Mortiis releases remix album and announces UK tour
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Band photo by Sebastian Ludvigsen) As a followup to last year’s long-awaited 'The...
Year: 2017
Gitane Demone Quartet – Past The Sun (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Gothic. Background/Info: Gitane Demone (ex-Christian Death) is a legendary Goth artist I don’t have to introduce. “Past The Sun”...
Gender Trouble – Chokehair (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: This new project was set up by R. Loren (Pyramids, Sailors With Wax Wings, White Moth) and...
Cyborgdrive – Majestic Land (CD Album – Amuza Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Spanish musician Paco Butrón aka Cyborgdrive started composing music in the 90s. He got involved in several...
Torul cover Depeche Mode on new maxi-single ‘Monday’
“Monday” is the most recent single outtake of Torul's album “Reset”. Besides the title song “Monday” in two completely new...
OST+FRONT return with brand new max-single ‘Fiesta de sexo!’ (incl. a Miley Cyrus cover) – listen to the title track feat. Erk Aicrag from Hocico & Rabia Sorda fame
OST+FRONT are back with a brand new maxi-single, "Fiesta de Sexo!". The CD single comes in a strictly limited digipak...
3 vinyl LP reissue for 2011 Rome album ‘Die Æsthetik der Herrschaftsfreiheit’
In 2011 the Luxembourg based experimental neofolk and martial industrial act Rome returned with a song cycle in three volumes;...
Over and out for HIM, band splits up and announces farewell tour
Finnish goth rock act HIM is calling it quits. To end in beauty the band has announced a farewell tour,...
The Psychic Force – Welcome To ScarCity (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: The Psychic Force is one of the numerous 90s bands, which after a hiatus of more...
Golden Apes – Malvs (CD Album – AF-Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave, dark-rock, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up in the late 90s Berlin based Golden Apes progressively got some recognition...
‘Click Interview’ with Rave The Reqviem: ‘My Favorite Source Of Inspiration Is The Bible’
Rave The Reqviem has been set up by The Prophet (real name Filip Lönnqvist) in 2011. He got joined by...
Torn From Beyond – If The View Freezes (CD Album – Krater Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Torn From Beyond is a new dark-ambient project set up by Bert Lehmann who already experimented...
Click Interview’ with Amorphous: ‘Morgue Is Where My Roots Are In Electronic Music’
Does the name Gil O. Santos make ring a bell? He got involved in the Brazilian EBM formation Morgue, which...
The Negativity Bias – Whatever You Want (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-techno, psy-trance, IDM. Background/Info: The Negativity Bias is a brand-new project set up by Chris Dupont (real name Christoph...
Shock Therapy compiled on ‘1985-2008’ 2CD set including unreleased tracks
Shock Therapy were an electropunk band from Detroit, Michigan, USA. They were founded in 1982 by Gregory John McCormick, aka...
‘Face The Beat : session 4’ has hit Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.
For those who prefer using Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, Apple Music or whatever download or streaming store to enjoy music, we...
Peter Murphy launches new live album: ‘Bare-Boned And Sacred’ – out March 2017 – listen to a first song
Out in March is a brand new live album by Peter Murphy, recorded in New York during his ’Stripped’ tour...
Spherical Disrupted – Periapsis (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic electro-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: Audiophob co-owner Mirko Hentrich is involved in numerous music projects, but Spherical Disrupted definitely remains...
Kyoko Baertsoen (ex-Hooverphonic, Lunascape) debuts with solo album ‘Kyoko’ – listen to the album preview
Belgian singer Kyoko Baertsoen, who you will know from her work with Hooverphonic and as Lunascape will release her solo...
Punch ‘n’ Judy – Rum, Soda & Punch (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Folk-rock & metal, punk-rock & folk. Background/Info: Punch ‘n’ Judy is a German formation, which is already active for...
Time to submit songs for the 2nd volume of the super successful Alfa Matrix 4CD box compilation series ‘Electronic Body Matrix’
A few years ago the Belgian label Alfa Matrix released a massive 4CD set titled "Electronic Body Matrix vol. 1"...
Dageist – 40 (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Electro cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 this French duo from Lille (Northern part of France) has released...
