Dust In Mind – Oblivion (CD Album – Dark Tunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Metal, nu-metal, industrial-metal. Background/Info: Hailing from Strasbourg (France) Dust In Mind took the metal community by surprise in 2015...
Month: June 2017
Davey Suicide – Made From Fire (CD Album – Dark Tunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, metal-rock. Background/Info: Hailing from California, Davey Suicide seems to have gained some recognition in their homeland (USA). They...
Versus – Freakwaves (CD Album – Dark Tunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Versus is a German electro-pop band, which I remember from the cool album “Different Twilight Places” released...
Vacuum Aeterna – Project: Darkscapes (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Vacuum Aeterna is an ambient inspired project from Italy unleashing its debut album “Project: Darkscapes” on Cyclic...
Phurpa – Gyer Ro (DCD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, experimental. Background/Info: Phurpa is a Russian collective inspired and driven by the ritual music of BON, which is...
Echolust – Veldisa (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dark wave-pop. Background/Info: Echolust is a Californian trio unleashing their official debut album on Cleopatra Records. The band...
‘Click Interview’ with Empusae: ‘There Is Something Beautiful Within The Darkness’
Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe aka ‘Sal-Ocin’ and instigator of the dark-ambient/ritual/cinematographic project Empusae is a Belgian artist I discovered since his...
New God Body Disconnect album ‘Sleeper’s Fate’ released on Cryo Chamber – listen here
God Body Disconnect returns with a brand new 7-track album "Sleeper's Fate". Sonically you can prepare yourself for a really...
Deadsex with Graveyard Strippers – view the video here
The Montreal, Canada-based band Graveyard Strippers just released their new video for the song "Deadsex", the first single off their...
Side-Line introduces Superikone – listen now to ‘Zuckervater (707 Mix)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 74th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the German...
Ikon – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere Ends (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, new-wave. Background/Info: Australian gothic pride and living legends of the Australian gothic scene released this album in 2014...
New Studio-X vs. Technoid album ‘Neural Torment’ out now! Download from today on on Bandcamp, iTunes, …
"Neural Torment" is the brand new Studio-X vs. Technoid album and sees Australian studio producer Lawrie Bayldon joining up with...
Phallus Dei – Black Dawn (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, drone, experimental. Background/Info: Phallus Dei is not exactly a band releasing new albums on regular basis although they...
Side-Line introduces Spoiled Poisoned – listen now to ‘Storm Shelter’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 73rd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Swedish...
Samhain – One Minute To Twelve (DCD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Slovakian trio Samhain saw the light of day back in 1996 and released their official...
French industrial noise act Mad Masks drops new video – check it out
Here's a band which hasn't been featured before on Side-Line: Mad Masks. Mad Masks is a french industrial noise act...
Brand new Aengeldust album ‘Agent Orange’ out now – and it’s fucking awesome!
When Nadine "Cooraz" Engel (also known for her work with Acylum and Totem Obscura) debuted with her solo “Freakshow” album...
Dazed Marrow – Gaeseki Dream Machine (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Dazed Marrow is a musician from South Korea. I never heard of this project before, which...
First preview of new Page album (vinyl/CD): ‘Det är ingen vacker värld men det råkar vara så det ser ut’ – get yours here
The all new Page album will hit the shop shelves this July. "Det är ingen vacker värld men det råkar...
New single from Sweden’s Moonlight Cove – listen right here
And we have some more news from up north after the earlier Electro Spectre news. The Swedish synthpopers Moonlight Cove...
Electro Spectre releases ‘Been Too Long’ EP and remix bundle
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) 'Been Too Long', the new EP and remix bundle from the Norwegian...
Blake’s Optimism – These Things & Us (Vinyl 7” – Steelwork Maschine)
Genre/Influences: Martial, neo-folk, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Blake’s Optimism is a new French duo unleashing their official debut work. Both members already...
The Austrasian Goat & Cober Ord – Et Ils Franchirent Le Seuil (CD Album + Vinyl 7” – Steelwork Maschine)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial, experimental, drones, ritual. Background/Info: “Et Ils Franchirent Le Seuil” is an album that resulted from the common...
