The newly released track brings Cat Hall of Dissonance back to a song first heard on Dogtablet’s 2021 album Pearldrop Blue.
A Familiar Star in a New Form
Dogtablet have released “Star (2026),” a rework of “Star” from Pearldrop Blue. That earlier recording featured Cat Hall of Dissonance; she returns with words and vocals on the new version. Dogtablet’s Bandcamp credits Steve White of KMFDM and PIG on guitar and Jules Seifert of Epic Audio Media on mastering.
Revisiting Pearldrop Blue
The original “Star” opened Pearldrop Blue in 2021. Five years later, Dogtablet’s decision to revisit it gives listeners a direct way to hear how the song has changed, with Hall’s voice still central to its identity. The new track is available on Dogtablet’s Bandcamp page, which also offers it with the Our Lives T-shirt.
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“Star (2026)” is a released rework of an existing Dogtablet song, rather than a track from a newly announced album.
Two tracks are available now ahead of the nine-track release on November 27, 2026.
Unfinished Business After The Truth Doesn’t Matter
Mesh have announced Fallen Angel, a nine-track mini-album that continues the ideas behind their March album The Truth Doesn’t Matter. Mark Hockings and Richard Silverthorn began writing again after that release and found the new material belonged alongside it. Fallen Angel brings those songs together with an extended version, a live recording and a remix through Dependent.
Nine Tracks, Two Available Now
The tracklist includes “Fallen Angel,” “Protect Your Neck,” “Not This Time,” “The Meeting of the Broken,” and “Tilt,” alongside an extended “Fallen Angel,” a live version of “The Truth Doesn’t Matter,” and two versions of “Trying To Save You.” The complete mini-album arrives November 27, 2026. Digital, CD, black vinyl and limited clear vinyl pre-orders are open; Bandcamp lists two tracks available to stream or download now.
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For listeners still exploring The Truth Doesn’t Matter, Fallen Angel promises another chapter in the same world. The two available tracks offer a first listen while the full mini-album remains on pre-order.
Ministry have released a dystopian new single and video as the countdown to their final studio album continues.
A Machine Takes Control
A cyborg announces that humanity’s time has passed in the video for “Singularity,” turning the song’s fear of a robotic takeover into an apocalyptic scene. The video was directed by Ben Garcia of Rage4Order Designs in coordination with Al Jourgensen and Joshua Bradford.
“Singularity” is the third single from Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery), following “Burned Out” and “We Hate.” Cleopatra Records is set to release the album on October 30, 2026. Ministry’s Bandcamp listing identifies it as a pre-order.
The Final Album and Farewell Tour
For Al Jourgensen, the album closes a recording career that helped define industrial rock. Its final track, “We’re Still Here,” features former Ministry member Paul Barker. The record also includes contributions from guitarists Monte Pittman and Cesar Soto, bassist Paul D’Amour, synth player John Bechdel, and drummer Pepe Clarke Magaña.
Ministry are preparing a farewell tour, with a Goodbye Europe 2027 run scheduled to begin in Utrecht on April 2. Die Krupps are listed as special guests for the European shows. Fans can check the band’s official tour page for dates and details.
“Singularity” puts the approaching end of Ministry’s studio catalog in stark terms: the machines have the screen, Jourgensen still has the microphone, and the final album is on its way.
Elektrikill brings one of the most theatrical cuts from Küntzpiracy to the screen as “Vampire Blond” steps out of the shadows in a new official music video.
A Vampire, a Drag Queen and a Different Side of Elektrikill
Elektrikill has released the official music video for “Vampire Blond,” giving one of the more colorful and theatrical tracks from Küntzpiracy its own visual spotlight.
The song originally appeared on Elektrikill’s ten-track Küntzpiracy, released through Evol Music Group. While much of the album digs into considerably heavier territory—including corruption, social division, hypocrisy and political frustration—“Vampire Blond” deliberately breaks away from that weight.
Elektrikill founder Steve Vil has described the song’s subject rather simply: a vampire drag queen.
That premise gives Elektrikill an opportunity to trade some of the album’s dystopian anger for something more playful, campy and nocturnal without abandoning the dark electronic world surrounding the project. Against Küntzpiracy’s heavier themes, “Vampire Blond” becomes a welcome detour into the strange, theatrical and unapologetically weird side of underground culture.
“Vampire Blond” Gets the Visual Treatment
Musically, the track sits comfortably inside Elektrikill’s collision of industrial, dark electronic and electro-goth influences, driven by electronic rhythms and a distinctly late-night atmosphere.
The arrival of an official video now pushes that personality beyond the recording itself.
It also extends the life of Küntzpiracy beyond the album release, allowing individual pieces of the record to continue developing their own identities. “Vampire Blond” is particularly suited for that treatment because it stands apart from the album’s more confrontational material while remaining unmistakably part of Elektrikill’s increasingly bizarre electronic universe.
Following the politically charged aggression surrounding much of Küntzpiracy and the more recent Halloween-minded Macabre Masquerade, the video is another glimpse into a project that seems increasingly comfortable allowing horror, industrial music, dark humor and underground culture to occupy the same room.
And apparently this time, the vampire owns the dance floor.
Two contrasting songs turn futurepop momentum and emotional urgency into a call for resilience, unity, and human connection.
Light Breaks Through the Machinery 💀
Simon Carter has reunited with Alex Erbacher of DISTRICT 13 and MENSCHDEFEKT for Chasing The Dawn / One Pulse, a two-track release that balances dancefloor energy against the emotional pressure of an increasingly divided world.
The collaboration follows their earlier work on “Let Me Sink in Shadows,” released in 2024. Carter once again provides the electronic production while Erbacher contributes vocals and lyrics, connecting Carter’s melodic, club-oriented programming with the German vocalist’s unmistakable futurepop presence.
“Chasing The Dawn” opens the release with the brighter of its two perspectives. Driven by soaring melodies, a steady electronic pulse, and an unapologetically hopeful chorus, the track focuses on escaping the mental shadows that prevent personal growth. Its message is not built around passive optimism; it presents hope as a deliberate act of leaving fear behind and moving toward something better.
One Release, Two Emotional Extremes ⚙️
“One Pulse” turns outward and confronts the fractures shaping modern society. Headlines, borders, political hostility, nationalism, and fear form the song’s tense backdrop, but its central argument remains profoundly human: beneath every ideology and division is the same heartbeat.
Spoken passages give the five-minute track the weight of a public address, while its recurring refrain strips the conflict back to a shared human foundation. Erbacher’s delivery transforms that message into something suited for the darkened dancefloor—part warning, part appeal, and part declaration that empathy remains possible.
Together, the songs create a deliberate emotional arc. “Chasing The Dawn” addresses the internal fight to escape darkness, while “One Pulse” expands that struggle into a broader plea for compassion and solidarity. The contrast gives the release more substance than its compact runtime might suggest.
Released September 4, 2026, Chasing The Dawn / One Pulse is available directly through Simon Carter’s Bandcamp.
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With infectious futurepop melodies on one side and a deeply reflective social message on the other, Chasing The Dawn / One Pulse captures two different battles against darkness. One begins within the individual; the other asks humanity to remember the pulse it shares.
