We are proud to announce that the London based greek Industrial-Rock/Metal band HANNIBAL signed to ECHOZONE and will release their long awaited second album "CYBERIA" in spring 2012. The band will go on a tour starting from January 29th, 2012 to March 2nd and will support Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish).

The brand new album, to be released in March 2012, will be sold as a special exclusive pre-release on that tour for the fans and it will also be available directly from the band's website.

current tour dates 2012:

Jan 29, FUZZ CLUB , Athens, Greece
Feb 15 Aula Magna, Alameda da Universidade Lisbon, Portugal
Feb 16 Sala Capitol Santiago De Compostela, Spain
Feb 18 Heineken Madrid, Spain
Feb 19 Salamandra 1 Barcelona, Spain
Feb 25 De Effenaar Eindhoven, Netherlands
Mar 01 Komplex Zurich, Switzerland
Mar 02 Teatro Della Luna Tonezza Del Cimone, Italy

Winter is coming up with a bunch of EPs to be released between 9th and 23th december. !distain, Traumtaenzer and Lost Area will be starting off tomorrow with their EPs. All are available via Download and Traumtaenzer and Lost Area EPs will also be available as strictly limited digi-EPs.

Following on december 23th the brand new project by Descendants Of Cain Mastermind DM Kruger "The Pressure Cell" will hit the digital shops with the 4-track EP "Through These Lights".

Rick Prokein is officially announced as a !distain band member. Rick, who is no stranger to the fans, has appeared as keyboardist and percussionist in !distain's live line-up since 2005. In 2010, he contributed the vocals to "Hole In The Moon" and also appears as the lead voice of the upcoming !distain single "monokultur" which will be released via echozone as a download-single on all major download-portals on December 9th, 2011. The video to the song was filmed during the !distain concert in Cologne in October and will premiere on November 25th, 2011, on youtube.

Lost Area is back! Stepping into a new level of their history, the band is now stronger and more creative than ever before. The video clip for the brand new song "Black Storm" is now online, and it introduces for the first time the new band members VDiva (lead vocals) and Chris Fox (drums). Only after a few days the new clip was watched more than 11,000 times on YouTube. Rocking and catchy beats together with the charismatic voice of the new lead singer VDiva (Violent Diva, Adam Kult) are ready to go directly into your ears and make you dance. 

Check out the brand new video clip HERE ...

The band will play two shows in this December supporting BLUTENGEL:
2011-12-13 - Augsburg, Spectrum / 2011-12-14 - Zürich (CH), X-tra

We are proud to announce the final release dates for our ECHOZONE autumn releases: 30.09. MINERVE - Repleased / Remix 2CD album 07.10. THE HIRAM KEY - Amerkafka 07.10. MINUSHEART - The Big Idea 07.10. LOST IN DESIRE - Reborn From The Ashes / Remix album 14.10. DESCENDANTS OF CAIN - Songs From A Vanishing World 14.10. GOTHIC VISIONS III - CD+DVD Compilation 14.10. ARSINE TIBE - Good Evening, The Mountain Said 21.10. ALIEN HAND SYNDROME - The Sincere And The Cryptic 21.10. LIQUID GREY - Grey Matter 28.10. CHANNEL EAST - Window To Earth 28.10. NORTHERN SADNESS - Riddles Of Lunacy 04.11. HERZPARASIT - Fromme Lämmer 04.11. THE ARCH - Engine In Void 11.11. VLAD IN TEARS - Welcome To Vladyland 11.11. LAKOBEIL - Strange Encounter 11.11. THE LAST CRY - Walking To The Edge more details and news coming very soon ...

The Pressure Cell will be releasing their first four track EP in December on ECHOZONE.The Pressure Cell is the latest offering from of DM Kruger (Descendants Of Cain) and up-and-coming singer / songwriter Nicola Jackson. The Pressure Cell's progressive, heart rendering music is influenced by a fusion of the pairs' varied music tastes, ranging from the likes of Kate Bush to Dead Can Dance.

More news to be announced soon ...

After more than 20 years of history THE ARCH ("Babsi ist tot") are back with a brand new album called "Engine In Void" which will be released on ECHOZONE on November 4th. Again the band demonstrates and celebrates their very own and individual style of electronic based wave / post-punk and indie-electro music. "Engine In Void" is a powerful, emotional, dark and atmospheric collection of songs which set the standards not only for THE ARCH.

After their club tour in spring 2011 and successful performance on this year’s anniversary WGT festival VLAD IN TEARS will release their highly awaited third album “Welcome To Vladyland” on ECHOZONE on November 11th. The band will go on a European / German tour to promote the album release.

UK's goth rock / wave band THE LAST CRY's debut album "Walking To The Edge" will be distributed and promoted by ECHOZONE within the upcoming releases. The band played with THE MISSION, ALL ABOUT EVE, THE DAMNED and VENDEMMIAN in the past and will release the second edition of their album on November 11th.

After having played several shows in the past few years with MEGAHERZ, OOMPH, STAHLMANN, JBO, EIGENSINN and many other German industrial-metal bands HERZPARASIT is going to release their debut album on November 4th.

