2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
2024
20240921: Model Kollapse - 8 | Leeb at the top of his game | Oct 28, 2024
20240809: VII - 8 | Dense soundscapes and refined majesty | Aug 31, 2024
20240203: Endgame - 8 | Key/Leeb/Fulber - what could go wrong? | Feb 15, 2024
20240126: Broken Toys - 8 | Dance floor juggernaut | Jan 26, 2024
2023
20231013: Destruction - 8 | Devilishly powerful industrial sounds | Oct 13, 2023
20230414: Electric Sun - 8 | Same same, but different | May 17, 2023
20230324: Memento Mori - 8 | Modern DM perfected | Apr 7, 2023
20230317: Darkness Falls Again - 7 | Mature and magnificent synthpop | Mar 23, 2023
20230317: Red Cell - 8 | One of the best synthpop albums 2023 | Apr 18, 2023
20230210: Signs - 7 | Too chill for its own good | Mar 16, 2023
2022
20221021: Cheeba City Blues - 7 | An interesting cyberpunk trip | Nov 16, 2022
20221007: Recon - 7 | A reinvigorated Emmon | Nov 13, 2022
20220930: This Is Louder - 6 | Mild mannered synthpop | Oct 5, 2022
20220610: Prisma - 9 | Electronic powerpop perfection | Jun 19, 2022
20220513: Best Before End - 10 | Synthpop perfection | Jun 17, 2022
20220503: Profound Mysteries - 7 | An album after all, and a good one | May 30, 2022
20220429: To a New World of Gods and Monsters - 8 | Eminently relistenable | Apr 29, 2022
20220225: Raum - 8 | New version with a newer sound | Jun 12, 2022
20220209: Pleasant Sounds for Unpleasant Times Vol. 2 - 8 | Colourful ambient soundscapes | Feb 18, 2022
20220128: Touring Skyward - A Tour Movie - 8 | The complete live package | Feb 13, 2022
2021
20211126: Brutal Nature - 8 | Atmospheric dance music | Dec 3, 2021
20211112: Symbiosis - 8 | Electropop fulfilling potential | Dec 19, 2021
20211029: Forward to the Roots - 7 | Electropop band celebrates 25 years | Nov 9, 2021
20211021: Future Past - 8 | Pop masters aging gracefully | Oct 30, 2021
20211001: Urban Dreams - 8 | Finnish synth wizardry | Nov 21, 2021
20210930: Acts of Worship - 7 | A glossier and warmer experience | Nov 3, 2021
20210927: Deviator - 8 | Side project beats main project | Sep 19, 2021
20210910: Nine Songs and a Dream - 6 | Low key sounds from Native Cry man | Oct 18, 2021
20210910: Squaring the Circle - 9 | An album 20 years in the making | Oct 8, 2021
20210901: Stochastic - 8 | Machine brain massage | Sep 28, 2021
20210820: Petrichor - 8 | Synthpop and italo embraced | Aug 24, 2021
20210820: I Was Never Really There - 8 | Moody industrial with cool guests | Aug 26, 2021
20210723: Love and Death - 8 | Lush electropop made in UK | Jul 31, 2021
20210702: Puls - 7 | Brand new old skool | Sep 20, 2021
20210621: Boy from Michigan - 9 | Spellbinding singer/songwriter for the electronic crowd | Aug 7, 2021
20210610: Making the World Great Again - 8 | Exceptional synthpop from Norway | Oct 6, 2021
20210528: Lustful Sacrements - 7 | Retro future sounds | Jul 21, 2021
20210521: Intruder - 8 | Songs from an angry world | Jun 17, 2021
20210514: Spare Parts for the Offspring - 8 | Solo trip for Twice a Man member | May 14, 2021
20210514: Cold Pills (Scarlet Gate of Toxic Daybreak) - 7 | Veterans maintaining their level | May 28, 2021
20210514: Stämplar in - 8 | Working class EBM - the Swedish way | Jun 9, 2021
20210430: Signals from the Abyss - 8 | Power ambient | May 3, 2021
20210430: Away - 7 | Dream-like and melancholic | May 25, 2021
20210416: G.O.T.H. - 7 | Electronic smorgosbord from Poland | May 26, 2021
20210413: Plague of People - 8 | UK Ant-Zen duo paints soundscapes | May 19, 2021
20210326: Trigger - 9 | Majestic return from Swedish legends | Mar 22, 2021
20210319: Predicts - 8 | Quality synthpop from new duo | May 4, 2021
20210312: Silence Amygdala - 9 | Healing, low-key synthpop | Mar 31, 2021
20210309: A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression - 7 | Aggression setting 11 | Apr 10, 2021
20210219: Resonance - 7 | A subconscious all-star experience | Mar 17, 2021
20210215: Mnemonik - 8 | Vintage sounds sharpened for digital ears | Mar 2, 2021
20210212: Enjoy Dystopia - 7 | High energy futurepop | Feb 19, 2021
20210212: Dead/End - 8 | Evergreen top-notch electro-industrial | Feb 24, 2021
20210208: Au Bout De La Nuit - 6 | A glorious porridge of ever morphing electronic ideas | Mar 5, 2021
20210122: The Inevitable Relapse - 8 | Vancouver industrial from Germany | Feb 18, 2021
20210115: Mechanical Soul - 7 | The next phase | Jan 15, 2021
2020
20201211: Where do we go from here - 8 | Unexpectedly groovy industrial | Dec 21, 2020
20201201: Hjärtats slag - 8 | Minimal EBM from comic book author | Feb 9, 2021
20201113: Cyberhead - 7 | Priest 2.0 still delivers | Dec 3, 2020
20201113: Secualr Psalms - 8 | Tasty slices of gloomy minimalism | Dec 1, 2020
20201106: Ghost Ship - 8 | Almost as no time has passed | Nov 23, 2020
20201106: Varelser inuti - 9 | The art of industrial melody | Nov 8, 2020
20201030: Deep Thought - 7 | Exploring new worlds | Nov 11, 2020
20201020: Shadow of Fear - 8 | Great return from electronic pioneer | Dec 22, 2020
20201016: Sign - 8 | Expect the unexpected | Oct 30, 2020
20200924: Weltall: Erde: Mensch - 7 | Slow burning robotic pop | Oct 10, 2020
20200918: Transformation - 8 | Secrets part II | Oct 3, 2020
20200918: A Journey Through Concern - 8 | Beware: industrial acid bass monster | Nov 13, 2020
20200911: Mourn - 7 | Shear quality! | Sep 18, 2020
20200907: LP II - 9 | Comeback worth waiting for | Oct 19, 2020
20200904: Transhuman - 8 | Robotikteknopop! | Sep 25, 2020
20200828: The Neon - 6 | Erasure for the masses | Sep 9, 2020
20200821: Reincarnated - 8 | Everything is percussion | Aug 31, 2020
20200821: PROCD100 - A Progress Productions Compilation - 8 | One box set to rule them all | Aug 24, 2020
20200626: KiCk i - 9 | Experimental pop nuggets | Jul 9, 2020
20200612: On the Other Side of the Mirror - 8 | Soundtrack for a dystopian world | Jun 22, 2020
20200610: kek-et - 7 | Atmospheric and cinematic Ant-zen EP | Jul 20, 2020
20200522: Alles im Allem - 9 | Building worlds together | Jun 3, 2020
20200522: Monsters - 9 | Next gen emotional electropop | Jun 2, 2020
20200515: Prequel - 8 | Fast and furious from 90:s band | May 16, 2020
20200508: Gods Verging on Sanity - 8 | Synth noir with love from Budapest | May 8, 2020
20200417: The Great Awakening - 9 | Cult synthpop band resurrected | Apr 16, 2020
20200410: Lamental EP - 8 | With the edges smoothed off | Apr 9, 2020
20200403: It Is What It Is - 7 | Even more Drunk! | Apr 23, 2020
20200337: Diamonds - 6 | Same formula, great sound | Mar 27, 2020
20200327: Abolition of the Royal Familia - 7 | More than just pushing buttons | Apr 2, 2020
20200327: Armén - 9 | The pure essence of raw EBM | Apr 16, 2020
20200327: New Me, Same Us - 8 | Next step for the Gothenburg export | May 28, 2020
20200320: Mystery Park - 8 | Perfecting their varied electropop | Apr 1, 2020
20200313: Pulse - 8 | Minimalistic follow-up from Manifest winner | Mar 26, 2020
20200313: New Knives - 8 | Pure lazerpunk power | May 16, 2020
20200221: Miss Anthropocene - 7 | Wide-ranging but still 100% Grimes | Feb 28, 2020
20200214: Riki - 8 | Sublime darkwave from album debutante | Feb 28, 2020
20200214: The Dreamweb Trilogy - 10 | Futuristic electro masterpieces reissued | Apr 24, 2020
20200214: Kreign - 7 | Playful EBM from Arizona | May 26, 2020
20200131: Be up a Hello - 9 | Backwards into the future | Jan 31, 2020
20200127: Hidden Memories - 6 | American indietronica expanded | Jan 27, 2020
20200124: Hotspot - 7 | Electronic trilogy finale made in Berlin | Feb 4, 2020
20200124: Futur Antérieur - 8 | Analogue candy from France | Feb 6, 2020
2019
20191213: Chaos - 7 | Bodypop refined | Jan 13, 2020
20191129: Genesis - 8 | A synthpop force to be reckoned with | Jan 15, 2020
20191104: Mainstream - 8 | Raising the synthpop standards | Nov 18, 2019
20191101: Panic - 8 | Heavier, tighter and better produced | Nov 1, 2019
20191101: Drift (Series One: Sampler Edition) - 9 | Searching into new areas | Nov 27, 2019
20191101: Extreme Unspoken Tension - 8 | One of the best new EBM albums | Mar 9, 2020
20191008: Truth - 9 | New vocalist, fascinating musical landscapes | Oct 10, 2019
20190909: Grand Transmission - 8 | Kling-klangs from Sweden | Aug 9, 2019
20190909: Ostalgia - 8 | Darker and more complex | Oct 8, 2019
20190823: Resume - 7 | Industrial techno with a love for their craft | Aug 16, 2019
20190823: SIX - 7 | Adult Oriented Synthpop | Aug 23, 2019
20190823: Mortal Geometry - 7 | Vancouver industrial, made in Vietnam | Sep 4, 2019
20190719: Modern Mirror - 8 | Stronger songs, same beauty | Sep 20, 2019
20190617: Unnecessary Bronze - 7 | Claustrophobic Surround Sound | Jul 21, 2019
20190607: One Fire - 7 | Industrial music evolved | Jun 4, 2019
20190607: The Fall of Man - 8 | Some seriously fat bass lines | Jun 17, 2019
20190607: Polymer - 8 | Elastic and durable | Jun 25, 2019
20190607: Masterplan - 7 | Refreshing electropop cocktail | Aug 7, 2019
20190603: Planet Supreme - 8 | A beautiful trip amongst the stars | Jul 18, 2019
20190524: Flamagra - 9 | One flaming Lotus! | Jun 26, 2019
20190510: Proto - 7 | Pushing electronic music forward with A.I. assistance | May 12, 2019
20190510: Transform - 7 | A return to form | Jun 21, 2019
20190426: A/X - 8 | Industrial, post-punk and pop bliss | Apr 23, 2019
20190412: No Geography - 10 | At their best, with added zip | May 14, 2019
20190308: Unknown Room - 9 | In brap we trust | Mar 20, 2019
20190308: Hyperion - 7 | Surprise guests and strong contrasts | Mar 19, 2019
