Punk wave act ImJudas launches new video ahead of release debut album ‘Yrjudas’ as limited double CD
Out on April 1st as a very limited 2CD is the debut album by the Italian punk wave act ImJudas....
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Aesthetische are back with an all new album – For fans of Front 242, Delerium and FLA
Exactly one year ago Asthetische released the - very well-received - “Overflow” EP (available here on Bandcamp). Our main reviewer...
Click Interview with Circumpolar: ‘Exploring Ancient Rites, Dreamlike Landscapes Of Horrors And Disasters’
When I heard both debut EP’s “Until The End Of Time” and “We Will Remain” from the Swedish duo Circumpolar...
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...
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....
Siva Six reveals brand new video for ‘December’ taken from the ‘DeathCult’ album
Out now is the official lyric video for the Siva Six track "December". The video was directed and edited by...
Alfa Matrix celebrates its 20th anniversary with free compilation download ‘matriXX – 20 Years of Alfa Matrix’
Out now for immediate download is the free compilation "matriXX - 20 Years of Alfa Matrix (Best of Electro, Synthpop,...
Elektrostaub – Reliance (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the debut-album “Birthday And Death” released on Echozone, Patrick...
Siva Six – DeathCult (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “DeathCult” is the fifth album by the Greek formation Siva Six. The title of...
Circumpolar – Awaiting The Dawn (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, IDM, Ambient, EBM. Format: Digital, 2 CD. Background/Info: Two years after the promising EP’s “Until The End...
Rector Scanner – Das Mädchen Aus Dem All EP I (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Driven by the German EBM veteran René Nowotny (AD:KeY), this year Rector Scanner returned with...
Rector Scanner – Das Mädchen Aus Dem All EP II (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This second EP of “Das Mädchen Aus Dem All” brings eight more songs by Rector...
Alfa Matrix releases 10 new releases today on all digital platforms
Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, … all have released 10 new streaming albums and EPs this morning from the Belgian Alfa...
First Aid 4 Souls re-release 2013 break-through album ‘Beyond The Galaxy’ in a reworked version
(Original photo by Viviana Ball) It was in 2013 when the Hungarian electronic / industrial act First Aid 4 Souls...
Belgian electronica act Cubic lands new EP: ‘Phonic Lessons Part 3’
Here's a band which we absolutely love: Cubic. Behind the project we find Franky Deblomme (ex-Darkmen) who with this new...
German cult EBM act Armageddon Dildos back with all new EP: ‘Destruction’
Out today via Alfa Matrix is the all new EP by the German cult EBM act Armageddon Dildos. "Destruction" is...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Uwe Kanka / Armageddon Dildos: ‘We Were In The Right Place At The Right Time!’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
Siva Six releases brand new video, ‘Alpha’ – taken from ‘DeathCult’ album
Out now is a brand new video by the Greek electro project Siva Six: "Alpha". The track for the video...
Matthew Creed – The Chapel Of Lines (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Matthew Creed is a new project by Estonian artist Dmitry Darling; the frontman of Freakangel...
Neuroactive – Morphology / Redux (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Finnish Neuroactive last year released the album “Minor Side-Effects”, which saw the band getting...
Studio-X – Here To Stay (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Hard-Techno, Industrial-Techno-Body. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Lawrie B aka Studio-X already strikes back with a new EP. The work features...
Rector Scanner returns with 2 complementary twin-EP’s under the title ‘Das Mädchen aus dem All’
The Berlin-based vintage electronic project Rector Scanner (the retro electropop side-project of the EBM duo AD:keY) has released two complementary...
Dark electropop act ImJudas launches brand new EP ‘Ritual’ ahead of debut album in 2022
Since the release of the "Tulpa” EP in 2017, ImJudas has appeared on various compilations, including our very own "Face...
Re:Mission Entertainment launches official merch store for Mentallo And The Fixer
Re:Mission Entertainment has launched the official merch store for Mentallo And The Fixer. The Big Cartel site contains such items...