The album contains 15 powerful, hard-edged but catchy and melodic rock songs to conquer the ears of every industrial-metal and "Neue Deutsche Härte" fan.

He loves you! You hate him! He's your HERZPARASIT!

The LAKOBEIL debut album "Strange Encounter" by composer and producer Dirk Lakomy (In My Rosary, ex Umbra Et Imago, producer of Derriere Le Miroir) and vocalist Tobias Birkenbeil will be released on ECHOZONE on November 11th. The electronic-wave project demonstrates a wide range of musical styles between EBM, New / Cold-Wave, Electro-Pop and Electroclash and will also present their music live on stage soon.

The Belgian electro-wave project NORTHERN SADNESS will release their debut album on October 28th on ECHOZONE. The album is called "Riddles Of Lunacy" and will contain 14 tracks including a cover version of RED ZERBRA's classic "I Can't Live In A Living Room" along with a well selected and varying collection of songs in the tradition of Belgian dark and industrial electronic music.

Previous to the album release a special download EP will be released on October 14th called "All This Noise EP". The six-track EP will include the title track, two additional remixes and three exclusive tracks.

Electro Pop duo CHANNEL EAST will release their second album "Window To Earth" on ECHOZONE label in cooperation with CODELINE RECORDS on October 28th. The album will feature 11 catchy electro-pop songs plus three exclusive remixes done by FROZEN PLASMA, ASSEMBLAGE 23 and RE:LEGION.

Watch out for a special pre-sale and offer by POPONAUT coming soon !

ALIEN HAND SYNDROME will release their debut album called "The Sincere And The Cryptic" on October 21st on ECHOZONE. The ten songs of the album, located somewhere in between the grey area of goth, indie, alternative and industrial music, are representing a varied combination of emotions and compositions from dark-melancholic, sometimes unsettled arrangements and catchy hooklines which are even more intensified by the analogue and well produced sound of the album.

There will also be a special iTunes download version with two exclusive bonus tracks available.

The 6th DESCENDANTS OF CAIN album "Songs From A Vanishing World" will be released on ECHOZONE on October 14th.

With this album Mastermind DM Kruger created a concept which is based on stories being told about mankind decades after a global catastrophy, which has destroyed most of our planet. And again the music has evolved even more into a kind of "progressive gothic-rock", which still has dark and hard edges, but adds many more elements to the overall sound and lyrics.

Shares from the album sales will be donated to the Wildlife Heritage Foundation.

The third album from Swedish goth-rock band DR. ARTHUR KRAUSE will be promoted and distributed by ECHOZONE starting from autumn this year. With the third album the band even more created and developed their own style of a darker and harder goth-rock sound, while adding some new refreshing elements to the new songs.

The album is now available at INFRAROT in Germany.

Austrian alternative rock project LOST IN DESIRE will release the new remix album "Reborn From The Ashes" on October 7th.

The 11-track album will include remixes and re-interpretations for each song of the self titled debut album featuring APOPTYGMA BERZERK, ASSEMBLAGE 23, STENDECK, RAZED IN BLACK, IMPERATIVE REACTION, SILICON BROTHERS, DAVID PFISTER plus the two ECHOZONE bands WHISPERS IN THE SHADOW and BORN FOR BLISS.

Norwegian goth rock project LIQUID GREY will release their debut album "Grey Matter" on October 21st on ECHOZONE.

The solo project of ex-Flowers Of Romance and New Zero God guitarist Mr. Grey defines nordish influenced gothic / wave rock on 13 album tracks with a variety of genre-styles and influences from classic goth / dark rock, new wave and 80s post punk. Some people may say it is called "goth rock for highways" - be prepared.

On October 14th the new Arsine Tibé album "Good Evening, The Mountain Said" will be released on ECHOZONE. Arsine Tibé is a solo project of !distain member Manfred Thomaser. As guest vocalists Seyhan, Tania Murray and Alex Braun are contributing to the album.

Previous to the album release the 5-track Single "Skyline·- Deep And Dead" is digitally released on September 16th. The single includes three exclusive instrumental tracks plus two radio edits for the songs "Skyline - Deep And Dead (feat. Tania Murray)" and "Dawn At Night (feat. Tania Murray)".

After their 2009 debut "Disease" and last year's remix album "Healed" electro project MINUSHEART will release their new album on October 7th. The album is called "The Big Idea" and contains 12 brand new tracks which again reinforce their unique style in modern electronic / ebm / industrial music. "The Big Idea" is a well selected collection of melodic, experimental and inventive electronic music without the need for any ingratiation to musical styles and boundaries.

The former two-person project has evolved into a band with singer and mastermind Diver collaborating with guitarist Vary (ex-Cyme In Bloom), drummer Wildhoney (RevCo, Tying Tiffany) and Upstream on keys. Be prepared for the next "Big Idea" live on stage soon.

