Turkish synthwave/postpunk duo Zack Zack Zack releases sophomore album later this week
(Photo by Ilkan Sucullu) "Album 2", out via the Vienna-based Trost Records on May 25th, is the second album by...
Lol Tolhurst to release new book: ‘Goth: A History’
Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure, is to release a new book titled "Goth: A History" on September 23rd. The...
Portuguese darkwave act Order in Chaos launches all new single and video ‘Like a fever’
The Santarém District (Portugal) based darkwave act Order in Chaos presents us "Like a fever", the latest single and video...
Click Interview with Rina Pavar: ‘I Want To Create Songs That Come Alive Through Contrasts’
Rina Pavar is a German, female, solo-project I got the opportunity to discover by the last year released album “Vivid...
The Police drummer Stewart Copeland to release ‘Police diaries’ incl. 2 deluxe editions holding 10 pre-The Police demos
Rocket 88 Books, a London-based publishing house who previously released excellent (photo) books books from Devo, The Clash, Lacuna Coil,...
The Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died after an extended battle with pancreatic cancer
Andy Rourke, bassist of The Smiths, has passed away at the age of 59. The news was shared today (May...
Cult shoe gaze act Cranes return with ‘Peel Sessions 1989-1990’
The cult shoegaze act Cranes is set to return with a new release, "Peel Sessions 1989-1990", a seven-track collection slated...
Ex-Dance Or Die members return as Darkness On Demand with a modern EBM 6-track EP ‘Final Way’
Darkness On Demand, the Berlin-based project by artists Wagner and Falgalas, who are former members of Dance or Die, is...
German synth-pop band Reichsfeind releases free download single ‘The Beauty of Blur’ via Bandcamp
German synth-pop band Reichsfeind has released a new free download single, "The Beauty of Blur". The track is a rework...
SpankTheNun premiere video for ‘Chrome (Extize Remix)’
Last week the Dallas-based dark electro act SpankTheNun launched the original "Chrome" video, today Side-Line can exclusively present the remix...
Attrition releases live album ‘Live in the Cage. 07.02.23’
The veteran dark industrial music group, Attrition, which was formed in late 1980, reunited in its original line-up in 2022....
New Body-Banden single expected in a few weeks; ‘Beers, Boots and Bones’
The Danish experimental music group, Body-Banden, is set to release a new single "Beers, Boots and Bones" on May 26th....
Poison the Vicar readies new single for a June release: ‘Graveyard Dance’
The Shanghai, China based EBM - industrial act Poison the Vicar will present their newest single "Graveyard Dance" in June...
Trieste-based gothic industrial rock act Mal di Luna unveils video for their debut single ‘Moonlight’
Trieste-based music group, Mal di Luna, known for its goth industrial rock influence, recently unveiled a video for their debut...
S.A.W. project by ex-Tangerine Dream member Johannes Schmoelling and Kurt Ader has a new album out in June: ‘Hydragate’
Out on June 30th via the MIG music label is the S.A.W. album "Hydragate". S.A.W. consists of Johannes Schmölling (formerly...
Düsseldorf tape label KLAR! 80 gets brand new compilation treatment curated by Stefan Schneider
Bureau B is set to launch the compilation titled "KLAR! 80 – Kassettenlabel Düsseldorf 1980-1982" in both CD and LP...
When members of Killing Joke and Joy Division collaborate you get K÷93
Recently, queries have come in about K÷93, a project Italian distributor Audioglobe highlighted in their latest distribution newsletter (their 800th!)...
New album by The Mystic Underground, ‘Everyone Deserves A Stage’, is out now via Re:Mission Entertainment
The new album by The Mystic Underground, "Everyone Deserves A Stage", is out now via the fine label Re:Mission Entertainment....
Wesley Eisold (Cold Cave) interview: ’It’s a dream to support Depeche Mode’
(Photo by Travis Shinn, interview by our correspondent János Janurik) You might think that appearing as a warm-up act in...
Long lost Depeche Mode documentary goes online in the BBC Storyville series
The previously unreleased 2006 documentary "Our Hobby Is Depeche Mode" by video/installation artist Jeremy Deller and psychotherapist/filmmaker Nick Abrahams is...
‘Click Interview’ with Freaky Mind: ‘We Demonstrate Who We Are Today And How We Sound’
Ilya Remaerd and Roman Ericson are now active for more than ten years as Freaky Mind. The Russian duo defines...
Blutengel shares new video ‘Unsere Zeit läuft ab’ from new album ‘Un:Sterblich – Our Souls Will Never Die’
Out now via Out Of Line is the all new Blutengel album "Un:Sterblich - Our Souls Will Never Die". And...
