Ost+Front - Sternenkinder

2015-10-29 (News)

One of the currently most influential bands in heavy German-language Rock music returns. Ost+Front's new single "Sternenkinder" (limited to 999 copies in a hand numbered Digipak) provides an anthemic first look into the upcoming album "Ultra", which will be due for release in early 2016.
Hard guitar riffs meet orchestral prowess and choral pomp… on the first advance single from their upcoming new album, Ost+Front display a musical versatility and maturity like never before. As a band that has never been shy of tackling controversial subjects, they are displaying an almost poetic care on their latest effort, treating a painful matter with the utmost respect in a song that is a haunting, yet catchy fusion of Metal and Symphonic elements. As a b-side "Sternenkinder" offers a magnificent orchestral version of another song off the next album, the heavily Classical-influenced "Moldau." Additional remixes from Blutengel and Rob Dust cater to the clubs with smashing beats. With this impressive appetizer for their third album, Ost+Front have properly established themselves as one of the most important innovators on the scene.

Studio-X vs Simon Carter - Ad Astra Volantis

2015-10-29 (News)

The cutting-edge duo of STUDIO-X vs. Simon Carter serves us their second album taking us at full speed on a hi-energy futuristic journey through the star systems…This new full length release nicely reminds us that the collaboration between UK artist/DJ Simon Carter and Australia’s trance dance studio guru Lawrie Masson is above all based on a creative eclectic combination of modern music styles guided by a straight dancefloor approach. The sound, style, complexity, multiple sound manipulations and the journey for the listener is completely unique, no one else offers this sort of emotive, powerful and danceable dark-electro music, definitely a DJ’s dream album, there’s more than something for everyone here and each and every track is dancefloor friendly.

Claudio Simonetti's Goblin - Profondo Rosso / Deep Red

2015-10-28 (News)

Coinciding with "Profondo Rosso" 40th anniversary, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin celebrates this anniversary with a new version of the famous soundtrack. The incredible existential and atmospheric experience of Dario Argento‘s films comes from the merging of gorgeously crafted visuals with a soul tingling auditory experience. Once heard, Goblin scores are never quite forgotten.
"Profondo Rosso" is no exception, characterized by its synth heavy sound and chilling central theme. Along with "Suspiria", "Profondo Rosso" is perhaps Argento’s most celebrated film and a classic of the giallo horror subgenre in its own right. A surreal masterpiece from Dario Argento with a pounding score from cult prog rockers Goblin, "Profondo Rosso" ( Deep Red ) will leave you battered and breathless!

Various Artists - For The Bats Volume III

2015-10-27 (News)

Halloween is almost upon us, and meanwhile, musicians from all corners of the globe‟s gothic, post-punk, deathrock and darkwave communities have once again rallied together to support Bat rescue, rehabilitation and conservation. Leading names like The Eden House, The Danse Society, Red Sun Revival and Bloody Dead And Sexy (feat. Gitane Demone) spearhead a cast of twenty-five bands and recording artists on "For The Bats Volume III‟; the final installment of the successful fundraising compilation series, with all proceeds paid directly to the Bat Conservation Trust (www.bats.org.uk). Alongside established names from the US, UK and Europe, "For The Bats‟ also brings together artists from some of the farthest reaches of the Earth. For remote, lesser-known or newly established bands, involvement with the popular compilation series alongside some of the scene‟s bigger names has the added benefit of greater exposure to an international audience. Bands like Alaskan duo Cliff and Ivy, Australia‟s Sounds Like Winter, and Disjecta Membra from New Zealand also hold a very specific enthusiasm for bats; particularly those species unique to their respective regions.

Zombie Girl - Killer Queen

2015-10-27 (News)

Zombie Girl will make you bleed some more! This time, the undisputed singing siren of the living dead, strikes back with her new full length album "Killer Queen". Produced & engineered by none other than the highly skilled and renowned duo team of Kurt Maas & Dave Rave Ogilvie, this new album invites you to open up and enjoy these new "ZBM" tunes going from catchy dance pop songs to harsher somber distorted tracks. Boosted by dancefloor guru Lawrie Bayldon (Studio-X) mastering skills, the electrifying "Killer Queen" shakes your stereo system to the max with Zombie Girl’s characteristic heavy vibrating basslines, addictive kinky grooves and that so unique hypnotizing female voice that keeps haunting you days and nights…Fall under her spell, join her zombie army and let Zombie Girl guide you through her new nightmarish journey through the walking dead, made of tracks like the ultimate hellish dance of "Rave Of The Dead", the killer industrial opener "Thorazine", the bleeding elektro assault of "Panic Attack", the tormented dark pop title-track "Killer Queen", the almost filmatic hot S/M session of "Pleasure Games", the apocalyptic slo-mo groove of "Dead Inside", the late night psychedelic craziness of "Night Drive" or yet the much 80’s inspired lamenting love song from beyond the grave "Kiss Kiss Kiss"…The album also gets augmented by cover versions of Berlin’s classic "Pleasure Victim" and The Cure’s unmatched, "Fascination Street", next to 4 dancefloor compatible remixes. The whole zombie adventure being visually immortalized by the unique Japanese designer Tomoki Hayasaka.

Metroland - Re-Design

2015-10-26 (News)

Their industrial approach to 21st century music had always targeted creating things of beauty and they complete their musical trinity with this next single release. 
‘Re-design’ as a third and final single release is again available in two different download EP’s, each holding three songs… 
A regular edition with an exclusive 7inch remake of the epic 'Design' threesome on Triadic Ballet, a total make-over by Belgian musician Polynomiq and a second EP – the Spacious Edition – with remixes by, among others, Jean-Marc Lederman, better known for his work with The Weathermen and several other projects. 
Both EP’s contain a (different) version of ‘Vers La Côte D'azur’, a brand new exclusive song that puts Metroland back on the road to new adventures.