Electro art-pop duo Noblesse Oblige has released its newest album, Affair of the Heart, and will host an album release party at FluxBau in Berlin on May 31. [..]

The Haus Ungarn on Alexanderplatz in Berlin will launch the Modern Noir Soirée, a revitalization of the Berlin-Night Cabaret, on May 31. The night will begin at 8:00pm and will consist of multiple art showings, musical performances by German, Czech, and American artists, dancing, fetish display, fashion shows, and more. [..]

S. Alexander Reed – writer, professor, and founder of ThouShaltNot – has released his book Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, published by Oxford University Press. Reed explores the genre’s history, from its technophilic origins in Futurism to England’s 1970s scrapyard squats to the strobe-lit dance floors of goth clubs today [..]

ZandoZ Corp.
Category: Industrial / Experimental / Noise
Album: Personal Apocalypse
Stars: 4
Blurb: Dichotomous and powerful, a soundtrack to the end of the world and the end of individual consciousness.

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Various Artists
Category: Compilations
Album: Tainted Candy: A Tribute to ‘80s New Wave
Stars: 3
Blurb: COMA Music Magazine gathers together young artists to pay tribute to the heavily influential ‘80s.

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100blumen
Category: Industrial
Album: Distrust Authority
Stars: 4
Blurb: A continuous sonic onslaught of overwhelming rhythms, defined not by their intense and noisy texture, but by melodic and diverse songwriting.

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Dyskhord
Category: Industrial / EBM
Album: Ribbon
Stars: 3
Blurb: Dyskhord’s Ribbon EP is a good accompaniment to his full-length album The Harmony and offers a glimpse into the styles he enjoys.

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