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

• Tel-Aviv electronic /darkwave singer/songwriter and composer LIYA “Never Will It Be Gray” single
  

A week late due to a force majeure event, here’s the new single from the Israeli artist, who explores modern electronic-laced Darkwave realms with a passionate storytelling about a toxic fear of separation, delivered through hauntingly mesmerising and throbbing shadowed sound architectures produced by Liya herself with Tom Lesczenski. A dark-club-ready track propelled by a tumbling, punchy drum programming along with swirling and glaring epic synths atop cold, bitter vocals, shifting to warm hurt wistfulness amid anger and impatience.

• Vancouver, BC krautrock /noise /new wave /post-punk solo project (FKA Bleached Heat), Shiftwerk “Distant Lights” single
  

Back with a new moniker and ‘Space Echo Rituals’, the Vancouver based solo artist churns out a full-bodied, distorted, and slightly discordant guitar-laden Krautish Wave sound, charged by mechanical beats, gritty, churning bass lines and uncanny, glaring, Dave Formula-style synth washes, to surround fired-up vocals, angrily cutting through repetition, involution, and false identity.

• Rome, Italian gothic /post punk /new wave /darkwave project of  singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nube, aka UmbraMatte “Arena Magna” single
  

About fighting fear, avoiding gloom, and listening for others to call, the new esoteric single by Roma-based artist “Arena Magna” is a spellbinding, darkly atmospheric requiem towards epic catharsis; veiled in solemn, somber brassy orchestral tones, conjures steady, hypnotic rhythms, moody bass pulses, and sparkling guitar melodies to hopelessly ache and resonate over devotional vocals struggling, then painfully soaring through shadowy whispers.

• Colorado Springs, CO darkwave /gothic rock duo Vox Lustra and The Gemini, aka Sister Medusa “Nightshade” single
  
• London-based gothic baroque pop /new wave artist Oliver Marson “Whistleblower” first single off upcoming EP “Into the Darkness”
  
• Asheville, North Carolina death /gothic rock /post-punk band Coffin Moth “It Beats” single
  
• Tennessee/Colorado synthwave duo Terror Forms “Blank/Slate” from “Blank/Slate” EP
  
• Hamilton, UK-based goth /darkwave project of Lea Torn, AKA The Secret Experiment “Swept Away” single
  
• Shirdi, India-based goth /psychedelic /’cloakwave’ project The Ninth Heaven “In the Darkness” from “Neptunian Girl” EP
  
• Britanny, France coldwave /post-punk /dark folk duo of the singer of Guerre Froide and his wife, SYR “La Poussière” from S/T EP [Meidosem Records]
• French Post-punk / Coldwave solo project Closed Mouth “Never Know” single
  
• Antwerp post-punk /coldwave trio De Vergissing “Dode Herinneringen” first single [Decadence]
• US dark wave /post-punk band La Tourmente “Wrist” from ​”La Tourmente-Collection I” LP [Dark Entry Records]
• UK experimental electronic Goth Rock solo project from the wild West of Yorkshire, Ashes On The Cemetary Ground “Bathed In Crimson” from “The Cycle” EP
  
• Rouen, France goth /coldwave / post-punk band led by Isthmaël Baudry, AKA Spleen XXX “Dislocation Of The Real” from the upcoming second LP “Agony Of A Shadow” [Meidosem Records]
• Italian darkwave /post-punk one-man band from Villa Latina, IC2 “Splatters of Time” single
  
• Brooklyn, NY shoegaze /darkwave /post-punk band None Shall Remain “The Night’s Still Young (Plenty of Time to Die)” single
  
• Nottingham, UK post-punk /coldwave trio Liight “New Heights” from “I See Your Reflection” EP
  
• Portland, OR dream pop /goth /darkwave duo of Amy Azucena & Griffin Campbell, aka Psychic Guilt “Wither” single
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina new wave /darkwave /post-punk solo project Blue Remains “Breathing In The Ashes” single
  
