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

• Italian shoegaze /post-punk /coldwave /darkwave duo SCHONWALD “Broken Hearts” single via Silver Veins Records
  

The years pass but the duo from the North Eastern part of Italy have not lost their penchant for crafting intoxicating and seductive introspective new wave/darkwave narratives, here in their distinctive moody and atmospheric fashion, as Schonwald. The single unleashes hypnotic metronomic lashing beats and gurgling pulsing bass loops, surrounded by wistful, reeling guitar wails and dramatic liquid synth injections, weaving a dark romantic dreamy ambience, enclosed by sad breathy vocals, lost in the painful longing for another kiss.

• Berlin-based dark disco /new wave /synth wave /electronic project of Greco/German DJ-production duo Local Suicide and Bavarian producer Kalipo, aka Dina Summer “Zombie (Edit)” from the upcoming sophomore album “Girls Gang” via Iptamenos Discos
  

The well-proven collaborative project has become increasingly comfortable manipulating 80s-tinged dark wave patterns fueled by modern dance-floor drive. About a sad yet sinister lonely Zombie, the track trots on a ceaselessly pounding drum programming, classic meandering, post-punk throbbing bassline, harsh droning guitar textures, fluttering new wavey glaring synth arpeggios and soft, bewitching spoken words, yearning for connection amid a droning supernatural haze. Simple sheer magic, just dance and you’re done.

• Greek dark minimal synth /synthpop one-man synth project by Ioakim Vasileiadis based in Thessaloniki, MISFORTUNES “Μ​ι​α Ι​σ​τ​ο​ρ​ί​α να Α​ρ​ν​η​θ​ε​ί​ς (A Story to Deny)” new single via SwissDarkNights Label
  

Brand new single via his recent affiliation with SwissDarkNights label from the synth-laden project of Greek artist Ioakim Vasiliadis. A mass spiritual rebirth bounces on urgent stomping rhythms and buzzy undulating bass lines, as urgent distressed vocals struggle inside claustrophobic sheets of haunting pain-filled swirling synth melodies, to emerge epically triumphant from the burning fires of transformation.

• Detroit, MI experimental /neo-folk music project In Ruin “All Is Shattered” from “All Is Shattered / Sunflower” [Single]
• Russian ritual dark jazz /neoclassical /electronic project Autger “Ataman” single
  
• Reykjavik, Iceland Synth-punk/ Dark-pop /Darkwave trio Kælan Mikla “Stj​ö​rnulj​ó​s” single on Artoffact Records
  
• Brooklyn, NY-based goth /shoegaze /post-punk /dream-pop outfit The Harrow “Cinderglow” title track of the upcoming EP “Cinderglow”
  
• Chelyabinsk, Russia goth /darkwave /deathrock trio Tourmaline Bats “The Last Shelter” from the debut album “Fake Fairy Tales”
  
• Texas goth /deathwave /post-punk solo project of Houston-based artist Anthony Torres, aka Death Of The Last Beautiful Jaguar “Coffin For Two” from the album “Dreaming, Drowning”
  
• Dark Post-Punk one-man band based in Amsterdam with Latin roots, Raw Desire “Os Enga​ñ​an” (Eskorbuto cover, 1984)
  
• York, UK dub /no wave /post-punk trio Neon Kittens “The Beast with Two Tails” from “Trick” EP via Metal Postcard Records
  
• Rouen, France cold wave band NICE COLD NATION “Avant la nuit” from the album “Survivance”
  
• Timişoara, Romania coldwave /post-punk band Arc Gotic “Follow a Stranger” single
  
• Stockholm-based indie/ synth-pop project, formed in 2016 by Johan Sjöblom Eliot (member of The Exploding Boy), and Robert Eklind (formerly of Malaise), SJÖBLOM “Tomorrow” from the LP “Dead Of Night” on COP International
  
• Dijon, France new wave /post-punk /coldwave solo project AIMABLE “Chacun son Chagrin” title track of the LP “Chacun son Chagrin”
  
• Melbourne, Australia gothic rock /post-punk /darkwave band formed in 1991, IKON “Leviathan’s Gate (single version)” from “Leviathan’s Gate” EP
  
