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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Nuclear Blast

⚔️ Dimmu Borgir Welcomes New Lead Guitarist DAMAGE to the Fold

A New Era Begins for the Symphonic Black Metal Titans

Norwegian legends Dimmu Borgir have officially welcomed Kjell Åge Karlsen, known in the metal world as Damage, as their new lead guitarist. After months of behind-the-scenes collaboration and rehearsals, the band is ready to unleash this new chapter onstage this summer and beyond.

🗨️ “We’re excited to proudly welcome Damage to the team,” states the band. “It’s already been a pleasure working and rehearsing with him, and we can’t wait to share the stage together. We hope you’ll join us in welcoming him to the lineup!”

💀 A Shifting Lineup, A Reinforced Legacy

Damage steps in following the departure of Galder (Thomas Rune Andersen) in August 2024, who exited to refocus on his solo project Old Man’s Child. While Shagrath (vocals) and Silenoz (rhythm guitar) continue to hold the band’s core, Damage joins a select group of elite supporting members that keep the Dimmu Borgir live machine formidable.

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of Dimmu Borgir
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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Dependant Records, New Music Release

Beborn Beton just released Stars [remixed]

A Synthpop Gem Reimagined for a New Era

German synthpop icons Beborn Beton just unveiled Stars [remixed] — a radiant reinterpretation of one of their most beloved tracks. Merging nostalgic elegance with fresh electronic polish, the new remix breathes modern life into a fan favorite, shimmering with melodic warmth and refined dancefloor energy.

🎧 Check out Stars [remixed] now on all major platforms!
Whether you’re a longtime devotee or new to the world of Beton, this reimagining is pure electronic bliss.

🌌 About the Release

Stars [remixed] captures the band’s signature emotive vocal delivery wrapped in rich synth layers, propulsive beats, and atmospheric textures — all refined through a contemporary lens. The result? A track that feels timeless and timely, glowing with introspection and motion.

Perfect for:

  • Late-night drives
  • Club transitions
  • Synthwave playlists
  • Reflective moments under city lights

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of Beborn Beton

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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Independant Release, New Music Release

🩸 Kristof Bathory Unleashes Terminal Dusk

A haunting dark ambient descent from the mind behind Dawn of Ashes

Dawn of Ashes frontman Kristof Bathory unleashes Terminal Dusk, a deeply immersive new cinematic dark ambient single that drifts through sonic twilight. Known for pushing auditory boundaries, Bathory’s latest solo work conjures a world of bleak atmospheres and slow-burning tension—tailor-made for visual storytelling and psychological immersion.

🎧 Listen to “Terminal Dusk” – A soundscape where dystopia, isolation, and introspection collide.

🖤 A Soundtrack for the End of Light

Terminal Dusk fuses glacial drones, subterranean frequencies, and distant industrial decay into a landscape that feels frozen in time and teetering on the edge of collapse. Whether you’re scoring a game, film, trailer, or immersive art piece, this track offers:

  • Evolving unease and emotional weight
  • Sonic texture ideal for sci-fi, horror, and thriller narratives
  • A cinematic backdrop that pulses with shadow and stillness

Crafted for modern media creators and sonic aesthetes alike, Terminal Dusk is a meditation on decay, silence, and the weight of the unknown—another step in Bathory’s journey into the void.

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of

Kristof Bathory

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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Metropolis, New Music Release

🦠 Flesh Field Reissues Viral Extinction in Remastered Glory

The electro-industrial classic returns June 27th via Metropolis Records

Flesh Field resurrects its monumental debut, Viral Extinction, now fully remastered and available once again to ignite speakers and summon shadows. Originally released in 1999, the album fused cinematic electronics, fierce guitar work, militant percussion, and choral samples into a signature sound that pushed the boundaries of industrial music.

📅 Viral Extinction returns on June 27th, 2025, via Metropolis Records and includes the haunting new single:

🎧 “Where Angels Go to Die” — a darkly angelic descent into spiritual decay, described by Ian Ross as “apocalyptic in language, but musically designed to feel beautifully bleak.”

👉 Stream the album – Bandcamp

💿 VIRAL EXTINCTION (Remastered) – Tracklisting

  1. Heretic
  2. Inside
  3. Overload
  4. The Plague
  5. Silicon Skies
  6. Where Angels Go To Die
  7. Prophecy
  8. My Saviour
  9. Utopia
  10. Animal
  11. Fallen Angel
  12. Cyberchrist
  13. Prophecy (Nostrothomas A23 Mix)
  14. My Saviour (Violated Beauty Remix)

👁 Flesh Field: Reawakened and Reforged

Formed by Ian Ross in Columbus, Ohio in 1996, Flesh Field erupted onto the scene with an aggressive yet orchestrally grand vision of electro-industrial. Their debut, Viral Extinction, quickly earned attention for its layered textures and dramatic sonic architecture—setting a benchmark for dark electronic music at the turn of the millennium.

