DEPECHE Mode is a band of existential angst, pain, sadism, horror and darkness. There’s a communist aesthetic, a fascist element; no bubblegum. Everything is multi-layer, contradictory and ambivalent. Not my words, but those of Richard Spencer, the American white nationalist who caused gasps and…

‘We don’t agree on anything the alt-right stand for’: Martin Gore Photograph: Travis Shinn Peter Robinson Thursday 6 April 2017 17.55 BSTLast modified on Friday 7 April 2017 14.43 BST Afternoon, Martin! A couple of years ago I asked your mate Dave what the next Depeche Mode album would…

You have presented your new album "Spirit" in Berlin in a very intimate setting - intimate for the audience, but also for you. How was it for you?Martin Gore: In such an intimate setting, in which people are so close to one, is actually also strange for us. And so it was a bit odd for us, as it was…

Depeche Mode: Spirit (6/10) Valami tényleg brutálisan elcsesződött a világban, ha már a Depeche Mode sem a meggyötört lélek fekete bőrnadrágban izzadó kozmikus fájdalmára húzza fel a soron következő albumát, hanem több mint harminc év után úgy érzik: ami odakint van, az még annál is több okot ad a…

Anton Corbijn Depeche Mode Over their nearly four decades together as a band, British synth-rock icons Depeche Mode have released 13 albums, topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, toured the world countless times, and garnered enough acclaim and influence to be nominated for the Rock…

Depeche Mode is back with its timeliest work yet. Take protest song Where's the Revolution, the lead single off the synth-rock trio's new album Spirit (out Friday). "You've been lied to, you've been fed truths. Who's making your decisions?" frontman Dave Gahan hisses over blistering synths, urging…