• Birmingham, UK Post Punk /Dark Wave act, Black Rose Moves “Jessica” single
  
• Polish goth /new wave /post-punk four-piece from Białystok, Dorian’s Steaming Shadow “Frozen Nightmares” the title track of the debut album “Frozen Nightmares”
  
• Vancouver, BC goth rock /darkwave /post-punk two-piece band DECOMME “Lost Sense″ from the LP “Sentiment”
  
• Leipzig, Germany shoegaze /darkwave /post-punk band Elende Leiber “Leipzig OST” single
  
• Los Angeles-based new wave /post-punk /darkwave trio Scimitar – “Silent Room” single
  
• Italian electro wave /darkwave trio from Naples, ASH CODE “Nostalgia” single
  
• California goth /industrial /electronic/dark wave artist Soft Vein “Falling” off the forthcoming sophomore album “Through Blinds” on Artoffact Records
  
• Florida-based electronic /dark wave /synth-wave side-project of Cathedral Bells‘ Matthew Messore, aka Midi Memory “Take the Life out of Me” single
  
• Ecuador gothic rock /post-punk band Noche Miseria “Slasher” from “Slasher” EP
  
• UK Synthpop /Post-punk band from the Isle Of Man, Mark E Moon “A Scream In The Dark” from the single “Daemons (On Broadway Mix) / A Scream In The Dark” [COLD TRANSMISSION MUSIC]
• US coldwave /post-punk /synth wave act Soft Glass – “Clear Tape Over Red Lips” off the LP “Sacrilege”​ via Dark Entry Records
  
• Hamburg/Munich electro /minimal wave trio VOLTARENES “Brezenmann” from “Wave” EP 7″ [ant-zen]
• Vienna-based coldwave multi-disciplinary artist Marion Ludwig (aka OOC, Nella Lenoir), aka RIO OBSKUR “Stahl trennt nebel” single off upcoming EP “Hommage”
  
• US electronic /coldwave /synth-wave solo project of Michael Buchanan (Nommo Ogo, and Seacrypt), Identity Theft “Magic Mirror” title track of the new cassette EP [Katabatik]
• German minimal electro-wave /synth-pop project of Philipp R. Münch founded in 1988, aka The Rorschach Garden “Twenty billion citizens” from the upcoming album “Pleasure under pressure” [ant-zen]
• Mexico City-based post-industrial /electronic /witch house /darkwave solo project, RITUALZ “POLICY OF TRUTH” (Depeche Mode cover) Halloween 2024 single
  
• Italian minimal-brutal wave solo project Blocco Schengen “Occhi Tristi” single from the 2025 first album “Radio Tristezza” on Stanze Fredde Records
  
• Los Angeles-based electro-punk outfit, Secret Mutilator “Balance” from 4-track E.P.
  
• San Diego, CA-based Mexican electronic /coldwave /darkwave /post-punk /dethwave solo project of Dante Diaz, aka Vestron Vulture “Lord Death Man” from the album “Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me”
  
• NYC Coldwave /Synthpunk /EBM /Minimal Synth solo project of Jean Lorenzo, aka Silent EM “Europa (Ft. Xarah Dion)” from the album “Real Life” [DKA Records]
• Swiss coldwave /minimal wave /synthpop duo Karl Kave & Durian “Lalala” from the 4th album “Wiener Linien” 12″ via Young and Cold Records
  
• Besançon, France post industrial /coldwave /synthpop solo project Other-ed “Lonely Tears Gone Dry” from the CD album “Until All Are Free”
  
• Stockholm-based new wave /synthpop /electronic duo HATIF “Dreams Are Alive” single via Town And Towers Records
  
• Los Angeles-based dark synthpop trio BlakLight “A Stranger Calls (Rework)” from “A Stranger Calls” EP
  
• Athens-based, Greek industrial /synthpop /darkwave /electronic duo Ion Solounias (Ion Vader) and Aggelos Mastrantonis (Spooky RedRum), aka Deathbed “In Motion” from “Machines” EP
  
