WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips

• South Of England/Ireland Post-Punk trio STIIILL “In The Static” single from the forthcoming second album
  

By now, solid purveyors of an elegant, minimal and emotionally ridden classic Post Punk sound, is no exception the British trio’s brooding, equally cathartic and confrontational new single, that ceaselessly rushes on the pain-filled throbbing urgency of driving rhythms, droning bass and the fiery, magnificently epic ringing of nervy, piercing guitar lines, carrying anxious and fearful vocals down a void of secret-laden silence.

• Buenos Aires, Argentina new wave /darkwave /post-punk solo project Blue Remains “Where Love Became a Ghost” single
  

Channeling minimal and austere all-consuming atmospheric sorrow, torn with the visceral introspective depth, from early 80s’ The Cure, “Where Love Becomes a Ghost”, about the loss of a loved one, stirs a fateful inexorable unfolding of stark repetitive drum machines and crusty ripping bass lines, on which mournful wails of effected-filled ethereal penetrating guitars and the gloomy gleams of keyboards intertwine, weaving a flow of hopeless despair over devotional grief-stricken vocals, becoming disconnected in a cold darkness of past memories and dreams.

• London-based female-led EBM /cold wave /darkwave electronic project The Ghost Aura “In Machine” first single from the upcoming album “Mirror Rituals”
  

First introspective foretaste from the upcoming LP by the London-based electronic darkwave artist that sneakingly injects an oppressively brooding and decaying aura weaving its way through lashing snares and the naggingly obsessive, at times stifling, clattering of rolling low ends, surrounded by sparse ominous hissing steams and dejected trembling twisted swirls of cold wailing synths, around haunted and disconnected spoken word vocals, swallowed by a bitter reflection about an invisible, lingering force that transforms a person from the inside out.

• Dresden, Germany neo-folk singer-songwriter Darkwood “Vieil Armand” from “Verlorene Welt” LP
  
• German/US EBM /goth /post-punk /death-wave collaboration Verrottet & King Dude “Dead Of Tomorrow” (re-recorded original Verrottet song “Tote von Morgen” sung by King Dude)
  
• Darkwave /gothic rock / dark ambient /dungeon synth collaboration, Nino Sable & ACM “This way leads into darkness” single
  
• North Carolina goth /darkwave /post-punk solo project SAIPH “A Blissful Lie” single
  
• Hamburg, Germany-based experimental /dark ambient /darkwave /post-punk /coldwave solo project of Anna Nin, aka Glaring “Indulge All Of Your Obsessions (feat. Svanur)” from forthcoming album “Funeral Party” [Young & Cold Records]
• US ethereal /darkwave /dream-pop /dark electronic songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Alethea Leventhal, AKA Ships In The Night “I Was Your Body” from “Protection Spells” LP [Metropolis Records]
• Zurich, Switzerland post-punk /post punk /dream wave solo project Blanche Biau “With Roses You Say Goodbye” from the upcoming album “Heartcore” [Young & Cold Records]
• US East Coast-based Dark Post-punk /New Wave /Synth-pop duo Pleasure Victim “Sweet Nothings” single
  
• Hamburg/Los Angeles coldwave /darkwave /post-punk collaboration, Glaring & Mica – “Silence and Secrecy” from the work-in-progress “Collabs & Covers”
  
• Italian 2-piece shoegaze /electronic /post-punk band from Treviso, Kill Your Boyfriend “Youth” from the EP “Disco Kills” part of the split LP with NEU OSCURO
  
• French dark electro /industrial /minimal synth /wave new project from visionary electronic musician A// (aka Le Syndicat Électronique), aka Another Body Found “Make Yourself At Home” from the album “Scooterboys From The Pool” [Minimal Wave]
• Bern, Switzerland industrial /EBM /post-punk /synth-pop /minimal synth wave collective PLAGUE PITS “Come Undone” from the new LP “Escalator to the Abattoir” [Young & Cold Records]
• Athens, Greece pioneer proto electronic body music /analog minimal synth duo formed in 1988, In Trance 95 – “The Move” from the upcoming 6-track EP “The Move” (recorded in late 80s-early 90s) [Minimal Wave]
• Zagreb-based, Croatian synth electronic musician (previously Narrow, Umrijeti za strojem, I/II, Split Personalities), Iv/An “New Girls / Neutrons” (Vice Versa cover, 1979) from Iv/An’s new album “Writer’s Block” [Tonal Shifts]
• Dutch EBM /cosmic electro /synth-wave /synth-punk /’Neue-Niederländische-Welle’ duo from Utrecht, STAATSEINDE “Tanzverbot” from the mini-LP “Artificial Renaissance” [Wave Tension Records]
• Coldwave /post-punk /darkwave /minimal synth band from Hungary, Cawatana “Real, Open” from the forthcoming album “Beyond The Glory”
  
