After releasing the project’s ninth album in 2024, Nuclear Blast has unleashed a pair of remastered editions from PAIN’s back catalog. The brainchild of Peter Tägtgren, PAIN reflects the esteemed producer and multi-instrumentalist’s fascination with bridging techno and industrial with extreme metal, with 2002’s Nothing Remains the Same and 2005’s Dancing with the Dead […] The post News: Nuclear Blast releases remastered editions of 2002 and 2005 albums from PAIN appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  Antipole’s Karl Morten Dahl and Paris Alexander have enjoyed a fruitful musical partnership, their mutual approach to gothic-laced post-punk ambience yielding such highlights as 2019’s Radial Glare and 2023’s Crystalline. Now, the duo has revealed a new single seeking to capture the isolation and cold of the winter season; the appropriately titled “Sad Lover […] The post News: Latest single and video from Antipole and Paris Alexander explores cold desolation of winter appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  Shaun Frandsen is not resting on his laurels following the 2024 release of Gateway to Oblivion, his first full-length album under the Glis moniker in more than a decade. Today, January 17 sees the release of “A Different Dream,” the second of three new singles this month; written and programmed by Frandsen, and mastered […] The post News: Glis releases second of three singles in January 2025 appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  Less than a year since his acclaimed Damaged album, Michael Fiedler – a.k.a. Jah Schulz – has revealed a companion Ghost Dubs record. Released today, January 17, via the Pressure imprint, Extended Damaged Versions does as its title suggests, offering six reworked versions of tracks from the Damaged album, with Fiedler taking his compositions […] The post News: Ghost Dubs releases companion EP to acclaimed 2024 album appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  James Schimpl and Ellis Swan have announced details for their third album under the banner of Dead Bandit, its 16 tracks diving deeper into the duo’s established post-rock drones and trippy atmospheres and rhythms. Written, recorded, and produced by the pair, the self-titled record follows just over a year after Memory Thirteen and the […] The post News: Dead Bandit announces details for self-titled third album appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  Markus Weber’s solo synthpop project Sleep Forever has announced its upcoming second album, Alter Ego. Today’s reveal of the title track serves as the second single following on the heels of the “Shine a Light” single and video, which were issued on January 3. Also known for his work as a member of Swiss […] The post News: Sleep Forever to release new album influenced by ’80s and ’90s soundscapes appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  As the Swedish electro/darkwave duo’s first release of 2025, Hatif has unveiled the “Take the Bait” single. Written and produced by Markus Majdalani and Johan Eckerström, the song presents an atmospheric yet rhythmic reflection of the social and cultural zeitgeist, the vocals exuding a need for strength in the midst of tension and frustration […] The post News: Hatif releases tension and frustration with third single from upcoming sophomore album appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  After revealing the “W G​ł​ę​bi” single this past November, the Polish duo of Kopczak and Fas – collectively known as CBZK – has announced the release of a debut EP this spring. Fusing elements of industrial, black metal, and hip-hop with distorted field recordings, the project draws inspiration from the surreal small town atmospheres […] The post News: CBZK fuses black metal, hip-hop, and industrial on forthcoming EP delving into Subcarpathian surrealism appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  Ossein Records has announced the release of Gargling Rot, the latest EP from experimental extreme metal trio Pyramid Mass. With a decidedly more avant-garde and cinematic approach to death and doom metal, the EP sees the band delving further into atmospheric synth passages and accompaniments to enhance the musical scope. Gargling Rot arrives more […] The post News: Pyramid Mass delves deeper into avant-garde metal atmosphere with forthcoming EP appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more

  Icons Creating Evil Art has announced the release of the eponymous debut album from Finnish post-punk and alt. rock trio Luponero, revealing the introductory “Everything / Nothing” single. Shifting from a somber gothic bass-driven ambience to a raw and energetic punk/rock groove, the song’s choral refrain of “Everything and Nothing matters” resounds with the […] The post News: Luponero tackles generational nihilism with first single from forthcoming debut album appeared first on ReGen Magazine ..read more