Brand new single from Hellkern Warriors

Bringing together musicians based in Berlin, Germany, and Ibagué in Colombia, Hellkern Warriors is an international project exploring the darker spheres of alternative music. Formed last year, the band operates between darkwave, gothic alternative rock and industrial-inflected electronic music, creating cinematic soundscapes in which driving guitars, analogue synths, powerful rhythms and atmospheric textures collide in spectacular fashion. Inspired by urban landscapes, futuristic visions and mysterious places, their music explores the tension between technology and humanity, building a shifting sonic universe that breaks out of conventional genre boundaries.

The project brings together Berlin-based vocalist and guitarist Tom Radar, Kabal Apokalypse, also known as Dylan Phoenix, on synths in Italy, and Colombian musicians Fabian Parra on bass and Mauricio Castro on drums. Mauricio also contributes synths and production, playing a central role in shaping the band’s sound through the combination of dynamic rhythmic energy and atmospheric electronic layers. Despite the geographical distances separating its members, Hellkern Warriors have developed a collaborative identity that revolves around a shared interest in immersive, carefully constructed music.

Since their formation, the project has already made significant international progress for an independent act; their releases have reached number one worldwide and number one in Germany multiple times in the Alternative Rock category on Number1Music, while radio stations across more than fourteen countries have picked up their music. From Germany, the UK and Ireland to France, Italy, Spain and Greece, their reach has extended across Europe, as well as to Singapore, the USA, Canada and Australia.

That growing audience has been accompanied by attention from international music publications, with their work landing in an array of different publications. Their music has found further exposure through international compilations including Industrial Halloween 2025, OX-Fanzine #184, The Pulse In The Void Vol. 1 and Industrial Assault Vol. 11. With singles such as “Hellkern Warriors,” “Petrol & Water,” “Endless Road” and “Rain, Steam and Speed,” the band has steadily expanded its musical world while striking a chord with countless listeners.

Now, their brand new single titled “Zone 329” takes their dark electronic and gothic influences into a distinctly nocturnal setting, drawing listeners into an underground environment where hypnotic rhythms and atmospheric tension become the defining elements. The track imagines the hours between 3am and 9am beneath the lights of a central dome, as familiar reality begins to dissolve while murky guitar textures, electronic pulses and atmospheric synths craft its shadowy aesthetic and driving rhythms give the production an insistent club-focused momentum.

Laser lines cutting through smoke, coded voices echoing through static and bodies moving beneath white squared lines form the imagery surrounding the song, as the city disappears from view, the magnetism of the music becomes the only remaining point of focus. Featuring the female vocals of BloodyBite from Germany’s Radio Hazzard of Darkness, “Zone 329” reveals another dimension to the band’s cinematic atmosphere. Her contribution adds a contrasting vocal presence to the track’s dark instrumental setting, strengthening its connection to the spaces between gothic rock, darkwave and underground club culture.

With an intricate fusion of hazy goth rock and post punk atmosphere, “Zone 329” flows with rustling percussion, smokey guitar textures and Tom’s expressive vocal leads. Surging with anthemic energy, his voice is joined by BloodyBite’s compelling vocals, forming an energising duet wrapped up in enveloping arrangement to deliver a memorable and wholly absorbing listening experience from start to finish. While still in the early stages of their journey, Hellkern Warriors have already built an impressive international presence and with “Zone 329” extending their dark, evolving sound, the band continues to forg a world where gothic atmosphere, electronic experimentation and driving alternative rock can coalesce as part of the same vision.

Listen to Zone 329 below

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