Week Ending
14th Sep 2008
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In our second catch up we cover the busy month of June, which saw a new EP from Combichrist, and equally storming releases from current faves S.A.M., Angelspit, Straftanz and Nachtmahr.
Portion Control unleashed a limited 5 CD boxset alongside the new album Slug, and there's the debut release from Spetsnaz side-project Turnball A.C.'s for those who like old-school EBM. Bit-pop fans will enjoy the new album from the excellent Thermostatic too.
The prodigious Sopor Aeternus released another CD and Wolfsheim re-released their 'No Happy View' album.
June also saw a host of top-notch compilations, including Extreme Sündenfall 7 (when will they have scantily-clad men on the front for a bit of balance?), United Vol. 1, Infacted Vol. 4, Some Bizzare Album, When Angels Die, Cryonica Tanz Vol. 5, and Gothic Compilation Sampler Vol. 40 no less.
Finally, Nine Inch Nails availed us of a new DVD - The Broadcast Archives.
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| CombiChrist | Frost EP: Sent To Destroy | £9.49 | ||
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Review 9 track "Club EP"! From hit laden EBM Industrial hybrids ("Sent to Destroy") via a floor crashing noise attack ("Prince Of E-Ville") to pure TBM infernos ("The Kill"), our favourite bad boy is shooting away at full blast! Add remixes from Northborne, Suicide Commando, Rotersand, Accessory, Babyland and Caustic and you have a picture perfect, fully-fledged dance floor attack... this is the one record that no club DJ will be able to pass by this summer. Combichrist are sent to destroy... hail to the Prince of E-Ville, Baby! Format MCD Tracklisting 01. Sent To Destroy 02. The Kill (Instru:mental Version) 03. Prince Of E-Ville 04. Sent To Destroy (Rotersand Mix) 05. Sent To Destroy (Northborne Mix) 06. Sent To Destroy (Suicide Commando Mix) 07. Prince Of E-Ville (Babyland Mix) 08. Prince Of E-Ville (Accessory Mix) 09. Prince Of E-Ville (Caustic Mix) Record Label Out of Line Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| S.A.M | Destruction Unit | £12.49 | ||
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Review German harsh electro duo SAM returns with the eagerly expected second album, that follows their highly successful debut "Synthetic Adrenaline Music". The album title gives an idea of what to expect on this release! On their new album Joe and Daniel deliver 12 hammering dancefloor tracks of sheer aggression plus exclusive remixes by big names of the scene such as Soman, Xotox, Reaper, C/A/T and Modulate! Expect an album of pure power, per-version and sonic destruction, cold and icy soundscapes, pumping beats, noise elements and distorted synths! Format CD Tracklisting 01. Awake 02. Endkampf 03. Arm Of Justice 04. Burn 05. ISM Inc. 06. Mono Tone 07. Eating Glass 08. World Of Shit 09. Training 10. Buzz Chamber 11. Catatonic Dreams 12. Hardbeat Trauma 13. World Of Shit (Soman Remix) 14. Training (Reaper Remix) 15. Hardbeat Trauma (Modulate Remix) 16. Catatonic Dreams (C/A/T Remix) 17. Burn (Xotox Inferno Remix) Record Label Pronoize Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Angelspit | Blood Death Ivory | £11.99 | ||
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Review Angelspit are among the Top 10 industrial bands on the planet as ranked by MySpace and their first international album "Krankhaus" was a massive success on both sides of the ocean!!! This is the regular edition of Angelspit's eagerly awaited new album; there will be at least one (maybe two) additional limited editions (to be announced soon). A crazy futuristic noise-punk industrial duo from Down Under with a serious medical fetish, Angelspit offers hard beats, distortion & glitchy sonic anarchy, certain to please fans of KMFDM, Skinny Puppy, Atari Teenage Riot and Miss Kittin. "Blood Death Ivory" is the Aussie twosome's follow up to "Krankhaus", which became one of Dancing Ferret's best-selling debut albums ever. Once again, the band doesn't skimp on the visuals, delivering a lush booklet with an eye-catching cover that jumps right off the shelves. "Blood Death Ivory" contains eleven songs guaranteed to defibrillate the heart of electronic music. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Grind 02. Paint Hell Red 03. Devilicious 04. Skinny Little Bitch 05. Red 06. Kill Kitty 07. Lust Worthy 08. Shaved Monkey 09. Girl Poison 10. Homo-Machinery 11. Jugular Still Record Label Dancing Ferret Release Date 13th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Straftanz | Forward Ever (Limited Edition) | £11.99 | ||
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Review First limited edition in Digipak! The debut album by this Rotersand side project contains the two main tracks from the successful first two EP releases (on Dependent & Scanner) and an additional 10 tracks, including guest appearances by Kreator, The Fair Sex and [:SITD:]. Orkus described this release as "Simply perfect for clubs". Gothic magazine said "Straftanz strike back with full power", Dark Spy describe them as "The new heroes of the Electro-Scene" and Zillo wrote "Thumbs up for Straftanz and Forward Ever!" While Sonic Seducer said "An album of highest quality and versatility!" Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Tanzt Kaputt, Was Euch Kaputt Macht! 02. Out Of Time 03. Finale Vollendung 04. Praise The Panic 05. Burn Down Heaven 06. Die Säge 07. Gummimann 08. Doubt 09. Industrieschnee (Ode An Die Heimat) 10. DZE (4:00) 11. Blood In Blood Out 12. Straftanz Record Label Scanner Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Nachtmahr | Feuer Frei! | £12.49 | ||
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Review The first Nachtmahr release, the EP "Kunst Ist Krieg" was sold out within one week! Trisol now present the eagerly expected debut full-length album by L'Ame Immortelle's Thomas Rainer. Pounding industrial beats strike our ears like 70mm bullets. The masses do not march into war, they rave and celebrate the apocalypse to the sweet sound of the Stalin organ. A storm of steel rips the world apart, beyond politics, religion and all borders, but also launches a new beginning. Nachtmahr, this is True Imperial Austrian Industrial! Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Nachtmahr 02. Feuer Frei 03. Leistung 04. Opferzeit 05. Karussell 06. Mein Name 07. Endzeitstimmung 08. Hochmut 09. Ich Glaube 10. Deus Ex Machina 11. Katharsis Record Label Trisol Release Date 6th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Portion Control | Archive | £39.99 | ||
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Review Brand New from Electronic pioneers Portion Control, "Archive" presents the highly anticipated CD collection of all 5 original PC vinyl albums available for the first time on digital CD. This essential collection comes Limited to 1000 copies only and is exquisitely presented in a Deluxe 'high-visability' specially designed Box Set with each CD coming complete with a unique cover featuring pseudo-random blended layers formed from the original artwork. The material contained within the Box Set has been arranged across 5 discs :- Code001 : "I Staggered Mentally", "Hit The Pulse" Code002 : "Step Forward", "Psycho Bod Saves The World" Code003 : "Purge", "Simulate Sensual" Code004 : "Surface And Be Seen", "Raise The Pulse", "Rough Justice", "Go Talk", "Great Divide" Additionally a Bonus CD will be included with the Limited Edition first pressing :- Code005 : High quality mp3 versions of Codes 001-004 and a collection of 135 images from 1980 - 1990 & 2003 - 2006. This Bonus Disc also includes (Exclusive to this Disc) a wav. file of "Refugee Rebuild" by Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly, Conjure One, Delerium etc... All material on "Archive" is directly mastered from the original vinyl to maintain the sonic quality of the original material. Format Limited 5CD Box Set Tracklisting Code001 :- 01. Staggered Mentally 02. Hit The Pulse Code002 :- 01. Step Forward 02. Psycho Bod Saves The World Code003 :- 01. Purge 02. Simulate Sensual Code004 :- 01.Surface And Be Seen 02. Raise The Pulse 03. Rough Justice 04. Go Talk 05. Great Divide Code005 :- High quality mp3 versions of Code's 001-004 and a collection of 135 images from 1980 - 1990 & 2003 - 2006. Record Label Portion Control Release Date 30th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Portion Control | Slug | £15.99 | ||
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Review Limited edition of 1000 in a digipak! After the highly acclaimed "Filthy White Guy" the godfathers of EBM Industrial are back with yet another new fine album, to once more show they are no oldtimers living on their legendary status but still leading and progressing the electronic genre of music. This release sees them cram in a massive 17 new tracks! Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Roast 02. Infant 03. Global 04. Sick Man 05. Defend 06. Heavyweight 07. T4 08. Depth Charge 09. Unrest 10. Paw 11. Cosh Boy Ver2.1 12. T5 (Mono) 13. Cubicle 14. Rogue 15. Waste 16. Sammy Circle 17. Bleach Record Label Portion Control Release Date 30th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Turnbull A.C's | Let's Get Pissed | £11.49 | ||
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Review Hightlight Newcomer of the month both in Zillo and Sonic Seducer!!! It seems that Pontus Stålberg has had a little too much time on his hands in the past few months. With proactive support from his old chum Lars Karlsson, he formed the project Turnbull A.C's, a truly massive affair, indeed! The debut album's title can be seen as programmatic, the tracks are angry as hell and perfect for an alcohol-induced pogo party as well... all depending on how you wish to read the word "pissed". The evil brother of Spetsnaz is definitely Old School EBM, yet a tad more straightforward and aggressive. Pontus and Lars may be able to drink without having fun "We Can Drink Without Having Fun", but "Let's Get Pissed" delivers the fun factor in loads, its smashing tracks being an altogether irresistible invitation to uninhibited body movement. Pontus must have pent-up a whole lot of aggression, though, because these tunes are definitely harder than usual... and he is not exactly renowned for being the introverted type. The music was stripped to its bare essentials, as Turnbull A.C's come straight to the point with beats, bass and shouts in eleven hard but catchy Old School tunes. Spetsnaz fans will also most certainly not be disappointed, as it always clearly shimmers through who is behind the music. The ideal soundtrack for relieving your aggression and for dance floor workouts. Turnbull A.C's, the Hardcore Hooligans strike again! Format CD Tracklisting 01. We Can Drink Without Having Fun 02. All In Vein 03. Rejected 04. Anthem 05. Man Made Modern Machines 06. Lovesong 07. Secrets To Die For 08. Sweet Toothed Candy 09. Flatline 10. Twisted 11. Lost Record Label Out of Line Release Date 24th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Thermostatic | Humanizer | £16.99 | ||
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Review The superb packaging of the 1st issue is strictly limited to 1000 copies. Thermostatic finally returns with their 2nd album "Humanizer". Their debut "Joy-Toy" released in May 2005 earned them a Manifest nomination (Swedish Indie Grammy) and the award for "Best Newcomer" at the SAMA (Swedish Alternative Music Award). The new album offers the same youthful playfulness as the debut but with a deeper, larger, fatter and more varied sound. However the Commodore 64 based cult synthesizer Sid-Station still plays an important and often prominent part. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Northern Ambulance 02. Unreal Dimensions 03. Dubbelbubbel 04. Make Believe 05. Somewhere Somehow 06. Driving 07. The Box 08. Tonight 09. A Quiet Deal 10. Until The End 11. My Ship Record Label Wonderland Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows | Like A Corpse Standing In Desperation 2 | £11.99 | ||
