Happy Holiday's from Hopeless Sound! *Black Snow 2*

In time for the Holiday, it's Black Snow! For those unaware this compilation takes the wonderful industrial artists of our time and has them remix/create tracks all about the Holiday's! It's got a great line-up, go check it out! 

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Track List: 

01. Jabberwock - fragment 25 

02. killedbycandy - Tanz den Weihnachtsmann 

03. ElectroXcentric - Santa Baby 

04. Psyborg Corp. - Angels we have Heard on High (Protoniced Version_ 

05. Tyske Ludder - Weisse Weihnacht 

06. Digital Factor - Bloody Christmas 

07. Nude - Silent Night 

08. V2A - Christmas Day Virus 

09. CeDigest - Antichristmas 

10. Leaether Strip - It Happened On Christmas Day 

11. Atomic Neon - Winter In My Heart 

12. reliquary - Es ist ein Ros entsprungen 

13. Feindflug feat. Sara Noxx - The Impossible Dream [Raachermannl Mixx]

Celldweller, Julien-K

The latest from Mr. Klayton, go forth and listen!

This has been out since 2009, but Julien-K really deserve the exposure. Formed by members of Orgy, this album is eclectic and well worth your time as a new release is scheduled for early January!

Aesthetic Perfection - All Beauty Destroyed (2011)

Release Date: November 5, 2011

I'll tell you what, I'm going to hold back my opinion and let you figure this one out for yourself.

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Acretongue & Encephalon

There's a strange allure to finding new electronic artists, it's like you're a little kid playing in the woods for the first time - there's something magical about it. Acretongue is a band I've only recently heard, and while the groups 2011 LP Strange Cargo is utterly enthralling sometimes it's nice to start from the beginning of a bands discography. Luckily Nihil is completely free, go get it here.

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Awhile back I posted one of my absolute, all time favorite E.P's Drowner from the little known group Encephalon. Turns out the group's debut is finally here - everyone I give you The Transhuman Condition. It might be a bad thing to have high hopes before I've even delved into it, but I really think this is going to be an excellent debut - as large as the album art at the very least!

God Module - Seance [2011]

01. Ouija
02. Devil's Night
03. Plastic
04. Doppelganger
05. M.D.K.
06. Extinct (with Clint Carney)
07. Rituals
08. Into the Outside
09. Video
10. Remember (with Clint Carney)
11. Fake Fame
12. Afraid of the Light

Angelspit - Hello My Name Is [2011]

Acylum - Karzinom [2011]

I honestly haven't listened to this yet, but I figured I'd throw it up for those who want to listen to it almost 3 weeks ahead of it's release date. I'm sure it'll slay.

Aesthetic Perfection - All Beauty Destroyed

So Aesthetic Perfection finally announced the release for the new album, November 8th.  Honestly I wish this post was about a leak of the album but no its just news for the album.  Probably will be one of the best industrial albums of the year.  Preorder it here: delicious

CygnosiC - A Deity In Pain

From the cover art to the beginning Silent Hill like drone of "To Spread the Chaos" CygnosiC really know how to grab my attention. Vocals distorted just enough to make the audience tilt their heads, beats that are danceable yet dark, CygnosiC's debut album is worth checking out.

Aesthetic Perfection - The Devils In The Details E.P.

Urg, feels like a long time since my last post but I brought you something juicy to make up for being gone so long!!!! See everyone's favorite EBM act Aesthetic Perfect is on tour right now, and they (yes they, Daniel added permanent "live" members) decided to release a tour-only E.P. featuring the new singles, as well as numerous remixes, from the upcoming album All Beauty Destroyed. Luckily enough for us this is the age of teh internetz, people share things! Go forth blogwalkers, go forth and rock!

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Solar Fake - Frontiers (2011)

Release Date: July 22, 2011

The newest album from the duo that combines futurepop with a few harsh elements. Wasn't expecting this to be excellent or anything, but Frontiers really exceeded my expectations by making it one of the better EBM albums of the year.

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A Split Second - From The Inside [1988]

Catchy new wave flavored EBM.

Eat it up.

Panic LIft - Witness To Our Collapase

The band's cover might seem like it would fit on the latest release by your favorite post-hardcore band, or back when Atreyu decided they wanted to be a bit more charismatic with their cover art. Luckily for the listener neither is the case, inside is certifiably some of the catchiest Industrial I've come across this year. While harsh vocals are nothing new to the genre they often can make or break a song, placing far to much influence and volume on these vocals has ruined many a great tracks ambiance; Panic Lift knows how and when to provide this much needed balance, letting the tracks as a whole shine through on their own merit. While the majority of the songs are upbeat and really get your head moving (see title track, "Remnant of a Dead Age") the album the beauty present on tracks such as "Butterfly Wings (My Only Hope)" really is moving. I've heard this album remixed on the dance floor quite often and I honestly don't know why I haven't picked this up sooner.

