Coming Soon: Sept.–Oct. 2026 Scene Releases
September–October: Fresh albums, EPs, and singles from the industrial, EBM, futurepop, darkwave, and wider dark electronic scene.
PIG
Upcoming release: Dirt Box (EP)
Release date: September 4, 2026
Origin: United Kingdom (project founded in West Berlin)
Active from: 1988
Website: https://pigindustries.com/
Social media: X @raymondwatts / Instagram @raymondwatts / Facebook PIG
Latest release: Hurt People Hurt (2026)
First release: A Poke in the Eye… with a Sharp Stick
Record labels / Bandcamp: Metropolis Records, Wax Trax!, Nothing Records; pigindustries.bandcamp.com
ACTORS
Upcoming release: Our Love Will Live Forever
Release date: September 4, 2026
Origin: Vancouver, Canada
Active from: 2012
Website: https://actorstheband.com/
Social media: Instagram @actorsband1984 / Facebook ACTORS
Latest release: Acts of Worship (2021); 2024 singles In Real Life / Dead Inside / Object of Desire
First release: It Will Come to You
Record labels / Bandcamp: Artoffact Records, Northern Light Records; actors.bandcamp.com
Bestial Mouths
Upcoming release: DEAD LINES (Líneas Muertas)
Release date: September 4, 2026
Origin: San Francisco / USA (project roots also tied to Los Angeles, New York, Berlin)
Active from: 2009
Website: https://www.bestialmouths.com/
Social media: via bestialmouths.com / Bandcamp / Negative Gain
Latest release: Backbone (2024); R.O.T.T. (inmyskin) (2023); Conjure / HISS advance singles (2026)
First release: Stable Vices (also listed as Stabile Vices)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Negative Gain Productions, Rune & Ruin, Metropolis (select titles); bestialmouths.bandcamp.com
Blutengel
Upcoming release: Afterlife (single) — third single from the forthcoming album Schatten:Welt (early 2027, date TBA)
Release date: September 4, 2026
Origin: Berlin, Germany
Active from: 1998
Website: https://www.blutengel.de/
Social media: Facebook BlutengelOfficial / Instagram blutengel_official_chrispohl
Latest release: Dämonen:Sturm (2025); also Schwarzer Engel EP (July 2026)
First release: Child of Glass
Record labels / Bandcamp: Out of Line Music; blutengel.bandcamp.com
Soft Vein
Upcoming release: All We've Known of Heaven (3rd studio album; digital/CD/vinyl — some vinyl calendars list September 18)
Release date: September 4, 2026
Origin: California, USA (Justin Chamberlain)
Active from: late 2022 (debut singles; Artoffact debut album 2023)
Website: https://softvein.net/
Social media: Instagram @softvein_ / via Artoffact & solo.to/softvein
Latest release: From Another Room (EP, 2025); Through Blinds (2025)
First release: Pressed in Glass (2023 full-length; earlier 2022 singles GIVEUPTHEGHOST / VIOLENTIA)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Artoffact Records; softvein.bandcamp.com
j:dead
Upcoming release: Null (single) — tenth instalment in the 2026 monthly 12-single campaign (Infacted)
Release date: September 4, 2026
Origin: Bicester / United Kingdom (Jay Taylor)
Active from: 2019
Website: https://www.jdead.co.uk/
Social media: via jdead.co.uk / Infacted / Bandcamp
Latest release: prior 2026 campaign singles (e.g. Halo, Draws My Blood, Keep Walking, Over The Years); Roots EP (2023)
First release: Haunt (digital single, 2019)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Infacted Recordings; jdeadband.bandcamp.com / infactedrecordings.bandcamp.com
LLUMEN
Upcoming release: The Leftovers (single) — lead single from forthcoming album Winter Eden (see Oct 30 entry)
Release date: September 4, 2026
Origin: Belgium (Ghent; Pieter Coussement)
Active from: 2001
Website: https://www.llumen.be/
Social media: via llumen.be / Alfa Matrix
Latest release: The Breaking Waves (2024); Between The Words on Side-Line’s The Odin Files (July 2026)
First release: The Memory Institute
Record labels / Bandcamp: Alfa Matrix; alfamatrix.bandcamp.com
SynthAttack
Upcoming release: Immortal In Hell
Release date: September 11, 2026
Origin: Hanover, Germany
Active from: 2015
Website: n/a
Social media: Facebook synthattack
Latest release: Rave The Grave single (Jan 16, 2026); Immortal single (Sep 19, 2025); In Hell single (Mar 21, 2025); last full album Damnation (2021)
First release: To The Floor
Record labels / Bandcamp: darkTunes Music Group (distributed via Out of Line Shop); synthattack.bandcamp.com
Curses!
