Miseria Ultima – Graygarden (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Finnish duo Aleksi Martikainen - Kimmo Huhtala strikes back with their second...
Month: April 2020
Wolfchild – Evil Calls Home (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After having released two albums on the American label DSBP, Robert Van Kooij...
Exclusive album stream for Panic Priest’s new album ‘Second Seduction’ on Side-Line !
Out tomorrow via Negative Gain is the newest Panic Priest album "Second Seduction". But today, you can already stream it...
Pop Songs that Can Unleash the Gambler in You
Imagine a world where there is no music. It is incredibly difficult to even fathom a concept as such. Music...
Stahlgeist – Escape Reality (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Stahlgeist is a new Hungarian EBM duo set up in 2017. The band is...
Outpost 11 – Transition (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Outpost 11 is the sonic brainchild of Moscow (Russia) based solo-artist Rodion Skityaev. On...
‘Click Interview’ with Tension Control: ‘My Intention Is To Keep The Old-School EBM Alive’
Michael Schrader set up Tension Control in 2016. The German project directly moved towards EBM paths reminding some pioneers in...
Nitzer Ebb parody project Not-So Ebb launches Covid-19 ‘Let Your Body Learn’ pastiche: ‘Stay Inside Your Home’
During the 2020 Covid-19 Quarantine, DJ Joe Virus (of The Church, Dallas) and Shok (producer, multi-Instrumentalist based in Los Angeles)...
Nohycit – En Exilio (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Bolivian solo-project Nohycit last year stroke back with a second full length album. Set...
Larva – Mundos Subterraneos (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Larva is already active since the late 90s. The Spanish project driven by...
Post-punk act Talk To Her launches debut album ‘Love Will Come Again’ – check it out
This release got a bit boycotted due to the corona outbreak in Italy, hence why we feature it today as...
Spankthenun covers KMFDM classic ‘Virus’
Spankthenun have recorded a cover of the KMFDM classic "Virus". The single holds 4 tracks including the normal edit, a...
Darkwave act Chrysanth finally reveals 4th studio effort after 2 years – check it out
Good news, there's a brand new album from the electro act Chrysanth. Chrysanth was featured on the last two Face...
Cynical Existence – Rebirth (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electronic, metal, crossover. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After having released three albums on Alfa Matrix and one album...
Stupre – You Are Made For Me (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the third full length by the French project Stupre. It was...
Ministry releases new song and video ‘Alert Level’ + fans invited to make videos answering ‘How Concerned Are You?’
At the moment Ministry is working on its 15th studio album for Nuclear Blast Records. A first taste of what...
Industrial’s Early Days
Industrial music dates back to the 1970s when early industrial artists started to search for ways to introduce alternative topics...
Alfa Matrix releases all 21 ‘Sounds From The Matrix’ volumes on Bandcamp for the very first time !
16 years ago Alfa Matrix released a free label CD sampler, "Sounds From The Matrix 001", in order to showcase...
Acylum releases new album with rarities: ‘Filthy Memories – Part 2’ (available now on Bandcamp) + and more
Out now via Alfa Matrix is "Filthy Memories – Part 2", a brand new download only album by the German...
Jash Teua – Alarm (EP – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Jash Teua is a Russian solo-project driven by Zalim Bekulov. He self-released this...
Anna Morley – Visceral (Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, jazzy. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Anna Morley is an Australian female artist now based in Berlin. She...
Pouppée Fabrikk – Armén (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Pouppée Fabrikk are the Swedish Godfathers of EBM! Set up in 1987 they...
The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell releases new project ‘2 Ravens’ today – check it out here
(Photo by Mimi Sheytanova) Out today is the latest project by Roger O’Donnell (keyboard player of The Cure), "2 Ravens"....
Toal lands ‘Trapped Heart’ single on darkTunes – and it’s a fine tune!
Out now is the brand new single by Toal, the follow-up to last year's "Timeless". The female fronted electropop act...
Debut album Freak Injection out now: ‘Daddys is the devil’
Out via darkTunes is the first album of Freak Injection. "Daddys is the devil" is the follow-up to their recently...
Italian dark folk act Corde Oblique returns with ‘The Moon is a dry bone’
The dark folk, ethereal, darkwave, neoclassic, experimental act Corde Oblique returns with a brand new album, "The moon is a...
Founding Fathers Tribute: A Pioneers of Industrial Music Playlist
On Father’s Day this year, let’s not just honor the men who were responsible for bringing us into the world;...
Armageddon Dildos – Heut Nacht (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Two years ago the EP “Herbstseitlose” saw the German EBM act Armageddon Dildos get back...
Neuroactive – Minor Side-Effects (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Minor Side-Effects” is Finnish electro-pop project Neuroactive’s eight album to date. It however...
Studio-X vs. Simon Carter – Disconnected (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Techno-pop, trance-pop, industrial-dance. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Studio-X captain of the crew Lawrie Bayldon joined back together with Simon Carter....
Armageddon Dildos and Mona Mur on benefit sampler for live venues in Bonn
To support Namenlos and BLA, two clubs/live venues in Bonn (GER) a sampler has been released to donate towards the...
Swedish electro act Neurobash return with brand new album ‘2K2X’
The Swedish electro act Neurobash returns with a brand new album entitled "2K2X" after last years retrospective singles. The fresh...
‘Click Interview’ with Plastikstrom: ‘Concrete Against Fear’
Plastikstrom is a German duo set up by Jürgen Schips and Matthias Günzler. They were previously involved with a gothic-rock...
Avarice In Audio – Trojan Horse (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Australian project Avarice In Audio is actually working on their forthcoming full length “From The...
