{"id":22428,"date":"2026-09-11T17:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22428"},"modified":"2026-09-11T17:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:33:07","slug":"elektrikill-turns-halloween-into-an-industrial-dancefloor-nightmare-with-macabre-masquerade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22428","title":{"rendered":"ELEKTRIKILL Turns Halloween Into An Industrial Dancefloor Nightmare With Macabre Masquerade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ELEKTRIKILL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22429\" style=\"width:387px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ELEKTRIKILL.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ELEKTRIKILL-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ELEKTRIKILL-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>September 11th, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;New Jersey industrial project&nbsp;<strong>ELEKTRIKILL<\/strong>, led by musician and producer&nbsp;Steve Vil, has officially released&nbsp;<strong><em>Macabre Masquerade<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;their second full length album of 2026 through&nbsp;Evol Music Group. The 13-track Halloween album is constructed as a continuous celebration of everything lurking in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ELEKTRIKILL<\/strong>&nbsp;invites listeners into a celebration where the witching hour never ends, transforming Halloween horror into a relentless collision of industrial rhythms, dark electronics, monsters, and macabre humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Macabre Masquerade<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;combines brand-new material with reworked&nbsp;<strong>ELEKTRIKILL<\/strong>&nbsp;songs, terrifying interludes, and remixes from&nbsp;Kill Vector,&nbsp;Kontrol Phreak, and&nbsp;SPKTR. Rather than simply assembling a collection of horror-themed tracks,&nbsp;<strong>ELEKTRIKILL<\/strong>&nbsp;sequences the album like one long infernal party\u2014complete with vampires, demons, werewolves, parasites, restless ghosts, and enough industrial machinery to wake the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Macabre Masquerade<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;moves between pounding EBM, darkwave atmosphere, industrial-rock aggression, electronic dance rhythms, and cinematic horror. The result is sinister without becoming joyless, balancing menace with enough twisted humor and dancefloor energy to keep the party moving long after the cemetery gates have closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Midnight Masquerade<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is available on CD and on all digital outlets worldwide including Bandcamp and Spotify with a forthcoming vinyl edition to follow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Elektrikill: Parasite (Darkest Fear Mix by Kontrol Phreak)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hjAGoAgHgmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hailing from the Lehigh Valley\u2019s sonic underbelly,&nbsp;<strong>ELEKTRIKILL<\/strong>&nbsp;is the brainchild of Steve Vil. Born from years of musical&nbsp; exploration,&nbsp;<strong>ELEKTRIKILL<\/strong>&#8216;s&nbsp;sound is a potent blend of industrial, noise and dark electronic influences, weaving tales of alienation, despair and the monsters that lurk within. Their debut,&nbsp;<em><strong>Monsters,<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is a conceptual masterpiece, exposing the depths of our inner demons through Vil\u2019s<br>powerful vocals and the music\u2019s menacing sonic assault. Critically acclaimed for its originality and emotional impact.&nbsp;<strong><em>Monsters<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;cemented&nbsp;<strong>ELEKTRIKILL&nbsp;<\/strong>as a force to be reckoned&nbsp; with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never content to dwell in the shadows,&nbsp;<strong>ELEKTRIKILL<\/strong>&nbsp;has already forged their next sonic weapon with&nbsp;<em><strong>K\u00fcntzpiracy&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>and is prepared to take their show to the masses. Join&nbsp;<strong>ELEKTRIKILL<\/strong>&nbsp;and embrace the darkness&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Follow &amp; Stream\u00a0<strong>ELEKTRIKILL:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/elektrikill.bandcamp.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"elektrikill.bandcamp.com\">elektrikill.bandcamp.com<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/svilelektrikill\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.instagram.com\/svilelektrikill\">www.instagram.com\/svilelektrikill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Elektrikill\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/4owF7T1WQX01AutWoMys9s?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 11th, 2026&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;New Jersey industrial project&nbsp;ELEKTRIKILL, led by musician and producer&nbsp;Steve Vil, has officially released&nbsp;Macabre Masquerade&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;their second full length album of 2026 through&nbsp;Evol Music Group. The 13-track Halloween album is constructed as a continuous celebration of everything lurking in the dark. ELEKTRIKILL&nbsp;invites listeners into a celebration where the witching hour never ends, transforming Halloween horror&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22428\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ELEKTRIKILL Turns Halloween Into An Industrial Dancefloor Nightmare With Macabre Masquerade<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22430,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22428\/revisions\/22430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}