News:

December the 22th 2007
Finally we listed all of our new releases in our webshop: beside the new CD's of DAWN OF ASHES, NARSILION, IWR, VIGILANTE some new TACTICAL SEKT and RELIQUARY cloths and exclusive lanyards from CYBORG ATTACK, TYSKE LUDDER, PSYCLON NINE, TACTICAL SEKT and FEINDFLUG.

December the 20th 2007
Our new website will be online on January the 1st 2008.

October the 23rd 2007
Some other bands also work in full progress on their new CDs like DANDELION WINE, KILLING OPHELIA, RELIQUARY and NOVALIS DEUX. These CDs will be released in the first half of 2008.
DANDELION WINE are again on tour through Europe in 2008. In 2007 they did lots of gigs here and received standing ovations at Leipzig Schauspielhaus. Clubs and Cafes that are interested in giving this band a chance to perform - please contact the band.

October the 12th 2007
In some last-minute action, CYBORG ATTACK are the chosen ones to bring you some real good live music to 11. Elektrisch Festival at BPM-club in Zwickau at Oxctober the 13th. The live performance of Cyborg Attack is always a great happening - so just be there!

October the 11th 2007
VIGILANTE are going to tour Europe! The band from Chile, presenting there new album, will tour together with AGONOIZE. Here are the dates:
19.10. DK - Kopenhagen / Braincorp
20.10. N - Oslo / Maiden
22.10. D - Oldenburg / Amadeus
23.10. D - Aachen / B-Neun
24.10. D - Rüsselsheim / Rind
25.10. D - Bochum / Zwischenfall
26.10. D - Glauchau / Alte Spinnerei
27.10. D - Berlin / Electronic Pleasures Festival V
28.10. I - Padova / Unwound (+ First Black Pope)

October the 10th 2007
Here are some exclusive TYSKE LUDDER live dates:
27.10. D - Berlin / Electronic Pleasures Festival V
10.11. N - Oslo / Maiden (Electrostat)

September the 30th 2007
Well, the "silly season" is over, and we didn't even have the time to finish our releases for September and October. But no time to relax - news CDs are close to their street date. Watch out for IWR "Cold Asylum" and VIGILANTE "War of Ideas" on 2nd November followed by NARSILION's "Namarie" on 23rd November.

July the 12th 2007
IWR finished the work on theirs second longplayer "Cold Asylum". This CD will be released on Black Rain in September.

May the 10th 2007
We have listed all new releases in our webshop now:
BRILLIG "Mirror on the Wall", RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE "Noisy but Empty" and "You or Sidney", XENTRIFUGE "Light Extinguished". The confirmed release date for these albums is May the 25th! Also our last releases DERMA-TEK "Corpus Technological" and BRILLIG "The Plagiarist" are available there. It's also possible to pre-order OTX "A World in Red" now.
At the moment we are working on new merchandise for Psyclon Nine, Tyske Ludder, Feindflug, Cyborg Attack und Distorted Memory.

May the 5th 2007
The well-known French Electronica/Techno/Ambient-Projekt O.T.X. has signed a worldwide record deal with Funkwelten. The great new album "A World in Red" will be released in June.
The Chilean band VIGILANTE has finished recording the new album "A War of Ideas", wich will be released in September.


April the 16th 2007
The album "Mirror on the Wall" by BRILLIG will be released at the beginning of May, the two re-releases by RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE, "Noisy but Empty" and "You or Sidney", will follow at the end of May.
Since 3 weeks our label sampler "A Compilation Vol.2" is placed in the Top Ten of the German Alternative Charts (DAC).

April the 8th 2007
The Australian band DANDELION WINE is still on tour in Europe.
Here are the next dates:
17.04. PL - Bygoszcz
20.04. CZ - Prague / Nosferatu Night
22.04. CZ - Tábor
27.04. CH - Zurich / Rock City
28.04. D - Konstanz / Kontrast
05.05. B - Liege / Théâtre Universitaire
09.05. D - Bochum / Zwischenfall
18.05. PT - Lisboa / Culto Club
19.05. PT - Porto / Vila Nova de Gaia
28.05. D - Leipzig / Wave Gotik Treffen
30.05. D - Frankfurt / Das Bett

April the 5th 2007
These Black Rain/NoiTekk bands are confirmed for Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2007:
RELIQUARY, TYSKE LUDDER, PSYCLON NINE, NARSILION, DANDELION WINE, JESUS AND THE GURUS. So don't miss a show! Like every year there will be a combining merchandise stall of Black Rain/Emmo.biz at the AGRA hall!

