This Wednesday the North East youth group Teesside Alternatives host their first event entitled ‘Psyren’ at the Georgian Theatre, Stockton just in time to ring in the beginning of the 2010 Stockton International Riverside Festival or SIRF for short. Teesside Alternatives are a new organisation with the aim to provide a support group for youths [...]

Providing intense electronic support in the upcoming Combichrist UK Tour, starting Wednesday 28th July, are Dismantled and Rabia Sorda. Hard Electro act Rabia Sorda, a project of Hocico singer Erk Aicrag, have all the brutality and coarseness of their tour-mates while Dismantled add a touch of melody to their otherwise aggressive sound. Last year Dismantled [...]

Combichrist have been touring hard, almost continuously for one and a half years (including  a stint supporting German stomp masters Rammstein) and following their latest batch of UK dates the undeniably influential electroheads are set to deliver a hot new single. ‘Never Surrender’ is an appetizer for the up coming album Making Monsters scheduled for [...]

Regarded as one of the most difficult games released this generation, Demon’s Souls is a third person action RPG with rogue-like elements to it. This Playstation 3 exclusive was developed as a joint effort between From Software and Sony Computer Entertainment, and is unlike any other game I’ve played in many aspects. Considered the spiritual [...]

Last Monday marked the first episode of a nerdy institution in the making. Fronted by the trio of “Moley” and the two Robs, The Geek Show on Community Voice FM (105.5FM in the Teesside area or available for online streaming here). The inaugural episode featured discussions on problems and practicalities of motion sensitive gaming like [...]

SAM, formed in Hessen, Germany by the explosive duo of Joel Meyer and Daniel Meyer in 2004, they have built up their trademark sounds of thumping baselines, screaming synthesizers, blood curdling drumbeats and sampling sounds. SAM is an unstoppable steam roller crashing through anyone and anything that gets in their way. They were snapped up [...]

DeSades Digital Deviancy. The name says it all, dirty things at filthy prices; ranging from leather-wear and gags, to toys, shackles and other assorted kink. De Sades Digital Deviancy or DDD Toys for short are one of the newer names on the market but are quickly building a name for themselves. With a name reminiscent [...]

The Philadelphia industrial act Syrenn lives up perfectly to their name. While holding on to all the cyber-punk discordance people expect from the genre Angie Maddox’s vocals slither through the 4 track E.P. now available on machineKUNT records. The bouncy chug of deathless builds to sexy swirling beats. This track is in perfect balance and [...]