Gimme Shelter – Friedensfahrt (CD Album – Space Race Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: “Friedensfahrt” is the third official album for the German duo Robert Grolms - Niko Kötzsch. I...
Year: 2019
Frontwoman Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, is no more – RIP
Very sad news reaches us from Sweden. Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson is no more, she has died aged 61 after...
Empirion – ADSR (CD EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, techno-body-music, techno-rock, breakbeats. Background/Info: “ADSR” –which stands for ‘Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release’ is the second EP taken from...
The disparity between electro and pop music
We love the electronic scene for everything that it stands for There is a sense that electronic dance music (EDM)...
Blutengel – Damokles (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Blutengel started the year with the “Un:Gott”-album, which by the way was a truly masterpiece, and...
Mills – Verletzt (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Rock-goth, dark-wave. Background/Info: Walter Glatz, Alexander Steiner and Eva Böhler are Mills ano 2010. “Verletzt” is their second full...
Ministry releases ‘Prescripture: The Visual History’ book
Today the American industrial-metal pioneers Ministry released their authorized 248 pages book ‘Ministry - Prescripture: The Visual History’ via Melodic...
Inadream – No Songs For Lovers (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, punk-rock. Background/Info: Inadream is a brand-new name based in Bochum (Germany). This year they released their debut album...
Metroland member launches 808 DOT POP solo electropop project with Helalyn Flowers frontwoman Noemi Aurora – 2 download singles available now
Alfa Matrix has some more good news coming up today. They also have announced the signing of the new side-project...
Swedish electro wave act Circumpolar joins Alfa Matrix – the label immediately releases 2 download EPs/singles
A few weeks ago, we informed you about Circumpolar, a Swedish darkwave project consisting of the duo Jonas Mattson and...
The Anti Group – 4×12 (CD Album – Peripheral Minimal Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics. Background/Info: Behind The Anti Group (TAG) is hiding Adi Newton. He was previously involved in The Future...
Chmcl Str8jckt – Wrtchd Thngs (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover Background/Info: After a promising self-titled and self-released album released in 2017, this American formation went on with...
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There is never a shortage of shows on Netflix, which means there is a lot for you to choose from....
Netherworld – Algida Bellezza (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Italian composer and Glacial Movements label owner Alessandro Tedeschi has released a very particular work. It’s...
Rroyce – Parallel Worlds (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “Parallel Worlds” is a teaser to the third full length (cf. “Patience”) from the German Rroyce trio....
Available for free download: Binary Division’s track ‘Netrunner’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 10th track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
Justo Bagüeste & Suso Saiz work together on ‘Inducing the Pleasure Dreams v2’ LP – check the first preview here
Two famous Spanish electronica wizzards have joined for the album "Inducing the Pleasure Dreams v2", namely Suso Saiz and Justo...
Brand new Chandeen video launched: ‘Vanish’ + new album expected in February 2020
The shoegaze/darkwave act Chandeen is back with an all new video for the track "Vanish". The track is taken from...
Sieben – Kickstart The Empire! Extended EP (Digital EP – Redroom)
Genre/Influences: Rock, folk, experimental, chanson. Background/Info: Matt Howden is back on track unleashing this EP, which is the extended edit...
V/A Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Middle East (CD Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, cinematographic, mystic. Background/Info: Unexplained Sounds Group moves on exploring different kinds of experimental/ambient/industrial music from very different...
‘Click Interview’ with Mental Exile: ‘Mental Exile Is My Way To Talk, To Feel And To See Around Me’
Mental Exile is a Spanish solo-project set up by Mondträume singer Damasius Venysthe. We last year discovered Mental Exile by...
How to choose the guitar that’s right for you
Picking out your first (acoustic) guitar isn't something you should do hastly, in fact you shouldn't buy any guitar, whether...
Brand new Hanzel Und Gretyl expected next week: ‘Hexennacht’
New York City's Hanzel und Gretyl return with their 9th album entitled "Hexennacht". With "Hexennacht", the duo continue their dark...
