News editor: Mikael Kahrle

Two weeks to Front Line Assembly's new single

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New single and album from Vancouver's Front Line Assembly.

• A little reminder of what Front Line Assembly is up to. The new single from the industrial giants is called "Everything Must Perish" (September 11) and shows a more danceable and perhaps softer side of the band. The upcoming album "Epitaph" (October 9), however, is said to be a kind of return to the hard sound of earlier FLA, while still being very modern and even more electronic than before (if that's possible?).
The track list: "Haloed", "Dead Planet", "Backlash", "Epitaph", "Everything Must Perish", "Conscience", "Decoy", "Insolence", "Krank It up" and "Existence".
The first 25 000 copies of "Epitaph" will show up in a special edition digipak with bonus material. You can listen to the single in the media section of www.delerium.com. It seems US label Metropolis will release the album in Europe as well, through their distribution partners. /Johan Carlsson

German debutants on Canadian label
• The debut album "Belastendes Material" by German dancefloor stompers, Massiv in Mensch, has been released in North America on the Canadian label Art of Fact. This release also includes two bonus tracks: remixes by Noisex and Flesh Field. /Johan Astemark

Die Form reissues keep coming

Photo by: Philippe Fichot

• Metropolis are re-releasing the Die Form back-catalogue, and now they have come to "Poupee Mecanique" and "Archives & Documents", both out on September 11. /Johan Carlsson

Cleen, Cleaner, Clear Vision
• Daniel Myer has once again been forced to change the name of his former Cleen project, this time due to copyright trouble. He named it Cleaner after he became the sole member, and now another band with the same name has made him change it again, this time to Clear Vision. The name is a nod to the track "Cleaned Visions" by his other project Haujobb. /Johan Carlsson

Darrin Huss in trance
• Darrin Huss joined forces with trance outfit Sphere and recorded a 12" DJ single with a complete album to follow. The single will be out sometime in October. /Johan Carlsson

New project by Alphaville member
• The former member of Alphaville, Bernhard Lloyd, has a new project called Atlantic Popes together with Max Holler. On their web site you can listen to all the tracks from the new CD, and vote for your favourite. The winning track will be remixed by the band and released as a free mp3. /Johan Carlsson

Aphex Twin on Drukgs
• As we have told you before, the new album by Aphex Twin is called "Drukqs". It will hit the streets on October 22, but you can already listen to one of the songs at Warp Records website. You have the choice of buying the album either as a double-CD or quadruple vinyl. As Aphex Twin himself says: "It's the newest music available". /Johan Carlsson

And One complete
• Now, And One has a complete line-up again. The new member is Gio van Oli and is hired to play keyboards, drums and sing backing vocals. He has previously been in the band Dark Voices. /e-lectric

Diskodiktator invites guests for debut album
• The debut album of Swedish electro disco band Diskodiktator will finally see the light of day. The band was formed five years ago by Johan Billing. The album features a lot of guests such as Eddie Bengtsson from Sista mannen på jorden, Paul Allen from Original Sin and Robert Enforsen from Elegant Machinery. Diskodiktator has also reclaimed the ex singer Magnus Johansson. /Johan Carlsson

Time for Technoir

• The debut maxi CD "Requiem" from electronic duo Technoir will be released on Monday. The newcomers have made something of a name for themselves while playing support act for Psyche. The maxi track list has three versions of the title track and a mix of a song called "Growing". /e-lectric

Clan of Xymox back with new album

• Dutch darkwave pioneers Clan of Xymox haven't released a studio album for two years, but now they return with "Notes from the Underground". A quick glimpse shows retro darkwave tunes and typical Clan of Xymox material. A review is in progress and the album hits the streets on September 25. /Johan Carlsson, Mikael Kahrle

Wumpscut release date
• The new album from Wumpscut, called "Wreath of Barbs", now has a fixed release date: October 9. The sound is supposed to be even darker than before. /Johan Carlsson

Yvonne launch international career

• Swedish indierock band Yvonne is being introduced to Germany this autumn. They will play at the M'era Luna festival, followed by a tour of Germany beginning on September 12. The latest album "Hit That City" will also be released there next year, with the single "Bad Dream" out beforehand. /Johan Carlsson

Gemm, a fleemarket online
• Gemm is a site where about 2000 sellers around the world list their wares. Due to the large amount of different sellers involved there are a lot of rare "Release music" to be found on there as well. /Johan Carlsson

New Norwegian synth sounds...
• More and more electronic bands from Norway are popping up nowadays. Pride and Fall is one of them, and their new, nameless demo is highly influenced by fellow countrymen Apoptygma Berzerk and also British VNV Nation. Pride and Fall has a guitarist in their line-up. /Niklas Forsberg

...and the Finns are also at it
• 80th Disorder is the name of another unsigned Scandinavian act. Hailing from Finland, their music bears healthy doses of originality. Their demo "Les Précieuses Ridicules" is synthpop, but with a twist. Those interested can download the tracks from this release at their site. /Niklas Forsberg

Mortiis goes electronic
• The new album with Norwegian Mortiis, "The Smell of Rain" (October 22), sees the ex death metal musician venture into electronic music inspired by Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails. /Johan Carlsson

Key CD featuring Ogre out now

• The new Cevin Key album "Ghost of Each Room" was released in USA on Tuesday (and we are working on the review). It includes the much talked-about collaboration with Skinny Puppy front man Nivek Ogre. The song "Frozen Sky" features Ogre on vocals and bears a strong resemblance with classic Puppy material. Other vocals are provided by Edward Ka-spel. /Mikael Kahrle

Pet Shop Boys musical CD this autumn

• The British pop duo Pet Shop Boys are in the studio working on their upcoming album. It is still untitled, and the boys will produce it themselves this time, except for one track produced by Chris Zippel. The plan is to get it out next spring.
In other news, the Pet Shop Boys musical, "Closer to Heaven" is now being performed all the way to February 2002, and the album featuring the original cast music from the musical will be released this autumn.
The "Nightlife Tour" DVD will be released on November 5. /Johan Carlsson

Power noise compiled
• For those who like harsh and hard stuff there's a new power noise compilation, "Feedbackloop", with mostly underground acts that has been released by Doppler Effect. /Johan Astemark

Release date for Sista mannen på jorden

• The new album with Swedish retro synthpop band Sista mannen på jorden, "OK, OK, OK", will be released by SubSpace Communications on September 3. A "single" is available before that, but only on the Internet.
The duo will celebrate their new album at Gothenburg's Romo Night and it's the fourth time they perform there. /Johan Carlsson, Mikael Kahrle

KMFDM back on track at Metropolis
• The industrial legends KMFDM have just joined the Metropolis stable, home of Haujobb and Front Line Assembly amongst many others. The first material will be the new album being worked on as we speak, probably out early 2002. /Johan Carlsson