20190222: OHMelectronic - 9 | OHM is dead, long live OHMelectronic | Feb 22, 2019
20190215: Ladytron - 7 | Surprisingly dark paranoia pop | Mar 5, 2019
20190208: Wake up the Coma - 8 | Surprising and unexpected | Feb 6, 2019
20190201: Ghost Nocturne - 6 | Night mood and dark atmosphere | Feb 13, 2019
20190130: Cocoon - 5 | Can't hear the trees for the forest | Mar 28, 2019
2018
20181214: Antidoron - 7 | Evolution, not revolution | Jan 30, 2019
20181207: Reworks - 9 | Complex variety of musical structures | Jan 28, 2019
20181130: Radioakt One - 9 | An electronic supergroup that delivers | Dec 12, 2018
20181130: Forward / Return - 6 | Super smooth British synthpop | Jan 26, 2019
20181109: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - 6 | One hell of a journey | Jan 27, 2019
20181102: No Tourists - 7 | Sounds familiarly different | Dec 14, 2018
20181026: Garden of Love - 8 | Let those creepy feelings come | Jan 31, 2019
20181012: Noire - 8 | His strongest album in a long time | Oct 17, 2018
20181009: A Man-Made Sun - 7 | Well-written futuristic synthpop | Jan 10, 2019
20181005: Butcher's Coin Red - 9 | A perfect marriage between post-punk and coldwave | Jan 17, 2019
20180914: Gimme Daggers - 8 | Return of the indie persona | Sep 15, 2018
20180914: Monsters Exist - 10 | A beast of an album | Sep 21, 2018
20180905: Madares - 9 | Lord of the Dark | Sep 3, 2018
20180903: Sirius Interstellar - 7 | Italian dance energy | Oct 21, 2018
20180831: A Journey - 8 | The Swedish synthpop heritage on display | Oct 16, 2018
20180713: World Be Live - 8 | It was everything I dreamt it would be | Jul 11, 2018
20180629: Für alle - 5 | Not the return you were hoping for | Jun 19, 2018
20180622: Warmech - 7 | The last Inkel | Jun 21, 2018
20180622: No Sounds Are out of Bounds - 9 | 30 years in space... | Jul 4, 2018
20180615: Utopia - 9 | World of songcraft | Jul 3, 2018
20180604: Your Dystopia, My Utopia - 8 | Old school meets new school | Jun 14, 2018
20180601: Romo Night Rec. Vol. 1: A Collection of the New Brat Pack - 8 | Swarming with synthpop quality | Jun 20, 2018
20180525: Love Is Dead - 7 | Synthpop - with a heart? | Jun 27, 2018
20180525: BooCheeMish - 7 | Lisa's dream comes true | Jul 9, 2018
20180518: I See Darkness in You - 8 | Frida Madeleine leaves in style | Aug 8, 2018
20180518: A1 - 7 | Invasion of the Kraftwerk clones | Sep 1, 2018
20180413: Chrome Sparks - 8 | Synthesizer music with plenty of imagination | Apr 30, 2018
20180302: Record - 8 | Dancefloor Queen | Apr 13, 2018
20180215: Out of Body - 9 | Dancefloor attacks meet beautiful ambience | Feb 20, 2018
20180209: When the Street Calls - 7 | A rebel uprising | Feb 23, 2018
20180202: Alive in New Light - 9 | Making IAMX great again | Feb 5, 2018
20180126: Akkretion - 8 | A welcome return to form | Mar 9, 2018
20180124: Hologram Moon - 6 | Italian veterans deliver moody synthpop | Feb 2, 2018
20180119: Impossible Star - 8 | Electronic pioneer returns in style | Jan 16, 2018
20180112: Companion - 8 | A worthy companion | Jan 30, 2018
20180111: She Began to Cry Tears... - 8 | Long titles, short attention span | Jan 22, 2018
2017
20171124: Revolter - 8 | Raw, distilled aggression | Nov 30, 2017
20171124: Utopia - 10 | An extraordinary exploration of sound | Dec 12, 2017
20171124: Live at Neues Gewandhaus Leipzig - 8 | Wonderful orchestral recordings | Jan 10, 2018
20171117: New Flesh - 9 | A Ghost-like, electronic experience | Feb 12, 2018
20171103: Humanity Plus - 8 | Powersynth from space | Nov 7, 2017
20171027: Plunge - 9 | Karin Dreijer has upped a gear | Nov 13, 2017
20171027: Against the Days - 7 | Modern synthpop from Ukraine | Jan 18, 2018
20171020: New Model - 7 | The sound of future doom and foreboding | Dec 14, 2017
20171013: Midnight Champion - 9 | Krummi & Dóri take it to the next level | Nov 2, 2017
20171006: Derelicts - 8 | Good honest ambient electronic music | Nov 27, 2017
20170922: Unfall - 4 | Not IAMX as you know it | Oct 25, 2017
20170915: Savage (Songs from a Broken World) - 7 | The apocalypse brings out the best in this legend | Sep 22, 2017
20170908: Music For People In Trouble - 8 | A farewell to synths | Sep 12, 2017
20170901: Human Rights - 7 | Monotone old school industrial | Sep 14, 2017
20170901: American Dream - 8 | From industrial pounding to goth-ness | Sep 27, 2017
20170901: The Punishment of Luxury - 6 | A solid, typical OMD album | Jan 15, 2018
20170713: Lost in Reflections - 5 | John Fryer employs Leeb and others | Oct 17, 2017
20170707: The Brown Acid Caveat - 8 | Lysergic enhancement brings newgen TG | Jul 30, 2017
20170614: Music for a Starlit Night - 7 | Textural album with dark atmosphere | Aug 7, 2017
20170612: Frisson - 8 | Delicious electronics for bleep addicts | Aug 11, 2017
20170609: Under Your Spell - 7 | Electropop in love with goth rock | Aug 23, 2017
20170526: Play Rewind Repeat - 9 | Sweden's finest spoil us | May 25, 2017
20170526: Lionhearts - 6 | Spinath on new adventures | Jun 12, 2017
20170526: Treason, Sedition and Subversive Activities - 8 | Industrial super group delivers | Oct 3, 2017
20170519: World Be Gone - 6 | Still it’s not over | May 18, 2017
20170512: Ultranoia - 8 | Groovy old school industrial | Jun 28, 2017
20170414: Season High - 7 | Another nice James Ford production | May 23, 2017
20170414: Trauma Toxicity - 7 | Industrial duo silent since 1997 | Jun 16, 2017
20170410: Reflektioner - 8 | Savvy collaborations and retro-futurism | Apr 20, 2017
20170331: Silver Eye - 9 | Between Silver(Eye) and Gold(frapp) | Apr 13, 2017
20170324: Secrets - 9 | Perfecting the formula | Apr 1, 2017
20170317: Spirit - 7 | From baisse to hausse | Mar 20, 2017
20170303: I - 6 | Another comeback with new lineup | Feb 17, 2017
20170303: & - 7 | Clever synthpop and many guests | Mar 6, 2017
20170224: Neon Oblivion - 9 | Already on Niklas' Best of 2017 list | Feb 22, 2017
20170224: Drunk - 7 | A cocktail made up of shots | Mar 7, 2017
20170203: Where's the Revolution - 5 | A step forward, but no revolution | Feb 4, 2017
20170121: Queerbody - 8 | Really edgy, catchy and cool debut | Mar 24, 2017
20170120: Future Politics - 8 | Well written, produced and presented | Jan 30, 2017
20170120: Voyager - 8 | Take a trip with Pascal and his machines | Feb 8, 2017
20170113: Migration - 8 | Bonobo moves you to sunnier climes | Jan 19, 2017
2016
20161209: Endings and Beginnings - 7 | Complete transformation | Mar 1, 2017
20161202: Oxygene 3 - 3 | Oxygene 3 without oxygen | Dec 16, 2016
20161110: Autopop (Deluxe Edition) - 7 | Kraftwerkian to the core | Nov 1, 2016
20161104: The Blinding Dark - 8 | Dystopian lamentation | Oct 28, 2016
20161104: Amen: Requiem for Heart Fragment - 8 | Do you have the 'heart' for it? | Nov 4, 2016
20161104: Eyes on Backwards - 7 | More Puppy than Doubting Thomas this time | Nov 24, 2016
20161031: Metameat - 7 | Let the beat hit you | Nov 14, 2016
20161014: COW / Chill Out, World! - 9 | Skies are clear | Nov 29, 2016
20161007: Exit Popularity Contest - 8 | Guitars and vocals - out! | Oct 8, 2016
20161006: Pure - 7 | Synthpop trio growing stronger | Nov 28, 2016
20160923: Mythologie - 8 | A return to form | Sep 22, 2016
20160923: Rosetta - 9 | Mission accomplished | Oct 19, 2016
20160909: Skeleton Tree - 8 | Sorrow is a part of happiness' price | Sep 19, 2016
20160909: Endure - 6 | Managing expectations | Oct 13, 2016
20160908: Meel - 5 | Rough ambience from Sanctum member | Sep 12, 2016
20160826: Looking Skyward - 8 | A sound for the charts | Aug 22, 2016
20160826: Red for the Dead - Black for the Mourning - 8 | Darker and harder - still great | Aug 26, 2016
20160812: The Hyperion Machine - 6 | Down a new musical path | Sep 16, 2016
20160722: Peak & Decay - 8 | Vibrant club melancholia | Jul 19, 2016
20160708: Cheetah - 6 | A cat amongst the bassbins | Aug 16, 2016
20160627: Ath.Lon - 8 | Modern synthpop with a big sound | Jul 25, 2016
20160617: 13 - 7 | Synthpop giants evolving | Jun 22, 2016
20160603: This is Where Death Begins - 7 | Metal as fuck | Jul 17, 2016
20160527: Maskiner - 8 | A new Spark! deliver bodypop for 2016 | Jun 13, 2016
20160527: Never Surrender - 6 | Competent but not unique synthpop | Jul 21, 2016
20160520: Då som nu för alltid - 8 | Sweden's no 1 band call it quits | May 21, 2016
20160508: A Moon Shaped Pool - 9 | Gathering around the Pool | May 26, 2016
20160506: Norrbacka - 9 | Retaining strength after 17 years | May 16, 2016
20160506: Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise - 7 | Elite electronic collaborations | Jun 1, 2016
20160412: Eyes in the Sky - 8 | Calling at all stops to the future | Apr 19, 2016
20160408: Commitment to Complications - 8 | Pain and suffering | May 4, 2016
20160401: Super - 4 | How can they expect to be taken seriously? | Apr 2, 2016
20160325: Headless - 8 | Another intriguing Poiss chapter | Apr 1, 2016
20160316: Barbara, Barbara We Face a Shining Future - 9 | Underworld step out into the light | Mar 24, 2016
20160219: False Vacuum - 8 | A very listenable and danceable album | Mar 1, 2016
20160219: Electricity - 7 | Dreamy electropop | Apr 26, 2016
20160129: Matter - 7 | Bouncy, fun and huge | Feb 10, 2016
2015
20151127: Holoscenic - 8 | Electronic pop and intense beauty | Dec 2, 2015
20151127: Sit and Wait - 8 | A time capsule from 1984 | Dec 10, 2015
20151113: All The Way Down - 8 | Atmospheric old school industrial | Nov 9, 2015
20151110: Blendwerk - 8 | Old school but still Haujobb | Nov 17, 2015
20151106: Presence - 6 | Dystopic contemporary analysis | Nov 24, 2015
20151106: Art Angels - 8 | Grimes fine for the prime time | Nov 28, 2015
