A goth home makeover is the theme for the new commercial from home improvement chain Hornbach. Watch it after the jump. [more...]

The popular Malmö synthpop, EBM and goth festival Electrixmas returns on December 13 2014, after being cancelled last year. [more...]

Release Magazine guest writer Sebastian Hess went to the Rewind Festival in Henley outside London to revel in 80:s pop music and to have a chat with icon Jimmy Somerville. Read about the meeting with Jimmy in an upcoming article.

Rewind Festival has become a big part of the UK festival Summer with 3 huge events attracting over 100 000 people in total. The concept is full on 80:s with bright colours all over and artists who will bring back memories of your youth in a flash. The line-up this year included a lot of artists with their roots in electronic music like Marc Almond, Holly Johnson, A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins (well, Tom Bailey from Thompson Twins at least.) and Jimmy Somerville.

Sebastian put on one pink glove and dove in. [more...]

Watch the video clip “Bruderschaft” from Heimataerde, a German band mixing electronic, industrial and medieval music. The new album “Kaltwaerts” was released last Friday, a new chapter in the fictional tales of Ashlar von Megalon. [more...]

It’s been way too long since the world was blessed with a Daily Planet album. The synthpop duo’s excellent debut album “The Tide” came out as far back as in 1996 and after that the Johan Baeckström and Jarmo Ollila ventured off to other projects like Jarmo’s Mr Jones Machine.

This year we finally got first the single “Trust/Fragile” and then the new album “Two”, so I contacted them to find out more about what has happened and what the future holds. They reveal that they are already working on a new album. [more...]

After the news of Aphex Twin releasing his first album in 13 years, the last 2 weeks have provided a flurry of activity – here is an update. [more...]

Electronic Summer is upon us and we will tweet from the festival. Head over to https://twitter.com/ReleaseMusicMag where we often post exclusive info, links, videos and more.

On November 22, Gothenburg label Progress Productions will celebrate its 10 Year Anniversary in their hometown. Most of their artists will perform live: Kite, Henric de la Cour (pic), Kingdom of Evol feat Freddie Wadling, Xenturion Prime, Wulfband, Angst, Vanligt Folk and Daily Planet. [more...]

“A Film of Faith and Devotion” about Depeche Mode Fans in Gothenburg will premiere at the Electronic Summer festival on Saturday, during 2 screenings, as part of a Depeche Mode Convention. Trailer below. [more...]

Einstürzende Neubauten will take their new “Lament” performance to a number of venues in November and December. The current tour schedule can be found before, and more dates will be added. [more...]