MILDREDA premiere ‘Virtual Goddess ft. Suicide Commando’ as the next advance track taken from the Belgian Dark Electro duo’s forthcoming double album ‘Realities’, which has been slated for release on August 28, 2026.MILDREDA comment: “When I started working on ‘Virtual Goddess’, I was consciously chasing what I would call a distinctly Belgian industrial sound: early DIVE in particular, with loads of distortion and raw energy”, mastermind Jan Dewulf writes.
“I have injected that harshness with atmosphere and melody, and somehow the track started to move into a territory that reminded me of SUICIDE COMMANDO. Maybe Johan and I had been drinking from the same poisoned well of inspiration. In any case, he felt like the perfect guest to push the song exactly where it needed to go. I’m thrilled that he agreed to become a part of this adventure.
Lyrically, ‘Virtual Goddess’ deals with the superficiality of social media: the way that we create polished, pixel-perfect versions of ourselves and often seem to communicate through little more than emojis. It is about the shallow nature of those platforms, but also about that tiny second of joy when someone gives you a heart. Personally, I’m always looking for depth, yet I lose myself in the same game as everyone else. So, this song is as much a self-critique as it is a raised finger.”
Tracklist CD1
01. Reality Check (I Am Ready)
02. End of the Line
03. Reality Check (Gravity Faith)
04. Damage Done
05. Reality Check (Like a Song)
06. Whispers in the Night Sky
07. Reality Check (In Your Dreams)
08. Faded
09. Reality Check (Lonely Waters)
10. Rückwärts ft. Calva Y Nada
Tracklist CD2
01. Silk Skin
02. Clair-Obscur
03. Reality Check (Believe and Obey)
04. Götterfall
05. Reality Check (Lost in Bavaria)
06. Virtual Goddess ft. Suicide Commando
07. Reality Check (Slipping Away)
08. Reality
We all create our own reality. It fractures, shifts, and reforms with every choice we make. On their monumental double album ‘Realities’, Belgian Dark Electro duo MILDREDA explore this idea through the lens of the absurd.
Drawing on his background in philosophy, mastermind Jan Dewulf lets echoes of Camus and Sisyphus run through the album: the endless cycle of failing and beginning again, the quiet meaninglessness that lingers beneath the surface of the human condition. We fall. We rise. We reinvent ourselves. Again and again, creating new realities simply to keep moving forward.
In tune with their deeply human subject, MILDREDA deliver their most emotional album to date. The band introduces colours and emotions rarely associated with a genre defined by cold, hard electronics. The Belgians are pushing their sound markedly beyond the traditional boundaries of Dark Electro. Although Canadian EBM influences remain audible as well as additional Belgium sonic flavour, MILDREDA again break into new musical dimensions.
With simply too much music and content generated by a creative big bang event, ‘Realities’ evolved into a true double album with MILDREDA revealing their intricate story across two CDs. The Belgians also gave extra space to include prominent guest vocals from a compatriot, SUICIDE COMMANDO’s Johan Van Roy, and Constantin “Breñal” Warter of German cult act CALVA Y NADA fame.
MILDREDA appeared seemingly out of nowhere on the dark electro scene with their physical debut album ‘I Was Never Really There’. In reality, Jan Dewulf is connected to the EBM scene by a long history. In the early 90s at the age of 15 years, Jan got entirely hooked on such compatriots as THE KLINIK that he borrowed a keyboard from a friend and spent his holidays washing dishes at a pizza place to afford his first studio gear.
What began in the mid-1990s as a teenage fascination with synthesizers, tape machines, and dark electronic music quickly grew beyond a bedroom project. Early demo releases, including the cult cassette ‘De Laffe Denker’, circulated widely within underground electro circles and earned MILDREDA a devoted following.
After years of creative exploration through other musical ventures, Jan Dewulf eventually returned to the project with renewed purpose. The digitally released ‘Coward Philosophy’ (2016) laid the groundwork for a new era, but it was the signing to Dependent Records that truly marked MILDREDA’s rebirth.
With ‘I Was Never Really There’ (2021), the project re-emerged with a richer sound, sharper production, and greater emotional depth. The acclaimed concept album ‘Blue-Devilled’ (2023) expanded that vision even further, blending darkness, melody, atmosphere, and introspection into a work that established MILDREDA as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Dark Electro.
With ‘Realities’, MILDREDA do not only deliver their most ambitious and innovative album both lyrically and musically yet, but also their most accessible record so far. Check it out!
Album Details
Artist: Mildreda
Album title: Realities
Release date: August 28, 2026
Style: Dark Electro
Label: Dependent Records
Distribution: SPKR
Line-up:
Jan Dewulf - vocals, synths
Christophe Salvatore - live keyboards
Guest musician
Calva Y Nada - vocals on ‘Rückwärts’
Johan Van Roy (SUICIDE COMMANDO) - vocals on ‘Virtual Goddess’
Recorded & produced by Jan Dewulf at Cyberflesh Loft, Oostende (BE)
Mixed by Jan Dewulf at Cyberflesh Loft, Oostende (BE)
Mastered by Pieter De Wagter at Equus, Vlezenbeek (BE)
Artwork & layout by Henk Willems (www.henkwillems.com)
Links
www.mildreda.com
www.facebook.com/officialmildreda
www.instagram.com/mildredamusic
Shop: https://spkr.store/collections/mildreda
Available formats: ‘Realities’ is available as a hardcover 48-page 2CD Artbook designed by Henk Willems.
Live
05 SEP 2026 Cuxhaven (DE) Captain Ahabs Saal, Dunkle Gezeiten
06 SEP 2026 Deutzen (DE) NCN Festival
7-8 NOV 2026 Erfurt (DE) Fourscher Festival
Source: Press Release