After releasing the Redemption remix EP in 2000 and the critically lauded albums Belief Control (2001) and Strain (2004), the project went silent. Despite that, Flesh Field’s music endured—appearing in the soundtracks of True Blood, The Mill, and Project Gotham Racing.

Ross eventually reemerged in 2023 with the concept album Voice of the Echo Chamber, examining the psychology of political radicalization. A companion EP, Voice of Reason, followed in 2024.

Now, 25 years after its initial release, Viral Extinction is reborn—remastered and once again relevant in a world teetering on its own digital precipice.

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of Flesh Field

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Blasphemy Records, Cutting Edge Culture Updates, New Music Release

🩸 Digital Ritual Drops ikilledmycoven via Blvsphemy Records

A savage fusion of occult bass, glitchy chaos, and ritualistic industrial noise

Blvsphemy Records has unleashed the latest sonic assault from Digital Ritual, titled ikilledmycoven—and it’s as vicious as it sounds.

This release is a blood-soaked invocation of distorted rhythms, arcane samples, and blackened basslines. Digital Ritual delivers a brutal hybrid of witch house, noise, industrial glitch, and demonic sound design, all wrapped in a ritualistic haze of chaos and catharsis.

Fans of the darker edge of the underground electronic spectrum—think †††, Blvck Ceiling, and early Crystal Castles—will find a new spell to obsess over in ikilledmycoven.

👉 Check it out here

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of Digital Ritual

Bandcamp – Instagram – Blvsphemy Records


Cutting Edge Culture Updates, New Music Release, Re:Mission Entertainment

⚡ Fermion Unveil New Album Conflicted – Out July 25 via Re:Mission Entertainment

A genre-bending fusion of synthwave, EBM, and industrial darkwave that pulls no punches

Re:Mission Entertainment just announced Conflicted, the forthcoming album from Fermion, dropping July 25th—and it’s already being hailed as their most intense and fully realized release yet.

The New Jersey-based duo, Augustine Backer and Eric Shans, have been steadily pushing the boundaries of modern electronic music. With Conflicted, they channel the raw emotion of synth-driven melodies into pounding, dystopian rhythms that blur the line between EBM, industrial, darkwave, and synthwave—offering a sonic journey that’s as introspective as it is danceable.

Stay tuned for pre-orders, track previews, and a full breakdown of the album’s conceptual themes, which promise to strike deep into the tension between self-awareness and struggle.

👉 Check it out here

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of Fermion

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Confusion Inc, Cutting Edge Culture Updates, New Music Release

Slighter & Craig Joseph Huxtable Drop Free Single “Stories To Tell”

Grab your exclusive download now—just a click away!

🔥 Free music alert! Slighter and Craig Joseph Huxtable have teamed up for a stunning new single, “Stories To Tell”—and we’re giving it to you for free as a thank-you for being part of our mailing list!

We’ve partnered with GetMusic to make this process smoother than ever. Just hit the link below, redeem your code, and enjoy the track instantly via Bandcamp.

💡 Got a Bandcamp Fan collection? Drop us a quick review or comment—your feedback helps the track climb charts and reach new listeners!

🎧 Get ready: Slighter’s upcoming full-length album, In Ruins, drops August 8th—don’t sleep on it.

👉 CLICK HERE TO GET “STORIES TO TELL” FOR FREE

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of Slighter

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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, New Music Release, TigerSqwuak Records

Gasoline Invertebrate Ignites New Remix of MEATCRAMP’s “Cessation”

A ruthless rework available now—name your price and turn it up!

💥 The latest sonic assault from Gasoline Invertebrate comes in the form of a ferocious remix of “Cessation” by MeatCramp—out now and ready to crush your speakers. Distorted, dystopian, and dripping in noise-fueled venom, this version amplifies the aggression while preserving the track’s raw pulse.

🔥 “Cessation (Gasoline Invertebrate Remix)” is available now for name-your-price on Bandcamp. Whether you’re broke or ballin’, you’ve got no excuse—go grab it, blast it, and spread the virus.

🎶 Listen Now:
Bandcamp

💀 Deep Dive into the Universe of Gasoline Invertebrate & MeatCramp

Gasoline Invertebrate Facebook – Instagram – Bandcamp
MeatCramp Bandcamp – Instagram – Facebook

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, New Music Release, Nuclear Blast

⚔️ Perturbator Declares a New Era with “Age of Aquarius” — Album Drops October 10

The synthwave overlord returns with a cyber-apocalyptic journey featuring Ulver, Alcest, and Author & Punisher

French darksynth icon Perturbator (James Kent) has announced his upcoming full-length album, Age of Aquarius, set for release on October 10, 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records. This will mark his debut on the legendary metal label, and the album’s thematic focus splits between misanthropy and violent collapse on one side… and the flames of free will on the other. Welcome to the revolution.

