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DARK FORCE FEST 2026 UNVEILS DAILY LINEUP — THREE NIGHTS, THREE LEGENDS

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America’s largest goth-industrial festival returns May 1–3, 2026, transforming the Sheraton Parsippany “Castle” into a full-spectrum celebration of dark alternative culture.

Dark Force Fest has officially revealed its daily lineup for 2026, and the schedule reads like a living timeline of goth and industrial history—past, present, and future colliding across three immersive nights in Parsippany, New Jersey.

💀 Nightly Headliners: Icons After Dark
Each evening is anchored by a genre-defining act, delivering a distinct chapter of the dark underground:

  • Friday Night: Combichrist return in full-band formation. A longtime U.S. fan favorite, their high-voltage assault sets an explosive tone for the weekend.
  • Saturday Night: Front Line Assembly take command. Revered as godfathers of industrial music, their legacy and unmistakable sonic architecture make this a must-see moment.
  • Sunday Night: London After Midnight close the festival with an iconic, long-awaited performance—an enduring force on dark dance floors for decades.

💀 Thursday Pre-Party: The Ritual Begins Early
The descent starts Thursday night at QXT’s Night Club with an intimate pre-party featuring Ego Likeness—a perfect warm-up before the castle gates open.

💀 A Full-Scale Dark Culture Convergence
Dark Force Fest 2026 delivers 36 bands across two stages over three days, surrounded by 100+ vendors, sideshow performances, DJ-driven club nights, a pool party, panels, and immersive activities celebrating goth and industrial culture in all its forms.

💀 New for 2026: Expanded Outdoor Experience
This year introduces a brand-new outdoor tent area, adding more performers, food trucks, expanded vendor offerings, and a dedicated biergarten, amplifying the festival’s already massive atmosphere.

💀 Tickets Are Moving Fast
Dark Force Fest sold out in record time last year—and demand for 2026 is expected to exceed it. If you’re planning to attend, hesitation is not your friend.

📍 Event Details
Dark Force Fest 2026
May 1–3, 2026
Sheraton Parsippany Hotel (“The Castle”)
Parsippany, New Jersey

🎟️ Tickets: Dark Force Fest 2026 Tickets

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FLESH FIELD — “SUPPLICATION” MARKS A BLEAK NEW CHAPTER

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The US electro-industrial institution returns with a harrowing new single, setting the emotional and thematic tone for the upcoming album On Enmity.

Flesh Field have released “Supplication”, a stark and emotionally devastating new single out now via Metropolis Records. The track arrives as a study in absence, grief, and survival—less about healing, more about learning how to exist inside the wreckage left behind.

💀 A Song About Longing That Never Ends
“This song explores the ache of longing for what is absent and will never return,” explains founder Ian Ross. “That longing itself eventually becomes the only reason to continue on despite the knowledge that it will never be fulfilled.”
“Supplication” doesn’t offer resolution. Instead, it dwells in the tension between memory and endurance, where persistence itself becomes an act of defiance.

💀 From Survival to Adaptation: On Enmity
The single appears on Flesh Field’s forthcoming full-length On Enmity, due February 20, 2026. Described as the most personal material Ross has ever written, the album documents life after trauma—dissecting damage, chronicling endurance, and confronting the reality that survival is not always a choice.
This is not an album about recovery. It is about adaptation to ruin.

💀 A Legacy Reforged
On Enmity follows a powerful resurgence for Flesh Field. After resurrecting the project in 2023 with the concept album Voice of the Echo Chamber—exploring stages of political radicalization—Ross expanded the narrative with the Voice of Reason EP in 2024. In 2025, the band’s foundational works Viral Extinction (1999) and Belief Control (2001) were remastered and reissued, reaffirming their lasting impact on the electro-industrial canon.

💀 ON ENMITY — Tracklist

  1. Omnicide
  2. Indestructible
  3. Ballad Of The Renegade
  4. Matthew 7:1
  5. Cruelty As Artistry
  6. The Devil You Know
  7. To War With The Tempest
  8. Supplication
  9. Molten Resolve
  10. Unwanted
  11. We Will Be Forgotten
  12. A Boy Named Resurrection

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DAWN OF ASHES feat. SUICIDE COMMANDO — “Penumbra”

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A collision of dark electro titans signals the opening wound of a brutal new era.

Dawn Of Ashes have returned with “Penumbra,” a devastating new collaborative single featuring Suicide Commando, officially released on January 23, 2026 via Metropolis Records. The track marks the first strike from Anatomy Of Suffering, the forthcoming full-length album from Dawn Of Ashes, arriving March 20, 2026.