Side-Line introduces Mystified – listen now to ‘Lick’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 48th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the excellent...
‘Click Interview’ with Llumen: ‘I Strive To Make Llumen Very Much My Own’
LLUMEN is the newest Belgian formation that joined the Alfa Matrix stable. It all started as a real band featuring...
Norwegian trio Essence Of Mind are returning to Germany this spring doing a club tour – here are the dates!
It will be the first time that Essence Of Mind will play a headline tour in Germany after playing at...
Haiku Funeral – Hallucinations (CD Album – Aesthetic Death)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, doom, metal. Background/Info: What would you expect from a band that saw the daylight on Halloween night? Nothing...
Side-Line introduces My Dear Killer – listen now to ‘Sea Of Trees’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 47th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by My Dear...
Digital Geist – ROTOR Rewired (USB Album – Digital Geist)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electronic. Background/Info: Alex Kourelis aka Digital Geist is an American artist I discovered by his “The Zero Engine”-album...
Severe Illusion has 2003 album ‘Discipline Is Reward Enough’ re-released as 2cd set
In 2003 Severe Illusion released the album "Discipline Is Reward Enough". 13 years later that album now sees a re-release,...
Justin Bennett (Skinny Puppy / Askew) and Stefano Rossello (Banter / Detune-X) return with Ketvector project incl. Nivek Ogre, Edward Ka-Spel etc.
Ketvector, created by Justin Bennett (Skinny Puppy / Askew) and Stefano Rossello (Banter / Detune-X), is back with the follow-up...
a-ha’s frontman Morten Harket will be a mentor on the popular TV show ‘The Voice’
Some fan news for the commercial TV show fans in Scandinavia. Earlier this month, a-ha frontman Morten Harket announced via...
Tunnels Of Ǡh – Surgical Fires (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-noise, experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: In a previous life Stephen Reuben Burroughs got involved in Head Of David. Today he...
Burial Hex – Throne (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Horror-electronics, death-industrial. Background/Info: Clay Ruby gained a serious reputation in the private and selected universe of ‘horror-electronics’. This prolific...
We The North – Dayblind (CD Album – Space Race Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Behind We The North is hiding a solo-project set up and driven by Johan Hansson who...
Llumen – The Memory Institute (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic-EBM, ambient-EBM. Background/Info: Llumen is a Belgian solo-project driven by the creative spirit of Pieter Coussement. The band ever...
Click Interview’ with Deleyaman: ‘Music Is A An Honest Friend You Can Be With When You Are All Alone’
Deleyaman has been set up in 2000 by multi-instrumentalist Aret Madilian (USA) and singer Beatrice Valantin (France) plus Gerard Madilian....
Erasure to release 17th studio album ‘World Be Gone’ in May on cassette, vinyl and CD
Andy Bell and Vince Clarke aka Erasure will release their 17th studio album, "World Be Gone", on 19 May 2017...
Click Interview’ with Grandchaos: ‘I Don’t Find Digital Synths Appealing At All’
Tcheleskov Ivanovitch is already into music since the late 80s. He together with his brother set up the Belgian project...
It’s EBM day at Alfa Matrix! Use code ebmday242 and get 30% of on all releases (incl. Front 242 vinyls)
"Today he has no means He's alone and anonymous, but written in his cells he's got the marks of a...
Fatal Casualties – Filter (CD Album – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Swedish duo Stefan Ljungdahl and Ivan Hirvonen are back on track and have released their...
Side-Line introduces M.R.S.B.L.K. – listen now to ‘Elevations High’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 46th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Los...
Fixmer/McCarthy reissue ‘So many lies’ on vinyl on… 50 copies! Get yours here
Available now right here in a very limited quantity (50 copies to be exact) is the black vinyl (in a...
Enzo Kreft – Turning Point (CD Album – Enzo Kreft)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-wave. Background/Info: Enzo Kreft (real name Eric Vandamme) is a Belgian artist who was mainly active during the...
Massive Ego’s album ‘Beautiful Suicide’ features Chris Pohl, Gene Serene, Maggie K DeMonde (Scarlet Fantastic) and dark rapper Belzebub – watch the promo video now
The British act Massive Ego returns with the electro pop album "Beautiful Suicide" out in 2 weeks from now. The...