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Four fan-requested tracks return with reconstructed production, completely re-recorded vocals, and a limited physical edition designed to preserve more than music.
Four Archived Tracks Rebuilt for 2026 💀
nolongerhuman has opened pre-orders for Insect Archives, the first vinyl release in the project’s history. Arriving October 2 through COP International, the four-track collection revisits material spanning nolongerhuman’s first three albums—but these are not conventional remasters or recycled versions of familiar recordings.
Clint Robertson returned to the original sessions, recovered the individual stems, removed outdated effects and compression, eliminated unnecessary layers, cleaned the samples, reconstructed the mixes, and applied modern processing. Every vocal performance was then recorded again specifically for this release.
The result is intended to represent how Robertson originally imagined these songs before current production technology and nearly two additional decades of studio experience were available to him. Rather than simply polishing the past, Insect Archives rebuilds it from the machinery outward.
Side A contains “Let Me Go,” originally released on the 2009 debut album Antipathy, and “Insect Politics” from 2012’s Depersonalization. Side B reaches into 2014’s Withdrawal for “Dead Empire” and “Sycophant.”
Industrial History Preserved in Physical Form ⚙️
The decision to release Insect Archives on vinyl reflects Robertson’s resistance to treating music as disposable content. He wanted the physical edition to justify its presence on a listener’s shelf through sound, presentation, and deliberate artistic construction.
Vlad McNeally of Kallisti Design created the artwork around a mid-century archival aesthetic, evoking an aging listening station surrounded by filing cabinets, reel-to-reel machinery, and forgotten records. That visual direction extends to the Euro-style jacket, black inner sleeve, and full-color center labels.
The pressing is limited to only 300 black-vinyl copies worldwide, with no repress planned. Pre-orders are priced at $20 plus shipping and include immediate digital access to “Insect Politics.” The complete digital edition becomes available alongside the physical release on October 2.
Active since 2006, nolongerhuman has built its identity around aggressive electronics, hard-driving rhythms, cinematic atmosphere, and deeply personal examinations of humanity, apathy, identity, and emotional isolation. Insect Archives transforms four milestones from that history into definitive new versions shaped by the artist Robertson has become.
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Insect Archives is not simply an exercise in nostalgia. It is an act of preservation—recovering songs from older machines, rebuilding them with modern precision, and placing them inside a physical archive designed to survive the endless churn of disposable digital media.
Industrial provocateur Raymond Watts returns with four new PIG songs and four remixes engineered to grind beauty, brutality, and black humor into the same bloodstained machine.
Four New Cuts from the Lord of the Lard 💀
PIG released Dirt Box on September 4 through Metropolis Records, delivering an eight-track companion piece to the May 2026 album Hurt People Hurt. The EP combines four original songs with four remixes, expanding the current era of Raymond Watts’ long-running industrial-rock project without simply repackaging its recent material.
“An American Ideal of Beauty” opens the box with a collision of mechanical aggression and decadent theatricality. The track reunites Watts with Marc Heal of Cubanate and C-Tec, former KMFDM guitarist Günter Schulz, and longtime collaborator Jim Davies, formerly of The Prodigy and Pitchshifter.
The remaining originals—“Your Reptilian Overlord Presents,” “Infidel,” and “Butterfly”—push the release through different shades of menace. PIG’s familiar mixture of distorted electronics, muscular guitars, dark sensuality, and lyrical provocation remains intact, but the compact EP format keeps every attack immediate.
Industrial Machinery Rewired by Four Remixers ⚙️
The second half of Dirt Box hands each original composition to a different artist from the industrial underground. Cyanotic reconstructs “Your Reptilian Overlord Presents,” Stabbing Westward reshapes “An American Ideal of Beauty,” Combichrist takes control of “Butterfly,” and Rabbit Junk drives “Infidel” through its own abrasive circuitry.
These versions give the EP a deliberate mirrored structure: four songs establish the source material, then four remixers dismantle and rebuild it. Instead of behaving like leftover bonus content, the remixes expose different rhythmic, electronic, and guitar-driven possibilities buried inside the originals.
That collaborative approach fits naturally into PIG’s history. Watts has spent decades moving between industrial rock, electronic experimentation, performance art, and gloriously filthy theatrical excess. His résumé stretches through Psychic TV, Einstürzende Neubauten, Foetus, and KMFDM, where he helped shape the band’s early identity and later contributed to landmark material including “Juke Joint Jezebel.”
Released alongside PIG’s extensive Hurt People Tour of North America, Dirt Box captures an artist still treating collaboration as a weapon. It is compact, confrontational, and packed with enough grime to leave fingerprints on the machinery.
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Dirt Box does not ask listeners to choose between beauty and brutality. PIG throws both into the same enclosure, locks the door, and lets eight tracks determine which one crawls out alive.
Two transcontinental industrial machines collide as Damage Control and OHMelectronic prepare a three-track transmission of mechanical tension, electronic resistance, and uncompromising club energy.
A New Alliance Advances Beyond “Manifesto” 💀
Damage Control and OHMelectronic will release their collaborative EP Red Lines on September 11, 2026, through Metropolis Records. The three-track collection follows “Manifesto,” the alliance’s debut single, which arrived on July 17 and is available immediately with the Bandcamp pre-order.
“Manifesto” introduced the collaboration with nearly six minutes of calculated electro-industrial pressure. Now joined by “Modernity” and the title track, the full EP expands that opening declaration into a tightly concentrated electronic assault.
The title Red Lines immediately suggests boundaries, warnings, and points beyond which retreat is no longer possible. Its stark presentation reinforces that atmosphere: fractured architecture, industrial decay, and scattered red lettering transform the cover into a visual alarm system.
Transcontinental Machinery Crosses the Red Line ⚙️
Formed in 2012, Damage Control operates as a remote international collaboration connecting musicians across Australia, Canada, and beyond. The project includes Bill Barsby, Alex Wise, Richard Thacker, and Craig Joseph Huxtable, alongside an evolving network of contributors from the industrial underground.
OHMelectronic brings together Vancouver electronic veterans Chris Peterson and Craig Joseph Huxtable. Peterson’s extensive history includes work with Front Line Assembly, Noise Unit, Decree, and Delerium, while Huxtable’s background includes Landscape Body Machine and Noise Unit. With Huxtable connecting both projects and Peterson contributing decades of production experience, Red Lines represents a natural collision between two interconnected industrial forces.
The EP’s three-song structure keeps that collaboration compact and deliberate. “Manifesto” establishes its ideological foundation, “Modernity” confronts the machinery and contradictions of contemporary life, and “Red Lines” drives the concept toward its breaking point.
Rather than burying its message beneath unnecessary material, Damage Control and OHMelectronic have constructed a focused statement around rhythm, tension, and confrontation. The result connects classic electro-industrial discipline with modern production engineered for dark rooms, heavy systems, and listeners who prefer their electronics sharpened at the edges.
Metropolis Records will release Red Lines digitally on September 11, 2026. The Bandcamp pre-order is available for $4 or more and includes immediate streaming and download access to “Manifesto,” with the remaining tracks becoming available when the complete EP arrives.
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With Red Lines, Damage Control and OHMelectronic are drawing more than boundaries—they are marking the precise point where restraint gives way to resistance. Three tracks, two interconnected projects, and one warning signal are preparing to cut through the industrial underground.