Upcoming release: Perfect High (EP) — Altered Circuits ALT028; digital September 14 (some vinyl retailers list September 21)
Release date: September 14, 2026
Origin: New York, USA / based in Berlin, Germany (Luca Venezia)
Active from: 2007 (as Curses!; earlier as Drop the Lime from 2004)
Website: https://www.cursesforever.com/
Social media: Instagram @cursesforever / Facebook Cursesforever / SoundCloud cursesforever
Latest release: Another Heaven (2024)
First release: Hungry for Love (EP)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Altered Circuits, Italians Do It Better, Ombra International, Eskimo Recordings; cursesforever.bandcamp.com / alteredcircuitsbrussels.bandcamp.com
mind.in.a.box
Upcoming release: Retaliation
Release date: September 18, 2026
Origin: Austria
Active from: 2002
Website: http://www.mindinabox.com/
Social media: X @_mindinabox / Facebook mindinabox.official / Telegram @mindinabox_official
Latest release: Black and White (2023) [Shades of Gray was a 2023 companion/remix EP]
First release: Lost Alone
Record labels / Bandcamp: Dependent Records, Metropolis Records, Dreamweb Music, THYX Records; mind-in-a-box.bandcamp.com
Ductape
Upcoming release: Faded Flowers
Release date: September 18, 2026
Origin: Istanbul, Turkey
Active from: 2019
Website: https://www.ductape.info/
Social media: Facebook ductapeofficial / Instagram (via ductape.info)
Latest release: Echo Drama (2024); Echo Drama Deluxe (April 4, 2025)
First release: Labirent
Record labels / Bandcamp: Swiss Dark Nights; ductape.bandcamp.com / swissdarknights.bandcamp.com
Boy Harsher
Upcoming release: GET MEAN (studio album; Nude Club / Atlantic) — first full-length since The Runner (2022)
Release date: September 18, 2026
Origin: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA (Jae Matthews & Augustus Muller)
Active from: 2014
Website: n/a (Nude Club / Bandcamp)
Social media: Instagram / TikTok via Boy Harsher official channels
Latest release: The Runner (film + soundtrack, 2022); prior Careful (2019)
First release: Country Girl Uncut / early DKA-era material; debut LP Body Is Nothing (2016)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Atlantic Records, Nude Club Records, DKA (early); boyharsher.bandcamp.com
Dina Summer
Upcoming release: Children Of The Night (mini-album / IDI027) — digital September 20; vinyl editions widely listed October 9
Release date: September 20, 2026
Origin: Berlin, Germany (Dina with Local Suicide & Kalipo)
Active from: ~2019 (project); first EP Who Am I 2021
Website: http://dinasummer.berlin/
Social media: Instagram @dinasummermusic / Facebook dinasummermusic
Latest release: Girls Gang (2025)
First release: Who Am I (EP, 2021); first full-length Rimini (2022)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Iptamenos Discos, Audiolith (Rimini era); dinasummer.bandcamp.com
Demonwarp
Upcoming release: Viral Empire
Release date: September 25, 2026
Origin: Oklahoma City, USA
Active from: 2022
Website: n/a
Social media: Facebook @demonwarpmusic / Instagram @demonwarpmusic
Latest release: Dominion (2024); Spreading the Flames / Protocol Obey singles (May 29 / Mar 27, 2026)
First release: n/a (project launched 2022; Dominion is the second full-length)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Re:Mission Entertainment; remissionentertainment.bandcamp.com / demonwarp.bandcamp.com
Silke Bischoff
Upcoming release: Tears – A Collection of Silke Bischoff Songs — remastered career compilation (Dependent) with previously unreleased title track Tears; Europe September 25 / North America October 2 (delayed from initial September 4 announcement)
Release date: September 25, 2026
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1990 (hiatus after mid-2010s; revived on stage at WGT 2025)
Website: n/a (Dependent / SPKR shop)
Social media: Instagram @silkebischoffofficial / Facebook Silke Bischoff
Latest release: remastered Under Your Skin advance single (August 18, 2026); Northern Lights digital single (June 2026)
First release: early 1990s Silke Bischoff catalogue (gothic/dark wave)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Dependent Records; silkebischoff.bandcamp.com / spkr.store
Till Lindemann
Upcoming release: Live in Krakow — first live album/film under his own name (full uncensored TAURON Arena show, 1 Dec 2025; Out of Line / Napalm formats)
Release date: September 25, 2026
Origin: Germany (solo project of Rammstein frontman)
