Assemblage 23

Assemblage 23 - Null / Metropolis Records (2025)

Assemblage 23 – Null (Album Review)

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What do you get when you mix pure raw emotions with a strong melody and a train of industrial, electronic beats that won’t quit? Assemblage 23’s new album Null, for one. Formed in 1988 and making an international impact since 1999’s Contempt, this is Tom ... Read More

Interview – Eskil Simonsson of Covenant

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Helsingborg, Sweden’s greatest export to the U.S. just might be Covenant. With their 1994 debut, Dreams of a Cryotank, the group found themselves welcomed into the Synthpop/EBM community across the globe as they established a new standard for artful integrity within the genre. Touring the ... Read More

Interview – Tom Shear of Assemblage 23

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Some bands use their platforms to say virtually nothing, while others allow their music to create a cycle of catharsis. Such is the case for Electro-Industrial’s Assemblage 23, the sonic guise of singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Tom Shear. With over 22 years beneath his ... Read More

Assemblage 23 – Mourn (Album Review)

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EBM meets Industrial, Electro-Industrial, Futurepop. Call it what you will, but the genius behind Assemblage 23 is an absolute master of his unique craft. Beginning to build a name for himself in 1998, singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Tom Shear would make his official full-length ... Read More