• New York enigmatic wave /post-punk solo project Postlooperish “The Last Time I Remember” from “Lead Pale” EP
  
• Los Ángeles based Dreampop /Shoegaze /Post Punk DIY project of Christian Morales AKA Closed Tear “As The World Burns” from “Paradise” EP
  
• Chicago goth /shoegaze /post-punk four-piece Iron Years “This Isn’t US” off the second LP “Rituals”
  
• Indonesia darkwave /post-punk /synthwave trio TEMARRAN “Pusara” single
  
• Mexico City coldwave /gothic rock /post-punk trio Prismatic Shapes “Teatro Del Absurdo” title track of the new LP “Teatro Del Absurdo”
  
• Italian dark wave /post-punk /new wave band founded in 2011, Danser La Nuit “Feel The Darkness” from the upcoming album “Nocturne” [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Norway‘s goth /darkwave /post-punk father-son duo Antipole & Ja’kob “Echoes (ft. Pedro Code)” single
  
• German electronic /gothic /punk-wave duo urbandoned. “Difference” single
  
• San Antonio, Texas post-punk /gothic rock band In a Darkened Room “Sounds of Warning” from the LP “VOIX”
  
• Mexico City gothic rock /darkwave band EPITAFIO Y EL ÁNIMA – “OVERDRIVE” from V/A “We are One Darkwave Vol. 4” compilation LP [We are one Records]
• Bari, Apulia, Italian electrowave /darkwave solo project created by Davide Girone, aka The Way To Nowhere “My Own Pleasures” single [SwissDarkNights Label]
• German Post-Punk /Dark Wave solo project from Cologne, HINFORT “In Silence” single
  
• Napa, CA darkwave /dark electro /synth-pop producer (member of post-punk band Fearing), Blood Rave “Dead Inside” single
  
• Spanish new wave /darkwave /post-punk project of Emilio Lanzas from Málaga, Indice de Inviernos “Stroszek” from “Nueva Industria de Santos” EP
  
• Berlin-based noise pop /no wave /post-punk band Plattenbau “Progress (feat. Carmen of Die Anstalt)” off the split 7″ single with Die Anstalt
  
• Belfast, Northern Ireland-based wave /post-punk band Madrúa “Bought and Sold” from “Metamorphosis” EP
  
• Los Angeles-based Coldwave /New Wave /Post-punk /Darkwave solo project FEVR “Move Me” single [Darkwave Records]
• Colombia Darkwave /Coldwave duo Antiflux “Plegiaria” single
  
• Chicago, IL synthwave/darkwave/post-punk solo project of dark crooner Jack Armondo, PANIC PRIEST “To Live Another Day” from the upcoming “Once Wild” LP [Negative Gain Productions]
• Swedish synth-pop duo of Chris Leaf and Pete Branch, Vintage Voltage “Catch Me If You Can” single [Progress Productions]
• Berlin electro-pop /new wave /synth wave music project of Laslo Antal from Sixth June, DIESEIN – “Pain” from the 3rd album “I like it / I hate” [Sweet Sensation]
• Athens (GR) based dark minimal synth duo Incirrina “ΚΡΥΦΟ (Hidden)” single [Cold Transmission Music]
• Zagreb, Croatia new wave /synthpop project of Goran Uroich, aka ManMachine “Obsolete” single
  
• Melbourne, Australia new wave /post-punk project from Will (GLAS NOST) featuring members of GUM, Hideous Sun Demon, Boat Show, Terrible Signal & more, High Control Group “Hole In Heaven” single
  
• Knoxville, Tennessee cinematic Synth-Pop project of Brandon Biondo, aka The New Romantics “Army Now” (Futurisk cover)
  
