What makes a show something you remember for years? Does loud noise cause severe hearing loss? Are you one of those thinking that The Jesus and Mary Chain landmark “Psychocandy” is the epitome of dirty, gritty and loud music? It’s obvious that you haven’t listened even to A Place to Bury Strangers. If you expect to get home from a standard gig experience with a typical decibel level just under 100dB you apparently haven’t been to a show by these noise heroes - there will be broken gear and walls of sound louder than anything you’ve ever heard.

Being hailed as the loudest band in New York with their feedback-drenched, experimental noise rock and shoegaze sound and the aggressive high energy live shows, A Place to Bury Strangers found their way to Hamburg and LOGO to do another “Pinned” tour show. Dion, Oliver and new drummer Lia met up with Release in Hamburg, taking the interview out in the shadow on the street for a chat about about their passion for the DIY approach, endless repairs of gear and their recipe for bold intensity and aggressive aesthetic. Don’t miss our interview and live pictures. [more...]

Kalabalik på Tyrolen will return for the ninth time on August 23-24. As usual, the Swedish festival for DIY synth, wave and post-punk doesn’t care much for headliners and line up mostly unknown, but interesting names. [more...]

Let’s catch up with the Twice a Man camp. They’re as busy as ever and they have even restarted their old label Xenophone. [more...]

Check out our Spotify playlist “Releasemagazine.net | New Music”. New tracks will be added at least on a weekly basis. [more...]

Revolver Magazine asked their readers what is the greatest industrial (not EBM) band of all time. Here is the result. [more...]

The synthpop pioneers OMD have just announced the European leg of their new “Souvenir – OMD 40 Years Tour”. [more...]

Don’t miss our latest reviews of Ladytron, OHMelectronic, Acretongue and Front Line Assembly. Head over to our review section. Read more about our reviews after the jump. [more...]

Two members of Priest have left the band, including the vocalist. But main member Salt says his synthpop band will carry on. Read more, learn who is who and watch the brand new video “Obey” below. [more...]

Extreme EBM and BDSM-influenced band Hatari, which we have written about before, surprisingly won Söngvakeppnin last weekend. [more...]

Weekly episodes called “TRANSMISSIONS” will start on New Order’s YouTube channel from this Thursday (7th March), telling the story of their debut album “Movement”. [more...]