Due to the cancellation of so many concerts and festivals in 2020, we decided together with the band that the STAR INDUSTRY fans should not wait any longer.  We are therefore making this exclusive clear vinyl edition available via our official Alfa Matrix e-shop and some selected partner web-stores. We expect these 100 copies to sell-out very fast. Do not wait too long!

Originally released in 1997, “Iron Dust Crush” is not only STAR INDUSTRY’s debut full length album holding the major new wave club hit “Nineties”, but it also became one of the few classic gothic rock albums ever next to big names of the 80’s such as THE SISTERS OF MERCY, THE FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM or yet THE MISSION.

Since then, the Belgian gang is currently working on their 6th studio album and has been performing live across the globe from Europe to China through the USA and Mexico and shared the stage with artists such as MARILYN MANSON, PARADIE LOST, WITHIN TEMPTATION, FRONT 242, PRAGA KHAN,  THE PRODIGY, SISTERS OF MERCY, NIGHTWISH, FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, HIM, KILLING JOKE, VNV NATION, THE HUMAN LEAGUE and many more.

A must-have collector vinyl item that every true STAR INSUSTRY fan should have in his/her collection…

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Disc 1

1. LEAVES EYES: Halvdan The Black    
2. CORVUS CORAX: Saltatio mortis (Live)    
3. CULTUS FEROX: Nette Jungs    
4. KYOLL: Bunkerparty    
5. CHEMICAL SWEET KID: Once Again    
6. SHE PAST AWAY: Katarsis    
7. STAR INDUSTRY: New Religion    
8. SCREAM SILENCE: The Art Remains    
9. ILLUMINATE: GeZeichnet    
10. ME.MAN.MACHINE: Sister    
11. SONGS OF LEMURIA: Voices Of Grace (Version)    
12. FELINE & STRANGE: Stop Asking    
13. NERVENBEISSER: Meer der Flammen    
14. EIGENSINN: S.O.A.B.    
15. FLORIAN GREY: My Fear    
16. UNDER THE TONGUE: Troubled Mind    
17. QUEEN OF THE WESTERN SKIES: Innocent (Remix)    
18. DUST IN MIND: Frozen Smiles    

Disc 2

1. SARA NOXX & GOETHES ERBEN: Falling    
2. LOVELORN DOLLS: Happy Valentine    
3. VAN UNDERCUT: Mosaik (Glockenklang Edit)    
4. POS:2: Dark Room    
5. ESSENCE OF MIND: No Place To Hide    
6. AESTHETISCHE: Surveillance    
7. SUONO: Days Like These    
8. EXTIZE & CYNICAL EXISTENCE: When Angels Fall    
9. STUDIO X & SIMON CARTER: Lonely    
10. KANT KINO: Nag nag (Faster)    
11. THE PSYCHIC FORCE: No Secrets Allowed    
12. ENTRZELLE: Liar For Profit (Arson)    
13. VENAL FLESH: Emulgent Disfigurement    
14. ZOMBIE GIRL: Panic Attack (Acylum Mix)    
15. ACYLUM: Born To Be Hated (Venal Flesh Mix)    
16. METROLAND: The Manifesto (Ieuropean Mix)

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Disc 1

1. Liv Kristine – Love Decay (feat. M. Darkness)
2. Diabulus In Musica – From The Embers
3. Letzte Instanz – Traum Im Traum
4. Vlad In Tears – Vlad In Tears
5. Voices Of Destiny – Stormcrow
6. Lacuna Coil – I Burn In You
7. Endanger – Burn Down This House From The Inside
8. Sleep Of Monsters – Our Savage God
9. Saddolls – Angels Making Love (in The Dark)
10. Megaherz – Schwarzer Engel
11. Seelennacht – Love Is Torn Apart
12. Harmjoy – My Tears Fall
13. Der Klinke – We Are Here
14. My Reflection – This World Belongs To Us (tonight)
15. 2 Wolves – Freedom Of Two
16. Star Industry – Eilyne
17. New Model Army – According To You
18. My Own Ghost – Lost
19. The Exploding Boy – Scared To Death

