What's In Our Inbox? #83

Years of Denial : Dancing with Demons : 8.5 out of 10
I really think that a lot of musicians within the industrial / EBM field fail to understand just how heavy and hard hitting clean and crisp beats can be; sometimes we don’t need all the jank that’s often associated with industrial music in order to enjoy underground club beats. Such is the case with Years of Denial’s latest single ‘Dancing with Demons’. A wonderful EBM dancefloor single bound to get clubs around the world moving. The vocals are present in spoken word format, but there’s plenty of time in between the singing to appreciate the groove. It’s wonderful and tense. 


Terzo : Eve Seven : 8.5 out of 10
When last I heard from Terzo, they conducted an experiment combining darkwave, drone, and shoegaze with doom metal. This combination crafted one of the best singles of 2023 that I heard this year. While I was hesitant to state how much I adored the duo in fear that further releases for them wouldn’t hold up, Terzo has smashed my expectations once more with their brand-new single ‘Eve Seven’. Sticking with the slow and melancholic vibe, Terzo throws in some jazz influences for quite a beautiful sound that serene, addictive, and heartfelt. I can’t express my interest more for Terzo, and I can’t wait to hear their full-length when it drops. 


Eihwar : Ragnarök : 8.5 out of 10
There’s a couple of reasons why I search out new music: to find something to relax to; to find something to keep me entertained on a long drive; to keep me going when doing household chores, but by far the main reason I go in search for new music is to get my blood pumping at the gym. And when going through e-mails today I came across this promo. Eihwar, a project dedicated to pagan / viking music, has released a brand-new song titled Ragnarök. It’s a lovely combination of traditional Nordic instrumentation and a rather rhythmic beat that’s set to get you hyped for the end of the world.  


BARA HARI : House of the Devil : 7.5 out of 10
This is what I would consider BARA HARI’s best track to date. Not only in musical superiority, but in presentation and confidence. Her voice sounds powerful and steady, upping the ante in her own universe of dark pop and electronic rock. This goes without complimenting the music video, which gives off Suspiria vibes and general Giallo touches; the red tint, religious themes, and more. It’s an audio-visual treat through and through showing BARA HARI’s evolution. 


Cult of Alia : Patterns Beat Emotion : 7.5 out of 10
While I shan’t sit here and say that Cult of Alia’s music video for ‘Patterns Beat Emotion’ is a cinematic masterpiece (quite the opposite; I’m not a fan of the visual companion piece), what I can say is that Cult of Alia’s latest single is musically thrilling. An excellent blend of industrial beats and spoken word vocals; hard hitting and ready for the dancefloor. A rhythmic and seductive blend of old school mentality in the modern age. It’s something that gets me bobbing my head to the beat as I sit here and type these words; a feat that’s not so common. 


Ships in the Night : Sun One : 7.5 out of 10
In the fall of 2021 did Ships in the Night release her brilliant album “Latent Powers”, a dreamy and ethereal mix of synthpop wonder. Never one to sit still with creativity, founder Alethea Leventhal has been steadily supporting her album with a stream of releases including a brand-new remix EP titled “Sun One”. This four-track EP comes with the already superb single ‘Sun One’, as well as three in-house remixes. The ‘Ultraviolet’ remix gives a Eurodance makeover; the Aurora mix hands out a deeper, pop interchange, and the Chromosphere remix adds in a touch of atmospheric electronics. If you liked ‘Sun One’ already, now you have three more reasons to enjoy it.