Burial - Kindred [2012]

Rabbit Junk & Mindless Faith

Rabbit Junk have released a new track and of course J.P. saw fit to make it free, isn't that guy swell? Go give the track a listen/grab it here!

And while you're at it industrial fans go check out Mindless Faith's album Just Defy - it's some good stuff! 

Nightcore - All I Want For Christmas

I'm sure you've heard this song before, but I doubt you've ever heard it this crazy. Merry Christmas from pizzamachine!

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]

36, Maedhros

Absolutely beautiful ambient music. Check it out.

Rough on the edges ambient/drone. Check it out.

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!

Binary Park + Haujobb

While earlier in the year saw the release of the bands debut LP The Deviated see's Binary Park come into their own. Mixing the subtlety of the LP with a seemingly new found vocal energy works wonders for the band - go get this!

Earlier in the year Haujobb released The Dead Market E.P. with the promise of an album later on in the year. While this album dropped quite quietly it's worth a listen; laid back, distinctly Haujobb tracks await your listening pleasure!

Big Giant Circles - Imposter Nostalgia

Most 8bit music I find on bandcamp is pretty lame, but this is good stuff. Check it out yo.

[:SITD:] - Icon:Koru

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.

Try it

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!

Javelynn, Tits & Clits

If you liked the female vocals from Ashbury Heights you're in luck, she went on to form Javelynn Heights and the bands debut is pretty catchy so far, though album opener "Wannabe" overstays it's welcome. I've not made it all the way through this yet but it's definitely energetic.

The name's brash and in your face, but this is some of the best new House music I've heard. For the price of liking their Facebook page you get the E.P. for free, and check out their Soundcloud too for random freebies; this band is one to keep your eye on.

Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising (2011)

Release Date: October 28, 2011

If you're one of those people who jams (or still jams) to Numan's 1979 hit Cars and then claims to know everything about the man's discography then prepare for a very big shock. I mean, look at the damn album cover; does it look like the guy who created catchy-as-hell sounding synthpop with a ridiculous voice? Dead Son Rising is pure industrial rock, ladies and gentlemen. From the droning song tempos to the buzzing guitars and from the dark synths to Numan's now sensual vocals. I was skeptical about this at first but it has turned out to be a very decent release.

Check it out

Swans - White Light From The Mouth of Infinity

Post-Punk + Industrial. A 4.5/5, yep.

Tyrants - Dream Songs

Experimental electronic music in the style of Radiohead. Yeah, the album cover sucks.

Free Download/Album Stream

Soman, Surgyn, CTRL

Soman, being signed to the ProNoize label, have always been a band known for their hard hitting tracks. With their latest release, Noistyle, Soman tone down the beats and slow down for an album that shows signs of a band trying to evolve. From the guest vocals on "Side Chain" and "Skin Deep" to the minimalist (don't get all excited or you'll be in for a huge let down) cover of "Blue Monday" featuring Sarah Blackwood Soman seems to be changing, and I'm not sure if it's for the better. For a hard hitting song check out the title track, perhaps it may strike your fancy.

Surgyn are from Scottland, and it's cool to see somewhere not normally associated with industrial begin to make their mark. Being entirely self produced Vanity comes off quite clean, and the only real downfall is that nothing here is new to the avid industrial fan. It's worth a listen if you hunger for a new name and face however.

This has been shared before, but deserves the spotlight again.

While futurepop and synthpop can often leave the listener bored, it's a genre pitfall many a listener has to stomach when checking out new artists. When it seems as if every up and coming group wants to imitate the juggernauts vocally, and synth lines remain stale an undeveloped it really can be hard to listen to anything that looks a little bit too blase; luckily CRTL is luckier than the rest. CTRL's sound is, in a word, nostalgic. As E.P. opener "City" begins the nostalgia of acts long since past (Depeche Mode) and ones dear to many an electronic lovers heart (VNV Nation). Here are seven tracks that deserve your attention, that weep nostalgia.

Mezzamo - Souvenir

Fairly interesting, spacey, and catchy indietronica... that's free!

Check It Out

Late Night Alumni - Haunted

In case anyone forgot (I'm looking at you bloc), Late Night Alumni made an album this year. It's awesome. 'nuff said.

Download

Alien Sex Fiend, Phosgore, Psyclon Nine, SAM

We need not forget the classics, and while none of us (or maybe one of you fans, or people who stumbled across the site, you might have I suppose) were able to see the Batcave in action in London Alien Sex Fiend remind us all that it was the place to be for that particularly delightful post-punk, and occasionally early industrial, sound.

While on the search for a particular brand of aggrotech I stumbled across Phosgore, and to be fair while it paled in direct comparison to my desired sound (see SAM below) this album is by no means mediocre. While eventually groups in this genre can start to sound the same there is enough variation here to let seasoned listeners know that this isn't a carbon-copy clone, and lucky when you get the people dancing the bands originality becomes rather negligible.

While many have heard Psyclon Nine's later albums the debut from the group focuses on a more industrial/aggrotech image and really puts in perspective how much the band grew as time went on. While Nero still favors that particular flare of distortion the samples and effects are far less developed and nuanced that their final works. Don't be fooled however, this is still the same band that completely rocked the industry and brought some shock back after Manson stole it all away.

Synthetic Adrenaline Music came blasting back with a 2010 album that truly sounds unique and absolutely makes the dancefloor the DJ's b**ch track after track! Even with the help of Last.fm nothing else even comes close to the sound of this album, and for an fans of aggressive, powernoise-esque, 140+bpm music this is a real treat.

Tiger Baby - Open Windows Open Hills (2011)

Release Date: August 29, 2011

Probably one of the best (if not THE best) female fronted synthpop album I've heard this year.

Check it out!