Holy Wars is the dark pop-rock project of vocalist/songwriter Kat Leon and guitarist/producer Nicolas Perez, who are also accomplished writers/composers for TV and film. However, with increased attention garnered by WWE using the Holy Wars track “Welcome To My Hell” and the success of the subsequent “Little Godz” single, the duo is striving to make … Read more
Since this interview was published, Josh Caterer has released another live album, The SPACE Sessions. Recorded at Chicago venue SPACE, this performance followed the same format of playing to an empty house but a live-streaming audience. It features the same musicians, and includes covers such as Etta James’ “At Last” and Frank & Nancy Sinatra’s … Read more
Batavia is a Jacksonville, Florida-based gothic/industrial band comprised of husband and wife duo Terri and Ed Cripps. Having put out several EPs last year, they have now released a remix album, Batavia And Their Friends. It features such artists as Grendel, Mach Fox, Spankthenun, Syinx and Beta Virus re-working Batavia’s music. The following is an … Read more
A ‘one-woman army’ of dark electronic music, I Ya Toyah will be releasing a new EP, Out Of Order, on March 26, 2021. Based in Chicago, I Ya Toyah is Ania Tarnowska, who was born in Poland and began studying music at a young age. Having fronted several dark rock/metal bands, she looked to electronics … Read more
A Skeleton Key in the Doors of Depression is a unique new collaborative album from Portland artist/producer King Yosef and LA duo Youth Code. It brings together Yosef’s trap-metal influences with the more electronic/industrial/EBM sound Youth Code is known for and expands into directions neither has gone before. It’s dark and abrasive but also very … Read more
Over the course of his long career, British artist Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) has worked with a variety of electronic musical styles and has been part of numerous collaborations. His projects beyond his own recordings include scoring contemporary dance productions, sound installations, and musical partnerships such as Scanni (with Anni Hogan). Scanner’s 1996 “Trawl” (a collaboration … Read more
DECOUPLR is a new Philadelphia-based duo that blends soulful vocals with a variety of electronic styles. Built upon such sounds as sampled drums, mellotron flutes, and vintage synths, DECOUPLR’s music has a trip-hop edge but isn’t quite like anything else. It strikes a balance of being dark and somewhat cold with being organic and welcoming. … Read more
This past fall saw the release of TRANSHUMAN, a collaboration between German electronic group U96 and former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür. We previously ran an interview with U96’s Hayo Lewerentz, and now we present an email interview with Flür. Flür played percussion with Kraftwerk from 1973 until 1987. After stepping away from music for many … Read more
Having put out a string of singles last year, Washington D.C.-based dark pop duo Technophobia has released their long-awaited second album, “Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars.” Consisting of Katie and Stephen Petix, Technophobia relies heavily on analog electronic instruments. This time around, they strived to push themselves even further to come up … Read more
A decade after their last release, Imperative Reaction has finally returned with a new album, Mirror. More diverse than their previous albums, Mirror is very much an evolution of the electro-EBM sound Imperative Reaction have become known for. The sequencing and arrangements are polished yet retain a raw power behind them, laying the perfect foundation … Read more