💥 Apocalypse Now: The First Strike

The album’s first single, “Apocalypse Now,” is a brooding, cinematic track featuring a powerful guest appearance from Ulver’s Kristoffer Rygg. The accompanying music video—directed by longtime visual collaborator David Fitt—offers a stark and surreal visualization of society spiraling into chaos.

“The first half of the album explores misanthropy and violence,” Kent explains. “The second half reflects the strength of the individual and the rejection of the herd.”

🧠 Themes of War, Rebirth, and Autonomy

Across its 11 tracks, Age of Aquarius takes listeners through war-torn dreamscapes, haunted cityscapes, and introspective spirals. Kent, known for his genre-bending fusion of synthwave, industrial, and post-punk, goes deeper than ever into existential and societal fractures. It’s as philosophical as it is visceral.

Guest collaborations read like a who’s who of dark sonic alchemy:

  • Ulver lends apocalyptic vocals on “Apocalypse Now”
  • Author & Punisher brings machine-worship doom on “Venus”
  • Greta Link delivers haunted beauty on “Lady Moon”
  • Alcest closes the album in celestial ruin with “Age of Aquarius”

📀 Tracklist for Age of Aquarius

  1. Apocalypse Now (feat. Ulver)
  2. Lunacy
  3. Venus (feat. Author & Punisher)
  4. Glass Staircase
  5. Hangover Square
  6. The Art of War
  7. 12th House
  8. Lady Moon (feat. Greta Link)
  9. The Swimming Pool
  10. Mors Ultima Ratio
  11. Age of Aquarius (feat. Alcest)

🛒 Pre-Orders + Formats

Fans can now pre-order the album via Bandcamp and Nuclear Blast. Formats include:

  • 2LP marbled blue gatefold vinyl
  • Standard and deluxe CD editions
  • Digital download and streaming

All physical editions are expected to ship in mid-September.

🎶 Listen Now:



Watch the official video for “Apocalypse Now” on YouTube.

🌍 The Live Experience

Perturbator is set to hit the road across Europe and the UK this fall, including high-profile stops in London, Berlin, and Paris. Tour support and full dates are expected soon.

🔍 Deep Dive into the Universe of Perturbator

Official Site – Bandcamp – YouTube – Facebook – Instagram –
Label: Nuclear Blast

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Metropolis, New Music Release

🤖 SKOLD Declares “All Humans Must Be Destroyed” in Blistering New Single

The cyber apocalypse starts now as Tim Skold launches his first shot from the upcoming album Caught In The Throes.

💥 AI, Identity, and the Death of Humanity

Today, June 27, SKOLD has unveiled “All Humans Must Be Destroyed”, the first single from his forthcoming full-length album, Caught In The Throes. This aggressive new track doesn’t hold back—blending mechanized industrial rhythms with lyrical themes of artificial intelligence, dehumanization, and a cold suspicion that some people might already be… machines.

SKOLD’s icy snarl cuts through the noise, asking uncomfortable questions about reality and the very nature of what it means to be human.

🎛 A Legacy Forged in Chaos and Machines

The solo project of Tim Skold, the Swedish multi-instrumentalist, producer, and sonic chameleon, SKOLD has spent decades crafting metallic soundscapes and dystopian anthems.

He first emerged from the ‘80s glam wreckage with Shotgun Messiah, before launching his solo career in 1996 with the RCA release Skold—featuring cult hits like “Chaos” and “Hail Mary.” His resume reads like a roadmap through industrial history:

  • 🧨 KMFDM albums: Symbols (1997), Adios (1999), Attak (2002), and Blitz (2009)
  • ⚔️ Co-founder of MDFMK (2000)
  • 🕯 Marilyn Manson collaborator (2002–2008): The Golden Age of Grotesque, Eat Me, Drink Me, and iconic covers like “Tainted Love” and “Personal Jesus”
  • 🧬 Solo albums: Anomie, The Undoing, Never Is Now, Dies Irae

🩸 Beyond the Solo Realm

Skold has also left his fingerprints on other corners of the heavy music world:

  • 🎯 Co-wrote/produced Motionless In White’s charting albums Infamous (2012) and Reincarnate (2014)
  • 🩻 Collaborated with Psyclon Nine‘s Nero Bellum on Not My God (2020–2023)
  • 💔 Blended nu-metal, hip-hop, and alt-rock on Love Ghost x Skold (2024)
  • 🧠 Joined forces with Ye for upcoming 2025 productions

