MARTINÉ – Nichts Währt Ewig (Digital/CD Album – Echozone)
After releasing his debut album on Nadanna, MARTINÉ returns with this second opus, which even includes an additional disc of...
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Interview with Oliver Decrow: ‘My Music Is More Influenced By Emotions And Life Events Than By Specific Artists’
This summer, I came across “I'm Too Young to Die”, the debut album by German artist Oliver Decrow. His Minimal-Electro/Wave...
Exclusive streaming of Bill Leeb debut album ‘Model Kollapse’ available now
(Photo by Bobby Talamine) Bill Leeb’s first solo album, "Model Kollapse", drops tomorrow. Leeb, a Vancouver-based musician, is best known...
Propter Hoc – Zodiac Carousel (Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Pop, Wave-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hailing from Scotland Propter Hoc aka J.A. Harrington has already self-released multiple...
AD:keY returns with all new 4-track EP: ‘Nackt’ – Out now
The EBM pop duo AD:keY are back with a fresh EP, "Nackt", following their previous single, "Two Souls". With this...
World Mobile denies dilution in the value of WMT due to the launch of AyA
This week there was some unrest in the Cardano community surrounding questions about token dilution of the World Mobile WMT...
Kanka Bodewell – Stroboscope (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After the debut work (mini-album) “Herzblut” released in 2022 the duo Uwe Kanka...
HIV+ & Friends – Spanish Electronic Body Music (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: French-Spanish Pedro Peñas Robles is a renowned artist who has been involved with...
Tension Control – Industrielle Revolution (Album – Tension Control)
#post_seo_title Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Michael Schrader strikes back with the fourth album of his sonic alter-ego Tension...
Enzo Kreft – XL (Album – Enzo Kreft Music)
#post_seo_title Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Electro-Wave, EBM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “XL” is a fine selection of ten songs taken from the...
Robert Görl (DAF) and Hanna Rollmann hold exclusive event in London for new book
Here's an exclusive event we co-present with Cold War Night Life in London. Robert Görl (DAF) and Hanna Rollmann will...
The Neue Klangordnung (NKO), New industrial event series in Cologne
Cologne’s Blue Shell hosts a brand new event series: The Neue Klangordnung (New Sound Order, NKO). The newly founded NKO...
Leroy Se Meurt releases ‘Voué à rouiller’: New electro album on Mannequin Records
Out on December 1st is the new album from the Paris-based musical duo Leroy Se Meurt (LSM). "Voué à rouiller"...
Working with Fad Gadget and Daniel Miller was an exciting treat says Jean-Marc Lederman
(Photos from the personal archives of Jean-Marc Lederman) This article draws from various updates posted by Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen,...
ELM back with 2nd EP from ‘Penetrator’ album: ‘Vessel Of Violence’
The Swedish old school EBM act ELM is back with a second EP from the well-received, intense EBM album "Penetrator"....
Click Interview with Die Robo Sapiens: ‘Don’t Follow Trends, Spearhead Them!’
What comes in mind when hearing the names Jürgen Engler, Marcel Zürcher and Ralf Dörper? Die Krupps! Right; but since...
Die Robo Sapiens – Robo Sapien Race (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Four years after their impressive debut EP Die Robo Sapiens are back with...
Crime and the City Solution announces catalogue reissues for 2023
Crime & the City Solution, who recently returned to the studio to record a cover of The Doors’ classic 1967...
Click Interview with Skren: ‘I Like The Idea Of Destruction And The Search For A Fresh Start’
Skren is a German duo driven by ‘Bias’ and ‘Poisa’. Hailing from Düsseldorf they this year self-released their second album...
The chart swindle – signed Richard Branson – that rushed krautrock act Faust in the charts (and a bit of terror)
Out now is the re-release of Faust's 3rd album "The Faust Tapes". It's far from sure that this re-released krautrock...
Founding member of DAF returns with all new Pyrolator album ‘Niemandsland’
Behind Pyrolator we find Kurt Dahlke who not only is a member of Der Plan and Fehlfarben, but also a...