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Review Features the "Voyager - The Jugglers of Jusa" album together with three bonus tracks, inter alia the extremly dark death hymn "The Goat" and the ambient industrial track "The Bells Have Stopped Ringing" from 2000. It comes with a 32-page booklet filled with never before seen photography from the Sopor Aeternus archive! Format CD Tracklisting 01. The Goat 02. The Bells Have Stopped Ringing 03. The Inexperienced Spiral Taveller II 04. Ein Frendliches Wort Hat Meine Seele Berührt 05. Memalon II 06. Alone 07. Modela Est 08. Birth (Instrumental) 09. Feralia Genitalia -- Arrival Of The Jugglers 10. Menuetto, Saturn Impressionen 11. May I Kiss Your Wound? 12. Alone II 13. The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller II (instrumental) 14. The Widow's Dream (fragment) Record Label Trisol Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Wolfsheim | No Happy View [Re-Release] | £11.99 | ||
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Review Re-release in the original Limited digipak design of Wolfsheim's debut album, originally released in May 1992. The album came one year after the band's very first single "The Sparrows And The Nightingales" which was an instant success in Germany. The single (followed in February 1992 by the equally successful "It's Not Too Late") and the album were both produced by Carlos Peron and marked the foundation for Wolfsheim's worldwide success. The album includes both of these singles, together with the respective 'B-sides' plus another 7 songs. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. ...Can Manage... (Vocals - Marlon Shy) 02. Following You 03. Annie 04. Leading Men 05. It's Not Too Late 06. The Sparrows And The Nightingales 07. Angry Today 08. Kissing The Wall 09. This Time 10. Anybody's Window 11. Listen! Record Label Strangeways Release Date 26th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Extreme Sündenfall 7 | £12.49 | ||
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Review Vol. 7 of the most successful "Extreme" series! 36 tracks, of which 23 are exclusive to this release. 155 minutes of the best electro-fetish and industrial sounds! Format 2CD Tracklisting Disc. 1 :- 01. (Re)Adjust - The Calling (Minimal Mix) 02. Acid Trauma - On La Otra Vida 03. Aktiv(e)Hate - Star Struck 04. All The Ashes - Schwarz Macht Schlank (Sms Sündenfall Mix) 05. Andromeda 5 - Fleisch Und Blut (Nexus Nemesis Mix) 06. Diskonnekted - Pray, Vote, Donate, Buy 07. Eisenfunk - Skudrinka 08. ESC - Reptile 09. Essence Of Mind - Original Poser 10. Extize - Hellektrostar 11. Ginger Snap 5 - Someting's Wrong With Me (Club Version) 12. Glis - Nightvision 13. Gorgot - Zerschneiden 14. Großstadtgeflüster - Haufenweise Scheisse 15. Hocico - Fed Up 16. Inline.Sex.Terror - B.I.T.C.H. Disc. 2 :- 01. Leaether Strip - A Whore For Jesus 02. Miss Construction - Kunstprodukt 03. Noxious - Take The Pain You Fucking Slut 04. Nurzery [Rhymes] - Coroner 05. Reaxxion Guerrilla - Sacrifice (Feel Me Inside - Evil Inside) 06. Retractor - All Children Go To Heaven 07. Robert Dope - Midnight Crucifixion (Tonight, We Feast) 08. Shnarph! - Der Eiertanz 09. Sinmasters - Submissive (Rmx By Trümmerfrau) 10. Siva Six - Deep Black Will (Defiled By Noisuf-X) 11. Sleetgrout - Answer (By Question) 12. Spawn Of Anguish - A Step To Suicide (V2.2) 13. Stahlnebel vs. Black Selket - Supernatural Ability (Bastard From A Re(Adjust)) 14. Stahlschlag - Akute Netzstörung 15. State Of The Union - Radioman 16. Trauma - The City Sleeps (Dub-mix) 17. Wynardtage - Peace Of Mind (Re-legion Remix) Record Label Upscene Release Date 20th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | United Vol. 1 | £9.99 | ||
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Review Celebrating 4 years of existence of NoiTekk! First released in 2005, this is a welcome re-release of this excellent label sampler. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Grendel - Soilbleed 02. Hioctan - Walkupright 03. Life Cried - Stale 04. Solitary Experiments - Existence [Virtual<>Embrace Remix] 05. Tactical Sekt - Bring Me Violence 06. Die Sektor - Scraping The Flesh 07. The Retrosic - Dragonfire 08. C-Drone-Defect - It's A Sin 09. Ayria - My Device 10. Dioxyde - Vida Rota 11. Suicide Commando - Cause Of Death: Suicide [Supreme Court Remix] 12. Psyclon Nine - Lamb Of God [Not Yet Version] 13. Aslan Faction - Dark Generation 14. Distorted Memory - Beyond The Darkness 15. minDecease - Deep Inside Of U Record Label Noi Tekk Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Infacted Vol. 4 | £11.99 | ||
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Review With the 4th volume of the successful "Infacted" compilation, Infacted celebrates the label's 5th Anniversary with their so far strongest part of this series!!! 32 bands with over 150 minutes of All Exclusive, rare or previously unreleased material. Incl. Grendel, Soman, Iris, Reaper, Retractor, Supreme Court, Modulate, Heimataerde, Sturm Café, Menticide, Orange Sector, XP8, Intuition, Schallfaktor, Endanger, Colony 5, IC434, Cryo, Suicidal Romance, PreEmptive Strike 0.1, Project-X, State of the Union, Liquid Divine, Vox Celesta... Format 2CD Tracklisting Disc. 1 :- 01. Grendel - Hate This (Infacted Remix) 02. State Of The Union - Radioman (Club Remix) 03. Soman - Noise Anthem (Infacted 4 Version) 04. Schallfaktor - Promiskuitiv (Encasement Mix By Syncrotek) 05. Distatix - Disappear 06. Reaper - Lauschangriff (Infacted Mix) 07. XP8 - Ready 2 Go (Faderhead Remix) 08. X-Divide - Sympathy (Frozen Plasma Remix) 09. Iris - Appetite (Intuition Remix) 10. Ien Oblique - Drowning World 11. Intuition - Whole (Akanoid Remix) 12. Menticide - Painkiller (Trakktor Remix) 13. Orange Sector - Untertage (Bunker Mix) 14. Militant Cheerleaders On The Move - Mentor 15. Sturm Café - Tot (Terror Punk Syndicate Remix) 16. Brom 35 - Clouds Collapsing Disc. 2 :- 01. Heimataerde - Theatre Of Life 02. Herzschlag - Steh Auf 03. Colony 5 - Knives (Club Mix) 04. Syncrotek - Hacker (Infacted Mix) 05. Modulate - Bass Alert 06. Liquid Divine - Sojourner (Diskonnekted Remix) 07. Ic 434 - Bacteriate (Infacted Version) 08. Felix Marc - Digital Love (Customized Version) 09. Endanger - We Fall Down (Infacted Version) 10. Supreme Court - Shed Of Blood (4Infact3d V3rs10n) 11. Preemptive Strike 0.1 - D-Day Demons 12. Suicidal Romance - Star (Unholy Remix By Adam) 13. Project X - She's Lost Control 14. Vox Celesta - Zu Weit (Providere Version) 15. Cryo - Uniform (Paris Mix) 16. Retractor - The False Memory (Hermonic Mix) Record Label Infacted Release Date 30th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Some Bizzare Album | £13.99 | ||
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Review 27 Years after its original release, this wrongly spelled (Bizzare instead of Bizarre) album-title is as legendary as its contents, and finally sees a much demanded re-release: This truly amazing album launched the careers of the likes of Giants such as Depeche Mode (with the completely different, original version of "Photographic" - never released on any official Depeche Mode album or compilation since!), Soft Cell, The The, Blancmange and other timeless classic acts! The album also cemented Some Bizarre's position as one of the worlds most important independent labels. A true collectors item for anybody interested in the genesis of 80s Electonica, Goth and New Wave. An extremely important album which featured the first outings from some of these legendary artists. For fans of any modern genre, this album is as relevant today as it ever was. This special re-release also features tracks considered for the original compilation which now appear as bonus tracks plus the videoclip of The Residents "The Act Of Being Polite". Format CD Tracklisting 01. Illustration - Tidal Flow 02. Depeche Mode - Photographic 03. The The - The The 04. B Movie - Moles 05. Jell - I Dare Say It Will Hurt A Little 06. Blah Blah Blah - Central Park 07. Blancmange - Sad Day 08. Soft Cell - The Girl With The Patent Leather Face 09. Neu Electrikk - Lust of Berlin 10. Naked Lunch - La Femme 11. Fast Set - The King Of The Rumbling Spires 12. Loved One - The Observations Bonus Tracks :- 13. Fad Gadget - Back to Nature 14. The Normal - Warm Leatherette 15. The Residents - The Act of Being Polite (Video) Record Label Some Bizarre Release Date 23rd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | When Angels Die | £12.99 | ||
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Review A Benefit CD with Exclusive tracks and versions from big names in the scene! Combichrist, Suicide Commando, Feindflug, SITD, E-Craft, Din[A]Tod, Nurzery [Rhymes], Tyske Ludder, Dive, P.A.L., Terrorfakt, Xotox, Mnemonic, Asche, Noisuf-X, FabrikC, Soil and Eclipse, The Retrosic.. This Benefit compilation for breast cancer awareness, is in memoriam of Steffi, comes as a 2CD release, the 2nd CD is downloadable from the website, with the barcode from the physical CD as a password. Format 2CD Tracklisting Disc. 1 :- 01. Soil & Eclipse - She Flys With Angels 02. Suicide Commando vs. Dawn Of Ashes - Angels 03. Nurzery [Rhymes] - Circle Of Pain 04. [:SITD:] - Ascension (Edit) 05. Din (A) Tod - Jean Sans Peur 06. The Retrosic - Bloodsport (Extended Version) 07. E-Craft - FunnyStuff & Violence (BrutallyComeFirstRmx by Tyske Ludder) 08. Dive - Lost Inside You (Snow In China Rmx) 09. Combichrist - This Is My Rifle (Faderhead Rmx) 10. Feindflug - Tötungsmaschine Mensch (Tactical Sekt Rmx) 11. Terrorfakt - M15 (Scrap.Edx Rmx) 12. FabrikC - T1NoMo (G1 Mix) 13. Noisuf-X - My Time (Charity Edit) 14. Xotox - Guardian Angel 15. Mnemonic - Nichts Bleibt Vergessen 16. Asche - Neither...Nor (Version) 17. P.A.L - Requiem For An Angel Disc. 2 "MP3" :- 01. Synkro - Tanz Mit Uns Steffi 02. Winter Soul - Black Widow 03. Acylum - Dead Culture V2.0 04. ADKey - Gib Mir Die Kraft (Album Mix) 05. Flak - Dead Again 06. Captive Of Society - Abyss (Featuring - Raum 60) 07. Yersinia Psetis - DEKM (Special Mix) 08. Garten Der Asche - End Of Colours (Steffis Rmx) 09. Glen Love - Airships 10. iO - Black Water 11. ViolentDiva - Headfucker (The Noise Inside The Head) 12. Genetic Selection - The Devil Comes 13. Chrome Division - Black Division 14. Sonar - Relapse 15. Analog Fabrik - My Angel Learned To Fly Record Label Cop International Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Cryonica Tanz Vol. 5 | £8.99 | ||
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Review Monster double CD, including plenty of exclusive and previously unreleased material and mixes. Going through several genres including Electro, EBM, Industrial, Darkwave, Noise and Synth Pop. Featuring Nachtmahr, Ayria, Essence of Mind, Dawn of Ashes, Technoir, Diverje, XP8, Individual Totem, OrangeSector, Diffuzion, Inertia, C-DroneDefect, Psyche... Format 2CD Tracklisting Disc. 1 :- 01. Nachtmahr - BoomBoomBoom 02. Ayria - The Gun Song (Essence Of Mind Mix) 03. Blank - Sick And Dead 04. OctoLab - Hunting (Bariuz Remix) 05. Essence Of Mind - Original Poser 06. Crisk - Beute (Laeather Strip Version) 07. Dawn Of Ashes - Torture Device 08. XP8 - Download Me (Modulate Mix) 09. Glis - Dead Set 7am (Re Stomped) 10. Massiv In Mensch - Clubber Lang (Headscan Mix) 11. Diverje - Smell The Blood (Prozac Mix) 12. Selene Riot - Useless Toy (Cryonica Edit) 13. Pecadores - Possessed (Mechanical Moth Remix) 14. Diffuzion - Wired Tunes 15. Fiction 8 - Hegemony 16. Technoir - Darkest Days (Remix) Disc. 2 :- 01. Individual Totem - www 02. Orange Sector - Polizisten (SWAT Mix) 03. Inertia - Repent (Straight To Hell Mix) 04. Skorbut - Phantom Pain 05. P24 - Albtraum 06. Slick Idiot - I Feel Fine (GAD Shocked Remix) 07. Helalyn Flowers - E-Race Generation (Interface Mix) 08. Implant - We Are Noise 09. Biomekkanik - Evil 10. Psyche - Six Feet Under 11. Psy'Aviah - Demons In Mind 12. Synthetic Dream Foundation - The Artifical Intelligence 13. Interface - Destination (Mindless Faith Mix) 14. C-Drone Defect - Morituri Te Salutant 15. Ronario - Excimer (Edit) Record Label Cryonica Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Gothic Compilation Sampler Vol. 40 | £8.49 | ||
