The Sanctuary Gazette

This Eternal Decay releases Violate (The Way to Nowhere Remix) on October 30, 2026 on the label Swiss Dark Nights. The band falls under darkwave.

The quartet brings together Riccardo Sabetti (Spiral69), Pasquale Vico (Date at Midnight), Andrea Freda (Spiritual Front) and Alessio Schiavi (Avant-Garde). Its romantic darkwave blends with industrial rhythms and echoes of melodic synthpop.

The first album, I Choose an Eternity of This, came out on Trisol Music Group. The second, Silence, dates from April 2020 and features Then Comes Silence and Theaters Des Vampires on two tracks.

The Brussels duo ULTRA SUNN releases Please Come on October 30, 2026 on Artoffact Records. The single falls under coldwave.

Formed in 2019, the band pairs Sam’s deep voice with a setup of analog synthesizers and industrial drum machines by Gaelle. The lyrics address gender equality, social norms, street harassment and the struggle against anxiety.

The duo cites Schwefelgelb, DAF, Boy Harsher, Kontravoid and Front 242 among its influences.

Dina Summer releases Rimini (Edizione Integrale) on October 30, 2026 on Audiolith. The album has 30 tracks and falls under EBM.

It collects ten songs, including Dominator, Mars, Uranos, Revenge, Mirage, Amore and Rimini, along with numerous versions: Revenge as a Dark Disco Edit or SAW Edit, Rimini as a Versione Cocorico or Spree Version, and several radio edits.

The remixes are by Carolain Luf, Daniele Baldelli and Marco Dionigi, Schlepp Geist, Fabrizio Mammarella, Back from the Wave, Alexander Robotnick, Oberst & Buchner and Bufi.

Dina Summer is a new wave trio working with two synthesizers and a microphone. Dina P handles the vocals, alongside producer Kalipo and the DJ and producer couple Local Suicide.

Noromakina releases OH SANGRE! on October 30, 2026 on Cold Transmission Music. This single falls under coldwave.

Noromakina is a solo electronic project founded in 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia, by Juan Manuel, aka Mel Zb. The project works with classic and modern synthesizers, treated with dark, reverberated effects, in pursuit of lo-fi sounds.

Magic Wands releases Dream Palace on October 30, 2026 on Metropolis Records. The single falls under post-punk.

The duo, formed by Chris and Dexy Valentine, is from Nashville, Tennessee. The two musicians met in Hollywood in 2007, then wrote music together from a distance. In late 2008, they signed to the independent label Bright Antenna. Their first EP, Magic Love & Dreams, was recorded in New York with producer John Hil (Santigold, Lykke Li).

Male Tears releases Just Like This on October 30, 2026 on Modele Music. This single falls under darkwave.

Male Tears is the project of American electro artist James Edward, based in Los Angeles, launched in late 2019. James Edward describes it as “the result of a goth’s love affair with 1980s new wave,” a pop experiment that touches on morbidity, sexuality and self-destruction.

The first, self-titled album came out in February 2021 on Pacific Plaza Records.

ABU NEIN is putting out the single Ghost Puppeteer, a release in the darkwave genre.

The actual release date of the single is October 30, 2026. Ghost Puppeteer is published by the label Icons Creating Evil Art, which is responsible for this release by ABU NEIN.

Analog 80 releases Мы, a retrowave single out on October 30, 2026 on the label Analog Sounds Records.

Analog 80 is a French composer based in Brussels, where a studio of their own was set up, devoted to analog and vintage synthesizers. The project draws on an electronic tradition rooted in pioneers such as Kraftwerk and Jean-Michel Jarre.

Ascii.Disko releases Zwischen den Spuren, a synthpop single out on October 30, 2026 on Staatsakt.

Ascii.Disko is the project of Daniel Holc, a German producer and DJ from Hamburg. His debut album, released in 2003, was named after the project. He has also made remixes, including one of I Go Hard, I Go Home by The Presets.