Active from: Lindemann / Till Lindemann solo work mid-2010s; Out of Line signing early 2025
Website: https://www.lindemannworld.com/
Social media: via Lindemann World / Out of Line
Latest release: Es brennt… (2026); Meine Welt EP cycle (2024–2025)
First release: Skills in Pills (as Lindemann, 2015)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Out of Line, Napalm (physical editions); lindemannworld.com store
Balvanera
Upcoming release: Hasta tocar el fondo vacío del lenguaje — digital + limited aquamarine vinyl (500; Avant! EU/UK / DKA US/CA)
Release date: October 1, 2026
Origin: Buenos Aires, Argentina (Agustina Vizcarra & Lucas Palavecino)
Active from: 2016
Website: https://balvaneramusic.com/
Social media: Instagram @balvanera / Facebook balvaneraband
Latest release: Desgaste (lead single/video, July 2026); Courses of Action (2021)
First release: Balvanera EP (2016)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Avant! Records, DKA Records; balvanera.bandcamp.com
Ayria
Upcoming release: 13 Stitches
Release date: October 2, 2026
Origin: Toronto, Canada
Active from: 2003
Website: https://ayria.com/
Social media: Facebook ayria / Bluesky ayria.bsky.social
Latest release: Vicious World EP (May 8, 2026); prior This Is My Battle Cry (2022)
First release: Debris
Record labels / Bandcamp: Artoffact Records, Alfa Matrix; ayria.bandcamp.com
Kontravoid
Upcoming release: Sound Of The Void — led by single Without (out September 4, 2026; Mortal was a prior standalone single Jan 30, 2026)
Release date: October 2, 2026
Origin: Canada / based in Los Angeles, USA
Active from: 2012
Website: https://kontravoid.com/
Social media: links hub solo.to/kontravoid / Instagram & Facebook via artist pages
Latest release: Detachment (2024); Mortal single (Jan 30, 2026)
First release: Kontravoid
Record labels / Bandcamp: Artoffact Records, Pretty Pretty Records, Fleisch Records; kontravoid.bandcamp.com
Dead Astronauts
Upcoming release: Shallow Grave
Release date: October 2, 2026 (digital/CD; vinyl editions October 9)
Origin: Seattle, USA (duo with Bern, Switzerland)
Active from: 2011
Website: http://www.deadastronauts.com/
Social media: X @deadastro / Facebook deadastronauts
Latest release: Ghosts (2024); Get Lost single (June 26, 2026); also Yuu Yuu benefit single (Dec 5, 2025)
First release: Constellations
Record labels / Bandcamp: Cold Transmission Music, Telefuture, NewRetroWave; deadastronauts.bandcamp.com
NOLONGERHUMAN
Upcoming release: Insect Archives — vinyl-only EP of four rebuilt/remixed tracks with new vocals (limited 300 black vinyl; first vinyl release)
Release date: October 2, 2026
Origin: Portland, Oregon, USA (Clint Robertson)
Active from: 2006 (first physical Vestigial EP 2008; COP debut Antipathy 2009)
Website: https://nolongerhuman.net/
Social media: Facebook nolongerhuman.official
Latest release: Marionette (2023)
First release: Vestigial (EP); first full-length Antipathy
Record labels / Bandcamp: COP International; nolongerhuman.bandcamp.com
Sydney Valette
Upcoming release: I Fucking Love You (Artoffact debut; digital/CD/vinyl; some retail vinyl calendars list October 9)
Release date: October 2, 2026
Origin: Paris, France
Active from: mid-2010s (early catalogue includes Fight Back, How Many Lives, Other Side)
Website: n/a
Social media: Instagram @sydney_valette / via Artoffact & Bandcamp
Latest release: Les Couloirs Du Temps EP (Oct 3, 2025); prior The Healer (Sep 15, 2024)
First release: Other Side (widely cited early full-length, 2016)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Artoffact Records, Icy Cold, Wave Tension, Yuk-Fü, Out of Line; sydneyvalette.bandcamp.com
FIX8:SED8
Upcoming release: Foren6 (Surgical Precision Edition) — expanded reissue of the 2017 album (2CD artbook + remixes)
Release date: October 16, 2026
Origin: Wiesbaden, Germany
Active from: 2003
Website: https://fix8sed8.com/
Social media: n/a (see official site / Bandcamp)
Latest release: Octagram (Oct 3, 2025); Puritan (Plastikstrom) single (Aug 19, 2026)
First release: Humanophobia
Record labels / Bandcamp: Dependent Records; fix8sed8-de.bandcamp.com
Duophonic Noise Construction
Upcoming release: Abattoir (new version) — digital single; rework of the 1990 X Marks The Pedwalk track
Release date: October 23, 2026
Origin: Germany (Sevren Ni-Arb & LMX)
Active from: 2024 (duo; Sevren’s X Marks The Pedwalk since 1988)
Website: n/a (meshwork music)
Social media: via meshwork / Bandcamp
Latest release: Cage Dreaming (earlier 2026); Distorted Reality album (April 2025)
