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Dunkelwerk – Waffengang CD

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:20:39 +0000

After 5 long years of ceasefire, the DUNKELWERK U-boat surfaces again on the horizon for another Endzeit Elektro assault. During the last years we have seen other Endzeit fortresses collapse and vanish from the Earth like :WUMPSCUT: and THE RETROSIC. Anno 2019, the one-man army of DUNKELWERK stands up strong and is determined to defend the dark flagship of the good old German endzeit electro genre.

With his 4th studio album “Waffengang”, Losttrooper gives pure evidence that Endzeit is still alive and kicking! The electrobeats are solid and heavy, the soundscapes are noir and dusty, the synth melodies are vicious and intoxicating, the vocals are strict, massive, and brilliantly merge with the recurrent and oppressive speech-samples from the wartimes…

“Waffengang” triggers cinematic atmospheres and creates a wartime movie in your head bringing you song after song into special moments of loss and defeat. We experience war moments through the eyes of children on the heartbreaking song “Pulverland” (with stunning use of elements of the German nursery rhyme “Maikäfer flieg”; we end up on the battlefield again and its countless dying soldiers and horses with “Holterdiepolter” while “Der Kommandant” throws us back in the icy tormented dark sea for another beloved U-boat song and dancefloor stomper! Just take a deep breath when the diesel engine stops! If “GxSTxPx 4c” deals with all these voices who dared standing up against the unjust Nazi state and got locked in prisons by the German Gestapo, “Josef Ritter von Gadolla” depicts the execution of the commandant of the German city of Gotha who disobeyed by capitulating in front of the marching American army in the last days of WW2. While the song “Battlefield” is about the well-known multiplayer first person shooter series, “Wolkenschloss” is a stomper which might give some hints how the DUNKELWERK bunker looks like… who knows?

Just take your headphones, choose a silent dark hour in the end of the day, sit down and get lost in the chaos and defeat that DUNKELWERK exhales second after second. “Waffengang” is not just a collection of 11 dark electro songs, this is a manifesto holding 11 strong and clear statements against war.

Endzeit with attitude! As always. Trust!

The album is released as a special digi-sleeve packaging with extended booklet including all German lyrics. Grab it before the times of physical releases are over?

Waffengang by DUNKELWERK

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Various Artists – Matrix downloaded 002

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:13:55 +0000

Oooooooops we did it again…!

2 years after the release of the first “Matrix Downloaded” compilation, Belgium’s ALFA MATRIX label joins hands again with Santa Claus and offers to all alternative music lovers this new label compilation FOR FREE (downloadable in MP3/FLAC quality via the label’s Bandcamp page).

A nice and surprising end-of-year present for all of us with some 47 songs that reflect the ALFA MATRIX music repertoire in the full-force of its diversity.

Just like the new ALFA MATRIX family members who are revealed here for the first time: NÖVÖ, XMH, MONDTRÄUME and STUDIO-X vs. SIMON CARTER, several other label bands also seized the opportunity of this compilation to showcase new unreleased songs including KOMOR KOMMANDO, ARMAGREDDON DILDOS, KRYSTAL SYSTEM, AIBOFORCEN, STAR INDUSTRY, RAZORFADE, etc

Since 2001, ALFA MATRIX has been offering to you electronic music with attitude… EBM, synth pop, industrial, electronic, indie rock, electronic, dark elektro, avant-garde, goth metal, wave: you get it all!

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

&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=”http://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/matrix-downloaded-002″ href=”http://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/matrix-downloaded-002″&gt;Matrix Downloaded 002 by VARIOUS ARTISTS&lt;/a&gt;

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Various Artists – Matrix downloaded 003

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:37:43 +0000

With the 3rd edition of their FREE “Matrix Downloaded” label digital compilation, Belgium’s ALFA MATRIX label prepared for you the perfect eclectic alternative music soundtrack for your well-deserved Summer holiday…

This FREE (or pay as you wish) compilation is once again downloadable in MP3/FLAC quality via the label’s Bandcamp page (where you can also still find the 2 previous editions if you did not grab these yet!!).

Again a nice and surprising present for all of us with some 54 songs that reflect the ALFA MATRIX music repertoire in the full-force of its diversity.

Just like the recent additions to the ALFA MATRIX family members (COSMIC ARMCHAIR, AVARICE IN AUDIO, PROZIUM, SEBASTIAN KOMOR, GAYTRON, SUICIDAL ROMANCE…), several other label bands also seized the opportunity of this compilation to showcase brand new songs or previously unreleased mixes including ZOMBIE GIRL, BRUDERSCHAFT, AYRIA, KOMOR KOMMANDO, PSY’AVIAH, KANT KINO, PNE, MENTALLO & THE FIXER, METROLAND, GLIS, ESSENCE OF MIND, KRYSTAL SYSTEM, TOTEM OBSCURA vs. ACYLUM, CYNICAL EXISTENCE or yet NEIKKA RPM…

Since 2001, ALFA MATRIX has been offering to you electronic music with attitude… EBM, synth pop, industrial, electronic, indie rock, nu electro, dark elektro, avant-garde, goth metal, wave, techno house: you get it all!