February the 26th 2007
Here are the newest street dates: BRILLIG "The Plagiarist" on 16th March, SUPREME COURT "Hypocrites & Saints" on 23rd March!

February the 20th 2007
After the first edition of our double-CD "A Compilation Vol.2" has completely been sold out, we are happy to inform you that the second edition will be available by 28th February.

February the 15th 2007
The "Wintergewitter Tour 2007" was more than a big success! We'd like to thank all of those many people that came to our concerts, all bands and all technicians. It was big fun!

January the 24th 2007
By now we're releasing a promo-double-CD-compilation featuring 28 tracks of our bands for only 4,99 Euro (available in our shop). We also offer you: "send us 7,- Euro or 8,- US-Dollar in a letter (registered mail) or send your PayPal account name + full mail address in an simply e-mail to mailorder@blackrain.de (DO NOT MAKE self a payment, we will make a debit entry!!!) and we send you our compilation - wherever you live!!!".

January the 23rd 2007
The new year begins with some great new entries in our label group:
By now the great Spanish NeoClassic/Dark Folk/Heavenly Voices-band NARSILION is part of our label. The new album "Namarie" will come out on Ars Musica Diffundère by October. Soon the last album "Arcadia" will be available in Germany through us... They are back - RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE - the legendary Heavenly Voices/Wave band from the 90's. Until today this band has loads of fans because each of their songs is a masterpiece of composing and quality. And now, in the year 2007, we'll re-release all their hits beginning with the album "Noisy but Empty" and "You or Sidney".
The Australian band BRILLIG signed with Black Rain for their forthcomming album. BRILLIG have their own specific style, sometimes compared with Suede, The Cure or Placebo.The work on the new album "Mirror on the Wall" is close to its end and the CD will be released by April on Black Rain. As special bonus there will be a Maxi-CD "The Plagiarist" containing also some non-album tracks and the video track "Followed" - released by the middle of March.

January the 15th 2007
Please note: the "Wintergewitter-Tour 2007" concert with Tyske Ludder, Supreme Court, Cyborg Attack & Feindflug planned for 4th February is relocated to Oslo (N) (not like announced Gothenburg (S))!!!!!

January the 1st 2007
Our best wishes to all friends, fans and readers for the new year 2007!

December the 12th 2006
CYBORG ATTACK will perform at Darkstorm festival on 26th of December in Berlin. NOVALIS DEUX will perform together with SPIRITUAL FRONT in Arnhem / Netherlands at December the 16th.
The Australian band DANDELION WINE will be touring Europe in April/May 2007. Organizers that are interested in the great band - please get in contact with us.

December the 11th 2006
Please note: to get tickets for "Wintergewitter Tour 2007" of TYSKE LUDDER, SUPREME COURT, CYBORG ATTACK and FEINDFLUG please contact your local organizer / club or buy your ticket at RGKP (link to the order site). There is no possibility to get tickets from our shop.

December the 10th 2006
The TYSKE LUDDER box "Trinity" appeared to be a real "must have" for the fans since it was completely sold out the day it was released. Currently we are shipping the preordered copies.
SUPREME COURT news: the album "Hypocrites & Saints" is close to its finish and will be released in February 2007. please note that there will be a limited first edition with a bonus CD containing lots of remixes and unreleased material.

November the 12th 2006
Fans of harsh Electro in all Europe will be happy! By beginning of February, FEINDFLUG, CYBORG ATTACK, SUPREME COURT and TYSKE LUDDER will be doing a tour together. Here are the exact dates for this great event:
02/01 D - Leipzig / Hellraiser
02/02 DK - Copenhagen / Forbaendingen
02/03 S - Stockholm / Allhuses Universitet
02/04 S - Gothenburg / Sticky Fingers
02/07 CH - Pratteln / Z7
02/08 D - Koblenz / Suppkultur
02/09 NL - Utrecht / Tivoli Oudegracht
02/10 B - Waregem / The Steeple
For tickets please contact your local event manager or organizer...

November the 10th 2006
News about the new PSYCLON NINE CD from our label mates NoiTekk:
After having solved some big problems around the limited Digipak-edition, the CD will be available by November 15th. You will find an interview with PSYCLON NINE in the next issue of the Okurs magazine.

November the 8th 2006
The final release date of the TYSKE LUDDER re-releases + box is December 8th. Visitors of the Electronic Pleasure festival in Berlin (12/02) will have the opportunity to already buy these CDs.