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Review For the 40th time already! Here once again is a new volume of the long and successfull running "Gothic Compilation" series. Featuring Gothic/Wave on CD1 (Bauhaus, Ikon, Dark Princess, Atrocity, Crematory, Lahannya, Catastrophe Ballet, Moonspell...) and Electro/Industrial on CD2 (Accessory, Colony 5, X-Fusion, Xotox, Wynardtage, Glis, Straftanz, XP8, X-Fusion, Leaether Strip, ESC, Wumpscut, Unterart, State of the Union, Amnistia...) Format 2CD Digipak Tracklisting Disc. 1 "Gothic & Wave" :- 01. Moonspell - Dreamless (Lucifer And Lilith) 02. Bauhaus - Adrenalin 03. Ikon - Hindsight 04. Jacquy Bitch - Voyage 05. Gus Black - Out On The Amsterdam 06. Dark Princess - The Pyre's Song 07. The Flaw - The Tempest 08. Crematory - Pray 09. Atrocity - Fade To Grey 10. Spyder Baby - Lips Of Red 11. Modern Digital Militia - Silence & Pressure 12. Funeral Crashers - Video Killer 13. Thee Merry Widows - I Want 'Em Dead 14. The Rezurex - Dead World 15. Deadline - Too Late Tomorrow 16. The Crimson Ghosts - Nightbreed 17. Ayin Aleph - My Bloody Marriage 18. Lahannya - Inside The Machine (Reinterpreted by ASP) 19. Sapphire Solace - Believe 20. Catastrophe Ballet - Garden Of Decay Disc. 2 "Electro & Industrial" :- 01. Accessory - Tanzflächenmann 02. Colony 5 - Knives 03. X-Fusion - Commercial Whore 04. XP8 - Your Nature 05. Straftanz - Tanzt Kaputt, Was Euch Kaputt Macht (Mesmers Eyes Remix) 06. Glis - Nightvision 07. Amnista - Cold 08. The Atomic Bees - Can't Get Enough 09. Wynardtage - Peace Of Mind (Dave Foreman Remix) 10. Xotox feat. Lahannya - Habitat 11. Leaether Strip - One More Reason 12. ESC - Totes Licht 13. :Wumpscut: - Schäbiger Lump (Piscide Remix) 14. UnterArt - Now Or Never 15. State Of The Union - Dead Serious 16. Maren Noel - Sterne 17. Alva Novalis - Dawn Record Label Batbeliever Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Nine Inch Nails | The Broadcast Archives | £11.99 | ||
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Review "Nine Inch Nails - The Broadcast Archives" is a collection of live performances of the industrial rock act founded by Trent Reznor. This is the stunning film of Nine Inch Nails at Woodstock .The inimitable Trent Reznor led the band on a highly charged romp through a fantastic selection of red hot tracks from the then current album "The Downward Spiral" but only after Trent and the band had fully immersed themselves in the famous Woodstock mud creating an unforgettable spectacle of industrial rock performed by mud men . These rare performances, many of which are previously unreleased on DVD will delight long term fans, collectors and new comers discovering Nine Inch Nails for the first time. Format DVD Tracklisting 01. Terrible Lie 02. Sin 03. March Of The Pigs 04. Something I Can Never Have 05. Closer 06. Reptile 07. Wish 08. Suck 09. Burn 10. The Only Time 11. Down In It 12. Dead Souls 13. Help Me I Am In Hell 14. Happiness In Slavery 15. Head Like A Hole Picture Format NTSC Region Code 0 (All Regions) Technical Information Dolby Digital NB :- PAL = European TV Format, NTSC = USA TV Format. Please check the compatibility of your DVD Player with the relevant TV Format, as well as its Region compatibility, before ordering your DVD. If you have any doubts then please email us. Record Label Arch. Media Release Date 15th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| 6 Comm & Freya Aswynn | The Fruits Of Yggdrasil | £14.49 | ||
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Review Comes in very nice digipak with silver foil blocked artwork like on the original LP cover. The music and lyrics on "The Fruits of Yggdrasil" are a means of initiation into the Northern mysteries. Patrick's powerful thunderous and sensitive backing music to Freya's spoken and chanted poetry and runecalls capture absolutely the elemental magick and energies of the Gods and Goddesses of the Norse mysteries and the shamanic energy of the Runes. The music ranges from conveying the maelstrom of a curse ("Nithing") to the delicate melodic harp tracery of a "hymn of praise to Wodan". Leading off with "Havamal", Freya's intonation of the eddic poem "the hymn of the high words" the eighteen runecalls vibrated powerfully into the aether, Patrick's music giving the words of magick and invocation a spirit of authentic and eldrich power. Whether martial cacophony of percussion, or delightfully melodic (as on "North Star") the whole of the "The Fruits of Yggdrasil" has the hallmark of a genuine grimoire. Here is magick of intent, a synthesis of fire and ice, a reminder that these elder beings are not dead! They can be rekindled to interweave once again with our wills and desires. Just listen to the spirited swirling majesty to end "Ragnarok". Surely proof enough that the elder beings will live again after the end time... Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Havamal 02. Voluspa 03. Wotan 04. Invocation Of The Gods 05. Nithing 06. Sigdrifamal 07. North Star 08. Ragnarok Record Label Hau Ruck Release Date 3rd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Ad.ver.sary | Bone Music | £13.99 | ||
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Review Featuring remixes by Antigen Shift, Tonikom and Synapscape! Hailing from the Canadian electronic music underground after a decade of techno and industrial DJ and promotional work, Jairus Khan now presents his debut album three years in the making. While providing North American tour support for such acts as Terrorfakt, Antigen Shift, Cyanotic, Adam X, Iszoloscope and others, his many remixes of such industrial noise icons as Converter and Iszoloscope have enjoyed heavy club and airplay around the world. Now, "Ad.ver.sary" is poised to release his debut. Hard industrial rhythms meet enormous organic soundscapes to create a balance between the brutal and the beautiful. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Ad.ver.sary - Ancients 02. Ad.ver.sary - Waiting For Gira 03. Ad.ver.sary - Friends Of Father 04. Ad.ver.sary - Bone Music 05. Ad.ver.sary - International Dark Skies 06. Ad.ver.sary - No Exit 07. Ad.ver.sary - Number Nine 08. Ad.ver.sary - Just (Spooks) 09. Ad.ver.sary - Epilogue 10. Ad.ver.sary - Friends Of Father (Tonikom Remix) 11. Ad.ver.sary - Bone Music (Antigen Shift Remix) 12. Ad.ver.sary - Number Nine (Synapscape Remix) 13. Urusai - Learned Helplessness (Destroy And Contaminate Mix By Ad.ver.sary) Record Label Tympanik Audio Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Alien Skin | Don't Open Till Doomsday | £13.99 | ||
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Review New project by George Pappas who has spent years producing for classic synthpop act "Real Life". His new sound focuses on relaxed, melancholy moods very similar to the approach of Depeche Mode's Martin Gore, but with George's own twist. Wonderful synth sounds drift in and out of the soundscape while smooth vocals sing directly to the heart and mind. Alien Skin will quickly find a home in the electronic pop underground! Format CD Tracklisting 01. The Outer Limits 02. Razor Arms 03. Saviour 04. The Spirit Is Willing 05. It Doesn't Matter (I Want You) 06. Gloomy Sunday 07. For Always 08. Burning In My Hands 09. Dust to Ashes 1945 10. Alien Skin Record Label A Different Drum Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Bad Sector | Polonoid | £14.49 | ||
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Review Much demanded second edition of this long deleted industrial masterpiece by legendary Bad Sector! Coming now with brand new artwork made by Tantra Gfx! Comes in special digipak sealed with printed tracing paper banderole. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Open Universes 02. Density Matrix 03. Spontaneous Reduction 04. Twistor Methods 05. Quantum Fluctuations 06. Event Horizons 07. Fields Theory 08. Time Singularities 09. Ahir 10. Ulmia Record Label Tantric Harmony Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Complot Bronswick | Tome 2: 1987-1995 | £18.99 | ||
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Review Complot Bronswick is a very peculiar, unique band of the 80s French rock, cold wave scene, formed in Rennes in 1981. At first Complot Bronswick affirmed its singularity, working the relationship of music and image, finding again the noisy tradition and the futuristic roots of actual music, imaging and directing spectacles to turn concerts into real performance, the stage into a theatre screen, the music into acts. This second "Tome" of their work gathers the 3 long deleted albums "Iconoclasmes", "A Kind of Blue" and "Complo" as well as loads of compilations tracks and exclusive, previously unreleased bonus tracks and mixes. Format 2CD Tracklisting Disc. 1 "Iconoclasmes" :- 01. Desert Shores 02. L'Ivresse Des Âmes 03. Will You Miss Me 04. No Fun 05. Martyrs Tombés Sur La Route 06. Wake Up Your Heart 07. Odessa 08. Do You Want To Slay With Me? 09. Perhaps 10. Desert Shores (Unknownmix) "A kind of Blue" :- 11. Intro 12. À Chaque Instant 13. Invisibility 14. Sparks 15. She Brings The Rain 16. A Kind Of Blue 17. Vague D'Amour 18. Les Garçons Sauvages 19. Blue Sensation 20. Raga 21. Sparks (Remix) Disc. 2 "Complot" :- 01. Wake Up (Remix) 02. Broken 03. Holy Night 04. Violence 05. Lychees 06. Deep See Say 07. TV Frame (Remix) 08. Industry (Remix) 09. Petit Soldat 10. Lychees Time Bonus Material Rarities & Unreleased :- 11. Venise 12. L'Escalier 13. Derniers Instants 14. Nouvelles Impressions D'Afrique 15. Raskolnikov 16. Desert Shores (Nicomix) 17. Beautiful Roses 18. Holy Night (Sensual Mix) 19. Petit Soldat (Alone Mix) 20. Parlez-Moi D'Amour 21. Et Si Le Ciel 22. La Grève 23. TV Frame (Slide Version) Record Label Infrastition Release Date 23rd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Compulsive Shopping Disorder | In The Cube | £14.49 | ||
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Review Another great discovery on Rage of Eden! This is a musical testimony filled with the gloomy romanticism of Kirlian Camera, Coil's sonic sadness and the energetic clamour of Skinny Puppy. Cold and original arrangements, dense and oppresive electronic sounds, aggressive industrial phrases, melancholic melodies and cold, impassive voice. Listen to this musical diary of everyday fears and find yourself between words setting modern world a challenge! Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Dreams 02. In Confidence 03. Trash 04. Mind-Soul 05. Attraction Of Pain 06. Fall 07. In The Cube Record Label Rage In Eden Release Date 1st Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Con.Dom | The Eight Pillar | £14.49 | ||