Funker Vogt’s 8th longplayer ‘Blutzoll’ to be available again as a new 2CD collector’s edition
Funker Vogt's 8th longplayer "Blutzoll" (October 2010) is available again as a new collector's edition via Repo Records from June...
Blackcarburning (solo project of frontman UK electropop outfit Mesh) to release debut album ‘Watching Sleepers’ in June
Out via COP International on June 23rd is the debut album from Blackcarburning, "Watching Sleepers". Behind Blackcarburning we find Mark...
Video premiere ‘Temporary Bodies’ by Object As Subject (aka Paris Hurley)
Object As Subject is premiering the video for "Temporary Bodies" on Side-Line. The track is taken from the new album...
Hungarian dark electro act First Aid 4 Souls offers 7-track strong EP/mini-album, ‘Dancing At The Abyss’
Out now via the Alfa Matrix Bandcamp page is an all new mini-album by the Hungarian dark electro act First...
IAMX’s latest single ‘Fault Lines’ is out today
(Photo by Gretchen Lanham) IAMX’s latest single "Fault Lines" is out today. The eponymous song is the title track of...
Dark pop musician Belle Scar releases new single ‘I’ve Been Here Before’ from her ‘Atoms’ debut album
(Photo by Ben Wilkin) Out via Plastic Sound Records is Belle Scar's newest single "I've Been Here Before", the track...
Dogtablet back with all new album feat. members of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Chemlab, Ego Likeness, Dissonance and more
Out via Distortion Productions is the all new album by the London-based industrial act Dogtablet, "Black Space Dust & Memories"....
Distorted Reality drops all new single, ‘I Can’t Imagine’
The synthpop/industrial band Distorted Reality is back with an all new single, "I Can't Imagine". "I Can't Imagine" addresses the...
Industrial rock band Unhappily Ever Now announces first new single since 2021 self-titled debut EP: ‘Pleading (The Haunting of Scars)’
The industrial rock band, Unhappily Ever Now has just announced their first new single, “Pleading (The Haunting of Scars)”, since...
Los Angeles-based darkwave act Tigercide releases ‘Remedy Remix’ EP
(Photo by Carlos Perez) Los Angeles-based darkwave act, Tigercide have released the "Remedy Remixes", a collection of re-envisioned tracks from...
Peter Jennings Disciples (PJD) offers new single, ‘Not Enough Bridge’
There's a saying that goes, "it’s “water under the bridge." It refers to the things in our past that happened...
UK-based electro act Alien Creation releases new track, ‘Red Pill’
The London-based electro act Alien Creation is back with the previously unreleased track "Red Pill". Taken from a well-known phrase...
Belgian synthpunk act Super Dragon Punch!! launches new single & video for ‘Split’
The Ottignies Louvain La Neuve (BE) based synthpunk / 8bit / industrial act Super Dragon Punch!! has a new 6-track...
Swedish female powered electronic act e:lect joins Town And Towers Records and releases new single ‘Collision’
The Denmark-based label Town And Towers Records recently announced the addition of Swedish female electronic duo e:lect to their roster...
Greek dark electro act Siva Six goes to ‘Fight The Machine’ on its newest EP + New video
Greek dark electro band Siva Six has released a new EP titled "Fight The Machine" through Alfa Matrix. The title...
Click Interview with Torul: ‘I Need Something That Will Fulfil Myself In The First Place, Not The Audience’
Torul is a Slovenian project originally set up by Borut Bernik aka ‘Torulsson’. Several albums have been released over the...
Dark synth-pop act CARV.R launches all new single, ‘Deflect’, feat. Mari Kattman
CARV.R, the Providence (Rhode Island) based dark synth-pop project from producer Cristian Carver, has recently released their newest single "Deflect"...
German duo Toxsyck unleashes new single ‘Death Wish’ on FiXT
The German electronic duo Toxsyck has released a new single, "Death Wish", through the US-based record label FiXT. The track...
BlakLight return with instrumental album ‘tHE pADDED rOOM’ on May 12th
Originally conceived as an instrumental album in late 2022, BlakLight's newest recording "tHE pADDED rOOM" has since mutated into a...
UPDATE: Sean Payne of Cyanotic involved in car crash – Crowdfunding campaign launched
Update: In the past days and week, this article surfaced as one of the most visited on Side-Line. As a...
Ex-members of Dance Or Die release free single via Bandcamp under Darkness On Demand moniker
(Photo by Pixel Studio Berlin) Available now as a free download via Bandcamp is the brand new single from Darkness...
Dark wave / post-punk duo Vaselyne offer brand new material on ‘Under Your Skin’ EP
The dark wave / post-punk duo Vaselyne are back with a brand new album op COP International, the 3-track EP...