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The UK industrial-electronic artist turns the relentless search for stimulation into a dark, heavy examination of dopamine, distraction, and the fear of silence.
When Stimulation Becomes Dependence
UK industrial-electronic project j:dead will release the new single “Null” on September 4, 2026, through Infacted Recordings. The track is the tenth installment in the 12-month release campaign launched by solo creator Jay Taylor with “Pressure” in December 2025.
At the center of “Null” is an overactive mind that refuses to switch off. The song examines the constant hunger for information, activity, entertainment, and distraction—the repeated dopamine hits used to drown out intrusive thoughts and avoid the discomfort of silence.
For an overthinker, that stimulation can function as both an escape and a necessary coping mechanism. However, “Null” questions where coping ends and dependency begins. Is the brain receiving something it genuinely needs, or has distraction become another addiction protecting it from reality?
Industrial Weight Built for the Live Stage
Musically, “Null” continues j:dead’s movement toward a larger, more physical sound. Dark electronic production collides with electro, industrial rock, heavy rhythms, driving electronics, and the force of a live band.
Taylor wrote, performed, and recorded the single, sharing guitar duties with Hilger Tintel. The track was produced by Motel-Music, mastered by Studio-600, and features artwork created by Dokodemo.
The result retains the emotionally charged darkness that defines j:dead while expanding beyond the confines of headphones and club systems. This is industrial music engineered for maximum impact—music intended to hit at full volume inside a packed venue.
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With two installments remaining in the yearlong campaign, “Null” demonstrates how far j:dead’s sound has evolved since the series began. What started as a disciplined monthly release schedule is becoming something more expansive: a live-inspired industrial force built to transform internal chaos into physical energy.
Elektrikill invites listeners into a celebration where the witching hour never ends, transforming Halloween horror into a relentless collision of industrial rhythms, dark electronics, monsters, and macabre humor.
The Macabre Masquerade Begins at Midnight
New Jersey industrial project Elektrikill, led by musician and producer Steve Vil, has officially released Macabre Masquerade through Evol Music Group. Released September 1, 2026, the 13-track Halloween album is constructed as a continuous celebration of everything lurking in the dark.
The album combines brand-new material with reworked Elektrikill songs, terrifying interludes, and remixes from Kill Vector, Kontrol Phreak, and SPKTR. Rather than simply assembling a collection of horror-themed tracks, Elektrikill sequences the album like one long infernal party—complete with vampires, demons, werewolves, parasites, restless ghosts, and enough industrial machinery to wake the dead.
DarkHeart Syndicate Joins the Digital Haunting
One of the album’s defining collaborations is “Digital Ghosts (DarkHeart Syndicate Vs Elektrikill),” a dystopian industrial assault examining algorithmic manipulation, surveillance, online outrage, artificial memories, and the gradual disappearance of human identity inside the digital machine.
Throughout the rest of Macabre Masquerade, Elektrikill moves between pounding EBM, darkwave atmosphere, industrial-rock aggression, electronic dance rhythms, and cinematic horror. The result is sinister without becoming joyless, balancing menace with enough twisted humor and dancefloor energy to keep the party moving long after the cemetery gates have closed.
The album is available digitally and on CD through Bandcamp, with a vinyl edition also available through ElasticStage.
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With Macabre Masquerade, Elektrikill delivers more than a seasonal novelty. It is a fully realized industrial Halloween experience built for dark clubs, haunted houses, horror marathons, and anyone who believes October deserves its own soundtrack. Drink, dance, and enjoy the celebration—because eternity is a very long time. 💀
Industrial pioneers Ministry fire another shot across the political landscape with “We Hate,” the second single from what has been announced as the band’s final studio album, Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery).
Ministry Still Has Something to Say
After more than four decades of distortion, confrontation and industrial-strength provocation, Ministry is not exactly slipping quietly toward the exit.
Released August 21 through Cleopatra Records, “We Hate” finds Al Jourgensen and company once again turning political frustration into sonic ammunition. The track takes direct aim at Donald Trump and the increasingly surreal collision between American politics, personality cults, propaganda and AI-generated media.
Rather than dressing the message in subtlety, Ministry attacks it with the kind of abrasive humor and venom that has defined much of Jourgensen’s politically charged work. The accompanying video, directed by Joshua Bradford, pushes the satire even further, matching the song’s aggression with deliberately confrontational imagery.
“We Hate” follows July’s “Burned Out” and serves as the second preview of Ministry’s forthcoming final studio album, Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery).
One Last Industrial Assault
Scheduled for October 30 through Cleopatra Records, Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery) is being presented as the closing studio chapter of a career stretching back to Ministry’s formation in Chicago in 1981.
That history has taken the band through synth-pop beginnings, the formative Wax Trax! era, industrial landmarks including Twitch, The Land of Rape and Honey and The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste, and the mainstream breakthrough of 1992’s Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and The Way to Suck Eggs.
More than 40 years later, Jourgensen apparently has no intention of becoming sentimental for the finale.
The upcoming record instead turns its attention toward the state of the world, political leadership and the social machinery surrounding it. Current Ministry members Monte Pittman, Cesar Soto, Paul D’Amour, John Bechdel and Pepe Clarke Magaña join Jourgensen on the record, while longtime Ministry figure Paul Barker returns for a particularly significant final collaboration on album closer “We’re Still Here.”
That reunion gives Ministry’s final studio statement an additional connection to the band’s past while bringing its recorded history toward a fitting full-circle conclusion.
Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery) is available for pre-order in multiple physical configurations, including vinyl, CD and cassette editions, alongside digital availability. Cleopatra Records currently lists the album for an October 30, 2026 release.
Goodbye Europe 2027
The studio farewell will also extend onto the road.
Ministry has announced its Goodbye Europe 2027 tour, beginning April 2 in Utrecht and running through May 1 in Helsinki, with German industrial veterans Die Krupps appearing as special guests.
The 21-date European run will take Ministry through the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
For a band that helped drag industrial music out of the underground and into a much larger cultural arena, the farewell represents more than another touring cycle. Ministry’s evolution helped establish the vocabulary of industrial rock and metal for generations of artists that followed.
But before the machinery finally shuts down, Jourgensen is making certain Ministry gets the last word.
And judging by “We Hate,” that word is going to be loud.
“We Hate” is available now, while Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery) arrives October 30 through Cleopatra Records. If this truly represents Ministry’s final studio chapter, the band appears determined to leave the same way it spent much of its career: confrontational, politically furious and completely unwilling to behave.
Eva X is powering up for album number two, pushing her collision of industrial, electronic pop and metal into a louder, heavier and considerably pinker dimension.
The Robot Girl Returns in Full Color
Eva X has announced TURBOPINK, her second full-length album and the follow-up to 2022’s I Dream of a Reality. The new record arrives November 6, 2026 through Distortion Productions, with the digital album currently available for pre-order.
Based in Vancouver, Eva X has built her identity around being a “robot girl singing about human things,” folding pop hooks, industrial electronics, dance music and metal into an increasingly difficult-to-categorize sound. TURBOPINK appears ready to push that formula harder rather than sand down its edges.
