2019 is here, and the Friday round-up is back. As always this is a look at upcoming releases, relevant music news and upcoming events and gigs worth spending some of your time at – but most importantly this week, it also rounds up what is likely to be coming your way in 2019. I’m always on the lookout for more to include.

Over the past month I’ve run through the best of 2018 in my Countdown series, you can find the links to these posts at the bottom of this post.

transmission – the amodelofcontrol.com podcast – had begun the run through of the a-z of industrial, with all episodes here. The latest episode was released a few months ago (transmission: 012). transmission: 013 will be out as soon as I have the time to rebuild the whole damned thing…

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As is traditional on amodelofcontrol.com at this time of the year, here is a look at what new music we can expect this year. It is by no means an exhaustive list, and mainly concentrates on artists that amodelofcontrol.com is likely to write about. Obviously dates and intended releases may change.

The first Tuesday Ten of 2019, on 08-Jan, will look at some of the new songs from upcoming albums in more detail.

11-Jan: Soman – Nox
25-Jan: xotox – Silent Shout EP
01-Feb: Ladytron – Ladytron
01-Feb: Acretongue – Ghost Nocturne
08-Feb: HEALTH – VOL. 4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR
08-Feb: Front Line Assembly – Wake Up The Coma
15-Feb: Rotting Christ – The Heretics
22-Feb: Teeth of the Sea – WRAITH
22-Feb: OHMelectronic – OHMelectronic
25-Feb: The Golden Age of Nothing – Ten Thousand Hours
“Feb”: The Young Gods – TBC
01-Mar: Test Dept. – Disturbance
01-Mar: Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard – Yn Ol I Annwn
08-Mar: Download – Unknown Room
15-Mar: The Faint – Egowerk
15-Mar: Children on Stun – Echoes EP
22-Mar: Lambchop – This (is what I wanted to tell you)
“Apr”: Rammstein – TBC
TBC: Randolph & Mortimer – Manifesto for a Modern World
TBC: Syd.31 – Walk Amongst Rebels
TBC: Empirion – Resume
TBC: 1919 – Futurcide
TBC: Body Count – Carnivore
TBC: Covenant – Fieldworks
TBC: Mindless Faith – Insectual
TBC: Gesaffelstein – Hyperion
TBC: Run The Jewels – RTJ4
TBC: deux furieuses – TBC
TBC: Faith No More – TBC
TBC: Agent Side Grinder – TBC
TBC: Carcass – TBC
TBC: Code Orange – TBC
TBC: Deftones – TBC
TBC: Drab Majesty – TBC
TBC: Gojira – TBC
TBC: Lingua Ignota – TBC
TBC: Sunn O))) – TBC
TBC: Tool – TBC (no, really, apparently)
TBC: Chelsea Wolfe – TBC (acoustic album)
TBC: Youth Code – TBC
TBC: Rob Zombie – TBC
TBC: Paul Draper – TBC
TBC: 3TEETH – TBC
TBC: The Birthday Massacre – TBC
TBC: Misery Loves Co. – TBC
TBC: My Dying Bride – TBC

05-Apr: New Order – Movement (Re-master/Re-issue)
TBC: Mansun – Six (Re-master/Re-issue)
TBC: Six By Seven – The Things We Make (Re-master/Re-issue)

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05-Jan: Carpe Noctum with Spray, The Memepunks and Snakerattlers Live at The Library, Leeds
12-Jan: REPTILE with AlterRed Live at Nightclub Kolis, NW1
26-Jan: Noircastle with They Called Him Zone Live at The Globe, Newcastle
01-Feb: Sentinel Vol. 8 at Zombie Shack, Manchester
02-Feb: Exit The Grey X at Nightclub Kolis, NW1
02-Feb: Mondlicht VII at The Albany, W1W
02-Feb: Carpe Noctum Dawn of Elysium & Sometime the Wolf + VII Victim
08-Feb: Achtung! Achtung! live: Mitra Mitra at Aces and Eights, NW5
15-Feb: Sin City at Electric Ballroom, NW1
23-Feb: Bunker 13 at Eiger Studios, Leeds

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06-Jan: Sulpher with Sheep On Drugs and Matt Hart Live at The Lexington, N1
24-Jan: Dead Women’s Jewellery with The Mannequin Factory, Cells and Mark Hex Live at The Gunners, N5
01-Feb: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Live at The Garage, N5
04-Feb: Tempers Live at The Waiting Room, N16
07-Feb: Lebanon Hanover + Uncanny Valley Live at Oslo, E8
08-Feb: Behemoth Live at O2 Forum Kentish Town, NW5
19-Feb: KÆLAN MIKLA Live at Electrowerkz, N1
27-Feb: Boy Harsher Live at Heaven, WC2
01-Mar: Laibach Live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, W12
02-Mar: Renaissance Alternative Music Festival – 8th Edition at Electrowerkz, N1
16-Mar: Senser Live at Hoodoo’s, Croydon
21-Mar: Pist.On Live at O2 Academy Islington
22-Mar: Siglo XX Live at The 100 Club, W1
23-Mar: The Young Gods Live at O2 Academy Islington, N1
29-Mar: Ventenner & Cold In Berlin Live at Thousand Island, N5
05-Apr: Desperate Journalist Live at The Garage, N5
06-Apr: The Last Cry, Kadeadkas, Psychoformalina, Future Daughters Live at Electrowerkz, N1
14-Apr: Aesthetic Perfection with Priest and Amelia Arsenic Live at O2 Academy Islington, N1
02-May: Terrorvision Live at Islington Assembly Hall, N1
03-May: Sacrosanct Presents – The Rope – Siberia plus support Live at The Face Bar, Reading
08-May: dEUS Live at Electric Ballroom, NW1
14-May: Samael Live at Underworld, Camden
01-Jun: She Past Away Live at The Dome, NW5
03-Aug: The Mirimar Disaster Live at The Hubs, Sheffield

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There is now a trailer for the upcoming Lords of Chaos film about the early days of Mayhem – although I’ve no doubt it will be as sensationalised as the book was.

While there was an unexpected interview in the music section of the Graun this morning – a lengthy piece with Nitzer Ebb.

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Countdown: 2018: Compilations and Re-issues
I begin the wrap-up of 2018 with the best in compilations and re-issues
Countdown: 2018: Tracks
The best forty tracks of the year
Countdown: 2018: Albums
The best fifty albums of the year
Countdown: 2018: Gigs
The best twenty gigs of the year