SYZYGYX premieres ‘Dangerous Creature’ exclusively on Side-Line
"Dangerous Creature" is a brand new video taken off SYZYGYX's new album "Fading Bodies" which will be out October 11th...
The Awakening release live footage from tour with Wayne Hussey
To mark the halfway point of the 36 date European tour, Ashton Nyte from The Awakening has released live video...
Mental Exile debuts blood filled video for ‘Renegades’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Mental Exile, the solo project of Damasius Venys from Mondträume, debuted a brand...
‘Click Interview’ with Nevel: ‘I Wanted To Create My Own Orb Track’
Bart Van Meulebroeck is already active for years now in the Belgian electro fields. He got involved with very different...
Brand new Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds to be released next week: ‘Ghosteen’
Out of the blue, well not entirely as we knew Cave had been working on this album for a while,...
KL Dark Records launches brand new Neustrohm EP: ‘Red alert’
Elementary, brute, experimental, industrial… That's how KL Dark Records describes Neustrohm on their newest EP "Red alert" which will hit...
Gyakusatsu and Misa Tridente (plus I. Enrich) united on ‘Split’ cassette release
Out now on the Spanish label Marbre Negre is the "Split" cassette release uniting two projects. On side A you'll...
Skotofobin release industrial / metal debut EP ‘Stadt’
(Photo by Daniel Appel) The Hanover (Germany) based industrial rock/metal act Skotofobin has just released its first EP "Stadt". The...
Depeche Mode documentary film ‘Spirits in the Forest’ to be shown in theatres for one night only on November 21
A new documentary on the cultural impact of Depeche Mode is to be screened in cinemas worldwide for one night...
Exclusive premiere 6th Circle video ‘Taking Us Down’ on Side-Line
Industrial/EBM artist 6th Circle will be releasing his new album "The Third Estate" on Sentient Ruin Laboratories on October 4th....
Synth-/electropop act Gimme Shelter announces new album with ‘Friedensfahrt’ video
Gimme Shelter, Shooting, Theresienwiese, München Gimme Shelter is a German synthpop/electropop act founded by the duo-act Robert Grolms and Niko...
Side-Line opens channel on Telegram – join and don’t miss our updates which Facebook hides for you
Tired of following our Side-Line Facebook page and not seeing the news in your newsfeed? We have the sollution for...
SPK 1986 album ‘Zamia Lehmanni’ reissued and also available on vinyl for the very first time
Originally released by Side Effects in 1986, "Zamia Lehmanni (Songs of Byzantine Flowers)" was the third (and final) core SPK...
Artefacts of the early days of Factory Records put on exhibition in London
(Photos and text by our UK correspondent Simon Helm) Original posters from The Factory club, along with the first steps...
The Cassandra Complex release debut album ‘Grenade’ in a 2019 remastered version
(Picture by Xavier Marquis) The classic The Cassandra Complex album "Grenade" from 1986 is once again available. Over 30 years...
Tribute to Legendary Pink Dots/Tear Garden coming out via Coitus Interruptus Productions: ‘Love Notes to a Velvet Apocalypse’
Coitus Interruptus Productions in association with Auricle Media are currently working on a very special non-for-profit tribute album for the...
Exclusive premiere new The Mystic Underground single video ‘Tempted by the Sounds of Violence’
"Tempted By The Sound Of Violence" is a brand new video and single from The Mystic Underground, a band which...
Angelspit return with 8th studio album ‘Bang Operative’
Los Angeles-based band, Angelspit announce their 8th studio album "Bang Operative" (out on Black Pill Red Pill). The album has...
The Swedish electro act Daybehavior returns with a brand new track: ‘There’s Nothing Else’ – check it out!
The brilliant Stockholm based electropop act Daybehavior have released another track from their forthcoming new album "Based On A True...
‘Click Interview’ with Icd-10: ‘Some Make Music To Open Hearts – We Aim To Perforate Other Organs’
ICD-10 is a medical classification for systematization of diagnoses. It means ‘International Classification of Diseases‘ and was created by the...
Depeche Mode and the railway arch
(By our UK correspondent Simon Helm) When Depeche Mode recorded Construction Time Again, they left the studio in order to...
KMFDM to release ‘Paradise’ feat. Raymond Watts (PIG) for the first time in 16 years
With 2019 marking 35 years of conceptual continuity, KMFDM are to release the band's 21st album, "Paradise". KMFDM was this...
The Lautreamonts announce European tour 2019
Next week, Brazilian post-punk/darkwave band The Lautreamonts will arrive in Europe for a 11 date tour across 6 countries (Netherlands, Belgium,...
