Metal and dark synthwave go hand in hand like beer and weed; unmistakably different, but cut from the same cloth, and both will absolutely get you there. Though the music might seem decidedly un-metal ...

I had an epiphany this morning about my ever-evolving thesis that the obscure electronic genre known as synthwave has some sort of kindred connection with heavy metal: the guys that make it are the ...

Kansas City-based band Young Medicine will begin its latest tour in Columbus this week, complete with its signature synthesizers and visually dynamic light design. The synthwave-metal group — ...

The past is a foreign country, it’s been said, and they do things differently there. If that’s the case, French synthwave maverick Carpenter Brut should be regarded as one of music’s great adventurers ...

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The influence of John Carpenter, a synth artist known for composing popular horror soundtracks (including the theme from Halloween), has been on the rise over the last decade, ushering in a new age of ...

Despite its retro fetishism and insular network of artists, the so-called synthwave genre, a future-focused sound undeniably indebted to the pop culture of the Reagan era, is pulsing forward with a ...

James Cody Lollar, known by his shadowy synthwave alter-ego GosT, has passed away, aged 46. Coming up through the scene that spawned the likes of Perturbator and Carpenter Brut, GosT made a name for ...