Another Friday, another round-up. As always this is a look at upcoming releases, relevant music news and upcoming events and gigs worth spending some of your time at. It is by no means an exhaustive list, and I’m always on the lookout for more to include.

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New and Upcoming Releases this week

Out today is an interesting mix of new material and styles.

The complex post-industrial machinations of HIDE are laid bare in the exceptional Castration Anxiety, while the equally interesting and experimental Ben Frost has another new EP – All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated. In addition, industrialists UCNX have released Covertrax, a nod to their influences.

The rejuvenated Will Haven are back with the epic Muerte, and the intriguing post-punk band Preoccupations return with the slyly-named New Material.

Finally for today’s releases, Greek Blackened-Death Metal legends Rotting Christ celebrate 30 years with a lengthy “best-of” Their Greatest Spells (over thirty songs!), while literally this morning Misery Loves Co. released their latest new track Suburban Breakdown.

Looking further forwards, here’s the first taste of the new STRVNGERS album, while Front Line Assembly (finally) return with Warmech, the follow-up to the exceptional Airmech (see also But Listen: 129), in June.

Also returning are Death Grips, with Year of the Snitch, while Tony from Autoclav 1.1 and Andreas from xotox are releasing a new collaboration next month as Natura Est on ant-zen.

While, Wire is no longer quite so forward-looking, perhaps? With re-issues coming of the first three albums.

Upcoming Club Nights

24-Mar: Slimelight Springs Forwards at Electrowerkz, N1
30-Mar: Exit The Grey V at The Hideaway, N19
31-Mar: Bunker 13 vs Nightmare at The Old Salutation Inn, Nottingham
07-Apr: Carpe Noctum (with Grooving in Green, October Burns Black and Auger Live) at The Library, Leeds
07-Apr: Synthpop ReVolution at Corporation, Sheffield
07-Apr: Glitch #20 Post Punk Minimal Wave “Stand & Deliver” At the Sov’ at Royal Sovereign, E5
14-Apr: REPTILE 10th Anniversary at Club Kolis, N19
21-Apr: Slimelight (feat. Cervello Elettronico Live) at Electrowerkz, N1
21-Apr: Delete Yourself at Aatma, Manchester
27-Apr: Bunker 13 – The Last One By The Seaside at RAW, Whitby
28-Apr: Korova Milk Bar at Surya, N1
29-Apr: The 80s Night at The Whitby Way, Whitby
11-May: Xmal Dalston [Ed: ho-ho!] at Moustache Bar, N16
26-May: The Light Pours Out of Me II at Orleans, N4
26-May: Noircastle at The Globe, Newcastle
08-Jun: Achtung! Achtung! at Aces and Eights, NW5
13-Jul: Dead and Buried (feat. Winter Severity Index and Dear Deer Live) at Club Kolis, N19

Upcoming Gigs

23-Mar: Carpenter Brut + Youth Code at KOKO, NW1 (SOLD OUT)
24-Mar: The Devil & The Universe Live at
Electrowerkz, N1
24/25-Mar: Darker Days 2018 (feat. Star Industry, The Last Cry, Red Sun Revival and many more) Live at The Musician, Leicester
24/25-Mar: Synthetic City London Festival (11 bands) at The Water Rats, N1
26-Mar: thisquietarmy, Only Echoes Remain, Metalogue Live at The Victoria, E8
31-Mar: Noircastle Live (Chaos8 / The Webb / Edge Of Obsidian) at The Globe, Newcastle
31-Mar: Parallels, NINA, Futurecop! + DJ She-RA Live at Zigfrid von Underbelly, N1
07-Apr: Synth Wave Live 2 (feat. Metroland and many others) at Electrowerkz, N1
10-Apr: The Estranged Live at New River Studios, N4
13-Apr: The Cav Presents: ded.pixel, tAngerinecAt, Radium88 + munchies Live at The Cavendish, SW8
13-Apr: Celebration Of Alternative Music Night (feat. The London SS, Grooving In Green, Chubby La Touche and his band of Whores and Trixi Tassels) Live at Fiddler’s Elbow, NW5
14-Apr: Six By Seven Live at The Borderline, WC2
20-Apr: Desperate Journalist Live at OSLO, E8
20-Apr: Punk Rock // Greebo // Indie Disco w/Foxcunt & Keith TOTP Live at Stag’s Head, N1
30-Apr: Uniform + Petbrick Live at The Black Heart, NW1
27-May: Ho99o9 Live at The Lexington, N1
28-May: Author & Punisher + Trepaneringsritualen Live at Electrowerkz, N1
09-Jun: Inertia + Android Lust Live at Electrowerkz, N1
09-Jun: PIG – The “Risen” Album Launch Live at The Black Heart, NW1
23/24/25/26-Aug: Infest Festival 20th Anniversary at University of Bradford, Bradford

Other Things

This week Infest added Liebknecht, Flesh Eating Foundation and Adam Is A Girl to the line-up.

Finally, sad news that Frank “Killjoy” Pucci of Necrophagia has died aged 48.

amodelofcontrol.com content in the past week

Into the Pit: 204: Covenant
I report back from the Covenant and Empathy Test show in London last weekend
Tuesday Ten: 325: 40 Years of The Cure – Their Influence in Covers
The Cure through the eyes of bands this website writes about, in the form of their covers