Apoptygma Berzerk have been very active in the last years, and in 2016 we saw the instrumental album Exit Popularity Contest hit the market (reviewed it), and together with remixes for Machinista, Peter Heppner and Page, APOP have also been playing concerts and festivals every year.
30 years! That’s how long this German Gothic Rock/metal band exists! Time for a double best of, some rarities and some tracks chosen by the band, with a few new tracks too!
Hocico is a legendary band from Mexico, now living in Germany. They influenced many bands and launched their own style of industrial/aggrotech with harsh vocals and enraged lyrics.
Life is a dark orgy, brought on a neofolk and ritualistic feel. This is in short the description of this Swedish band! I have seen them a lot of times on stage, mostly joined by Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe and now I review their music for my first time (next to their excellent gigs, off course).
Kezdown is Didier Czepczyk (you might know him from TheBreath of Life), Matthieu Rousselet and Gaston Hollands. The album is a dark, retro-minded with synth’s and cool guitars, simple and effective piece of art!
Satsuki comes from Japan, started in a V-Kei band, went solo and explored a bit his possibilities. Soon You'll be able to see him on stage!
Cold Pills is going to be the next record, but as a warm up we get this excellent EP (was originally just meant as a single, but things got bigger and larger). We welcome it! And yes: the title track comes from The excellent Lucifer series and is indeed a cover.
They are French, rock between metal and electro and I loved their album Les 12 Vertiges. Since then they changed a bit their line-up so I’m curious about how they sound anno 2019!
It’s the first time I review this band and I regret it after listening to their 9th studio album as it’s really worth every cent and you’ll be able to see them at Graspop (Dessel, Belgium) and the M’era Luna Fest in Germany! The cool thing is that this album mixes all kind...
