the NYC-based Destryur is likely to be well-known to darksynth fans, having been a part of several NRW releases such as “Night at the Grindhouse” and the “In Search of Darkness” soundtrack.

Figure is a bit newer to the NewRetroWave scene – but he’s no stranger to horror, and is perhaps a more seasoned producer in his own right – having cut his teeth over the past decade in the U.S. bass music scene. His gigantic “We Must Destroy” track was released only just as NewRetroWave was getting it’s start way back in 2011!

Together, this is a fantastic match made in hell for your listening displeasure.

As for this album – “Frightmare” is a brilliant tribute to 70s and 80s horror VHS. Each track title is a reference to a classic horror film, such as “Exorcist,” “Phantasm,” and “Street Trash.” Even the title of the album, “Frightmare,” is a classic horror film as well.

But the coldly calculated concept digs even deeper, as the arrangement and composition of each track seems to be directly inspired by the individual films they’re named after. For example, “Spit on Your Grave” sounds like pure sonic inspiration for revenge – a clear homage to the ultra-graphic 1978 classic “I Spit on Your Grave.” Another example is the frantic bass-splattered “Street Trash”, which is reminiscent of the confusing, splatter-gore filled black comedy flick “Street Trash” from 1987.

Overall, this is a fantastic darksynth / horrorsynth album that should absolutely not be missed! So what are you waiting for? Grab a listen below now!

Each track on this brilliant collaboration is a carefully crafted cinematic sacrifice to the old cult grindhouse horror film gods that filled our childhoods with nightmares and adrenaline. It’s hard to understate exactly just how brilliantly crafted these tracks are – swinging effortlessly from the dancefloor of dimly lit debaucheries to the music backing that…Thing sliding from the shadows of the silver screen to decapitate some young coeds just trying to get away for the weekend. The name of the game here is atmosphere, and if there were prizes for it STRNGR and Destryur would be taking home the golden facemask of some unholy idol that was never supposed to be found.

STRNGR hails from Cincinnati Ohio but now resides on the East Coast. His releases are fantastic amalgamations of the darker side of dance music, a mix of feverish industrial darksynth, techno and EBM. His latest release before this collab, “Bumping Uglies,” is club filth incarnate, and it’s easy to pick out his influence on this album. He also creates some truly astounding physical art for many in the darker side of the synth, edm, and metal communities. You know his work when you see it, and you probably have with the album art of AKUMA II. He also bled the album art for this release, “Night at the Grindhouse.”

Destyur is another devilish darksynth artist, though his specialty resides in recreating the dark and oppressive atmospheric dread we felt watching John Carpenter’s “The Thing” for the first time. Whatever tonalities frightened us as young teens he’s distilled down into a midi file. He also resides on the East Coast, where he carefully crafts his masterfully cinematic darksynth sound – probably in some long-abandoned burned-out factory filled with the bones of children. You can pick out his influence on this album too – it’s the deviant air of disquieting synth that pervades the whole score.

Together, these two anomalous artists have breathed new life into a darksynth genre that is currently moving into a period of repetitive stagnation. “Night at the Grindhouse” really does recapture some nostalgic uneasiness and mystique that made darksynth explode into the popularity it now enjoys. The mastering on this album is a perfect example of favoring atmosphere over the industry’s loudness war.. so when you download it you can have the joy of cranking it to 11 without melting your speakers.

There’s still physicals left – grab em here!

Top Tracks: “Chiller,” “Entity Drive,” “Return of the Death Mask,” and “Voodoo Doll.”