Black Tape for a Blue Girl releases first music video in 6 years: ‘In my memories’ – watch it now on Side-Line + interview
Black Tape for a Blue Girl releases their first music video in 6 years with "In my memories" taken from...
The importance of background music in casinos
According to Research, music deeply influences the moods and emotions of those listening to it. This is why it has...
Signalstoerung – UU (Digital Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, cinematographic electronics. Background/Info: The German project Signalstoerung is back on track unleashing its second full length album....
Rhys Fulber – Ostalgia (CD Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM, minimal-electro. Background/Info: One year after the successful album “Your Dystopia, My Utopia”, Canadian electro veteran Rhys Fulber...
Brand new Esplendor Geometrico album expected in January 2020
(Photo by Carsten Stiller) Esplendor Geométrico, the influential industrial pioneers of the pulsating, hypnotic and mechanical rhythms, returns with a...
Famous Belgian psychologist Dirk De Wachter featured on new album Psy’Aviah
The Belgian tripop/synthpop act Psy'Aviah isn't shy of venturing into unknown territories. On their newest album, "SoulSearching", they invited the...
Stoneburner – Technology Implies Belligerence (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, dark-electro. Background/Info: This is Stoneburner’s (aka Steven Archer from Ego Likeness) sixth full length album (the second one...
Stoneburner – The Structure Itself Is In Pain (Digital EP – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, dark-electro. Background/Info: Steven Archer (Ego Likeness) has released an impressive number of productions since his debut album “Songs...
Je T’Aime – Je T’Aime (CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Je T’Aime is a new name active in the cold-wave/post-punk fields. Hailing from Paris the band...
Ground Nero – Divergence (CD Album – Danse Macabre Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic rock, cold wave, post-punk Background/Info: Third release (but first full album release on Danse Macabre Records) for the...
Bysmarque & Snowwhyte – Once Upon A Time… (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Bysmarque & Snowwhyte is a German male-female duo set up in 2017. After having released two...
Projekt Ich – By Train Through Countries (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Projekt Ich is a German solo-project driven by Ulf Müller. He’s been active for more than ten...
‘Click Interview’ with Cervello Elettronico: ‘My Biggest Fear Is Nuclear Fallout From War Or Negligence’
I discovered David Christian aka Cervello Elettronico by his official debut-album “Negate The Instigator” released in 2007 on Crunch Pod....
DIE KRUPPS – Vision 2020 Vision (CD Album – SPV/Oblivion Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, Neue Deutsche Haerte, EBM Background/Info: DIE KRUPPS are a phenomenon in the German music scene, active since 1980...
Pos.:2 – Sounds Like Real Life (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: I personally consider Thorsten Krüger and Matthias Grod as one of the most promising electro-pop formations in...
Plexiphones – Break In The Clouds (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Background/Info: Plexiphones is a German formation featuring six (!) members. They joined hands together with Echozone to...
MonoSapien – In Eigener Sache (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: “In Eigener Sache” (translated ‘on my own account’) is the debut album of the German...
Loewenhertz – Traumfaenger (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: German synth-pop duo Alex Pfahler – Andy Pfiefer are back on track unleashing their third full length album....
Hymnambulae – Nausikaa (CD Album – Hypnagoga Press)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, ritual. Background/Info: Hymnambulae is a Swedish project set up and driven by the siblings Pär Boström and...
Optic Oppression launches first track from forthcoming ‘Halfway to Hell’ album exclusively on Side-Line
(Photo by Optic Oppression) Industrial/Synth Rock artist Optic Oppression is going to release the album "Halfway to Hell" on November...
Darkwave solo artist Caress releases new Song ‘Love’ – listen here
Out now is a brand new song by darkwave songstress Caress aka Tara Jane from the Shoegaze/Post-Punk band Blood Candy....
