Industrial
Compilation – On-U Sound presents: Sherwood At The Controls Volume 2: 1985 – 1990
Okey dokey, Adrian Sherwood is back with the follow up to the first Sherwood at the controls this time hitting from ’85 to ’90. Electro, Industrial, Noise, Hip-Hop, Afrobeat and Dub. This time up we get five unreleased tracks plus four tracks previously only available on vinyl, sleeve notes and the usual goodies, so lets have a stroll …
Album Reivew: American Head Charge – Tango Unbrella
A decade after their last full length release “The Feeding” the reformed and recalibrated American Head Charge are back with long awaited new album Tango Umbrella the follow up to 2013’s Shoot EP. AHC always seemed to be a little left field, their chaotic but melodious alt-metal definitely stood out amongst their peers, whilst tracks …
NEWS: Kidneythieves kickstart 5th album “THE MEND”.
Alt rockers Kidneythieves (aka Free Dominguez and Bruce Somers) are hitting Kickstarter for their fifth album “THE MEND”, the follow up to “The Invisible Plan” EP and their first full length release since 2010’s “Trypt0fanatic”. The campaign features various rewards from as little as $5 to $7,500 if you want Kidneythieves to write a song …
News: American Head Charge’s Tango Umbrella gets release date
Resurfacing with the Shoot EP in 2013 after being disbanded for several years American Head Charge didn’t waste any time before hitting the road. Now though the alt metallers have finally announced the release date for their new album “Tango Umbrella” the eagerly awaited follow up to 2005’s “The Feeding”. The new album will be …
Premiere – Barons Of Hiddenhausen stream new EP ‘Bedroom Edits’
Mortiz Kofler, aka Barons of Hiddenhausen has a new EP, Bedroom Edits out this Friday, and we’re delighted to premiere a stream of the whole thing here on Backseat Mafia. The Vienna based musician locked himself in his flat and has made an EP that belies the title which suggests some kind of lo-fi recordings. …
See: Industrial overlords 3TEETH premiere video for Slavegod
3TEETH ,the industrial four piece out of L.A that made a big impression with their self titled debut back in 2014, have somehow found time to produce new material despite extensive touring. Slave God is their newest offering, an atmospheric and nightmarish affair of synth, guitars and noise blended together with Alexis Mincolla’s distorted vocals …
Album Review: Sextile – A Thousand Hands
It’s dark outside; so grab your sunglasses, ‘cos we’re going deep under the wires into the world of Sextile and their rather wonderful debut album ‘A Thousand Hands’. Like many of you, I’ve been a follower / collector / fanatic – call it what you will – of what could broadly be called alternative music …
News:Second ‘Beat:Cancer’ LIVE event set for November 2015
Fans of darker and harder sounds might want to clear their calendar for November as Beat:Cancer LIVE puts on a night of Industrial EBM Noise to remember in Manchester and London. Taking place Friday 13th November at Zoo in Manchester and Slimelight in London Saturday 14th November the night is set to feature a host …
See: The Soft Moon releases video for Wrong
Following on from the release of Deeper, the third studio album from The Soft Moon, aka Luis Vasquez, he has unveiled a extensive tour including dates this site of the pond, and a new video for the albums standout track, Wrong. Littered with hard bursts of electro, and pulsing synth chords, bleeps and stabs, it’s …
See: Ludovico Technique release new video for Deeper Into You.
Ludovico Technique, the dark electronica / industrial band from Orlando, Florida, recently unveiled the video for their track “Deeper Into You”. The track is taken from their debut full length album “Some things are beyond therapy” released on Metropolis Records in 2012.