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There are not many voices in this world that are so unique and instantly recognisable. Especially not among German singers. Two-time Echo award winner Peter Heppner undoubtedly has one of these absolutely distinctive organs. Before Heppner made his solo debut […]

Henric de la Cour is a Swedish darkwave/electrogoth phenomenon, renowned for his contributions to the scene with acts like Yvonne and Strip Music for over two decades. Despite his success, a dark secret lay hidden: Henric battles Cystic fibrosis, a […]

Heldmaschine is a German music group from Koblenz, founded in 2011. Musically, the group can be categorised as Neue Deutsche Härte (NDH). We can expect the fattest industrial riffs, sharp-edged electro sounds and the full, original pyschic force of NDH. […]

Goethes Erben are regarded as one of the style-defining bands of the gothic scene in the 90s. The formation around and with frontman Oswald Henke has been active since 1989 and has continued to develop ever since. Henke describes his […]

Girls Under Glass (GUG) was founded in Hamburg in spring 1986 by Thomas Lücke, Hauke Harms and Volker Zacharias as the successor band to Calling Dead Red Roses. Originally conceived as a gothic rock band, the Girls Under Glass broke […]

Faderhead has always been a mix of workaholic and wunderkind. The charismatic German has produced more dark electro club hits than any other act in the past twelve years: TZDV, Dirtygrrrls/Dirtybois, Destroy Improve Rebuild, Fistful Of Fuck You, Dancers, When […]

“In the beginning there was ice! When we realized that there wasn’t the music around us that we wanted to hear in the here and now, we decided to make it ourselves.” The story of Icebreaker begins on a freezing, […]

“The new innocence”, DIE SELEKTION’s self-description, is the first of many exciting contradictions that the young band throws up. Fast beats, cutting bass lines, dark and undercooled synth layers, and then – the most unusual instrument for this genre: the […]

The musical project Diary of Dreams is undoubtedly a major force in the dark wave scene. It was founded in 1989 by singer Adrian Hates and guitarist Alistair Kaned (who left the band in 2001). Today, the band from Düsseldorf […]

Born in Buenos Aires, but emerging from the darkness of Berlin comes the solo-project of music producer Gonzalo Schwindt, who grew up playing in different post-punk bands as a drummer until finally consolidating Deus Ex Lumina as his main solo […]

DARK is a darkwave/goth/post-punk singer and songwriter from Hamburg. His first digital single “Forever Suffer” was released in June 2020 and quickly became a sensation in the international alternative/dark scene. One successful hit after another followed and in November 2020 […]

Blutengel is a Gothic/Futurepop/Darkwave/EBM band formed in 1998 in Berlin, Germany. The band emerged from the previous project Seelenkrank after singer Chris Pohl decided to give it up. Whether Blutengel falls into one of the above categories is disputed by […]