‘Click Interview’ with Rector Scanner: ‘There Is No Longer A Total Work Of Art‘
Rector Scanner was the first project set up by René Nowotny. Known from his EBM project AD:KeY, Rector Scanner is...
‘Click Interview’ with Cubic: ‘It Was Time To Pull The Plug And Leave Ebm To The ‘Jügend’’
Franky Deblomme got some recognition with his EBM-project Darkmen. After having stopped the project we didn’t hear new stuff from...
Finnish darkwave electro band Neuroactive revisits cult debut album ‘Morphology’ on ‘Morphology (redux)’
Right on the heels of their new studio album “Minor Side-Effects” (available here on Bandcamp) with the original line-up of...
Siva Six returns with 5th album in November: ‘DeathCult’
After the release of the "Ghost Dance" EP earlier this year, "DeathCult" the long-awaited 5th album of the Greek electro...
Swedish darkwave electro duo Circumpolar to release an absolute must-have 2CD album: ‘Awaiting The Dawn’
When we first heard from the Swedish band Circumpolar, Jonas Mattsson and Patrik Wallin, it was very clear that this...
Dark pop act Psy’Aviah works with finalist of ‘The Voice’ for brand new 11-track EP, ‘Sunbird’ + interview & brand new video
(Photo by Gwenny Coomand of GNY Photography) With “Sunbird”, Belgian artist Psy’Aviah reveals the second single from his forthcoming "Bittersweet"...
Llumen – Polygon Heart (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Future-Pop, IDM, Cinematographic-EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the successful debut album “The Memory Institute”, Pieter...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with ‘Music Lover’ Jürgen Vanvlasselaer: ‘A Great Track Is A Great Track, Whatever Genre It Is’
2021 is a special year to me! Thirty years of journalism, which gave me the opportunity to review thousands of...
Australian techno industrial act Studio-X is back with a fresh 6-track EP, ‘Here to stay’
The Australian techno industrial act Studio-X is back with a fresh 6-track EP, "Here to stay". Expect a minimal title...
Implant doesn’t trust the machines on it’s newest EP
On March 26, 2021 Implant released its album “Cognitive Dissonance”. The duo now returns with a new download EP, "I...
Rector Scanner – Radioteleskop (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Set up in 1997 by Rene Nowotny –who’s actually more known from his...
Mental Exile – Inferno Hotline (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: After the successful debut album “Ride The Madness” (2019) Mondträume singer Damasius Venys got back...
Antiage is a new synth rock formation around ex-Mnemonic member Sebastian Schulz
Antiage is a new synthpop / synthrock band from Friedrichroda / Thuringia (Germany). They have now released their debut single...
Neuroactive – In Rust We Trust (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Finnish Neuroactive last year struck back with their first album in several years. “Minor Side-Effects”...
Llumen – The Dark In Her Eyes (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Electro-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Four years after the debut album “The Memory Institute” Belgian solo-project Llumen –driven...
First Aid 4 Souls – Stainless Steel Eyes feat. Vain Sacrosanct (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: First Aid 4 Souls’ mastermind István Gazdag is a prolific artist who also like...
AD:Key – Alles Was Ich Will (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This new EP is the third one taken from AD:Key’s sixth album “Resonanz” released...
Implant – Cognitive Dissonance (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Pop, Electro, Experimental. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Belgian Implant duo is back on track, unleashing their eleventh album in...
Front 242 – USA 91 / Live In The USA (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, 2 Vinyls. Background/Info: The “Tyranny For <You>”-tour from 1991 moved from Europe to the USA. This...
Daniel B. & Elko B. – 66.6 (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, EBM, Industrial, Krautrock, Psychedelic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: One year after the “Six+Six”-album, on which Front 242 core...
Front 242 – 91 / Live In EU (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, 2 Vinyls. Background/Info: Front 242 this year celebrates their 40th anniversary and it all seems that...
Dark techno act Matthew Creed launches ‘Hidden (Merimell remix)’ official video – recommended!