Distortion Productions describes the album as a heavier and harder Eva X, combining industrial, electronica, metal and touches of J-Pop. That mixture puts bright melodic energy beside considerably sharper machinery — essentially a sugar rush plugged into an amplifier and pushed toward the red.
Industrial Muscle, Pop Hooks and a Shot of J-Pop
TURBOPINK follows previously released singles “Dopamine Blind” and “Fiction,” while “Dance in Shadows” is scheduled to arrive as the next digital single on September 18. The album will ultimately contain nine tracks, including “Love.Hate.Paradise,” “Otherside,” “Cross My Heart,” “I Remember Me,” “Mother Mirror,” and Eva X’s cover of Korn’s “Twisted Transistor.”
The Bandcamp pre-order currently provides immediate access to “Love.Hate.Paradise,” with the complete digital album becoming available upon its November 6 release. The album is offered in 24-bit/48kHz, while Distortion Productions has also confirmed a CD release for the same date.
There is also something fitting about the title. TURBOPINK takes the futuristic identity surrounding Eva X and turns the saturation knob violently clockwise. The accompanying artwork trades industrial music’s seemingly mandatory gray concrete for circuitry, black and an almost radioactive blast of pink — a visual counterpart to an album promising considerably more color without sacrificing its mechanical backbone.
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With TURBOPINK, Eva X isn’t abandoning the robot girl at the center of the project; she is upgrading her. The combination of industrial weight, electronic hooks, metal and unabashed pop color makes this second album an intriguing next stage for an artist who has spent years happily scrambling genre boundaries. November 6 will reveal just how far the upgrade goes.
Industrial metal architects Fear Factory return with “Roboticist,” the first new single recorded by the band’s current lineup and the opening transmission from their next chapter.
The Machine Is Online Again
For more than three decades, Fear Factory has built its identity around the collision between humanity and technology. Now, as artificial intelligence and technological dependence move from science fiction into everyday reality, the band’s dystopian vision feels increasingly close to home.
Released August 29, 2026 through Nuclear Blast Records, “Roboticist” is Fear Factory’s first new single in five years and the recording debut of the band’s current incarnation: founding guitarist Dino Cazares, vocalist Milo Silvestro, bassist Tony Campos, and drummer Pete Webber.
Silvestro and Webber have already spent years proving themselves onstage. “Roboticist” moves the current lineup beyond performing Fear Factory’s history and into creating its future.
Man, Machine and What Comes Next
Musically, “Roboticist” retains the machinery that made Fear Factory unmistakable: tightly synchronized guitars and drums, crushing mechanical rhythms, industrial precision, electronic atmosphere, aggressive vocals, and a haunting melodic hook.
The track explores a dystopian evolution where flesh ultimately fails while consciousness endures, continuing ideas Fear Factory has explored throughout its career. What once sounded like distant cyberpunk fiction, however, doesn’t feel nearly as distant today.
“The future isn’t coming. It’s already here,” Cazares says, describing “Roboticist” as “the next evolution of Fear Factory. Man, Machine and the war for what comes next.”
The single was produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Damien Rainaud, while its cinematic music video was directed by Vincente Cordero and produced by Arion Csihar.
An early instrumental version of “Roboticist” first surfaced in 2023 during Cazares’ demonstration of the Toneforge Disruptor guitar plugin. That mechanical foundation was later rearranged and developed into the finished Fear Factory track, transforming it into the first recorded statement from the current lineup.
A New Voice Inside the Machine
“Roboticist” isn’t an attempt to disconnect Fear Factory from its past. Instead, it plugs a new lineup directly into the machinery the band spent decades constructing.
The single also signals something considerably larger. Fear Factory says details surrounding its upcoming album are imminent, while the band prepares for extensive European and U.S. touring, including the Cybernetic Domination Tour and U.S. dates with Mushroomhead, Darkest Hour, and others.
The riffs remain mechanical, the future remains hostile, and humanity’s relationship with technology remains dangerously complicated.
Only now, the machine has a new voice.
With “Roboticist,” Fear Factory has officially activated its next chapter. More than thirty years after the band began warning about the collision between humanity and its machines, the technology has changed, the lineup has evolved, and the questions at the heart of Fear Factory’s music may be more relevant than ever.
Demonwarp turns resistance into combustible dark-electronic warfare with “Spreading the Flames,” the second single from the forthcoming album Viral Empire.
A New Transmission from “Viral Empire”
Demonwarp is continuing the march toward the forthcoming Viral Empire album with “Spreading the Flames,” a punishing collision of industrial bass, aggrotech, dark electro, and cyberpunk hostility released through Re:Mission Entertainment.
The single follows March’s “Protocol Obey,” which introduced Viral Empire with a theme built around control, submission, and breaking free from systems designed to keep people obedient. “Spreading the Flames” pushes that narrative forward with a considerably more incendiary message: fight tyranny through flames.
That resistance-driven concept fits naturally into Demonwarp’s established world. The project has consistently combined industrial electronics with horror, black metal, darksynth, cyberpunk, and dystopian storytelling, building music around conflicts between humanity, corruption, technology, power, and the demons lurking on both sides of the machine.
Industrial Bass Meets Aggrotech Firepower
“Spreading the Flames” doesn’t approach rebellion quietly. The track is engineered around physical impact, combining crushing electronic rhythms and industrial-bass weight with the abrasive energy that has defined Demonwarp’s darker material.
The release also brings Kristof Bathory of Dawn of Ashes into the machinery. Bathory handled mastering and contributes an aggrotech remix, giving the single another direct connection to the harsher end of the industrial and dark-electronic underground.
That combination makes “Spreading the Flames” more than another isolated single. Alongside “Protocol Obey,” it is beginning to reveal the architecture surrounding Viral Empire: a world where authoritarian control, resistance, technological decay, and outright confrontation are being woven into one larger dystopian narrative.
Demonwarp’s previous full-length Dominion explored similarly hostile territory, imagining collapsing societies, artificial intelligence, corrupted humanity, and an ongoing struggle for control. Viral Empire appears ready to carry those ideas into another chapter—one where obedience is no longer the only option.
The Fire Is Already Spreading
“Spreading the Flames” is available now through Re:Mission Entertainment, offering the album version alongside Kristof Bathory’s remix while the underground waits for the arrival of Viral Empire.
With two singles now establishing the record’s direction, Demonwarp isn’t exactly being subtle about what is coming. The machine demanded obedience with “Protocol Obey.”
Now somebody brought gasoline.
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“Spreading the Flames” turns the next stage of Viral Empire into a declaration of resistance—heavy, hostile, electronic, and built for an industrial dancefloor that would probably violate several workplace safety regulations.
More than three decades after its original arrival, one of Mentallo & The Fixer’s defining records returns through Re Entertainment—expanded digitally and finally making the jump to vinyl.
An Industrial Classic Returns 💀
Re:Mission Entertainment has announced a new 2026 edition of Mentallo & The Fixer’s Where Angels Fear To Tread, bringing the influential electro-industrial album back into circulation with an expanded digital edition and its first-ever vinyl pressing.
Originally released in 1994 through Zoth Ommog, Where Angels Fear To Tread arrived during a defining period for Mentallo & The Fixer. Built around the work of brothers Gary and Dwayne Dassing, the album pushed their increasingly complex electronic machinery into darker and more atmospheric territory, combining abrasive electro-industrial programming with melancholy textures, cinematic sampling and the uncompromising experimentation that became central to the project’s identity.