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Review Functional is proud to present a vinyl diamond for the first time ever on CD! "The Eight Pillar" was the first Con-Dom full length release dating back to the year 1991, and was the 2nd vinyl release, after the Tesco 7" "Oh Ye Of Little Faith" by the British power electronics industrial outfit Con-Dom, short for Control Domination. This release had an accompanying booklet ordered separately which now forms part of the artwork of the CD release. The CD is inspired by the life, writings and example of British author and "man of action" T. E. Lawrence, an enigmatic outsider who lived a tortured odyssey of physical and spiritual extremes in search of his own personal faith. The name of the CD derives from his book called "The Seven Pillars Of Wisdom". With these recordings Mike Dando, the man behind Con-Dom, did set high standards in a genre that was just starting to emerge.The powerful sounds and his strong voice give a good impression of how torturous the life of Lawrence must have been. Con-Dom explores every kind of social tension and control, political, religious, racial, with an acid, violent and uncompromising attitude. He is well-known in the industrial scene for his furious ravaging vocals and the devastating live performances, in which he turns into a real stage animal. This record is a perfect example on how good writing and experience can flow into this sort of industrial power electronic music. Those who missed the Limited (300 copies) LP version back in 1991 must see this record as a milestone or just as a simple must have! Format CD Tracklisting 01. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom 02. Credo 03. Triumph 04. Confession Of Faith 05. The Eighth Pillar Record Label Functional Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| DavaNtage | Unholy | £9.99 | ||
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Review Their last release on Black Rain was an EP of album length including over 60 minutes and 11 tracks of aggressive sound material, packed in seven electro hymns exclusively available on "Unholy". 4 tracks have been remixed by known names in the Electro Scene, such as Soman, Suicide Commando, Solitary Experiments, and Supreme Court. Format MCD Tracklisting 01. No Longer Worship 02. Unholy 03. T.C.A. 04. DavaNtage 03 05. Quite Ecstatic 06. Ja Ja Ja 07. Far From Summer 08. Unholy (Suicide Commando Remix) 09. T.C.A. (Soman Remix) 10. Unholy (LC Mix) 11. Ja Ja Ja (Echorausch Remix) 12. Unholy (Supreme Court Mix) 13. Global Badlands (Solitary Experiments Remix) Record Label Black Rain Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| DavaNtage | Virus:Hate [Re-Release] | £9.99 | ||
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Review 48minutes and 8 tracks on this ep from 2001. Uncompromising hard EBM with loads of industrial influences, but always maintaining the bands known feeling for good melodies and nice sound research! Format MCD Tracklisting 01. Evening Black 02. Texas Dealer 03. Virus: Hate 04. At The End 05. Cold 06. Evening Black (Lightspeed Version) 07. Dying Sphere (Mutation Engine) 08. Untitled 09. Untitled Record Label Black Rain Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| DBS | Only DBS Is Pure Bodybilly | £11.99 | ||
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Review DBS is the Russian answer to And One, or as others say, DAF crossed with Laibach at the Red Square. 54[R] and his songwriter GoshaFiend formed their EBM formation "Deutsche Berittene Spetsnaz" in 2006 and havemade an impact with their two download albums in the electro scene. Bizarre ideas never lack. However, DBS does not only stand for war on the dance floor, it also means bizarre wordplays and a typical Russian accent with distinctive German lyrics. And the official debut album "Only DBS Is Pure Bodybilly" is only the beginning. Discover the German Mounted Spetsnaz! But be careful: Nobody plays Bodybilly like DBS! Format CD Tracklisting 01. Intro 02. Schildkröte 03. Die Tanzenschule 04. Bodybilly 05. Cabaret 06. Früh Am Morgen 07. Geisterstadt 08. Old #7 09. Imperator 10. Das Gefühl (Dissonanz 03 Remix) 11. Electronic Formation (Magik Brite Remix) 12. Herr Major Record Label Trisol Release Date 13th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Deadfilmstar | A.rtistic I.ntegrity | £8.99 | ||
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Review This is the first official CD release by the band, on Nightbreed recordings, following a number of self releases. Staying true to their subcultural Industrial Goth Rock roots, but whole-heartedly embracing the power of both new and old technologies this is undoubtably the best music they have ever produced! Gaining exceptance in the Goth music scene for this heavy guitar driven band has been like bashing a square peg through a round hole, but the corners are now well and truely splintered. This CD is the final hammer! Every track endeavours to reinforce the band's standing within the Gothic music scene and beyond! They have previously toured with Mortiis and Gothminister. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Back To The Beginning 02. This Is Not 03. Complete 04. Delete 05. Unfold 06. Replace 07. Through 08. The Other Side 09. Finally Found Where You're Already At 10. The Greatest Opportunity Never Missed Record Label Nightbreed Release Date 10th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Défilé Des Ames | Lust'n'Stone | £15.49 | ||
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Review The swirling sense of lust meets the hardness of stone. The music of Défilé Des Ames is a blend of contrary elements, violence & lyricism, atmosphere & rage, murder, purity, winds & mushrooms...Their traditional and classical instruments are accompanied by powerful percussions and the participation of the great Matt Howden (Sieben) gives a uncompareable accent to the album. "Lust 'n' Stone" is a brilliant, dark Avant-Garde Folk album and after many years of live appearances and independent releases, here is finally the debut album of the Mediterranean Folk-gods Défilé Des Ames. The folky compositions seem in spite of some melancholic sub tone very vigorous, touching on both edges equally Neoclassic, and Gothic elements. Rocklike escapades with drums and electric guitars as well as mandolin sounds fit in naturally and so keep the style far away from those boring and simple campfire melodies we all know too well. The songs are to be expected at the same time hymnic, thoughtful and playful, always like covered with a spiritual breath of air, unfolding their nocturnal freshness whose gloomy spell is summoned by a strong male voice. Reminiscences to a whole bunch of genre bands might be recalled -- Sol Invictus, Current 93, Ataraxia, Tenhi...just to name a few. It seems like Défilé Des Ames have made it their task to filter only the best characteristics of all these bands and to mingle this extract with their own personal and exceptionally lyric touch. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Doors To Undefeated Violence 02. Carnal Desire 03. Mushrooms 04. My Middle Name 05. Welcome 06. Eosforou Fos 07. Liar...! 08. Eilem A Est Morte 09. Under The Spell 10. The Wind Fairy (Is Dead) 11. August Record Label Steinklang Release Date 2nd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Der Feuerkreiner | Unsere Zeit | £14.99 | ||
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Review Easily one of the most anticipated records in the neofolk underground scene. After a first vinyl on Neuropa in 2004, this is the first full lengh album. It consists of 9 newly recorded tracks overviewing the many facets of the band, from tranquil & heavenly voices to brutal & pounding rhythms. If you've liked their previous efforts, then this is a must have for sure! Presented in a lavishly designed 8 panel digipak. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Nimm Die Schatten 02. Unsere Zeit 03. Abkehr Vom Krieg 04. Wissen Ist Macht 05. Die Erde Und Der Krieg 06. Du, Unsere Zeit 07. Bitte 08. Gerechtigkeit! 09. Am Abend Record Label Neuropa Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Der Fluch | Geschichten Aus Der Gruft | £13.99 | ||
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Review Fiendforce is proud to welcome one of Germany's most important bands back to the living and celebrates this with a re-recording of all the classic tracks that the fans have come to love. Plus, for the first time in more than ten years, Der Fluch has recorded three all new songs in the vain of their old masterpieces. Take the best of The Misfits, The Cramps, The Damned and Screaming Jay Hawkins plus the atmosphere of classic Universal and Hammer Horror movies and you know what Der Fluch sounds like! Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Prelude 02. Willkommen 03. Fluch 04. Asche Zu Asche 05. Hexen Leben Laenger 06. Fuersten Der Nacht 07. Betet Fuer Uns 08. Kalter Wind 09. Wenn Die Hexen Tanzen 10. Die Nacht Der Toten 11. Hexen Sind Schoen 12. Rattengift 13. Halb Mensch Halb Tier 14. Ich Bin Der Fluch 15. Der Tod Klopft An 16. Herr Der Fliegen Record Label Fiend Force Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Disharmony | Cloned - The Other Side of Evolution | £13.99 | ||
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Review The definitive remix collection by one of the most prolific and under-rated dark electro acts in operation, the talented Slovakian duo Disharmony. Fresh on the heels of their fantastic 3rd album, last year's "Malignant Shields" on Aliens Production, Disharmony compiles their most beloved remixes for such prolific artists as Polygon, Flint Glass, Mnemonic, Deadjump, Sara Noxx, Stendeck, Fractional, and including 3 new tracks, into one fantastic collection of music. 15 beautifully crafted dark electronica tracks driven by sweet beats, haunting synthlines, chilling samples, and razor-sharp vocals. Beauty meets complexity in a brilliant marriage of orchestral dark electro and savvy electronica. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Polygon - Idealism (Disharmony Remix) 02. Grandchaos - MutantX (Disharmony Remix) 03. Anhedonia - Stir Up The Dust (Disharmony Remix) 04. Pecadores - Apocalypse (Disharmony Remix) 05. Burzum - Tuistoz Herz (Disharmony Remix) 06. Empty - Alone (Disharmony Remix) 07. Disharmony - Suspection 08. Flint Glass - Bar Code (Disharmony Remix) 09. Deadjump - Immortal (Disharmony Remix) 10. Disharmony - Nautilus 11. Mnemonic - Zeit Zerstoert (Disharmony Remix) 12. Sara Noxx - Earth (Disharmony Remix) 13. Stendeck - Like Falling Crystals (Disharmony Remix) 14. Tabor Radosti - Synove Svetla (Disharmony Remix) 15. Fractional - Kasida (Disharmony Remix) Record Label Tympanik Audio Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Dissecting Table | Early Studio Works | £14.49 | ||
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Review CD in folded A3 sized postercover, limited to 500 copies. Dissecting Table is one of the most influential Noise artists from the early Japanese Industrial years. the first Dissecting Table recordings are quite unique in the Japanese Industrial scene, as the band was working with very concrete rhythms and screaming voices and they even had dark and slow songs, which was completely untypical for this time and region. the only comparisons to early Dissecting Table recordings might be the legendary albums of Grim and White Hospital. In early 2007 Steinklang released the double-CD "Ultra Materials 1986-1991", which included the first 7", the first LP, the first CD and early compilation tracks. "Early Studio Works 1986/87" finishes the last chapter of unreleased early Dissecting Table songs. the CD includes 6 earlier/original versions of songs, that were later released on the first 7" and on the first LP, as well as 5 completely unreleased tracks. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Human Rights 02. Accomplishment 03. Silent Violence 04. Camouflage 05. I Get My Slogan 06. Rotation Of The Conflict 07. Answer 08. Illusion 09. Dissect 10. Clear Up All 11. Control Matter Record Label Antracot Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Elend | Umbersun [Re-Release] | £12.99 | ||