The Peter Ulrich Collaboration strikes back with brand new single: ‘Artificial Man’ – watch the video now
"Artificial Man" is the newest single from The Peter Ulrich Collaboration. The track immediately also got the video treatment and...
Tiramist – For Your Ears Only (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Tiramist is a new band consisting of experienced musicians. This band is the meeting between French...
Side-Line introduces Mildreda – listen now to ‘Erazor’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 45th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Belgian...
Leftfield to re-release excellent 1995 debut ‘Leftism 22’ with 11 bonus remixes
Neil Barnes and Paul Daley (although the latter is no longer part of Leftfield) will see a re-release of their...
This Makes Me… – Fifty (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, new-wave, electronics, ambient. Background/Info: This Makes Me… is not a band, but a kind of conceptual release created...
SiJ hits back with ‘The Time Machine’ on Cryo Chamber – check out the full album preview
Prolific atmospheric dark ambient artist Vladislav Sikach aka SiJ is back with a brand new album: "The Time Machine". On...
Pitch Yarn Of Matter – It’s New, Sounds Old And I Love It (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Pitch Yarn Of Matter (P.Y.M.) is a Brazilian formation that was active during the 90s releasing a...
3rd album Peter Bjärgö (Arcana, Sophia) out on March 1 – check out the full album preview here!
"Animus Retinentia" is the 3rd full length album by Peter Bjärgö (Arcana, Sophia). Throughout the 11 tracks you can expect...
In Auroram – Fenestrae (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ethereal, ritual. Background/Info: The duo, In Auroram was set up during the early millennium years. Asteria and Ricardo...
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters plans ‘The Wall’ performance on US-Mexico border – Texmex Pink Floyd fans super happy
Good news for the Pink Floyd fans living near the US-Mexico border. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is planning a concert...
Side-Line introduces Mechatronic – listen now to ‘Lifelike Dreams V2’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 45th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Swedish...
Amorphous – Shapeshifting (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-body-music. Background/Info: After the promising debut mini-album “Behaviourism” Brazilian EBM veteran Gil O. Santos is back on track....
Massive EBM week vinyl sale has started at Storming The Base – here’s the link!
The fine mail order Storming The Base has just launched a massive vinyl sale which they named 'EBM Week Vinyl...
Ataraxia – Deep Blue Firmament (CD Album – Sleaszy Rider Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, cinematographic, heavenly voices. Background/Info: Italian formation Ataraxia is a veteran of the ethereal scene. “Deep Blue Firmament” is...
Ambassador21 – Human Rage (CD Album – Invasion Wreck Chords)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-punk, hardcore. Background/Info: “Human Rage” is the newest full length album from the Belarus duo Natasha A Twentyone -...
‘Click Interview’ with Eisfabrik: ‘We Certainly Want To Enforce Our Own Image By Different Visual Effects’
First time I heard Eisfabrik I got instantly seduced by their powerful mix of dark-electronics and future-pop. Regarding to their...
Kant Kino – Kopfkino (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Kant Kino is not exactly the kind of band releasing new albums on a regular basis....
Massive limited edition boxset for Staubkind’s newest ‘An jedem einzelnen Tag’ – order yours here
The brand new album “An jedem einzelnen Tag” by the Berlin based gothic rock pop act Staubkind will be out...
The Orb to release ‘The Cow Remixes – Sin In Space Pt.3’ in March
Out on March 3rd is the The Orb EP "The Cow Remixes - Sin In Space Pt.3". Just like the...
Bella Lune and The Juniper Strain personnel join up to form the cold wave act Annadyne – first 2 songs available for free now
Annadyne is the brand new project by Jon and Fuchsia (who has been regularly featured on Side-Line in the past...
Side-Line introduces Llumen – listen now to ‘Lux Aeterna (Simon Carter’s Breaks Remix)’ (Face The Beat profile series)
The 44th track on our free download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 4" (featuring 92 tracks) is by the Belgian...
‘Click Interview’ with Disharmony: ‘Gentlemen In An Advanced Age With A Little More Imagination’
Robert Gajdos aka Lord Sauron and Peter Rybar aka Ryby both set up dISHARMONY during the early millennium years. The...