• Italian synthwave /synth-pop act Ascending “Danze di maschere” from the cassette EP “Guanto nero” [Detriti Records]
• South of France based Cold Electronics /Darkwave /Synth-Pop /Neo-Folk  project led by multi-instrumentalist, vocalist  and composer Victor-Yann with Yule on vocals, Swesor Bhrater “Constellations of Heaven” from the album “IN THE CRYING OF WIND” [Hidden Crypt / Eins:Zwei:Acht]
• Berlin-based post-punk /synth wave act DAS KINN “Nichts” from the album “Ruinenkampf” [Bureau B]
• Darkwave / Coldwave duo from Colombia, Antiflvx “A Promise”, new song which first featured in Bat Beat’s compilation, “Let’s Go Bats VII”
  
• Minsk, Belarus goth /post-punk /darkwave /new wave musical project by multi-instrumentalist Anton Yeroma, aka Dusken Harmony “No Way” single
  
• Chicago-based Synth-Wave /Darkwave trio Replicant “VOIDS” from the upcoming third album “DAYBREAKER”
  
• Vancouver, BC goth /cold wave /post-punk solo project The Ruments “Ritual” from the EP “Dogma”
  
• Californian industrial /techno /dark techno /darkwave /electronic producer Vick Vapors “Gave It My All” single
  
• Singer of the legendary ’80s Hamburg‘s Goth Darkwave /Post-punk band Xmal Deutschland, Anja Huwe “Polar Forest” new single (mashup of Xmal’s 1987 track “Polarlicht” and Anja Huwe’s “Living In The Forest” from her 2024 album) [Sacred Bones Records]
• Bristol, UK ethereal goth /darkwave /electro-punk duo Strange Futures “Luxury Escapism” 2nd single from the upcoming EP “Night Errors”
  
• Barcelona‘s goth /industrial /EBM /synthpop duo SDH “Lovers Wonder (Alen Skanner Remix)” [Artoffact Records]
• New Wave /shoegaze /post-punk solo-side project of singer & songwriter Fernando Honorato from Swedish band Principe Valiente, Fernando’s Eyes “Center Of Your World” second single and title track from the upcoming debut LP “Center Of Your World” [Aenaos Records]
• Hudson Valley, NY industrial /goth /synth-pop /dark electronic solo project Teledeath “Pleasure Overload” single
  
• Lebanon/Kuwait coldwave /dream pop /trip-hop /art pop singer and songwriter, Tamara Qaddoumi “Stay” from the album “The Murmur” [Listen Records / Young & Cold Records]
• Madison, Wisconsin disco noir /synth-pop singer-songwriter and IAMX live band member, Carrellee “Like A Ghost” from the sophomore s/t album
  
• Essen, Germany-based DIY tragic darkwave /electronic Musician, Producer, Singer & Songwriter Diar Storm “A Feeling That’s Killing Me” 2nd single from the upcoming EP
  
• São Paulo, Brazil experimental /goth /post-punk dark wave project of Ariel Scott, aka MONJA “Amour Anthropophage” title track of the “Amour Anthropophage” EP
  
• Greater Sudbury, Ontario Goth Pop /Minimal Wave /Ceramic Coldwave duo Fauxcils “Heavy Harvest” from the debut LP “Tears of Paint”
  
• Hamburg, Germany ‘dream punk’ / shoegaze /post-punk /synth-pop project of Dirk Knight with vocalist Apolonia, SEASURFER “Collapsing (M!R!M-Remix)” pre-single of the forthcoming new Seasurfer album „Electronic Monsters“
  
• Oakland, CA dark wave /synthpop /minimal synth wave duo of Megan Biscieglia and Dustin Khebzou, aka PLATTENBAU “Soft Light” title track of the upcoming cassette EP “Soft Light” [Glowing Dagger]
• French Dark Synth-Pop /Darkwave project Halo’s Eve “Cleansing Fire” single
  
• Stockholm, Sweden new wave / synth-pop /electronic duo Rupesh Cartel “Endless” from the album “Residual Light” [Progress Productions]
• Veteran Danish industrial /dark electro /synth wave producer Mirland, aka M73 “Move On” first single from the forthcoming third album “All Messed Up And Nowhere To Go” [LÆBEL]
• Guadalajara, Mexico-based Dark Electro-Wave duo Red Industrie “Say Goodbye To Fear (Single Version)” from “Twilight Dances” EP [PurZynth Rekords]
• Mechelen-based, Belgian pioneer Dark Electro-Wave musician, composer and visual artist Eric Vandamme, aka Enzo Kreft “The Iron Fist’s Dance” from the album “Dictator”
  
• Hamburg, Germany 2-piece EBM /NDW /dark electro /electronic music project M/A/T “Modular” off the upcoming M/A/T debut album
  
• Brittany, France cold wave /synth wave /minimal synth project of Boris Völt and Irene de Milo, Irène de Milo – “Airs de misère” from “Barzh” EP
  
• Basel, Switzerland solo industrial /coldwave /minimal wave /darkwave project of experimental composer and multidisciplinary artist Nicole Fior- Greant, aka NICO AMARA “L’ora vuota” from the forthcoming debut album
  
• Vienna occult /tribal /electronic /dark wave band The Devil & The Universe “Beelzebub Unchained (feat. Aux Animaux )” single [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Hamburg-based Swiss–German electronic /techno /darkwave project SIIE “Cowboy Fatigué” from the debut LP “ACMÉ” [Cold Transmission Music]
• Austrian Techno /Synth-Pop /Dark Wave solo act based in Graz, Violence against Man “How Many Days” single
  
