Deathwatch Asia – SIDE-LINE https://www.side-line.com Industrial, electro, EBM, post-punk, darkwave news Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:43:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.side-line.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-side-line-logo-png-32x32.png Deathwatch Asia – SIDE-LINE https://www.side-line.com 32 32 UK electro outfit Inertia returns with all new single ‘Scowl’ including a nice welcome return by Alexys B https://www.side-line.com/uk-electro-outfit-inertia-returns-with-all-new-single-scowl-including-a-nice-welcome-return-by-alexys-b/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:46:27 +0000 https://www.side-line.com/?p=32153 After 29 years in existence as a band, the UK act Inertia are back with...]]>
UK electro outfit Inertia returns with all new single 'Scowl' including a nice welcome return by Alexys B

After 29 years in existence as a band, the UK act Inertia are back with a brand new single, released on their very own label, Cryonica Music: “Scowl”. “Scowl” features bandleader, Reza Udhin with members Ollie Cater (Guitars), Andrew Lowlife (Keyboards) and Circus performer Blue Jigsaw on drums. And, good news, coming back to the Inertia fold after 7 years is co-leadsinger and ex drummer, Alexys B, lending her vocals to the track.

And that’s not all, we also hear 3 more guitarists: Steve White (KMFDM and PIG), Tim Stephens (ex-Inertia, ex-EMF, Mojiles) and Nick Bayford from Alexys B’s own Rockabilly band Lady Luck Lexy & the Riverside Boys.

Next to the title track we also get 2 remixes by CyberIndustries and Modulate. Out today, you can check the lyric video below, and get the 3-track single right here on Bandcamp.

Welcome back guys!

About Inertia

Inertia was formed in 1992 Reza Udhin and was signed to Germany’s Celtic Circle Productions in 1994 through which the debut MCD “Infiltrator” was released in June 1995. This CD was actually a re-recording of the band’s first demo tape. The band returned to the studio in February 1996 to start work on the “Programmed to respond” album and the “Mind-Energy” MCD. The album and MCD were released respectively in February 1997 and December 1996. By then 1996 Alexys B had joined Inertia on electronic drums.

1997 Mark Barrett leaves Inertia., Ed Luxmoore joins Inertia on Synths.

February 1999, the band released the remix album “Demagnetized / Remagnetized” which featured remixes by artists such as Das Ich, Spahn Ranch and Julian Beeston (Nitzer Ebb). The same year a brand new album, “Negative Prime”, was released in May 1999 on Nightbreed Recordings. A year later the remix CD “Positive Angel” was released on Inertia’s own label Cryonica Music.

November 2001, the new single “No Defect” is launched while the band complete their brand new album “Advanced Revelation” due for release in February 2002. In 2004, the album “Black Ice Impact” hits the streets followed in December 2005 by a best of Double CD “Decade of Machines – 1994-2004”. This DCD is released by Cryonica Music in Europe and Cleopatra Records in the USA.

May 2007, a brand new self titled album “Inertia” is released on Cryonica Music. The album features several guest musicians, including Kneill Brown (Killing Joke), Client E / Emily Strange (Client) and Phill Good (Libitina/Pinion). Inertia also recruit a new member, Bob Malkowski as guitarist. 2 years later the remix album “Interpret”, with remixes from Youth (Producer/Killing Joke), Die Krupps and Armageddon Dildos featured, is released by the Japanese label Deathwatch Asia. In the meantime Reza Udhin becomes the keyboard player for the legendary band Killing Joke.

2010, Inertia emerge with a new line up with Kneill X on Guitar (ex Killing Joke, Killer B Movie) and Andrew Lowlife on Synths (Swarf). In early 2010, they release the covers album “Kloned”, it is followed by the single “Repeat & Follow” later that year. November of the same year sees the new album “Deworlded” being released. At at the end of the year they collaborate with UK band Mechanical Cabaret to release a cover version of the classic John Leyton/Joe Meek track “Johnny, Remember Me”.

