For its 14th release Electro Aggression Records (EAR) has presented yet another ambitious package to its loyal listeners, this time a compilation/retrospective for the Hannover-based Trial. Trial had built a loyal following in its early years, starting with the EP Blut Und Eisen and then building on that momentum with their first full-length Zero Feeling,…
Akalotz started in 2007 but they are just now releasing their sophomore album Confront in late June 2017. The project is based in Kaiserslautern in southwest Germany. The sound of this album can be best be described as “retro EBM”. I’m not sure if that’s a recognized genre, but that’s really what the band…
N3VOA is the work of Diego Bittencourt, an EBM/Synth-pop artist from New York City. After a childhood spent in São Paoul, Brazil, Diego moved to the United States at age 12. He became interested in music, initially drumming for death metal act Deathrune. But his interests over time veered toward electronic music, with influences…
Jihad was a band on the periphery of the Texas dark electro scene which gave us Mentallo & The Fixer and Benestrophe. Jihad’s first and only release was A Prayer In The Night in 1997, now reissued in a deluxe digital format featuring rare compilation tracks. After years of dormancy Jihad contributed an exclusive track to the…
The newest amGod release is Dreamcatcher, released on November 26, 2010 by Alfa-Matrix in a 2-disc version and 3-disc box version. This review is of the Dreamcatcher 3-disc box. The discs are subtitled as follows: Disc 1 is Creeped & Bloody (primarily electronic); Disc 2 is Harsh & Dirty (featuring more use of guitar, in Germany…