🔥 Caught In The Throes – Full Tracklisting

  1. All The $ In The World
  2. Cold As Ice
  3. =’s (Private Libertine)
  4. House Of A Thousand Lies
  5. The Great Theatricality
  6. All Humans Must Be Destroyed
  7. In A Grave (Specter)
  8. Soon Enough
  9. That Kind Of Magic (Confessions Of A Supermodel)
  10. Do You Really?
  11. The Inconsolable
  12. Wrong Everything
  13. Pop The Smoke
  14. Digging My Own Grave

🔗 Deep Dive into the Universe of SKOLD:

Facebook – Instagram – Official Site (if available)

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, FiXT, New Music Release

🧠 Circle of Dust Returns with “Neophyte” – A Sonic Frankenstein’s Monster

Klayton of Circle of Dust is back, and he’s stitched together a track that defies convention. “Neophyte” began with a long-forgotten riff—haunting his hard drive for over a decade. Described as having a Trouble / Black Sabbath vibe, the riff carried its own melody and lyrics that Klayton refused to let go.

Though the section bears little resemblance to the rest of the track musically, it makes perfect sense in the mad scientist mind of its creator. “I’ve always enjoyed crafting musical journeys that feel like actual journeys,” Klayton explains. “Consistency be damned—my natural instinct is to mash disparate styles into one cohesive, chaotic whole.”

This is more than a song. It’s a genre-bending odyssey, lovingly described by Klayton as a “tiny song-home” kicked into the world for others to inhabit—even just for a moment.

🗣 “I truly appreciate any of you that have willingly decided to live in one of my musical homes, neophyte or seasoned veteran alike.” – Klayton

🎧 Listen to “Neophyte” and enter the house that chaos built.

🔗 Deep Dive into the Universe of Daedric & Circle of Dust:


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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, FiXT, Music Video Release, New Music Release

🩸 From Scrapped to Spellbinding: Daedric Revives “Callous” with a Vengeful New Pulse

Originally discarded, “Callous” rises from the ashes—reimagined, reengineered, and emotionally raw.

⚡ A Second Chance at Life

Daedric’s newest single, “Callous,” was almost left behind on the cutting room floor. First written in just 20 minutes back in 2021, the track felt dated and disconnected from the band’s evolving vision. But instead of abandoning it, Daedric did something bold—they tore it apart and rebuilt it entirely.

The result? A modernized version of “Callous” that pulses with atmospheric electronics and powerful dual vocals, perfectly aligning with the rest of their dark, cinematic soundscapes.

💔 Cold on the Outside, Bleeding on the Inside

Lyrically, “Callous” plunges into themes of betrayal, emotional abandonment, and revenge. The title reflects the illusion of indifference—punishing someone while secretly harboring pain. The dual vocals represent an inner conflict, almost like arguing with your own reflection in the mirror.

It’s not just a song—it’s a confrontation with heartbreak itself.

🛒 Official Daedric Merch Drop:

Get your hands on some darkwear essentials and collector vinyls, straight from the realm of Daedric:

Deep Dive into the Universe of Daedric
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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, New Music Release, TigerSqwuak Records

Gasoline Invertebrate Ignites New Remix of MEATCRAMP’s “Cessation”

A ruthless rework available now—name your price and turn it up!

💥 The latest sonic assault from Gasoline Invertebrate comes in the form of a ferocious remix of “Cessation” by MeatCramp—out now and ready to crush your speakers. Distorted, dystopian, and dripping in noise-fueled venom, this version amplifies the aggression while preserving the track’s raw pulse.

🔥 “Cessation (Gasoline Invertebrate Remix)” is available now for name-your-price on Bandcamp. Whether you’re broke or ballin’, you’ve got no excuse—go grab it, blast it, and spread the virus.

🎶 Listen Now:
Bandcamp

💀 Deep Dive into the Universe of Gasoline Invertebrate & MeatCramp

Gasoline Invertebrate Facebook – Instagram – Bandcamp
MeatCramp Bandcamp – Instagram – Facebook

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Metropolis, New Music Release

AESTHETIC PERFECTION Rebuilds the Past with Closer to Human

20 Years Later, the Debut Album Returns—Reborn and Reinvented

💥 Two decades after its original release and long believed lost to time, Daniel Graves has resurrected his debut album under a new name and form—Closer to Human is available now via Bandcamp, with pre-orders for ultra-limited physical editions going fast.

“This isn’t a remaster. It’s a resurrection.”

Meticulously reconstructed using the original gear and samples, this version of the album breathes fire into the foundations of Aesthetic Perfection with a renewed precision, fury, and spirit. This is the album that started it all, rebuilt for a new generation of perfectionists.

🎶 Listen Now / Pre-Order:
Bandcamp

🔥 Physical Editions – Extremely Limited

  • 💿 Single CD – Digisleeve w/ 8-page art booklet
  • 💿💿 Double CD – Includes original 2005 master by Mike Wells (Gridlock) + era remixes by genCAB, XP8, UnterART, [distatix]
  • 🔴 Vinyl Edition – Pressed on bold red vinyl

Only 1,000 CDs and 500 vinyl copies exist.
🎯 Official Release Date: June 20, 2025
💻 Pre-orders include instant downloads of “Beautiful,” “Master,” and Bandcamp-exclusive “Architect.”