The Kyiv-based Ukrainian post-punk act Morwan is back with a 3rd album, ‘Svitaye, Palaye’
The Kyiv-based Ukrainian post-punk act Morwan is back with its third album, "Svitaye, Palaye". Morwan is a post-punk one-man band...
Russia working pro-actively on destroying all online access for worldwide users, especially in the EU
This is news which will have a serious impact on the music world if (or rather when) it materialises. There...
Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo share their take on Pat Benatar’s ‘Love is a Battlefield’
Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo have unveiled the latest track from their upcoming collaborative album, "Phantasmagoria in Blue", set for...
Industrial act 3TEETH return with ‘Merchant Of The Void’, the first in a series of monthly singles leading up to the new album
(Photo by Jim Louvau) 3TEETH are back with "Merchant Of The Void", the first of a series of monthly singles...
The return of the prolific Norwegian artist Karsten Hamre with 2 new albums
Norwegian ambient/experimental artist Karsten Hamre, now based in Sofia, Bulgaria, is back with two releases. The first one is under...
VUZ Records presents Symphonic Noise Cult’s first dark pop single from the debut album ‘Behind the Curtain’
Duisburg-based label VUZ Records and the dark pop act Symphonic Noise Cult present "My Figment", the first single from Symphonic...
Greek darkwave duo Grey Gallows present new album ‘Strangers’
Grey Gallows, the Patras, Greece-based darkwave duo (Konstantin and Dionisis), are back with "Strangers", their fourth full-length album. The album...
Not My God’s latest album, a collaboration between Tim Skold and Nero Bellum, to be released on May 12th
"Obverses" is the brand new 3rd album by Not My God, the collaboration project of Tim Skold (SKOLD, ex-Marilyn Manson,...
Barcelona-based electro synth wave act SDH returns with an all new album: ‘Fake Is Real’
The Barcelona, Spain based electro synth wave act SDH returns with an all new album on June 30th:"Fake Is Real"....
Läuten der Seele returns with all new album in July: ‘Ertrunken Im Seichtesten Gewässer’
(Photo by Kira Krüger) Behind the mysterious name Läuten der Seele we find Christian Schoppik, half of the experimental dark...
Australian ambient artist Josh Cohen shares new single ‘Tachypsychia’
The latest single, "Tachypsychia", from Australian ambient artist Josh Cohen, who is now based in Berlin, has been released. This...
Witch-house producer ΣΕΘ(SET) reveals first single from forthcoming 4th album
Out on the SubGoth label is the first new single, "Altered Reality", for ΣΕΘ(SET), the project by label founder Francisco...
French avant-garde project Brume makes a comeback with ‘La Violence Du Néant’ through the Belgian label EE Tapes
Having been around for an impressive 36 years, EE Tapes is set to release the latest Brume album, "La Violence...
US-based dark EBM project Visceral Anatomy (side-project of Wingtips) makes a comeback with their second release, the 4-track EP ‘Vol. II’
Visceral Anatomy is the dark EBM offshoot of Hannah Avalon and Vincent Segretario, who are more widely known as the...
Berlin based Avian label to launch debut album ‘Magdalena’ by art pop / field recording artist Jonas Shepherd in May
Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist Jonas Shepherd, whose real name is Jonas De Houwer, is set to release his debut full-length...
VNV Nation has a new album out, ‘Electric Sun’, 5 years after previous studio album ‘Noire’
(Photo by Arne Beschorner) VNV Nation returns with the all new album "Electric Sun" on Metropolis Records for the American...
Darkwave / dream pop duo Deleyaman releases all new video for ‘A Tale’
Deleyaman is a French-American band founded in 2000 by Aret Madilian, Beatrice Valantin and Gerard Madilian. They are the first...
Dark pop act Magic Wands back with new single ‘Time’ on Metropolis Records
Magic Wands is a US dark pop outfit originally formed in Nashville by guitarists and vocalists Chris and Dexy Valentine,...
French goth / deathrock act The Cemetary Girlz returns with all new album on Manic Depression
"L'Envol du Corbeau" is the all new album by the French goth / deathrock act The Cemetary Girlz. Out via...
German post-punk / electro rock duo Para Lia reveal new single ‘Sunchild’, previewing new album
The post-punk / electro rock duo Para Lia has announced they have signed to Berlin-based About Us Records for the...
Industrial rock band Unhappily Ever Now announce brand new single ‘Pleading (The Haunting of Scars)’
The industrial rock band Unhappily Ever Now has just announced their first new single since their 2021 self-titled debut EP....
Ghent (BE) based post-punkers Korinthians premiere video new single, ‘No Future’, on Side-Line ahead of new album ‘A Major Walk’
Following their 2019 album "Chaos/Control" (of which our reviewer said it was a true earworm), Korinthians, the Ghent-based post-punk band,...