Out officially today is the brand new -excellent - video from the dark techno act Matthew Creed for the track...
Out now on Spotify and other platforms: reissue 2016 album by Italian dark electro act Synapsyche with bonus track
While the Italian dark electro act Synapsyche are currently locked in the studio to record all new material, the band's...
‘Click Interview’ with Acylum: ‘Critics Have Never Interested Me’
Pedro Engel setup Acylum in 2004. A few years later he got joined by his wife Nadine ‘Cooraz’ Engel. From...
3rd album for German vintage EBM act Rector Scanner finally out! ‘Radioteleskop’ is available as a limited 2CD and as download
Founded in 1997, Rector Scanner was actually the very first music project of Berlin-based artist Rene Nowotny who then redirected...
Belgian intelligent dark electro act Llumen returns with ‘Polygon Heart’. Check the full album out now.
Llumen, the intelligent dark electro act from Ghent based musician Pieter Coussement, is back with an all new album on...
Belgium’s dark electronics act Cubic presents excellent debut album ‘The Cubic Alphabet’ – out today
After some compilation appearances, including our very own "Face The Beat 6", and a collaboration with 808 Dot Pop on...
‘Click Interview’ with Digital Factor: ‘Many Releases Today Are Unfortunately Very Uniform’
Hailing from the former Eastern part of Germany, DIGITAL FACTOR rapidly became a renowned and successful EBM formation during the...
The Italian dark electro act Synapsyche reissues 2016 album ‘The Abyss Effect’ with extra bonus track, a cover of Moby’s ‘Lift me up’
While the Italian dark electro act Synapsyche are currently locked in the studio to record all new material, the band's...
Digital factor re-releases back-catalogue via Alfa Matrix in remastered versions – first 2 releases available now
Since the release of Digital Factor's splendid comeback album “A Chemical Process”, Mike Langer decided to revisit the band’s repertoire...
Labels Interviews: File 3: Seba Dolimont & Bernard Van Isacker / Alfa Matrix: ‘We Keep Anticipating New Trends In Order To Stay Relevant And Future Proof’
Seba Dolimont Alfa Matrix has been set up in 2001 by three friends. Séba Dolimont, Benoît Blanchart and Bernard Van...
Labels interviews with Alfa-Matrix, Dependent Records, Infacted Recordings, Metropolis Records, Progress Productions, Trisol
We all have to admit a lot of things have changed in the music industry during the past years. The...
Dark techno act Matthew Creed returns with 2nd EP: ‘Hidden’
The dark techno act Matthew Creed returns with another 3-track EP, “Hidden”. The new track represents the Estonian techno subculture...
Cubic – Alphabet Hymn (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Cubic is a Belgian solo-project driven by Franky Deblomme. EBM freaks will remind him as...
808 Dot Pop – The Cubic Temperature (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: After having remixed the song “Kelvin” for 808 DOT POP’s last single, Franky Deblomme aka...
Freakangel – The Faults Of Humanity / X Anniversary Edition (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Dark-Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Estonian combo Freakangel returned to the ‘matrix’ celebrating the tenth anniversary of their second...
Elektrostaub – We Are Dreamers (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: One year after the EP “Wake Up” featuring Henrik Iversen (NamNamBulu), German Electro-Pop project...
808 Dot Pop – Ultraviolet –Phototonic + Pentatonic +Diatonic (EP + Single – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: We discovered 808 Dot Pop –side project of Metroland’s ‘Passenger S’ with the successful debut...
Digital Factor – A Chemical Process (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The new Digital Factor album is the first one in ten years!...
Helalyn Flowers – Àiresis (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Industrial-Rock, Metal-Pop. Format: Digital, CD & 2CD. Background/Info: TheItalian act Helalyn Flowers duo strikes back with their sixth...
Acylum – Kampf Dem Verderb (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD & 2CD. Background/Info: The German band Acylum driven by Pedro ‘Acylum’ Engel and his partner...
