A break in what has been a hot summer this week, with lots of rain and a general sense, for a short while, of nothing much going on.
This post is a roundup of (relevant to this site) new and upcoming music, a nod to upcoming events and livestreams both from this website and others, and also a catchup of what I’ve posted recently. Thanks to everyone who sends me new music and events, keeps me up to speed, and indeed simply reads these posts.
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/Events, Livestreams and New Releases 24-Jul 2025
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/Contents
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/Releases out today or recently
/Upcoming releases
/Upcoming/Livestreams/Gigs/Club Nights/Events
/amodelofcontrol.com/next week
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/Releases out today or recently
/Album of the Week
25-Jul 2025 / Black Magnet / MEGAMANTRA / Bandcamp
The third album from mid-west industrial-metal band Black Magnet delivers on all the promise so far and then some. Furiously heavy but also endlessly listenable.
/New Albums
03-Jun 2025 / Dimscûa / Dust Eater / Bandcamp
Searing post-metal that came my way recently.
11-Jul 2025 / Agency-V / Never Meant To Be / Bandcamp
Featuring Peter Steer (once of Tenek), this trio have released their debut album, and it’s a great collection of synthpop songs.
25-Jul 2025 / 16Volt / More of Less / Bandcamp
The first new album from 16Volt in an age, sees the Machine Rock heroes back on fine form.
25-Jul 2025 / Curse Mackey / Imaginary Enemies / Bandcamp
One of the hardest working artists in US darkwave returns with an impressive new album.
25-Jul 2025 / Ratio Strain / Exorcism / Bandcamp
Vanessa has been familiar on the scene for a while – particularly drumming for W.A.S.T.E. – and this is their first solo album.
/New Singles/EPs
11-Jul 2025 / Rew0und / Dead and Gone / Bandcamp
A new artist from the Glitch Mode stable tilts the balance towards metal(core) from industrial, but this still kicks.
15-Jul 2025 / 3TEETH / Civil War / Streaming Links
An unexpected new, and grimly appropriate, cover comes from 3TEETH, as they take on the Guns’n’Roses epic with impressive results.
25-Jul 2025 / Caustic / Pushing Rope / Spotify
The first track from the two albums Matt Fanale releases this summer, which are potentially the last Caustic albums. This first track is a bass heavy, WaxTrax-leaning banger with Jason Novak assisting, where Fanale appears to be considering whether making music is a fruitless endeavour.
25-Jul 2025 / Nuovo Testamento / Trouble / Bandcamp
The much-loved trio surprisingly expand their horizons into the nineties, but losing none of their anthemic, poppy appeal.
25-Jul 2025 / Promenade Cinema / Play With Fate / Bandcamp
The first single from the upcoming third album by Promenade Cinema is a typically dramatic, sweeping song, keeping true to their unique style.
/New Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
15-Jul 2025 / Collide / Signals (Vol. 1) / Bandcamp
The first of a pair of striking compilations from Collide this year, reworking and refreshing a number of their classic songs (and a few rarities), with amazing results.
25-Jul 2025 / Fever Ray / The Year of the Radical Romantics / Bandcamp
Apparently a live album, although I suspect the reality isn’t quite that, knowing Karin Dreijer…
25-Jul 2025 / Frank Turner / Show 3000 / Official Artist Store
It’s not often a live album is released from a show I was at…
/Upcoming Albums
08-Aug 2025 / Slighter / In Ruins / Official Artist Store
The much-trailed new release from Slighter: the singles have been fascinating and so the album should be quite something.
22-Aug 2025 / Deftones / Private Music / Official Artist Store
The first album from Deftones in five years.
22-Aug 2025 / The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die / Dreams of Being Dust / Bandcamp
The Connecticut six-piece apparently head in a heavier direction on their new album.
11-Sep 2025 / HIDE / SPIT OR SWALLOW EVERY SOUL WILL TASTE DEATH / Bandcamp
Chicago industrial duo HIDE return to rain down noise and scorn again.
19-Sep 2025 / Nine Inch Nails / Tron: Ares OST / Official Artist Store
NIN continue their soundtrack work with perhaps the most high-profile yet.
03-Oct 2025 / Fïx8:Sëd8 / Octagram / Bandcamp
Eight songs, eight minutes or so each. A fascinating concept.
03-Oct 2025 / Pop Will Eat Itself / Delete Everything / Official Artist Store
The first Poppies album in many years.
17-Oct 2025 / Soulwax / All Systems Are Lying / Bandcamp
Also the first album in a while from Soulwax…
/Upcoming EPs/Singles
28-Jul 2025 / Senser / RYOT PUMP
Coming on Monday, the teaser released this week suggested a furious band back on form.
01-Aug 2025 / Where We Sleep / Write My Name (feat. Ms Mohammed) / Bandcamp
Coming next week, a new fundraising single from Where We Sleep with Ms Mohammed collaborating.
/Upcoming Compilations, Live Albums, Reissues
None this week.
/Upcoming/Livestreams/Gigs/Club Nights/Events
/amodelofcontrol.com continues to maintain an events calendar, but it has now moved to /amodelofcontrol.com/events – and is now a dynamic, searchable database, and you can add individual events to your own calendars. The listing has had a revamp and redesign (and I’m re-adding events, so it’s a bit of a work in progress).
If you have updates, relevant events for me, or want to tell me about something else, use the contact details above. It goes without saying that any gig or club still in the listing is subject to change at short notice, or may not happen at all.
/amodelofcontrol.com/next week
Coming up soon will be /Tuesday Ten /598, looking at the best new music of the past month.
/amodelofcontrol.com/recent content
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /038
Marking thirty years of gigging this week, the latest livestream.
/Tuesday Ten /597 /It’s Not Like That Anymore
Songs about nostalgia
/Tuesday Ten /596 /Under the Sea
Songs about or featuring sea creatures
/Tuesday Ten /595 /Insect Nation
Songs about or featuring insects
/Tuesday Ten /594 /Tracks of the Month /Jun-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /593 /Do Do Do
Songs that go Do Do Do
/Tuesday Ten /592 /Something Kinda Ooooh
Songs that go Ooh!
/Tuesday Ten /591 /La La La
Songs that go La La La
/Tuesday Ten /590 /Tracks of the Month /May-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /589 /Woo!
Songs that go Woo!
/Tuesday Ten /588 /Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
Songs that go Na Na Na.
/Tuesday Ten /587 /Hey!
Songs that go hey!
/DJ /TheKindaMzkYouLike /037
We return to our occasional livestream schedule.
/Tuesday Ten /586 /Tracks of the Month /Apr-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /585 /Everything In It’s Right Place
Songs about being right.
/Memory Of A Festival /041 /Resistanz 2025
My first trip to Resistanz in over a decade, and it was a whole lot of fun.
/Tuesday Ten /584 /Everything We Know Is Wrong
Songs about being wrong.
/Tuesday Ten /583 /In The Name of the Father
Holy week sees a look at the relationship between artists and their religion(s).
/Tuesday Ten /582 /Get A Real Tattoo
Songs about body modification.
/Tuesday Ten /581 /Tracks of the Month /Mar-2024
The best tracks of the past month.
/Tuesday Ten /580 /Into the Trees
As spring bursts forth, here’s ten songs about trees.
/Talk Show Host /077 /grabyourface
The first full interview on /amodelofcontrol.com in three years to talk about the extraordinary new album from grabyourface.