Apoptygma Berzerk side-project Piston Damp releases second single on February 1st: ‘Loose Ends’
The Danish/Norwegian duo Piston Damp - aka Jonas Groth and Truls Sønsterud - releases their second single "Loose Ends", three...
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ES23 – Only Melodies Remain (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Daniel Pad aka ES23 last year unleashed the EP “When I’m Gone”...
The Anix launch ‘Die With You Remix Contest Compilation’ remix album – Out now
Out via FiXT is The Anix' "Die With You Remix Contest Compilation" album. The album features 14 mixes, including the...
Piston Damp (Apoptygma Berzerk side-project) debuts with 9-track single ‘Something in me’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Sub Culture Records press release) The Danish/Norwegian duo Piston Damp, currently residing...
‘Easy Way Out’ – new video from The Sky’s Gone Out
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The Sky’s Gone Out, the band from Fredrikstad, Norway, noise-rock w/electronica and goth...
‘Disarm’: Apoptygma Berzerk releases 2nd B-sides and rarities collection
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Cover art by Halvor Bodin) Exactly a month after the previous release 'Faceless...
Nope, this isn’t April fools! Apoptygma Berzerk releases ‘Faceless Fear’ B-sides and rarities collection
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Cover art by Halvor Bodin) Barely a week before April 1st Apoptygma Berzerk...
The Cassandra Complex re-release 20-year old ‘Wetware’ in 3 linked releases
(Picture by Daniela Vorndran) Almost 20 years ago (it's like yesterday if you ask us) the influential goth-electro-industrial-cyberpunk band The...
Interview with Bernard Van Isacker on the ‘Face The Beat’ series: ‘Charting with smaller bands? It’s possible, this compilation has proven it.’
(Interview / photo by Eldrina Mich) While the charity download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5" is still reigning the...
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...
Post-punk artist Astari Nite releases new song ‘Dearly Beloved’ + sign to Negative Gain
Florida based post-punk artists Astari Nite have released a brand new single, "Dearly Beloved". The track is the first song...
Machinista – Anthropocene (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish Machinista duo is back on track unleashing their third full length in history. The first album...
Side-Line presents: W-Festival – Waregem (BE)
The 4th edition of the W-Festival will take place from 15th until 18th August 2019 in Waregem Expo, Belgium. About...
A peek behind the scenes with Apoptygma Berzerk and collaborators about the making of ‘SDGXXV’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Interview photos by Sigrid E. Ø. Reinertsen) Apoptygma Berzerk, the first leading exporter...
Apoptygma Berzerk – Soli Deo Gloria / 25th Anniversary Edition (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Apoptygma Berzerk was founded in 1989 by Stephan Groth and Jon Erik Martinsen. Stephan Groth remained...
Apoptygma Berzerk re-imagine debut ‘Soli Deo Gloria’ on ‘SDGXXV’ – pre-orders available now
Following the releases and shows honouring the 25th anniversary of Apoptygma Berzerk's debut album "Soli Deo Gloria", the Norwegian electronic-rock...
Apoptygma Berzerk announces Oslo concert for August 2019
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. All photos by Krichan Wihlborg, Underground Photo) A week after their successful concert...
Machinista – Black Tide (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: John Lindqwister (also involved with Cat Rapes Dog) and Richard Flow (also member of Vision Talk) are...
Ljungblut: “Villa Carlotta 5959” premiere – stream it here two days before release
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Ljungblut & Karisma Records press release) The sixth album from Ljungblut are...
Double interview: Alex Møklebust (Zeromancer/Seigmen) and Stephan Groth (Apoptygma Berzerk) about remixing
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) In the aftermath of the Electro Spectre remix contest, I had a chat...
Page – Start (CD EP – Energy Rekords)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Swedish Page formation remains one of the oldest synth-pop formations active in their homeland. Set up in...
Apoptygma Berzerk double release for the 25th anniversary of ‘Soli Deo Gloria’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) In 1993 Apoptygma Berzerk released the very first Norwegian EBM album, “Soli Deo...
V/A El Real Under – Diez Años De Contracultura (Vinyl Double Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic, punk, electro-pop, dark-electro, wave-pop, future-pop, EBM. Background/Info: I couldn’t resist reviewing this artistic double vinyl compilation featuring...
Page releases EP “Start”, includes Apoptygma Berzerk remix
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Swedish electropop band Page releases their EP “Start” June 29th (July 6th in...
Side-Line presents: M’era Luna festival 2018 – Hildesheim (DE)
On 11th and 12th August 2018 the annual M’era-Luna festival takes place in the area of Hildesheim-Drispenstedt, Germany. M’era Luna...
50% off vinyl test pressings Front Line Assembly, Cevin Key, Die Krupps, … – here’s your discount code valid for 24 hours!
Here's an offer you can't possibly refuse. Storming The Base is offering vinyl test pressings from a huge list of...
‘Click Interview’ with Nine Seconds: ‘We Are Still Able To Record A Kick-Ass Electro-Track’
It always is something special when interviewing artists you know personally. It even becomes a bit tricky when you like...
Exclusive : Mark Jackson leaves VNV Nation. Read full statement.
VNV Nation as we know it is no more. The band has announced that England born Mark Jackson is no...
for all the emptiness launch video of ‘Hearts against minds’ + behind-the-scenes footage
Toronto-based industrial/synthpop band for all the emptiness has been releasing one video each day on Facebook during the past week...
Free download Apoptygma Berzerk remix of Mortiis track ‘Sins of Mine’ + remix by Technomancer/Angst Pop
A few days ago we announced that you could listen to a superb free remix by Apoptygma Berzerk of the...
Apoptygma Berzerk puts synth-pop spin on Mortiis track ‘Sins of Mine’ – listen here!
(Photo by Sebastian Ludvigsen) On the latest single from "The Great Corrupter", Norwegian “futurepop” group Apoptygma Berzerk transforms Mortiis’ “Sins...
Japanese noise legend Merzbow mutilates Mortiis on latest single
The latest single from Mortiis’ "The Great Corrupter" album comes courtesy of the Japanese dark ambient-noise artist Merzbow, who twists...
Mortiis releases remix album and announces UK tour
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Band photo by Sebastian Ludvigsen) As a followup to last year’s long-awaited 'The...