Reviews
Collide, “Counting To Zero”
The latest from the darkwave studio wizards is a calm, but characteristically finely crafted listen.
Pop Will Eat Itself, “New Noise Designed by a Sadist”
Original member Graham Crabb and a new cohort of Poppies deliver the first album under the name Pop Will Eat Itself in over a decade and a half.
199X: Most of My Heroes Don’t Appear on No Stamp
ID:UD’s ongoing stroll down nostalgia lane continues with songs by Digital Poodle, Kode IV, Electro Assassin, Benestrophe and Zero Defects.
Imperative Reaction, self-titled
Bruce looks at the new LP from the electro-industrial mainstays from an outsider’s perspective.
Straftanz, “Mainstream Sellout Overground”
Straftanz challenge EBM standards by taking their new album in varied directions with equally varied results.
Militia, “Power! Propaganda! Production!”
The Belgian industrial percussion collective’s fifth LP is both a mature and nuanced listen as well as the perfect introduction to all that these stalwart anarcho noisemakers do.
Autodafeh, “Act of Faith”
On their third album Autodafeh continue to pay tribute to Front 242 while slowing expanding their sound into new territory.
R.I.P. (Roppongi Inc. Project), “Temporary Evacuation 27.04.86”
Russian duo Roppongi Inc. Project’s new EP of solid techno-EBM draws inspiration from the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
The Danse Society, “Change Of Skin”
As a modern goth record, Change Of Skin is perfectly decent. As a reunion LP released under the Danse Society name, it’s utterly bizarre.
Erode, “Horizon”
Debut IDM LP from German metaller Alexander Dietz offers some pleasant changes of pace.
The Unquiet Grave: Die Laughing
We put on our best rictus grin and stroll through the history of UK goth legends Die Laughing.
Santa Hates You, “Jolly Roger”
The lamentably named side-project of Project Pitchfork’s Peter Spilles is a good bit of cheeky fun.
