After the ground-breaking release of 1990's "Love's Secret Domain" album, Coil were not dormant; the main project was "Backwards", which was started in 1992, updated considerably between 1993 and 1995, and transferred in 1996 to New Orleans, where it was finished in the magic of the Nothing studios of Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails). The album saw the fruition of Jhonn Balance's recent vocal coaching, producing haunting, passionate vocals, while reaching new heights.

23 years after its initiation, these tracks have been beautifully preserved by Danny Hyde and are finally available in highest quality audio. Differing substantially from the later, remixed incarnation, "The New Backwards" (2008), "Backwards" contains the original versions of Coil's much-loved tracks; 'A Cold Cell' and 'Fire Of The Mind', which have appeared on various compilations over the years, and are now presented as originally intended.

This album is the essential bridge between "LSD" and the later "Musik To Play In The Dark" series. It is an essential conduit, to understand the journey that was taken. It was to be released... it should have been released... but because of issues with grey men it wasn’t. It is now, so enjoy. (Danny Hyde).

CD in digipak / 2 x LP in gatefold sleeve.

Tracks: 1. Intro , 2. Backwards, 3. Amber Rain, 4. Fire Of The Green Dragon, 5. Be Careful What You Wish For, 6. Nature Is A Language, 7. Heaven's Blade, 8. CopaCaballa, 9. Paint Me As A Dead Soul, 10. AYOR (It's In My Blood), 11. A Cold Cell, 12. Fire Of The Mind

V FOR VIOLENCE releases a follow-up album ”The Book Of V” to it’s 2009’s debut ”The Cult Of V”. 

””The Book Of V” took years to get it’s shape and sound. We wanted to take the next step in songwriting and payed more attention on details.”, says the band’s singer Jarkko Lähderanta

So far V FOR VIOLENCE has released two free track downloads on their website campaign: ”What The

Fuck!” and ”Like It Like That”. The first official single ”The Hated Saint” with a music video was also released recently and was premiered on Finland’s biggest music magazine Soundi’s site. The second single "The Downfall Pt. II: Amourageddon" already found it's way to Finnish radio and the music video was premiered on Kaaoszine.fi

The album was mixed by Hiili Hiilesmaa (HIM, The 69 Eyes, Negative), mastered by Svante Forsbäck

(Sunrise Avenue, Amorphis) and recorded and produced by Anzi Destruction. Featuring artists on ’The Book’ are Olli Vänskä (Turisas), Tommi Salomaa (ex-Wankers of the Zoo Crew), Anna Grundström (Milargo) and Mr Bunny with his bandmate Nooz (Cold Cold Ground {RIP}). ”The Book Of V” will be released August 28th 2015 via Inverse Records. 

”The album sounds groovy and aggressive, yet melancholically melodic and on top of the basic rock band sound we used a lot of industrial sounds (NOT meaning Disco-ish here), samples, pianos, barrels and strings to create a cool combination.”, says Jarkko 

Like the music, also the stories are about breaking both face and heart, and filled with metaphoras from religious writings to straight-forward ’punch in the face’ approach, which may give an extra depth for a listeners mind to dwell into as well as something to listen to when they want to break something.

Cocksure is Christopher J. Connelly (MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS, SONS OF THE SILENT AGE) & Jason C. Novak (ACUMEN NATION, DJ? ACUCRACK, CZAR). 

After COCKSURE offered 3 separate releases on 3 different labels in 2014, this year the boys bring out another full-length LP on Metropolis one year to the date of their debut full-length. "Corporate_Sting" delivers 10 punches to the face, innovative industrial cum punk cum mega-mixx old school Doc Marten stompers, including a cover of a classic 30-year old Severed Heads tune. 

Written and produced by Connelly and Novak at Cracknation Studios, "Corporate_Sting" lives low on the log of the seedy underbelly of society, taking aim at the exploiters, the thieves, the dealers and the corruptors, cranking up the heavy drums and the dirty bass while raising the ghost of classic Wax Trax!-era sounds, bathed in future horrors and catastrophe.

Album includes a guest "memo" written by Duane Swierczynski, published author of "Severance Package", "The Blonde" and a writer for the monthly Marvel Comics series Cable, plus photography by Black Pearl Photo.

01. Porno Drones

02. Severance Package

03. Hustler Face

04. Kollider Skope

05. O.C.D. Got Game!

06. Cold Dick

07. Mighty Mouse

08. Razor Invader

09. Harold and Cindy Hospital

10. Hi Talez

Here is the official video of first single from the critically acclaimed "Sweet Obsolete" album (Unknown Pleasures Records) comes ZARKOFF's 'Jet Boy', shot by B.A.K.A. productions, the notorious experimental film collective from Croatia. A lo-fi journey into a bizarre summer adventure.

Directed by: G. Grey & Makotoichi

Drew McDowall’s back story reads like a primer of psychedelic fiction woven into statements of the unbelievable, superhuman and outright insane. Somewhere in the chaotic madness, comes an artist such as McDowall with total control and absolute calm within his songs and artistic method.

Growing up in the gangs of 1970’s Scotland, Drew McDowall started to shy away from the daily violence once punk took hold of the counterculture youth. Drew McDowall quickly scrambled to form his own punk band in 1978 with his then wife, Rose McDowall, called The Poems. Shortly lived, the Poems released a single and various tracks but more importantly, the band allowed McDowall to network with other local musicians in Glasgow, such as Orange Juice, and allowed him to travel down to London thus forming friendships with Genesis P-Orridge, David Tibet and countless others, bringing Drew into the fold of the experimental revolution happening in the UK brought upon by Throbbing Gristle and executed by bands such as Psychic TV and Current 93.

During the 1980’s, McDowall found himself in the ranks of P-Orridge’s Psychic TV and collaborating with the mysterious duo comprised of former Throbbing Gristle creator Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson and the enigmatic John Balance who had been creating esoteric and progressive electronic music under the title of Coil. It was during his formative collaborations with Coil that McDowall saw himself shift from occasional contributor to austere full-time member of the arcane outfit. McDowall’s impact on the band’s sound was apparent as the releases transformed from their previous avant pop signature to a more complex and methodic electronic imprint accompanied by even more abstruse subject matter than previous years. McDowall would continue honing his compositional skills with Coil until the release of the band’s two most broad-minded albums, Astral Disaster and Musick to Play in the Dark.

The past decade, Drew McDowall found himself living in New York City and re-appropriating himself within the local music scenes he found himself contributing to. In 2011, alongside his friend and collaborator, Tres Warren (Psychic Ills), McDowall found himself exploring his passion of meditative drone and abstract sound patterns in their project Compound Eye. In recent times, McDowall’s production work has provided the music world with some of the most outstanding remixes for bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Azar Swan and Long Distance Poison as well as his well-received scores he composed alongside artist Tamaryn for the works of Bret Easton Ellis. Outside of his collaborative duties, McDowall formed an audience as a solo artist, playing countless performances and showcases around New York’s electronic music haunts.

Dais Records approached Drew to solidify his standing as a leading electronic musician with the recording of new material neatly wrapped up in his debut album entitled Collapse. Recorded in 2015 in Brooklyn, NY, McDowall’s synonymous modular synthesizer compositions are augmented by obtuse sampling cut-ups and contributions from Nicky Mao (Hiro Kone / Effi Briest) rounding out the lumbering sequential knot work that has become synonymous with McDowall and craft.