• Synth /Post-Punk duo The Bleak Engineers “La Poe​́​sie (Original Mix)” from the album “The Mystical Dream” via Ufological Club
  
• Athens, Greece goth /post-punk /darkwave solo act EDDIE DARK “ΤΟ Χ​Ε​Ρ​Ι Τ​Ο​Υ Κ​Α​Κ​Ο​Υ” from the upcoming LP “DISKO​-​TERRORISTA” [Inner Ear]
• New England-based dark synthpop DJ-producer Lillian Edith Martin, aka Fatigue “Lay Fallow” from “It’s All Burning” EP
  
• Bristol, UK-based goth /EBM /industrial /dream-pop /darkwave electronic solo project of composer and producer Alice Sheridan, aka New Haunts “Avoidance” from the album “Hooks” [Cold Transmission Music]
• Charlotte, NC. darkwave /synth duo Scott Sunset and Melanie Foxfire, aka Solemn Shapes “Calling” from “Calling” EP on Distortion Productions
  
• Cagliari, Italy dark synth /synthpop /retrowave /darkwave act CONFRONTATIONAL “No Contact” single
  
• Munich, Germany NDW /EBM /techno /dark wave /synth-pop band Rue Oberkampf “89 degrees” from “Essenz” EP
  
• Vancouver, BC electronic /modern post-punk band ACTORS “Object Of Desire – Extended MIXXX” [Artoffact Records]
• Brussels post-punk /darkwave /electronic duo ULTRA SUNN “Keep Your Eyes Peeled (Slowed and Reverb)” from “Keep Your Eyes Peeled (Alt Versions)” EP  [Artoffact Records]
• Spanish EBM /dark disco /retro-futuristic /industrial /dark electro producer, Nightcrawler “Blood Rage, Pt 2 (The Final Possession)” from “Blood Rage, Pt 2” EP
  
• Los Angeles industrial /EBM /synthpop duo Faith In Flesh “Psychodermatology” from the next EP “Body Is Language”
  
• Swedish EBM /synth-pop /electronic, political music project based in Gothenburg, Proletarian Poetry “Panic and Fear” single
  
• Hanover, German industrial /synthpop /EBM band Orange Sector “Tanzfabrik” from the upcoming 13th LP “Feuer & Flamme” [Infacted Recordings]
• Belfast, Maine retro goth/ synthwave /dark synth /post-punk project, Rayne Reznor “Lizzie’s Last Goodbye” from upcoming LP “Lizzie: Reborn” on Ghost Work Records
  
• Doncaster, UK industrial /synthpop band Jan Doyle Band “Getting Near” from the single “Getting Near / Out of Here”
  
• San Antonio, Texas industrial /EBM /goth /synth-punk /darkwave duo Gillian Dream “Toy Box” from “Bijou” on Memory Terminal Records
  
• Birmingham, UK experimental /post-industrial /trip-hop /downtempo project of veteran artist Andy Swan (Final, Iroha, Khost) & Justin K Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu, JK Flesh, Final), Tactical Pagan “Mercury Eats Gold” from upcoming s/t album [GIVE/TAKE x Avalanche Recordings]
• Essen, Germany-based synthpop /gothic rock /darkwave artist (Aeon Sable, Melanculia, Deied, hgmr), Nino Sable “Red” from “The Soul” EP
  
• Kazakhstan post-punk /darkwave solo project moonvampire “Demons” (demo)
  
• North Carolina goth /post-punk /darkwave solo project Saiph “The Crossroad” single
  
• Austin, TX gothic rock band Sinclair Noire “Bone Orchard” single
  
• Chelyabinsk, Russia‘s first old school goth punk /post-punk band in South Ural, Witch Will Die “Go Your Own Way” from the album “Francesca”
  
• Moncton, Canada-based Gothic Rock solo project of Jason Schatsle (aka Wardruid), Gothnetic “It Still Remains” from “In My Crypt” E​.​P.
  
