COVER STORY

FRONT 242 lock the target one last time

The new FRONT 242 live album, Black Out, arrives June 19.

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY — June 5, 2026

NEUROTICFISH

Skin26

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HALLOWS

Dream

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PROMETHEUS FLAME

Children Of a Lesser God

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R. MISSING

Turning Off Lights Is My Destiny

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RARE DM

Attention

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MILDREDA

“End of the Line”

FRÄULEIN FRAUKE

“X-Ray Love”

DEVOURS

“A Cruel Fate”

MAY 2026

DEAD LIGHTS

Lash

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“We take a lot of visual inspiration from people like Leigh Bowery, as well as the New York Club Kids scene’s surrealist androgyny I guess you could call it. Drag culture is hugely influential to us.”

— Saul, DEAD LIGHTS

Essential Releases

MASSIVE EGO – Symphony of Flies

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THIRD REALM – Escape Sequence

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WITCH OF THE VALE – Lovesongs for the Damned

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OPTIC

“God’s Eye”

APRIL 2026

BLACKBOOK

Different

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“It all comes from personal experience. We’ve been through pretty much everything we sing about. It sucked, but at least it eventually gave us these songs.”

— BLACKBOOK

Essential Releases

DEKAD – A Distorted View

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TEMPERS – Delusion

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ELEKTROSTAUB – Humility

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CZARINA

“Holy Water”

MARCH 2026

MESH

The Truth Doesn’t Matter

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“I believe we are all currently experiencing the biggest social and technological upheaval in history. Social media has been a challenge to everyone, and our skeptical and filtering skills are being put to the test on a minute-by-minute basis.”

— Mark Hockings, MESH

Essential Releases

BEYOND BORDER –Aftermath

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LADYTRON – Paradises

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VIOFLESH – Melancolia

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MINUTE TAKER

“Losing Self-Control”

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