Brussels-based coldwave duo Figure Section launches first single – check it out!
"Teutonic Knights" is the debut single from the Brussels-based duo Figure Section comprised of Austrian-born musician and actress Olivia Carrère...
Month: April 2019
French techno industrial act Flymeon launches first EP: ‘Randomize’ – check it out
(Photo credit Zach Villegas Aldave) Last year we added the track 'Randomize' to our Side-Line Spotify playlist, an excellent pulsating...
Statiqbloom to release new album on Metropolis: ‘Asphyxia’
(Photo by Katrin Albert) Post-Industrial band Statiqbloom will be releasing their new album entitled "Asphyxia" on Metropolis Records. The Brooklyn-based...
Dean Ambrose’s WWE Exit
The announcement that Dean Ambrose will leave WWE in April led to countless speculations over the reason! Fans were intrigued...
The Lost End – Without Being Anything (CD Album – The Lost End)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, post-punk. Background/Info: I last year discovered this American formation with their self-titled debut work. Set up in 2016...
Rhyw – Cave Walls / Part Two (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Techno, experimental, IDM. Background/Info: Alex Tsiridis aka Rhyw strikes back with the second part of “Cave Walls”. The first...
Pillars Of Golden Misery – Golden Hand Of The Leech (CD EP – Pillars Of Golden Misery)
Genre/Influences: Noise, experimental, abstract. Background/Info: We here welcome a new project hailing from London and set up in 2018. This...
Hante. – Fiers (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, electro-wave. Background/Info: French artist Hélène de Thoury was previously involved in Phosphor and Minuit Machine. She next set...
FTR – Manners (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, cold-wave, post-punk, gothic. Background/Info: Set up in 2012 FTR is a trio from Paris (France) consisting of Yann...
Escupemetralla – Fe, Esperanza Y Caridad (CD Album – Novak)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Escupemetralla was mainly active during the 80s and 90s. As a kind of testimony to their...
Der Blutharsch And The Infinite Church Of The Leading Hand – Wish I Weren’t Here (CD Album – WKN)
Genre/Influences: Apocalyptic-rock, psychedelic, industrial-rock, krautrock. . Background/Info: Set up and driven by the creative spirit of Album Julius (formerly involved...
Yvanko – Pluviôse (Vinyl Album – Le Cabanon Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Pluviôse” is the official debut work from French composer Yvan Tekoutcheff. He claims to be inspired...
V/A A Tribute To Depeche Mode Vol.3 (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-electro, EBM, gothic, industrial. Background/Info: Alfa Matrix clearly has something with Depeche Mode while the electro-pop masters remain...
Dunkelwerk – Waffengang (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: German solo-project Dunkelwerk is back on track, unleashing its fourth full length album. Dunkelwerk released new work...
‘Click Interview’ with Flowers For Bodysnatchers: ‘Doing An Album Based On My Personal Experiences With Ms Was A Tough Decision’
Flowers For Bodysnatchers is a solo-project set up in 2011 by Australian artist Duncan Ritchie. The rather weird name of...
Salnikov Borisov Salnikov – Glib (CD Album – Salnikov Borisov Salnikov)
Genre/Influences: Experimental. Background/Info: “Glib” resulted from the common efforts between Mikhail Salnikov, Alexei Borisov and Alexander Salnikov. The idea came...
Antoine Panaché – Endling… (Cassette Album – Barreuh Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract. Background/Info: Lilia Scheerder aka Antoine Panaché is back with a new album. This work comes after the...
Nooit – OA-I (Cassette Album – Freak Friendly DIY)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, experimental, power-electronics. Background/Info: Nooit is a Ukrainian solo-project driven by ‘Non’. This album seems to be the debut...
Ethan Fawkes – Hoovers & Stabs (CD Album – Ethan Fawkes No Label)
Genre/Influences: Techno-rave, acid, new-beat. Background/Info: Belgian producer Ethan Fawkes remains a very prolific artist. Next to the constant release of...
Post-punk/indie act After London release new single ‘Do You Want Another World?’ – check the preview
(Photo credit: Keira Cullinane) Here's a band that you might want to check out if you like a blend of...
Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) to receive 2019 Moog Innovation Award
Moog Music has announced that Depeche Mode songwriter Martin Gore will receive the 2019 Moog Innovation Award. Here's what Moog...
Testphasen Negativ – Die Soziale Apokalypse / The Social Apocalypse (CD Album – ContraMusikProduction)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: German project Testphasen Negativ has already released several productions since 2006. This album is however...
Unitcode:Machine joins the SkyQode family of artsts
The US-based Unitcode:Machine joins the SkyQode family of artsts. The band is the brainchild of Eric K, who has been...
Dawn Of Ashes – The Crypt Injection II / Non Serviam (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-metal. Background/Info: Driven by Kristof Bathory, Los Angeles (USA) based Dawn Of Ashes became an established formation in...
Test Dept. – Disturbance (CD Album – One Little Indian Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, tribal. Background/Info: If you like industrial music you can only, but agree that Test Department (Test Dept.)...
Another surprise single premiere from Ljungblut, just days before exclusive concerts
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange/ Karisma Records press release) Ljungblut are releasing the single "Et ørlite håp så...
C-Tec sees ‘Darker & Cut’ re-released as a 2CD set with bonus
Following on from Armalyte’s "Brutalism" retrospective of Cubanate’s early works, "Darker + Cut" sees the original two C-Tec albums (1997...
Depeche Mode synths mounted as a single instrument – Neikka RPM reports
A large crowd was gathered in front of New York's famous Metropolitan Museum of Art for last week's opening of...
North American release of the latest album by Sweden’s Agent Side Grinder
Metropolis Records announces the North American release of the latest album by Sweden's electro/new wave/postpunk band Agent Side Grinder. The...
The Ultimate Guide on How to Write Perfect Music Review
The goal of a perfect music review for readers is to become cooler at music and culture. In this case,...
Tips to go to study in Florida
The place of quality education cannot be overemphasized in any society. Education aids accurate communication, learning and the opening of...
Mandelbrot – Zeitsprung (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM, industrial. Background/Info: Partners in life and active in several music projects the duo Barbara Teichner – Philipp...
Beinhaus – Zaehne (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Industrial. Background/Info: Beinhaus is a German formation active since 1995. They released several productions, but never gained a deserved...
V/A Hyperakusis III (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: IDM, techno-body, dark-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: This compilation is the third chapter in the “Hyperakusis”-series set up by Audiophob....
Starframes – Nicht Vergessen (CD Album – BulbArt)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, indie-pop/rock. Background/Info: Starframes is an Italian formation which has released their third full length album. It also is...
Hunter Complex – Open Sea (Vinyl Album – Death Waltz Originals)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Hailing from The Netherlands, Lars Meijer (owner of Narrominded Records) strikes back with his Hunter Complex...
The Overlookers’ ‘Teenage Wet Dream’ album out now! Watch ‘Driving Fast’ video clip!
The album "Teenage Wet Dreams" by The Overlookers (dekad/Foretaste) is out now. And the band has also released a video...
Grauzone get’s culthit ‘Eisbär’ reissued as a 3-track 40th anniversary limited 12 inch
Out via WRWTFWW Records in early May is the official reissue of Grauzone’s essential 1981 maxi single "Eisbär". The release...
Phonseca – Between A Dream (CD Album – Phonseca)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Matthew O’Connor is based in Bristol (UK) and set up Phonseca in 2017. After a previously...
Long Night – Barren Land (CD Album – Swiss Dark Night Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock. Background/Info: Norwegian formation Long Night has already been active for a few years now. There was a...
Excellent ‘Neonautics’ electronic compilation series sparks 3rd volume on SkyQode!
Out on April 5th is the third volume of "Neonautics", a compilation series started by the fine SkyQode label 5...
Side-Line exclusive video premiere: Rosetta Stone – Tomorrow For Us
The new digital single from the legendary UK post-punk band Rosetta Stone is called "Tomorrow For Us" and is released...
Lobby – Fragrance (CD Album – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Lobby is a French band set up in 2017 and signed to the new label...
Frame – The Journey (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: Eugenio Vatta and Andrea Benedetti are based in Rome (Italy) and involved with sonic projects since...