Disc 2

1. Xandria – Nightfall
2. Delain – Army Of Dolls
3. Savn – I Am Free (feat. Liv Kristine)
4. Anette Olzon – Falling
5. Lykaion – For Love
6. Helalyn Flowers – Starchild
7. Loverdorn Dolls – Happy Valentine
8. Binary Park – Mute
9. Amberian Dawn – Dance Of Life
10. Sara Noxx – B. Low (Cryptic Dawn Rework)
11. Suicidal Romance – Remember Me (Emphasis Retake)
12. Es23 – Wired
13. Arts Of Erebus – Insight In Darkness
14. Neopera – Destined Ways
15. The House Of Capricorn – The Only Star In The Sky
16. Silent Opera – The Great Chessboard
17. Coronatus – The Elvenwall (i Can Give You…)
18. Lyriel – Falling Skies

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This 4-tracker contains the song “New Millennium”, but also a stunning cover version of “Kings And Queens” by KILLING JOKE. Add to this “Like A Ghost”, a very electronic minded ballad, showing a very different side of STAR INDUSTRY’s songwriting potential through a very sensitive and highly emotional track. Last but not least, this EP also features the final version of the song, “Sodium Haze” which was featured in a demo version on the “Iron Dust Crush” album…

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There could not have been any better song than “Eilyne” to serve as the appetizer for the band’s forthcoming new studio album “The Renegade” which is in the final mixing stage now and is scheduled for an early 2015 street date! “Eilyne” depicts the story of a fallen movie-star with a straight dancefloor appeal, catchy synth layers and STAR INDUSTRY’s characteristic goth rock vocals and incisive guitar sound. An extremely catchy and pulsing song which makes you want to rush on to the dancefloors, hands in the air, the whole crowd singing along… The song also gets released as an astounding epic club mix that all DJ’s will soon be spinning in their clubs, as well as a more dramatic and almost operatic “Paris mix” version with a grandiose mix of piano, violins and big beats evoking an unexpected mix of AEROPLANE and early UNDERWORLD!

Cherry on the cake, The Belgian gang offers here to their fans a very special B-side song that they recently rediscovered from early 1996 studio sessions for the “Iron Dust Crush” album, a classic melodic pearl with the unique characteristic sound of STAR INDUSTRY…

Hoorray – the Belgian STAR INDUSTRY machine is back on track – fans, come on and do your dance again… on STAR INDUSTRY!

This EP is only available as a download via Bandcamp (see player below).

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On “Alfa Matrix Re:covered – a tribute to Depeche Mode” the Alfa Matrix label united the electronic sounds from the Alfa Matrix label artists with some of the best songs pop history has ever heard from one single band. All electronic music genres have their very own ambassadors on this double CD compilation including interpretations by Sebastian Komor (Zombie Girl, Komor Kommando, …), Jean-Luc Demeyer (Front 242), Claus larsen (Leaether Strip) and many more. 32 tracks in total !

This 2CD comes with a Free extra EP!

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With this 10-track 5th full length album, STAR INDUSTRY will once again reunify their faithful gothic rock fanbase with characteristic anthems mixing distinct piano lines, incisive catchy synth melodies, powerful guitar parts and above all, Peter Beckers’ unique way of bringing us choruses that we all sing along to and which often bring him comparisons to icons like SISTERS OF MERCY and THE MISSION… Choruses of songs like the bombastic “Selling Icons”, the pop-minded “Eyline”, the next goth hymn “New Religion” or yet the straight and uptempo “Dark Rain” will instantly haunt your mind…

“The Renegade” also delivers its dose of surprises with songs like the guitar-driven and suffocating “Reign On Fire” which evokes the darkest moments of FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, the new wave pearl “For The Lost”, the more tortured and industrial oriented “Revelation” which reveals some NINE INCH NAILS influences, “The Renegade” and its growing tempo and interesting sampled female vocal arrangements, and last but not least the stunning last song “Shiver” with its straight catchy electronic assault and heavy EBM beats reminding us of some kind of jam session between VNV NATION and good old KILLING JOKE… and again reminding us of the impressive vocal range of the band’s charismatic singer.

“The Renegade” brings us on an amazing journey throughout the melodic sounds of the eighties, the incisive guitar sound of the nineties while keeping us within the electronic mood of the 21st century modernity and a less-is-more songwriting approach. 

STAR INDUSTRY successfully managed once again marrying darkness and melody, force and beauty on a homogeneous yet still diversified masterpiece that will perfectly work in club parties and on stage… Let us all join hands and celebrate: STAR INDUSTRY are back in town – stronger than ever! Heroes fade away… legends never die!