From 1994 to a First-Ever Vinyl Edition ⚙️
The physical reissue gives collectors something that has been missing for more than 30 years. Where Angels Fear To Tread will receive its vinyl debut as a 2LP gatefold pressed on yellow-and-red inverted splatter vinyl, limited to only 250 copies worldwide.
The vinyl edition collects the original 13 tracks alongside two remixes for 15 tracks total. The gatefold packaging also includes full lyrics and exclusive commentary from Gary Dassing discussing the creation of the record, adding historical context directly from the artist behind it. Vinyl orders are currently estimated to ship November 20.
The digital edition goes considerably further, expanding the album to 20 tracks with seven remixes. It is currently available for pre-order through Bandcamp ahead of its October 16 release across digital platforms.
More than a simple return to the catalog, the reissue gives a landmark from Mentallo & The Fixer’s early era a new physical life while opening its archives to listeners discovering the project decades later. Re:Mission Entertainment has already been actively preserving the Dassing brothers’ catalog through previous anniversary editions and remasters, making Where Angels Fear To Tread another substantial piece of that ongoing archival work.
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Three decades haven’t dulled the record’s mechanical unease. Where Angels Fear To Tread remains rooted in the darker, stranger side of electro-industrial music—a collision of programming, atmosphere and experimentation from an era that helped define the genre’s underground identity. With an expanded digital edition and vinyl finally entering the equation, one of Mentallo & The Fixer’s most important recordings is getting another turn through the machinery.
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Chainreactor returns to the machinery with Melting Point X1, a new three-track release arriving August 28 through ProNoize.
The Reactor Is Heating Up
German industrial powerhouse Chainreactor is preparing to push the system back into the red with Melting Point X1, a new three-track release arriving August 28, 2026 through ProNoize.
Currently available for pre-order, Melting Point X1 finds Chainreactor returning to the raw foundations that have driven the project for years: relentless rhythms, abrasive electronic textures, mechanical precision, and enough pressure to keep darkened dancefloors moving deep into the night.
Rather than burying that foundation beneath unnecessary excess, Melting Point X1 appears focused on concentration. The machinery is exposed. The rhythms hit hard. The atmosphere remains dark, physical, and unmistakably industrial.
Back to the Machinery
Founded by Jens Minor in Düsseldorf in 2009, Chainreactor has spent more than fifteen years operating at the intersection of industrial, power noise, dark electro, and increasingly techno-driven electronic music.
That history makes the direction behind Melting Point X1 particularly fitting. Chainreactor isn’t attempting to abandon the evolution that brought the project here. Instead, the release turns back toward the essential components of the machine and puts them under pressure again.
Coming after 2025’s War Machinery, the new material continues Chainreactor’s relationship with ProNoize, a label that has played a significant role in the project’s history since the beginning.
The artwork reinforces that philosophy beautifully: an enormous mechanized figure towers over a scorched industrial landscape while a lone human silhouette stands beneath it. It’s an image of scale, pressure, machinery, and confrontation—and an appropriately brutal visual introduction to Melting Point X1.
With Melting Point X1, Chainreactor isn’t polishing away the dirt or softening the machinery. The project is feeding those elements directly back into the reactor. No unnecessary detours—just industrial electronics engineered for impact.
Melting Point X1 arrives August 28, 2026 through ProNoize and is available for pre-order now.
Minneapolis post-industrial project EbE404 transforms anxiety, algorithmic overload, and the relentless pressure of the digital world into nine sprawling pieces of drone, noise, and power ambient on its third full-length album,Cortisol.
Stress Becomes the Soundscape
EbE404 released Cortisol on August 21 through GIVE/TAKE, marking the project’s third full-length album and its first since Dark Ice Days arrived in 2023.
The title is more than an aesthetic choice. Cortisol is the body’s primary stress hormone, and EbE404 uses its rise and fall as a conceptual framework for an album concerned with life inside an increasingly relentless attention economy. Across nine long-form compositions, tension accumulates through layered drones, manipulated frequencies, noise, restrained rhythmic movement, and vast stretches of dark atmosphere.
The result sits somewhere between post-industrial experimentation, dark ambient, and power ambient. EbE404’s established combination of modular and analog synthesizers, digital electronics, field recordings, and found sound remains at the core, but Cortisol stretches those elements into longer, more immersive environments.
Nine Tracks Inside a System That Never Switches Off
The album begins with “Have A Seat, the System Will Be With You Shortly” and moves through titles including “That’s It, Big Smile, Everybody’s Happy,” “Indecision In the System,” “Grass Time,” “Learning the System,” and the nearly ten-minute “Doomscroll.” The sequence eventually closes with “The New System,” completing an album whose language repeatedly circles systems, distraction, anxiety, and digital control.
That framework makes Cortisol particularly suited to EbE404’s approach. Instead of relying on conventional hooks or song structures, sounds accumulate, interact, disappear, and return. Spatial placement, phase manipulation, and interacting frequencies become part of the composition itself, creating an environment that can feel less like listening to nine individual songs and more like being trapped inside a slowly changing physiological state.
The album follows July’s Flora maxi-single and continues EbE404’s relationship with GIVE/TAKE, the Los Angeles and Minneapolis-based independent label specializing in darker, auteur-driven electronic music.
Notably, Cortisol is being promoted outside Spotify, aligning the release with its criticism of algorithmically driven digital culture. That decision gives the album’s concept another layer: a record examining the attention economy deliberately stepping away from one of music’s largest recommendation-driven ecosystems.
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Cortisol isn’t designed as passive background darkness. It’s a patient, uncomfortable examination of what happens when constant information, digital systems, and perpetual stimulation become part of everyday existence. EbE404 doesn’t attempt to escape that pressure—the project turns it into sound and lets the listener sit inside it.
The Chicago industrial artist takes on one of Nine Inch Nails’ most provocative songs, turning “Closer” toward questions of identity, expectation, and what can disappear while trying to become what the world demands.
I Ya Toyah Takes On a Nine Inch Nails Classic
I Ya Toyah has released “Closer,” her interpretation of the iconic Nine Inch Nails track, arriving August 21, 2026 through Femme Fatale Records.
Rather than treating “Closer” as a simple exercise in nostalgia, I Ya Toyah approaches the song through her own industrial and dark electronic identity. Her accompanying statement reframes the familiar material around a pointed question: How far will we go to become what we are told we should be—and what disappears along the way?
That perspective gives the cover another layer. The original Nine Inch Nails recording has spent more than three decades embedded in industrial and alternative culture, but I Ya Toyah uses its themes of desire, self-destruction, isolation, and transformation as raw material for her own interpretation.
A New Machine Built Around “Closer”
The production team behind the release gives the cover some serious weight. “Closer” was produced by I Ya Toyah and Johnny K, with Johnny K also handling the mix. Mastering was completed by legendary mastering engineer Howie Weinberg, while the release artwork was created by Angelica Dulany.
The original song was written by Trent Reznor, with I Ya Toyah’s version officially licensed for release. That distinction matters: this is not an unofficial remix or reinterpretation floating through the underground. It is a fully produced and licensed cover that deliberately places I Ya Toyah’s artistic identity against one of industrial music’s most recognizable compositions.
