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Review: The Secrecy ‘Pins & Needles’

14th August 202614th August 2026 Reza Mills Darkwave, Disorder Recordings, The Secrecy

Following Deeper Graves third full-length, Pull Me Toward The Dark, earlier this year, Jeff Wilson is back with another project,

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Review: Trianglecuts ‘When Death Leaves’

7th August 20267th August 2026 Matthew Williams Darkwave, Electronic, Ghost Replica Media, Trianglecuts

Having experienced the dark post-industrial techno of Futures We Lost last year at The Peer Hat in Manchester, it was

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Review: Aythis ‘Celestial Exile’ & ‘Lost Lighthouse’

26th June 202426th June 2024 Lee Beamish Aythis, Darkwave, Independent, Neo Classical

Having been performing solo for pretty much twenty years, outside of being involved with other musical projects, you would have

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24th September 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, CD, Darkwave, Digital, Forgive Yourself, Gothic, Jeremy Moore, LP, Post-Punk, Publicist UK, Relapse Records, Review

Every few years or so an album appears that takes you by surprise through its sheer audacity of expression –

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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

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Enter the hypnotic, boundary-pushing world of Ensemble Tikoro as The Shaman premieres their formidable new full-length work, Tortoise, ahead of

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