This very limited deluxe carton box edition comes with a bonus 10-track CD featuring a combination of dancefloor remixes of the new hits like “Shiver” and “Eyline”, and also cover versions of “Kids” (MGMT) and “The Walk” (THE CURE) as well as an amazing original demo version of their intergalactic hit “Nineties”, some unreleased demo songs recovered from 1996 studio sessions, and some more surprises including a live recording from their memorable tour in China…

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With this 10-track 5th full length album, STAR INDUSTRY will once again reunify their faithful gothic rock fanbase with characteristic anthems mixing distinct piano lines, incisive catchy synth melodies, powerful guitar parts and above all, Peter Beckers’ unique way of bringing us choruses that we all sing along to and which often bring him comparisons to icons like SISTERS OF MERCY and THE MISSION… Choruses of songs like the bombastic “Selling Icons”, the pop-minded “Eyline”, the next goth hymn “New Religion” or yet the straight and uptempo “Dark Rain” will instantly haunt your mind…

“The Renegade” also delivers its dose of surprises with songs like the guitar-driven and suffocating “Reign On Fire” which evokes the darkest moments of FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM, the new wave pearl “For The Lost”, the more tortured and industrial oriented “Revelation” which reveals some NINE INCH NAILS influences, “The Renegade” and its growing tempo and interesting sampled female vocal arrangements, and last but not least the stunning last song “Shiver” with its straight catchy electronic assault and heavy EBM beats reminding us of some kind of jam session between VNV NATION and good old KILLING JOKE… and again reminding us of the impressive vocal range of the band’s charismatic singer.

“The Renegade” brings us on an amazing journey throughout the melodic sounds of the eighties, the incisive guitar sound of the nineties while keeping us within the electronic mood of the 21st century modernity and a less-is-more songwriting approach. 

STAR INDUSTRY successfully managed once again marrying darkness and melody, force and beauty on a homogeneous yet still diversified masterpiece that will perfectly work in club parties and on stage… Let us all join hands and celebrate: STAR INDUSTRY are back in town – stronger than ever! Heroes fade away… legends never die!

This CD is also available as an extended bonus tracks download – see the player below.

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Today the Alfa Matrix label roster is paying homage to this great and unique band: THE CURE, choosing classic radio hits but also songs that are less known to the public-at-large but which deserve even more to be heard again, showing that the songs written by Robert Smith and current/ex-members also lend themselves to different music style treatments… All electronic music genres have their very own ambassadors on this 31-track double CD compilation from electro dance to pop rock through dark elektro and modern EBM. Compiled by and for THE CURE fans, “A Strange Play – a tribute to The Cure” will offer you astounding interpretations of classic hits like “A Forest” (MARI CHROME), “Just Like Heaven” (LOVELORN DOLLS), “Charlotte Sometimes” (KANT KINO), “Lullaby” (CYNICAL EXISTENCE), “The Walk” (STAR INDUSTRY), “The Lovecats” (JUNKSISTA), “Fascination Street” (ZOMBIE GIRL), “Lovesong” (SEBASTIAN KOMOR), “Close To Me” (METROLAND), “Pictures Of You” (DIFFUZION), “Why Can’t I Be You” (PLASTIC NOISE EXPERIENCE), etc. But some Alfa Matrix bands also dug deeper within THE CURE’s huge discography and vast repertoire of songs, covering tracks like “In Your House” (ALIEN VAMPIRES), “Jumping Someone Else’s Train” (KANT KINO), “Cold” (TOTEM OBSCURA), “The Drowning Man” (TECHNOIR), “A Strange Day” (AIBOFORCEN), Lament (MONDTRÄUME), “The Figurehead” (SCHWARTZBLUT), “A Night Like This” (XMH), “The Baby Screams” (ARMAGEDDON DILDOS), “Fight” (I:SCINTILLA), “Anniversary” (AESTHETISCHE), “Burn” (HELALYN FLOWERS & ESSENCE OF MIND), “Friday I’m In Love” (COSMIC ARMCHAIR), “Prayers For Rain” (HALO IN REVERSE & REGENERATOR), “Disintegration” (AVARICE IN AUDIO), “Trust” (ACYLUM), “All Cats Are Grey” (AIBOFORCEN), or yet “Sleep When I’m Dead” (NEIKKA RPM). 

THE CURE was, is, and will continue to be a major influence and reference, conscious or not, for many underground artists and music lovers. We hope that together with us you will rediscover THE CURE in a way you didn’t expect, cruising through their vast catalogue in different soundscapes but always remaining faithful to the band’s darker sound.

Artwork by Nøemi Aurora at Toxic-Visions.com.

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