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Review: Colombian producer and live act Filmmaker's infamous exploits have been previously heard on subterranean imprints such as Detriti, Opal Tapes and Tartarus in recent times, but he's now found a fitting home for his gritty style of industrial music on Berlin's VEYL. Of the eight pitch black offerings on Fictional Portrayals, there's some truly punishing techno body music as experienced on the title track, brooding post-punk instrumentals like on 'Orphic Eggs', as well as dystopian electro beats for sci-fi fantasies on 'Immunue To Propaganda' and haunting atmospheric IDM as heard on closing track 'Far From Prospect'.

Review: Filmmaker is a multidimensional producer known for genre-bending creations rooted in film culture. With acclaimed releases like The Love Market and Fictional Portrayals already under his belt, he reaches new heights with his latest offering, Hollywood Cult. Across 13 tracks, he crafts a haunting journey that blends synth-driven races, infectious body music, and slow-burning nostalgia. Tracks like 'Secrecy,' 'Western Malice,' and 'Shocking Therapy' evoke cinematic tension and energy and as the album progresses, 'Vessels Wine,' 'Peacekeeper Ripper,' and 'Criminal Rite' delve into intense emotions, while 'Elite Dungeons' and 'Hanging Finale' bring a lo-fi, trance-inducing finale. Hollywood Cult, then, serves as a dark, captivating soundtrack for a new world, inviting repeated listens and immersive exploration.

Review: Featuring six tracks from an eye-catching array of rising stars and confirmed underground heroes, VEYL's latest release is a must-check affair. There simply isn't room to mention each and every track, so instead we'll pick out some of the many standout tracks. Check first the sleazy, foreboding filth of Jenson Interceptor's hybrid electro-techno treat "The Outer Limits", before diving headfirst into the even more mind-altering, synth-heavy darkness of Lokier's "Secrets". Randstad skilfully doffs a cap to Nitzer Ebb while keeping the grooves rooted in electro on the growling guitar-laden sweatiness of "Metalloid", while Cardopusher's acid-fired "Bloodlust" is a stylish blend of EBM weight, jacking drums and twisted electronic motifs.

Review: As was the case with its predecessors, the third volume in VEYL's ongoing "Previously Undisclosed Rituals" series is packed to the rafters with angry, lo-fi club cuts, paranoid pagan techno and wild, mind-altering dancefloor throb-jobs. It's all of a high standard, of course, but we're particularly enjoying the drowsy late night hypnotism of Terrence Fixmer's "Always Through", the pitch-black electronic body music of The Sixteen Steps' "Tales From The Old Country", the foreboding late night creepiness of Neud Photo's decidedly trippy "Plagued By Consciousness" and the rip-snorting techno stomp of VTSS's nails-hard opener "Toxic Bleach". In a word: intense.

Review: Veyl continues its journey into the heart of darkness with this new release from Years Of Denial. The proudly pitch-black synthwave outfit have previously been spotted on Death & Leisure and Pinkman Broken Dreams, and now they're indulging their sonic sins on "Suicide Disco", their devilishly excellent debut album. The industrial hallmarks are there to be intravenously ingested, not least on the throbbing arps of "I'm Still A Pill". At times there is a more catchy pop nous hiding beneath the surface - listen to the bombast of "Face To Face" or the catchy thrust of "Now/Here" and you'll find yourself nodding along with approval - but this is a resolutely dark album for the gothically inclined, and they've perfected the style.

Review: Arpeggiated synth lines, sinister background refrains and distressed electronic voic-es. 'Human You Scare Me' is a dancefloor workout plucked straight from the heyday of edgy, slightly menacing electro house, or at least the version presented here - remixed by Silent Servant - fits that description. Comprising four alternative ver-sions of original material by Years of Denial (hence the title of this overall release), there's plenty for dance heads to get excited about. Alexey Volkov offers the most vis-cerally brooding, with a broken, darkroom techno workout. 'In Pain I Meditate', as taken on by Broken English Club, follows a close second, the revered UK act creating a sparse, industrial-edged bomb packed with dystopian atmosphere. Throw in the more euphoric, big room Orphx take on 'You Like It When It Hurts' and you've got a deal for sure.

Review: Years of Denial serve up the best work yet with their Suicide Disco album. It was the fruit of a three-year collaboration that found the pair sharpening their sound and crafting songs that brood but also brim with New Wave nostalgia, razor-sharp drums and huge hooks. This superb second volume again mixes up dark wave, goth, new-beat, post-punk, EBM, and techno with poetic writing, gritty vocal work and plenty of artful noise and texture. Dark but beautiful, this is a timeless album of romantic and melancholic machine sounds and is a perfect follow-up to the high standards of the first album in 2019.

Review: Thomas Freiro and Alex Knoblauch recently described VEYL's first multi-artist offering as "an experiment in noise and body music". 'In practice, that means a blend of moody, paranoia-inducing drum machine chug (Years of Denial's dark, arpeggio-driven "Is It Over Yet"), bustling, funk-fuelled Nitzer Ebb revivalism (the rather fine dancefloor workout that is Autumns' brilliantly named "Get It Booked You Bastard"), red-lined industrial electro (RNXRX's "Cybele"), slamming techno/thrash metal fusion (the punch-to-the-guts that is Maenad Veyl's "Subtle Violence"), Depeche Mode style creepiness ("Beetleguise" by Poison Green) and vaguely unsettling, paranoid electronica (Exhausted Modern's superb EP closing cut "Nekam Nesen"). It's all pretty clandestine and gothic in ethos, but also really rather good.