‘Click Interview’ with Viviankrist: ‘Equipment Gives Me Inspiration’
Viviankrist is a minimal electro/power-noise project set up by Japanese female artist Eri Isaka. Around 1997-1999 she was member of...
Flowers For Bodysnatchers – Alive With Scars (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Duncan Ritchie better known as the sonic instigator behind Flowers For Bodysnatchers is back on track...
Dead Melodies – Primal Destination (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Tom Moore active as Dead Melodies remains very prolific, unleashing his fifth full length album since...
New postpunk project Baṣnia launches debut album – check it out here
The Polish post-punk project Baṣnia has launched its debut "No Falling Stars And No Wishes" via Alchera Visions. The album...
Darkwave act KePESLAP releases video for brand new single ‘Este van’
KePESLAP is an international (on distance) collaboration side-project between Imiafan (from Slovakia) and Makina Girgir (from France). The project formed...
Penny Lancaster
(Picture by Brian Minkoff) Born in 1971, Penny Lancaster is a model and photographer from England. She grew up under...
Zenobia offers electronics from Haifa (Palestina) – debut EP out now
Zenobia is an electronic music duo from Haifa. The band incorporates Arabic pop melodies of the Levant area passing through...
Curse Mackey fills in for Peter Murphy at 40 Years of Bauhaus + launches solo album
(Photo credit Radiant Inc) Curse Mackey (Evil Mothers, Pigface, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult), along with Rona Rougeheart...
Vogue Williams – The Journey
The Irish model and Dancing with the Stars celebrity is the latest sensation of the net! From Ireland, Vogue Williams...
Ugasanie & Dronny Darko – Arctic Gates (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: “Arctic Gates” resulted from the common efforts between two familiar artists from the Cryo Chamber label....
Tomb Of Ordeals (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: We welcome the fourth volume of the “Tomb”-series created by Cryo Chamber this time dealing about...
Side-Line exclusive: UK post-punk band 1919 premieres new video and album!
Today is the release of the new album "Futurecide" of the British post-punk band 1919, which was originally founded in...
VOWWS on tour in Europe!
The Los Angeles Death-Pop duo VOWWS are gearing up to tour Europe for the first time, after finishing a succesful...
Combichrist gets vinyl back catalogue treatment: 3 double coloured vinyl reissues
Combichrist, the aggrotech/industrial metal band formed in 2003 by Norwegian vocalist Andy LaPlegua (Icon Of Coil, Pnazer AG, …), has...
‘Click Interview’ with Fiction 8: ‘Streaming Has Become To Music As Plastic Is To Food’
American formation Fiction 8 has been always a bit of mystery to me. Set up in the 90s their sound...
150 minutes of previously unreleased Coil recordings on ‘Swanyard’ 3LP vinyl and 2CD set
Coil fans, attention, you will not want to miss out on this one! Out in a few weeks (closer to...
Horologium – Atavistic Americana (Vinyl Album – Sky Burial Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, cinematographic, experimental, martial. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 by Polish artist Grzegorz Siedlecki, Horologium became a respected and...
Kirlian Camera releases ‘Base Box’ boxset feat. 7″, DVD, shirt and more
Out soon is the "Base Box" boxset by the Italian dark wave act Kirlian Camera. Be fast to order this...
Esplendor Geométrico issues ‘Selected Tracks 2 (1995-1998)’ on 2LP vinyl
"Selected Tracks 2" is a double album (in gatefold cover) with a new selection of tracks recorded by the Spanish...
MZ.412 – Svartmyrkr (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Black-industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: MZ.412 (formerly known as Maschinenzimmer 412) gained recognition as the so-called inventors of ‘black-industrial’ music. Set...
Viviankrist – Morgenrøde (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, Noise. Background/Info: Some of you might have heard of Vivian Slaughter who was member of the female...
‘Click Interview’ with Morgue Poetry: ‘It Is Mainly A Question Of Money How Long It’s Gonna Take Me To Publish New Songs’
I last year discovered the German duo Wisborg releasing their debut album “The Tragedy Of Seconds Gone” on Danse Macabre....
