After several groups or solo experiences in the past, Vincent PUJOL (aka Vince, 34) created his new solo project "Electro Synthetic Rebellion" in 1997. In the early years (80's), bands such as FLA, Skinny Puppy, F242 or Klinik were an influence on Vince's compositions. Vince worked during two years in order to create his own musical atmosphere and reach his goal, leading to a first demo unreleased album called "Re-Birth" (1999). E.S.R is definitely a Dark Electro/E...

The name Amnistia is both the program and a philosophy. In many languages it means amnesty.

Melotron is a synthpop/futurepop band from Germany that was founded by Andy Krueger, Edgar Slatnow and Kay Hildebrandt in 1996 and released their first single in 1998. Official Webpage: http://www.melotron.com

Apocalyptic Pop

Killing Joke is an English post-punk group which formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. Founding members Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards) and Geordie Walker (guitars) have been the only constant members.

"Implant" was formed in 1992 when Geert and Len Lemeire attended the same university. It took them till 1996 to release the first CD album ("soft flesh / hard steel").

1) Autopsia is an art project dealing with music and visual production. Autopsia gathers authors of different professions in realization of multimedia projects.

Der Blutharsch ("snow drenched in blood", "dried blood" or "scab" - but really a reference to a Swiss mercenary company circa 1600 AD) is the primary musical project of Austrian musician Albin Julius. Der Blutharsch uses heavily layered and textured neoclassical and martial themes which usually unfold over the course of a whole album. Individual tracks are almost always untitled. Julius co-founded The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud along with his then-partner Alzbeth. This project produced more neofolk-based...

As All Die is a dark ambient / darkwave project created by Clint Listing, known as owner of Dragon Flight Recordings, and front-man of the disbanded doom metal act Long Winters' Stare. Originally started out as a side project to Long Winters' Stare, one of many projects Clint started, channelling his interest for darkwave. Later however As All Die became one of his main projects. As All Die has for over 10 years now been creating Heathen Sounds in a neofolk...

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Bloody Dead and Sexy emerged from Germany in the late 90s as one of the finest contributors to modern deathrock after being formed in 1997. Their 2001 performance at Herbstnachte III - alongside Cinema Strange, Antiworld, Fliehende Stürme, Murder at the Registry and New Days Delay, immediately singled them out as one of the brightest new stars on the field. Since then they have attracted more and more admirers via exposure in German press and the internet, as well as continuos...

Negative Format is the one-man EBM/trance band of Alex Matheu, started in 1996. For live performances, the band includes Rashree and Brian Matson.

The Crüxshadows is a darkwave band from Florida. Their sound is made up of a combination of male vocals, electric violin, guitar, and synth.

Meet Erica Dunham, the creative force behind Unter Null, a spellbinding solo project that has taken the aggrotech and industrial scenes by storm.

Eisenherz is a Gothic Metal band from Germany, formed in 2004. Previously they were known as After Dark and have released a self titled album.

Lost Signal is the work of Charles Rehill.

Opus Dei, the band’s first album for Mute, was mixed by Rico Conning (Wire, Pere Ubu, Swans, William Orbit) and the band’s classic Laibachian interpretations of Opus’ ‘Live Is Life’ (here presented in English as ‘Opus Dei’ and in...

Meet Erica Dunham, the creative force behind Unter Null, a spellbinding solo project that has taken the aggrotech and industrial scenes by storm.

Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone; August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and entrepreneur.

The whole programme is a fully-fledged album instead of a so-called “EP” (whatever that means…) and rather resembles a certain comic book series coming with gimmick.
Again, many mysterious tales were researched:

The band formed after Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz met in 1989 at a Berlin club. Being fans of early EBM music, Naghavi and Ruiz decided to follow in the footsteps of New Wave/synthpop band Depeche Mode by using two keyboards and a beatbox.