‘Click Interview’ with Ghosting: ‘I Didn’t Like German Goth And The German Goths Didn’t Like Me’
Sascha Tayefeh was fifteen years old when he set up Ghosting in 1989. The German formation was inspired by the...
Orange Sector – The Work Is Done (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: German EBM cult band Orange Sector strikes back with a new EP following their successful...
Tension Control – Ton Aus Strom (Album – Tension Control)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Ton Aus Strom” is the third album by German project Tension Control which is...
Orange Sector – Alles Wird Gold (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Alles Wird Gold” must be the thirteenth full length album by German EBM formation...
‘Click Interview’ with Egoist: ‘I Was Always Intrigued In More Complex Alternative ‘Body’ Music’
Polish musician Kuba Włodarski set up Egoist around 2002/2003 as a solo Electro-Industrial music project. A self-released demo CD came...
Thomas Leer And Robert Rental get reissue of ‘The Bridge’ on vinyl via The Grey Area (Mute)
(Photo by Chris Carter) Out on 28 January 2022 via The Grey Area (Mute) is the reissue of the 1979...
‘Click Interview’ with Reality’s Despair: ‘Music Is An Art, Created By Your Brain And Shaped By Your Heart!’
Reality’s Despair is a Belgian solo-project, which was set up more than 20 years ago now. The project self-released numerous...
Side-Line presents: Sinner’s Day Festival 2021 – Heusden-Zolder (BE)
The 2021 edition of the Sinner's Day Festival will take place from 30th October until 1st November 2021 at The...
The Operating Tracks are back with an all new single: ‘Poison ID’ feat. Emma Anitchka (The Guilt)
The Operating Tracks have released a brand new video and single for the track "Poison ID" featuring Emma Anitchka. For...
‘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...
Aeronaut V – Late Departure (EP – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Finnish project Aeronaut V was set up in 2018. This year they released the...
Forma Tadre to release ‘Geiger’s Day’, first album to be released on CD in 20 years
Twenty years after Forma Tadre's last physical release, the project has prepared another CD album: "Geiger's Day". The album is...
OOMPH! continues without singer Dero Goi
The last year it has been very calm in the OOMPH!-camp. No online concerts during corona, no rescheduled festival-dates, no...
New DAF album ‘Nur Noch Einer’ to be released
Out soon via Grönland Records is the new release "Nur Noch Einer" by Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF). On vocals we...
Reality’s Despair – Perfidious Depopulation (Album – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Belgian solo-project Reality’s Despair was set up more than twenty years ago. After...
Syntet – Hjärtats Slag (Album – TZW Produktion)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Tomas Zackarias Westberg is a Swedish artist who has been involved with numerous...
QEK Junior – Anomie (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Minimal-Electro, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: German EBM formation QEK Junior is back on track, unleashing their first...
Nattskiftet – Stämplar In (Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nattskiftet is a Swedish formation set up in 2015. The band consists of Anna...
Adult releases remix/video for Bestial Mouths’ ‘Unshivered’ video
(Picture by Renee Parkhurst ) Let's hope this article doesn't get flagged by Google, Facebook and related because the follow-up...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
‘Click Interview’ with LivingTotem: ‘A Ritual Cyber-Punk Dystopia In Industrial Technology’
LIVINGTOTEM is a Hungarian solo-project driven by András Gulyás. He released his first official album “40K” in 2014 on Advoxya...
Click Interview‘ with ENZO KREFT: ‘The Future Looks Bright’
ENZO KREFT is a Belgian solo-project set up in the 80s by Eric Vandamme. After a long break the artist...
Enzo Kreft – Different World (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Enzo Kreft (real name Eric Vandamme) is a prolific artist since the resurrection...
‘Click Interview’ with KREIGN: ‘I Like That It Is Simple And Minimal’
KREIGN is an American set up in 2010 by featuring Ryan Hutman and Xiån Austin. They met thanks to a...
Jan Doyle Band – The Body Balanced (EP – Jan Doyle Band)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, EBM, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Jan Doyle Band is a UK band, which is already active for...
