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AVAILABLE ON 8/01/25: Crunch Pod ™  is proud to present “Dirty Playthings”, the powerful new release from Gothic / Electro-Industrial project Nigel Tragedy!

Nigel Tragedy is the shadow-born expression of Sumibraxis_Dei, vocalist and producer behind the industrial/dark electro project, Angel of Violence. With a voice carved from obsidian and sorrow, it is a powerful baritone that trembles with emotion as he weaves songs like whispered confessions in a storm.

This is music for the haunted and the hopeful. For those who find meaning in solitude, beauty in broken things. Guided by dark introspection, 
Nigel Tragedy dives deep into the aching waters of love, loss, and existential unraveling, shaping grief into melody and silence into sound.

Layered in hypnotic synths, gothic textures, and immersive electronic arrangements, the project conjures a spectral world where Electro-Industrial pulses beneath Gothic Darkwave skies. Fans of Diary of Dreams, IAMTHESHADOW, Assemblage 23, DSTR, and Rotersand will find familiar embers 
& echoes of their own inner landscapes.

Nigel Tragedy is a mirror turned inward where pain becomes poetry, and emotion shapes sound. It is a wound made thoughtfully beautiful. Nigel Tragedy is set to release their new album on August 1st, 2025 through Crunch Pod.

For more information or to listen/purchase their previous works go to:
nigeltragedy.bandcamp.com  

EX! magazine for experimental audio, visual, and written art has just released their 3rd issue featuring an article on Crunch Pod. Many thanks to Thlaaflaa & Adventurous Music for the article.

EX! Magazine Edition 3
https://adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ex-zine-edition-3

feat. Andrew Backhouse, Camila Piana, Chantelle Gray, Chrystal Cherniwchan, Corina Retzlaff, Crunch Pod, David Wallraf, Eleonora Kampe, Exosoma, Kate Bosworth, Loid, Lydia Yakonowsky, Manuel Carbone & Thierry Arnal, Maroulla Simmonds, Moritz Fasbender/Friederike Bernhardt, Stephano Loiacono

incl. a digital compilation with music by Brine & Goblin, Chantelle Gray, David Wallraf, Malísima, Marisadia, Narcoleptica, PUMA aka Luca Valisi, RDKPL, Roslyn Steer, Schoeffler, Trem77 and Whalt Thisney

The printed edition comes with a download code for an exclusive album by Substak.