CATASTROPHE BALLET
As evening falls, knowing the dark for light
CATASTROPHE BALLET
As evening falls, knowing the dark for light
Music
Music at Catastrophe Ballet gathers news, reviews and tour dates from the post-punk, coldwave, darkwave, EBM and goth undergrounds — extending into the crank wave and post-Brexit new wave lineage of Fall, Wire and Gang of Four. Coverage draws on a curated network of scene zines and labels
News: Staytus presents bleak psychological narrative about unresolved connection with latest music video
News: Choke Chain reflects on humanity’s lack of empathy and obsession with destruction in title track to upcoming EP
News: Icons Creating Evil Art releases collaborative remix single from Zweite Jugend and EMMON
News: Dark Beach unveils new single and music video, turning more toward EBM and electroclash influences
News: Metropolis Records announces sonic retelling of classic tale by H.P. Lovecraft created by Shinjuku Thief and David Thrussell
News: She 1 • Him 2 releases playful music video to upbeat ’80s-inspired single
News: Nikoline draws on uninhibited and distorted nature of classic industrial in latest improvised EP
Kilmarth releases three-track single ‘Avant de céder…’ as prelude to upcoming album
Borghesia’s 1989 album ‘Resistance’ reissued by Matrix Music Arhiv with bonus live 2LP
News: Doors in the Labyrinth releases new EP and accompanying music video, showcasing updated versions of previously unreleased tracks
WL//WH Video Of The Day: PROPTER HOC “Chronophobia” (Official Video)
News: Irish/Italian industrial/rock group Epta7 returns after long absence to release full-length debut album
News: A Certain Ratio celebrates career milestones with companion releases to classic albums
News: Meersein examines man’s arrogant relationship with nature with lyric video for third track from debut EP
News: GIO explores humanity’s resilience across historical destruction and reconstruction with latest album
Wieloryb – God’s Final Breath (Digital/CD Album – Zoharum)
News: Magnetic Skies releases remix single as prelude to upcoming U.K. headlining tour
“I’m Holding On” — Secret Attraction Drifts Towards Hope With Bubbly Dreampop Single “Moments of Forever”
Melbourne Post-Punk Outfit screensaver Turns Tribal Panic Into Zombie Dread in Video for “Division”
WL//WH Weekly Shoegaze // Dreampop // Psychedelic // Indie Tips
WL//WH Weekly Post-Punk // Darkwave // Dark Synth Tips
Wieloryb – Ritual (Digital/CD Album – Zoharum)
SPKtR (SPK) hit with Bandcamp ban over ‘The Last of Men’ while releasing new single ‘La Encantadora Furiosa’
“I’m Not Your Therapist” — Spike Hellis Hammer the Point Home With Old-School EBM Track “No Bite”
WL//WH Video of the Day: GYVES “Fisherman Song” (Official Video)
Gare Noir – This Is Gare Noir (Digital Album – Wagonmaniac Music)
WL//WH Video Of The Day: AFTER THE SIN “Shadow Zone” (Official Video)
“Is This All We Are?” — Soft Vein Shares Existential New Wave Single “All We’ve Known of Heaven”
“In the Distance, I am Cold” — Casket Cassette Shares Icy Darkwave Plea “Show Me a Sign”
“Dust in Nature’s Eye” — Baltimore Coldwave Project L’Avenir Summons the Spirit World in Video for “Animism”
Kregel – #7 (Digital EP – Wagonmaniac Music)
Dronny Darko interview: ‘Subtle, restrained, but constantly on the edge of unraveling’
Ava Mendoza – Alive Alone, Alive Together
Heavenly Trip to Hell releases new single and video ‘Yo No Quiero Ir Al Cielo’
SINE releases new album ‘La Mordre’ on Metropolis Records
Trilogy – Froced Perspective (Digital/CD Album – Electro Aggression Records)
Spike Hellis Announces Second Album and Tour
Cold Cave Performs ‘Cremations’ at Cemetery & Church
DECEITS Western U.S. Tour May-June 2026
Flesh Field release limited 2CD artbook edition of ‘On Enmity’ via Dependent Records
Freakangel – Control (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
The Grab Society releases ‘Reincarnation (Wiedergeburt)’ on Echozone
PIG release new album ‘Hurt People Hurt’ and announce 2026 tour dates
Soisong announce 222-copy history book with two CDs
Richard Ramirez and Contagious Orgasm drop cassette release ‘Different Substances’ via SSSM
WL//WH New Music: SPIKE “Disappear”
“To Hell With Being Pure” — Louisville Trio MODISTE Casts a Glowing Silhouette in Their Video for “Shadows”
“How Do I Know?” — Damascan Daydreams & Joseph Salazar Collaborate in Video for Divine Dreampop Single “From the Heavens”
