Die Krupps - Will Nicht - Muss! / On Collision Course 130,00 €

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 02:40:07 +0100

German industrial metal and EBM pioneers DIE KRUPPS originally conceived the EP "Will nicht - MUSS! / On Collision Course" as a limited collectors' item in the shape of a hand-numbered CD for their European tour 2025. Due to high demand, limited vinyl editions will be added to the catalogue. The EP contains guest contributions and remixes from prominent musicians of renowned acts such as MINISTRY with whom DIE KRUPPS had successfully toured in the US and Canada earlier in 2025. The two eponymous tracks of the EP also offer a first glimpse at the upcoming new album to be released in 2026. DIE KRUPPS have left a massive mark on the German electronic music scene and created a strong impact around the globe. And they are not done with continuing their work at all. Although in the 45th year of their fascinating career, DIE KRUPPS are ready to take on the world with their forthcoming new studio album. For 45 years, DIE KRUPPS have been synonymous with innovation, energy and uncompromising attitude. What Jürgen Engler as the driving creative force and composer and the visionary lyricist and sound artist Ralf Dörper have created (although these roles have never been mutually exclusive) is more than just music – it is a movement, a soundtrack for rebellion and change that has blurred the boundaries between EBM, industrial and metal. They have meanwhile been joined by drummer extraordinaire Paul Keller and as the latest addition, guitarist Dylan Smith, who is well-known from his time with the legendary THE SISTERS OF MERCY. Smith brings a breath of fresh air and a special dynamic to the group, taking the band's already powerful sound to a new level. In their 45th anniversary year, DIE KRUPPS present a first taste of the musical delicacies to come with the EP The "Will nicht - MUSS! / On Collision Course"!

Tracklist:
1. Will nicht - MUSS!
2. On Collision Course
3. Schattenzeit
4. On Collision Course
5. Will Nicht - MUSS!
6. I Am The Storm

Exclusive 45 year Anniversary Edition vinyl EP edition filled with petrol green liquid. Comes in gatefold cover and protection sleeve (only 45 copies available!)

Pride And Fall - Red For The Dead - Black For The Mourning 40,00 €

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:40:10 +0200

Great things are in store when you straighten out and recollect after a crisis, a fact that also goes for the field of music, as Pride And Fall's fifth album "Red For The Dead - Black For The Mourning" shows. The three Norwegians - Sigve Monsen (vocals), Per Waagen (keyboards, programming) and Svein-Joar Johnsen (guitar) - not only took some time off due to personal upheavals, but even switched production equipment several times to finally realize the album they had on their minds after many trials and tribulations.

This may be the reason for the dark and heavy sound of "Red For The Dead - Black For The Mourning", an album as rife with electronic pathos as "In My Time Of Dying", which has been the group's masterpiece so far. Their new record might well be their strongest, since they manage to enhance their forceful music with a sadness otherwise atypical for the electro scene. As the title suggests, there's a certain sentimentality to the songs, which range from restrained dance hits with contrastingly weighty sequences (‚Broken Men', ‚Angel At The Pillar', ‚Pale') across the melancholic title track to the nine-minute epic ‚The Sentiment Was False'. All compositions impress with captivating choruses thanks to the fabulous performance of front man Monsen, whose vocal lines are urgently catchy. In this way, the trio proves that it has only improved on its strengths throughout the years - and true class not least shows in refraining from cheap sadsack clichés.

With respect to the title, the band explains: "According to Chinese burial tradition, you would protect yourself from a dead person's spirit by wearing black. It is the colour of mourning. The dead can be dressed in any colour except for red. To dress the dead in red will leave them restless in their grave. Pride And Fall's new album is just that: the black hole in your subconscious that you never want to seek, the freezing shivers you feel as you see the sun go down for the last time when endless night is about to begin."

Let's not withhold another detail: Two masters have co-produced the album - Krischan Wesenberg (Rotersand) and Christer Andre Cederberg (Tristania, Anathema) -, a feat that was really worth it: powerful record, powerful sound.

Release date: 26.08.2016

Available editions:
- CD
- 2LP/2CD "complete edition" in gatefold cover incl. large-sized booklet and bonus CD "Broken Men"; limited to 500 copies

Tracklist:
1. The Angel At The Pillar
2. Army Of Ghosts
3. When Darkness Comes
4. Noises Within
5. Start Of A New Day
6. Broken Men
7. The Sentiment Was False
8. Pale
9. Red For The Dead, Black For The Mourning

bonus CD (only in Complete Edition):
1. Army Of Ghosts (Ginger Snap5 Remix)
2. When Darkness Comes (C-Lekktor Remix)
3. Broken Men (Nevarakka Remix)

Dependent/Collector's Edition/Vinyl products

Die Krupps - Will Nicht - Muss! / On Collision Course 130,00 €

Pride And Fall - Red For The Dead - Black For The Mourning 40,00 €