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Review Founded in 1993 by composers and multi-instrumentalists Iskandar Hasnawi (France) and Renaud Tschirner (Austria), joined by keyboard player, programmer and engineer Sébastien Roland in 1997, Elend have gathered around them various musicians in the course of their existence: violinist David Kempf (2000-present), the sopranos Eve-Gabrielle Siskind (1994-1995), Nathalie Barbary (1995-2003), Esteri Rémond (2003-present) and Laura Angelmayer (2005-present). The long date deleted album "The Umbersun" (originally out in 1998) benefits now from an official, beautiful, anniversary reissue in digipak format. It features the original artwork (refused by Music for Nations at the time of the first release) and a bonus track recorded during the same sessions and initially intended for a limited edition which was never released. Remastered by Elend themselves. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Du Tréfonds Des Ténèbres 02. Melpomene 03. Moon Of Amber 04. Apocalypse 05. Umbra 06. The Umbersun 07. In The Embrasure Of Heaven 08. The Wake Of The Angel 09. Au Tréfonds Des Ténèbres Record Label Orphika Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Esoteric | The Maniacal Vale | £12.49 | ||
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Review Swirling colours, deep drones and psychedelic moments, Esoteric will touch your mind, alter your state of consciousness and make you aware of the esoteric essence of space and time. When this English band formed in July 1992 as a gathering of five individuals, they were inspired to create dark, innovative music that was evocative to and expressive of the contents of their psyche. Their lyrics, music and sounds are reflections and transpositions of their thoughts, philosophies, emotions and experiences. Their music captures the essence and true meaning behind the word 'esoteric'. With this long awaited new double CD, "The maniacal Vale", the collective further expands on their slow psychedelic journey into crushing atmospheres. Bow your heads to this masterpiece of extreme doom. Format 2CD Tracklisting Disc. 1 :- 01. Circle 02. Beneath This Face 03. Quickening 04. Caucus Of Mind Disc. 2 :- 01. Silence 02. The Order Of Destiny 03. Ignotum Per Ignotus Record Label Seasons Of Mist Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Faun & Sieben & In Gowan Ring | The Pagan Folk Festival Live | £17.99 | ||
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Review Limited Super deluxe digibook edition!!! Originally available at the 'Pagan Folk Festival' tour only (featuring Matt Howden's band Sieben (UK) and the US folk legend In Gowan Ring), this very special, limited release in deluxe packaging is not only Faun's first live album, it also features 2 all new songs by Faun and collaborative tracks by all three projects involved on last year's tour! It comes with a full colour 40 page booklet with info on all three bands involved in 'The Pagan Folk Festival Tour' A must have release for all fans of Faun, Sieben & In Gowan Ring! Format CD Digibook Tracklisting 01. Gaia 02. Rad 03. Satyros 04. Rosmarin 05. Love's Promise 06. Sahhara 07. Dandelion Wine 08. Lyansa 09. Aisi Sisikka 10. Tinta 11. The Trip Goes On Record Label Banshee Records Release Date 11th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Flint Glass | Circumsounds | £14.99 | ||
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Review Flint Glass is a Paris-based dark electronica project that has been described by critics as representing some of the most innovative sounds-styling towards electronica, rhythmic noise and dark ambient genres. Flint Glass is a one man project by Gwenn Tr é morin, formed in 1999. Not only a musician and producer, he also manages the outstanding electro label Brume. Flint Glass' music tends to crawl under your skin, shapes the most fantastic images, and keeps challenging by means of an intelligent use of samples, rhythms and beats. With Flint Glass you find influences from the ambient of the 90s as well as various forms of idm, tribal and industrial rhythmic noise. Flint Glass has played numerous live gigs all around Europe, Festivals and his project already appears in the forefront of the finest experimental electronica. This is a limited edition Flint Glass remix collection, featuring remixes from artists such as Displacer, HIV+, Empusae, Prospero, Suicide Inside, Thermidor, Tzolk'in, Polygon, OTX and many more. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Polygon - Gestern 02. Thermidor - Plenum Aquae 03. Eretsua - Travelling Light 04. Zonk't - Air Field 05. Shizuka - Les Esprits 06. Empusae - Beauty Of Decay 07. Suicide Inside - Angel 08. Prospero - Contagion & Rebirth 09. HIV+ - Havoc2027 10. Disharmony - Sacred Truth 11. HIV+ - Doors Of Perception 12. Displacer - Fueled 13. SFI Industries - Questions And Answers 14. Tzolk'in - Zotz 15. OTX - Blood For Oil Record Label Brume Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Flutwacht | Heroinloops | £15.49 | ||
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Review Coming in an over-sized 6 page folder, "Heroinloops" is a pure Industrial album by Germany's top 'Noiser' Flutwacht. Their new CD brings a great mix of rhythmic oldschool Industrial à la early 'Esplendor Geometrico' with a strong touch of "modern" Power Electronics. The powerful noise tracks alternate with hypnotic Ambient Noise tunes, which provide the album with a comatose and traumatic character. "Heroinloops" is a varied and well structured Noise album for all fans of the early Industrial years and sound. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Rostgeschmack 02. Desertspoon 03. Heroinloop 04. Passionsbrand 05. Sanglier 06. 5 mm 07. Kupfer Gegen Grau 08. E.D.T.A. 09. Heroinjazz 10. Blutloop 11. A.D.S.D.S.V. 12. The Dog Record Label Steinklang Release Date 2nd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Fractional | Come Mierda | £13.99 | ||
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Review Fractional is a quiet young man called Pierre. His music can be described as "Gothic Erotica", a dark and brooding electronica. Pierre unleashes his brokenbeats and tortures them to submission, waxing them with various bleeps and crackles. After a few releases on tiny underground labels, "Fractional" now presents a full length CD on Brume. Somewhere in between breakbeat experiments, electronica and pure industrial, complex structures, subtle though catchy melodies and rhythms, create an extremely personal, bizarre and always most fascinating sound universe. To some of the best of idm ("Autechre and Squarepusher"), Pierre adds subtle industrial influences, a pinch of the harshness of drum'n'bass, to get a mix of dark electronica with a strong jungle aftertast.: That's what "Come Mierda" is dealing with. The CD includes remixes by Detritus and Disharmony plus a video clip by Antonin de Bemels. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Misute 02. Ceras 03. Leta 04. Sibi 05. Kasida 06. Zrthstr 07. Sunda 08. En Attendant 09. Mond 10. Quigan 11. Kasida (Detritus RMX) 12. Kasida (Disharmony RMX) Video :- Misute Record Label Brume Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Ginormous | At Night Under Artificial Light | £11.99 | ||
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Review This is Bryan Konietzko/Ginormous' third most direct and potent musical message to date, even more emotive and personal than his previous work! These eleven tracks were objectively beaten and honed until they each became the most condensed and vivid versions of themselves. Konietzko shines his bright, 'Artificial light' on the elements that most electronic music composers fear: melody, song structure and brevity. The album is an intense and addictive experience, charging forward with the nervous energy of urban, night time cityscapes, speeding subways and foreboding factories. There is an organic, human element at the center of this unrelenting journey, in the form of symphonic and acoustic instruments and warm bass lines, balancing the bold compositions. The album starts with "Punches To Carefully Coax," a proud peacock of a track where thick, jagged planes of ice collide with razor sharp synth strings. "Melted Circadian" bristles with a chromatically-fractal melody that spins like a neon helix in vortex while the closing track, "Awakening The Magpie In All Of Us" sails on a slow bonham-esque dream beat while dozens of chimes and metallophones pull the 43mins album to its inevitable, timely conclusion. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Punches To Carefully Coax 02. Melted Circadian 03. Coiled So Tightly 04. At Night, Under Artificial Light 05. Blink In Blue 06. A Corridor Leading To Modern Space 07. Night Scenes, Fireworks, The Heavens 08. From Deep Bore Holes 09. Fly Quietly 10. Moon Canyon Welcomes You 11. Awakening The Magpie In All Of Us Record Label Hymen Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| GoJA moon ROCKAH! | Elektronation | £12.99 | ||
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Review The 'goJAs' are definitely one of the Newcomers of the year and managed to get huge attention from the press and the radio alike in Germany, that's why we decided, to use Ecki Stieg's praise as the official information for this release! Ecki Stieg is Germany's No. 1 alternative Radio DJ, a sort of German John Peel! "Great works do not need too many words of description of epic length. A fact, that Mr. go and Mr. JA are very well aware of. The two artists met by coincidence 3 years ago, and the result was the self produced EP 'Sex im Turnschuh' (Sex in Sneakers). Is there anything, that could still be added to the genre 'Electropop' nowadays? Would it even be possible, to re-define the genre? On their official debut, goJA moon ROCKAH easily succeed to match both of these targets as they have, what most protagonist of the electro-scene are lacking of, the understanding and feeling for perfect, condensed Pop and the courage to follow and develop their very own 'style', regardless of trends and influences at the same time reflecting a subtle, almost anarchic humour, as only few of their fans will remember from legendary 80s electro pioneers such as Der Plan or Tommi Stumpff". Deeply rooted in the soul of 80s synth-pop, the duo delivers their very own invention and re-invention of synthpop and are not afraid to cover even long forgotten German 80s classics such as Der Plan's "Generäle Essen Erdbeereis" or Paris Hilton's "Nothing In The World"! In between these examples of sheer madness, the world of goJA moon ROCKAH unfolds in its amazing beauty, "Rockah" or "Attackah Masskah" are catchy melodic pearls with soul and if we would live in a perfect world, the song "Geil-O-Mat" (recalling Tommi Stumpff's memorable best tracks) would for sure become a major club hit, as it has simply ALL the ingredients for it! "Elektronation" is one of the most impressive and varied electropop albums of the year! There is still hope for and in Electro! Format CD Tracklisting 01. Rockah 02. Schwarz 03. Monotone Liebe 04. Generäle essen gerne Erdbeereis 05. Attackah Massakah 06. Geil-O-Mat 07. Moon Rocky Baby 08. Nothing In This World 09. Geile Tiere 10. Eighties Mann 11. Elektronation 12. Bloodletting 13. Heimatlied Record Label Four Rock Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Golgotha & Dawn and Dusk Entwined | Sang Graal | £11.99 | ||
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Review "Sang Graal" is an opus magum, built in symbiotic collaboration during the last two years by the French masters of martial neo-classic Dawn and Dusk Entwined and the German Ritual Folk band :Golgatha:. Both bands are well known from their recent albums on Cold Meat Industries. A wide range of acoustic instruments were used (guitar, viola, bass guitar, flute, gong, piano, dulcimer, percussion) and at least three vocalists appear. The title refers to the myth of the 'Sang Graal' (the Holy Grail), and the 'Sang Réal', the bloodline of Jesus Christ. The album researches on various levels the different readings of the grail through centuries... Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Fertility Rights 02. The Messiah 03. Magdalen 04. A Seeker Divine 05. Perceval 06. Crusade 07. What The Thunder Said 08. The Death Of Dagobert II 09. Heretic Prayer 10. The Caves Of Montsegur 11. The Cross Of Lorraine 12. Ruins In The Waste Land 13. Spheres Record Label Cold Meat Industries Release Date 15th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Horologium | Earthbound | £11.99 | ||