October the 09th 2006
All new releases are available in our mailorder now.

September the 21st 2006
The final release date for RELIQUARY’s album “Winter World” is delayed to 27th October due to some technical problems. You can find the track “Destroy” on the Orkus-compilation 23 in the October issue.
On the same day, the new and long awaited LAMIA album “La Máquina De Dios” will be released.

September the 20th 2006
Good news for all of you who have waited for the TYSKE LUDDER re-releases and the new box-set. The audio material has been mastered finally and all other work is in full progress. It looks like everything will be released by the end of October or by beginning of November. The three CDs will contain not only the original songs but also some bonus like several remixes and previously unreleased material. Stay tuned for new concert dates!

September the 17th 2006
Since 7th of September DANDELION WINE have been touring Australia. One of their shows will be recorded on video. Just listen to some samples of the new album “An Inexact Science” (out on 22th September) on the band’s Myspace-page.

September the 15th 2006
Today an interview (running time of one hour) with AMATEUR GOD was recorded for Prva TV. It will be broadcasted on 17th of September. AMATEUR GOD’s new album “Xenofeelia” will be out right in time on 22nd September.

September the 14th 2006
NOVALIS DEUX will perform together with Kirlian Camera on 2nd December in BPM Club Zwickau.

September the 12th 2006
The JESUS AND THE GURUS album „King ov Salo“ will be out on 10th October and has a total running time of 66:06 minutes. Currently you can listen to the song “Storm of Steel” on the compilation CD of the October issue of the Zillo magazine. The new band homepage is online. There are plans for some live concerts - stay tuned for tour dates.
Two weeks ago Lee Lauer of KILLING OPHELIA had a bad motorbike accident. We send him our best wishes!

August the 5th 2006
The American Gothic band RELIQUARY fortunately will release their European debut on Black Rain. “Winter World” is a Gothic masterpiece in the style of Faith and the Muse etc and will be released on 8th September.

August the 3rd 2006
The Swiss scandal band JESUS AND THE GURUS will release their next album “King ov Salô“ on Black Rain in October. Coming along with this you will also experience some change of style of the band which will cause some surprise.

August the 2nd 2006
Due to some technical difficulties, the delayed IWR album "Ground Zero" will finally be released on 11th September. Besides the regular album CD the limited first edition will contain a very exclusive and demanding remix CD.

August the 1st 2006
The new AMATEUR GOD album “Xenofeelia” will be out on 22nd September. After the first album “Around the corners of our minds” already contained the highly rewarded video “Openmindead”, the new CD will provide you with a new video masterpiece called “Changes”…

July the 31st 2006
The eagerly awaited FEINDFLUG box is nearly sold out everywhere. Feindflug & Black Rain say thank you for all this positive feedback we received. It is really nice to see that the fans recognise the box as being made with lots of love and effort…

June the 20th 2006
By now you’ll find the new CAMERATA MEDIOLANENSE-Compilation "Pankrátion" and the FEINDFLUG DVD combat pack-box in our shop.

June the 19th 2006
The great Australian NeoClassic / Dark Wave band DANDELION WINE signed contract with Black Rain sub-label ARS MUSICA DIFFUNDERÈ. The band’s last album “Light Screaming Down” highly aroused attention throughout Europe. The new “An Inexact Science” is in progress and will be released in September.

June the 17th 2006
KILLING OPHELIA features a cover version on Depeche Mode - B-side Compilation “Bright Lights, Dark Rooms” released on Cryonica. This Compilation will be released in July.

June the 15th 2006
As usual, there are again several problems with FEINDFLUG-productions. We were glad to be able to have the regular DVD-edition a bit earlier, but two suppliers for “ingredients” of the box-edition cancelled. Reason for this: we would be too ominous… We are right now working on this problem - the box will definitely be released!!! Release date will be July the 21st! Be prepared: the box will consist of some original army stuff with lots of exclusive material in it…

June the 10th 2006
The new VIGILANTE EP „Juicio Final“, planned for 16th June, will be released four days later on 20th June. The final work on the IWR album “Ground Zero” is close to its end, street date will be confirmed soon.
In the meanwhile, CYBORG ATTACK “Stoerf***tor” (Black Rain), OIL 10 “Beyond” (Funkwelten) and DIE SEKTOR “To be fed upon” (NoiTekk) were released in time.