First release: Always (digital single, September 2024)
Record labels / Bandcamp: meshwork music; duophonicnoiseconstruction.bandcamp.com (meshwork catalogue)
Priest
Upcoming release: Altered State Police (5th album); lead single Python (Aug 21, 2026)
Release date: October 23, 2026
Origin: Stockholm, Sweden
Active from: 2017
Website: https://priestnexus.com/
Social media: via priestnexus.com / Bandcamp
Latest release: Body Machine (March 2026); Python single (Aug 21, 2026); prior Dark Pulse (2024); also Chaos EP and Live in Hollywood (2025)
First release: New Flesh
Record labels / Bandcamp: Blue Nine, Cleopatra Records; priestofficial.bandcamp.com
Implant
Upcoming release: The Kinematics Of Doubt
Release date: October 30, 2026
Origin: Belgium
Active from: 1996
Website: n/a
Social media: via Alfa Matrix channels
Latest release: Judging Sinners – The Chaos Machines Part 3 (Feb 7, 2025); Underneath The Neon Lights (advance from forthcoming album)
First release: Soft Flesh – Hard Steel (also Fun MCD, 1996)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Alfa Matrix, Celtic Circle Productions, Flatline; alfamatrix.bandcamp.com
LLUMEN
Upcoming release: Winter Eden (4th studio album) — preceded by lead single The Leftovers (September 4, 2026; see earlier entry)
Release date: October 30, 2026
Origin: Belgium
Active from: 2001
Website: https://www.llumen.be/
Social media: via llumen.be / Alfa Matrix
Latest release: The Breaking Waves (2024); Between The Words on Side-Line’s The Odin Files (July 2026)
First release: The Memory Institute
Record labels / Bandcamp: Alfa Matrix; alfamatrix.bandcamp.com
C-Lekktor
Upcoming release: Antimateria + C:file (limited CD digipak compiling two EPs; 300 copies)
Release date: October 30, 2026
Origin: Mexico City, Mexico
Active from: 2004
Website: n/a
Social media: via Bandcamp / Alfa Matrix
Latest release: New World Disorder (2022); anniversary set 2.0 (2024)
First release: The Silence Procession (first widely released full-length, 2008; earlier self-releases from mid-2000s)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Alfa Matrix, COP International; clekktor.bandcamp.com / alfamatrix.bandcamp.com
Laibach
Upcoming release: Die Kanone physical EP (feat. Bijelo Dugme) — first vinyl/CD of the July 2025 Mute digital release, with new remixes (Die Krupps, Lincolnshire Poacher, Black Dot) and live cuts
Release date: October 30, 2026
Origin: Trbovlje / Slovenia
Active from: 1980
Website: https://www.laibach.org/
Social media: Instagram @laibachofficial / Facebook Laibach
Latest release: Die Kanone digital single (2025 Mute); prior studio catalog via Mute
First release: Laibach (1985)
Record labels / Bandcamp: Matrix Music Arhiv (physical), Mute (digital original); matrixmusicarhiv.bandcamp.com
Also out / reissues
Front 242 — Black Out solid silver 2LP repress (farewell live album recorded at AB Brussels). Alfa Matrix lists September 25, 2026 (some retail calendars show October 9). Additional 1,000-copy silver pressing after earlier clear/purple runs sold out. Not new studio material.
Lord Of The Lost — Empyrean 2026 (10th Anniversary Edition) September 18, 2026 via Out of Line — 3CD (original + rares/alternates + Headphone 3D mixes) and limited white/silver 2LP (first vinyl of the 2016 album; LP adds One World, No Future). Anniversary reissue only — not a new studio album. CAD high-confidence play evidence.
VNV Nation — Noire limited 2nd pressing (Black Ice 2LP) September 18, 2026 via Metropolis — repress of the 2018 album; not new studio material.
PIG — Merciless remix vinyl (Armalyte Industries) September 25, 2026(Side-Line); remixes by Clock DVA, Pitchshifter, StabWalt, Günter Schulz. See also full Dirt Box EP entry above.
FIX8:SED8 — see full entry above for Foren6 (Surgical Precision Edition)(expanded 2017 reissue with remix disc).
NOLONGERHUMAN — see full entry above for Insect Archives (2026 rebuilds/remasters of earlier tracks; vinyl-only).
Ego Likeness — Breedless limited ruby red 2LP (Distortion Productions; ~250 regular + 50 art-print) October 9, 2026 — vinyl reissue of the 2010 Metropolis album (plus Electronic Saviors bonus tracks). CAD evidence is medium (/listennow/tag/ only) — noted here, not expanded to a full block.
Lost Signal — Light Of Other Days Metropolis vinyl October 9, 2026 — physical of the November 7, 2025 digital/CD album. CAD evidence is medium (tag only) — noted here like other physical-later titles.