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

&lt;a data-cke-saved-href=”http://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/matrix-downloaded-003″ href=”http://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/matrix-downloaded-003″&gt;Matrix Downloaded 003 by VARIOUS ARTISTS&lt;/a&gt;

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Various Artists – Alfa Matrix re:covered vol. 1- a tribute to Depeche Mode 2CD

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 11:58:22 +0000

V/A – “alfa matrix re:covered – a tribute to depeche mode” 2CD is the title of a brand new and massive DEPECHE MODE tribute compilation which will be released in May 2009.

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!

Alfa Matrix Re:covered – A Tribute To Depeche Mode (Bonus Tracks Version) by VARIOUS

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Various Artists – Matrix downloaded 001

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:04:18 +0000

This is a free (or pay what you want) 34-track download label compilation which can only be obtained via Bandcamp (see the player below).

Matrix Downloaded 001 by Alfa Matrix

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Dunkelwerk – Operation: Duesterland 3CD

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:08:17 +0000

Losttrooper returns on the battlefield for the ultimate “Operation: Duesterland” – DUNKELWERK’s 3rd conceptual full-length album celebrating once more the complex theme of “Total Defeat” and making of this collection of songs one of the strongest anti-war albums this scene has to offer! If many bands have used war elements in their work, not many deal with this difficult theme wholeheartedly like DUNKELWERK can do it!

By listening to “Operation: Duesterland” you can join a nation which was in a nosedive into the depths of hell. And please do not expect tales from dark fairylands! DUNKELWERK creates movie-like sceneries at best. World War II was a reality and this fact makes this new album very disturbing… It´s about defeat, not about victory! Defeats and ruins: Endzeit Electro with an attitude and deep emotions. This album is the result of intensive research work for rare original German war broadcast recordings making DUNKELWERK sound more authentic than ever before!

Songs like “Bissige Kröte”, “Flamingo” or yet “321tot…”all greatly attest to this. These propaganda samples and lyrics guide this 11-track album whose music can be described as a kind of old school homage to the 90’s electro endzeit sound enriched with some modern elements. As always with DUNKELWERK, melodies take the lead on the wastelands and rhythm the dark soundscapes, the German lyrics/samples and the sorrowful orchestral arrangements. The concept is straight and simple: Endzeit per conviction! And talented German designer Oliver Haecker (Bastart-Worx) conceived a sensational layout and design concept for this release! If you want to join soldiers on their way into defeat and misery you should give DUNKELWERK a listen.

This limited deluxe carton box edition also holds an exclusive bonus disc gathering some 10 unreleased old tracks from DUNKELWERK’s archives between 1999 and 2004. All buyers of this limited box edition via the Alfa Matrix e-shop will also get the chance to receive the exclusive “Completorium vol.1” bonus disc…

Operation: Duesterland (Bonus Tracks Version) by DUNKELWERK

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Dunkelwerk – Operation: Duesterland CD

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:06:18 +0000

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

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Dunkelwerk – Höllenbrut 2CD

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:00:51 +0000

It took Dunkelwerk 4 years to return with another conceptual long player celebrating once more the difficult theme of ‘Total Defeat’. “Höllenbrut” is another truthful ‘Endzeit’ album, in the pure traditional sense of the word. DUNKELWERK takes us this time through dark horror fields haunted by beasts and vampires. We follow him in an eternal quest for the loved Queen in a desperate world of broken hearts and defeat where fairy tale characters are plunged into the harshness of dark literature. A dense atmosphere that is brilliantly captured and rendered in the album’s artwork designed by the talented artist Oliver Haecker (Bastart-Worx).

This edition comes as a deluxe carton box with tarot cards, poster and the “Nightbreeders” bonus disc including exclusive special tracks and remixes composed by Losttrooper for this devastating occasion.

Höllenbrut (Bonus Tracks Version) by DUNKELWERK

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Dunkelwerk – Höllenbrut CD

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:56:42 +0000

Höllenbrut (Bonus Tracks Version) by DUNKELWERK

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Dunkelwerk – Troops 2CD

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 10:01:21 +0000

Discovered by The Retrosic, Dunkelwerk showed a first sign on the Cyberl@b vol.4 sampler. After several remixes and compilation appearances the time has now come to unleash one of the darkest Electro assaults in years. The debut “Troops” of this German project will lead you to the wastelands of World War I and II.

Troops (Bonus Tracks Version) by DUNKELWERK

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