June the 1st 2006
“Meet & Greet” with TYSKE LUDDER and CYBORG ATTACK: Sunday, (4th June) at Wave-Gotik-Treffen, 2 pm - 3 pm in AGRA traders’ hall at merchandise stall of Emmo.biz / Black Rain.

May the 29th 2006
Website update: new releases, new mp3, new links!
Please note the new releases in our webshop too!

May the 23rd 2006
Prepare for the hottest news in 2006: by middle of June the FEINDFLUG DVD “… hinter feindlichen Linien” will be released on Black Rain. This extensive DVD package with a running time of more than 170 minutes contains a full live concert, various video clips (among others the exclusive video clip “Truppenschau”), an interview and tons of bonus material. In addition to the regular edition released in a mediabook, there will also be an edition strictly limited to 999 copies coming up in a collector’s box. Stay tuned!

April the 15th 2006
Good news from CYBORG ATTACK: the work on the new album “Stoerf***tor” is successfully finished. Final street date is June 2nd! There are also new T-shirts coming up… LAMIA will release their new album “La Máquina De Dios” on their own, newly founded label in South America. Due to this, the release date on Black Rain for Europe will be delayed to September 2006.
Find new concert dates here.

April the 13th 2006
The VIGILANTE track „The Other Side (Lamia Remix)“ will soon be featured on the audio book “Finstere Fluten”. This audio book will be released on the prestigious publisher Lübbe. By the way, VIGILANTE will do some concerts all over Europe at the beginning of June. Coming soon: the new Maxi “Juicio Final"...
The French project OIL 10 has signed a contract with our sublabel FunkWelten for their new album “Beyond”.

April the 10th 2006
TYSKE LUDDER forever! Black Rain is going to re-release the old TYSKE LUDDER CDs „Bombt die Mörder?“, “Dalmarnock” and “Creutzfeldt EP” soon. All CDs will be completely remastered and come up with bonus tracks. Stay tuned for the TYSKE LUDDER box containing all three CDs strictly limited to 111 copies.

April the 5th 2006
The Dark-Electro band IWR from Israel has signed a contract with Black Rain. IWR was already featured on our “Stoersequenz-Compilation” with their track “Victimized”. Street date of the debut “Ground Zero” is beginning of June.
News from our NoiTekk mates: the long awaited new TACTICAL SEKT album “Syncope” will be released at the end of April in a strictly limited edition first. The widely sought GRENDEL EP “Soilbleed“ will be re-released under the title “Soilbleed Redux” with 4 new bonus tracks in the middle of May. The debut of the American project LIFE CRIED has already been released. Coming soon on NoiTekk: DIE SEKTOR and DAWN OF ASHES.

March the 31st 2006
The following Black Rain/NoiTekk bands will perform at Wave-Gotik-Treffen this year in Leipzig: VIGILANTE, VIOLENT ENTITY, TACTICAL SEKT and FEINDFLUG.

February the 26th 2006
The band davaNtage does not exist in its former line-up any longer. This is the consequence of a long-lasting process that finally led to civil dispute. Black Rain will keep on cooperating with the former vocalist and composer Kay and his project SUPREME COURT. The other band members cancelled their contracts. We welcome this because there have been a lot of things behind our back that were not acceptable for us.

February the 25th 2006
News from the Belgian Electro-project 'The Weathermen': Urgence Disk and FireZone Records will release the new album “Embedded with…” on 17th March which comes up with 10 new tracks and 2 video clips, including the 80’s hit “Poison”. As we really like this material, Black Rain will do most of the distribution.

February the 20th 2006
Well, due to some problems with the Internet our web-shop has not been online for two weeks. Anyway…. Now everything is OK again. The new CDs of TYSKE LUDDER and KILLING OPHELIA were released successfully and the first edition of TYSKE LUDDER’s “Sojus” is nearly sold-out.
The Maxi-CD collaboration of SUPREME COURT and FEINDFLUG is available by now! As the first edition is completely pre-ordered, there may be some shortness of supplies.

January the 12th 2006
The collaboration of the year! SUPREME COURT and FEINDFLUG spent the last months with producing a Maxi-CD called “We’ll f*** you up!”. This Maxi will come up with 4 exclusive tracks, street date is 24th February.

January the 5th 2006
When giants meet: a lot of people were constantly asking for it and now the time has come. FEINDFLUG did an exclusive remix of WUMPSCUT’s “Jesus Antichristus”. This song turned out to be so overwhelming that you’ll be longing to hear a complete album of this collaboration.

January the 1st 2006
Our best wishes to all friends, fans and readers for the new year 2006! Good Luck!