Ok we admit, it's more technoid than industrial but the free Viral Conspiracy Records label sometimes has a few darker things on offer. Take Somatic Responses, the Healy brothers from a small Welsh town that have been making idm/industrial and God knows what else for about 10 years now. Their last album on Hymen was pretty good and here is a free 4-track EP for you industroheadz to nibble on!
Austrian multitalent Anja Plaschg is back with a new album! It took a while to come up with a successor to the sublime "Lovetune For Vacuum" of 2009 and with her new album "Narrow" also comes a European tour (with Ensemble). You have a few opportunities to see her:
03/15 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich, CH
04/11 - Scala, London, UK
04/17 - Le Trabendo, Paris, FR
04/18 - AB, Brussels, BE
04/20 - Motel Mozaique, Rotterdam, NL
04/21 - Kampnagel, Hamburg, DE
04/27 - LEV Festival, Gijón, ES
05/02 - Centraltheater, Leipzig, DE
05/03 - Tafelhalle, Nürnberg, DE
05/04 - Spielboden, Dornbirn, AT
06/24 - Kölner Philharmonie, Köln, DE
Shadowplay anounces 4 new names : FADERHEAD - DIORAMA - DREADFUL SHADOWS - MILDREDA.
The impressive list so far:
A THOUSAND SOCIETIES ; APOPTYGMA BERZERK ; ASCHE ; CARLOS PERÓN ; CEMETARY GIRLZ, THE ; CHESHIRE CAT (THE BOUNCING) ; CHRYSALIDE ; COMBICHRIST ; DE/VISION ; DEINE LAKAIEN ; DIORAMA ; DREADFUL SHADOWS ; EMBERS ; ESTAMPIE ; FADERHEAD ; FLESH & FELL ; GREYHOUND ; IN EXTREMO ; IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES ; INKUBUS SUKKUBUS ; KIDS (THE) ; LAST DAYS OF S.E.X. ; MILDREDA ; NÄO ; NOISUF-X ; NOSFERATU ; OOMPH! ; P•A•L ; QNTAL ; ROGER ROTOR ; SHORAI ; SONAR ; SYNAPSCAPE ; TYSKE LUDDER ; VNV NATION ; WIELORYB
Anathema has published a new song and gives it away for free here! It will be included on the forthcoming album "Weather Systems".
This album is the follow-up to 2010’s "We're Here Because We're Here". That album featured prominently in numerous end-of-year polls and the producer, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), has described it as 'definitely among the best albums I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on.'
The bar for Weather Systems has been set pretty high then but, in an interview, Daniel Cavanagh, guitarist and singer, said: 'It feels like we are at a creative peak right now, and this album reflects that. Everything from the production to the writing to the performances are a step up from our last album.’
The album was recorded in Liverpool, North Wales and Oslo, each place significant to Anathema past, present and future. The record was produced and mastered by 5 times Norwegian Grammy nominated Christer-André Cederberg (Animal Alpha, In the Woods..., Drawn), who Daniel has described as ‘a revelation. His calmness and brilliance has helped to bring about the greatest inter-band chemistry that Anathema have experienced together in their career.’
Weather Systems will be available on Kscope from April 16th 2012. It is available to pre-order from the Kscope store.
After their massive album release "Harsh Generation" and last year’s EP "Chemicals & Circuitry", Netherlands based GRENDEL finally return with their all new studio album "Timewave Zero", another milestone in the electro scene showing that they are one of Europe’s finest! 9 all new (and a 2012 remake of the hit ‘Chemicals and Circuitry’) brutal tracks of uncompromisingly harsh EBM and electronics! Distorted vocals, acidic synth lines, pummeling bass-lines, and jagged melodies streamline the release to make it the most addictive Grendel assault to date. Get your adrenaline flowing!
As with the previous album ‘Harsh Generation’, also ‘Timewave Zero’ will be available in a strictly limited, special Digipak Double-CD edition.
The exclusive, full-length bonus-CD features additional 15 tracks: Massive remixes by Acts such as AESTHETIC PERFECTION, SIVA SIX, MANUFACTURA, MODULATE, SHIV-R, TERROLOKAUST and more.
