New Synapscape album - Again

2009-01-29 (News)

The dynamic duo Synapscape from Bielefeld is back - one and a half years after 'now', Tim Kniep and Philipp Münch present another full dose of massive electronics for the mind and body. Tracks like 'who painted my cat black' and 'stuck' keep up synapscape's aural trademark: heavyweight interlaced polyrhythms, distorted textures and tim's non-reversible voice - an ecstatic mixture evolved to make you move! on 'countercroque' or 'requirement', crystal clear technoid detroit synth lines meet strictly accentuated beats, disturbing samples and captivating melodies. The more you listen to this album, the more details that will be visible. proper heavy engine! the fascinating aspect of this project's work (since the beginning) is their ability to innovate in a genre in which many participants seem to restrict themselves - despite the countless amount of technical options. Once 'again' Synapscape assert their position as one of the most innovative artists of industrial music today. Ahuenna!

New album Delain - April Rain

2009-01-28 (News)

At 20 march the new Delain album ''April Rain'' will see the light of day. It is the follow up to the succesful gothic metal album ''Lucidity'' from 2006, which featured the singles ''Frozen'' and ''See Me in Shadow''. This second effort sounds more like a cohesive band album, with more emphasis on speedy metal than on the doom and pop parts. The song ''Control the Storm'' features guest vocals from Nightwish vocalist Marco Hietala. Delain will be on tour in march with Kamelot.

Apoptygma Berzerk - Rocket Science

2009-01-27 (News)

The waiting is coming to an end, because this Friday, Jan. 23rd, 2009 sees the release of the new album from APOPTYGMA BERZERK titled "Rocket Science"! The first single "Apollo (Live On Your TV)" is already rotating through radios and clubs and provides the perfect appetizer for the album. When singer Stephan Groth says, "It's going to be an album that the fans who've been with us for years as well as our new fans will like", then you can bet that it's no empty promise.

Massiv in Mensch return with - Hands on Massiv: The Remixes

2009-01-26 (News)

The German industrial musical duo Massiv in Mensch (Daniel Logemann and Mirco Osterthun) will return this year with a digital-only remix album entitled "Hands on Massiv: The Remixes" on Artoffact Records. "Hands on Massiv" collects 12 Massiv in Mensch remixes and will include collaborations with Individual Totem, Standeg, Headscan, EpsiloMinus, Implant and newcomer V01d.

XP8 and new album "Drop the Mask"

2009-01-25 (News)

XP8 have announced that their fourth studio album, entitled Drop the Mask, is in its final stages and planned for release in June 2009. A special edit of the album track "I See Her" will be included on the second volume of the Kinetik Festival compilation album, as the band will perform at the festival in May 2009.

Italian electro medieval music from FEMINA FABER

2009-01-23 (News)

Born in 2005, based upon an idea of Paola Bianchi, the FEMINA FABER project fuses the asperity of synthetic and industrial sound with the lyricism of the Latin language using electronic sound (produced by different electronic devices and synth) as a background for Paola Bianchi’s poems, translated to Old Latin by Prof. Alberto Magnani.