Dark, oppressive, and unrelenting, “Penumbra” is a deliberate descent into shadow—one that bridges eras of industrial extremity while sharpening the knives for what’s to come 💀

A Reunion of Darkness ⚙️

“Penumbra” channels the suffocating atmosphere and raw aggression that defined early-2000s dark electro, but with modern precision and absolute hostility. The collaboration unites Dawn Of Ashes founder Kristof Bathory with Suicide Commando’s Johan Van Roy, resulting in a track that feels ritualistic, confrontational, and merciless.

Bathory describes the single as both a nostalgic invocation and a warning shot—setting the tone for Anatomy Of Suffering while serving as a prelude to the chaos ahead. This is not a throwback; it’s a reckoning.

Anatomy Of Suffering: The Descent Continues 🩸

Anatomy Of Suffering follows the band’s 2025 release Infecting The Scars, a rebirth forged after Bathory’s relocation to Denmark. That album fused the unfiltered violence of Dawn Of Ashes’ early years with a refined, evolved sonic architecture. Its remix companion, Reinfecting The Scars, expanded that vision further.

Now, with Anatomy Of Suffering, the band pushes even deeper—into pain, decay, and psychological collapse—continuing a legacy that has relentlessly evolved for over two decades 💀

Acts Of Destruction: 2026 U.S. West Coast Tour 🔥

The release of “Penumbra” lands on the eve of Dawn Of Ashes’ Acts Of Destruction U.S. West Coast tour, kicking off in Los Angeles—the city where the project was born at the turn of the millennium.

  • Jan 24 — Los Angeles, CA — Bar Sinister
  • Jan 25 — San Francisco, CA — DNA Lounge
  • Jan 27 — Portland, OR — Star Theater
  • Jan 28 — Seattle, WA — El Corazon
  • Jan 30 — Salt Lake City, UT — Aces High Saloon
  • Jan 31 — Denver, CO — The Crypt
  • Feb 02 — Dallas, TX — Haltom Theater
  • Feb 05 — Mesa, AZ — The Nile Theater
  • Feb 06 — Las Vegas, NV — The Dive Bar

Expect ritualistic intensity, crushing electronics, and total annihilation on stage 💀

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KMFDM European Tour Postponed as Ultra Heavy Beat Faction Prepares to Strike Back with ENEMY

The Ultra Heavy Beat never dies—but sometimes it’s forced to regroup. German electronic and industrial rock pioneers KMFDM have officially postponed their nearly sold-out European tour, originally scheduled for February and March 2026, due to a severe illness requiring immediate medical intervention and ongoing therapy.

Tour Update: Health Comes First

The tour was set to support the band’s forthcoming 24th studio album, ENEMY, but circumstances beyond their control have brought plans to a temporary halt.

“We are so very sorry. We were looking forward to do this tour, but we will make up for it,” states KMFDM founder Sascha ‘Käpt’n K’ Konietzko.
“We appreciate your love and support! Long live the ULTRA HEAVY BEAT,” adds co-vocalist Lucia Cifarelli.

All tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled dates. A revised tour timeline is expected to be announced soon.

Album Release Unchanged: ENEMY Arrives February 6, 2026

Despite the tour delay, the release of ENEMY remains locked in for February 6, 2026, via Metropolis Records.

The first single, “OUBLIETTE,” is already available and sets the tone for what may be KMFDM’s most confrontational release yet.

ENEMY

  • Formats: 2×LP | CD | Digital
  • Release Date: February 6, 2026
  • Label: Metropolis Records
  • Includes the single: OUBLIETTE (WAV | MP3 | Streaming | Bandcamp)

The Sound of Defiance

Society fractures. Fascism parades openly. Silence is demanded. KMFDM responds the only way they know how—louder, sharper, and more uncompromising than ever.

With 42 years of conceptual continuity through distinction, KMFDM declare themselves the ENEMY—a direct challenge to hypocrisy, discrimination, and systemic decay. The album is helmed by the songwriting and vocal command of Konietzko and Cifarelli, driven by the percussive assault of Andy Selway, and now reinforced by London-based guitarist Tidor Nieddu, whose vivid six-string attack injects fresh aggression into the KMFDM arsenal.

Adding another striking dimension, Annabella Konietzko appears on the explosive track “YOÜ,” marking her songwriting debut with the band after mesmerizing audiences during the 40th anniversary tour.

