This month's chapter features some great new tunes and some classic favorites. We're checking out Cyberaktif's recent release alongside a brand new single from Rotersand, and a few picks from 2023 that were close runners-up to our top picks chapter last month. We've also got some classics from Shreikback, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Coil.

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The Tracklist:

1 – "Beatle Zebra Crossing?" by Shriekback from the album Sacred City (1992) (Website)

2 – "Astral Dogma" by Yousei Teikoku from the album Pax Vesania (2013) (Website)

3 – "Broken Through Time" by Cyberaktif from the album eNdgame (2024) (Bandcamp)

4 – "Genocide" by Meat Beat Manifesto from the album Armed Audio Warfare (1990) (Bandcamp)

5 – "The Sin of the Sanctified" by Terminal from the album The New Republic (2023) (Bandcamp)

6 – "16 Devils" by Rotersand from the single 16 Devils (2024) (Bandcamp)

7 – "Shadowdancer" by Darkways from the single Shadowdancer (2023) (Bandcamp)

8 – "What I Want" by She Wants Revenge from the album This is Forever (2007) (Website)

9 – "Panic" from Coil from the album Scatology (1984) (Bandcamp)