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

A few things of interest this week.

The big release is from CHVRCHES, who release their much-anticipated third album Love Is Dead. Elsewhere, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares return with their first new album in two decades, and it features none other than Lisa Gerrard. The album is BooCheeMish. Italian post-punk band Ash Code return with Perspektive, too.

While I have to confess I didn’t realise Shriekback were still a thing, but their new album Why Anything? Why This? is out today, and you can hear the whole thing here.

In new, upcoming releases, Nuclear Sun release The Cleansing on 01-July, there is a new Rhys Fulber album and a Clutch album coming, and Phantogram have released a new single for a great cause.

Upcoming Club Nights

25-May: Ich Will (Rammstein clubnight) at Club Kolis, N19
26-May: Noircastle at The Globe, Newcastle
26-May: Dark Cide Returns at 53 Degrees, Preston
01-Jun: Exit The Grey at The Hideaway, N19
08-Jun: Achtung! Achtung! at Aces and Eights, NW5
08-Jun: Sentinel Vol. 6 at Zombie Shack, Manchester
09-Jun: REPTILE at Club Kolis, N19
09-Jun: Unmasked (feat. The Horrorist Live) at Electrowerkz, N1
16-Jun: Exiled (feat. Blush Response Live and much more) at Electrowerkz, N1
16-Jun: Glitch 23 Postpunk New Wave Synth At the SOv’ at The Royal Sovereign, E2
23-Jun: HANDS Label night at Slimelight (feat. Monolith / Mono No Aware and Greyhound Live) at Electrowerkz, N1
30-Jun: Bunker13 at Eiger Studios, Leeds
07-Jul: RevolutioN Live: 9 Year Anniversary (with Promenade Cinema, Amelia Arsenic, Sinestar, Auger Live) at Corporation, Sheffield
07-Jul: Delete Yourself at Aatma, Manchester
13-Jul: Dead and Buried (feat. Winter Severity Index and Dear Deer Live) at Club Kolis, N19
07-Sep: Anointed: Covenant at Aatma, Manchester

Upcoming Gigs

26-May: Terminal Gods / Soft Riot / Comte De St Germain / Violet Haze Live at The Lock Tavern, NW1
27-May: ho99o9 Live at The Lexington, N1 (SOLD OUT)
28-May: Author & Punisher + Trepaneringsritualen Live at Electrowerkz, N1
03-Jun: 1919 Live at The Windmill, SW9
04-Jun: LOCK Live at The Finsbury, N4
08-Jun: White Witches album launch / Desert Falls / MX Tyrants Live at Paper Dress Vintage, E8
09-Jun: Inertia + Android Lust Live at Electrowerkz, N1
09-Jun: PIG – The “Risen” Album Launch Live at The Black Heart, NW1 (SOLD OUT)
16-Jun: Noircastle Live (with 1919, Ghost//Signals and Holy Braille) at The Globe, Newcastle
18-Jun: Belphegor + Melechesh Live at The Dome, NW5
19-Jun: Anna Calvi Live at Heaven, WC2
21-Jun: Oranssi Pazuzu and 11Paranoias Live at The Dome, NW5
23-Jun: Wolves In The Throne Room Live at The Garage, N1
05-Jul: JG Thirlwell’s Xordox + Teeth of the Sea at Corsica Studios, SE17
13-Jul: AlterRed “Trauma; Trauma Reinforcement” album launch Live at The Rocksteady, E8
16-Jul: Pallbearer Live at Islington Assembly Hall, N1
21-Jul: Ministry / Chelsea Wolfe Live at The Forum, NW5
21-Jul: Be A Body Presents La Bête Blooms, Shady Gringos & Jailer Live at The Lock Tavern, NW1
02-Aug: Beat:Cancer Summer Tour (feat. Freakangel, Neonsol, Room 1985 + “Secret Band”) Live at Zigfrid von Underbelly, N1
03-Aug: Beat:Cancer Summer Tour (feat. Freakangel, Neonsol, Nature of Wires, Petrol Hoers) Live at The Facebar, Reading
04-Aug: Beat:Cancer Summer Tour (feat. Freakangel, Neonsol, Advance) Live at The Bread Shed, Manchester
19-Aug: Die Krupps / Front Line Assembly Live at O2 Academy Islington, N1
23/24/25/26-Aug: Infest Festival 20th Anniversary at University of Bradford, Bradford
25-Aug: Cubanate, Ruinizer and Seething Akira Live at Electrowerkz, N1
08-Sep: Assemblage 23 Live at Electrowerkz, N1
21-Sep: Exit The Grey presents CHROM and Promenade Cinema Live at Zigfrid von Underbelly, N1
22-Sep: [:SITD:] / Biomechanimal / Matt Hart / My Hysteria Live at Electrowerkz, N1
28/29-Sep: Sacrosanct (nine bands, two club nights) at The Facebar, Reading
20-Oct: Solar Fake Live at Electrowerkz, N1
28-Oct: Black Celebration (feat. DAF, The Young Gods, Suicide Commando, Sulpher, Empathy Test and more) Live at The Forum, NW5
30/31-Oct: The Dresden Dolls Live at Troxy, E1
24-Nov: Lord of the Lost Live at Electrowerkz, N1

Other Things

Joining Agent Side Grinder and Covenant on the BIMFest 2018 line-up is Leæther Strip, while this year’s Damnation Festival line-up is shaping up to be quite something.

Another set of dates announced are for The Black Queen, who have a UK/EU tour in the autumn.

Also worth reading: Quibbles over the forthcoming NIN release, and Bruce Dickinson speaks truth around the music industry’s failings…

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