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*Obviously I don't own the song, that clearly belongs to Panic Lift.

Covenant - Modern Ruin [2011]

Release Date: January 14, 2011

Call me a picky bastard, but good EBM is rare these days. I still listen to a lot of it, but there's never an album in which I can conclude that all the songs, let alone most of them, are solid. Recently it's been a pick and choose kind of thing where I keep my favourite songs from an album and discard the rest. And when Covenant released Modern Ruin I thought it would be the same old routine, but they really suprised me. Modern Ruin is easily one of the most solid EBM releases I've heard this year and given their great reputation in the EBM community I suppose I should not have been surprised. However, they too have never released an album I've enjoyed back to front but Modern Ruin comes darn close.

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Alien Vampires - Harshlizer [2010]

Release Date: December 3, 2010

Children, avert your eyes. Now, like any human, I judge books by their cover. I look at Harshlizer and I think to myself, "NEVER WILL YOU REACH MY EARS!" and perhaps you may be thinking the same thing while you read this. But that was then, and this is now. Alien Vampires is known for their vulgar brand of harsh ebm, and 99% of the time that style turns me off, but I'll be damned if Harshlizer isn't an album you can't dance to nor bash your head against a wall. This is unbelievably catchy and brutal and I urge anyone who is even remotely into harsh EBM to check this out.

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Extreme Storfrequenz 6

Every once in awhile I just want to sit back and write or read with some noise in the background, something that I don't have to pay much attention to but has driving beats and lets you dissolve into whatever you're doing at the moment. Often I turn to compilations for this, and Extreme Storfrequenz 6 works amazingly well for this. Containing tracks from many artists I've never heard before, it definitely opens on a high note with Soman's "Noistyle" and while the album might have a slower track or two it never really slows down completely. If you're feeling random and want something new, something with cover art that's enjoyable, go give this a try.

Soman - "Noistyle" Youtube video

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Psyborg Corp. – The Mechanical Renaissance [2010]

Release Date: February 16, 2010

EBM is a technically simple genre; you have your generally synthesized music and then you have your vocals/lyrics and that's about it. This makes the music style almost a hit or miss, which I think is a bit of a shame especially when I hear an ebm act that just knocks my socks off the first time I listen to them. Psyborg Corp. is one of those acts and although they are relatively new on the scene with their debut The Mechanical Renaissance, they are just outstanding. Whether we're talking about the music or the vocals, each is fresh like newly cut grass. This is definitely one of best industrial albums of 2010 and I look forward to their new album which is to be released soon.

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Informatik - Nymphomatik [2002]

Release Date: April 9, 2002

Firstly, I'd like to thank Blindsided and Willie for inspiring this post in ways they will never imagine. Now, I am certainly no stranger to Informatik, and if you are no stranger to futurepop then you should not be either. It's true that the duo started off as more of a harsh ebm act, but as soon as they released Nymphomatik they transformed their sound into futurepop and to be honest, I was confused as to why they never started off as futurepop. Informatik is what I like to call a "futurepop titan" and although they may not be the first act that comes to your head when you think of the genre, this album may change that. Nymphomatik is easily their strongest album (although all of their albums are good) so do not be shy to give it a listen.

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Hatemagick - Cybermechanical Antichristian Phenomenon (2011)

Even though this album came out in February I've only discovered it recently.  It seems that 2011 has some decent industrial to offer however either most of it isn't released until the latter half of the year or it hasn't come out of the woodwork such as this.  Hatemagick is an EBM/aggrotech act from Norway that produces some sick music in the woods.  Wait the woods you say? Yes with the wolves.  Anyways some of their stuff (maybe all) they release for free so check it out and enjoyyy.

SAM "Brainwasher"

The first thing I thought when I listened to the track "Murder Inc." from Brainwasher was how similar the style is to Detroit Diesel. With that said, the album is a perfect club adaptation of harsh EBM/Industrial less the euro influences of Terre Humaine. They are replaced with an impressive combination of effects and catchy rhythms which place more emphasis on danceability than on lyrical creativity or relevance. Those looking for radio worthy industrial should definitely download this album.

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