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Category Archive: Synthwave Reviews

Synthwave is a retrofuturistic form of music that marries ’80s synthesizers with modern production and songwriting techniques. The synthwave review archive includes all reviews written by Iron Skullet, including those for the best and worst albums in the genre.

Album Review: The Midnight – Kids

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Kids’ candy-like interpretation of the past delivers mixed results.

September 24, 2018 Retrowave Reviews, Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Beckett – Outrun the Skyline

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Beckett returns with a remarkable genre blend delivered with brilliant melodies.

September 20, 2018 Retrowave Reviews, Synthwave Reviews

Wolf and Raven Interview

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Wolf and Raven reveal their creative process, favorite video games, go-to snack foods, and more in this full interview.

September 10, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Straplocked and Ray Gun Hero – Stalemate

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A thick slab of cyberpunk synthwave with many memorable moments

September 4, 2018 Retrowave Reviews, Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Star Noir – Society

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Society simultaneously represents the best and worst synthwave has to offer.

August 30, 2018 Retrowave Reviews, Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Neon Nox – Syndicate Shadow

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NRW belly-flops again with Neon Nox’s debut full-length.

August 20, 2018 Retrowave Reviews, Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Fixions – Genocity

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Genocity is a masterpiece of surrealist audio terror.

August 13, 2018 Darksynth Review, Retrowave Reviews, Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Moonrunner83 – Streets

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Streets offers several rewarding slices of heartfelt popwave music

August 9, 2018 Retrowave Reviews, Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Ace Buchannon – Magenta Nights

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Magenta Nights is a highly polished gem of true synthwave music.

August 6, 2018 Retrowave Reviews, Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Bart Graft – Modern Life

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Incomplete songwriting tarnishes Bart Graft’s otherwise attractive suburbia.

July 26, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Judge Bitch – Horse Blood

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Dreadful guitar work and grainy production drag down Judge Bitch’s mediocre songwriting.

July 19, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Robert Parker – End of the Night

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A lone song stands out from the dreary heap of repetitive synth music.

July 16, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Caspro – Kardasynth

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Bold innovation leads to imaginative and progressive songwriting on Kardasynth

June 30, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Song Premiere: Scandroid – Red Planet

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Scandroid goes dark on the artist’s new sci-fi adventure.

June 28, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Wolf Club – Chasing the Storm

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A glimmering jewel of melodic popwave delivered across 10 vocal-driven entries.

June 27, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Garth Knight – KITT

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Outdated songwriting and repetitive compositions outweigh a few redeeming tracks

June 24, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: We Are Magonia – Apocalypse

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Classical instrumentation and themes of theistic Satanism accent a diverse and ambitious darksynth debut

June 20, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Vincenzo Salvia – Weekend

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Bright, optimistic songwriting marks Vincenzo Salvia’s latest melodic marvel.

June 14, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Notable Release: Ultraboss – Seven Deadly Synths

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An ambitious album packed with collaborations provides a healthy variety of synthwave and rock fusion.

June 10, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

Album Review: Glitch Black – Emergent Behavior

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Glitch Black’s latest full-length album is a well-realized musical venture into dystopian science fiction dominated by machines, and it’s one of the artist’s best releases to date.

May 29, 2018 Synthwave Reviews

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