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   First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Korfian Korfian - Propaganda Release Date: March 25, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Duration: 23:13 Origin: Athens , Greece Genre: Dark Pop / Gothic Pop Greek multidiscipline creator Korfian unleashes his Propaganda upon the war-torn world - a deconstructed post pop album full of loud statements and pompous images. Coming from the graphic designer background, Korfian subtly senses and transmits the militarist vibe, actively utilising the visuals in the process of arranging the uneasy landscape. Painfully relatable and concise, Propaganda gathers, processes and reinvents the doomed spirits of the last decade both lyrically and musically. Send-off serves as an intro - a monologue, a manifest that sounds like something that could have been on a Parliament album in a pre-nu...

Picture Credit: Romantic Thriller   Romantic Thriller - Doors Release Date: April 23, 2021 Length: 03:28 Genre: Dark Pop / Darkwave Origin: Los Angeles , California ,  USA When I was a kid, one of my favourite books was "Die unendliche Geschichte" (German: "The Neverending Story") by  Michael Ende . I was especially fascinated by the role of doors in the novel, and secretly I sometimes wish that one day I will enter the maze of doors somehow. This theme and Atreyu 's battle against The Nothing has also influenced Romantic Thriller's single "Doors". Further, artist Rebecca Huston  has processed her experience with quarantine and a break-up with this song. Romantic Thriller · Doors "Doors" is a song as dark and as experimental as electronic pop music can be. Glitchy Electronica and the gloomiest sounds Synthwave can create, start trippy dance on a psychedelic Gothic Rock atmosphere. Romantic Thriller opens doors to fantastic and thrilling...

Picture Credit: Rioghan Rioghan - Blackened Sky Release Date: March 10, 2021 Label: Inverse Records Format: Digital Length: 14:55 Genre: Alternative Rock / Prog Metal Origin: Lapua , Finland Rioghan is the solo project by Lapua's Rioghan Darcy . Formed in 2019, now the first EP "Blackened Sky" is out via Inverse Records. On four tracks the artists presents a versatile collection of different styles and genres. The two most consistent features are a smooth darkness that reminds of velvet, and the impressive voice by Rioghan Darcy . It is therefore easier to review this EP song by song. The opening track 'Hollowness' (video above) is a calm and acoustic folk tune. Accompanied by piano and atmospheric synthetic sounds, Rioghan presents herself as a soulful singer and songwriter. The second song 'Enough' (BC link below) however, is a powerful and massive mix of Prog Metal, Alternative Rock and Gothic. Driven by a heavy rhythm, Rioghan creates a rough and yet ...