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by GetMusic

Defiance never sounded this good: I Ya Toyah delivers a hard-edged industrial statement with FEELINGS — confrontational, bruised, and refusing to be controlled — then doubles down with Apology, a crushing industrial rock anthem built on heavy riffs, hypnotic grooves, and unexpected piano elegance that blurs the line between justified pain and entitlement. SOFT RIOT channels the early '80s DIY synth spirit into Crux, weaving darkwave, EBM, and Italo minimalism into something disquieting and melodic all at once. Montreal's The City Gates unfurl Chimera, a nocturnal post-punk shoegaze odyssey of brooding rhythms and shimmering walls of sound caught between collapse and transcendence. Meanwhile, The Sentimental Tourists bring monstrous Irish post-punk energy rooted in the cult legacy of Whipping Boy and Into Paradise.