Reviews
The Present Moment, “Loyal to a Fault”
The sophomore album from LA’s The Present Moment is a refreshingly confident effort that contains elements of austere post-punk and warm synthpop.
End to End: Aesthetic Perfection, “Inhuman” Single
An off the cuff look at Aesthetic Perfection’s new single Inhuman on a track by track basis.
In The Nursery, “Blind Sound”
Another solid entry in the voluminous discography of the masters of cinematic atmosphere and monumental sound.
32Crash, “Y2112Y”
Another sprawling, bewildering, and ultimately successful outing from the science-fiction themed outfit fronted by the legendary Jean-Luc De Meyer.
Binary Park “The Deviated” EP
Infacted label boss Torben Schmidt’s new project returns with an EP that far outstrips their full-length release from earlier this year.
Severe Illusion, “No More Alive Than You Deserve”
This bleak, relentless, and utterly fantastic slice of misanthropic EBM deserves top marks from aficionados.
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.