The release also continues a busy period for the Chicago-based artist. I Ya Toyah operates as a fiercely independent, multidisciplinary force, writing, producing, and performing her own material while moving between industrial, darkwave, electronic rock, dark pop, and EDM. In 2026, her output has included “FEELINGS” and “Apology,” alongside continued international activity and touring.
With “Closer,” she steps directly into the shadow of a song almost everyone in the industrial world already knows—and instead of trying to erase that shadow, she uses it as part of the atmosphere. The result is less about replacing Nine Inch Nails and more about asking what the song can reveal when filtered through a different artist, a different voice, and a different moment in time.
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“Closer” is available now through I Ya Toyah’s Bandcamp and digital release channels. For listeners already familiar with the original, the real draw is hearing how a song this deeply ingrained in industrial culture changes when another artist takes possession of its emotional machinery. For those following I Ya Toyah’s evolution, it is another glimpse into an artist increasingly willing to push directly into uncomfortable territory and make it her own.
The German electro-industrial project returns to one of its defining forensic examinations with 27 tracks, previously unavailable material, and an entire second disc of remixes.
The Examination Begins Again
FIX8 has announced Foren6 (Surgical Precision Edition), a significantly expanded edition of the project’s 2017 album Foren6. The new edition arrives October 16, 2026, through Dependent Records, revisiting Martin Sane’s dark exploration of forensics, legal medicine, and the postmortem examination of failed human relationships.
The original Foren6 approached forensic science as an analogy for relationships after their collapse: dissecting what went wrong, determining responsibility, and examining the remains of something that once lived. FIX8 surrounded that concept with intricate synth sequences, complex percussion, distorted and experimental vocals, atmospheric electronics, heavy bass lines, and recurring samples from John Carpenter films.
27 Tracks Under the Microscope
The Surgical Precision Edition expands the original 12-track record into a massive 27-track examination. Three additional pieces—“Low Velocity Spatter,” “Force of Inertia,” and “Burn Pattern Analysis”—extend the original material before the album moves into an extensive collection of reinterpretations.
The remix lineup includes No Sleep By The Machine, Object, Suicide Commando, GEttNER, kFactor, StateMent, This Morn’ Omina, Pyrite Forms, Plastikstrom, Jihad, TC75, and Syntech, turning the second half of the release into an alternate autopsy performed by artists from across the darker electronic underground.
Collectors will also have access to a limited 500-copy two-CD hardcover artbook edition, featuring 36 pages containing lyrics and information about the participating remixers. The physical edition is expected to ship on or around the October 16 release date.
Although the complete Surgical Precision Edition remains a pre-order, FIX8 has made the original 12 tracks available immediately through Bandcamp for streaming and download. The remaining material becomes available when the expanded edition officially releases.
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Nearly a decade after its original appearance, Foren6 is returning not merely preserved, but dissected again. Foren6 (Surgical Precision Edition) arrives October 16, giving one of FIX8’s most conceptually distinctive records a substantially expanded second life.
The machine keeps evolving as Klayton delivers another dose of futuristic electronic aggression from the expanding GOD MODE era.
Another Transmission from Celldweller
Celldweller has officially released “Never a Thief,” adding another new single to Klayton’s continually evolving catalog of electronic rock, industrial metal, cinematic electronics, and genre-defying sound design.
The release arrives amid Celldweller’s ongoing GOD MODE era, which has already introduced a new generation of material from the project. It continues the collision of digital production and organic instrumentation that has defined Celldweller for more than two decades—a formula built around heavy guitars, electronics, aggressive rhythms, cinematic scale, and Klayton’s meticulous production. Celldweller’s official biography describes the project as deliberately ignoring genre boundaries while combining digital and organic elements.
The GOD MODE Machine Keeps Growing
“Never a Thief” adds another piece to a catalog that has carried Celldweller far beyond the boundaries of conventional industrial rock. Klayton’s music has accumulated more than 750 million streams, while Celldweller material has appeared throughout major film, television, and gaming productions.
With another new track now in circulation, Celldweller continues pushing forward rather than simply revisiting the sound that established the project. “Never a Thief” is available now.
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The latest release keeps the momentum moving while offering another glimpse into Celldweller’s current creative evolution—and whatever machinery Klayton is preparing to activate next.
The industrial provocateur is preserving the spectacle of his Meine Welt Tour with a full concert release recorded in Kraków.
The “Meine Welt” Tour Becomes a Live Release
Till Lindemann has announced Live in Krakow, a full-length concert release captured during his Meine Welt Tour performance at TAURON Arena in Kraków, Poland, on December 1, 2025. The recording is scheduled for release on September 25, 2026, with Out Of Line Music supporting the release.
The project captures Lindemann’s increasingly elaborate solo production at arena scale, combining industrial metal, theatrical staging, provocative imagery, and the uncompromising performance style that has become central to his solo career.
Described as the full, uncensored concert, Live in Krakow will preserve the Meine Welt experience beyond the stage, offering fans who attended the tour a chance to revisit it while giving everyone else a front-row look at Lindemann’s solo world.
With the release still ahead, Live in Krakow serves as another major document of Lindemann’s expanding identity outside Rammstein—and a snapshot of one of the largest chapters of his solo career so far.
Cold synths, crushing rhythms, distorted vocals, and slasher-film menace collide as SUBLIMINAL CODE turns the darkness into a four-track industrial nightmare.
A Killer Is Waiting Behind the Mask
SUBLIMINAL CODE has returned with Behind The Mask, a blistering new single/EP now available through DSBP Records. Released in August 2026, the four-track assault takes the Venezuelan-born dark-electronic project’s established industrial and aggrotech DNA and drags it directly into the blood-soaked atmosphere of classic slasher horror.
The concept is built around an unstoppable killer stalking from the shadows, with SUBLIMINAL CODE translating that cinematic tension into cold synthesizers, punishing beats, distorted vocals, and relentless electronic aggression. Rather than simply borrowing horror imagery for aesthetics, Behind The Mask uses the atmosphere of the slasher genre as the framework for the music itself—the electronic equivalent of hearing footsteps behind you and realizing they’re getting closer.
Four Versions, Four Ways Into the Nightmare
The release expands the original “Behind The Mask” across four interpretations, giving DJs and dark-club selectors several different weapons for the floor. Alongside the original track are a PeopleTheatre Remix, an Elektroterapi Remix, and a dedicated Club Version. The complete release runs through different shades of the same sinister concept without abandoning the aggression at its center.
Behind The Mask — 4:35
Behind The Mask (PeopleTheatre Remix) — 5:01
Behind The Mask (Elektroterapi Remix) — 2:48
Behind The Mask (CLUB Version) — 4:35
SUBLIMINAL CODE was founded by brothers Raúl Junior Padrón and Raúl José Padrón in 2010, drawing from EBM, industrial, metal, synthpop, and darker electronic styles. That collision of influences has remained central to the project’s identity, from the early Soldier Of Hell material through Karma In Mortem, The Cancer Of The World Is Human Beings, and subsequent releases including Memento Mori, Your Wish, and Void Of Morgoth.