Pouppée Fabrikk – EKM Anthology 1989-2019 (Box – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Metal. Format: Digital, 6 CD Box. Background/Info: Swedish cult EBM formation Pouppée Fabrikk struck back earlier this year...
‘Click Interview’ with AD: KeY: ‘We Don’t Want To Limit Ourselves‘
Set up in 2007 by René and Andrea Nowotny AD: KEY rapidly became a noticeable band in the ‘old-school’ EBM...
Endzustand – Werk Des Krieges (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: EBM and Other Dark-Electronic bands have been often inspired by war, battles, soldiers and...
3+Dead – 3+Dead (Album – Swiss Dark Night Records / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Based in Roma (Italy) 3+Dead saw the daylight in 2017. Set up...
Strikkland interview: ‘Here we are, seven months, three singles and one EP later.’
(Interview by Simon Helm / photo by Krichan Wihlborg) Sweden’s love affair with EBM goes back a long way. Bands...
AD:Key – Resonanz (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, Double CD. Background/Info: Andrea and Rene Nowotny set up AD:Key in 2007. Thirteen years later they...
QEK Junior – Ausverkauf (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-wave, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: German duo QEK Junior was set up in 2005 and released...
Diorama returns with 10th album ‘Tiny Missing Fragments’
Out on Accession Records by end of next month is "Tiny missing Fragments", the 10th studio album of the darkwwave...
Die Robo Sapiens – FanFanFanatisch / The Düsseldorf EP (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The Die Krupps gang (cf.Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper and Marcel Zürcher) is back on track...
Die Kreatur – Panoptikum (Album – Napalm Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-metal, Neue Deutsche Haerte, Industrial-metal Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Dero Goi (singer/drummer of OOMPH!) and Chris Harms (singer/guitarist of...
‘Click Interview’ with Larme Blanche: ‘Do The Pop Stars, Starlets, Actors And TV Reality People Deserves To Be Our Heroes?’
Larme Blanche (which can be translated as ‘knife’ or ‘rudimentary weapon’) is a brand-new project driven by an artist wearing...
‘Click Interview’ with Crystal Geometry: ‘I Often Think That My Best Tracks Are The Ones I Spent Less Time On’
Crystal Geometry is a project set up by French producer Maxime Fabre. As the artists says it is his ‘techno...
Ton8 – Ton8 (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, EBM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This self-titled album also is the first official release by Ton8. “Ton8” was...
Juergen Engler EBM-project Die Robo Sapiens launches ‘FanFanFanatisch – The Düsseldorf EP’ – 7-track EP available now exclusively via Bandcamp
The German city of Düsseldorf has always been seen as the mecca for electronic music since the early 1970s, when...
Rober Görl launches tribute single to the late Gabi Delgado: ‘Ich Denk An Dich’ – new DAF album planned
Out now is the single/video "Ich Denk An Dich" by Rober Görl & DAF. The track is a typical DAF-style...
R.I.P. ex-Kraftwerk member Florian Schneider – news is confirmed
UPDATE: Kraftwerk co-founder Ralf Hütter has confirmed the sad news. (Photo by Daniele Dalledonne, Trento, Italy) According to various reports...
‘Click Interview’ with Tension Control: ‘My Intention Is To Keep The Old-School EBM Alive’
Michael Schrader set up Tension Control in 2016. The German project directly moved towards EBM paths reminding some pioneers in...
Armageddon Dildos – Heut Nacht (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Two years ago the EP “Herbstseitlose” saw the German EBM act Armageddon Dildos get back...
Out now: the first new Pouppée Fabrikk album since the ’90s: ‘Armén’ – 4 formats available incl. vinyl, ltd CD, download
The cult Swedish EBM act Pouppée Fabrikk have released their very first brand-new studio album since the 90’s! On "Armén"...
Kompromat – Le Brigand Et Le Prince (EP – Clivage Music)
Genre/Influences: Electroclash, minimal-electronics. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Last yearFrench Kompromat duo took me by surprise unleashing the brilliant debut album “Traum...