• Portland, OR-based EBM /dark electro /darkwave /dark electronic artist Conor Knowles AKA Dancing Plague “With You I Am Nothing” from the upcoming LP “Domain” [Artoffact Records]
• London-based industrial /dark electronic duo, Dead Lights “Gravity” single [darkTunes]
• Berlin/UK industrial techno /darkwave /EBM project of Sarin & Qual, aka General Dynamics – “Welcome to Slavery” from the second “Where Animals Play” LP
  
• Brooklyn, NYC techno /EBM /post-industrial electronics brainchild of Fade Kainer, aka STATIQBLOOM – “Sharp Silhouettes” from the album “Bled From All Sides” LP (compilation of rare tracks)
  
• Danish industrial /EBM solo project of Claus Larsen (Leæther Strip), Klutae “38 (Revolting Cocks Cover)” from the upcoming LP “Godsent” [Læbel]
• Berlin-based EBM /Industrial /Cold Wave /Darkwave /Post-Punk band William Bleak “Delirium” single
  
• Boston, MA-based dark electronic dance music collaboration between Reuben Bettsak and Bo Barringer, aka Ex-Hyena “Vanishing Edge” single [Re:Mission Entertainment]
• Russian futurepop /synthpop act Mental Discipline “Remain in History (Faderhead Remix)” from “Nothing to Die For (The Remixes)” [skyQode]
• Louisville, Kentucky post-punk /darkwave duo of  Stephen Beasey and Brian Cain, AKA Who Saw Her Die? “None of This Is Real” title track of “None of This Is Real” LP
  
• Stavanger, Norway Dark Wave /Gothic Rock 3-piece band Long Night “Rabbit Hole” single [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Mulhouse, France 4-piece old school gothic rock band Sex Blood “I Talk To The Dead” Oui-ja board session unreleased song [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Seminal Leeds, UK post-punk band, est. 1981, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry “Walking On Air” from the upcoming LP “Strange Kind Of Paradise” [COP International]
•  Matera, Italy Indie Rock /Wave Post-Punk five-piece God in a Black Suit “A New Life” 2nd single from God in a Black Suit’s upcoming second album “Threshold”
  
• Greek one-man DIY new wave /post-punk project from Athens, Cheka “Θλίψη/Ερωτικό” single
  
• Yuma, AZ goth /darkwave /post-punk band Sullen Hearts “WITHOUT YOU” from “WITHOUT YOU/REMEMBER” 2-track single
  
• Székesfehérvár, Hungary post-punk /darkwave band Crow Black Dream “Eltűnő árnyékok” from the second LP “Peremvidék”
  
• Cambridge, Maryland shoegaze /post-punk solo project 4dversary “Squares” single
  
• French post-punk /shoegaze /coldwave band Lunar Lock “Blind At Heart” single
  
• Paris, France shoegaze /grunge /post-punk band led by  Goeff Laporte, aka JESSICA93 – “Tête de yencli” from the split Maxi Single “Tête de Yencli / Turrita” by JESSICA93 + LA SCROAFA EMPUTECIDA [Kakakids records]
• Copenhagen, Danish goth disco /no-wave /minimal post-punk outfit MISSVNARIES ov CHARITY – “Radium Girls” from the cassette “PETROLEVM JELLY” EP [Utåt Neråt Records]
• London-based post-punk /synth-punk outfit Powerplant “Crashing Cars” 2-track 7″ single [Arcane Dynamics]
• Leeds, UK experimental /no-wave /post-hardcore /noise /anti-rockers Beige Palace “Wellness Retreat” from the posthumous split EP with Lo Egin [Cruel Nature Records]
• Cincinnati, OH electro /post-punk /synth-punk band The Serfs “Time Leaks Away (Dub)” from the split 7″ single with A Place To Bury Strangers [Dedstrange]
• Augsburg, Germany NDW /post-punk trio Kalte Hand “Spatzen” from V/A “Flennen No.16” cassette compilation album [Flennen]
• US garage /rock’n’roll /punk rock /synth-punk band Power Pants “My Identity” single from the “PP8” EP [Punk Valley Records]
• German Dark Ambient /Fantasy /Dungeon Synth duo Gilgareth “Dämonenkrone” from the cassette album “Zwei Schwerter” [Dale of Shadows]
• Boston, MA ambient /neo-folk /fantasy /dungeon synth act Unsheathed Glory “Downward, to the Abyss” from cassette album “Beneath Sun & Soil” [WereGnome Records]
• German experimental comfy /fantasy /dungeon synth act KletTtermax – “Bloody Fur” from “Forest is breathing” from the tape album “Ancient Hymns” [Personal Uschi Records]
• Old School Dungeon Synth from the Montana Rocky Mountains, Lycan Castle “Spells of The Mundane Order” from the cassette live album “Wolves ov Boethia”
  
• US dark pagan ambience /blackened dungeon synth act Lone Sentinel “Òðinn’s Word” from the cassette album “The Wisdom of Òðinn”  [Hammer & Flail Records]