level, with themes that delve deep into alienation, violence, and control.

Pyrroline - Remix Collection

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-12T10:28:58Z

For fans of dark electro and EBM, Remix Collection by PYRROLINE is nothing short of an auditory treasure. Compiling remixes spanning 20 years, this a(...)

Cold Grey Rain - Awakening of Sorrows

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-12T09:09:42Z

Cold grey rain's third and latest album is entitled "Awakening of Sorrows". It features 8 new introspective songs about the difficulty of living, the anxieties linked to one's own life experience, and other topical subjects in a context of human darkness.

SIERRA – My Poison

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-10T15:55:52Z

SIERRA, the Parisian electronic producer who masterfully blends EBM and Darkwave, returns with "My Poison", a track that feels like a venomous elixir d(...)

NECRØ - Into Oblivion

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-10T15:10:37Z

Portugal’s NECRØ delivers an extraordinary debut with Into Oblivion, a collection of tracks that draw the listener into a realm where shadow and ligh(...)

Shiv-r - Arise New Flesh / Flesh and Steel

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-10T09:09:36Z

Arise New Flesh / Flesh and Steel - is the first new material from SHIV-R since their 2021 full-length album Kill God Ascend. Focusing on cyber-industrial, dancefloor-oriented sounds and posthumanist, apocalyptic themes, the double-single show a darkness and aggression reminiscent of the Australian duo's earlier work that established them in the lexicon of the industrial music scene worldwide.

Progress Productions 2004–2024: 20th Year Anniversary Compilation

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-09T12:56:59Z

For twenty years, Sweden’s Progress Productions, founded by Torny Gottberg, has been a cornerstone of the Nordic alternative music s(...)

To Avoid – All Gods Are Gone

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-08T15:39:38Z

To Avoid have created a release that is nothing short of monumental with "All Gods Are Gone (Bonus Tracks Version)". This album is not just a collection of tracks but a powerful fusio(...)

CØLDSTAR - Cosmic Dust

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-08T09:09:44Z

Extinguished stars, foreign planets and black holes. Places beyond our imagination that arouse longings and invite us to dream. These are the themes that inspire Swiss duo CØLDSTAR. CØLDSTAR consists of Martin Baumann and Michael Freund, who have another fascination besides their passion for dark and electronic music - space!

Zalvox- zalmoxis peak

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-06T10:57:28Z

Zalvox, the Leipzig-based electronic duo comprised of sound designer Ribi and vocalist Dorain, has released their first EP, "Zalmoxis Peak". This deepl(...)

Future Lied To Us - Unknown Unknowns

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-06T09:09:39Z

FUTURE LIED TO US present their latest album ‘Unknown Unknowns’, a moving, melodic, intelligently arranged and precisely composed benchmark of synthpop, 80s wave and futuristic electronic music. The album takes you on an emotional journey through powerful anthems and melancholic ballads.

IRA NOCTIS – Faces of Deception

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-05T16:32:19Z

IRA NOCTIS, the dark-electro project helmed by Kamil "DarthFury" Zaradkiewicz, is a rare gem in the Polish alternative music scene, delivering a brand of harsh electr(...)

LES BERRTAS - WALD FARBE

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-05T12:29:08Z

Les Berrtas, the Würzburg-based dark-electro duo renowned for their "Splatter-Pop" style, return with "Wald Farbe", a release that confirms their posit(...)

Cold Transmission Music- Selected Works 2024

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-05T10:49:20Z

Cold Transmission Music’s Selected Works 2024 is a vivid proof to the label’s unparalleled ability to curate a tapestry of sounds that embody the dar(...)

Black Nail Cabaret - "A Hegy"

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-04T13:28:16Z

Black Nail Cabaret’s "A Hegy" is an exquisite collision of nature's primordial essence and the delicate intricacies of refined artistry. Set against th(...)

Empusae & Onasander - Umbrosyne

AlterNation Music Magazine — 2024-12-04T10:18:38Z

To encounter a new work by Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe is to step into an artist’s meticulously crafted dreamscape, where sound becomes a vessel for trans(...)