Attrition launches ‘A Permanent View? Black Maria Remixed’ exclusively on Bandcamp – Out now
Out via Two Gods is the new Attrition album "A Permanent View? Black Maria Remixed". As you could guess already,...
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Horror & Opera debuts immersive multimedia experience with ‘The Lost Opera’ – Check first track now
Horror & Opera, brainchild of Siberian-born classically trained operatic singer, multi-instrumentalist, experimental electronic musician, and multi-disciplinary mixed-media artist, Alia Synesthesia,...
‘Resurgence’, a massive 7CD post-punk boxset to be released in January 2025 – Pre-order now
The Brussels-based Spleen+ label (a division of Alfa Matrix) has prepared a deluxe 7CD collector’s edition - "Resurgence" - which...
Attrition announces Australia & New Zealand Tour
Coventry's industrial and cinematic darkwave band, Attrition, led by founder Martin Bowes, is gearing up for its first-ever tour of...
Breaches share video for ‘Twist the Knife’
Breaches, the post-punk duo from Wellington, New Zealand, is composed of Hayden Ellis and Matt McGuiness. Following their recent performance...
Click Interview with Attrition: ‘It Was High Time For Another Attrition Album!’
Martin Bowes and his main music project Attrition have been part of the collective memory of many Electro fans since...
Attrition – The Black Maria (Album – Two Gods)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Cinematic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Martin Bowes strikes back with a new album of his...
Attrition announces brand new album: ‘The Black Maria’ – Pre-orders available now
The new Attrition album, "The Black Maria", will be released on March 23rd. Pre-orders are now live in all formats...
Musicians on YouTube: Benefits and Hardships of Using YouTube for Self-Promotion
YouTube has become one of the first social media platforms to support different artists in their rise, complementing their on-stage...
Canadian coldwave act Scene Noir returns with 3-track download EP ‘Violent Summer’
The Montreal, Canada-based coldwave act Scene Noir are releasing a download EP on Friday, called "Violent Summer". You can preview...
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....
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...
Techomancer releases 2nd album ‘Hyperfuel’ with the Groth brothers contributing in various roles
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Techomancer press release. Photos: Tarjei Krogh) Out now is the new album...
Gothic electro-rock trio Dispel offers new single ahead of 2nd album
Gothic electro-rock trio Dispel presents "Glasya’s Heresy (Acoustic Version)" from their sophomore album "Inferno" out on October 12th. The video...
Attrition release live recording of first ever show in the USA (1996)
Out now is "Live at projektfest. Chicago. 1996", the live recording of the first ever Attrition show in the USA,...
Twelve Thousand Days – The Birds Sing As Bells (Album FinalMuzik)
Genre/Influences: Chanson, Psychedelic, Neo-Folk, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The duo Martyn Bates (Attrition) – Alan Trench released this latest...
Attrition compiles period 1986 – 2004 on ‘A Great Desire (1986 – 2004)’ vinyl
The UK electro act Attrition has compiled the period 1986 - 2004 on the "A Great Desire (1986 - 2004)"...
Vaselyne (Yvette Winkler and Frank Weyzig formerly of Clan Of Xymox) join COP International, first single ‘Waiting to Exhale’ out now
COP International has announced the signing of the Dutch band Vaselyne. The duo came recommended by John Fryer who had...
Montreal post-punk act Scene Noir releases ‘Telegraph’ album on Velouria Recordz
Out via Velouria Recordz is the new album by the Montreal post-punk act Scene Noir: "Telegraph". It's the band's 3rd...
Attrition releases live album ‘Death House Variations’ recorded live at The Tin in Coventry on September 10
After nearly 40 years the original Attrition line up, that recorded "This Death House" over 2 afternoons in 1982, reunited...
Planetdamage back with ‘Relapse Protocol – The Remixes’ holding 8 remixes
Out now is Planetdamage "Relapse Protocol - The Remixes" on the Black Pill Red Pill label. "Relapse Protocol - The...
New single by Attrition, ‘The Alibi’, comes accompanied by a video
"The Alibi" is the new single from the upcoming Attrition album "The Black Maria". The single is being released with...
Attrition 1982 ambient release ‘This Death House’ reissued on vinyl
In 1982 the UK electronic outfit Attrition released "This Death House", a dark ambient soundtrack, spread over two long tracks:...
Lycia celebrate 30th anniversary ‘Ionia’ debut album with vinyl reissues
US pioneers Lycia have been a landmark for the whole darkwave and gothic scene since their inception in 1988 and...
Gasoline Invertebrate – Damage Over Time (Album – Tigersquawk Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Damage Over Time” is the second official full length album by Gasoline Invertebrate. After...
Tribute album to Timothy Leary by Sam Rosenthal and other Projekt artists
With "Tim, where are you now?" Projekt Records releases a tribute album to Timothy Leary who was born 100 years...