20151030: Another Manic Episode - 6 | Clubby mix of EBM and electropop | Oct 16, 2015
20151016: Electronica 1: The Time Machine - 8 | Lacking some Jarre | Nov 2, 2015
20151002: Metanoia - 9 | Emotional overload | Oct 16, 2015
20150925: Music Complete - 6 | Playing it way too safe | Sep 21, 2015
20150925: Every Open Eye - 8 | Bigger and more accessible | Oct 8, 2015
20150914: Rhythm Age - 8 | Hardcore rhythm | Oct 26, 2015
20150911: Gemini - 6 | Solid indie-synthpop | Sep 18, 2015
20150904: A Worthy Compensation - 9 | Masterpiece 16 years in the making | Sep 24, 2015
20150904: Cast in Steel - 6 | A mellow surprise return | Oct 2, 2015
20150904: Vitriolic - 7 | Pop quality on Funker Vogt's label | Oct 2, 2015
20150828: The Prefect Stories - 6 | A slightly darker tone | Sep 29, 2015
20150828: V - Metal Machine Music - 6 | A return to hard electronic metal | Sep 25, 2015
20150821: Corporate_Sting - 7 | Classic Chicago industrial | Aug 27, 2015
20150821: Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-08 - 7 | An unusual Selek-tion | Sep 24, 2015
20150724: The Looking Glass Society - 8 | Hagström still in top form | Sep 7, 2015
20150717: Born in the Echoes - 7 | Chemical Echoes tinged with poison | Aug 18, 2015
20150622: Moonbuilding 2703 AD - 8 | All aboard flight 2703 AD | Jul 21, 2015
20150618: Dode - 9 | Great music for adult gamers | Jun 17, 2015
20150616: Muzak from the Hive Mind - 6 | Snog mastermind goes ambient | Jun 12, 2015
20150615: Garmonbozia - 8 | Refining their potent formula | Jun 13, 2015
20150608: Alternative Light Source - 10 | The light is still bright in Leftfield | Aug 27, 2015
20150522: What It's All About - 6 | The Swedish synthpop machine delivers | Jun 22, 2015
20150521: Anti-Nasty League - 4 | Continuing down the slammer rock path | May 21, 2015
20150518: Loin Des Hommes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 8 | Consistent listening experience | May 27, 2015
20150508: Halfway to Nowhere - 7 | Synthpop from 2/3 Spetsnaz | May 8, 2015
20150427: MG - 6 | Uneven instrumental trek from Gore | Apr 21, 2015
20150424: Deugden van Angst en Het Kwaad - 5 | Dark and long | May 15, 2015
20150421: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward - 9 | 20 years of creative electronic music | May 7, 2015
20150420: Damogen Furies - 9 | Squarepusher brings his A game... | May 9, 2015
20150418: Such a Fragile Thing We Are - 7 | Skilled, minimal and melodic | May 5, 2015
20150418: Noll fyra arton - 9 | Minimal bliss from Skåne | May 13, 2015
20150418: The Sound of Breaking Glass - 6 | Dödsdans goes gritty and dark | May 18, 2015
20150416: Triadic Ballet - 7 | 3 CD:s, 2 Passengers, 1 Concept | May 12, 2015
20150410: VI - 8 | Keeping an impossibly high standard | Apr 10, 2015
20150330: The Day Is My Enemy - 7 | Music that was for my generation | Mar 31, 2015
20150327: Greyscale - 9 | Their most accomplished album yet | Mar 4, 2015
20150327: III - 6 | Solid synthpop song writing | Apr 9, 2015
20150327: A Sign of Life - 7 | More futurepop club candy | Jun 8, 2015
20150325: Alkimia - 9 | An astonishing achievement | Mar 23, 2015
20150325: Apocalypse Pop - 8 | Darker and evolved | Mar 25, 2015
20150320: Memories - 9 | Another slice of brilliance | Mar 25, 2015
20150315: Europa! - 8 | A unique sound in the old school-EBM genre. | Jun 11, 2015
20150302: Another Eternity - 8 | A new hope for synthpop | Feb 11, 2015
20150220: Lieux-Dits - 6 | Rock and (micro) chips... | Mar 12, 2015
20150217: Eko - 6 | Swedish synthpop melodies | Mar 5, 2015
20150216: Ten Love Songs - 10 | Album of the year? | Feb 20, 2015
20150212: Puur - 5 | Distel have ghosts in their machines | Apr 1, 2015
20150210: Mare Nostrum - 7 | Talking with the machine | Mar 6, 2015
20150210: Rise Again - 5 | Metal with an electronic twist | Apr 7, 2015
20150205: Spektrum - 6 | Bodypop that could do more | Feb 6, 2015
20150123: Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt.2 EP - 7 | Harder, clankier, more mechanical | Feb 2, 2015
20150123: Schock - 5 | More of the same | Apr 13, 2015
20150120: Vulnicura - 6 | That difficult 9th album | Feb 18, 2015
20150118: A Broken Frame - 6 | A brave or stupid endeavour? | Feb 28, 2015
20150116: Violently Beautiful - 7 | Synthpoprock | Feb 17, 2015
20150113: Maximum Entropy - 7 | Electronic shoegaze | May 27, 2015
2014
20141121: VII - 6 | A strong return after 6 years | Mar 6, 2015
20141119: Electronic Passion - 7 | Classic italo-esque synthpop | Nov 27, 2014
20141117: Art Plastique - 7 | French synthpop with unique sound | Jan 14, 2015
20141111: The Inevitable End - 7 | A wee bit too standardized | Nov 18, 2014
20141111: Superstition - 7 | Catchy Canadian synthrock | Nov 29, 2014
20141110: Blue - 10 | Album of the year for the reviewer | Dec 22, 2014
20141110: Asleep Versions - 10 | Hopkins exceeds even himself | Jan 20, 2015
20141107: Wulfband - 8 | Old school but new school | Oct 31, 2014
20141107: Lament - 9 | A multi-layered WW1 presentation | Nov 11, 2014
20141029: Aon - 7 | Emmon delivers | Nov 25, 2014
20141028: Subconscious Landscapes - 5 | Unfinished feeling | Oct 17, 2014
20141024: Radiant - 7 | A solid return | Nov 7, 2014
20141017: A Film by Jacob Frössén - 8 | An intimate portrait | Oct 20, 2014
20141013: Backspace Unwind - 9 | A clean and crisp masterpiece | Nov 27, 2014
20141010: Personal Revolution - 7 | Slowly erasing the Puppy stamp | Oct 1, 2014
20140923: Little Machines - 8 | Music for the masses | Oct 9, 2014
20140923: A Place to Stand - 9 | Dirty, gritty and brilliant | Oct 7, 2014
20140922: The Violet Flame - 7 | Fredrik struggles with his idols | Oct 9, 2014
20140922: Syro - 9 | Just as if he'd never been away | Oct 14, 2014
20140917: Covered with Rain - 8 | Atmospheric and cinematic electronica | Sep 22, 2014
20140912: Family Value Pack - 7 | Categorizing the uncategorizable | Sep 29, 2014
20140909: Frequences Sensibles - 9 | Influenced by NIN and Aphex Twin | Sep 24, 2014
20140908: Adrian Thaws - 9 | It's not tricky for Tricky to write a rhyme | Nov 3, 2014
20140904: InTRESant - 8 | Minimal demos finally released | Sep 4, 2014
20140829: Two - 8 | Long awaited synthpop classic | Aug 27, 2014
20140820: Pelotone - 7 | Strong darkwave debut | Sep 4, 2014
20140818: Sparks - 7 | A heapful of sparks | Oct 14, 2014
20140814: TVMALSV - 7 | As brutal as you would expect | Jul 6, 2014
20140811: Twilight Kingdom - 8 | Fredrik is moved to tears | Sep 17, 2014
20140808: Crystal Palace - 8 | Another slab of avantgarde uniqueness | Sep 30, 2014
20140808: Magnet - 7 | And One reinvented | Nov 13, 2014
20140730: Tar ner skylten - 3 | Dreary old school EBM | Aug 11, 2014
20140729: Interceptor - 7 | The 80:s electronically reproduced | Sep 18, 2014
20140627: Interpersonal - 7 | Synthpop evolution | Oct 6, 2014
20140623: EPs - 9 | Masterful and twisted electronics | Jun 16, 2014
20140618: Mecha Rising - 8 | Hyper electro powersynth EBM | Jun 4, 2014
20140617: Dangerous Days - 8 | Soundtrack to a dark future | Jul 2, 2014
20140610: And Man Created God - 4 | Political album with new sound | May 24, 2014
20140610: Memory Work - 5 | Typical post punk on Metropolis | Jun 11, 2014
20140606: Those Nervous Surgeons - 8 | Impressive industrial psychedelia | May 27, 2014
20140606: Werkschau - 5 | Taking the edge off | May 30, 2014
20140606: Be My Guest - 8 | Different take on a cover album | Aug 22, 2014
20140605: Like Before - 9 | Soothing Yazoo balm | Jun 15, 2015
20140601: Att lämna allt för inget - 8 | Space themed minimal synthpop | Jun 18, 2014
20140531: Malmö C - 7 | Synthpop in Swedish with new twist | May 28, 2014
20140527: Elektronik och Skrammeldisko Volym: 1 - 7 | Showcase of new minimal talent | Jul 17, 2014
20140525: Xenoglossy - 8 | Swedish synthpop grace | Jun 9, 2014
20140519: Reachy Prints - 8 | Great album from solid Warp act | May 19, 2014
20140513: Echoes - 8 | New songs and great remixes | May 12, 2014
20140512: Nabuma Rubberband - 8 | No chance of this Rubberband snapping | May 22, 2014
20140505: Someday World - 5 | Two worlds collide = casualties | Jun 10, 2014
20140505: Crashed - 7 | Quality industrial as always | Sep 30, 2014
20140430: Tigerdrottningen - 8 | A typical, strong Kent album | May 14, 2014
20140430: Don't Panic - 7 | All the right synthpop tools | May 19, 2014
20140418: Reality Opens - 8 | Mindbending electro | Aug 23, 2014
20140417: Geometrical Keys - 9 | Noise glorious noise | May 9, 2014
20140415: Kranial Klash - 3 | The opposite of easy listening | May 7, 2014
20140410: The King Is Dead - 8 | Electronic music to cry to | May 15, 2014
20140404: Therapy - 7 | Another solid CD with 90:s-styled EBM | Jun 16, 2014
20140328: Death Sun - 6 | Belgian EBM that sticks to the formula | May 28, 2014
20140321: We Love You - 7 | Even Combichristier than before | Mar 26, 2014
20140321: Authority - 7 | Note to the Authority | Apr 15, 2014
20140319: Together We Shine - 6 | California electronica pop on Progress | Apr 4, 2014
20140314: Super Vision - 7 | Retaining the potent formula | Apr 7, 2014
20140310: Unfidelity - 6 | Musiq keeps the fidelity murkily clear | Apr 10, 2014
20140304: Joyland - 6 | Overworked but still, in Alfons we trust | Mar 25, 2014
20140303: Spectre - 5 | Political pop art | Mar 4, 2014
20140228: 1 - 6 | DAF man on decent solo trip | Feb 18, 2014
20140228: Retribution - 7 | Swedish synthpop comeptence | May 21, 2014
20140221: Tanzmusik für Roboter - 6 | 10th album, first with Lady Lila | May 5, 2014
20140217: Oceania - 7 | EBM side project to Assemblage 23 | Mar 14, 2014