🧠 Why It Matters

Lost in a catastrophic hard drive failure, Close to Human was once thought to be gone forever. But Daniel’s refusal to let the past die has given birth to something more powerful—a rebirth that doesn’t just revisit history, it rewrites it.

💀 Deep Dive into the Universe of Aesthetic Perfection

Official Website – Facebook – Instagram – Spotify – YouTube

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Metropolis, New Music Release

MARI KATTMAN Declares the ‘Year Of The Katt’ With Bold New Solo Album

Out June 20, 2025 via Metropolis Records

💣 Gothic, sultry, and unapologetically self-made—Mari Kattman returns with her third solo album Year Of The Katt, dropping June 20th on Metropolis Records. Featuring the recent singles “Anemia” and “Sharp Shooter,” this record positions Kattman not just as a rising voice, but as the reigning gothic club queen of the modern electronic scene.

🎧 Stream Now:
Bandcamp

“She is now taking her place as the alluring gothic club queen she always had the potential to be. Her best solo effort yet.”
— ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

🔥 Album Highlights

  • Written, recorded, composed, and produced entirely by Mari herself
  • First full-length since signing with Metropolis in 2024
  • A genre-fluid, emotionally intense ride through trap, hip hop, electro, ambient, EBM, and industrial
  • Delivered with her unmistakable, powerful vocal presence

💬 “Finishing this album was a truly herculean effort,” says Mari. “There were a lot of learning curves and things I needed to sort out before I was truly happy with the end product. I feel relief and enormously proud that I got it done.”

🎶 Tracklisting – Year Of The Katt

  1. Typical Girl
  2. Sharp Shooter
  3. Take
  4. Ascending
  5. Anemia
  6. Little Bullet Girl
  7. PunisHER
  8. The Worst
  9. Take Myself Back
  10. Pain

🎤 The Voice Behind the Movement

Whether solo or as part of Helix, Mari Kattman has made her mark across the electronic underground. Her distinctive vocals have graced tracks by Assemblage 23, Mesh, Ivardensphere, Psy’Aviah, Neuroticfish, Solitary Experiments, Aiboforcen, Comaduster, and dozens more.

But it’s in her own material—like “Fever Shakes,” “URGOD.AI,” and “Swallow”—where Kattman showcases her songwriting strength and ability to create pulsing, dancefloor-ready tracks that pack emotional and sonic weight.

💀 Deep Dive into the Universe of Mari Kattman

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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Metropolis, New Music Release

16VOLT Returns with ‘White Noise’—First New Single in 7 Years

Full-Length Album ‘More Of Less’ Drops July 25th via Metropolis Records

💥 Industrial rock trailblazers 16VOLT are back with a searing new single, “White Noise,” out June 20, 2025 via Metropolis Records, and available now to stream and on Bandcamp. The track marks the band’s first fresh material in seven years and serves as the lead single from their upcoming album More Of Less, due out July 25th on LP, CD, and digital formats.

🎶 Listen Now:
Bandcamp

“‘White Noise’ is a song about feeling unheard,” explains founding member Eric Powell, who signed his first record deal back in 1991 as a teenager. “When your voice gets drowned out and it seems like no one is listening to you— to others, you become just white noise, that static sound of nothingness.”

The track arrives just weeks after the band’s 1993 debut Wisdom was issued on vinyl for the first time—selling out immediately. Powell officially revived 16VOLT in 2024 with Negative On Arrivals, a retrospective release compiling tracks from their 2016 and 2017 albums.

Upcoming Album: More Of Less (Out July 25, 2025)

Tracklist:

  1. More Of Less
  2. White Noise
  3. On Memory Lane
  4. The Worst Of Us
  5. If You Like It
  6. Empty As Hell
  7. Unfolding Time
  8. Add It All Up
  9. Then The World
  10. Down Here

💀 A Legacy Forged in Static and Steel

Emerging from the early ‘90s industrial scene, 16VOLT quickly made their mark with albums like Wisdom, Skin, and LetDownCrush, working with genre-defining producers like David Ogilvie (Skinny Puppy), Keith “Fluffy” Auerbach (Ministry), and Jeff “Critter” Newell (NIN, blink-182).

Despite industry setbacks—including legal clashes during the release of SuperCoolNothing—Powell’s tenacity paid off. He bought back the rights to the album and brokered a deal with Sony to feature it in the cult PlayStation game Primal.

By the 2000s, 16VOLT was deep in the Metropolis Records era, releasing powerhouse records like FullBlackHabit, American Porn Songs, and Beating Dead Horses, which featured guests like Paul Raven (Killing Joke, Prong), Steve White (KMFDM), and mix engineer Shaun Thingvold (Strapping Young Lad).