Fear Factory continues without Burton C. Bell in a not so amicable split
Burton C. Bell has announced his departure from Fear Factory in a statement on his official website. The split doesn't...
Debut solo album Peter Ulrich re-released on vinyl
"Pathways and Dawns", the debut solo album from Peter Ulrich sees a re-release on vinyl via Infinite Fog. It's the...
The Venus Fly Trap / Alex Novak – Mercurial 1978-2018 (Album – Glass Modern)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, cold-wave, gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Venus Fly Trap is a British band that was originally set...
Attrition / Alu – Attrition / Alu (Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album is a re-release and for the very first time on...
Industrial-electronic project Chiasm releases ‘Away EP’ featuring John Fryer through COP International label
(Photo courtesy of Chiasm) Chiasm has announced a brand new EP: "Away". Released via the COP International label it's a...
Attrition launches ‘The Great Derailer’ video taken from upcoming album ‘The Black Maria’
Out now is the brand new Attrition video "The Great Derailer" for the single which was already released on January...
Audra releases first new song in 10 years: ‘Wish No Harm’ – listen here
Out now is "Wish No Harm", the first new Audra song released in 10 years, and also the first single...
Contaminated Intelligence – The Day Before… (CD Album – Contaminated Intelligence)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: American duo Jourdan Turner - Rick Mitchell aka Contaminated Intelligence are back on track unleashing a CD with...
150 minutes of previously unreleased Coil recordings on ‘Swanyard’ 3LP vinyl and 2CD set
Coil fans, attention, you will not want to miss out on this one! Out in a few weeks (closer to...
X-O-Planet has released its 2nd album ‘Voyagers’
One year after the debut "Passengers", the Mainz (Germany) based act X-O-Planet (aka Manja Kaletka and Goderic Northstar) have released...
Attrition gives away horror film score ‘Invocation’ for free
To celebrate the imminent Attrition show in Transylvania, performing their horror film score "Invocation" (released in October 2012), the UK...
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...
Planet://Damage – Angst/Snapshots Of A Surveillance Manifesto (CD EP – Two Gods)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, EBM, experimental. Background/Info: Bari Máriusz is a Hungarian artist active as Planet://Damage. After a few released EP’s he...
Classic Coil aka Black Light District album gets reissue with bonus track
In 1996 the album "A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room" was released by the band Black Light District which...
Lycia sees second – brilliant – album ‘Ionia’ re-released via Projekt Records
"Ionia" is the second studio album by the American dark wave band Lycia, and was initially released in 1991 by...
Aidan Casserly launches new ‘Spoken’ album featuring a huge array of collaborators incl. Martin Bowes (Attrition), Monica Brito (poet, artist), Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen, Fad Gadget), Maggie K. DeMonde (Scarlet Fantastic), Kriistal Ann (Paradox Obscur), …
Aidan Casserly (Empire State Human & KuBO) has just released an album called "Spoken", which contains 15 new poems of...
This Makes Me… – Fifty (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, new-wave, electronics, ambient. Background/Info: This Makes Me… is not a band, but a kind of conceptual release created...
Depression Era debut with ‘Volume 1’ 6-track EP – listen to ‘Good Night Sweet Charlatan’
The Toronto duo Andrew Hercules and Arthur Yeung aka Depression Era are debuting with the six track EP "Volume 1"...
Legendary UK act Venus Fly Trap hits the road, here are the first 4 UK dates already
Spiral Archive Records artist Venus Fly Trap hits the UK tour road and will play 4 shows. The British alternative...
Venus Fly Trap release brand new download single ‘Vitesse’ + More
Venus Fly Trap have released a taster track from the new album "Icon" (out later this year). The single, called...
Naked Lunch keyboard player Jet Noir releases ‘The Hall Of Ghosts’ EP
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Being both a progressive gothic singer/songwriter, keyboard player and backing vocalist in Naked Lunch...
New EP for cult act Naked Lunch, ‘Alternate States : chapter 1’ – out now featuring re-recording ‘Some Bizzare Album’ track ‘La Femme’ – Depeche Mode fans will love this one!
Out now via Bandcamp is the download EP "Alternate States : chapter 1" by Naked Lunch. Naked Lunch should ring...
Spiral Archive Records celebrates 15 years of existence – an interview
From time to time we at Side-Line want to know what goes on behind the scenes. So, this time we...
Attrition – Millions Of The Mouthless Dead (CD Album – Ultra-Mail Prod.)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Content: Martin Bowes is a musician of many talents. This UK veteran of the electronic &...
Attrition releases World War I inspired ‘Millions of The Mouthless Dead’ album
Martin Bowes has joined forces with Anni Hogan to record "Millions of The Mouthless Dead". "Millions of The Mouthless Dead"...
