The German italo disco synth king Peter Zimmermann dropped the deliciously authentic retro “Through the Night (Part 1)” way back in early December, and quickly jumped to the top of our honorable mentions when it came time for our Top Ten Albums of 2019. Using old
The rank and file “bad guys” we see in a typical video game have become ubiquitous. One could even say that without them, you wouldn't have a game at all. We undervalue them. We dismiss them as filler. I maintain that these workaday villains are
LukHash recently dropped the stunning single “Naomi” ahead of his next album – slated to be released on NewRetroWave! We’re extremely excited to welcome LukHash to our roster, and we’re loving their signature sound of glossy blend cyberpunk and synthwave mixed with chiptune. It gets even more
The great unholy sorcerer of synth Filmmaker is back with another drop-dead gorgeous release, “Eternal Return!” It’s hard to understate exactly how evil this album feels. Seething with hatred and disgust like a thick slime, “Eternal Return” is infectiously groovy, often stuck wriggling in our ear
The core of almost every decent video game's story is conflict. Whether it's the fierce hand-to-hand hoops of NBA Jam, the brutal martial arts murder of Mortal Kombat, or DOOM's epic battle against Hell
The dark cyborg Holon is back with an exquisitely atmospheric synth album, “Trust The Machine.” Hailing from Ontario, Canada, Holon’s sound is an interesting mix of cyberpunk and industrial synthwave with hints of ambient and italo. An eclectic mix for sure - but one that Holon
An ethereal, melancholic echo drifts in and out
With the resurgence of eighties pop-culture having marked a fair share of the last decade, the Retrowave community has come to expand and thrive as a fully-fledged postmodernist subculture. Bonded by a devotion to the idyllic neon era of action heroes and brick-sized mobile phones,
“The Last Resplendent” is the latest album from the awesome cinematic retrosynth producer Astral Tales! “The Last Resplendent” signals the end to the Red Iris Saga – with Red Iris being a character introduced through Astral Tales work back in 2016 with “Landing” and continued on
Two short years ago Sung released “Fahrenheit”- his first full-length album after four EPs and more than five years of synthwave production. All that time spent refining his signature sound paid off massively – and “Fahrenheit” rocketed to the upper ranks of NRW’s Top 10
Prepare yourself - the wizards of synth metal Elay Arson are dropping their fourth full length album tomorrow! The Colorado based duo’s senior album, entitled “Dusk Incarnate” is slated to be a momentous and brutal release. Not only have they refined their signature darksynth metal sound
“Point Of No Return” is Andromeda Dreams latest epic release via the Moscow based Retrowave Touch Records! The Ukrainian Andromeda Dreams has been producing synthwave for several years now – and has really nailed it out of the park with “Point Of No Return.” This effortlessly dreamy