“A-side: a satirical look at a right wing grifter; B-side: an earnest call to stand again all the bad -isms on the rise in the world.”
Where brooding rhythms meet shimmering walls of sound: The City Gates unfold their critically acclaimed Chimera like a nocturnal landscape, blending post-punk urgency with shoegaze atmospherics and haunting, dreamlike intensity. Ex-Hyena return with the darkwave Details Fade EP, featuring originals and remixes by Hex Formes and The Axiom Divide. ΣΕΘ(SET) steps outside witch house roots for Nevermore, a crushing industrial metal single with jagged dubstep bass and vocalist Riana Riggs moving from haunting restraint to raw devastation. Hyperestis channels vampirism and desperation disguised as control on synth-pop darkwave outing O Diva, while theJLM fires a warning shot at the hyper-elite on the politically charged Guillotine.