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  Die Silberfische - Die Mauer Release Date: February 22, 2022 Label: Rocketfuel Releases Format: Digital Length: 43:34 Genre: Future Retro Sound / NDW / Indietronic Origin: Aachen , Germany About one-and-a-half years ago, Die Silberfische (German: The Fishmoths) from Aachen in the very West of the German Federal Republic have released their debut album "Vorsicht! Die Silberfische kommen" ("Caution! The Fishmoths are coming"). You can get to my review on this album by  clicking here . The debut album was a very colourful release that breathed new life into the 1980s Neue Deutsche Welle genre and combined it with melancholic Punk and Post Punk. Now, the sophomore full length release by Die Silberfische "Die Mauer" ("The Wall") is out, and it marks some serious development in sound, mood, and atmosphere. "Die Mauer" is the result of a two-hour recording session during lockdown. All songs are one-takes which makes the fifteen-track album...

Picture Credit: MetzgerButcher   MetzgerButcher - Kultur Release Date: December 03, 2021 Label: Metzger Platten Format: CD / Digital Length: 12:20 Genre: Electro Punk / New Wave Origin: Bonn , Germany Around one year after the release of their first EP "2020 präsentiert" , Bonn's butchering brothers Hans W. Metzger  and Larry Butcher  are back with their sophomore release "Kultur". The second EP is available on CD, and it contains one track more than the debut EP, but that is not all that has changed. MetzgerButcher still sound like MetzgerButcher, and yet their style has gone through some serious progress. Kultur EP by MetzgerButcher The first track 'Fangt an' (German plural imperative: 'Begin' or 'Start') begins with a stoic bass line. The songdeals with the anticipation and the impatience of the audience minutes before a concert is about to begin. Like flashing lights, a powerful half-electronic Post Punk thunderstorm breaks loose, as...

Picture Credit: UVRay   Movment - Propaganda Release Date: September 24, 2021 Label: Distort the Scene Format: CD / Digital Length: 09:22 Genre: Post Punk / Electropunk Origin: Mullingar , Ireland Martin  (vocals, drums) and Kevin Kelly  (guitars, bass, keyboards) from Mullingar are Movment. The two original members of Irish Alternative Rock band Raw Novembre let us dive deep into the darkest spheres of the matrix. Their latest two-track single 'Propaganda' is a tasty appetizer for their upcoming sophomore album "Transformation" to be released on December 02 on Distort the Scene. On the first track, Movment provide a dystopian and dark Post Punk sound driven by vibrant synthie sounds. 'Propaganda' is a take on the current state of truth and falsehood. Between real and fake facts, investigation and false information, Movment declare war on propaganda and its destructive potential. As an extra tidbit, the single comes with an alternative version of this stunni...

Picture Credit: WARTERAUM   WARTERAUM - Coup d'État Release Date: July 09, 2021 Length: 03:30 Genre: Synthwave / Electropunk Origin: Vienna , Austria For six years, WARTERAUM (German: waiting room) from Austria's capital has produced 1980s-style electronic music that combines the two worlds of punk and wave, passion and aggression. The latest single "Coup d'État" keeps up with that tradition and provides us with a sweet romance between a revolution, nihilism, and true love. WARTERAUM's "Coup d'État" is the first single from the upcoming third EP "WARTERAUM 3". In the song, worlds collide, and thereby a revolutionary sound is being created. Atmospheric Synthwave in the style of 1980s European Pop music paints boppy colours into a sky that is shaded red and black by the noisy Electropunk sounds. Thus, this stunning track tastes like an intimate kiss in the middle of a burning street. Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  ...

Picture Credit: Blodivostok   Blodivostok - Human Furioso Release Date: May 25, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 34:09 Genre: Rapcore / Electro Punk / Industrial Origin: Helsinki , Finland Some time ago, I had a talk about music with my dear friend Lee . The gist of our coversation was that music genres and their boundaries are basically obsolete. Of course, many artists and bands reinforce elements of certain genres and also create new genres. But there are artists like Hakim Hietikko , Tuomas Rauhala , and   Panu Rauhala , too. The trio from Finland's capital calls themselves Blodivostok, and their debut album "Human Furioso" is an ideal example for music that does not fit into traditional genre categories. Some of you might remember the Bomfunk MCs from Finland - a rap crew that merged Rap, Breakbeat, and some kind of Hardcore-related styles. Click here to refresh your memories. The Bomfunk MCs might be a good angle to start describing the music prese...

