Side-Line introduces Pegasus Asteroid – listen now to ‘Mechanical Heart’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 56th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Russian...
Year: 2017
The Gathering – Blueprints (DCD Album – Psychonaut Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, gothic, cinematographic, ethereal. Background/Info: The Gathering is a band, which doesn’t really need any further introduction. Hailing from...
Chilean aggro tech Distoxia to launch labeldebut EP ‘Maniobra Evasiva’ on Insane Records – listen to the first tracks
The young label Insane Records has added a newcomer to its roster: the Chilean solo project Distoxia. Distoxia was formed...
The 8th volume of Electrostorm to hit the stores in May – pre-orders accepted here
The 8th instalment in the Electrostorm electro-sampler-series will be released in early May. This new volume will hold 17 tracks...
Edit Select & Antonio Ruscito – Visitors / Projections (Double Vinyl Album – Edit Select Records)
Genre/Influences: Deep-techno, dark-techno, ambient-techno. Background/Info: This album is a collaboration between Tony Scott (Edit Select) and Antonio Ruscito. It also...
Side-Line introduces Orbicide – listen now to ‘Mea Culpa’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 55th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Polish...
Shamanic ritualist act Phurpa lands ‘Gyer Ro’ 2CD set – listen to the preview of the complete album
Out on April 5 via Cyclic Law is a brand new release from Russia’s shamanic ritualists Phurpa. You can expect...
Managing Musicians Is a Good Career Choice
Are you tired of the job you are currently doing? If this is the case, you should look for a...
Side-Line introduces Omnimar – listen now to ‘Reason (Remix By Cutoff Sky)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 54th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the female...
Das Ich sees ‘Lava’ album re-released with bonus tracks
Coming up in the next 2 weeks is a re-release of "Lava" by the German Goth / EBM act Das...
Daniel Ruane – Incandescent (Digital EP – The Silent Howl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Daniel Ruane is a British producer based in Manchester. Last year he released the acclaimed...
Vote for your favourite Foretaste remix for the upcoming remix album ‘Alter/Egoes, the remixes selection’
You can now vote for your favourite remixes of the (excellent!) french synthpop band Foretaste and see them featured on...
Ministry sees reissues of ‘Sphinctour’, ‘Houses of the Molé’ and ‘Animositisomina’ as ltd. digipaks
Out in a few weeks are brand new reissues of the following Ministry albums in limited edition digipaks: "Sphinctour", "Houses...
Side-Line presents: Wave-Gotik-Treffen 26th edition – Leipzig (DE)
picture by dark.edge photography From 2nd-5th June 2017 the annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen takes place in the area of Leipzig, Germany. WGT...
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
Side-Line introduces Obvianiger – listen now to ‘Manipulacion’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 53rd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Chile...
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Legendary Dutch electronic music composers packaged in a 4CD deluxe box (recorded in the Philips Research Laboratories in the period 1956-1963)
Out in the next 2 weeks is the 4CD set "Popular Electronics: Early Dutch electronic music from Philips Research Laboratories...
The Charlatans return with new album ‘Different Days’ featuring Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, Stephen Morris of New Order, …
The English indie act The Charlatans are to release their new album on May 26th through BMG. "Different Days" is...
Diamanda Galás hits back with ‘All the way’ – listen to the trailer + vinyl version available
American avant-garde soprano, composer, pianist, organist, performance artist, and painter Diamanda Galás is back with a brand new album: "All...
Destruktionsanstalt – Swedenborg (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, death-industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Danish artist Per Najbjerg Odderskov has released an impressive number of productions under different monikers...
Clavius – Nebula (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: I didn’t receive any information about Clavius and there’s not much to find on the...
2nd Face – Nemesis (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: 2nd Face is a brand-new German solo-project set up by Vincent Uhlig. The debut work...
Vitalic – Voyager (CD Album – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Electroclash, electro-pop, techno-body. Background/Info: Pascal Arbez-Nicolas better known as Vitalic gained a serious reputation in the selected and intelligent...
