Survivorship bias in the music industry, an underestimated phenomenon
Survivorship bias. Most have never heard of this term, but it really does impact the music industry where a striking...
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Simone Salvatori (Spiritual Front) goes pro-Putin and gets massive backlash
Spiritual Front, signed to the German label Prophecy Productions, is getting more and more backlash from the general public due...
It’s increasingly crucial that bands own their fan data now
Nowadays musicians and bands actively confront challenges in revenue maximisation. Most bands blame the streaming platforms, and there is some...
Alien Vampires – Return Me To Hell (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial, EBM. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Italian Electro-act Alien Vampires strikes back with their first new studio-album in...
Vince Clarke launches debut solo album ‘Songs of Silence’ – Out now
(Photo by Eugene Richards) Vince Clarke unveils his first solo album today, titled "Songs of Silence". This ambient album, spanning...
VNV Nation interview: ‘Life goes on, the world goes on’
Ronan Harris from VNV Nation was in his former life the very first webmaster of Side-Line. A little known fact,...
The Cure frontman Robert Smith tweets Side-Line’s Ukrainian charity compilation straight back into the Bandcamp charts
Yesterday was an unusual day as we experienced a sudden surge in donations from Bandcamp, more than the typical amount....
Ukrainian tribal ambient act Dva Dereva returns with all new single, ‘Black Spring’
The Ukrainian act Dva Dereva is back with the all new (excellent!) single "Black Spring" out on Microcosmos Records. The...
Click Interview with Die Robo Sapiens: ‘Don’t Follow Trends, Spearhead Them!’
What comes in mind when hearing the names Jürgen Engler, Marcel Zürcher and Ralf Dörper? Die Krupps! Right; but since...
Side-Line starts Turkish Emergency Humanitarian Assistance relief fund
At Side-Line we have always supported charities around the world. Now the time has come to show our support for...
Side-Line to launch (oldschool) EBM compilation series ‘Electronic Bodies’ – submissions wanted now !
The time has come to start up a brand new charity compilation series at Side-Line, which will be titled "Electronic...
Uncovering the Depeche Mode Experience: A Fan’s Ultimate Guide to ‘Walking in their Shoes’ in London available now
Do you consider yourself a die-hard fan of Depeche Mode? Then you won't want to miss the chance to experience...
Here’s the all new video from Bara Hari: ‘Violence Rising’
The new Bara Hari single "Violence Rising" is out now via Re:Mission Entertainment.And today we can also present you the...
Click Interview with Solitary Experiments: ‘Convince Yourself Of It!’
It took four years to Solitary Experiments to release a new studio album. The German formation lead by core members...
US electro act Noxious Emotion returns after 20 years of silence – finally – and remixes spankthenun
Noxious Emotion, the electro-Industrial band from the NorthWest formed in 1992, is finally back. Michael 'Mike' Wimer and Shane Aungst...
Everything But The Girl have recorded all new album, their first in 23 years
(Photo by Juergen Teller) Everything But The Girl are back together to record an album for the first time in...
Click Interview with Rome: ‘You Gotta Keep Re-Inventing Yourself To A Degree’
Jérôme Reuter never stops releasing new productions under his sonic alter-ego Rome. Reuter is a prolific artist who never stops...
Top 25 albums of the year 2022
(By Stéphane Froidcoeur for Inferno Sound Diaries/Side-Line Reviews) 2022 has been once again a sad, bloody and terrible year. Living...
Delerium returns with all new album in February 2023
A new Delerium album wil come out on February 3rd,2023 on Metropolis records. The release will be dedicated to the...
Serbian industrial rock/electronic project dreDDup return with a video for the 1998 track ‘Roots of Them’
Serbian industrial rock/electronic project dreDDup have released a new video "Roots of Them" to end this year, their 25th Anniversary...
Out now, the all new album by Finnish dark electro act Miseria Ultima for Alfa Matrix: ‘In Colors Of Void’
After their recently released new EP “Witch Heart Apparition”, the Finnish dark elektro duo Miseria Ultima (Aleksi Martikainen on vocals...
Komor Kommando returns with an all new EP ‘One By One’ after 9 years of silence !
Komor Kommando, the industrial/EBM solo-project of Sebastian Komor (Icon Of Coil, Zombie Girl, Bruderschaft), finally strikes back with an all...
Ukrainian dark folk act Pororoka back with all new video celebrating the beauty of Kyiv’s nature
The Ukrainian dark foll act Pororoka, one of the biggest surprises on our "Electronic Resistance" compilation featuring darkwave / post-punk...
Out now – all new album by Norwegian synthwave / dreamwave project Lights A.M
The Norwegian synthwave / darkwave / electronic dream-pop project Lights A.M returns with “Clouds”, a 10-track new album today. Lights...
Shane Aungst delivers his take on Phil Stiles’ latest studio album resulting in ‘The Anchorhold Dissolution’
Trepanation Recordings has announced the imminent release of "The Anchorhold Dissolution" by Leicester (UK) based Phil Stiles versus Seattle (USA)...
ImJudas interview: ‘Force the hand of chance’
Out now is "Yrjudas", the debut album by ImJudas, the electro-rock solo project by Italian artist Maxx Maryan, founding member...
Side-Line presents: ‘Electronic Resistance’ – a 55-track Ukrainian darkwave / post-punk compilation
This weekend Side-Line released "Electronic Resistance", a 55-track compilation featuring darkwave / post-punk acts from the Ukrainian underground scene only...
The bands that caused the bankruptcy of Factory Records: New Order and Happy Mondays
Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label...
The 10 best synthpop / electropop albums of all times (and 5 more)
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. During the late 1970s bands such as...
And the best 25 albums of 2021 are…
Over the past 12 months Inferno Sound Diaries' Stéphane Froidcoeur selected nearly 750 productions of which 600 also got a...
30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview with Bernard Van Isacker (Side-Line & Alfa Matrix): ‘Consider Us As An Incubator For Talents’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
Click Interview with Elektrostaub: ‘I Don’t Really Like To Look Back, I Love To Look Forward’
Patrick Knoch set up Elektrostaub in 2007. Elektrostaub can be defined as Electro/Future-Pop and is a solo-project with guest singers....
Brand new single from the synthpop / futurepop act Chrysanth: ‘Towards The Sun’
The synthpop / futurepop act Chrysanth has released a brand new single, "Towards The Sun". It's available on Bandcamp now...