Picture Credit: Roi Bars   Roi Bars - Run from the Police Release Date: May 21, 2021 Length: 02:45 Genre: Electro Punk / Dubstep Origin: San Diego , California , USA In his latest single, San Diego's Roi Bars (aka Rodrigo Bars) deals with corruption, malpractice, and caprice by the police. Originally from Mexican town Guadalajara, the Caliornia-based musician takes on his experience he has made on both sides of the Mexican-US border. Thus, "Run from the Police" is a song expressing the frustration about unjust treatment by those whose job should be to protect the peope instead of harrassing them. What starts with a Latin trumpet, becomes an uptempo Electro Punk anthem. Those of you who know the German music scene a bit, might find parallels to Berlin's Egotronic in the song. The dynamic soundscape perfectly fits the movement of the first-person camera in the music video which follows a person's try to get away from the police. Before the last chorus, Roi Bars im...

Picture Credit: The Fall of the Ziggurat Artwork: Darren Williams   The Fall of the Ziggurat - Pride Release Date: May 28, 2021 Length: 02:28 Genre: Alternative Rock / Synth Rock Origin: Brighton , England "Pride" is the very first official output by Brighton's The Fall of the Ziggurat. Thus, be introduced to Russ Plowman  (drums), Mike Garrett  (computers, synths, guitars), Dave Rhodes  (bass), and Lou Gravett  (vocals). For their debut, The Fall of the Ziggurat provide us with a positive message and an appeal to more selfcare. The pandemic has emphasized a lot of negativity and it sometimes is not easy looking past the bad aspects of our new reality. The Fall of the Ziggurat's "Pride" calls for rediscovering pride in ourselves and reinventing our self-confidence. Music-wise, the band creates a futuristic Alternative Rock sound. Intense synthesizer leads shoot ovver the powerful guitar riffs, and the massive rhythms created by bass and drums. As the mistre...

Picture Credit: Snailmate   Snailmate - Donuts in the Rain Release Date: February 16, 2021 Length: 02:48 Genre: Electro Punk / Synthwave Origin: Phoenix , Arizona , USA The first line in the lyrics of "Donuts in the Rain" says: 'I wish I had met you when I was alive'. As od as that may sound at first, it is a perfect introduction to the song's content. Phoenix-based duo Snailmate takes on opportunities in life on this release. "Donuts in the Rain" is a song about chances in life that grant you to re-discover and re-invent yourselves. It is about changing tack, realizing flaws and issues, and consequently changing for good. Music-wise, "Donuts in the Rain" is a savage bastard of Synthwave, Electro Punk, and Rap. A heavily swirling synthesizer makes the verses sound like an intense heartbeat. As the song goes on, the tension rises, the impact of Punk Rock increases until the song finally discharges in a massive Electro Punk chain lightning. Cont...

Picture Credit: The Mountain King Artwork: Agromira   The Mountain King - C.A.O.S.D. Release Date: May 01, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 25:31 Genre: EDM / Nintendocore / Electro Punk Origin: Mainz , Germany And now, something completely different, or: Wouldn't it be nice if the police had cooked asparagus instead of tonfas, tazers, and guns? Labour Day 2021 was the release date of the third The Mountain King release in 2021 alone. After the artist from Rhineland-Palatia has recently provided us with Space Doom , and Black Metal , this eight-track album is the most electronic release by Eric McQueen  since "Super Dead Isle 2" . C. A. O. S. D. by The Mountain King The limited special edition of this CD comes with an (empty) molotov cocktail and a USB drive by the way. You might want to have one of those 10 pieces. "C.A.O.S.D." is an instrumental albu except for the voice samples of the skits. The music is defined by minimalist but atmosp...

Picture Credit: MetzgerButcher MetzgerButcher - 2020 präsentiert... Release Date: November 13, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 10:37 Genre: Electro Punk Origin: Bonn , Germany Larry Butcher  and Hans W. Metzger  used to play with Bonn's Punk Rock band Wantu & The Srie 4s for more than two decades. After the band split up recently, Metzger  and Butcher  knew that they still wanted to create music together. Thus, they got a drum computer and started writing new songs.  Their first single " Lockdown " was out in May 2020, and the four-track EP "2020 präsentiert..." followed half a year later. The title means "2020 presents..." by the way. And the band name, well "Metzger" is German for "butcher". Synthetic and organic instruments create a powerful and dynamic sound on which MetzgerButcher sing about breaking out, about laziness, passion, wanderlust, or about the one golden rule in life: don't be a dick! Th...