20140214: Speak in Storms - 8 | Worth the wait | Feb 14, 2014
20140211: Til Death - 5 | Talent wasted on cliches | Mar 20, 2014
20140129: Retropia - 9 | Evolution | Jan 30, 2014
20140128: 31 Spirits - 7 | A slight case of (logical) overbombing | May 13, 2014
2013
20131209: Immunity (Expanded Edition) - 9 | Not immune to liking this | Dec 16, 2013
20131129: Life Is Calling - 7 | John von Ahlen from Parralox going solo | Feb 18, 2014
20131129: Hotel Suicide - 6 | Industrial dance fodder | Mar 3, 2014
20131113: Snowglobe - 7 | Low expectations but surprisingly good | Dec 11, 2013
20131028: Aleph - 6 | Slightly more tech-yes than tech-no | Oct 8, 2013
20131025: The Machinists of Joy - 8 | EBM stories from the factory floor | Nov 18, 2013
20131015: Transnational - 6 | Pleasant but too dull | Oct 25, 2013
20131001: Ohm - 8 | Refreshing sound from Peterson and Huxtable | Oct 19, 2013
20130927: Innocents - 4 | Play, Stop, Eject | Oct 21, 2013
20130923: The Bones of What You Believe - 8 | One of the very best 2014 albums | Dec 19, 2013
20130920: The Brightest Light - 4 | Throwing rocks in the glass house | Oct 18, 2013
20130920: Recovery - 7 | Aussie synthpop cover mania | Nov 21, 2013
20130917: Mine - 9 | IDM with an analogue exciting twist | Nov 21, 2013
20130916: Feast/Beast - 8 | An aural box of chocolates | Dec 17, 2013
20130911: Mandrills - 6 | Catchy tunes but alternative enough | Sep 6, 2013
20130910: Tales of Us - 7 | Beautiful songs for rainy days | Sep 20, 2013
20130906: Leaving Babylon - 8 | New line-up, same unique sound | Aug 22, 2013
20130903: Hesitation Marks - 8 | NIN evolved | Sep 10, 2013
20130829: Hemma - 6 | Warm, catchy synthpop | Oct 1, 2013
20130806: II - 9 | II is the new I | Oct 3, 2013
20130715: Electric - 8 | The boys are having fun again | Jun 20, 2013
20130712: Death of a Sun - 8 | Italian duo return in style | Oct 9, 2013
20130709: Echogenetic - 8 | An awesome electronic maelstrom | Jun 20, 2013
20130701: Still Smiling - 9 | Solid, non-collapsing cooperation | Nov 8, 2013
20130628: The Future - 7 | Synthpop veteran still got it | Aug 28, 2013
20130617: Olympia - 7 | Somewhat squashed follow-up | Jun 15, 2013
20130611: Last Dance - 6 | Qualities of old | Jun 11, 2013
20130611: LingAM - 6 | Straightforward more than experimental | Jun 17, 2013
20130605: Tomorrow's Harvest - 9 | Bored of Canada? Not this Harvest... | Aug 2, 2013
20130604: Conopoly - 6 | Canadians that sound Canadian | Jul 18, 2013
20130531: When Evil Speaks - 6 | Strong effort with a wider palette | Jun 9, 2013
20130528: Weapon - 8 | Their best album in many, many years | May 24, 2013
20130528: False Idols - 5 | Tricky to find Tricky | Aug 2, 2013
20130524: The Dirt - 9 | Gritty, harsh and tough | May 25, 2013
20130524: Blindsided - 7 | More synthpop bliss from Herr Siemandel | Jun 11, 2013
20130524: Affair of the Heart - 6 | Talent in need of focus | Aug 28, 2013
20130520: Hearts and Knives - 6 | Nostalgia and glimpses of greatness | Jul 12, 2013
20130514: Below the City - 7 | Electro - the Poiss way | May 30, 2013
20130508: V - 8 | Fifth great EP, still no album | May 23, 2013
20130422: Inhale - 8 | Greek synthpop delight | Jul 18, 2013
20130408: Shaking the Habitual - 6 | Isn’t afraid to show its swagger | Apr 8, 2013
20130408: English Electric - 8 | Classic sound by classic band | May 2, 2013
20130405: Playing with Fire - 6 | Electro-rock arena style | May 6, 2013
20130405: Tonight We Dream Fiercely - 4 | Competent, dull Slovenian synthpop | May 28, 2013
20130326: Delta Machine - 7 | Decency for the masses | Mar 21, 2013
20130322: The Unified Field - 6 | Not what it used to be | Apr 4, 2013
20130322: Origin #2 - 8 | Shimmering hi-tech ambient | Apr 10, 2013
20130315: Automation Baby - 8 | Still very potent | Mar 14, 2013
20130315: Off the Record - 3 | A bleak copy | May 28, 2013
20130308: Exile - 6 | Bland and brilliant | Mar 26, 2013
20130301: Eat Your Heart Out - 8 | Classic Klinik | Mar 4, 2013
20130301: For Generations to Come - 6 | You know what it sounds like | Apr 1, 2013
20130226: Somewhere Else - 6 | Lightweight italo pop | Apr 17, 2013
20130222: Father Worked in Industry - 7 | Diverse album from skilled Norwegians | Mar 18, 2013
20130222: OutRun - 7 | Divine drive through the 80:s | Apr 23, 2013
20130218: Push the Sky Away - 4 | Could and should do better | Feb 15, 2013
20130215: The Infidel (Special Edition) - 10 | Masterpiece extended and rereleased | Apr 18, 2013
20130214: The Presence of the Abnormal - 8 | Minimal magic from the UK | Jun 15, 2013
20130201: Heaven - 7 | Weird but strangely promising single | Feb 1, 2013
20130125: Even the Devil Doesn't Care - 7 | Majestic gloom | Apr 15, 2013
20130118: Born To Lie - 7 | Great taste of what's to come | Jan 16, 2013
2012
20121211: Fearless - 9 | Darkness für alle | Dec 18, 2012
20121118: Airmech - 8 | Excellent game soundtrack | Dec 10, 2012
20121030: Music Box Opera - 5 | A major disappointment | Oct 13, 2012
20121026: Hell Money - 6 | New tunes from Reuter’s parallel universe | Nov 14, 2012
20121009: Utopia - 6 | Almost a new band | Oct 29, 2012
20121005: Hide and Seek - 8 | Well crafted pop in Halloween outfit | Oct 4, 2012
20120919: The Blackwing Sessions - 7 | Nice packet of synthpop demos | Sep 11, 2012
20120914: Follow That Car - 8 | Back in the driver’s seat | Sep 21, 2012
20120914: The Sun, The Cold and My Underwater Fear - 6 | Quality atmospheric electropop | Oct 19, 2012
20120913: Spirit of Talk Talk - 9 | Talk Talk anthology well worth the read | Sep 20, 2012
20120912: Elsewhen - 7 | Noisy industrial from veteran | Sep 12, 2012
20120912: Elysium - 5 | Being boring | Sep 11, 2012
20120911: Maldire - 7 | Great old school industrial | Oct 31, 2012
20120907: Mind the Gap - 8 | Sounds like Komputer | Oct 3, 2012
20120907: Highwire Poetry - 8 | Retro-modern pop tunes for the masses | Oct 25, 2012
20120831: Ave Maria - 3 | Copycats | Sep 27, 2012
20120824: Rockets & Swords - 5 | Predictable competence | Oct 1, 2012
20120823: Modulation - 7 | Same, but a little different | Nov 9, 2012
20120814: Anastasis - 8 | Ethnoauraleclectic resurrection | Sep 7, 2012
20120810: The Awakening - 9 | A perfect memory of 1987 | Sep 17, 2012
20120615: Sanctuary - 7 | Impressive rollercoaster debut | Jun 15, 2012
20120612: Wish upon a Blackstar - 9 | Worth the wait | Jun 26, 2012
20120612: Bootlegged, Broke and in Solvent Seas - 9 | Aural stagecraft | Jun 29, 2012
20120612: Bruise - 8 | Evolved, improved and intelligent | Jul 5, 2012
20120611: In Our Heads - 8 | Fun electrodiscopopfunk | Jul 20, 2012
20120601: Bleep - A Guide to Electronic Music - 9 | A history lesson - with a Warped slant | Oct 26, 2012
20120528: Brilliant - 8 | Worth the wait (28 years) | May 28, 2012
20120525: S.T.O.P - 7 | A return to form | May 31, 2012
20120522: The Way Home - 8 | More from Mind.In.A.Box mastermind | Jul 2, 2012
20120521: Words and Music - 7 | Quintessential British synthpop | Aug 4, 2012
20120518: Georgy #11811 - 6 | John Fryer produces ex-Invisible Limits vocalist | Jul 10, 2012
20120509: Hearts of the World - 7 | Solid synthpop from Sweden | Jun 21, 2012
20120501: Man Made Machine - 5 | With Gore and McCarthy as guests | May 22, 2012
20120427: Berlin - 7 | And One two | Jun 8, 2012
20120425: Jag är inte rädd för mörkret - 6 | Kent can be boring; who knew? | May 14, 2012
20120424: Från Norrland till helvetets port - 5 | A catchy beast | May 22, 2012
20120416: Pure Form - 6 | Legends on auto pilot | Jun 7, 2012
20120410: Fix - 7 | The Al Jourgensen circus caught on film | Jul 19, 2012
20120402: Wonky - 8 | Blissfully Wonky, knowingly Orbital | May 25, 2012
20120321: For the Long Gone - 5 | You have already heard this | Apr 20, 2012
20120312: Siberia - 9 | Vibrant electronic pop from Canada | Apr 20, 2012
20120307: Hearts and Machinery - 7 | Edgy dance synthpop | Jun 18, 2012
20120222: Hardware - 5 | Harsh retro feel and craftmanship | May 18, 2012
20120220: Lightspeed - 7 | "Trance and bass" with a hint of the 80:s | Mar 16, 2012
20120209: Le Voyage Dans la Lune - 8 | On their way back to the moon | Feb 9, 2012
20120208: Hela din värld - 7 | Solid, catchy EBM-pop | Feb 6, 2012
20120208: Format - 8 | Excellent B-sides collection | Mar 16, 2012
20120201: Traces of a Human - 8 | Beautiful ethereal pop | Mar 16, 2012
20120131: Visions - 6 | Truly weird and fascinating | Apr 26, 2012
20120130: Kasiotone - 9 | Exuberant 80:s synthpop | Mar 16, 2012
20120125: Shadows - 6 | Eclectic mix from LA pop act | Mar 6, 2012
20120124: Revelations - 8 | Now more brooding and eerie | Jan 20, 2012
20120109: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack - 9 | Sound collages for the subconscious | Jan 1, 2012
2011
20111125: New World March - 8 | A splendid return | Nov 14, 2011
20111121: Love on Demand - 8 | Dark and unique synthpop | Feb 7, 2012
20111107: Stark Punkt - 7 | Monotone techno-EBM from the UK | Jan 11, 2012
20111028: Strange Cargo - 7 | South African project | Jan 10, 2012
20111024: Dead Son Rising - 8 | Some of his finest work to date | Jan 12, 2012
20110916: Automatic - 7 | Retrofuturepop | Sep 27, 2011
20110914: Feel It Break - 8 | A lot more than another The Knife | Sep 9, 2011
20110912: Gravity the Seducer - 8 | Ladytron find the (creative) spark | Sep 9, 2011
20110902: She Doesn't Even Look at the Dance Floor - 6 | In A-Ha's footsteps | Dec 2, 2011
20110808: Generation Damaged - 7 | Dancey industrial from USA | Dec 14, 2011
20110727: Ritual Union - 7 | Nothing little about this dragon | Aug 19, 2011