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Review The 3rd full-length album offers 43 dense mins of monumental, fierce, and highly listenable music. Aided by several friends on vocals, Horologium takes you on a Nietzschean trip once again. "Earthbound" may also be perceived as an antidote to a slowly emerging neo-christian scene within the post-industrial/martial paradigm. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Introduction: Dionysus vs. Apollo 02. Elegy For The Mediocre, Lesson To The Worthy 03. The Return Of The Sun (Vocals - Eustacia Vye) 04. Nasz Wieczny Smiech 05. The Watchers (Between The Ages) 06. The Immoralist Creed (Vocals - Maria Southgate) 07. Kazanie Ogniste III 08. Untitled Record Label Old Europa Cafe Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Ice Ages | Buried Silence | £13.49 | ||
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Review Fans of mastermind Richard Lederer (Summoning, Die Verbannten Kinder Evas) have endured 8 long years of suffering in anticipation of "Buried Silence", his ripest and darkest work thus far. Threatening mechanical and electronic sounds form the foundation of the disparate tracks in which Richard performs his distorted and otherworldly vocals. The end result of this obscure mix is unique Melodic Industrial Darkwave that with its clean production allows each detail to ring out and invites the listener to follow Ice Ages into a dark and ominous sonic universe. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Intro 02. Buried Silence 03. Regret 04. From Grey To... 05. Icarus 06. Through The Mirror 07. Essential Loss 08. Enemy Inside 09. Tormented In Grace 10. Curse Record Label Napalm Release Date 27th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Klimt 1918 | Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again | £13.49 | ||
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Review Klimt 1918's third album is released in June. It will be available as a Limited Digipak CD and a Jewel case CD and, of course, there will also be a special Luxus format for the cassette generation! The songs of Klimt 1918 are deeply ingrained with originality and boundless musicality even though they might remind you of such diverse artists as The Cure, Interpol, Tears For Fears, U2, Katatonia, or Anathema. Without a doubt, this is their most emotional album ever. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. The Breathtaking Days (Via Lactea) 02. Skygazer 03. Ghost Of A Tape Listener 04. The Graduate 05. Just An Interlude In Your Life 06. Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again 07. Suspense Music 08. Disco Awayness 09. Atget 10. All Summer Long 11. True Love Is The Oldest Fear Record Label Prophecy Release Date 20th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Klimt 1918 | Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again | £18.99 | ||
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Review Klimt 1918's third album is released in June. It will be available as a Limited Digipak CD and a Jewel case CD and, of course, there will also be a special Luxus format for the cassette generation! The songs of Klimt 1918 are deeply ingrained with originality and boundless musicality even though they might remind you of such diverse artists as The Cure, Interpol, Tears For Fears, U2, Katatonia, or Anathema. Without a doubt, this is their most emotional album ever. Format CD Digipak + MC.E Tracklisting 01. The Breathtaking Days (Via Lactea) 02. Skygazer 03. Ghost Of A Tape Listener 04. The Graduate 05. Just An Interlude In Your Life 06. Just In Case We'll Never Meet Again 07. Suspense Music 08. Disco Awayness 09. Atget 10. All Summer Long 11. True Love Is The Oldest Fear Record Label Prophecy Release Date 20th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Lacrimas Profundere | Songs For The Last View | £13.49 | ||
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Review The doleful rockers once again transport the listener to a melancholic world with "Songs For The Last View". Their latest work is a whirling current of powerful, dark, and graceful songs that take the Gothic Rock gender one step closer to perfection. With masterful ease Lacrimas Profundere is able to create a balance between driving Rock and gentle reflection. The deep and strong vocals of the new frontman Robert Vitacca provide the finishing touch, giving the tracks their pronounced singularness, and making way for producer John Fryer (HIM, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Ashbury Heights...) to refine the album's sound. "Songs For The Last View" offers the perfect soundtrack for somber hearts, and for those who would like to join their ranks. Format CD Tracklisting 01. The Last View 02. A Pearl 03. The Shadow I Once Kissed 04. Veins 05. We Shouldn't Be Here 06. And God's Ocean 07. Suicide Sun 08. Dear Amy 09. A Dead Man 10. Sacrificial Lamb 11. Lullaby For A Weeping Girl 12. While Record Label Napalm Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Marc Almond | A Virgin's Tale 1 & 2 | £14.99 | ||
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Review Two classic Marc Almond albums, now available again as a double CD package! Format 2CD Tracklisting Disc. 1 "A Virgin's Tale: Volume1" :- 01. Stories Of Johnny 02. Love Letter 03. Blond Boy 04. The House Is Haunted (Ectoplasmix) 05. Broken Bracelets 06. Cara A Cara 07 The Heel 08. A Salty Dog 09. The Plague 10. The Little White Cloud That Cried 11. For One Moment 12. Just Good Friends Disc. 2 "A Virgin's Tale: Volume 2" :- 01. Gyp The Blood 02. A World Full Of People 03. Black Lullabye 04. Pirate Jenny 05. Surabaya Johnny 06. Two Sailors On The Beach 07. Anarcoma 08. Jackal Jackal 09. Broken Hearted And Beautiful 10 I'm Sick of You Tasting Of Somebody Else Record Label Some Bizarre Release Date 23rd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Marc Almond | Absinthe | £13.49 | ||
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Review The second of the classic album re-released by Some Bizarre. Originally released in 1993 "Absinthe:The French Album", was a very popular, and successful album for this seminal solo artist. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Undress Me 02. Abel ACain 03. Lost Paradise 0 04. Secret Child 05. Rue des Blancs-Manteaux 06. The Slave 07. Remorse Of The Dead 08. Incestuous Love 09. A Man 10. My Little Lovers 11. In Your Bed 12. Yesterday When I Was Young Record Label Some Bizarre Release Date 23rd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Marc Almond | Jacques | £13.49 | ||
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Review Marc Almond initially shot to fame in the early 1980s as one half of synth duo Soft Cell, whose combination of drama and peep show sleaze set to an electronic beat gave them hits such as "Tainted Love", "Bedsitter", "Torch", "Say Hello Wave Goodbye", "Soul Inside", "What?", and the club hit "Memorabilia". Almond also went on to be a highly succesful solo artist and now Some Bizarre are re-releasing three of his classic albums. Jacques was originally released in 1989. Format CD Tracklisting 01. The Devil (Okay) 02. If You Need 03. The Lockman 04. We Must Look 05. Alone 06. I'm Coming 07. Litany For A Return 08. If You Go Away 09. The Town Fell Asleep 10. The Bulls 11. Never Be Next My Death Record Label Some Bizarre Release Date 23rd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Melodyguild | Aitu | £7.99 | ||
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Review Shoegazer dreampop - the return of Suzanne Perry, Love Spirals Downwards' vocalist! Fronting the driving shoegazer/dream-pop quartet Melodyguild, her always fluid and enchanting vocals take on new power and depth. A must for lovers of Tearwave, Mira, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, Autumn's Grey Solace and of course, Love Spirals Downwards. Format MCD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Panamint 02. Accomplice 03. Flicker 04. Un Parallel Record Label Pro Jekt Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Mono Inc. | Pain, Love & Poetry | £13.49 | ||
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Review Mono Inc. is back with a vengeance! The 3rd album from Germany's gothrock heros is full of unbelievably good compositions. Musically it has everything we've come to expect from this band, breathtaking drum patterns, soaring bass lines, rich guitar walls, gorgeous keyboard pads and empathetic vocals create an evocative soundscape that captures the listener immideatly. Lyrically the focus is (as the title already implies) intensely personal throughout, and anyone who has experienced the ups and downs (especially the downs) of love will find himself poetically echoed here. Featuring ex Xandria singer Lisa Middelhauve in the song "Teach Me To Love". 9/10 Sonic Seducer, 8/10 Orkus, 8/10 Gothic! Format CD Tracklisting 01. Pain, Love & Poetry 02. This Is The Day 03. The Last Waltz (album version) 03. Teach Me To Love 04. Sleeping My Day Away 05. Bloodmoon 06. Get Some Sleep 07. Planet Shame 08. Life Hates You 09. Somewhere Else Than Here 10. Burn Me (album version) 11. Pain Machine (piano version) Record Label No Cut Release Date 3rd Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Monokrom | One Fine Day In The Pyramid | £11.99 | ||
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Review Nobody knew where the rabbits went, one day they disappeared and were never seen again. After a long period of research, Ant-Zen obtained an aural and visual manifestation of these bandaged beings, and it is our duty to publicize it as a demonstration of the roughness and the savageness of ancient times, "One Fine Day In The Pyramid. This very special artifact, packaged in a plaster bandaged sleeve, is a permanent breathtaking attack of contorted, cadenced noise, challenging your audio equipment to the highest peak. Walls of grinding uproar, pulsating frequencies and warped, unintelligible voices that add up to a primordial soup of sheer intensity. Beware while listening! Beware while watching! Warning: This compact disc includes extreme aural frequencies. Listen with extreme caution, at your own risk, and in the safety of your own pyramid dwelling! Limited Edition - CD in special packaging; handcrafted plaster bandaged sleeve: each copy is a unique object. Format Limited CD Tracklisting 01. Fushshklork 02. Faglork 03. Pop-Sproing-Ging 04. Wiz Ga-Wiz 05. Kachunk 06. Flibadip 07. Sklishk 08. Wunk Video :- The Return Of The Mummies Of Noise (Wiz-Ga-Wiz) Record Label Ant Zen Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Naevus | Truffles of Love [6 Bonus Track Edition] | £11.99 | ||
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Review Unavailable for several years, and much sought after by collectors, Naevus' debut album is now reissued by Old Europa Cafe in newly re-mastered form, with significant sonic improvement on the original 1999 release. This re-issue also includes six bonus tracks dating from the same period. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Eden [Bonus Track] 02. Bread And Cheese In The Doctor's Surgery 03. Oracle, Oracle 04. The Mouth Song 05. Yonder 06. Parade 07. Compliments Slip 08. Beggar 09. The Lonely Remedial 10. Blenheim 11. Rags 12. The Steep Face [Bonus Track] 13. Wrong [Bonus Track] 14. The Mill [Bonus Track] 15. Hit The Squeeze-Box [Bonus Track] 16. Mother, I'm Texture [Bonus Track] Record Label Old Europa Cafe Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Necrophorus | Drifting In Motion [Bonus Edition] | £11.99 | ||