Musical Warfare Across the Tracklist

ENEMY is stylistically fearless—biting satire, political venom, and dancefloor-ready brutality collide across its runtime:

  • Dance/rock melodicism: OUBLIETTE
  • Dark industrial grooves: CATCH & KILL
  • Thrash satire: OUTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION
  • Vicious industrial metal: L’ETAT
  • Funk-driven menace: VAMPYR
  • Dub-laced defiance: STRAY BULLET 2.0

KMFDM continues to move—dancing on the blood-dimmed tide, roaring against a world that demands ignorance over awareness.

ENEMY – Tracklist

  1. ENEMY
  2. OUBLIETTE
  3. L’ETAT
  4. VAMPYR
  5. YOÜ
  6. OUTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION
  7. A OKAY
  8. STRAY BULLET 2.0
  9. CATCH & KILL
  10. GUN QUARTER SUE
  11. THE SECOND COMING

Legacy of the Ultra Heavy Beat

Founded in Hamburg in 1984 by Sascha Konietzko, KMFDM carved a singular path through industrial rock—combining confrontational politics, abrasive electronics, and undeniable hooks. Early releases in Germany led to U.S. success through Wax Trax! Records, with the 1990s cementing their legacy via hits like “Juke Joint Jezebel” and soundtrack placements in Bad Boys and Mortal Kombat.

Bands such as Rammstein and Korn cut their teeth opening on KMFDM tours. After a brief hiatus in 1999, the band re-emerged on Metropolis Records with Lucia Cifarelli, continuing a relentless cycle of releases and tours. Their most recent album, LET GO (2024), capped a 40-year legacy, followed by a remixed and remastered edition of HAU RUCK in 2025.

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Aesthetic Perfection Confirms Massive 2026 Tour Across the U.S. and Germany

Industrial provocateurs return to the stage with a transatlantic run backed by scene heavyweights and festival firepower.

Aesthetic Perfection have officially locked in their 2026 tour, delivering a stacked schedule that spans the United States and Germany, blending intimate club shows, high-energy support bills, and major festival appearances. Known for confrontational performances, sweat-drenched crowds, and relentless momentum, this tour marks another decisive chapter in the project’s ongoing evolution.

Aesthetic Perfection

⚙️ A Relentless Live Force Returns

Fronted by Daniel Graves, Aesthetic Perfection has built a reputation for shows that refuse complacency. Every performance is engineered for impact—aggressive electronics, razor-edged hooks, and constant audience interaction. The 2026 tour continues that tradition, reinforcing the project’s position at the crossroads of industrial, EBM, aggrotech, and dark alternative culture.

This run also brings strategic support and collaborations, reinforcing scene unity while pushing the intensity higher night after night.

🇺🇸 United States Tour Dates — April 2026

The U.S. leg kicks off on the West Coast before cutting across the Midwest and East Coast, closing out in the Southwest.

  • Apr 2 (Thu) — Whisky A Go Go — West Hollywood, CA
    with Julien-K
  • Apr 3 (Fri) — Brick By Brick — San Diego, CA
    with Julien-K, Priest
  • Apr 4 (Sat) — Flyway — Pomona, CA
  • Apr 5 (Sun) — DNA Lounge — San Francisco, CA
    with Julien-K, Priest
  • Apr 11 (Sat) — The Foundry Concert Club — Cleveland, OH
    with Julien-K, Priest
  • Apr 12 (Sun) — Capital City Music Hall — Harrisburg, PA
    with Julien-K, Priest
  • Apr 14 (Tue) — Dingbatz — Clifton, NJ
    with Julien-K
  • Apr 17 (Fri) — The Meadows — New York City, NY
  • Apr 24 (Fri) — Come and Take It Live — Austin, TX
  • Apr 25 (Sat) — Scout Bar — Houston, TX
  • Apr 29 (Wed) — The 44 Sports Grill & Nightlife — Glendale, AZ

🇩🇪 Germany — Festival & Fall Tour 2026

Aesthetic Perfection’s European presence begins with a major festival appearance before returning for an extensive fall club run across Germany.