20110627: Dead Market - 5 | Comeback single with great B-side | Sep 9, 2011
20110608: Remixes 2: 81-11 - 6 | Peter Marchione is ambivalent | Jun 8, 2011
20110601: Force Majeure - 5 | Fun with a Swedish band on this arena | Sep 9, 2011
20110529: WTF?! - 6 | Sounds like KMFDM | Jul 7, 2011
2024
20240921: Model Kollapse - 8 | Leeb at the top of his game | Oct 28, 2024
20240809: VII - 8 | Dense soundscapes and refined majesty | Aug 31, 2024
20240203: Endgame - 8 | Key/Leeb/Fulber - what could go wrong? | Feb 15, 2024
20240126: Broken Toys - 8 | Dance floor juggernaut | Jan 26, 2024
2023
20231013: Destruction - 8 | Devilishly powerful industrial sounds | Oct 13, 2023
20230414: Electric Sun - 8 | Same same, but different | May 17, 2023
20230324: Memento Mori - 8 | Modern DM perfected | Apr 7, 2023
20230317: Darkness Falls Again - 7 | Mature and magnificent synthpop | Mar 23, 2023
20230317: Red Cell - 8 | One of the best synthpop albums 2023 | Apr 18, 2023
20230210: Signs - 7 | Too chill for its own good | Mar 16, 2023
2022
20221021: Cheeba City Blues - 7 | An interesting cyberpunk trip | Nov 16, 2022
20221007: Recon - 7 | A reinvigorated Emmon | Nov 13, 2022
20220930: This Is Louder - 6 | Mild mannered synthpop | Oct 5, 2022
20220610: Prisma - 9 | Electronic powerpop perfection | Jun 19, 2022
20220513: Best Before End - 10 | Synthpop perfection | Jun 17, 2022
20220503: Profound Mysteries - 7 | An album after all, and a good one | May 30, 2022
20220429: To a New World of Gods and Monsters - 8 | Eminently relistenable | Apr 29, 2022
20220225: Raum - 8 | New version with a newer sound | Jun 12, 2022
20220209: Pleasant Sounds for Unpleasant Times Vol. 2 - 8 | Colourful ambient soundscapes | Feb 18, 2022
20220128: Touring Skyward - A Tour Movie - 8 | The complete live package | Feb 13, 2022
2021
20211126: Brutal Nature - 8 | Atmospheric dance music | Dec 3, 2021
20211112: Symbiosis - 8 | Electropop fulfilling potential | Dec 19, 2021
20211029: Forward to the Roots - 7 | Electropop band celebrates 25 years | Nov 9, 2021
20211021: Future Past - 8 | Pop masters aging gracefully | Oct 30, 2021
20211001: Urban Dreams - 8 | Finnish synth wizardry | Nov 21, 2021
20210930: Acts of Worship - 7 | A glossier and warmer experience | Nov 3, 2021
20210927: Deviator - 8 | Side project beats main project | Sep 19, 2021
20210910: Nine Songs and a Dream - 6 | Low key sounds from Native Cry man | Oct 18, 2021
20210910: Squaring the Circle - 9 | An album 20 years in the making | Oct 8, 2021
20210901: Stochastic - 8 | Machine brain massage | Sep 28, 2021
20210820: Petrichor - 8 | Synthpop and italo embraced | Aug 24, 2021
20210820: I Was Never Really There - 8 | Moody industrial with cool guests | Aug 26, 2021
20210723: Love and Death - 8 | Lush electropop made in UK | Jul 31, 2021
20210702: Puls - 7 | Brand new old skool | Sep 20, 2021
20210621: Boy from Michigan - 9 | Spellbinding singer/songwriter for the electronic crowd | Aug 7, 2021
20210610: Making the World Great Again - 8 | Exceptional synthpop from Norway | Oct 6, 2021
20210528: Lustful Sacrements - 7 | Retro future sounds | Jul 21, 2021
20210521: Intruder - 8 | Songs from an angry world | Jun 17, 2021
20210514: Spare Parts for the Offspring - 8 | Solo trip for Twice a Man member | May 14, 2021
20210514: Cold Pills (Scarlet Gate of Toxic Daybreak) - 7 | Veterans maintaining their level | May 28, 2021
20210514: Stämplar in - 8 | Working class EBM - the Swedish way | Jun 9, 2021
20210430: Signals from the Abyss - 8 | Power ambient | May 3, 2021
20210430: Away - 7 | Dream-like and melancholic | May 25, 2021
20210416: G.O.T.H. - 7 | Electronic smorgosbord from Poland | May 26, 2021
20210413: Plague of People - 8 | UK Ant-Zen duo paints soundscapes | May 19, 2021
20210326: Trigger - 9 | Majestic return from Swedish legends | Mar 22, 2021
20210319: Predicts - 8 | Quality synthpop from new duo | May 4, 2021
20210312: Silence Amygdala - 9 | Healing, low-key synthpop | Mar 31, 2021
20210309: A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression - 7 | Aggression setting 11 | Apr 10, 2021
20210219: Resonance - 7 | A subconscious all-star experience | Mar 17, 2021
20210215: Mnemonik - 8 | Vintage sounds sharpened for digital ears | Mar 2, 2021
20210212: Enjoy Dystopia - 7 | High energy futurepop | Feb 19, 2021
20210212: Dead/End - 8 | Evergreen top-notch electro-industrial | Feb 24, 2021
20210208: Au Bout De La Nuit - 6 | A glorious porridge of ever morphing electronic ideas | Mar 5, 2021
20210122: The Inevitable Relapse - 8 | Vancouver industrial from Germany | Feb 18, 2021
20210115: Mechanical Soul - 7 | The next phase | Jan 15, 2021
2020
20201211: Where do we go from here - 8 | Unexpectedly groovy industrial | Dec 21, 2020
20201201: Hjärtats slag - 8 | Minimal EBM from comic book author | Feb 9, 2021
20201113: Cyberhead - 7 | Priest 2.0 still delivers | Dec 3, 2020
20201113: Secualr Psalms - 8 | Tasty slices of gloomy minimalism | Dec 1, 2020
20201106: Ghost Ship - 8 | Almost as no time has passed | Nov 23, 2020
20201106: Varelser inuti - 9 | The art of industrial melody | Nov 8, 2020
20201030: Deep Thought - 7 | Exploring new worlds | Nov 11, 2020
20201020: Shadow of Fear - 8 | Great return from electronic pioneer | Dec 22, 2020
20201016: Sign - 8 | Expect the unexpected | Oct 30, 2020
20200924: Weltall: Erde: Mensch - 7 | Slow burning robotic pop | Oct 10, 2020
20200918: Transformation - 8 | Secrets part II | Oct 3, 2020
20200918: A Journey Through Concern - 8 | Beware: industrial acid bass monster | Nov 13, 2020
20200911: Mourn - 7 | Shear quality! | Sep 18, 2020
20200907: LP II - 9 | Comeback worth waiting for | Oct 19, 2020
20200904: Transhuman - 8 | Robotikteknopop! | Sep 25, 2020
20200828: The Neon - 6 | Erasure for the masses | Sep 9, 2020
20200821: Reincarnated - 8 | Everything is percussion | Aug 31, 2020
20200821: PROCD100 - A Progress Productions Compilation - 8 | One box set to rule them all | Aug 24, 2020
20200626: KiCk i - 9 | Experimental pop nuggets | Jul 9, 2020
20200612: On the Other Side of the Mirror - 8 | Soundtrack for a dystopian world | Jun 22, 2020
20200610: kek-et - 7 | Atmospheric and cinematic Ant-zen EP | Jul 20, 2020
20200522: Alles im Allem - 9 | Building worlds together | Jun 3, 2020
20200522: Monsters - 9 | Next gen emotional electropop | Jun 2, 2020
20200515: Prequel - 8 | Fast and furious from 90:s band | May 16, 2020
20200508: Gods Verging on Sanity - 8 | Synth noir with love from Budapest | May 8, 2020
20200417: The Great Awakening - 9 | Cult synthpop band resurrected | Apr 16, 2020
20200410: Lamental EP - 8 | With the edges smoothed off | Apr 9, 2020
20200403: It Is What It Is - 7 | Even more Drunk! | Apr 23, 2020
20200337: Diamonds - 6 | Same formula, great sound | Mar 27, 2020
20200327: Abolition of the Royal Familia - 7 | More than just pushing buttons | Apr 2, 2020
20200327: Armén - 9 | The pure essence of raw EBM | Apr 16, 2020
20200327: New Me, Same Us - 8 | Next step for the Gothenburg export | May 28, 2020
20200320: Mystery Park - 8 | Perfecting their varied electropop | Apr 1, 2020
20200313: Pulse - 8 | Minimalistic follow-up from Manifest winner | Mar 26, 2020
20200313: New Knives - 8 | Pure lazerpunk power | May 16, 2020
20200221: Miss Anthropocene - 7 | Wide-ranging but still 100% Grimes | Feb 28, 2020
20200214: Riki - 8 | Sublime darkwave from album debutante | Feb 28, 2020
20200214: The Dreamweb Trilogy - 10 | Futuristic electro masterpieces reissued | Apr 24, 2020
20200214: Kreign - 7 | Playful EBM from Arizona | May 26, 2020
20200131: Be up a Hello - 9 | Backwards into the future | Jan 31, 2020
20200127: Hidden Memories - 6 | American indietronica expanded | Jan 27, 2020
20200124: Hotspot - 7 | Electronic trilogy finale made in Berlin | Feb 4, 2020
20200124: Futur Antérieur - 8 | Analogue candy from France | Feb 6, 2020
2019
20191213: Chaos - 7 | Bodypop refined | Jan 13, 2020
20191129: Genesis - 8 | A synthpop force to be reckoned with | Jan 15, 2020
20191104: Mainstream - 8 | Raising the synthpop standards | Nov 18, 2019
20191101: Panic - 8 | Heavier, tighter and better produced | Nov 1, 2019
20191101: Drift (Series One: Sampler Edition) - 9 | Searching into new areas | Nov 27, 2019
20191101: Extreme Unspoken Tension - 8 | One of the best new EBM albums | Mar 9, 2020
20191008: Truth - 9 | New vocalist, fascinating musical landscapes | Oct 10, 2019
20190909: Grand Transmission - 8 | Kling-klangs from Sweden | Aug 9, 2019
20190909: Ostalgia - 8 | Darker and more complex | Oct 8, 2019
20190823: Resume - 7 | Industrial techno with a love for their craft | Aug 16, 2019
20190823: SIX - 7 | Adult Oriented Synthpop | Aug 23, 2019
20190823: Mortal Geometry - 7 | Vancouver industrial, made in Vietnam | Sep 4, 2019
20190719: Modern Mirror - 8 | Stronger songs, same beauty | Sep 20, 2019
20190617: Unnecessary Bronze - 7 | Claustrophobic Surround Sound | Jul 21, 2019
20190607: One Fire - 7 | Industrial music evolved | Jun 4, 2019
20190607: The Fall of Man - 8 | Some seriously fat bass lines | Jun 17, 2019
20190607: Polymer - 8 | Elastic and durable | Jun 25, 2019
20190607: Masterplan - 7 | Refreshing electropop cocktail | Aug 7, 2019
20190603: Planet Supreme - 8 | A beautiful trip amongst the stars | Jul 18, 2019
20190524: Flamagra - 9 | One flaming Lotus! | Jun 26, 2019
20190510: Proto - 7 | Pushing electronic music forward with A.I. assistance | May 12, 2019
20190510: Transform - 7 | A return to form | Jun 21, 2019
20190426: A/X - 8 | Industrial, post-punk and pop bliss | Apr 23, 2019