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Review This re-release includes 3 bonus tracks of the masterpiece, originally released on Crowd Control in 2000. For this much demanded re-release, two artists, Maria Gullqvist (Sweden) and Eva Verholen (Holland) were asked to contribute to this CD with their own impressions by experiencing "Drifting in Motion". Their amazing works are presented on the completely new designed CD, coming in a 6 panel digipak. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Lost Land Part 1 02. Ice Shifting 03. Frost 04. Partial Melt 05. Lost Land Part 2 06. Drifting Bonus Tracks :- 07. Arcane Angelicum 08. Untitled (Dedicated To Z. Beksinski) 09. After The Silence Record Label Old Europa Cafe Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Neutral | Walpurgis Night At Luisenkirche : Königsberg Live | £14.99 | ||
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Review Limited to 500 copies. Fans of Neo-Folk must pay attention to this release! Originally released in 2000 this was Neutral's first full-length album and has since been out of print. After 8 years, Neutral's masterpiece has finally been made available again in new artwork and re-mastered sound quality. Melancholy violin penetrates chilling nights; freezing acoustic guitar whispers loneliness. Beauty comes along with desolation and sadness. Great! Format CD Tracklisting 01. Playroom 02. ...To The Endless Play 03. Cold Iron 04. Diamonds In Your Hands 05. Ride On 06. Fest Noz 07. Russian Saga 08. Diamonds In Your Hands Record Label Collapsar Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Nordvargr | Pyrrhula | £11.99 | ||
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Review Partly based on an old Swedish folktale, Pyrrhula ("doomlord") is a pitch black journey into utter darkness. This is a tale of foreboding doom, a portent of dark times to come, a blight on the face of this earth. These eight Black Ambient, Doom, Droneworks were brought forth from the abyss of Villa Bohult exclusively for Cold Spring and contain the malevolent vocals of Lord Nordvargr himself! "Beware the small creatures of light, they only bring misery and death upon the enlightened ones. For they will paint their breast with blood and reap your unborn". Format CD Tracklisting 01. Another Weeping Doomlord Lost 02. Pyrrhula One 03. Inwards To Salvation 04. Tordön 05. Hascimh Reborn 06. Pyrrhula Two 07. Aryana Of The Open Wound 08. Stripped Of All But My Loyalty I Serve Record Label Cold Spring Release Date 28th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Pneumatic Detach | [ko.mor.bid] | £14.99 | ||
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Review In a deluxe digipak! The highly anticipated new album by the one and only Pneumatic Detach! With previous releases on Frozen Empire Media, Hive records and Bugs Crawling Out Of People, a plethora of remixing and producing credits, and memorable live performances around the world, Pneumatic Detach now brings his signature brand of sonic brutality to tympanik audio. "[ko.mor.bid]" is chocked full of unrelenting rhythmic noise and furious broken beats expertly laced with stunning dark ambience. Executed with exceptional complexity and fierce emotional posture, "[ko.mor.bid]" will undoubtedly blow your brains out. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. [ko.mor.bid] 02. Circling The Drain 03. How You Forget 04. Down In The Earth 05. Slow Chatter 06. High Order Harmonic 07. Grinderscraper 08. Dischordant Live Mix 09. The Turning 10. A Helpful Bit Of Advice (Feat. It-Clings) 11. Moment Already Gone 12. Slow Chatter (Melt) 13. Stoneface 14. Automatic Nation (Pneumatic Detach vs. Alessandro Pacciani) Record Label Tympanik Audio Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Somegirl | The Velvet Hour | £13.49 | ||
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Review Somegirl's third album continues to build on the band's established sound, blending smooth, sensual vocals with electronic soundscapes that span the spectrum, from lush, drifting ballads, to uptempo dance club hits. Included with the dozen original new songs on The Velvet Hour are three memorable cover versions of hits from Duran Duran and ABBA, and the old-time classic "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps". Format CD Tracklisting 01. Careless Memories 02. She's At the Discotheque 03. I've Loved (Before) 04. Iteration 05. I Lie 06. Elektrik Love 07. Lace and Curls 08. Stay 09. Miserably 10. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps 11. Still Waiting (Featuring MC Vanna) 12. A Touch 13. Super Trouper 14. Midnight Composition #3 15. Tiny Cries 16 Spaceman 02 Record Label A Different Drum Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Sprung Aus Den Wolken Vs. Film 2 | Faux Pas 1 | £16.49 | ||
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Review "Faux Pas 1" was Sprung Aus Den Wolken's first album, released in 1982 and recorded at the infamous Cassettencombinat studio. Members of the band at that time included Alexander Hacke of Einstürzende Neubauten. Klanggalerie is very proud to bring you a re-issue of this milestone of German avantgarde in an expanded form of 15 tracks! If you're interested in minimal electronica, early German Industrial or just rough pop music, have a go at this. It is a perfect companion to the "Early Recordings" CD, released a couple of years ago. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Noch Lange Nicht 02. Ich Freue Mich Auf Dich 03. Warte 04. Sei Still 05. Akcam La 06. Que Pas 07. Als Wäre Nichts Gewesen 08. Begehre Dich 09. Nur Noch Beben 10. Mach Mit Mir Was Du Willst 11. Urlaub Für Ganz Berlin 12. Längst Fällig 13. Gong A Minute 14. Que Pas (Minimal) 15. Pas Attendre (Minimal) Record Label Klanggalerie Release Date 30th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| System Syn | The End | £11.99 | ||
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Review 3 years after the bands outstanding "Mourning Ritual" album, System Syn returns with an album that stands out as one of the most important releases of 2008. Dripping with catchy hooks and melodies laden with persuasive beats, the emotive lyrics add a dynamic all to themselves. Tracks such as "Like Every Insect" and "Blood" are destined for dancefloor dominance, while others such as "Hope" or "The Void" simply make for some damn great listening. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Preparations 02. Like Every Insect 03. Broken Fingers 04. The Void 05. Open Wrists 06. The Skeleton of a Heart 07. Blood 08. Hope 09. The Disappearance 10. Drain 11. End of an Ending Record Label Metropolis Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Telepherique | Stahl & Strahl | £11.99 | ||
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Review Telepherique's brand new CD of dark ambience and speedy breakcore. CD comes in a plastic bag with full colour cardboard inlays. Format CD Tracklisting Not Available Record Label Waystix Release Date 12th May 2003 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| The Search | Saturnine Songs | £14.99 | ||
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Review Swedish The Search wraps catchy pop melodies into a gloomy cloak, creating sounds that seem to be predestined for escaping the daily grey routines. When the press is talking about The Search, they speak of a beautiful retro mix of wave and rock in the vein of The Cure and Joy Division. The band does not deny their roots, but take pleasure in para-phrasing them in their own slightly deranged and atmospheric way. "Saturnine Songs" is the band's 4th official album and is a masterpiece of alternative pop between melancholy, darker moods and more electronic, catchy sounds. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Distant 02. Swimmer 03. Woman in the Corner 04. Rapunzel 05. Netherworld 06. Other People 07. Jester 08. Sa-turnine 09. Sleeper's Cache 10. Song For A Boy, Friends With Toys 11. You Seek Approval In The Wrong People 12. Yes-Man Record Label afmusic Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| While Angels Watch | History & Heritage | £13.49 | ||
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Review First, all the material on this CD is a great selection from the following Tapes: "Reflection of Joy" (1986), "Behind the Mists" (1988) and "Falling in Love" (1990). It's completly remastered and reworked, and part III of "Eis & Licht's" series "Dokumente". On this CD you listen to the beginning days of Apocalyptic Folk Music. In this time, there were big influences from Punk and Wave and all the people were dressed in very nice uniforms. If you like the early albums of Death In June, Sixth Comm, Sol Invictus, Joy of Life and New Order then you will love this music. Format CD Digipak Tracklisting 01. Reflection Of Joy 02. Shadow Over Shade 03. Curse The Crown Of Thorns 04. The Isle Of Glass 05. Angel 06. A Gentle Death 07. Kill 08. Solitary 09. The Little Death 10. The Axle 11. In The Wind 12. In Heavens Arms Record Label Eis & Licht Release Date 26th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Xandria | Now and Forever (Best Of) | £13.99 | ||
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Review Released as a Digipak with silver-print, this is a Xandria special "Best of" collection, a CD that compiles not only the best tracks from their four albums (Kill the Sun, Ravenheart, India, and Salomé-The Seventh Veil) but also 3 non-album tracks from deleted singles, including one previously unreleased song. The CD comes with a bonus DVD, containing a 45 minutes interview in German (with English subtitles), the entire concert "Live at Summer Breeze Festival 2007", plus all their video clips and more! Format CD+DVD Tracklisting Disc. 1 "CD" :- 01. Now & Forever 02. Ravenheart 03. Kill The Sun 04. In Love with the Darkness 05. Eversleeping 06. Only For The Stars In Your Eyes 07. The End of Every Story 08. The Lioness 09. India 10. Save My Life 11. Ginger 12. Firestorm 13. Some Like it Cold 14. Black Flame 15. Like A Rose On The Grave Of Love 16. Sisters Of The Light 17. Mermaids (Child Of The Blue) 18. Drown In Me 19. One Word 20. Lullaby Disc. 2 "DVD" :- 01. Summerbreeze Konzert 2007 02. Interviews 03. Eversleeping 04. Ravenheart 05. Save My Life Record Label Drakkar Release Date 5th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Darker Waters | £10.99 | ||
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Review The Volume 2 companion of 2006's innovative J-scene compilation: the best-selling 'Dark Waters'! 'Darker Waters - Deeper Into The Japanese Underground' takes the best-selling 'Dark Waters' concept to new heights...or should that be '(previously unplumbed) depths'? Casting the net wider than before, Deathwatch Asia has sought out a diversity of new and well-established artists representing the Japanese underground scene in all its myriad musical forms: from the theatrical flavour of Kyoto's Strawberry Song Orchestra 'Boku No Ita Chizu' to the industrial noise terror of Osaka's Utera Zzz Aaa 'Ultimate Torture Regurgitator', 'Unknown Terrorist Reverse', the alternative rock style of Tokyo's Gadget 'Lost Avalon' to the experimental electronica of Kobe's Sunao Inami 'Farm Machines And Implements'. And of course 'Darker Waters' is also awash with brand new material from Deathwatch Asia artists like Despair, Sins of the Flesh, and SawDust In ME, other artists familiar to European audiences from touring like Baal, The Royal Dead, and Gothika (ex-Euthanasie)...and the debut recordings from new acts like Lillies and Remains and The Neutron Ego Tape! Proof-positive, as if any were needed, of the vibrancy and variety of the Japanese underground scene in 2008! More acts, more styles, more sumptuous digipak-packaging! And once more: almost entirely Exclusive tracks available Only on this compilation! Format CD Tracklisting 01. UTEROZZZAAA - Unknown Terrorist Reverse 02. 2Bullet - Forest Of Traps 03. BAKI -SHO-JI - Kyorai 04. THE ROYAL DEAD - The Common Betrayal [Of Girlfriends] - Radio Edit 05. GOTHIKA - Fata Morgana Android 06. gadget. - Lost Avalon - Darker Waters Version 07. STRAWBERRY SONG ORCHESTRA - Boku No Ita Chizu 08. SUNAO INAMI - Farm Machines And Implements 09. sawDUST IN ME - Tiny 10. consume - Alberta Eugenics Board [Redneck Biatch Remix by LBM] 11. BAAL - Vermin [Destroyed RMX's Rule Version] 12. THE NEUTRON EGO TAPE - Fake Aberration 13. LILLIES AND REMAINS - The Fake 14. SINS OF THE FLESH - [How Can I] Smile? 15. DESPAIR - Gash 16. UTEROZZZAAA - Ultimate Torture Regurgitator Record Label Death Watch Asia Release Date 7th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Underground : Sampler | £16.99 | ||
