Reviews
Winter Severity Index, “Slanting Ray”
Winter Severity Index make a forceful move into starker post-punk territory on their first full-length.
:Wumpscut:, “Bulwark Bazooka”
Another year, another record from the legendary dark-electro act with the usual diminishing returns in full effect.
Mystified, “Eschate Thule”
Mystified offers dark ambient listeners a detour into more orchestral terrain.
Inkubus Sukkubus, “Love Poltergeist”
Twenty-five years into the goth rock game, Inkubus Sukkubus are still finding fresh territory, like this blend of folk and darkwave.
Gabi Delgado, “1”
The new album from the legendary DAF vocalist speaks to some of his legacy while studiously avoiding trying to replicate past successes.
End to End: Blush Response, “The Drift”
NYC industrial act Blush Response are back with a new single and a pretty slick line-up of remixers.
Vomito Negro, “Death Sun”
The 2014 incarnation of the Belgian EBM act scales back the bleakness fuzzy atmosphere of their last couple releases and allows other elements of their sound into the spotlight.
Eisbrecher, “Zehn Jahre Kalt”
Eisbrecher’s odds and sods comp for the North American market has utility in introducing new ears to the Neue Deutsche Härte band.
High-Functioning Flesh, “A Misery of Unities – A Unity of Miseries”
The first major release from High-Functioning Flesh makes good on the LA duo’s promise, welding pure synth-punk aggression to slightly more ambitious compositions.
Masticated Existence, “Electronic Bloody Music”
Intern Tobey reviews the terr0r rave project’s sophomore album, and finds it pleasing.
Combichrist, “We Love You”
The biggest band of the last decade of industrial club music struggle in their transition into a full-fledged electro-rock act.
THYX, “Super Vision”
The third THYX LP in less than two years consolidates Stefan Poiss’ ambitions outside of mind.in.a.box, and prompts reevaluation of his body of work.