20190412: No Geography - 10 | At their best, with added zip | May 14, 2019
20190308: Unknown Room - 9 | In brap we trust | Mar 20, 2019
20190308: Hyperion - 7 | Surprise guests and strong contrasts | Mar 19, 2019
20190222: OHMelectronic - 9 | OHM is dead, long live OHMelectronic | Feb 22, 2019
20190215: Ladytron - 7 | Surprisingly dark paranoia pop | Mar 5, 2019
20190208: Wake up the Coma - 8 | Surprising and unexpected | Feb 6, 2019
20190201: Ghost Nocturne - 6 | Night mood and dark atmosphere | Feb 13, 2019
20190130: Cocoon - 5 | Can't hear the trees for the forest | Mar 28, 2019
2018
20181214: Antidoron - 7 | Evolution, not revolution | Jan 30, 2019
20181207: Reworks - 9 | Complex variety of musical structures | Jan 28, 2019
20181130: Radioakt One - 9 | An electronic supergroup that delivers | Dec 12, 2018
20181130: Forward / Return - 6 | Super smooth British synthpop | Jan 26, 2019
20181109: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - 6 | One hell of a journey | Jan 27, 2019
20181102: No Tourists - 7 | Sounds familiarly different | Dec 14, 2018
20181026: Garden of Love - 8 | Let those creepy feelings come | Jan 31, 2019
20181012: Noire - 8 | His strongest album in a long time | Oct 17, 2018
20181009: A Man-Made Sun - 7 | Well-written futuristic synthpop | Jan 10, 2019
20181005: Butcher's Coin Red - 9 | A perfect marriage between post-punk and coldwave | Jan 17, 2019
20180914: Gimme Daggers - 8 | Return of the indie persona | Sep 15, 2018
20180914: Monsters Exist - 10 | A beast of an album | Sep 21, 2018
20180905: Madares - 9 | Lord of the Dark | Sep 3, 2018
20180903: Sirius Interstellar - 7 | Italian dance energy | Oct 21, 2018
20180831: A Journey - 8 | The Swedish synthpop heritage on display | Oct 16, 2018
20180713: World Be Live - 8 | It was everything I dreamt it would be | Jul 11, 2018
20180629: Für alle - 5 | Not the return you were hoping for | Jun 19, 2018
20180622: Warmech - 7 | The last Inkel | Jun 21, 2018
20180622: No Sounds Are out of Bounds - 9 | 30 years in space... | Jul 4, 2018
20180615: Utopia - 9 | World of songcraft | Jul 3, 2018
20180604: Your Dystopia, My Utopia - 8 | Old school meets new school | Jun 14, 2018
20180601: Romo Night Rec. Vol. 1: A Collection of the New Brat Pack - 8 | Swarming with synthpop quality | Jun 20, 2018
20180525: Love Is Dead - 7 | Synthpop - with a heart? | Jun 27, 2018
20180525: BooCheeMish - 7 | Lisa's dream comes true | Jul 9, 2018
20180518: I See Darkness in You - 8 | Frida Madeleine leaves in style | Aug 8, 2018
20180518: A1 - 7 | Invasion of the Kraftwerk clones | Sep 1, 2018
20180413: Chrome Sparks - 8 | Synthesizer music with plenty of imagination | Apr 30, 2018
20180302: Record - 8 | Dancefloor Queen | Apr 13, 2018
20180215: Out of Body - 9 | Dancefloor attacks meet beautiful ambience | Feb 20, 2018
20180209: When the Street Calls - 7 | A rebel uprising | Feb 23, 2018
20180202: Alive in New Light - 9 | Making IAMX great again | Feb 5, 2018
20180126: Akkretion - 8 | A welcome return to form | Mar 9, 2018
20180124: Hologram Moon - 6 | Italian veterans deliver moody synthpop | Feb 2, 2018
20180119: Impossible Star - 8 | Electronic pioneer returns in style | Jan 16, 2018
20180112: Companion - 8 | A worthy companion | Jan 30, 2018
20180111: She Began to Cry Tears... - 8 | Long titles, short attention span | Jan 22, 2018
2017
20171124: Revolter - 8 | Raw, distilled aggression | Nov 30, 2017
20171124: Utopia - 10 | An extraordinary exploration of sound | Dec 12, 2017
20171124: Live at Neues Gewandhaus Leipzig - 8 | Wonderful orchestral recordings | Jan 10, 2018
20171117: New Flesh - 9 | A Ghost-like, electronic experience | Feb 12, 2018
20171103: Humanity Plus - 8 | Powersynth from space | Nov 7, 2017
20171027: Plunge - 9 | Karin Dreijer has upped a gear | Nov 13, 2017
20171027: Against the Days - 7 | Modern synthpop from Ukraine | Jan 18, 2018
20171020: New Model - 7 | The sound of future doom and foreboding | Dec 14, 2017
20171013: Midnight Champion - 9 | Krummi & Dóri take it to the next level | Nov 2, 2017
20171006: Derelicts - 8 | Good honest ambient electronic music | Nov 27, 2017
20170922: Unfall - 4 | Not IAMX as you know it | Oct 25, 2017
20170915: Savage (Songs from a Broken World) - 7 | The apocalypse brings out the best in this legend | Sep 22, 2017
20170908: Music For People In Trouble - 8 | A farewell to synths | Sep 12, 2017
20170901: Human Rights - 7 | Monotone old school industrial | Sep 14, 2017
20170901: American Dream - 8 | From industrial pounding to goth-ness | Sep 27, 2017
20170901: The Punishment of Luxury - 6 | A solid, typical OMD album | Jan 15, 2018
20170713: Lost in Reflections - 5 | John Fryer employs Leeb and others | Oct 17, 2017
20170707: The Brown Acid Caveat - 8 | Lysergic enhancement brings newgen TG | Jul 30, 2017
20170614: Music for a Starlit Night - 7 | Textural album with dark atmosphere | Aug 7, 2017
20170612: Frisson - 8 | Delicious electronics for bleep addicts | Aug 11, 2017
20170609: Under Your Spell - 7 | Electropop in love with goth rock | Aug 23, 2017
20170526: Play Rewind Repeat - 9 | Sweden's finest spoil us | May 25, 2017
20170526: Lionhearts - 6 | Spinath on new adventures | Jun 12, 2017
20170526: Treason, Sedition and Subversive Activities - 8 | Industrial super group delivers | Oct 3, 2017
20170519: World Be Gone - 6 | Still it’s not over | May 18, 2017
20170512: Ultranoia - 8 | Groovy old school industrial | Jun 28, 2017
20170414: Season High - 7 | Another nice James Ford production | May 23, 2017
20170414: Trauma Toxicity - 7 | Industrial duo silent since 1997 | Jun 16, 2017
20170410: Reflektioner - 8 | Savvy collaborations and retro-futurism | Apr 20, 2017
20170331: Silver Eye - 9 | Between Silver(Eye) and Gold(frapp) | Apr 13, 2017
20170324: Secrets - 9 | Perfecting the formula | Apr 1, 2017
20170317: Spirit - 7 | From baisse to hausse | Mar 20, 2017
20170303: I - 6 | Another comeback with new lineup | Feb 17, 2017
20170303: & - 7 | Clever synthpop and many guests | Mar 6, 2017
20170224: Neon Oblivion - 9 | Already on Niklas' Best of 2017 list | Feb 22, 2017
20170224: Drunk - 7 | A cocktail made up of shots | Mar 7, 2017
20170203: Where's the Revolution - 5 | A step forward, but no revolution | Feb 4, 2017
20170121: Queerbody - 8 | Really edgy, catchy and cool debut | Mar 24, 2017
20170120: Future Politics - 8 | Well written, produced and presented | Jan 30, 2017
20170120: Voyager - 8 | Take a trip with Pascal and his machines | Feb 8, 2017
20170113: Migration - 8 | Bonobo moves you to sunnier climes | Jan 19, 2017
2016
20161209: Endings and Beginnings - 7 | Complete transformation | Mar 1, 2017
20161202: Oxygene 3 - 3 | Oxygene 3 without oxygen | Dec 16, 2016
20161110: Autopop (Deluxe Edition) - 7 | Kraftwerkian to the core | Nov 1, 2016
20161104: The Blinding Dark - 8 | Dystopian lamentation | Oct 28, 2016
20161104: Amen: Requiem for Heart Fragment - 8 | Do you have the 'heart' for it? | Nov 4, 2016
20161104: Eyes on Backwards - 7 | More Puppy than Doubting Thomas this time | Nov 24, 2016
20161031: Metameat - 7 | Let the beat hit you | Nov 14, 2016
20161014: COW / Chill Out, World! - 9 | Skies are clear | Nov 29, 2016
20161007: Exit Popularity Contest - 8 | Guitars and vocals - out! | Oct 8, 2016
20161006: Pure - 7 | Synthpop trio growing stronger | Nov 28, 2016
20160923: Mythologie - 8 | A return to form | Sep 22, 2016
20160923: Rosetta - 9 | Mission accomplished | Oct 19, 2016
20160909: Skeleton Tree - 8 | Sorrow is a part of happiness' price | Sep 19, 2016
20160909: Endure - 6 | Managing expectations | Oct 13, 2016
20160908: Meel - 5 | Rough ambience from Sanctum member | Sep 12, 2016
20160826: Looking Skyward - 8 | A sound for the charts | Aug 22, 2016
20160826: Red for the Dead - Black for the Mourning - 8 | Darker and harder - still great | Aug 26, 2016
20160812: The Hyperion Machine - 6 | Down a new musical path | Sep 16, 2016
20160722: Peak & Decay - 8 | Vibrant club melancholia | Jul 19, 2016
20160708: Cheetah - 6 | A cat amongst the bassbins | Aug 16, 2016
20160627: Ath.Lon - 8 | Modern synthpop with a big sound | Jul 25, 2016
20160617: 13 - 7 | Synthpop giants evolving | Jun 22, 2016
20160603: This is Where Death Begins - 7 | Metal as fuck | Jul 17, 2016
20160527: Maskiner - 8 | A new Spark! deliver bodypop for 2016 | Jun 13, 2016
20160527: Never Surrender - 6 | Competent but not unique synthpop | Jul 21, 2016
20160520: Då som nu för alltid - 8 | Sweden's no 1 band call it quits | May 21, 2016
20160508: A Moon Shaped Pool - 9 | Gathering around the Pool | May 26, 2016
20160506: Norrbacka - 9 | Retaining strength after 17 years | May 16, 2016
20160506: Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise - 7 | Elite electronic collaborations | Jun 1, 2016
20160412: Eyes in the Sky - 8 | Calling at all stops to the future | Apr 19, 2016
20160408: Commitment to Complications - 8 | Pain and suffering | May 4, 2016
20160401: Super - 4 | How can they expect to be taken seriously? | Apr 2, 2016
20160325: Headless - 8 | Another intriguing Poiss chapter | Apr 1, 2016
20160316: Barbara, Barbara We Face a Shining Future - 9 | Underworld step out into the light | Mar 24, 2016
20160219: False Vacuum - 8 | A very listenable and danceable album | Mar 1, 2016
20160219: Electricity - 7 | Dreamy electropop | Apr 26, 2016
20160129: Matter - 7 | Bouncy, fun and huge | Feb 10, 2016
2015
20151127: Holoscenic - 8 | Electronic pop and intense beauty | Dec 2, 2015
20151127: Sit and Wait - 8 | A time capsule from 1984 | Dec 10, 2015
20151113: All The Way Down - 8 | Atmospheric old school industrial | Nov 9, 2015