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Review Amazing 'live + interview' DVD with a total duration of almost 4 hours! "Underground" is a film by Delphine Sanchez on the French 'Darklight' label, that offers an in-depth overview on today's 'cold music and alternative scene'. The DVD (in PAL) is divided in to a live part (2hours 40 minutes) and includes excerpts from live performances by Gaël Bolg, Suicide Commando, Tamtrum, Violet Stigmata, Von Magnet, Norma Loy, Olen'K, The Breath of Life, Frustration, Jabberwock, Jacquy Bitch, Hide and Seek, Collapse, Wallenberg, Jad Wio, Blue Cat and others plus a huge section of exclusive interviews (in French) with Norma Loy, Tamtrum, Von Magnet, Frustration, Violet Stigmata, Wallenberg, Jabberwock, Jad Wio and Jacquy Bitch! An excellent DVD that contains a lot of interesting and exclusive material by both, legendary 80s cold wave acts and today's representatives of electro alternative music from France, Belgium and beyond! Format DVD Tracklisting Tracklisting Unavailable Picture Format PAL Region Code 0 (All Regions) Technical Information NB :- PAL = European TV Format, NTSC = USA TV Format. Please check the compatibility of your DVD Player with the relevant TV Format, as well as its Region compatibility, before ordering your DVD. If you have any doubts then please email us. Record Label Darklight Release Date 10th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Japanoise of Death II | £14.99 | ||
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Review Quite a different kind of Japanese sound! 5 years after Steinklang released the cult compilation "Japanoise of Death", comes the second part of the creme-de-la-creme of Japanese Experimental Noise artists. "Japanoise of Death II" is a compilation of the most famous and best Experimental Noise artists from the "early generation", as well as a fine selection of outstanding new artists. All 'songs' are new and unreleased and especially recorded for this release! Feat. Nord, Hijokaidan, Solmania, Aube, Dissecting Table, Incapacitants, Astro, KK.Null, Government Alpha The Guilty Connector, Kazumoto Endo, Mothra, Screloma, Montage, Crossbred, Timisoara. Format CD Tracklisting 01. The Guilty Connector - Sanno-cho Stardust 02. Hijokaidan - Dog House Chop Chop 03. KK Null - Untitled 04. Government Alpha - Torrid Zone 05. Dissecting Table - Collapse 06. Kazumoto Endo - Nukebenten 07. Incapacitants - Z Falg & Fool Biz 08. Aube - Inhibited Compressor 09. Mothra - Sen Jin Kin 10. Solmania - Phantom Roller Coaster 11. Screloma - Suicide Weapon 12. Montage - World Of Lie 13. Astro - Cold Blood Incense 14. Crossbred - C/R/O/S/S/B/R/E/D (Rie Lambdoll Edit 2007) 15. Timisoara - Hypnotic Corrosion 16. Nord - Anuttara Samyaksambodhi Record Label Antracot Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Summoning The Muse [A Tribute To Dead Can Dance] | £13.99 | ||
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Review "Summoning of the Muse - A Tribute To Dead Can Dance" gathers together eleven of the world's most respected ethereal/heavenly voices/darkwave artists to lovingly recreate the masters' songs. At times one could swear this is a live release from Dead Can Dance, or unknown outtakes from their studio albums, the homage is so astonishing. On other tracks, uniquely original interpretations take the songs into neo-classical and shoegazer realms. Format CD Tracklisting 01. Arcana - The Arcane (Exlusive Track) 02. Dark Sanctuary - Summoning Of The Muse 03. Autumn's Grey Solace - Musica Eternal (Exclusive Track) 04. Faith And The Muse - Chant of the Paladin (Exclusive Track) 05. Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To The Book 06. Rajna - Cantara 07. Mirabilis - The Writing On My Father's Hand (Exclusive Track) 08. Chandeen - In Power We Entrust The Love Advocated 09. Arcana - Enigma Of The Absolute (Exclusive Track) 10. Kobe - Bird 11. Athan Maroulis with Surface 10 - Ulysses 12. Stoa - Cantara (Exclusive Track) Record Label Projekt Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists | Synthphony REMIXed Vol. 8 | £15.99 | ||
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Review Synthphony Records continues its legendary series "Synthphony REMIXed!" with Volume 8 by Arsine Tibé, a.k.a. Manfred Thomaser. A member of Germany's famous electro pop band !distain remixed twelve tracks, among them indie classics by In The Nursery, Das Ich, Catastrophe Ballet, Girls Under Glass and Sara Noxx. For most of the tracks Tibé just worked on the original vocals to explore a unique world beyond the classical remix styles. "Gottes Tod" (Das Ich) for example was thrown into a jazzy underground sound before entering a dancefloor called "galley techno". In The Nursery's "Shonen No Hi (Cinemix)" is presented as a sensitive ballad. "Night In My Hands" (Sara Noxx "Handful Of Nights Mix") combines the silence of night with the energetic light of the morning sun. !distain fans are already awaiting the remix of "Chaotic Brain" because the original version of this track has not been released so far. "Synthphony REMIXed! Vol. 8" is released as a double CD. The second CD contains Arsine Tibé’s instrumental album "Lounge Noire". This CD is a bonus disc and a gift to all music fans. "Lounge Noire" was created between 1996 und 2002 and includes the original version of "Ghost" (later on produced by Olaf Wollschläger for !distain's LP "25 Frames A Second"). Format 2CD Tracklisting Disc. 1 "Remixed by Arsine Tibé" :- 01. Girls Under Glass - Deliverance (Redemption Mix) 02. Sara Noxx - Night In My hands (Handful Of Nights Mix) 03. Das Ich - Gottes Tod (Beyond Mix) 04. ChantaL. - Never Stay (Arrival Mix) 05. In The Nursery - Shonen No Hi (Cinemix) 06. Essexx - Violent Heart (Fundamental Mix) 07. Arsine Tibé - Genetic Sample (Cryptic Mix) 08. Arsine Tibé feat. Seyhan - Yalnizlik (Rascal Mix) 09. !distain - Chaotic Rain (Prev. Unreleased Track) 10. Catastrophe Ballet - Consequently (Roots Mix) 11. Soulsec - Postcard (Mr. Postman Mix) 12. Mike Ease feat. Natali - Another Step (Lounge Noire Mix) Disc. 2 "Lounge Noire" :- 01. 10:15 At Lounge Noire 02. Entangled In A Female Vampire's Kiss 03. Detective Privée (The Erotic Investigation) 04. Dawncopter 05. Lighthouse Over The Horizon (1st Version) 06. Watching A Spy Movie At Lounge Noire 07. Ravetech 08. Monsieur Tibé On 80s Vacation 09. Defragmentation Of The Mind (The Cinema) 10. New Age 2000 11. Easy Traffic On The Road To Bossa 12. Distance - A Question Of Velocity 13. Ice Age 14. Mr. Grave (Ein Tag Am Meer) 15 A Cop's Dawn 16. Spaceline 17. Ghost (Original Version) Record Label Synthphony Records Release Date 30th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists vs. Cadaverous Condition | Synthpop Club Anthems Vol. 5 | £8.99 | ||
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Review The "Synthpop Club Anthems" compilations have helped to define the modern synthpop scene for years, presenting dance club friendly songs to move bodies and elevate minds. This fifth volume is loaded with another collection of high energy tracks that are as well written as they are well produced, showing that dance music doesn't have to be built upon the pairing of dull, repetitive lyrics with a thumping beat. After all, that's one of the strengths of the modern synthpop underground, that great voices can sing great songs with great electronics! Format CD Tracklisting 01. Midnight Resistance - A Tear in Every Moment 02. Michigan - The Nomad (Iris Remix) 03. The Echoing Green - Suffer (Rename Club Mix) 04. The Dignity of Labour - Liquid (Silica Gel Remix) 05. Code 64 - Leaving Earth (Universal Poplab Radio Version) 06. Rename - Who Needs the World (Extended Version) 07. Silica Gel - Carpe Diem (DJ Energumeno and Sergio Mesa Mix) 08. Raindancer - Perfect Balance (Cistrans Mix) 09. Neuroactive - Dreams That Were Near Me (Club Mix) 10. Rupesh Cartel - About Denial (Rename Club Mix) 11. Neuropa - New Tomorrow (People Theatre Mix) 12. Syrian - Helium (Alternate Version) 13. Capsize - Do You Believe the Lies (Cistrans Mix) 14. Fantazja - Sing This Song (Rename Club Mix) Record Label A Different Drum Release Date 16th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Various Artists vs. Cadaverous Condition | Destroying The Night Sky | £16.49 | ||
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Review Nurse With Wound, Thighpaulsandra, Nocturnal Emissions, Andrew Liles, Controlled Bleeding, Product 8, Asmus Tietchens, Gjöll, Holy McGrail, Ali Helnwein. This limited edition (700 copies) CD is a very special release with an unusual mix of sound. Using Cadaverous Condition's "To the Night Sky" album as source material for their tracks, all the aforementioned bands have created a unique new style of music. Call it metal ambient, drone metal or electronics metal, the result is something previously unknown and exciting. Hear Nurse With Wound doing one of their darkest tracks ever, listen to Controlled Bleeding's totally insane restructuring of a rock track, or be surprised by Nocturnal Emissions's return to noise, this album is unlike anything else you have heard in recent years. All cover artwork by Cyril Helnwein, son of Gottfried Helnwein. Format CD Tracklisting 01. At The Crossroads Motel (Remix Thighpaulsandra) 02. Defiled (At The Crossroads) (Remix Andrew Liles) 03. Deconstruction 02 (Remix Nocturnal Emissions) 04. Still Dreaming (Remix Product 8) 05. Relentless Repentance (Remix Colin Potter) 06. Deconstruction 01 (Remix Nocturnal Emissions) 07. Nosedive (Remix Nurse With Wound) 08. Now I See (Remix Gjöll) 09. Degraded (Fireship) (Remix Andrew Liles) 10. Death Warmed Up (Remix Holy McGrail) 11. Deconstruction 06 (Remix Nocturnal Emissions) 12. Du Glückliches österreich (Remix Asmus Tietchens) 13. Whole Lotta CC (Remix Controlled Bleeding) 14. Destroy Your Beautiful Life (Remix Ali Helnwein) Record Label Klanggalerie Release Date 30th Jun 2008 Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
| Ant-zen | Packback [Edition 3] | £44.99 | ||
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Description The third official Ant-Zen backpack, appropriate for carrying smaller loads conveniently and safely. The all round padding, guarantees protection for sensitive freights like laptops, and the extra pockets are suitable for essentials like wallets and passports. Description: all round padding, main pocket with notebook carrier, velcro-fastenend upper front pocket, zippered lower front pocket, 2 zippered side pockets, adjustable padded shoulder straps. Colour: Black with silver Ant-print. Measurements: 10/15x42x29 cm. Material: polyester 600d high density. Style Backpack Color Black Silver Click here to order Click here to return to the top of the newsletter | |||
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