Reviews
The Pitch: Evils Toy, “XTC Implant”
Evils Toy’s 1996 album “XTC Implant” gets pitched on its merits as vintage dark electro.
Agrezzior, “Berzerker”
The second Agrezzior album highlights the appeals and pitfalls of the path old school EBM has carved for itself.
Replicas: Syntec, “Puppets & Angels”
Infacted shines a light on semi-obscure EBM/synthpop act Syntec in the latest addition to their Classix series.
Blac Kolor, “Stormfly”
Techno EBM producer shows off more of his distinct production on his fresh new EP.
Dubcon, “Martian Dub Beacon”
cEvin Key and Ryan Moore return for a more mellow dub trip on their second LP.
Vandalaze, “Big Diner”
The mutant synth-funk industrial of Vandalaze splatters itself wide across its first full length.
Michael Idehall, “Deep Code Sol”
This collection of two previous cassette releases highlights the strength of the Swedish artist’s vocal n’ noise compositions.
Alter Der Ruine, “Gravity Hunts Us All”
Alter Der Ruine stay making some alternately lively and somber synthpop on their latest EP.
The Hearse, self-titled
New trad goth rock from The Hearse has some promise, but is stymied in the execution.
Observer: December 9th, 2015
Last through the gate reviews of 2015 releases by Kevorkian Death Cycle, Hearts of Black Science, Circa Tapes, and PreEmptive Strike 0.1.
Observer: December 8th, 2015
Before leaping into Year End coverage, we play catch up with capsule reviews of releases by Council of Nine, AM Tierpark, Biomekkanik, and The Harrow.
Replicas: Suicide Commando, “Electro Convulsion Therapy”
New reissue unearths some of the late pre-history of Suicide Commando.
