Bomb Boutique

The 2010‘s and beyond brought a variety of Post Punk bands of the next generation. Ritual Howls is one of them, hailing from Detroit. Spicing their sometimes cineastic sound with typical Indie Rock to Industrial Rock notes. Turkish Leather was the first album I ever listened to and had it in my streaming library for a long time until I eventually purchased this fine repress. Pretty cool live band too. You‘ll find some past gig pics from their Berlin shows in my timeline.

Ladies and Gentlemen. Mr. Dale Watson. Unwanted? Nor sure. I wanted to see him play live every time I was in TX. And it was always enjoyable. Lone Star promotion included. Unwanted is already one of my favorite Dale Watson releases. Killer voice, movin honky tonk rhythms. On play all month and beyond.

Vinyl Wednesday with some Black Metal vibes. Krieg‘s Ruiner dropped like a rotten stench of an ancient mariner corpse. The album floats like driftwood in a pool of Black Metal, Crust and Despair. Perfect for hot weather.

India Ramey, my favorite Country Goth! I‘ve been following India Ramey since her Baptized by the Flame album and was lucky seeing her performing at Americana Music Week in Nashville last year. I love her style and stories. Often wrapped in a bangin Honky Tonk rhythm. Her new release Villain Era picks up where Baptized ended. And it‘s again a killer album which has been on rotation since its arrival.

David Allan Coe. When he passed recently, I realized just having one album from him. Just Divorced might not be his best from a legacy perspective, but a very personal one. And it certainly features the best artwork from all of his albums. Released in 1984 it could also score as a hair metal band artwork from that decade. Unfortunately Cocaine Carolina is not featured on this version but it holds a few favorites, particular on Side B.

Among all those great Trad Metal revivalists from the German language area, there‘s Morax from Sweden. They released this banger last year and with The Amulet, adding some Swedish Street Rock vibe. It‘s one of my favorite Metal releases from 2025. check out my favorite track Thousand Names which lies behind this post.

I always love to bring records from festivals. Forms of Hands 25 was a good opportunity and my old pal Mirco from Audiophob recommended to check out Darkrad, a one woman Ambient Noise project. 13 years of Melancholia compiles some dense and dark works, which want to forget your silly Dungeon Synth affinity. Even cinematic in some moments. This fine box comes with the CD, some fine art photos and a bonus 7‘‘. What a gem!

This one finally made it to vinyl. And with some additional tracks! Venetian Snares‘ Traditional Synthesizer Music defines how I understand conemporary Synth. No Retro Minimal Wave, Synthpop or horrible Dungen Synth. Fantastic futuristic and all played live on analogue equipment. An absolute gem in my collection.

My favorite Ghouls for some violent fun today. Transmission Zero has been rippin‘ my Marshalls for wuit some years and eventually made it into my vinyl collection with this splatter edition. Total bangin’ rager and must own for anyone with a respectable Death/Thrash collection.

System Olympia recently came up with this fine compilation. I love compilations. The curators claim to redefine the sound of sensuality and I think they‘re right. I also feel it works as perfect soundtrack for the after. Listen for yourself. Comes gatefolded with a fine photo art booklet.

Another great voice that got quiet recently. Bettina Köster as the sensual cold voice of my teenage days. Not sure how often I danced to Kaltes Klares Wasser at my local goth club Zwischenfall, but I always did. I keep on dancing since here voice continues to sing on the records I have.

Saddened to hear about the passing of fellow Motörhead Phil Campbell last Friday. Apart from his Motörhead contribution, his later Bastard Sons stuff was regular banging out off my car hi-fi. Shame I‘ve only seen him playing with Motörhead and never with the Bastard Sons.

My favorite Coil album will always be Horse Rotorvator. I was still in school, when this one came out. I had Scatlogy copied on tape and Tainted Love as 12“. I bought Horse Rotorvator from my local record store, Last Chance in Dortmund. Putting it on it blew me away. Dense, amazingly arranged plus guest appearances from some of my favorite 80s artists. I even kept an article from NME that flanked the release (slide 2).

The mighty Jeremy Pinnell came up with his fantastic album „Decades“ last year, which is an essential one to own from this amazing songwriter. Decades made also check, which backcat release was missing in my collection. And I was lucky to find the repress of his Oh/Ky album. It has been a journey if you compare both and I am curious where it leads to in the future.