The band’s genre-defiant style and visceral live shows earned them tours with heavyweights like Korn, Filter, Prong, Revolting Cocks, Stabbing Westward, and Front 242.

📸 2025 photos of Eric Powell by Molly Powell

🔗 Deep Dive into the Universe of 16VOLT

Official Site – Facebook – Instagram – Bandcamp

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Negative Gain Productions, New Music Release

🕯️ Life Afterlife Resurrects with New Album AFTER.LIFE

Out now on Negative Gain Productions

Darkwave visionaries Life Afterlife have officially dropped their haunting new full-length, AFTER.LIFE, via Negative Gain Productions—a shadow-drenched journey through rebirth, decay, and everything between.

🖤 Blending brooding synths, cinematic atmospheres, and pulse-driven electronics, AFTER.LIFE explores the liminal space between endings and new beginnings. It’s not just an album—it’s a séance in sound.

This release is the latest addition to Negative Gain’s dark arsenal, continuing the label’s tradition of pushing genre boundaries across darkwave, industrial, and post-punk frontiers.

🔗 Stream or purchase AFTER.LIFE now: [Insert Link]
🖤 Available on digital, CD, and limited vinyl formats

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of Life Afterlife

Facebook – Instagram – Bandcamp – Spotify

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Independant Release, New Music Release

🩸 spankthenun Break the Chains with New Single “Sucking”

Obedience is over. Devotion is dead. Now we bite.

Industrial juggernauts spankthenun return with their latest sonic revolt, “Sucking”—a vicious new single that rips the mask off blind faith and servitude.

🔥 “We are raised to obey, kneel, and drink in the lies like milk from a holy breast…”
This isn’t just music—it’s war against indoctrination. With brutal beats and seething vocals, Sucking is a raw exorcism of the control systems dressed as care, of religion dressed as love, of every leash disguised as purpose.

A filthy, blistering anthem for the disobedient, Sucking snarls against the suffocating grip of forced devotion:
🐕 “Trained to serve, worship, and forget we have teeth… but now we bite back.”

Whether you’ve felt the noose of doctrine or the collar of conformity—this track is for you. Crank it. Shatter the silence. Sink your teeth in.

💀 Deep Dive into the Universe of spankthenun

Facebook – Instagram – Bandcamp – Spotify

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Dark.Descent, New Music Release

🪐 Dark. Descent. Unveils Planet X by Cubic Nomad

A cosmic cataclysm scored in sound—Cubic Nomad soundtracks the end of everything.

Brace yourself for the impending eclipse of reality—Dark. Descent. announces the release of Planet X, the latest apocalyptic opus from sonic architect Cubic Nomad.

A haunting descent into existential dread, Planet X isn’t just an album—it’s a transmission from the brink. Inspired by ancient prophecy and cosmic inevitability, this release narrates the arrival of a celestial harbinger drifting silently through the void. A force unseen, but unstoppable. One that warps tides, rends the Earth, and rewrites existence itself.

🌌 “A silent wanderer drifts through the void—unseen, yet inevitable…”
Tectonic shifts. Firestorms. Submerged empires.
Time fractures.
Memory distorts.
Reality decays.

This is not just music—it’s the sound of civilizations ending. The ancients foretold the return. Now, the cycle begins again.

💽 Out now via [Dark. Descent.]

🎧 Listen to Planet X:


🖤 Follow Cubic Nomad: Bandcamp – Instagram – Facebook

🚨 Deep Dive into the Universe of Dark. Descent.

darkdescent.bandcamp.com – Instagram – Facebook

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, New Music Release, Re:Mission Entertainment

🌒 RITUALZ Marks 15 Years of Sonic Witchcraft with FOREVER 🌒

A sprawling double album from Re:Mission Entertainment reimagines the past and conjures the future

🕯️ A Legacy Reborn
Re:Mission Entertainment unveils FOREVER — a 22-track double album honoring 15 years of RITUALZ. Far more than a greatest hits compilation, FOREVER is a haunting resurrection: 20 re-recorded versions of tracks spanning the project’s entire legacy, now reimagined with fresh arrangements and darkened live textures.

⚡ From Witch House Origins to Industrial Depths
Tracks like “THIRD EYE SIXTH SENSE” and “GHETTO ASS WITCH” return with renewed energy, preserving their ghostly atmosphere while gaining new sonic weight. Meanwhile, the mechanized menace of “DISINTEGRATION” and “THE LAST OF US” showcases the harsh industrial pulse that has crept deeper into the RITUALZ aesthetic.