One Year after their hit album "Please" and three digital singles MINERVE will release a special remix album "Repleased" (11-09-30) on which all songs from the original album were remixed by different artists, e.g.·!distain, Destroid, Midnight Resistance, Haujobb, Liquid Divine, Celluloide, Stum, Lakeside X, Exes, People Theatre and Mechanical Apfelsine. As a special exclusive track the album will feature the EURYTHMICS classic "Here Comes The Rain Again" plus a second limited bonus CD containing all tracks from the previous singles which were only available for download till now. The band will go on tour supporting AND ONE together with CAMOUFLAGE and DE/VISIONS on their SEXTRON tour. Current tour dates are: 10-01 Hamburg, Große Freiheit 36 10-02 Neubrandenburg, Two Faces Club 10-08 Dresden, Alter Schlachthof 10-22 München, Backstage 10-29 Leipzig, Haus Auensee 11-05 Düsseldorf, Stahlwerk 11-12 Berlin, Columbiahalle 11-26 Neu-Isenburg (bei Frankfurt/M.), Hugenottenhalle 12-03 Peine, Gebläsehalle

ECHOZONE is going to cooperate with KÖRPERSCHALL RECORDS for the upcoming autumn releases: 09-30 KÖRPERSCHALL SAMPLER VOL.2 10-07 NEO - Sindustrial 10-14 DIODATI - Diem supremum obire 10-21 INDUSTRIEGEBIET - Wer schön sein will muss sterben 10-28 DR.KRANCK - Haus 13 11-04 GEDANKENRASEN - Innere Apokalypse 11-11 ELLIPSE - Verlorene Zeit more details and news coming very soon ...

The new MINUSHEART EP "Drawback" will be available on August 26th. The 4-track download EP will contain exclusive remixes by Accessory and Destroid which will not be available on the upcoming album called "The Big Idea". You can download the EP on iTunes, Musicload, Amazon and many other download distributors.

In addition to the EP release the new video for "Drawback" will be released on YouTube. The new album will come out on October 7th.

After their recent shows with IKON and their impressive performance at the WGT festival THE HIRAM KEY will release their debut album "Amerikafka" as a special edition with bonus tracks on ECHOZONE in autumn this year.

The band will go on a US tour in summer and return for more shows in autumn / winter. The current US dates are: 07-04 (Pensacola), 07-05 (Atlanta), 07-06 (Tallahassee), 07-07 (Orlando), 07-08 (Gainesville), 07-09 (Jacksonville).

After the success of GOTHIC VISIONS I (2009) and II (2010) ECHOZONE will release the third issue of this series on October 14th on EDEL Distribution (Germany), Masterpiece (Italy), Rock Inc (Benelux), Underclass (France) and other distributors and shops worldwide.

Again, this compilation will feature a fully packed CD and DVD covering a wide range of audiovisual material from established and promising new bands and artists. More news about the already confirmed bands can be found soon on the GOTHIC VISIONS Facebook page.

Requests for bands and artists end on June 30th. If you or your band is interested in being a part of Volume III, please contact us via  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

MINERVE will release a special remix album in autumn this year to be presented on their support tour with AND ONE, CAMOUFLAGE and DE/VISION. Two shows (Düsseldorf and Frankfurt) will be recorded live by the ECHOZONE / BOB-MEDIA film crew.

The tour dates are: 10-01 (Hamburg), 10-08 (Dresden), 10-22 (Munich), 10-29 (Leipzig), 11-05 (Düsseldorf), 11-12 (Berlin), 11-26 (Frankfurt), 12-03 (Peine). Get your tickets at BODYPOP-SHOP. 

IKON will be starting their 20th anniversary european tour next week on May 31th in Frankfurt. The tour will continue until June 11th with their last show on WGT Festival in Leipzig.

On their tour IKON will be supported by our bands DENIGHT (09.06. Cologne, 10.06. Hagen) and Vendemmian (04.06. B-Beveren). We will be shooting the two concerts in Cologne and Hagen with our video production team.

The Tour dates: 31.05 D-Frankfurt, Elfer (+ Gates of Dawn), 01.06 D-Zweibrücken, Kontrastbühne (+ Luceed), 03.06 NL-Heerlen, Nieuwe Nor (+ Erato),  04.06 B-Beveren, JC Togenblik (+ Erato + Vendemmian), 06.06 CZ-Prague, Lidovy dům Kbely (+XIII. století), 08.06 D-Hamburg, KIR (+ Moonrise, The Hiram Key), 09.06 D-Köln, Underground (+ The Hiram Key + Denight), 10.06 D-Hagen, Werkhof (+ The Hiram Key + Denight), 11.06 D-Leipzig, WGT 2011

The second single from the sixth !distain studio record "on/off" is "why (bootlicking hypocrites)".

Among the album and the instrumental version "why" contains three remixes by Dirk Laux, Elmodic and The Talion Law. Up to this the exklusive b-side "the white shadow" and the SD remix of "instructed by the devil" will be included, too. "why (bootlicking hypocrites)" is to be released June, 10th, 2011 as an e-release via iTunes and Amazon. On the same day !distain publish the video for "why".