Parralox – Subculture (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Parralox is a prolific band animated by the creative spirit of John von Ahlen. “Subculture” is...
Parralox – Holiday ’16 (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set and driven by John Von Ahlen the Melbourner based Parralox became a familiar and recognized formation...
V/A Electropop 11 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: The “Electropop”-series became one of the most exciting compilations in the electro-pop genre style, but especially...
Zeitfaktor – Signals (Digital Album – Zeitfaktor)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic-electro, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Zeitfaktor is a German solo-project. Daniel’s classical music education incited him to compose his own music,...
Side-Line introduces nTTx – listen now to ‘cRave (Touched By Stahlnebel & Black Selket)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 52nd track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Canadian...
Synoiz – The Forbidden (Digital Album – Synoiz)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Synoiz is a solo-project driven by Graeme Donaldson. The artists hailing from Newcastle Upon Tyne (England)...
‘Lovely creatures’, the best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984 – 2014) released as 3CD+DVD+Book / 3CD+DVD / 2CD / 3LP vinyl
Coming up is "Lovely creatures - the best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984 - 2014)" which compiles...
‘Click Interview’ with The Psychic Force: ‘We Don’t Need A Professional Production To Sound Polished And Commercial Like Tons Of Other Bands’
The Psychic Force is back alive! Twenty one years after their last album they earlier this year unleached their third...
Kazeria & Aphlar – In Bloskan (CD Album – GH Records)
Genre/Influences: Martial, neo-folk, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between two Argentinia bands. Kazeria has already...
Dive returns with ‘Underneath’ album on a very limited vinyl and CD
Belgian electronic pioneer Dirk Ivens returns with a new album of his Dive project: "Underneath". The release comes after a...
Kaos! – Still (Digital Single – Shortlist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop formation Kaos! strikes back with a new single. Eva Kaxe and Kristian Oscarsson have released...
Massive Ego – Beautiful Suicide (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up during the 90s, “Beautiful Suicide” stands for the return of Massive Ego. It’s not...
Side-Line introduces Növö – listen now to ‘The Shortwaves’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 51st track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Belgian...
Pharmakon hits back with splendid ‘Contact’ album on vinyl and CD
Pharmakon is the solo industrial noise project by the 27-year old New York based musician Margaret Chardiet. She started the...
Cephalgy – Gott Maschine Vaterland (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, dark body-pop. Background/Info: Six years have passed since the “Leid Statt Liebe”-album released by Cephalgy. This German...
Tracklist new Mesh single ‘Runway’ available incl. Yazoo cover
The new Mesh album "Looking Skyward" by the duo Mark Hockings and Richard Silverthorn was released at the end of...
Gopota – Music For Primitive (CD Album – Gopota)
Genre/Influences: Noise & dark-ambient. Background/Info: Gopota resulted from the common efforts between the projects Empty Chalice and Obozdur. I last...
Gin Devo – Electrotheque (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, cinematographic. Background/Info: Gin Devo will always be linked to Vomito Negro, which remains one of the essential dark-electro/EBM...
MZ.412 sees re-release classic ‘Burning the Temple of God’ album on white vinyl (ONLY 206 copies available – get yours here)
Out in a few weeks is a limited edition of strictly 206 copies on white vinyl of the reissue of...
Listen to a preview of the new The Birthday Massacre album ‘Under your spell’ expected for June on CD and vinyl (pre-orders included)
"Under your spell" is the newest album by the Canadian band The Birthday Massacre. According to the band's label this...
Absurd Minds – Tempus Fugit (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & pop, wave-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Absurd Minds strikes back after a hiatus of seven years! Stefan Grossmann, Tilo...
5 tickets to win via Side-Line for New Wave Club Class-X Party in Aarschot (April 1, 2017)
On Saturday April 1st the Stadsfeestzaal (Demervallei 14) in Aarschot (BE) will host their annual massive New Wave Club Class-X...