🖤 New Spells in the Grimoire
The double album also introduces two brand-new incantations:

  • “NOTHING” — a sleek, melancholic pop number echoing the melodic sensibilities of OUTWORLD MUSIC I
  • “TESTIFY” — a vicious descent into the void, crushing and cold, perfect for those who walk the darker paths

🧿 Forever Evolving, Never Compromising
FOREVER is more than an album. It’s a ritual of remembrance and rebirth. A genre-defining voice revisiting its past only to carve out an even darker, more daring future.

🎶 Listen Now:
FOREVER – RITUALZ (via Re:Mission Entertainment)

🌐 Deep Dive into the Universe of RITUALZ:
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Re:Mission Entertainment

Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Dark.Descent, New Music Release

🩸 Castrator Return with a Savage New Offering: Coronation of the Grotesque 🩸

Dark Descent Records drops brutal news on the underground metal world

🔥 A Ruthless New Chapter Begins
The queens of death metal carnage, Castrator, are back with a blood-soaked vengeance. Dark Descent Records has just announced the band’s newest album, Coronation of the Grotesque — a follow-up destined to leave no flesh unscathed.

💀 Brutality Refined, Feminine Fury Unleashed
Known for their unrelenting old-school death metal assault and unapologetic lyrical venom, Castrator’s latest effort looks to be their most ferocious yet. Though details remain grimly minimal, the title Coronation of the Grotesque promises a reign soaked in gore, power, and retribution.

👑 Still Reigning Supreme
Following their 2022 full-length Defiled in Oblivion, this new chapter reaffirms Castrator’s place among the most vital forces in death metal today — crushing boundaries and patriarchal bones alike.

🎶 Listen Now:
Coronation of the Grotesque – Castrator (via Dark Descent Records)

🌐 Deep Dive into the Universe of Castrator:
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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Independant Release, New Music Release

💥 LOCKJAW Strike Again with New Single “FAKE” – Out June 17th!

A fierce takedown of phonies in every scene—LOCKJAW is calling them all out.

Get ready for another blast of unfiltered aggression—LOCKJAW is back with their seventh single in just eight months, titled “FAKE,” dropping June 17th, 2025.

Fueled by venom and authenticity, “FAKE” is a savage anthem for the real ones—a brutal callout aimed at the plastic personalities, the clout-chasers, the posers in the pit, and the frauds behind the façade. Whether you’re dealing with two-faced friends, hollow musicians, or performative players, this track pulls no punches.

🎙️ “This one’s for the fakes—
Fake people, fake friends, fake musicians.
The ones who pretend.
The ones who copy.
The ones who will NEVER be us.”

LOCKJAW’s relentless output has been shaking the underground, and “FAKE” continues their reign of raw honesty and sonic fury.

🎶 Listen to “FAKE” – Coming June 17th

Fake | LOCKJAW
Pre-save / Listen Here

🔥 Deep Dive into the Universe of LOCKJAW

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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Music Video Release, New Music Release, Nuclear Blast

🌌 ZETRA Reemerge with Video for ‘So’ + Two Haunting B-Sides

Prepare to transcend reality—ZETRA return with new sounds, visions, and mysticism

Ethereal synth-rock duo ZETRA have unveiled a spellbinding music video for their recent single “So,” marking their first new release since their acclaimed self-titled debut album dropped in September 2024. Directed and edited by Billy Howard Price, the visual companion to “So” is as otherworldly as the music—dreamy, hypnotic, and charged with haunting beauty.

But that’s not all: ZETRA have also revealed two new cinematic B-sides—the sweeping “Shards of Power” and the celestial “A Queen Ascends.” These instrumental pieces further expand ZETRA’s shadowy mythos, conjuring images of fractured kingdoms and ascendant monarchs in the void between worlds.

“Can we believe the lie?
The membrane shudders to the touch.
Alive within the mind, a barrier between two worlds.
Will there be peace beyond the veil?
Or is chaos ever raging?
It is so.
ZETRA are reborn.”

🎥 Watch + Listen Now:

🏆 Ascension Continues

ZETRA were recently awarded The Great Escape’s Steve Strange Award for 2025, celebrating their bold, genre-defying performance and honoring the legacy of the late, legendary music agent. Their impact continues to grow—this past weekend they graced the stages of Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park, and they now prepare for a performance at Download Festival and a special show supporting enigmatic new act PRESIDENT in London.

🕯 ZETRA Live Rituals 2025

  • June 14 – Donington, UK – Download Festival
  • July 30 – London, UK – The Garage (supporting PRESIDENT)

🖤 Explore ZETRA’s Universe

Their debut album ZETRA remains available to stream and purchase here:
👉 https://zetra.bfan.link/zetra.ema

Dive deeper with the official videos for the album’s six singles:

🕸️ Deep Dive into the Universe of ZETRA

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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, New Music Release, Out Of Line

🌫️ CORLYX Reimagine “The Echo” with Ethereal DreamPop Makeover

Out now via Out of Line Music — a hypnotic twist on their darkwave favorite

Hot off the release of their expansive 19-track opus Purple Pain, death pop trio CORLYX return with a lush new reinterpretation of one of their most beloved tracks. “The Echo (DreamPop Version)” delivers a softer, spectral vibe—wrapping their post-punk heartbeat in dreamy reverb and synth-soaked nostalgia.

