Notes from Stephan Thelen: "When I finished working on the second Fractal Sextet album 'Sky Full of Hope,' I had no clear idea about my next album project. The only thing I knew at the time (July 2023) was that I wanted to explore more of the ideas that David Torn and I had worked on during the recording of Sonar‘s 'Three Movements, ' ideas that had more to do with the sonic possibilities of the electric guitar (especially feedback, distortion and delay) than with traditiona

Artist: Headjam Album: Wizontic Released: 2000 Headjam was a four-piece band based in South London, known for their original and individual mix of frantic dub beats spliced with metal, punk, and anything else that came to mind. The band often found it hard to describe their sound, leaving it up to listeners to define. During their active years, Headjam mostly played the London party scene, performing alongside acts such as P.A.I.N , Inner Terrestrials , and the Reknaw system

Artist: Galatasaray Album: Boxing Camp For Blues Oriented Snack Heads Released: 2005 "Galatasaray was a Belgian "big-band", bringing a mixture of noisy post-rock tunes combined with a 5 piece monophonic hornsection." (Discogs) Pure masterpiece. More: Discogs

Converge’s “Love Is Not Enough” will be released on February 13, 2026. Listen, watch, and pre-order the album—including new vinyl colors at convergecult.com .

Grotlo is a DIY post-metal musical project from Zagreb that has been active for several years, recording demos and EPs with the latest ' In Flux ' expanding their field of interest to form a fluid collective encompassing other artistic forms. More: hyperfollow.com/Grotlo

Photo: Instagram Subterranean Prints has shared one of their favorite prints, noting that only 10 copies remain in stock. As limited editions are never reprinted, this is a rare opportunity to secure a copy. More: subterraneanprints.com , Instagram

“ Esoterik ” will be the new, second album by Bong-Ra on Debemur Morti Productions , scheduled for release at the end of March 2026. Bong-Ra’s ‘ Esoterik ’ continues the Industrial glitch brutality fused with doomjazz, as previously explored on his albums ‘ Antediluvian ’ and ‘ Meditations ’. More: Instagram , Bandcamp , Spotify

EU TOUR part II This time the support of the amazing DVNE and thoughtcrimes. 05/02 - Meisenthal (FR) - La Boite Noire 06/02 - Stuttgart (DE) - Im Wizemann Hall 07/02 - Munich (DE) - Backstage Werk 08/02 - Milan (IT) - Alcatraz 10/02 - Ljubljana (SI) - Kino Šiška 11/02 - Vienna (AT) - Gasometer 12/02 - Prague (CZ) - Roxy 13/02 - Budapest (HU) - Barba Negra 14/02 - Warsaw (PL) - Progresja 16/02 - Vilnius (LT) - Loftas 17/02 - Tallinn (EE) - Helitehas 18/02 - Helsinki (FI) - Kul

(Lilou Chelal) is a DJ / producer / composer from Lyon. As a DJ Chelal distills a dark, tropical and sensual techno with percussive and vaporous rhythms in her mix. She stands for a very particular elegance and a certain, clearly audible maturity, which makes her stand out. "Guanyin" is her very first full length - where she transfers the elegance of her sound into a very personal and unique journey. More: denovali.com/tauceti , Bandcamp , Spotify

Dictaphone are back with their 6th full length called " Unstable ". In the 25th year of the project Brussels born composer and mastermind Oliver Doerell is surrounded again by a lot of musicians & friends. Roger Döring is there, his clarinet and saxophone play has always been a trademark sound of the band - also Alexander Stolze's ghostly violins. The dark atmosphere and experimental sound of the new album is a reference to the 80s belgian art music scene, which Doerell ha

XKatedral , in collaboration with La Becque Editions , present a new album release by Stephen O’Malley , co-founder of SUNN O))) . The record contains two long-form compositions for pipe organ by Stephen O’Malley, performed alongside Kali Malone and Frederikke Hoffmeier . The album was recorded on Les Grandes Orgues (Scherrer, 1777 / Walker, 1867 / Kuhn, 1995) at Église Saint-François in Lausanne, Switzerland, during Christmas 2021. The compositions were initially written by

In the summer of 2025 VOODOOM (Deformer/Bong-Ra ft. Scapu Lox) resurrected their dark ritualistic jungle at Baroeg Open Air and turned it into an open insane asylum! Check out the recap. More: Instagram , Bandcamp

TKDE will be performing a limited amount of shows this year: 15.08.26 - Dark Bombastic Evening in Romania 29.08.26 - Pelagic Fest in The Netherlands There will be 8 other shows that will be officially announced soon. New music is slowly in the works, and they hope to release something next year. More: tkde.net