‘Click Interview’ with Dive: ‘My Wish Is To Continue Another 3 Years And Celebrate 30 Years Of Dive On Stage’
It’s now 27 years ago that Dirk Ivens (the legendary singer of The Klinik) took the world by surprise unleashing...
Samuel Rohrer – Range Of Regularity (CD Album – Arjuna Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-jazz, abstract. Background/Info: Samuel Rohrer is an artist who doesn’t really ring a bell to me. This Swiss...
30Drop – The Time Of Cruel Miracles (DCD Album – 30Drop Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno. Background/Info: Hailing from Barcelona this project has only been active for a few couple of years while the...
Welle: Erdball – Gaudeamus Igitur (CD Album – Oblivion/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: One of the most unique electro-pop formations from the scene strikes back with a new (mini)-album. The...
Sun Of The Sleepless finally readies up debut album “To the elements” – out as a 2CD and various vinyl formats – listen to the first track!
The black metal act Sun Of The Sleepless is the solo project of Schwadorf (aka Markus Stock), the mastermind behind...
Glerakur debuts with ‘The Mountains Are Beautiful Now’ – out as 2CD hardcover book and coloured vinyl
GlerAkur is the moniker Icelandic composer and sound designer Elvar Geir Sævarsson who is also active as a sound engineer...
3rd album for Neun Welten ‘The sea I’m diving in’ to finally land in August as a 2CD digibook release
"The Sea I'm Diving In" is the third full-length release of the German dark folk collective Neun Welten. This is...
Queer artists united on ‘The Closet Tapes’ including Gaytron
Out via the Rotterdam based label Electronic Emergencies is the Various Queer Artists compilation “The Closet Tapes”. Out on 2xLP...
Side-Line introduces Soundspade – listen now to ‘A Pocket Full Of (KIC Shanghai Version)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 72nd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Shanghai...
Adult. – Detroit House Guests (CD Album – Mute)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental, minimal EBM. Background/Info: Detroit based duo Nicola Kuperus - Adam Lee Miller are back on track unleashing...
Larva – Scars (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Larva officially started in 2003 and has released an impressive number of productions over the years. The...
Instans – Derailed (DCD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Fredrik Djurfeldt got some underground recognition as the instigator of the EBM project Severe Illusion while dark-ambient...
Severe Illusion – Discipline Is Reward Enough (DCD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Severe Illusion was founded in 2000 by Fredrik Djurfeldt and Ulf Lundblad. The band released several albums...
Cynical Existence – Dying Light (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-EBM, crossover. Background/Info: Cynical Existence is back on track and has unleashed their fourth full length album to date....
Antibiosis – Hellish Puzzle (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark future-pop, dark-electro. Background/Info: Antibiosis is a Russian duo, which was set up in 2013 and unleashing their...
Homicidal Feelings – Cognitive Disorders (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up in the 90s by Brazilian artist Giba Reys, Homicidal Feelings stopped all activities...
Cold Therapy – Figures And Faces (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Polish artist Jacek Wolański set up Cold Therapy as a solo-project in 2012. He quickly started working...
‘Click Interview’ with Preemptive Strike 0.1: ‘Preemptive Strike 0.1 Is A Band With A Split Personality’
When you think about Greece and the beautiful island of Crete, you immediately get images of holidays in mind. But...
Empusae – Lueur (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, drones, cinematographic, industrial. Background/Info: Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe aka Sal-Ocin is back on track unleashing a new Empusae opus...
Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous Names (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Henrik Nordvargr Björkk is one of those musicians who doesn’t need any further introduction. From his...
Dødsmaskin – Fullstendig Brent (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Noise-ambient, industrial, neo-classic. Background/Info: Dødsmaskin is one of the newest signings to the American Malignant Records roster. It’s a...
2 new Lords Of Acid reissues: ‘Our little secret’ and ‘Farstucker’ – special remastered band editions also available on double vinyl
Out by mid-September are 2 brand new reissues from Lords Of Acid: "Our little secret" and "Farstucker". Both releases will...