May 2026

  • May 7 (Thu) — Out Of Line Weekender 2026 — Berlin
    (Festival appearance alongside Priest, Chrom, Ashbury Heights, Dawn of Ashes, Massive Ego, and more)
  • May 8 (Fri) — Astra Kulturhaus — Berlin

November 2026

  • Nov 3 (Tue) — Essigfabrik — Köln
  • Nov 4 (Wed) — Frannz Club — Berlin
  • Nov 6 (Fri) — Kulttempel — Oberhausen
  • Nov 10 (Tue) — Backstage — München
  • Nov 11 (Wed) — Das Bett — Frankfurt am Main
  • Nov 12 (Thu) — Musikzentrum — Hannover
  • Nov 13 (Fri) — Hellraiser — Leipzig/Engelsdorf
  • Nov 14 (Sat) — Markthalle — Hamburg

This isn’t a nostalgia lap—it’s a forward strike. With Julien-K and Priest reinforcing the U.S. dates and a high-profile appearance at Out Of Line Weekender, Aesthetic Perfection’s 2026 tour reflects a scene that’s still evolving, still aggressive, and still unwilling to dilute its edge.

Expect packed floors, no-filter performances, and nights engineered for maximum impact.

Aesthetic - Aesthetic Perfection | Europe 2025 📸 Eulenherz Artwork OCT 28 - Leipzig, DE - Hellraiser* OCT 29 - Leipzig, DE - Quarterback Immobilien Arena+ OCT 31 - Amsterdam, NL -

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💀 Dawn of Ashes Unleash “Reinfecting The Scars” — A Brutal New Remix EP via Metropolis Records

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DAWN OF ASHES Announce Their Next Chapter: Reinfecting the Scars 💀🔥

Dawn of Ashes emerge once more from the void with a devastating new era, officially announcing Reinfecting the Scars, a violent and ambitious expansion of their blackened industrial legacy. A band already synonymous with cinematic horror, electronic brutality, and extreme metal intensity, Dawn of Ashes now returns with a release that digs deeper into their mythology — reopening old wounds only to infect them anew.

Built on the foundation of Infecting the Scars and Scars of the Broken, this new chapter accelerates the band’s evolution. The new material fuses serrated electronics, ritual-heavy atmospheres, and suffocating aggression into a sound engineered for both internal destruction and external domination. This is Dawn of Ashes at their most sharpened, their most emotionally charged, and their most sonically dangerous.

Dawn of Ashes – Infecting the Scars era art

A Resurrection of Fury

For long-time followers, Reinfecting the Scars feels like a resurrection of the darker DOA eras — reimagined through modern production and a more vicious narrative voice. For those newly stepping into their world, this is the perfect initiation: a chance to witness one of industrial metal’s most enduring forces in full, unrestrained form.

Kristof Bathory continues to push the band’s thematic universe into deeper psychological territory. The release explores trauma, spiritual rot, and transformation through darkness — themes that have defined Dawn of Ashes since their inception but now manifest with even greater clarity and intention. Musically, the band drops listeners into a corrupted ritual space: trance-like ambience suddenly exploding into blast-beat violence, mechanical synth strikes, and guttural proclamations from the abyss.

The DOA Ascension

Sonically, fans can expect a perfect storm of industrial metal, aggrotech, atmospheric blackened textures, and hybridized cinematic sound design. DOA’s ability to merge genres without losing identity is on full display here — a further evolution of their signature aesthetic, sharpened by years of performance, experimentation, and spiritual excavation.

As Dawn of Ashes continue to dominate festival stages and underground circles alike, this new release feels like a culmination — and a new beginning. Reinfecting the Scars isn’t nostalgia. It’s transformation. It’s escalation. It’s the next mutation of a band built on blood, nightmares, and visionary sonic violence.

When the scars reopen, the question is simple:
Will you turn away — or lean in closer?

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Biocarbon13 Unveils “Wrong Shade of Black (Arzenik Remix)” via Blvsphemy Records 💀

Blvsphemy Records has dropped a sinister new release, giving Biocarbon13’s “Wrong Shade of Black” a fresh, venomous twist courtesy of Arzenik. This remix plunges deeper into the industrial void, layering distortion, menace, and pounding rhythms that drag you into its dark embrace.

⚡ The Remix Experience

Arzenik injects an entirely new pulse into the track, amplifying its bleak atmospherics while keeping Biocarbon13’s raw intensity intact. The remix twists familiar shadows into sharper edges — this isn’t just a reimagining, it’s an escalation.

Biocarbon13 has consistently delivered cutting-edge industrial soundscapes, and this collaboration with Blvsphemy Records and Arzenik proves the project’s ability to evolve without compromise. “Wrong Shade of Black (Arzenik Remix)” stands as a testament to dark creativity — unapologetic, abrasive, and impossible to ignore.

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🤖 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

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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.

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“‘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

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