🎧 Listen now:
https://corlyx.lnk.to/TheEcho-DreamPop

From ’80s synthpop to darkwave and alt-rock, Corlyx continue to bend genres and expectations. Fronted by the magnetic Caitlin Stokes, joined by producer/guitarist Brandon Ashley and bassist Davide Rocco, the band splits their time between the UK and Italy, crafting a sound that resonates across continents.

Following high-profile tours alongside Blutengel, Twin Tribes, Unzucht, and collaborations with scene icons like Lord Of The Lost, Massive Ego, and Ashbury Heights, Corlyx’s influence only continues to grow. Their bold vision reached a fever pitch with Purple Pain, their third studio album—a fearless journey through post-punk decay and dreamlike sonic architecture.

🖤 Recently seen storming the stage at Wave-Gotik-Treffen (DE), Corlyx are already gearing up to mesmerize fans again at M’era Luna Festival (DE) later this year.

🧠 Deep Dive into the Universe of CORLYX:
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Cutting Edge Culture Updates, Live Tours, New Music Release, Nuclear Blast

🖤 BLACKBRIAR Summon the Storm with New Single “Harpy” + Announce Album & TourA Thousand Little Deaths arrive August 22nd

“I’ve died a thousand little deaths, and I’ve got something you might like:
A carrion heart… will you take me on a flight?”

Dutch gothic storytellers BLACKBRIAR have unleashed their haunting new single “Harpy”, a soaring ode to the mythological spirit of wind and storm. Known in ancient lore for abducting those cursed by the gods, the harpy becomes both guide and symbol for a soul seeking release.

🌀 Stream ‘Harpy’ now:
https://blackbriar.bfan.link/harpy
A chilling video will follow in the coming days…

Zora Cock (vocals) shares the personal darkness behind the song:

“In this song, I call upon a Harpy to please carry me away after I’ve died a thousand little deaths. I lure it with my carrion heart—after all, Harpies are known as human vultures. If not, I fear I might be stuck in the same place, slowly left eroding. I need to die one last time to finally be laid to rest. This song, ‘Harpy,’ inspired the album title.”

🕯️ BLACKBRIAR’s third full-length album, A Thousand Little Deaths, releases August 22, 2025 via Nuclear Blast Records.
📦 Pre-order the album now: https://blackbriar.bfan.link/a-thousand-little-deaths

💿 Tracklisting:
01. Bluebeard’s Chamber
02. The Hermit and the Lover
03. The Fossilized Widow
04. My Lonely Crusade
05. Floriography
06. The Catastrophe That is Us
07. A Last Sigh of Bliss
08. Green Light Across the Bay
09. I Buried Us
10. Harpy

🗺️ A Thousand Little Deaths: European Headline Tour 2025
With Special Guests: Forever Still

Oct 23 – Tilburg, NL
Oct 24 – Utrecht, NL
Oct 25 – Osnabruck, DE
Oct 26 – Kortrijk, BE
Oct 28 – London, UK
Oct 29 – Paris, FR
Oct 30 – Lyon, FR
Oct 31 – Portugalete, ES
Nov 01 – Barcelona, ES
Nov 02 – Toulouse, FR
Nov 04 – Aarau, CH
Nov 05 – Milan, IT
Nov 07 – Wien, AT
Nov 08 – Leipzig, DE
Nov 09 – Warsaw, PL
Nov 11 – Berlin, DE
Nov 12 – Copenhagen, DK
Nov 13 – Hamburg, DE
Nov 14 – Cologne, DE
Nov 15 – Enschede, NL
Nov 29 – Istanbul, TR (Blackbriar only)

📖 A Legacy of Gothic Elegance

Renowned for their lush dark fairytales and symphonic metal seduction, Blackbriar continue to build their cinematic empire with A Thousand Little Deaths. Touching on the eternal themes of love, loss, and death, their upcoming release is both a spellbinding elegy and a triumphant wail from the shadows.

With over 71 million YouTube views, 253k+ subscribers, and over 65 million Spotify streams, Blackbriar’s siren call has reached far across the globe. Their fanbase—known as the Thorns—is growing daily, drawn into the dark enchantment of their visual and musical world.

🖤 BLACKBRIAR is:
Zora Cock – Vocals
René Boxem – Drums
Bart Winters – Guitars
Robin Koezen – Guitars
Siebe Sol Sijpkens – Bass
Ruben Wijga – Keys

🧠 Deep Dive into the Universe of BLACKBRIAR:
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