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The American gothic-eclectic label, The Fossil Dungeon has ended its production of CDs and vinyl and is now working exclusively in the digital music format. The label will continue delivering quality...

Due to server maintenance, which took a while longer than expected, we have been offline for about two days. Our appologies to all those who suffered from severe cold turkey symptoms, we'll try to...

Out on June 1ste is the newest, 5th, volume in the "Synthpop Club Anthems" compilation series. "Synthpop club anthems vol. 5" features 14 tracks including material from such bands as Midnight...

The new book and CD set "Fairy world 4" is now available holding the best of Prikosnovenie pictures and music including 13 unreleased tracks out of 17 plus new artists. The release is available as a...

"We finally opened a second night of comedy. We had the goods to do it this year."

CBS will bring two comedies to its schedule on Wednesday nights in the fall, spreading jokes to a second night after confining its sitcoms to Mondays the past few years. via The Modesto Bee

C ritics often label the clownish-in-looks-only Cure a minor band. Haters slag poor Robert Smith as a weenie because of his penchant for dressing like a brooding, frizzed out harlequin. via Boston Herald

In 2001, Philadelphia’s Lost Signal burst into the scene with the debut "Catharsis". Sole band member Charles Rehill then took a nearly 5 year hiatus before entering the studio again. The...

To Mega Therion Legion is currently giving away their debut CD that was supposed to come out on the now defunct Sistinas Music label some months ago. The album features remixes from Ah Cama-Sotz,...

This summer, Cyanotic will be joining 16 Volt and Bella Morte for select dates throughout the Midwest, east coast and Canada during the 2008 Denial Highway tour. Eris from Born Into Oblivion is going...

Tom Holkenborg has remixed the Eagles of Death Metal's "Don't Speak" for the newest Nike advert "Take it to the Next Level". The spot which will be in heavy rotation during the Champions League next...

"Think, when we speak of whaleboats, whales and oceans, that you see them"

In "Moby Dick Rehearsed," the Orson Welles adaptation of the Melville novel, the audience is implored early on to be prepared for a mental workout, there being no chance of getting a credible whale, ship or sea ... via New York Times

N.U.T.E, a New Zealand based Industrial outfit, has released a new free to download EP "Number 8 Wired". Available from www.nute-music.com the idea for the "Number 8 Wired" EP...

The French label M-tronic announces the signing of the French act Ex_Tension. Hailing from Strasbourg, this duo is composed of vxt (programming, composition) and py (sampling, noises, composition)...

LACUNA COIL's SCABBIA: 'We Are Putting Together The Best Album Of Our Career' - May 5, 2008 LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "We had a band meeting this ... via BlabberMouth.net

The Cure are scheduled to release a new double album called "13" on September 13, 2008. Prior to that, 4 singles will be released, each in two formats and featuring a unique single mix and exclusive...

Alfa Matrix band Neikka RPM has made it into the Animoto.com "Featured Artists" section for the month May. Fans can make their own video using the Neikka RPM track "Girls With No Fear" as featured on...

Caustic's first EP is being re-released. Originally released in 2004 on Matt Fanale's Sonic Mainline Discs with a very limited run of 100 copies, "I am on fire" is now impossible to find, but...

We have posted a brand new interview with Yendri online going hand in hand with the recent release of her newest "Dreams of an Undead Girl" album out on Wumpscut's very own label Mental Ulcer Forges....

The Canadian band Delerium, best known from its number 1 worldwide hit single "Silence", will play an exclusive Benelux gig at Hot Ter Lo, Antwerp on May 9th 2008. Delerium is one of the many, and...

Catastrophe Ballet Records present us a retrospective (1989-1994) of the Cleveland, Ohio based band Garten Kirkhof. Formed in 1989 the band called it quits in 1994. Garten Kirkhof was initially...

"I just wrapped PLAYING WITH FIRE"

May 5: HOUSE OF USHER in movie houses; website open Director David DeCoteau gave us the heads-up that his new version of Edgar Allan Poe's HOUSE OF USHER will get big-screen play via Regent Releasing in Los ... via FANGORIA

On May 23d, the SPV sublabel Synthetic Symphony will release "Into The Night", the new album from FM (Fixmer/McCarthy) the duo comprising of French techno producer Terence Fixmer and Douglas McCarthy...

Out on the Sleepwalking imprint on May 19th is the newest, second, album from the Belgian cult act Parade Ground. "Rosary" features 15 brand new tracks, each preceded by a musical overture, a total...

Infrastition, the French label specializing in re-releases of 80ies Cold Wave legends, returns with a collection of Gestalt's best tracks. Gestalt was formed in 1982 in Lyon. The new reissued album...