20151110: Blendwerk - 8 | Old school but still Haujobb | Nov 17, 2015
20151106: Presence - 6 | Dystopic contemporary analysis | Nov 24, 2015
20151106: Art Angels - 8 | Grimes fine for the prime time | Nov 28, 2015
20151030: Another Manic Episode - 6 | Clubby mix of EBM and electropop | Oct 16, 2015
20151016: Electronica 1: The Time Machine - 8 | Lacking some Jarre | Nov 2, 2015
20151002: Metanoia - 9 | Emotional overload | Oct 16, 2015
20150925: Music Complete - 6 | Playing it way too safe | Sep 21, 2015
20150925: Every Open Eye - 8 | Bigger and more accessible | Oct 8, 2015
20150914: Rhythm Age - 8 | Hardcore rhythm | Oct 26, 2015
20150911: Gemini - 6 | Solid indie-synthpop | Sep 18, 2015
20150904: A Worthy Compensation - 9 | Masterpiece 16 years in the making | Sep 24, 2015
20150904: Cast in Steel - 6 | A mellow surprise return | Oct 2, 2015
20150904: Vitriolic - 7 | Pop quality on Funker Vogt's label | Oct 2, 2015
20150828: The Prefect Stories - 6 | A slightly darker tone | Sep 29, 2015
20150828: V - Metal Machine Music - 6 | A return to hard electronic metal | Sep 25, 2015
20150821: Corporate_Sting - 7 | Classic Chicago industrial | Aug 27, 2015
20150821: Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-08 - 7 | An unusual Selek-tion | Sep 24, 2015
20150724: The Looking Glass Society - 8 | Hagström still in top form | Sep 7, 2015
20150717: Born in the Echoes - 7 | Chemical Echoes tinged with poison | Aug 18, 2015
20150622: Moonbuilding 2703 AD - 8 | All aboard flight 2703 AD | Jul 21, 2015
20150618: Dode - 9 | Great music for adult gamers | Jun 17, 2015
20150616: Muzak from the Hive Mind - 6 | Snog mastermind goes ambient | Jun 12, 2015
20150615: Garmonbozia - 8 | Refining their potent formula | Jun 13, 2015
20150608: Alternative Light Source - 10 | The light is still bright in Leftfield | Aug 27, 2015
20150522: What It's All About - 6 | The Swedish synthpop machine delivers | Jun 22, 2015
20150521: Anti-Nasty League - 4 | Continuing down the slammer rock path | May 21, 2015
20150518: Loin Des Hommes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 8 | Consistent listening experience | May 27, 2015
20150508: Halfway to Nowhere - 7 | Synthpop from 2/3 Spetsnaz | May 8, 2015
20150427: MG - 6 | Uneven instrumental trek from Gore | Apr 21, 2015
20150424: Deugden van Angst en Het Kwaad - 5 | Dark and long | May 15, 2015
20150421: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward - 9 | 20 years of creative electronic music | May 7, 2015
20150420: Damogen Furies - 9 | Squarepusher brings his A game... | May 9, 2015
20150418: Such a Fragile Thing We Are - 7 | Skilled, minimal and melodic | May 5, 2015
20150418: Noll fyra arton - 9 | Minimal bliss from Skåne | May 13, 2015
20150418: The Sound of Breaking Glass - 6 | Dödsdans goes gritty and dark | May 18, 2015
20150416: Triadic Ballet - 7 | 3 CD:s, 2 Passengers, 1 Concept | May 12, 2015
20150410: VI - 8 | Keeping an impossibly high standard | Apr 10, 2015
20150330: The Day Is My Enemy - 7 | Music that was for my generation | Mar 31, 2015
20150327: Greyscale - 9 | Their most accomplished album yet | Mar 4, 2015
20150327: III - 6 | Solid synthpop song writing | Apr 9, 2015
20150327: A Sign of Life - 7 | More futurepop club candy | Jun 8, 2015
20150325: Alkimia - 9 | An astonishing achievement | Mar 23, 2015
20150325: Apocalypse Pop - 8 | Darker and evolved | Mar 25, 2015
20150320: Memories - 9 | Another slice of brilliance | Mar 25, 2015
20150315: Europa! - 8 | A unique sound in the old school-EBM genre. | Jun 11, 2015
20150302: Another Eternity - 8 | A new hope for synthpop | Feb 11, 2015
20150220: Lieux-Dits - 6 | Rock and (micro) chips... | Mar 12, 2015
20150217: Eko - 6 | Swedish synthpop melodies | Mar 5, 2015
20150216: Ten Love Songs - 10 | Album of the year? | Feb 20, 2015
20150212: Puur - 5 | Distel have ghosts in their machines | Apr 1, 2015
20150210: Mare Nostrum - 7 | Talking with the machine | Mar 6, 2015
20150210: Rise Again - 5 | Metal with an electronic twist | Apr 7, 2015
20150205: Spektrum - 6 | Bodypop that could do more | Feb 6, 2015
20150123: Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt.2 EP - 7 | Harder, clankier, more mechanical | Feb 2, 2015
20150123: Schock - 5 | More of the same | Apr 13, 2015
20150120: Vulnicura - 6 | That difficult 9th album | Feb 18, 2015
20150118: A Broken Frame - 6 | A brave or stupid endeavour? | Feb 28, 2015
20150116: Violently Beautiful - 7 | Synthpoprock | Feb 17, 2015
20150113: Maximum Entropy - 7 | Electronic shoegaze | May 27, 2015
2014
20141121: VII - 6 | A strong return after 6 years | Mar 6, 2015
20141119: Electronic Passion - 7 | Classic italo-esque synthpop | Nov 27, 2014
20141117: Art Plastique - 7 | French synthpop with unique sound | Jan 14, 2015
20141111: The Inevitable End - 7 | A wee bit too standardized | Nov 18, 2014
20141111: Superstition - 7 | Catchy Canadian synthrock | Nov 29, 2014
20141110: Blue - 10 | Album of the year for the reviewer | Dec 22, 2014
20141110: Asleep Versions - 10 | Hopkins exceeds even himself | Jan 20, 2015
20141107: Wulfband - 8 | Old school but new school | Oct 31, 2014
20141107: Lament - 9 | A multi-layered WW1 presentation | Nov 11, 2014
20141029: Aon - 7 | Emmon delivers | Nov 25, 2014
20141028: Subconscious Landscapes - 5 | Unfinished feeling | Oct 17, 2014
20141024: Radiant - 7 | A solid return | Nov 7, 2014
20141017: A Film by Jacob Frössén - 8 | An intimate portrait | Oct 20, 2014
20141013: Backspace Unwind - 9 | A clean and crisp masterpiece | Nov 27, 2014
20141010: Personal Revolution - 7 | Slowly erasing the Puppy stamp | Oct 1, 2014
20140923: Little Machines - 8 | Music for the masses | Oct 9, 2014
20140923: A Place to Stand - 9 | Dirty, gritty and brilliant | Oct 7, 2014
20140922: The Violet Flame - 7 | Fredrik struggles with his idols | Oct 9, 2014
20140922: Syro - 9 | Just as if he'd never been away | Oct 14, 2014
20140917: Covered with Rain - 8 | Atmospheric and cinematic electronica | Sep 22, 2014
20140912: Family Value Pack - 7 | Categorizing the uncategorizable | Sep 29, 2014
20140909: Frequences Sensibles - 9 | Influenced by NIN and Aphex Twin | Sep 24, 2014
20140908: Adrian Thaws - 9 | It's not tricky for Tricky to write a rhyme | Nov 3, 2014
20140904: InTRESant - 8 | Minimal demos finally released | Sep 4, 2014
20140829: Two - 8 | Long awaited synthpop classic | Aug 27, 2014
20140820: Pelotone - 7 | Strong darkwave debut | Sep 4, 2014
20140818: Sparks - 7 | A heapful of sparks | Oct 14, 2014
20140814: TVMALSV - 7 | As brutal as you would expect | Jul 6, 2014
20140811: Twilight Kingdom - 8 | Fredrik is moved to tears | Sep 17, 2014
20140808: Crystal Palace - 8 | Another slab of avantgarde uniqueness | Sep 30, 2014
20140808: Magnet - 7 | And One reinvented | Nov 13, 2014
20140730: Tar ner skylten - 3 | Dreary old school EBM | Aug 11, 2014
20140729: Interceptor - 7 | The 80:s electronically reproduced | Sep 18, 2014
20140627: Interpersonal - 7 | Synthpop evolution | Oct 6, 2014
20140623: EPs - 9 | Masterful and twisted electronics | Jun 16, 2014
20140618: Mecha Rising - 8 | Hyper electro powersynth EBM | Jun 4, 2014
20140617: Dangerous Days - 8 | Soundtrack to a dark future | Jul 2, 2014
20140610: And Man Created God - 4 | Political album with new sound | May 24, 2014
20140610: Memory Work - 5 | Typical post punk on Metropolis | Jun 11, 2014
20140606: Those Nervous Surgeons - 8 | Impressive industrial psychedelia | May 27, 2014
20140606: Werkschau - 5 | Taking the edge off | May 30, 2014
20140606: Be My Guest - 8 | Different take on a cover album | Aug 22, 2014
20140605: Like Before - 9 | Soothing Yazoo balm | Jun 15, 2015
20140601: Att lämna allt för inget - 8 | Space themed minimal synthpop | Jun 18, 2014
20140531: Malmö C - 7 | Synthpop in Swedish with new twist | May 28, 2014
20140527: Elektronik och Skrammeldisko Volym: 1 - 7 | Showcase of new minimal talent | Jul 17, 2014
20140525: Xenoglossy - 8 | Swedish synthpop grace | Jun 9, 2014
20140519: Reachy Prints - 8 | Great album from solid Warp act | May 19, 2014
20140513: Echoes - 8 | New songs and great remixes | May 12, 2014
20140512: Nabuma Rubberband - 8 | No chance of this Rubberband snapping | May 22, 2014
20140505: Someday World - 5 | Two worlds collide = casualties | Jun 10, 2014
20140505: Crashed - 7 | Quality industrial as always | Sep 30, 2014
20140430: Tigerdrottningen - 8 | A typical, strong Kent album | May 14, 2014
20140430: Don't Panic - 7 | All the right synthpop tools | May 19, 2014
20140418: Reality Opens - 8 | Mindbending electro | Aug 23, 2014
20140417: Geometrical Keys - 9 | Noise glorious noise | May 9, 2014
20140415: Kranial Klash - 3 | The opposite of easy listening | May 7, 2014
20140410: The King Is Dead - 8 | Electronic music to cry to | May 15, 2014
20140404: Therapy - 7 | Another solid CD with 90:s-styled EBM | Jun 16, 2014
20140328: Death Sun - 6 | Belgian EBM that sticks to the formula | May 28, 2014
20140321: We Love You - 7 | Even Combichristier than before | Mar 26, 2014
20140321: Authority - 7 | Note to the Authority | Apr 15, 2014
20140319: Together We Shine - 6 | California electronica pop on Progress | Apr 4, 2014
20140314: Super Vision - 7 | Retaining the potent formula | Apr 7, 2014
20140310: Unfidelity - 6 | Musiq keeps the fidelity murkily clear | Apr 10, 2014
20140304: Joyland - 6 | Overworked but still, in Alfons we trust | Mar 25, 2014
20140303: Spectre - 5 | Political pop art | Mar 4, 2014
20140228: 1 - 6 | DAF man on decent solo trip | Feb 18, 2014