Lights A.M – Shine Our Lights (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-pop, electro-pop, experimental, cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Lights A.M is a new name signed by Alfa Matrix although featuring...
Reactor7X side-project H.O.W. launches first single: ‘A Different Kind Of Reality’
Reactor7X frontman Ad-X has launched a brand new project featuring the female vocalist Yu: H.O.W. which stand for Her Own...
When Trent Reznor met Robert Smith. A fan’s perspective.
(Photo by Erica Shumsky) The blog for the ongoing project 'Push - A Cure Fan Documentary' has posted an update...
Synapsyche – Viva Insanity (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Italian Synapsyche project is back on track unleashing the final chapter from their trilogy based...
Reza Solatipour – The Gate (Album – Industrial Ölocaust Recordings / Eight Tower Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CDR, Cassette. Background/Info: This is an Iranian artist based in Teheran who I discovered on the...
Electro industrial noise duo ItheVirus release first full length ‘The Human Filth Process’
(Photo by ItheVirus) ItheVirus, an electro industrial noise act out of Columbus, Ohio, have released their very first album: “The...
The Fair Attempts release a new single, ‘Dial Out’ – out now
(Photography by Ville Nieminen) “Dial Out”, the new single by The Fair Attempts. Expect an industrial rock track which delves...
2nd single for Norwegian synthwave project Lights A.M out now via Bandcamp : ‘Surrender & Evolve’ EP
(Photo by Tori Lind Kjellstad) After signing with the Belgian electronic music label Alfa Matrix, the Norwegian electronic project Lights...
Best EBM Albums Of All Time
Electronic body music (EBM) is a dance floor-oriented industrial music style that requires the artist to have a healthy obsession...
LPF12 – Million Mile Memory (EP – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: IDM, ambient, minimal-electro, experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This EP –which rather appears to be a mini-album, must have been...
I Murdered – Blood In Blood Out (EP – Reclaim Your City)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, industrial. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Blood In Blood Out” is the second EP by the Berlin based...
‘Click Interview’ with Celluloide: ‘When We Hear Sounds, We See Shapes, Colors…’
Celluloide is a French synth-pop formation set up in 2000. Their work has been released by hometown label BOREDOMproduct. They...
Music and Gaming
A great many of us have an affinity with music, our lives would be far duller if it was not...
The Fool’s Stone – Eleven (Album – Space Factory Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, techno, techno-body. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Adriano Canzian, Massimo Bastasi and Mauro Copeta (both involved in Hard Ton) took...
Gamma10 releases free 5-track download EP aptly called ‘Virus’
Out now is the free Gamma10 EP "Virus" based on the live performance of this Hungarian electro band in club...
Panic Priest reveals new album and quarantine video ‘Lonely City’
Synthpop/Post-Punk artist Panic Priest (aka Jack Armondo) has revealed the details on his new album "Second Seduction". At the same...
Erasure featured in Robbie Williams’ coronaoke – it’s for a good cause
I never thought I would be writing about Robbie Williams on Side-Line, but the day has come, for a good...
Plaster – Recall (Single – Kvitnu)
Genre/Influences: Dark-technoid, experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Italian project Plaster was originally set up in 2008 as a duo featuring Giuseppe...
Mordacious – It’s Not Over (Album – Mordacious)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-rave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After self-released productions, American artist ‘Mordacious Mortem’ released his work on Hypervoxx Recordings/Telegrammetry...
‘Click Interview’ with Athan Maroulis Of NØIR: ‘Nøir Is An Amalgamation Of Each Band I Have Ever Been In’
Athan Maroulis will be always linked to Spahn Ranch and Black Tape For A Blue Girl, but the past few...
Squarepusher premieres new video for ‘Detroit People Mover’, taken from the ‘Lamental’ EP
Following the release of his album "Be Up A Hello" at the end of January, and the follow-up "Lamental" EP...
How Music Can Change How People Feel And Act
According to Wikipedia, the first recorded instance of music was in 3400 BC in Syria. However, it’s almost impossible to...
Rome returns with ‘Gärten und Strassen’ LP and ‘Ächtung, Baby!’ 7 inch (single from new album ‘The lone furrow’)
Fresh news from the experimental neofolk and martial industrial act Rome aka Jérôme Reuter of Luxembourg. Out on April 30th...
Mental Discipline – Empty (EP – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Russian artistAlex 'Mental' Krivoruko set up his project in 2008. He released multiple EP’s...
Alfa Matrix offers 2 more ‘Matrix:Reb00ted’ remix albums, this time remixed by the electro dance / trip pop electro act Psy’Aviah
Alfa Matrix continues the 'Matrix:Reb00ted' series, this time with 2 remix albums by Belgian artist Psy'Aviah displaying his electro dance...
Carl Finlow – Obscura (EP – Fanzine Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, IDM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Cark Finlow has released an impressive number of records during the past twenty...
Top 10 Must Play Tracks for the Perfect Poker Party Vibes
When a group of friends get together for a poker party, you might want to make sure that everyone feels...
Nova Et Vetera – Au Delà (Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave, dark-rock. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: French formation Nova Et Vetera has been active since 1998. “Au Delà”...
Moris Blak – The Irregularity Of Being (Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Moris Blak is an American project that previously released a few EP’s on...
Laibach reissue self-titled debut album as ‘Laibach Revisited’ in a deluxe vinyl and CD box set with live extra’s and more
(Promotional picture by Laibach) We have more details of the reissue of Laibach's debut album "Laibach" originally released in 1985....
Incredible Romantic Movies Based on Real-Life Love Stories
A lot of romantic movies are actually guilty of making us live in fantasies that its all lovie dovie in...
Twin Tribes – Ceremony (Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Texan duo Luis Navarro (vocals, guitar & synth) - Joel Niño Jr....