The new album "Amalgame" by the Polish act Bisclaveret contains 9 re-works of Bisclaveret-classics, prepared by bands such as: Endraum, Ghosts of Breslau, God's Bow, Moan, Sleeping Pictures,...

From the outside, one might view Run Level Zero’s motif as being akin to what some term “retro” EBM. Along with fellow countrymen like Spetsnaz and Necro Facility, their...

The latest Nine Inch Nails stunt has gone live yesterday as the band launched a 100% free 10-track album (with a running tie of around 44 minutes) as a "thanks to the fans for your continued support"...

If you ever wanted to remix De/Vision, here's your chance to do so. To celebrate the band's 20th anniversary, Digitalmusician.net in collaboration with De/Vision presents the "Life is suffering"...

The Some Bizarre label continues its reissue series of back catalogue releases. This time Psychic TV's 1982 debut "Force the hand of chance" will be released as a double CD. The second (bonus) CD...

Out via Drakkar is "Now & Forever", a best of CD/DVD set from Xandria. Released as a digipak with silver-print, this CD not only compiles the best tracks from their 4 albums (Kill the Sun",...

The Cure Get Singled Out

May 5th, 2008

"NY Trip". The second single, to be released on June 13th, will be "Freakshow"

British stalwarts The Cure have announced that they will be releasing a total of four new singles, one a month, up until the release of their new studio album. via IGN Music

"My exit has nothing to do with dispute or controversy within the band. It was just time to split. I hope we still will be friends in future like we are right now."

XANDRIA Parts Ways With Singer LISA MIDDELHAUVE - May 1, 2008 Singer Lisa Middelhauve has left the German goth metal band XANDRIA for "personal reasons." "We thank Lisa for the good, successful and most of all ... via BlabberMouth.net

Out on the 30th of May is the new Ladytron album "Velocifero" on Major Records for the German market and Nettwerk for the American market. The album will be preceeded by the single "Ghosts" on May...

To celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the release of the first Syrian single "No Atmosphere", Syrian have recorded a new version of the song and made it available for free download. The 2008 version...

Besides Nitzer Ebb, several ex-members also have started producing new material. www.nitzer-ebb.de reports that 100% aka Dave Gooday for instance has uploaded a few new tracks...

Yendri unveils yet another aspect of her kaleidoscopic personality. The traveling that started almost ten years ago to the inside of a strange, delicate and dark musical mind comes to a climax with...

Daily Entertainment Photos - "Get all the fashion, glamour and scandal here in pictures!" British rockers The Cure have made a ground-breaking promise to fans - they will release a single per month until their ... via PLANET RADIO 107.3

The band will drop singles on the 13th of each month until album release The Cure have announced that they will release a new single each month leading up to the release of their 13th studio album in September. via NME.com

"Woodstock's own lady of story and song."

Second of two parts Singer/banjo player Pete Seeger is, quite literally, a folk hero around Woodstock, Ill. via Daily Herald

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Essex school friends Douglas McCarthy and Vaughan (Bon) Harris have joined up with Jason Payne (who played drums on the 1995 Nitzer Ebb album "Big Hit") to finish up the first new Nitzer Ebb record...

Isaac Walter Glendening (of Cesium_137) has recorded and mixed the new Anders Manga album "X's and the Eyes" in Philadelphia. Glendening is also co-producer on the album. "Coming from a love of old...

The next release on the Denver Colorado based label Vendetta Music will be "Industrial Thought Patterns", the first album by Dutch act Mono-Amine. You can expect 8 tracks. Mono-Amine is the project...

Portishead's newest 11-track album "Third", their 4th one to date, went live on last.fm last week attracting 327.000 listeners in just under 24 hours. It was the first time Last.fm has made an album...

Novalis Deux are close to finish the last recording work for their new album "Ghosts over Europe" to be released on the Black Rain label. "Ghosts over Europe" will be released in...

The 5th Volume of Cryonica Music's double CD compilation series "Cryonica Tanz" will be released on May 26th 2008. This new volume has taken 6 months to compile having received over 600 submissions....

MOONSPELL: 'Night Eternal' Widget Available - Apr. 23, 2008 One month before the release of their new studio album, Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL and SPV have unleashed the "Night Eternal" widget , featuring ... via BlabberMouth.net

After the not so successful reception of their last album "Zeitgeist" (2007) and the tour that followed the release, the Smashing Pumpkins have posted on their website that they may never release a...

5 editors have checked out the newest album by Yendri, "Dreams Of An Undead Girl", out on Wumpscut's very own label Mental Ulcer Forges. The album is the third to be released on the label of Rudy...

The Japanese electronic music act Denki Groove, who celebrate their 20th anniversary next year, have resurfaced after a long hiatus. "Shonen Young" is their first new single in 8 years and acts as a...