“Cliff & Ivy combines inventive death rock inspired by the rugged Alaskan wilderness with modern mysticism on goth-rock heavy-hitter, Angels Eyes”
Where shadows pulse and circuits bleed: Arcane Synthetic's Awaken The Androids arrives as a cinematic industrial concept album — an architectural system of layered distortion and dark ambient tension documenting artificial consciousness questioning its creators, for listeners drawn to Nine Inch Nails and Chelsea Wolfe. The follow-up A New Era & Nothing More: Part I plunges deeper into industrial abrasion and fragile vocal confession, exploring survival beyond identity collapse. Auckland's Stars and the Underground blend post-punk, shoegaze, and ethereal guest vocals into the haunting single "Echolocation," while ΣΕΘ(SET)'s Nocturnal Rituals Vol. 1 twists hyperpop to witch house with dark reinterpretations spanning Purity Ring to 100 Gecs. The Penal Colony's Beyond ventures into post-industrial rock with musique concrète textures inspired by cold realms beyond human understanding.
“Cliff & Ivy combines inventive death rock inspired by the rugged Alaskan wilderness with modern mysticism on goth-rock heavy-hitter, Angels Eyes”
“'Decadence' is a work of electro-industrial music inspired by the acts of self-indulgence done in reaction to perceived sociocultural decay.”