Peter Murphy announces first live date with Bauhaus after suffering a heart attack
Bauhaus has announced a Hollywood Palladium show featuring Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, and David J. The show will...
OMD release ‘lost’ 1993 song: ‘Liberator’ – listen here
Out now is the previously unreleased Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) track "Liberator", taken from the forthcoming "Souvenir" boxset....
First Aid 4 Souls returns with a brand new album (CD and 2CD) in November: ‘Keep This World Empty’ – check the first 2 tracks
Veteran Hungarian artist István Gazdag (ex-Vacuum) has been active in the avant-garde electronic / industrial scene since the late 80’s...
Junksista returns with a brand new videoclip for the track ‘Love Makes People Stupid’
Germany's electronica act Junksista have just published a brand new video clip for the song “Love Makes People Stupid” taken...
Psy’Aviah announces more details of upcoming ‘Soul Searching’ album – preview the first tracks!
One of Belgium’s finest electronica trademarks over the last decade, Antwerp-based Psy'Aviah aka Yves Schelpe returns with “Soul Searching”. The...
‘Click Interview’ with Neon Electronics: ‘Everything Is Possible, No Limits, All Freedom’
Dirk Da Davo will be always linked to The Neon Judgement. Time goes by and today The Neon Judgement are...
‘Click Interview’ with Der Blaue Reiter: ‘Vinyl Is The Most Romantic Representation Of The Music’
Set up in early 2005 by Sathorys Elenorth, Der Blaue Reiter this year released its sixth full length album “United,...
New single of Finland’s dark electro duo Miseria Ultima out now!
(Pictures by Ari Rantanen.) The Finnish based dark-electro duo Miseria Ultima (Aleksi Martikainen on vocals and Kimmo Huhtala on synths)...
Seigmen crowdfunding exceeds all expectations – 102% funded in just 4 days!
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Karisama Records press release)The Norwegian industrial/goth rock band Seigmen released five classic...
Nitzer Ebb hit the USA for a brand new tour + rare skateboard video of ‘Fun To Be Had’ (1984 footage)
(Photo by Hazel Hill McCarthy III) After touring the US earlier this spring, Douglas McCarthy and Bon Harris are bringing...
ELM announces brand new album ‘Extreme Unspoken Tension’ – first 2 tracks available for preview + 2CD limited edition set announced as well
Just over a week ago ELM launched the delicious old school EBM EP "Death Of The North" via Bandcamp. Now...
‘Click Interview’ with Onsturicheit: ‘It’s Like A Splinter In Our Soul Cause What Kind Of Future Do We Give To Our Children’
Peter Moorkens is a Belgian artist born in 1965. He started playing acoustic guitar and got later on interested by...
First album Mental Exile (solo project Mondträume singer) to launch in October – check the first tracks
(Photo by Lydia Solans) To be released on October 4th is "Ride The Madness", the debut by Mental Exile. Behind...
‘Click Interview’ with Frontier Guards: ‘The Album Is A Reflection On What I Do’
Czech artist Martin Pavlik is now active under the Frontier Guards moniker for several years. He released two albums on...
Electronic / industrial act First Aid 4 Souls signs to Alfa Matrix and launches label debut EP – and it’s a delicious one!
"Increased Sensory Perception" is the title of a brand new EP by the avant-garde electronic / industrial act First Aid...
‘Click Interview’ with Aram 17: ‘I Never Met Another Ambient/Dark-Ambient Artist In Armenia’
Aram 17 is an Armenian solo-project driven by Aram. The number 17 is a kind of spiritual number as a...
ELM returns with a smashing download EP: ‘Death Of The North’ – listen now
The EBM act ELM has released a 5-track EP "Death Of The North" on Bandcamp today. The EP is a...
a-ha’s Magne Furuholmen releases surprise single/video ‘This is now America’ – watch it here
a-ha's Magne Furuholmen has shared a surprise single called "This is now America" on Instagram. You can listen to the...
Peter Bjärgö to release new album ‘Structures And Downfall’ and re-issues of ‘A Wave Of Bitterness’ and ‘The Architecture Of Melancholy’ albums
Coming up in September is a new album by Peter Bjärgö, "Structures And Downfall", and also a re-issue of his...
OMD launch 40th anniversary boxset ‘Souvenir – The Singles 1979-2019’ + MEGAtour
OMD have announced a brand new 40th anniversary career-spanning boxset and comprehensive singles collections. "Souvenir - The Singles 1979-2019" will...
‘Click Interview’ with Outpost 11: ‘Do What You Feel Necessary, But Beware For The Consequences’
Rodion Skityaev is a Russian musician operating from Moscow (Russia). He last year released the official debut album “Resonate” of...