• Mexico City-based analog cold wave /minimal synth project of Rogelio Serrano, aka Equinoxious “Velocidad crucero” the first unreleased demo track part of a series of works created between 2017-2019 [Kernkrach Records]
• Dresden-based, German EBM /darkwave /synthbass /synth wave artist Oliver Decrow “Last Dancer” from V/A “SenkWaves – A Senkrecht Compilation Vol. 3” cassette album [Senkrecht Records]
• NYC-based minimal synth /synthpop solo project Medio Mutante “Live For Me” from “Thrill Factor Overload” LP
  
• Indianapolis, Indiana new wave /coldwave /post-punk new project of Jackson VanHorn, aka Memory Index “Transpose” second single [Cold Transmission Music]
• Swiss–British minimal wave /coldwave /post-punk duo formed in 2010 by Larissa Iceglass and William Maybelline, Lebanon Hanover “Sleep” from the 7th LP “Asylum Lullabies” [Fabrika Records]
• Naples-based EBM /synthpop /darkwave trio Ash Code “Angel Oscuro” from the upcoming album “Synthome” [SwissDarkNights Label]
• Santiago, Chile coldwave /synthpop /darkwave duo Vioflesh “Dreams (Slowed + Reverb)” [darkTunes]
• Los Angeles darkwave /post-punk trio Digital Drvgs “Crash Out (Qual Remix)”
  
• Los Angeles-based EBM /industrial /darkwave /dark electropop duo of Rosselinni and Anton Floriano, aka Die Sexual “Desire” single
  
• Washington, D.C. dark synth project of Luna Blanc, aka S Y Z Y G Y X “Stranger” third single off the upcoming album “Sinner” [Cold Transmission Music]
• French/Belgian EBM /industrial /new beat /dark techno /electro collaboration LOUISAHHH x HELSMOORTEL “What I Want” from upcoming EP “Sugar & Violence” [Artoffact Records]
• Berlin-based rave /industrial /EBM /hard techno solo project XTR HUMAN “Sledgehammer” [Wie Ein Gott Records]
• Tönisvorst, Germany industrial /dark electro-wave poetry project of former Agora Phobia member Markus Ott (aka Marakuz Sula Bheinn), aka Teraphim “Get me out” single
  
• Los Angeles EBM /industrial /breakbeat /electronic trio INVA//ID “The Path” from “The Path” EP
  
• Wiesbaden, Germany industrial /EBM /dark electro project Martin Sane, aka FIX8:SED8 “New Eden” from the upcoming seventh LP “Octagram” [Dependent]
• Germany EBM /industrial/wave /dark electro solo project of Niko Martens, BENT “Siren’s Call” first single off the upcoming debut album “Renascence”
  
• Leipzig, German dark electro /industrial /EBM artist Tino Claus, aka TC75 “Motion” (single) from the forthcoming album “MISOPHONIA”
  
• Belgian EBM /retrowave /electro /synthwave act from Brussels, Analog 80 ”Operating Code” single
  
• Belgian EBM /electro /post-punk /synth-pop project of former Neon Judgement‘s Dirk Timmermans (a.k.a Dirk Da Davo) with Glenn Keteleer (aka Radical G) and bassist Pieter-Jan Theunis, aka Neon Electronics “Nothing For Nothing” single
  
• Boston, MA-based dark electronic dance music collaboration between longtime conspirators Reuben Bettsak and Bo Barringer, aka Ex-Hyena “This is Your Love” 2nd single from the upcoming album “XX YOUR LOVE” [Re:Mission Entertainment]
• Richmond, Virginia Darkwave /EBM solo act Petrified Entity “Dark Crusader” from the new album “Disappoint”
  
• Southern California goth /synth-punk /industrial music solo artist Cruelties “Neon Debris” instrumental single
  
• Forest Grove, Oregon-based minimal synth /experimental electronic /post-punk /industrial project of D Haddon, aka HIGH MARKS “Melting Mann” from “Dispatches From the Interzone” LP
  
• Paris, France EBM /synthwave /cosmic Italo disco producer D3LMAT – “In This Night” title track of “In This Night” EP [Mélopée Records]
• Chicago-based wave /synthpop duo EchoDroides “Alive” from “Duality” EP
  