Behind The Mask pushes that history into explicitly cinematic territory. The result feels built for dark dancefloors, horror obsessives, industrial DJs, and anyone who prefers their electronics with teeth. DSBP Records is also offering promotional material for DJs, putting additional emphasis on the EP’s club potential.
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With four versions circling the same murderous core, Behind The Mask gives SUBLIMINAL CODE room to explore its horror concept without sacrificing the project’s industrial backbone. Cold, hostile, rhythmic, and unapologetically dark, this is one mask that probably should have stayed hanging on the wall.
The Ultra Heavy Beat gets an analog-charged mutation as INHALT mastermind Matia Simovich transforms KMFDM’s “ENEMY” into a darker, dancefloor-driven remix.
Industrial rock pioneers KMFDM have returned with “ENEMY (INHALT GELD ’88 REMIX),” released August 7, 2026 through Metropolis Records. The single reimagines the title track from KMFDM’s 2026 album ENEMY, placing it in the hands of INHALT mastermind and Infinite Power Studios owner Matia Simovich.
INHALT Takes “ENEMY” to the Dancefloor
Four Decades of the Ultra Heavy Beat
Since emerging in 1984, KMFDM has continually mutated across industrial, electronic, rock, metal, dub and dance music without surrendering its identity. More than 40 years later, ENEMY carries that philosophy forward while INHALT’s remix demonstrates how easily the band’s sound can still be dismantled, reconstructed and thrown back into the underground.
The machinery changes. The Ultra Heavy Beat survives
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ENEMY (INHALT GELD ’88 REMIX)” connects KMFDM’s history with another generation of electronic production, transforming an already confrontational track into analog-fueled dancefloor machinery without sacrificing the attitude that made it KMFDM in the first place.
Baltimore electro-industrial duo Pygmy Children are preparing their next assault with “Proof In Lies,” the lead single from the band’s forthcoming fifth studio album.
Belgian dark electro force Mildreda returns with “Silk Skin,” offering another glimpse into the philosophical and increasingly ambitious world of the forthcoming double album Realities.
Legendary Belgian dark electro pioneer Suicide Commando has returned with a sinister new rendition of one of his most imposing tracks, dropping “Destroyer of Worlds (SGNLS Version).” Helmed by mastermind Johan Van Roy, the long-running industrial project continues to prove why it remains an undeniable titan of harsh electronic music.
The updated “SGNLS Version” strips back the original to lay down a re-engineered wave of unrelenting aggression. Driven by razor-sharp synth sequences, punishing basslines, and Van Roy’s iconic distorted vocal attack, the track plunges listeners back into a bleak, apocalyptic soundscape built specifically for dark dancefloors and extreme industrial sets.
Industrial bass and dark electro project Lockjaw has officially dropped their latest single, “Stale.” Known for pushing the boundaries of heavy electronic production with visceral soundscapes and crushing rhythms, Lockjaw delivers an aggressive new entry that immediately grabs the underground scene’s attention.
“Stale” highlights Lockjaw’s signature sound—combining distorted basslines, intricate percussion, and a dark, suffocating atmosphere built for heavy-duty sound systems and industrial dancefloors. The release continues to build on the momentum of Lockjaw’s evolving catalog, showcasing a relentless energy that refuses to compromise.
Whether you’re a longtime follower of heavy industrial bass or looking for the next dark electro track to add to your rotation, “Stale” delivers a hard-hitting experience from start to finish. Stream the new single today and dive into Lockjaw’s world across all major platforms.
Electropop and industrial mainstay Ayria has officially announced her latest release, “13 Stitches.” Helmed by Canadian singer and songwriter Jennifer Parkin, the project has long been celebrated for seamlessly blending infectious dancefloor melodies with dark, introspective undertones. This newest announcement continues that legacy, delivering a fresh wave of sonic energy tailored perfectly for the underground electronic scene.
Sonically, “13 Stitches” promises to deliver the signature Ayria sound that fans have come to love over the years. With driving synthetic rhythms, pulsating basslines, and Parkin’s distinctively ethereal yet commanding vocals, the release explores themes of resilience, vulnerability, and emotional depth. It stands as a testament to her ability to craft tracks that are deeply personal while remaining undeniably ready to dominate the industrial club circuits.
As the darkwave and synthpop genres continue to evolve, Ayria remains a vital and enduring force within the community. “13 Stitches” not only reinforces her established reputation but also offers an exciting glimpse into the next chapter of her musical journey.
The dream team returns for their third collaboration! Following their tech-trance anthem “Let Music Live Forever” and the captivating futurepop gem “Dream Away,” Ruined Conflict joins forces once again with Simon Carter to unleash their latest release, “They Want Control.”
Built for the Dancefloor
For the third time, Ruined Conflict joins forces with Simon Carter to serve up “They Want Control,” an EBM-infused techno powerhouse of a track that feels both hard-hitting and highly relevant in today’s world.
Powerful, thought-provoking, and built for the dancefloor, “They Want Control” is designed to make a serious impact wherever it’s played.
With three massive collaborations now under their belt, Simon Carter and Ruined Conflict continue to demonstrate their seamless creative chemistry, delivering another essential anthem for the underground electronic scene.
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Raymond Watts pushes PIG into even heavier territory with a brutal new collaboration featuring industrial legends, while setting the stage for a new EP and an extensive North American tour this fall.
Industrial Royalty Reunites for a Ferocious New Single
UK industrial icon Raymond Watts, better known as PIG, has unveiled his explosive new single, “An American Ideal Of Beauty,” available now through Metropolis Records. The track serves as the first taste of the forthcoming Dirt Box EP, arriving on September 4, 2026, just ahead of PIG’s highly anticipated North American Hurt People Tour.
The release brings together an impressive lineup of industrial veterans. Longtime collaborator Marc Heal (Cubanate, C-Tec) co-wrote the track while contributing vocals and synthesizers, alongside Günter Schulz (formerly of KMFDM) on guitar. Watts’ longtime songwriting partner Jim Davies (formerly of The Prodigy and Pitchshifter) also returns, creating a powerhouse collaboration that blends decades of industrial experience into one relentless new anthem.
According to Watts, the goal was to refine and intensify the sound established on Hurt People Hurt.
“I wanted to distil and hone the sound of the current PIG album… inviting my old partners in swine Marc and Günter to join Jim and myself in the studio seemed the perfect blend of brutality and beauty… This new single was the first result of our work as a quartet.”
The result is a crushing blend of industrial aggression, glam swagger, and razor-sharp production that continues PIG’s evolution while remaining unmistakably true to its roots.
A Cinematic Video and a New Chapter
The single arrives alongside an atmospheric new music video directed by E Gabriel Edvy for Blackswitch Labs, expanding the song’s dystopian themes through striking visual storytelling.
The creative sessions that produced the single also generated three additional new songs, each receiving exclusive remixes from respected names across the industrial scene, including Chris Hall of Stabbing Westward, Combichrist, Rabbit Junk, and Cyanotic.
Dirt Box Expands the Hurt People Hurt Era
Rather than simply releasing another standalone single, PIG has collected eight tracks into the upcoming Dirt Box EP, featuring new material alongside exclusive remixes.
