The Sanctuary Gazette

Gvllow releases Throw It All Away on October 20, 2026. This post-punk single comes out under the artist's own name, which serves as the label.

Originally from Riverside, California, Gvllow records and produces his own music. His solo project dates back to 2016 and was born after the death of his best friend and bandmate, Zak: the artist describes it as a way of honoring the memory of his departed friends.

Ortrotasce released Mutant Dance on October 19, 2026 on the label 3891099 Records DK.

The release has three tracks, in this order: Diffuse, Sediment and Shatter. It is released on October 19, 2026, the actual release date, by 3891099 Records DK.

POSTACTO released the single ¿Dónde Está on October 19, 2026, on its own label, also named POSTACTO.

The release contains two tracks: the song ¿Dónde Está and its instrumental version, ¿Dónde Está Instrumental. The single came out on October 19, 2026.

Umair Chaudhry releases Oblivion Seeker under the name Silent Weapon on 13 November on Blindsight Records. The album blends noisy industrial with danceable electro/EBM, in keeping with the project's classic influences. It features eight tracks, with Octavia Freud, Black Tish and Deeq as guest vocalists, and will be released digitally and on vinyl.

It is the successor to Demonology, released in 2024. In 2025, Silent Weapon put out Demonised, a companion remix album, a live album and the EP Cognitive Dissonance.

Chaudhry, also nicknamed “Spider”, also leads the project Third House with drummer Dave Barbarossa and bassist and vocalist Graham Dalzell.

Puppenjunx, a German EBM project, will release its debut album, Einz, on 6 November 2026 on Infacted Recordings. It is led by Martin Bodewell and Lars Timm Felker, both members of Orange Sector. The first single, Der Präsident ist tot, has been available digitally since 16 October, accompanied by an Orange Sector Club Mix.

The project lets them develop ideas that do not fit the current direction of Orange Sector. There they cultivate a minimal, direct EBM, closer to the origins of the genre.

The name refers to the historical term “Puppenjungs”, tied to the criminal history of Hanover and the Fritz Haarmann case in the 1920s. A limited number of CDs has been pressed, available to pre-order directly from the band.

The Chicago duo X & Stacy, made up of Yasmine Esparza and Jason Schmal, released Sangre Eterna on 19 October on Divination Records. It is their second single, available on streaming platforms and on Bandcamp.

The band draws on the new beat sounds of EBM and industrial, with a touch of italo disco. Sangre Eterna relies on biting basslines, undulating rhythms and eerie synths, punctuated by scratchy guitar. Schmal produced and mixed the track, which was mastered by John Scrip, and Esparza sings in Spanish.

Earlier this year the duo published demos of Sail Away and I Spy, then Love or Lust in September, its real debut. It is preparing an EP or an album. Schmal is the singer and founder of the band The Children's Crusade, and also plays live with Miss Misery.

BLAT, a Spanish-language post-punk and coldwave project led by Lith Alvedo and Søren Lūcius, releases its debut album, Ecos del Silencio (Echoes of Silence). The twelve songs address the pressure of consumer society, conformity, romantic obsession and psychological distress.

The duo cites Molchat Doma, She Past Away, Twin Tribes and the Mexican alternative rock of Caifanes. Their tracks rest on massive basslines, guitars run through pedals and drum machines, with touches of surf, shoegaze and bluesy solos.

The two voices provide the contrast: Søren Lūcius moves from dark declamation to tender singing, while Lith Alvedo brings a colder presence, softened by reverb. The opening track, Cadenas, sets up atmospheric coldwave around a melodic bassline, while Dictadura places authoritarianism in the mind.

“Ecos del Silencio was born when we stopped meeting the world's expectations and embraced our inner philosophy,” they explain.

Kontravoid releases The Sound of the Void on the label Artoffact. The project was founded in 2011 by Canadian Cameron Findlay, a former member of the synthpop band Parallels. Its self-titled debut album came out in 2012 on Tarantula X Records.

Ten tracks blend electro pop, EBM and darkwave. The Dark Entries reviewer points to a short intro that gives the record its title, “Without” which kicks off the dancing, “Mortal” which flirts with dark electro, and “Subject” which is closer to EBM. The reviewer compares “Chances” to Twin Tribes and Geometric Vision.

“Abandon” shifts to electro ambient in under two minutes, before “Returning,” a rougher electro pop, and then “Phantom,” which closes the album. For the reviewer, the mix of dance and atmosphere is the project's hallmark, and the album is recommended to electro fans.

Station Model Violence is a band formed in Sydney in 2024 around Daniel Stewart, singer of Total Control. The four other musicians come from the local DIY scene: Den, R.M.F.C., Slug Guts and Gaud. OndaRock calls this five-piece, made up of three guitars, a bass and drums, a supergroup.

The debut album, which shares the band's name, blends post-punk, art rock, psychedelic touches and noisy roughness. It is rooted in gray, arid urban settings. Bass and saturated guitars form a continuous rumble, and Stewart's deep voice is backed by austere, almost martial backing vocals.

The record plays on length and repetition. “Learn To Hate” opens the album, “Leisure” evokes Joy Division weighed down with heavy guitars, and “Heat” runs past eight minutes. OndaRock says critics have received the album well and credits it with an original voice in a crowded genre.