20140228: Retribution - 7 | Swedish synthpop comeptence | May 21, 2014
20140221: Tanzmusik für Roboter - 6 | 10th album, first with Lady Lila | May 5, 2014
20140217: Oceania - 7 | EBM side project to Assemblage 23 | Mar 14, 2014
20140214: Speak in Storms - 8 | Worth the wait | Feb 14, 2014
20140211: Til Death - 5 | Talent wasted on cliches | Mar 20, 2014
20140129: Retropia - 9 | Evolution | Jan 30, 2014
20140128: 31 Spirits - 7 | A slight case of (logical) overbombing | May 13, 2014
2013
20131209: Immunity (Expanded Edition) - 9 | Not immune to liking this | Dec 16, 2013
20131129: Life Is Calling - 7 | John von Ahlen from Parralox going solo | Feb 18, 2014
20131129: Hotel Suicide - 6 | Industrial dance fodder | Mar 3, 2014
20131113: Snowglobe - 7 | Low expectations but surprisingly good | Dec 11, 2013
20131028: Aleph - 6 | Slightly more tech-yes than tech-no | Oct 8, 2013
20131025: The Machinists of Joy - 8 | EBM stories from the factory floor | Nov 18, 2013
20131015: Transnational - 6 | Pleasant but too dull | Oct 25, 2013
20131001: Ohm - 8 | Refreshing sound from Peterson and Huxtable | Oct 19, 2013
20130927: Innocents - 4 | Play, Stop, Eject | Oct 21, 2013
20130923: The Bones of What You Believe - 8 | One of the very best 2014 albums | Dec 19, 2013
20130920: The Brightest Light - 4 | Throwing rocks in the glass house | Oct 18, 2013
20130920: Recovery - 7 | Aussie synthpop cover mania | Nov 21, 2013
20130917: Mine - 9 | IDM with an analogue exciting twist | Nov 21, 2013
20130916: Feast/Beast - 8 | An aural box of chocolates | Dec 17, 2013
20130911: Mandrills - 6 | Catchy tunes but alternative enough | Sep 6, 2013
20130910: Tales of Us - 7 | Beautiful songs for rainy days | Sep 20, 2013
20130906: Leaving Babylon - 8 | New line-up, same unique sound | Aug 22, 2013
20130903: Hesitation Marks - 8 | NIN evolved | Sep 10, 2013
20130829: Hemma - 6 | Warm, catchy synthpop | Oct 1, 2013
20130806: II - 9 | II is the new I | Oct 3, 2013
20130715: Electric - 8 | The boys are having fun again | Jun 20, 2013
20130712: Death of a Sun - 8 | Italian duo return in style | Oct 9, 2013
20130709: Echogenetic - 8 | An awesome electronic maelstrom | Jun 20, 2013
20130701: Still Smiling - 9 | Solid, non-collapsing cooperation | Nov 8, 2013
20130628: The Future - 7 | Synthpop veteran still got it | Aug 28, 2013
20130617: Olympia - 7 | Somewhat squashed follow-up | Jun 15, 2013
20130611: Last Dance - 6 | Qualities of old | Jun 11, 2013
20130611: LingAM - 6 | Straightforward more than experimental | Jun 17, 2013
20130605: Tomorrow's Harvest - 9 | Bored of Canada? Not this Harvest... | Aug 2, 2013
20130604: Conopoly - 6 | Canadians that sound Canadian | Jul 18, 2013
20130531: When Evil Speaks - 6 | Strong effort with a wider palette | Jun 9, 2013
20130528: Weapon - 8 | Their best album in many, many years | May 24, 2013
20130528: False Idols - 5 | Tricky to find Tricky | Aug 2, 2013
20130524: The Dirt - 9 | Gritty, harsh and tough | May 25, 2013
20130524: Blindsided - 7 | More synthpop bliss from Herr Siemandel | Jun 11, 2013
20130524: Affair of the Heart - 6 | Talent in need of focus | Aug 28, 2013
20130520: Hearts and Knives - 6 | Nostalgia and glimpses of greatness | Jul 12, 2013
20130514: Below the City - 7 | Electro - the Poiss way | May 30, 2013
20130508: V - 8 | Fifth great EP, still no album | May 23, 2013
20130422: Inhale - 8 | Greek synthpop delight | Jul 18, 2013
20130408: Shaking the Habitual - 6 | Isn’t afraid to show its swagger | Apr 8, 2013
20130408: English Electric - 8 | Classic sound by classic band | May 2, 2013
20130405: Playing with Fire - 6 | Electro-rock arena style | May 6, 2013
20130405: Tonight We Dream Fiercely - 4 | Competent, dull Slovenian synthpop | May 28, 2013
20130326: Delta Machine - 7 | Decency for the masses | Mar 21, 2013
20130322: The Unified Field - 6 | Not what it used to be | Apr 4, 2013
20130322: Origin #2 - 8 | Shimmering hi-tech ambient | Apr 10, 2013
20130315: Automation Baby - 8 | Still very potent | Mar 14, 2013
20130315: Off the Record - 3 | A bleak copy | May 28, 2013
20130308: Exile - 6 | Bland and brilliant | Mar 26, 2013
20130301: Eat Your Heart Out - 8 | Classic Klinik | Mar 4, 2013
20130301: For Generations to Come - 6 | You know what it sounds like | Apr 1, 2013
20130226: Somewhere Else - 6 | Lightweight italo pop | Apr 17, 2013
20130222: Father Worked in Industry - 7 | Diverse album from skilled Norwegians | Mar 18, 2013
20130222: OutRun - 7 | Divine drive through the 80:s | Apr 23, 2013
20130218: Push the Sky Away - 4 | Could and should do better | Feb 15, 2013
20130215: The Infidel (Special Edition) - 10 | Masterpiece extended and rereleased | Apr 18, 2013
20130214: The Presence of the Abnormal - 8 | Minimal magic from the UK | Jun 15, 2013
20130201: Heaven - 7 | Weird but strangely promising single | Feb 1, 2013
20130125: Even the Devil Doesn't Care - 7 | Majestic gloom | Apr 15, 2013
20130118: Born To Lie - 7 | Great taste of what's to come | Jan 16, 2013
2012
20121211: Fearless - 9 | Darkness für alle | Dec 18, 2012
20121118: Airmech - 8 | Excellent game soundtrack | Dec 10, 2012
20121030: Music Box Opera - 5 | A major disappointment | Oct 13, 2012
20121026: Hell Money - 6 | New tunes from Reuter’s parallel universe | Nov 14, 2012
20121009: Utopia - 6 | Almost a new band | Oct 29, 2012
20121005: Hide and Seek - 8 | Well crafted pop in Halloween outfit | Oct 4, 2012
20120919: The Blackwing Sessions - 7 | Nice packet of synthpop demos | Sep 11, 2012
20120914: Follow That Car - 8 | Back in the driver’s seat | Sep 21, 2012
20120914: The Sun, The Cold and My Underwater Fear - 6 | Quality atmospheric electropop | Oct 19, 2012
20120913: Spirit of Talk Talk - 9 | Talk Talk anthology well worth the read | Sep 20, 2012
20120912: Elsewhen - 7 | Noisy industrial from veteran | Sep 12, 2012
20120912: Elysium - 5 | Being boring | Sep 11, 2012
20120911: Maldire - 7 | Great old school industrial | Oct 31, 2012
20120907: Mind the Gap - 8 | Sounds like Komputer | Oct 3, 2012
20120907: Highwire Poetry - 8 | Retro-modern pop tunes for the masses | Oct 25, 2012
20120831: Ave Maria - 3 | Copycats | Sep 27, 2012
20120824: Rockets & Swords - 5 | Predictable competence | Oct 1, 2012
20120823: Modulation - 7 | Same, but a little different | Nov 9, 2012
20120814: Anastasis - 8 | Ethnoauraleclectic resurrection | Sep 7, 2012
20120810: The Awakening - 9 | A perfect memory of 1987 | Sep 17, 2012
20120615: Sanctuary - 7 | Impressive rollercoaster debut | Jun 15, 2012
20120612: Wish upon a Blackstar - 9 | Worth the wait | Jun 26, 2012
20120612: Bootlegged, Broke and in Solvent Seas - 9 | Aural stagecraft | Jun 29, 2012
20120612: Bruise - 8 | Evolved, improved and intelligent | Jul 5, 2012
20120611: In Our Heads - 8 | Fun electrodiscopopfunk | Jul 20, 2012
20120601: Bleep - A Guide to Electronic Music - 9 | A history lesson - with a Warped slant | Oct 26, 2012
20120528: Brilliant - 8 | Worth the wait (28 years) | May 28, 2012
20120525: S.T.O.P - 7 | A return to form | May 31, 2012
20120522: The Way Home - 8 | More from Mind.In.A.Box mastermind | Jul 2, 2012
20120521: Words and Music - 7 | Quintessential British synthpop | Aug 4, 2012
20120518: Georgy #11811 - 6 | John Fryer produces ex-Invisible Limits vocalist | Jul 10, 2012
20120509: Hearts of the World - 7 | Solid synthpop from Sweden | Jun 21, 2012
20120501: Man Made Machine - 5 | With Gore and McCarthy as guests | May 22, 2012
20120427: Berlin - 7 | And One two | Jun 8, 2012
20120425: Jag är inte rädd för mörkret - 6 | Kent can be boring; who knew? | May 14, 2012
20120424: Från Norrland till helvetets port - 5 | A catchy beast | May 22, 2012
20120416: Pure Form - 6 | Legends on auto pilot | Jun 7, 2012
20120410: Fix - 7 | The Al Jourgensen circus caught on film | Jul 19, 2012
20120402: Wonky - 8 | Blissfully Wonky, knowingly Orbital | May 25, 2012
20120321: For the Long Gone - 5 | You have already heard this | Apr 20, 2012
20120312: Siberia - 9 | Vibrant electronic pop from Canada | Apr 20, 2012
20120307: Hearts and Machinery - 7 | Edgy dance synthpop | Jun 18, 2012
20120222: Hardware - 5 | Harsh retro feel and craftmanship | May 18, 2012
20120220: Lightspeed - 7 | "Trance and bass" with a hint of the 80:s | Mar 16, 2012
20120209: Le Voyage Dans la Lune - 8 | On their way back to the moon | Feb 9, 2012
20120208: Hela din värld - 7 | Solid, catchy EBM-pop | Feb 6, 2012
20120208: Format - 8 | Excellent B-sides collection | Mar 16, 2012
20120201: Traces of a Human - 8 | Beautiful ethereal pop | Mar 16, 2012
20120131: Visions - 6 | Truly weird and fascinating | Apr 26, 2012
20120130: Kasiotone - 9 | Exuberant 80:s synthpop | Mar 16, 2012
20120125: Shadows - 6 | Eclectic mix from LA pop act | Mar 6, 2012
20120124: Revelations - 8 | Now more brooding and eerie | Jan 20, 2012
20120109: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack - 9 | Sound collages for the subconscious | Jan 1, 2012
2011
20111125: New World March - 8 | A splendid return | Nov 14, 2011
20111121: Love on Demand - 8 | Dark and unique synthpop | Feb 7, 2012
20111107: Stark Punkt - 7 | Monotone techno-EBM from the UK | Jan 11, 2012
20111028: Strange Cargo - 7 | South African project | Jan 10, 2012
20111024: Dead Son Rising - 8 | Some of his finest work to date | Jan 12, 2012
20110916: Automatic - 7 | Retrofuturepop | Sep 27, 2011
20110914: Feel It Break - 8 | A lot more than another The Knife | Sep 9, 2011
20110912: Gravity the Seducer - 8 | Ladytron find the (creative) spark | Sep 9, 2011
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