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.

Darkwave releases

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“On the critically acclaimed new album 'Chimera,' The City Gates blend post-punk, shoegaze, and darkwave into a reverb-heavy, atmospheric sound driven by pulsing basslines and cinematic intensity.”

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