Arctic Sunrise – Across The Ice (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: It took three years for the German duo Torsten Verlinden (vocals) - Steve Baltes (electronics) to achieve...
MediaData – Adore Resurrect (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro-ambient, IDM, experimental. Background/Info: 2019 clearly appears to be a prolific year for Denis Vasiliev. He released several...
MediaData – Impulsiveness (Digital EP – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Russian composer Denis Vasiliev has already been active since 2008. He released an impressive number...
Available for free download: Bellhead’s track ‘Fire Control (Ordinary Mammal Remix)’ (Face The Beat: Session 5 profile series)
The 9th track on our free (or pay-what-you-want to support our charity work) download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5"...
Voltaire reissues 1998 album ‘The Devil’s Bris’ on vinyl
On its 22nd anniversary Aurelio Voltaire's 1998 debut "The Devil’s Bris" will be re-released on vinyl later in 2020. The...
Lords Of Acid announce ‘Make Acid Great Again 2020 Tour’ with Aesthetic Perfection, Praga Khan and MXMS
Lords Of Acid has announced that they will be returning stateside with their 'Make Acid Great Again Tour'. The act...
Jérôme Chassagnard – Wind (Digital EP – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: French artist Jérôme Chassagnard already released four albums on Hymen Records and started last year...
2Methyl – Antlia (Digital EP – Subtrakt)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial, experimental, dark-electro. Background/Info: French artist Nicolas Druoton has already released impressive productions and is now back on...
Then Comes Silence leave Nuclear Blast and join Metropolis Records – new upcoming album ‘Machine’ being prepared
Swedish post punk goth rockers Then Comes Silence have joined Metropolis Records for North and Central America and thus leave...
The Cassandra Complex re-release 20-year old ‘Wetware’ in 3 linked releases
(Picture by Daniela Vorndran) Almost 20 years ago (it's like yesterday if you ask us) the influential goth-electro-industrial-cyberpunk band The...
‘Click Interview’ with Schultz: ‘Music Is Now More A Commercial Product Than An Art’
Schultz saw the daylight in 2002, but things really started in 2004 when Franz Schultz joined hands together with performer...
Alberich – Quantized Angel (CD Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-trance. Background/Info: Behind Alberich is hiding American producer Kris Lapke. He’s involved with numerous projects and moved back...
Agonoize – Midget Vampire Porn (DCD Album + EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: “Midget Vampire Porn” is the sixth full length album by Berliner (Germany) dark-electro act Agonoize. It also...
Agonoize – Blutgruppe Jesus / Schmerzpervers 2.0 (CD EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Five years have passed since the release of the last Agonoize album “Apokalypse”. The Berliner (Germany) formation...
Sweet William – Laughter Filled With Pain (CD Album – Datakill Records)
Genre/Influences: Acoustic, ballad, chanson, gothic. Background/Info: The German formation Sweet William has been driven since 1986 by Oliver Heuer. The...
Signal Aout 42 – Insurrection (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM, new-beat. Background/Info: Earlier this year Jacky Meurisse struck back with a new full length from his EBM project...
Beyond The Ghost – You Disappeared (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Pierre Laplace is a French musician who joined hands together with Cryo Chamber to unleash the...
Creation VI – Beringia (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Tim Six is back on track unleashing a new opus –the second one...
Black Lung – NXIVM (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, EBM. Background/Info: David Thrussell (Snog, Crisis Actor ao) is back on track with a new album of...
Gnome & Spybey – Collective (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Collective” is a compilation featuring twelve songs composed over the years by Tony D’Oporto aka...
Distortion Six – Norze (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, power-noise, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Norwegian sonic terrorist Nichlas Schermann is back on track with his newest album entitled “Norze”....
Liebknecht – on Tour with Nitzer Ebb – to launch new album in December, ‘Produkt’ – trailer available now
Out on December 13 is the newest studio album by Liebknecht. "Produkt" comes in limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies...