2012 Inertia signs with Metropolis Records. A new single “Alive” is released in October, followed by a brand new album “Universal Blood” in November 2012. 2 more albums follow on Metropolis, “Existential” (2015) and “Dream Machine” (2017), plus a string of singles, the last one being “Only Law” in 2017.

4 years later the band returns with the single “Inertia” featuring Sieben on Cryonica Music, and now the new single “Scowl”.

]]> Shiv-R returns with an all new album, 4 years after last album https://www.side-line.com/shiv-r-returns-with-an-all-new-album-4-years-after-last-album/ Fri, 28 May 2021 17:16:54 +0000 https://www.side-line.com/?p=30824 Out on June 18 via Blind Mice Productions is the new Shiv-r album, “Kill God...]]>
Shiv-r returns with an all new album, 4 years after last album

Out on June 18 via Blind Mice Productions is the new Shiv-r album, “Kill God Ascend”. The Sydney based electro-industrial act is again self-releasing this 6th album. The duo consisting of Pete Crane and Ben Bulig promised that the album will bury “any criticism that the band have gotten less heavy”.

The new album counts 10 tracks and will be out on CD in a clear jewel case with 6-page insert, with artwork by Natalie Shau and layout by Juan Espinosa.

You can already check 2 tracks.

About Shiv-r

Shiv-r was formed in 2008 in Sydney, Australia by Pete Crane, Lee Bulig and Wendy Leaver. The were signed in 2010 to Infacted Recordings (Germany), Metropolis Records (North America) and Deathwatch Asia (Japan/Oceania).

Lee Bulig was already known for his work with Stark, which released 2 albums and 1 EPCD on GUP, and Neon Womb, releasing 1 album on Cranial Fracture Recordings. Pete Crane from his side was responsible for creating all music for The Crystalline Effect, releasing 2 albums and 1 EPCD on different labels, and Plague Sequence, with 1 EP and 1 album released on digital labels.

After 4 albums on Infacted the band founded Blind Mice Productions to release their new material. The first 2 releases were the singles “Eye Of The Needle” (2015) and “Cheshire Grin” (2017) followed by the album “Requiem For The Hyperreal” (2017).

]]> Nitro/Noise – NN: Echoes (Digital EP – Trisol) https://www.side-line.com/nitro-noise-nn-echoes-digital-ep-trisol/ Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:00:48 +0000 https://www.side-line.com/?p=22424 Genre/Influences: Crossover, industrial, dark-electro.  Background/Info: Canadian formation Nitro/Noise gained some recognition releasing a few EP’s...]]>

Genre/Influences: Crossover, industrial, dark-electro. 

Background/Info: Canadian formation Nitro/Noise gained some recognition releasing a few EP’s and three albums on Deathwatch Asia and Digital World Audio. After a hiatus of a few years they now joined hands with major company Trisol to unleash this new EP featuring four songs. 

Content: After a rather orchestral-sounding intro, Nitro/Noise reveal a merciless, heavy electro-industrial-metal sound. There’s a perfect twist between guitar and dark-electronics with enraged vocal parts on top. “Love Hate Love” and “I Won’t Back Down” both stands for powerful compositions announcing the return of this formation.  

+ + + : I like EP’s featuring different songs and without any single remix. And the least I can say is that the songs blew me away. There’s such an overwhelming power emerging from the songs that you can’t remain unmoved. Nitro/Noise has found the right balance between menacing guitar riffs and icy electronics. The EP features two master cuts, but especially “Love Hate Love” is a brilliant piece of sonic madness. 

– – – : The opening song, which is a kind of intro-cut is the single song that can’t totally convince although it creates a particular, freaky atmosphere. 

Conclusion: I don’t want to compare Nitro/Noise with any other formation, but I can easily imagine this is the kind of EP that will appeal to Combichrist fans. 