• Miami, FL darkwave /synth-pop /dark electronic duo Deep Red “Golden (feat. Stefan Netschio) – Faustan Remix”
  
• Dance electropop /synth wave collaboration between the Linz-based singer-songwriter of UK synth-pop outfit Empathy Test and European music collective, Isaac Howlett and A State of Flux “Spiralling” single
  
• Atlanta, Georgia goth pop /dark synth-pop duo Tokyo Teens “Death Holds My Hand” single
  
•  German electro-pop duo Avoid-A-Void “Calm In Violence” single [Echozone]
• Asheville, NC goth /electronic /synthpop /darkwave artist ANDERS MANGA “Brood” single
  
• Madrid-based darkwave /post-punk /coldwave music project, Dunkelwald “These black lies” single [Polypiel Records]
• Doncaster, UK goth /post-punk /synth-pop duo Peak Flow “Don’t Die In Your Sleep” single
  
• Ottawa, Ontario goth /post-punk /darkwave solo act Secret Entity “Ritualistic” from “Secrets” LP
  
• Italian goth /darkwave /post-punk band Lost Voices “Istinto Cannibale” from the new album “RITUAL [Nuit Nore]
• Diadema, Brazil dark synth /post-punk /darkwave act SEX IN THE GRAVE “Desire” single
  
• Italy doom /alt rock /industrial /gothic rock /post-punk band Vasa Kumora “SuiciDance” single
  
• South Texas goth /retrowave /darkpop darkwave The Polybius Cabinet “Mi Vida” single
  
• Rome, Italy hard rock /new wave /post-punk side project of the darkwave band Les Longs Adieux, Anna Never “Vanità” from upcoming debut album “Serpi In Seno”
  
• Pacific Nortwest surf goth/deathrock 4-piece Gallowmaker “Teethe” single
  
• Detroit-raised North Carolina-based goth /post-punk /darkwave artist Cruc1fy “CHANG3” single
  
• Sant Andreu, Barcelona coldwave /post-punk band Perifèria Nord “Muerte” from the debut EP “Perifèria Nord 2”
  
• French post-punk /coldwave band Cendres D’Amour – “Lenore” from the LP “Beauté Fanée” [Nuit Noire]
• Rimini, Italy post punk /noisegaze fronted woman solo project Isolated System “Shoot” single
  
• Edmonton, AB post-hardcore /punk band Midnight Peg “The Hag” second single from the upcoming sophomore album, “Skinning” [Thousand Islands Records]
• New Zealand 4-piece anarcho post-punk outfit FOG “Spring” from the upcoming “Spring” EP [R.I.P PEACE & ALWAYS NEVER FUN]
• San Antonio-based Deathrock /Dark Post Punk duo formed in 2014, Transylvanian Flag “Scabs on my Aura” single
  
• Chicago, Illinois weird /goth /industrial /indie rock /post-punk band led by Victoria Martinez, aka Ladycork “✰Your New Disease✰” from the LP “Elevator”
  
• Leipzig, Germany switchpunk /synthpunk band Besuch im Klärwerk “Reality Check” from the cassette LP “11 Liter Klärschlamm” [George Korea]
• French dark ambient /drone /fantasy synth /dungeon synth /folk /medieval music side project of Baddoar, Syrvante “Tresche Au Diable” from “Malaventure” EP
  
• UK ambient /neoclassical /medieval /dungeon synth project Villein “Mercury – Queen and Chariot” from the album “Book of Trismosin”
  
• Sweden lo-fi /dark ambient /medieval /fantasy dungeon synth project from the archives of the Skeleton Mage, aka Lonely Pilgrim “Passage IV: A Sunny Hilltop” from “The Belfry at World’s Edge” album
  
• French dungeon synth /winter synth /dark ambient project Grotte de Cristal “Les étoiles se reflètent dans les mille lacs qui constituent cette grotte infinie” from 2-track long-form LP “Miroir de glace”