Swedish / Norwegian powersynth band Xenturion Prime emerged from the ashes of Code 64 when Hasse Mattsson and Bjørn Marius Borg joined forces. They released their excellent debut album “Mecha Rising” in 2014, and then entered radio silence until now. These days the band have added Cathrine Räisänen Andersen to the roster and is thereby a trio. The new album “Humanity Plus” is out now on Progress Productions, and it’s a damn good one. We decided to have a chat with the band about what they’ve been up to since last time. [more...]
Mark Jackson, member of VNV Nation, has left the band. Read Ronan Harris’ statement below. [more...]
M’era Luna: The first wave
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M’era Luna, one of the leading festivals for what the Germans call the “schwarze szene” has announced the first massive wave of live acts for next year’s festival. [more...]
The Invincible Spirit gave us the perennial club hit “Push” way back in 1986 and several hits and albums followed. Now, Dortmunder Thomas Lüdke’s electrowave project is back with a new song, “Nein!”, and you can check out a trailer after the jump.
The beginning of 2018 will see the return of legendary electronic outfit Meat Beat Manifesto.
Last weekend, classic Cold Meat Industry industrial/neofolk/neo classical/dark ambient acts like Mortiis, Arcana, Raison D’être, Ordo Rosarios Equilibrio and In Slaughter Natives gathered in Stockholm. [more...]
”An album is believed to be following soon”, we wrote in our Björk post in September and now we know. Her 9th album “Utopia” is scheduled for November 24. [more...]
People of the North: Don’t miss On Stage
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We update our Scandinavian live guide On Stage on a daily basis. Check out festivals like Progress 13, electriXmas, Electronic Winter and Subkult, and concerts with bands like Depeche Mode, Alison Moyet, OMD, Rein, Rome and Laibach.
Funker Vogt’s new 10-track EP “Musik ist Krieg” is out on November 3.