Best songs: “Love Hate Love”, “I Won’t Back Down”. 

Rate: (8).

Artist: www.facebook.com/nitronoisemusic 

Label: www.trisol.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Trisol-Music-Group/104166526285471 

About Nitro/Noise

Nitro/Noise is a Canadian formation that released its debut album, “Total Nihilism”, in 2012, followed two years later by “No Cure For Apocalypse”, which came out alongside the band’s first European tour. “Censorsh!t – The Remixes” arrived in 2015, an eight-track companion EP gathering remixes from Zardonic, Dope Stars Inc., Faderhead, Rotersand, Raimon and Seraphim System, pressed on a limited vinyl edition with artwork by Estonian artist Darius Alas.

After a few quiet years, Nitro/Noise signed to Trisol for “NN: Echoes”.

]]> Cygnosic – Fire And Forget / Extended Edition (CD Album – Digital World Audio) https://www.side-line.com/cygnosic-fire-and-forget-extended-edition-cd-album-digital-world-audio/ Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:30:08 +0000 http://www.side-line.com/?p=15479 Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Georg (Georgios) Psaroudakis created Cygnosic in 2007. Eleven years later he...]]>

Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM.

Background/Info: Georg (Georgios) Psaroudakis created Cygnosic in 2007. Eleven years later he can look back at a respectable discography having released 6 studio album plus an album with remixes and a few EP’s. “Fire And Forget” was originally released in 2013 on Deathwatch Asia and now re-released with 3 extra songs.

Content: It’s an opportunity to rediscover this great piece of music on which Cygnosic illustrated great composing skills. The sound appears to be a sonic bridge between dark-electronics and EBM. The zombie-like vocals accentuate the obscure side of the music, which is however characterized by melodic leads. “Fire And Forget” is a danceable work revealing several attention grabbers.

Among the bonus songs I especially noticed the hard-sounding “Light” a stand out song.

+ + + : Greece definitely became a country with great dark-electro/EBM formations and Cygnosic definitely is one among the others. I like the offspring between dark-electro and EBM influences resulting in a highly danceable work carried by strong leads. There also is a more personal touch running through the music, which is mainly coming through by refreshing sound treatments and bleeping sequences. There also is one pretty cool bonus cut featured at this ‘extended version’ of “Fire And Forget”.

– – – : A few softer cuts, which are like little breaks aren’t the most convincing pieces of the work. I here refer to a song such as “The Drowning”. Next to one cool bonus song, both others left don’t really add an expected extra to the album.

Conclusion: This album clearly is a collector’s item as it has been limited to 150 CD-copies. So this is an album for the fans, but if you don’t know Cygnosic yet, this earlier work is quite interesting as well.

Best songs: “Crawl”, “The Darkness”, “Begin With Me”, “Escape”, “Greed”.

Rate: (7½).

Artist: www.cygnosic.gr / www.facebook.com/cygnosic

Label: www.digitalworld.audio /   www.facebook.com/DigitalWorldAudio

]]> Rave The Reqviem launches 2nd album ‘The Gospel of Nil’ in a superlimited collectible hardback mediabook format – orders accepted now https://www.side-line.com/rave-the-reqviem-launches-2nd-album-the-gospel-of-nil-in-a-superlimited-collectible-hardback-mediabook-format-orders-accepted-now/ Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:30:13 +0000 http://www.side-line.com/?p=8349 Swedish singer/songwriter Filip Lönnqvist‘s self-titled debut album “Rave The Reqviem” was the breakout success story...]]>
Rave The Reqviem launches 2nd album 'The Gospel of Nil' in a superlimited collectible hardback mediabook format - orders accepted now Swedish singer/songwriter Filip Lönnqvist‘s self-titled debut album “Rave The Reqviem” was the breakout success story of 2014 on the Deathwatch Asia label. Two years later, Filip – now accompanied by a full 5-piece band – has finally put the finishing touches to the follow-up, his first concept album “The Gospel of Nil”. The CD’s first edition comes in a luxurious and collectible hardback mediabook format – available right here for ordering – with an integral 20-page lyric booklet. The 11-track album “The Gospel of Nil” has been deliberately written and produced as an album which goes way deeper into metal territory than ever before, so you are warned. Listen to “Mono Heart” to get an idea of what to expect:

Read the review of ‘The Gospel Of Nil’.