Siyanie – Mystery Of Life (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, psychedelic. Background/Info: After having released 2 albums plus one split-album on Moonsun Productions, Russian band Siyanie joined hands...
Kryptogen Rundfunk – Liquid Circuits (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-electronics, soundscape. Background/Info: Kryptogen Rundfunk is a Russian solo project driven by Zhelezobeton-founder Artyom Ostapchuk. He’s also involved...
Exit In Grey – Hysterics Of The Eternal (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Russian music project Exit In Grey started as a duo, but got reduced to a...
NamNamBulu – Borders (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: NamNamBulu was originally set up in 2002. The debut full length “Distances”, which was already released on...
Frame Of Mind – Murderous Thoughts (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Frame Of Mind was a German duo consisting of Michael Friedrich and Marko Hein. They were...
Orange Sector – Farben (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: “Farben” is the final EP of a trilogy. After “Monoton” and “Stahlwerk” the German EBM duo strikes...
Paranoid – Never Too Late (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s and active till the early 90s Paranoid definitely was a praised...
THX – New World Order (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electro. Background/Info: THX was a German duo active during the early 90s. Driven by Peter Schmidt producer Andy...
Machinista – Pain Of Every Day (Digital EP – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Machinista strikes back with a brand-new song entitled “Pain Of Every Day”. The Swedish electro-pop formation gained...
Aidan Casserly launches new ‘Spoken’ album featuring a huge array of collaborators incl. Martin Bowes (Attrition), Monica Brito (poet, artist), Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen, Fad Gadget), Maggie K. DeMonde (Scarlet Fantastic), Kriistal Ann (Paradox Obscur), …
Aidan Casserly (Empire State Human & KuBO) has just released an album called "Spoken", which contains 15 new poems of...
Snakeskin – Tunes For My Santiméa (CD Album – Hall Of Sermon)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-pop, neo-classic, electronic. Background/Info: Tilo Wolff and Lacrimosa both are inseparable, but I’m sure some of you will probably...
Exclusive preview excellent new single ‘Beautiful Ones’ by Disa vs Olowex (incl. Holeg Spies) on Side-Line !
The French cinematic-electro band Olowex has joined up with the Icelandic vocalist Disa to distil a unique new version of...
Side-Line introduces Neikka RPM – listen now to ‘Deep Dive (All You Devils)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 50th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the New...
V/A Infrastructure (CD Album – Banoffeesound)
Genre/Influences: Dance, electro-pop, wave-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Banoffeesound is a British label you maybe know from bands like Spray, Anna Stimpson,...
Win a duo ticket for the Depeche Mode “Spirit” pre-listening party on 16/3 in Brussels
Sony, in collaboration with Side-Line Magazine, organises a launch party for Depeche Mode's newest album "Spirit" (which you can order...
Spielbann – Die Ballade Von Der Blutigen Rose (CD Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal. Background/Info: Throughout the years Spielbann has acquired a serious reputation in their homeland (Germany) and became a respected...
Plastic People – It Prickles, It Burns, It Hurts (CD Album – Pink Narcissus Music)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop. Background/Info: Plastic People is a new French formation consisting of Valeria Pacella (bass guitar, guitar) and Sébastien F...
2nd album Aegri Somnia (‘Endtime Psalms’) released on Cryo Chamber
The Croatian one man dark ambient project Aegri Somnia (aka Jurica Santek) returns with his second album on Cryo Chamber....
Guillotine Dream – Lemuria (CD Mini-Album – Guillotine Dream)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, new-wave. Background/Info: Guillotine Dream is a gothic formation that was originally set up in the 80s. They released...
Coil and Peter Sleazy Christopherson remembered on vinyl and CD with rare material
In 1984 Vortex Campaign invited Coil and The New Blockaders to collaborate for what was to become the cult release...