• Kassel, Germany gothic rock duo The Shallow Graves “Your Ghost” from the LP “These Hands Let Go”
  
• Mexico City‘s Deathrock /Post-punk band Zotz “Perdici​ó​n” from EP “MMXXIV”
  
• Portuguese gothic /synth-pop /darkwave solo project Order in Chaos – “Insanity” single
  
• Washington, D.C. industrial /heavy metal /post-punk /dark wave band VOSH “Shot In The Dark” from upcoming LP “Vault Vol. 1” on Trash Casual
  
• Harrisburg, PA gloomgaze /gothwave band Babel Map “Pazuzu” from the 3rd LP “Teeth” via Lost Future Records
  
• Portland, OR goth /darkwave /post-punk /doom pop duo Nightsister “Next in Line” off upcoming cassette debut album, “Part of Me” via Violet Hour Transmissions
  
• Belgium Post-punk /Darkwave /Dark-pop project led by Kevin Hensels, HIGHER DIMENSION “Comprehend” from the 2-track single “Deconstruction”
  
• Baltimore, Maryland shoegaze/darkwave/ post-punk solo project, 4dversary “Seared Sky”
  
• California darkwave /new wave /post-punk solo project of Eddie a.k.a. LovelyEddie “Eucharist” from the LP “Suffering”
  
• Paris, France new wave /darkwave /coldwave solo project Under A Dark Light “Lost Illusions (w. Inrgd)” single
  
• Post-Punk /Dark Wave Solo-Project from Cologne, Hinfort “no way out” single
  
• Mexican darkwave /post-punk duo GANT “Dionysos” single
  
• Polish two-piece ethereal /cold wave outfit based in Kielce, Amrou Kithkin “A Lamb at Nightfall” from the 2-track single “A Lamb at Nightfall / Pleasures & Atrocities”
  
• New York enigmatic post-punk solo project Postlooperish “Empress” single
  
• Leipzig, Germany NDW /shoegaze /new wave /post-punk solo project  NILS KEPPEL “Kristall Kristall” single
  
• Toronto-based Goth /Darkwave /Post-Punk duo Give My Remains to Broadway “I Know You Could (feat. Curtis Waters)” single
  
• Szczecin, Poland‘s new wave /post-punk /punk solo project BZDET “Widzia​ł​em” from the cassette album “Nielad” via Syf Records
  
• Stuttgart, Germany minimal post-punk /flat-wave duo ZWEILASTER “Allein” from the upcoming second LP “Wieherd” via Tomatenplatten
  
• Scotland‘s avant pop /techno /electronic /leftfield post-punk project of Contort Yourself label boss (and also one half of post-punk duo Women’s Hour), Murray CY, aka Model Stress “Fever Dream” from “Model Stress” EP tape [bios wreck]
• Montreal, Quebec post-punk /wave /art punk outfit Sécurité “Detour” single on Bella Union
  
• Québec, Canada dance-punk /noise-rock /no wave /post-punk trio VICTIME “Un beau spectacle” from “En conversation avec” LP 12” on Mothland
  
• Philadelphia‘s hardcore /punk /deathrock band Academy Order “World Sent Spinning” from the cassette debut LP “A New Kind Of Fear” on Dirtbag Distro
  
• Pittsburgh punks Snarling Dogs “Overtime” off debut s/t album via Drunken Sailor Records
  
• Reno, NV KBD Punk band ROTARY CLUB – “Safety Line” from the upcoming “Sphere Of Service” LP 12″ via IRON LUNG Records
  
• Toronto‘s industrial /synth-wave /electronic /glitch band and art collective The Databats “Skeletons” single
  
• Dark ambient /dungeon synth project Victorian Specter “Bidzar” from “On The Veil Of Time” album
  
• Argentina lo-fi /dark ambient /ethereal fantasy /dungeon synth act VUKKEG “Night of the Forgotten” single
  
• German Tolkien-inspired dungeon synth /dark ambient project from Augsburg, Athelasl “Warning Of Winter” from cassette s/t album [Fiadh Productions]
• Orlová, Czechia dark ambient /dungeon synth /avant-garde /techno /neoclassical /noise /industrial /experimental project project The Owl “Pinnacle” from “Understanding Self” LP [The Church Of Noisy Goat]