Darkplace is an anonymous band that has recently emerged on the music scene, set to release their debut album 'About the End of the World' in the autumn of 2023. Their music is rooted in post punk, but incorporates a variety of other genres in their sound. The concept behind the album is centred around a grim future, or perhaps present, where the world is depicted through digital paintings in the accompanying music videos. The imagery is inspired by the bleak landscape of Stockholm's Västerort, but with a unique and imaginative twist. The debut single 'Arken över Hesselby' translates to...

🇮🇹 ITA: I KUADRA sono una band Dark Rap di Vigevano, con quattro album all'attivo e centinaia di concerti in Italia ed Europa. Le loro performance travolgenti li distinguono e i testi, in italiano, esplorano il senso di spaesamento causato dalla società del controllo e dall'iper digitalizzazione, insieme al rifiuto del capitalismo della sorveglianza, all'odio e all'utopia. Nel giugno del 2023 hanno firmato con l'etichetta Icons Creating Evil Art di Stoccolma. Il loro nuovo EP, "DISCODURO", contiene sei tracce e rappresenta un'interpretazione distorta del "disco d'oro", simbolo di memoria nell'era digitale. 🇬🇧 ENG: Kuadra is an Italian dark rap band...

Man Overboard is the emotionally devastating new single from ERASE THEORY. Led by the magnetic Jeff Sahyoun (letlive. / Hyro The Hero) and produced by Jeff, with additional mix by Jonathan Dolese, the single see's the band lean further into a Beautifully dark, electronic alt-pop soundscape, whilst delivering the type of explosive alt-rock, stadium ready chorus that their increasing fanbase has come to expect. ERASE THEORY burst onto the international scene in late 2022 and have quickly established themselves as a powerhouse on the alt-rock circuit. The band's self-titled debut EP dropped in early 2023 & received Airplay from BBC...

As the frontman of the spiritually violent post-hardcore band Tengil, Sakarias Westman has released albums via Prophecy Productions, toured Japan, China and several laps around Europe. Now he is launching his solo project A Paradise Dot and in a new collaboration with Swedish alt-art connoisseurs Icons Creating Evil Art, he is getting ready to release his first album as a solo artist by introducing the single Latter Days. Westman narrates : "The first single of the first A Paradise Dot album is a love and hate letter to the self destruction that gives our hearts passage forward through time. The...

After a prolific year, which shas seen him release a flurry of exciting efforts including ‘Lies’, ‘Jaded’ and ‘Ghosts’, which garnered support from the likes of Earmilk, Wonderland and Ones To Watch, singer-songwriter Murdo Mitchell returned this spring his EP Aztec Jewel and the single 'Your Skin' which first was remixed by the platinum selling duo flora cash and now is getting reworked by the internationally acclaimed EDM-producer Oliver Nelson. Producer Oliver Nelson may be from Sweden and has released music and remixes on various power houses in the EDM world, but he’s far from the kind of bottle-servicey house music mafioso that those things might imply. He’s got a taste for vintage...

Swedish indie alt-rock band Tribe Friday is back to drop their sophomore album Hemma on 13th October 2023 via Icons Creating Evil Art. ‘Hemma’ is the Swedish word for ‘home’, the ultimate theme for this retrospective, Swedish bubblegum emo, “hometown trauma dump” record. Before that they have one last single to release, the band explains: - "Day One" is about facing someone you haven't seen in years - someone who hurt you and who you hurt right back. It's about the tension of knowing what you've been through together while you try your best to be civil and normal. I...