]]> Terrolokaust – Mix The Poison Up (Digital Album – Digital World Audio) https://www.side-line.com/terrolokaust-mix-the-poison-up-digital-album-digital-world-audio-2/ Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:33:24 +0000 http://www.side-line.com/?p=2678 Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Content: Terrolokaust is a band I kept an eye on since their very...]]>

Genre/Influences: Dark-electro.

Terrolokaust – Mix The Poison UpContent: Terrolokaust is a band I kept an eye on since their very first album (cf. “Gas”) released in their homeland by Mutant-E Records. They afterwards joined DWA releasing a few more albums and EP’s.

The digital edit of “Mix The Poison Up” and the CD-re-release of the album “Spit The Poison Out” (featuring the bonus CD “Mix The Poison Up”) got simultaneously released featuring 8 new remixes by iVardensphere, Phosgore, C-Lekktor, Retrogramme, Seraphim System, ESA, Ruinizer and Chainreactor.

The CD edit of “Mix The Poison Up” features 12 remixes while the digital version features a total amount of 15 remixes. It’s all a bit confusing when you realize that Vendetta Music released “Spit The Poison Out” for the American scene in 2013 with 3 remixes, but accomplished by other bands. The 3 extra remixes on the new digital edition originally appeared at the CD format of “Mix The Poison Up” released by Deathwatch Asia in 2013.

Terrolokaust got remixed by interesting names unleashing a quite diversified result. Rotersand remains a ‘Master’ when it comes to accomplish a remix and it’s one of the most noticeable bands. The remix of “Reversing In Circles” is a noticeable song.

My favorite remixes are those of Chainreactor, FGFC820, Phosgore, C-Lekktor, Modulate and ESA. “Pointless” was remixed by Chainreactor in a rather expected electro-industrial-rave featuring the harsh vocals of Javi Sasgittar on top. A somewhat similar remix is the one of “Two-Faced Leader” transposed by Phosgore into another great industrial-rave piece, which sounds hard and merciless.

FGFC820 remixed “The Way It Must Be” in a dark-EBM style, which is really boosting and reminding me a bit of early Inertia. C-Lekktor is once more convincing me that this project is slowly becoming one of the best dark-electro bands of the past few years. The remix of “Reversing In Circles” got a hard adrenaline injection, which is a real dancefloor killer.

Modulate did a great job as well remixing “The Way It Must Be” (a remix that was originally released as B-side of a 7″ vinyl single taken from the album) and I here especially want to mention the cool dark sequences running through the song.

Last, but not least there’s a more rough and industrial-orientated remix of “Addicted” by ESA.

Other remixes from bands like iVardensphere, Nitro/Noise, Sirus, Retrogramme, Ruinizer and Blackopz are not bad at all, but they can’t really compete with the aforementioned remixes.

Conclusion: This digital edition of “Mix The Poison Up” is interesting for all the fans of the band. There’s a great diversity in influences and an impressive selection of talented and established dark-electro acts.

Best songs: “Two-Faced Leader – Phosgore Remix”, “The Way It Must Be – Modulate Remix”, “Pointless – Chainreactor Remix”, “Reversing In Circles – C-Lekktor Remix”, “The Way It Must Be – FGFC820 Remix”.

Rate: (DP:8)DP.

Band: www.facebook.com/Terrolokaust

Label: http://dwa-digital.com / www.facebook.com/DigitalWorldAudio

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