Nashville industrialheads from Fires return to school with ‘Red goes grey’ album
Out in September is the label debut album "Red goes grey" by Nashville's industrial act Fires. Not that you should...
Side-Line presents: M’era Luna festival – Hildesheim (DE)
On 12th and 13th August 2017 the annual M’era-Luna festival takes place in the area of Hildesheim-Drispenstedt, Germany. M’era Luna...
Goth rock at its best: double vinyl release for Chelsea Wolfe’s ‘Hiss Spun’ album – produced by Converge guitarist, Kurt Ballou and feat. Queens of the Stone Age member
"Hiss Spun" is the upcoming fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe, to be released on September 22, 2017,...
One for the experimental fans, Yoko Ono’s ‘Fly’ album reissued with bonus tracks and on white vinyl!
"Fly" is the second album by Yoko Ono, produced by her and John Lennon, and released in 1971. The album...
Rasalasad vs. Von Magnet and Wildshores – Magnethism (CD EP – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, dark-ambient. Background/Info: In the “Thisobey”-series we got familiarized with Rasalasad joining hands with other guest projects. This...
Rasalasad vs. Amantra – Thisturbia (CD EP – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, psychedelic, drones, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Thisturbia” is a next release featuring Fernando Cerqueira aka Rasalasad working with another formation....
Exclusive screening of Kyoko’s ‘In Dreams’ video right now on Side-Line
(Picture by Anton Coene) The brand new video of Kyoko's “In Dreams” is available now, although strictly speaking it will...
Rasalasad vs. Shhh… – Apophenia (CD EP – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: This work is collaboration between Portuguese projects Rasalasad and Shhh… The CD is available in...
Creation VI joins Cryo Chamber with the album ‘Deus Sive Natura’
Drone veteran act Creation VI (started in 2006 by the duo Tim Six & Aloe, based in Yaroslavl, Russia) presents...
Rasalasad – Thismorphia (CD Album – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, ambient. Background/Info: Behind Rasalasad is hiding Thisco label owner Fernando Cerqueira, a Portuguese artist who been into...
Kazuya Ishigami – Cleaner 583 (CD Album – Slowdown Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient-noise, abstract. Background/Info: Kazuya Ishigami is hailing from Osaka (Japan) and is fascinated by ‘sound’. He’s a composer,...
Twin Peaks tailored Trouble 2-track single ‘Snake Eyes’ issued as 7 inch vinyl
Out in weeks from now is the 2-track 7 inch vinyl single "Snake Eyes" by Trouble. Written and recorded for...
Chekarino Project – Zeroes (CD Album – Roaring Disc Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Chekarino Project is a duo hailing from Ukraine and dealing with electro-pop music. They released their official...
Oscar and the Wolf to release sophomore album ‘Infinity’ in September 2017 – watch the video for ‘Breathing’
Out today is the first single and video for "Breathing" which you can view below. Oscar and the Wolf is...
After 4 years of silence Larkin Grimm hits back with brand new studio record
Out in a few days is the newest album in vinyl format by Larkin Grimm: "Chasing the illusion". This new...
Descendants Of Cain – Conversations With Mirrors (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-rock. Background/Info: British formation Descendants Of Cain (D.O.C.) strikes back with their first album in 6 years. Driven...
M.W. Wild – The Third Decade (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: M.W. Wild was formerly involved in The Cascades, a band with whom he recorded four albums....
Mirland – Mechanic (CD Album – Raumklang Music)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: I got familiarized with the work of John Mirland by discovering the Holm/Mirland project. This...
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‘Click Interview’ with [:SITD:]: ‘We Want To Be A Voice, A Scream Against Injustice’
aka Shadows In The Dark has been set up in 1996 by German duo Carsten Jacek and Tom Lecszenski. They...
Side-Line introduces Slighter – listen now to ‘Backscatter’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 71st track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the US-based...
Acylum shares its ‘Filthy Memories’ through 16 tracks – available now on Bandcamp
While Acylum aka Pedro Engel has started work on the 6th Acylum album, Alfa Matrix has now released the 16-track...