Dirt Box Track Listing
An American Ideal Of Beauty
Your Reptilian Overlord Presents
Infidel
Butterfly
Your Reptilian Overlord Presents (Cyanotic Remix)
An American Ideal Of Beauty (Chris Hall / Stabbing Westward Remix)
Butterfly (Combichrist Remix)
Infidel (Rabbit Junk Remix)
Riding the Momentum of Hurt People Hurt
The new EP follows the critically acclaimed release of Hurt People Hurt, an album that has received some of the strongest reviews of Raymond Watts’ career.
Critics praised the record for balancing crushing industrial power with memorable songwriting and theatrical flair. Publications across North America and Europe highlighted Watts’ ability to merge industrial rock, glam, electronic experimentation, and dark melody into something uniquely his own.
Much of that success stemmed from Watts’ continued partnership with Jim Davies, whose songwriting chemistry has become one of the defining elements of modern PIG releases.
Forty-Four Dates Across North America
The release of Dirt Box coincides with PIG’s Hurt People Tour, which spans 44 North American dates beginning in late August. The tour includes appearances at Cold Waves XIV, with performances scheduled in major cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, and Austin before concluding with four UK performances in December.
Fans can expect selections from Hurt People Hurt, the new Dirt Box EP, and classics spanning PIG’s influential industrial catalog.
A Lasting Legacy in Industrial Music
Few artists have shaped industrial music as consistently as Raymond Watts. Beyond releasing fifteen albums as PIG, Watts helped establish KMFDM during its formative years while contributing vocals and songwriting to many of the band’s most recognizable material.
His career has also included collaborations with Einstürzende Neubauten, Foetus, Psychic TV, Schwein, and Schaft, while his compositions have extended beyond music into film, television, advertising, and internationally recognized fashion productions, including projects associated with the late fashion icon Alexander McQueen.
More than three decades into his career, Watts continues proving that industrial music can remain fearless, inventive, and uncompromising.
With “An American Ideal Of Beauty,” PIG demonstrates that innovation and intensity remain at the heart of the project. Backed by legendary collaborators, an ambitious new EP, and an extensive tour schedule, Raymond Watts continues reinforcing his status as one of industrial music’s most enduring creative forces.
Claus Larsen returns with the ninth installment of his long-running tribute series, honoring queer and queer-friendly artists who helped shape his musical journey.
Industrial and EBM pioneer Leæther Strip has released Æppreciation IX, the latest chapter in Claus Larsen’s acclaimed covers series. Available now, the album continues a tradition that began in 2014, reimagining influential songs through Leæther Strip’s unmistakable blend of dark electronics, emotional intensity, and powerful production.
A Tribute to Artists Who Inspired a Generation
Unlike previous entries in the series, Æppreciation IX carries a deeply personal theme. Larsen has dedicated this installment to his favorite queer and queer-friendly artists, offering fresh interpretations of songs that have left a lasting impact on both his life and career.
The collection spans a wide spectrum of alternative and electronic music, featuring new versions of songs originally performed by artists including Peaches, Throbbing Gristle, Bronski Beat, Psychic TV, Chris & Cosey, and others. Rather than simply recreating familiar material, Larsen reshapes each track through the dark electro-industrial lens that has defined Leæther Strip for nearly four decades.
Since launching the Æppreciation series over a decade ago, Claus Larsen has used each volume to pay homage to the artists who helped shape the underground electronic scene. What began as a passion project has evolved into one of Leæther Strip’s most beloved companion series, allowing listeners to hear classic songs transformed through Larsen’s signature programming, commanding vocals, and cinematic production style.
Released on Cleopatra Records, Æppreciation IX is available digitally, on CD, and on a limited black-and-red splatter vinyl edition for collectors.
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With Æppreciation IX, Claus Larsen once again demonstrates that a great cover does more than recreate a song—it reveals new emotion, new perspective, and new life within music that inspired generations of listeners before it.
ee:man Dives Deeper into Darkness with New Single “Earthquake In My Head”
The latest release expands the emotional themes introduced on Evolving Dome of Madness while revisiting a standout track from the artist’s debut album with a heavier industrial edge.
Dark electronic artist ee:man has released “Earthquake In My Head,” a new single that continues the bleak, introspective journey established earlier this year on the EP Evolving Dome of Madness. Built around themes of depression, despair, and psychological turmoil, the track pairs emotionally charged lyrics with a relentless blend of EBM and electro-industrial inspired by genre pioneers such as Front Line Assembly and Portion Control.
A Classic Track Reimagined
Alongside the new single, ee:man has revisited one of the project’s earliest songs. Fans who purchase “Earthquake In My Head” on Bandcamp will also receive a newly reworked version of “Searching My Soul” as a free bonus track.
Originally featured on ee:man’s 2021 debut album, Echoes of Life, the song has been rebuilt with a harder, more modern production that reflects how the project’s sound has evolved over the past five years. While retaining the melodic qualities of the original recording, the updated version embraces the darker, heavier style that has become synonymous with ee:man’s recent work.
Continuing the Evolution
With “Earthquake In My Head,” ee:man continues refining a sound that blends atmospheric electronics with aggressive industrial rhythms while exploring deeply personal subject matter. The release serves as another step forward for the project, balancing emotional vulnerability with hard-hitting production that will resonate with fans of modern EBM and electro-industrial music.
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The addition of the reimagined “Searching My Soul” makes “Earthquake In My Head” more than just a standalone single, offering both new listeners and longtime fans a snapshot of ee:man’s musical evolution while hinting at where the project may head next.
Taiwan’s uncompromising industrial noise project returns with another provocative release, inviting listeners into a world where harsh electronics, conceptual art, and futuristic sound collide.
Since emerging from Taichung in 2022, ANGER 奰 has steadily carved out a distinct identity within the underground electronic scene. Rejecting conventional song structures in favor of abrasive textures, rhythmic experimentation, and conceptual storytelling, the project continues its evolution with the release of COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY, now available through the artist’s official Bandcamp page.
A New Chapter in Sonic Confrontation
Building on previous releases including GRANDIOSE DELUSIONS, REFUTATION OF ALL HERESIES, and Cyberanarchia, COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY continues ANGER 奰’s fascination with philosophy, modern society, and the collision between humanity and technology. Rather than pursuing accessible melodies, the project embraces dense electronic sound design, industrial rhythms, and unsettling atmospheres that reward repeated listening.
The release reflects the project’s self-described vision of creating “electronic mayhem for the new aeon,” pushing beyond traditional genre boundaries into a space where experimental electronics, industrial noise, and avant-garde composition intersect.
Continuing Taiwan’s Experimental Underground
Operating from Taichung, Taiwan, ANGER 奰 has developed an international following among listeners seeking music that challenges expectations instead of simply entertaining. Every release expands the project’s growing catalog while reinforcing its commitment to uncompromising artistic expression.
For fans of industrial, experimental electronic music, power noise, and forward-thinking underground production, COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY offers another immersive journey into a sonic landscape unlike anything found in the mainstream.
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Whether you’re already familiar with ANGER 奰 or discovering the project for the first time, COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY stands as another compelling entry in an ever-expanding catalog of fearless electronic experimentation. If your playlists lean toward industrial textures, futuristic soundscapes, and uncompromising sonic exploration, this latest release deserves your attention.
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