Pixies to launch ‘Beneath the Eyrie’ boxset including an exclusive double A side 7 inch vinyl
Out on September 19 is the Pixies boxset "Beneath The Eyrie" holding a hard back book, a double clear vinyl...
Febrvvm covers Deftones’ classic track ‘Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)’
The industrial metal project Febrvvm has released a cover version of Deftones' classic track "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"....
Estados Alterados releasing new single & video ‘Mantra’
Colombian electro-rock act Estados Alterados is releasing "Mantra", its latest music video from the album "Lumisphera" produced in Los Angeles...
Brand new video from the sci fi electro-rock project Real Space Noise – the first new release in 13 years from the project!
(Photo by Garrett Fielding) Functional Equivalent Recordings have announced new music from the sci fi electro-rock project Real Space Noise,the...
Non-Bio releases remix album ‘Degraded – Remixes 2014-2019’
Out now is the Non-Bio remix download album "Degraded - Remixes 2014-2019". Included on "Degraded - Remixes 2014-2019" are remixes,...
Exclusive premiere Corlyx video ‘Twist Like An Animal’
Dark electro artists Corlyx exclusively premiere their new video "Twist Like An Animal" on Side-Line. The song is off their...
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio to release final album… kind of
Out later in September - and available now for ordering - is the new Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio album "Let's Play...
a-ha announces new vinyl/2CD deluxe editions for ‘Minor Earth | Major Sky’ (2000) and ‘Lifelines’ (2002) – more details here
Out on September 27 are the deluxe- 2CD Sets (remastered with unreleased bonus tracks, some live-takes and demos) of the...
‘Click Interview’ with Mondträume: ‘With This New Image And Artwork We Tried To Reflect The Birth Of The Hypocrisy Without Masks’
Spanish duo Pikotto vondMond (music & programming) and Damasius Venys (vocals & lyrics) are back on track, unleashing their second...
Apoptygma Berzerk releases “Nein Danke!” EP – get the first two tracks today
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Tatra Records, Pitch Black Drive pressrelease) Apoptygma Berzerk have been very active...
Rammstein guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe kiss during Moscow show – defying Russia’s anti-LGBT laws
(Photo by Rammstein) This news remained largely unnoticed in the Western press, so we are bringing it today. The Rammstein...
DIE KRUPPS announces European tour
The German pioneers of EBM/Industrial-Metal will be touring Europe again in November and December 2019. Viral (US) and Manntra (HR)...
The Awakening on tour with Wayne Hussey (The Mission) in Europe
The Awakening will be supporting Wayne Hussey (The Mission) on the European dates of his upcoming Salad Daze Tour! The...
Suicide Commando re-releases ‘Hellraiser’ as a 4-track limited Picture Vinyl single
In 2000 the Belgian industrial act Suicide Commando released "Mindstrip", the project's fourth album. That album held the track "Hellraiser...
OMD’s ‘Enola Gay’ is today’s worldwide soundtrack – (Hiroshima August 6, 1945)
74 years ago today, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb, 'Little Boy', carried by the...
‘Click Interview’ with Statiqbloom: ‘My Intention Is The Evolution Gets More Focused And More Provoking’
Fade Kainer (Batillus, Tombs, Jarboe) set up Statiqbloom in 2013 as a solo-project. He got joined in 2016 by NY,...
‘Click Interview’ with Cryo: ‘Much Song Writing In The World Is More Of A Mass-Production Industry’
Martin Rudefelt set up Cryo in the early years 2000. From start on this Swedish project dealt with a ‘different’...
Kraftwerk wins sampling case in EU top court: permission needs to be obtained to sample another musician’s song
A verdict in the EU top court - which lasted for 22 years (!) - is defining the rules of...
Talk Talk announce show to honour the late Mark Hollis (but without key line-up of Talk Talk)
Talk Talk have announced a one-off show at London's Royal Festival Hall to honour late singer Mark Hollis. The concert,...
Electropop/synthpop act Parentz just dropped ‘Dead Mall’ on TextMe Records – check it out
Oakland's Parentz, the electropop/synthpop duo consisting of Jeremy Sullivan and Jonathan Hall, have just dropped "Dead Mall", a song about...
OST from Lars Von Trier’s controversial film ‘Antichrist’ gets first ever physical release
Out via Cold Spring is the first ever physical release of the soundtrack to Lars Von Trier's controversial film "Antichrist"....
Debut single ‘The Immortals’ by Empyres lands on Insane Records
It has been a while since new bands joined Insane Records, but the label has now picked up the American...
