Depeche Mode's music has always been moody, but the new concert film "M" screened at Tribeca asserts a connection between death and their music.

They shifted toward darker, deeper themes in albums like Black Celebration and Violator. Known for mixing electronic beats with emotional lyrics, Depeche Mode became a global icon. With over 100 ...

Depeche Mode rocked hard from the start. Working solid grooves into thunderous, heavy beats, the band opened with Rush from its new album, "Halo" from the previous "Violator" and "Behind the Wheel ...

You need weird off-kilter songs to make it an interesting album otherwise Violator basically sounds like a greatest hits collection. There’s tons of other amazing Depeche Mode songs ...

In the case of “Enjoy the Silence,” one of the major hits from Depeche Mode‘s standout 1990 album Violator, it transformed from a quiet piece into a dense, invigorating track, which was ...

And have a bloody shave while it's at it. Whichever version of Depeche Mode is your peak, you can't deny the shadow Violator cast over subsequent Mode albums, especially so with SOFAD and its ...

As Depeche Mode’s epic world tour to promote 2023’s universally ... Music For The Masses (1987), Violator (1990) and Songs Of Faith And Devotion (1993), while also delving deep into lesser-appreciated ...

As Depeche Mode was rounding out their first decade with their seventh album, Violator, fans and critics thought they had a bead on the band. In August 1989, seven months before Violator’s ...

Not long after, fans in Violator tour merch let out screams ... With a more brooding tone set, Depeche Mode kicked it into high gear with a throwback to 1993’s Songs of Faith and Devotion ...

The musician also remembered a 1990 incident that saw the LAPD shut down the Wherehouse record store where Depeche Mode were hosting a signing event to promote their then-new album, ‘Violator’.

Though reaching the top of the British charts for much of the 1980s, they only really made it big in America in 1990 with Violator. At that moment, Depeche Mode became a very bright star—but it ...