Ministry releases the album Hate To Go - Take Out Or Delivery on October 30, 2026, out on Cleopatra Records. The record has ten tracks: Crickets, Voices of Hate, Clown Car, We Hate, Delete, Grifter, The White Man Lied, Singularity, Burned Out and We're Still Here.

Ministry was formed in Chicago in 1981 and remains the project of Al Jourgensen. The band began with a synthpop sound, on Wax Trax! and on its first album With Sympathy (1983). It then hardened its music with Twitch (1986), The Land of Rape and Honey (1988), The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) and Psalm 69 (1992). AmeriKKKant (2018), Moral Hygiene (2021) and HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES (2024) followed.

Antiflvx releases Porcelana, a coldwave single out on October 30, 2026 on the label Bat Beat Records.

Antiflvx is the project of Leonardo Jaime, who is also a member of Circo del Luto and Resistor. Created in late 2016, it appeared on the vinyl compilation Ride The Wave from the Spanish label Oráculo Records with the track The Haze.

Fiasko Leitmotiv is putting out the single Small Time Crook, a release in the coldwave genre.

The actual release date of the single is October 30, 2026. Small Time Crook is published by the label Speak, Imbecille! Records, which is responsible for this release by Fiasko Leitmotiv.

Kris Baha releases his remixed version of Embrace the Shadows on October 30, 2026, on the label Canil Records. The track is EBM.

Originally from Australia, the artist has settled in East Berlin, where he works as a DJ and producer. He performs at Berlin venues such as CockTail D'Amore, Sameheads and Panorama bar. His live sets rely on hardware and draw on the early shows of the industrial era. In the studio, he also handles mixing, mastering and remixes.

OH MADONNA is putting out the single Obsession Nouvelle, released on the label Cold Transmission Music.

The actual release date of the single is October 30, 2026. Cold Transmission Music is thus publishing a new release by OH MADONNA, titled Obsession Nouvelle.

soviet concrete is putting out the single unkind, published on the label sovietconcrete, with October 30, 2026 as its release date.

This is the actual release date of the single. The label bears the name of the act, apart from a slight difference in spelling: sovietconcrete.

TORTURETWINN is putting out the single THE ONE, a release in the post-punk genre, published on the label TORTURETWINN.

The actual release date of the single THE ONE is October 30, 2026. The label and the artist share the same name here, TORTURETWINN.

Juice Webster releases Kind of Fantasy, her second album, on Cohort Records. It follows JULIA, her debut released in 2023. Nine tracks of indie and alt-rock, produced and mixed by Simon Lam.

The title track deals with the feeling of having watched herself from the outside for years, adjusting her personality to fit an image. Webster says she wanted very direct lyrics and tense, dark, powerful instrumentation. “Pretty Please”, which she describes as a “miscommunication diss track”, relies on saturated guitars and crashing percussion.

Among the other tracks, “Kissing” opens the record, followed by “Care Yeah”, “Wind Me Up”, “Keep Warm”, “Long Drive” and “Blue”. “Spite” closes it. Backseat Mafia, which gives it 90/100, says the album goes further into alt-rock than JULIA, with rougher guitars.

The vinyl edition includes “Hannah” as a bonus, the 2024 single that marked her comeback.

The Washington, DC-based project 2DCAT releases Zehn Jahre for its tenth anniversary. The record gathers five tracks that became fan favorites, presented in reworked versions with new arrangements, alongside the originals. The producer of the same name used new synthesizers and percussion instruments he built himself.

The songs come from several records: “Shared Dreams” from Retro-Future (2017), “Star” from the EP Tragedy (2018), “What I'm Feeling” from Electric (2019), then “Stay With Me” and “Trying to Be” from Fantastic Voyage (2022).

2DCAT, who describes himself as an electrical engineer building synthesizers and repairing gear for musicians around the world, says he has grown a great deal as an artist. In his words, revisiting old mistakes that became beloved songs is both stimulating and difficult. This version is not final: more tracks are due to be revisited in the coming year.

Zehn Jahre is available digitally on Bandcamp. The project's latest album, This Is Not For You, dates from 2025, followed in 2026 by the EPs Eat the Rich and We're Here.