V/A Synth Slovakia Vol.2 (Album – Synth Slovakia)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Minimal-Electro, Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The title of the album speaks for itself; this is...
Front 242
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando): ‘I Probably Will Continue Writing Music Till I Drop Dead’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
Side-Line revamps popular weekly newsletter AND redesigns daily newsletter as well
Back in the good old days, Side-Line online had a weekly newsletter that was sent to over 40.000 people. And...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with SEBA DOLIMONT (Alfa Matrix): ‘If You Don’t Try To Anticipate The Future, Then It Will Get You’
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...
Front 242 – Ancienne Belgique 89 / Front By Front (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Back in 1988 Front 242 released their fourth full length album –and probably their most...
Front 242 – Hamburg 87 / Official Version (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The title of this album doesn’t need that much details to know what it’s all...
Out today: Two Front 242 ’91 live releases (live in the EU and USA) + new Daniel B. album
Good news from the Front 242 headquarters since a few weeks as the band is releasing lots of live material....
Frontline Assembly – Mechanical Soul (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Frontline Assembly this year celebrates their 35 (!) anniversary. A very good...
‘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...
Chris Shape – Shaped To Deform (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Minimal-Electro, Techno-Body. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Chris Shape is an Italian solo-project driven by Cristian Camporesi. This artist...
New Croc Shop album ‘Perpetual Sequence’ to be released in early March
"Perpetual Sequence" is the 9th full-length album by Croc Shop, featuring long time members Mick Hale and vMarkus. "Perpetual Sequence"...
New Front 242 live recordings officially become available from the 1987 and 1989 tours
Alfa Matrix continues to release cult live recordings from Front 242. Available now for immediate download are recordings made in...
Novakill – Iconoclast (Album – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Australian EBM duo Novakill is active for more than twenty years now. they’re not...
Chiasm and John Fryer to release debut album ‘Missed The Noise’ on March 5 – new single ‘Intertwined’ out now
Out via COP International on March 5 is the Chiasm & John Fryer debut album "Missed The Noise" for which...
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult announce upcoming new compilation album: ‘Sleazy action’ – check teaser
Gothic-Disco legends My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult will release "Sleazy Action", a compilation of 12 previously unreleased remixes...
Front 242 announces rescheduled US tour dates for Fall 2021
(Photo by Mothmeister) For many bands and promoters the corona pandemic has caused a lot of headaches as far as...
Daniel B. joins Acronym powered project to launch the Sky Any Colour exhibition together with over 50 other artists and designers
The last few months Daniel Bressanutti aka Daniel B. (Front 242, Morf, Prothèse) has joined the Acronym project. The project...
Prometheus Flame – Magic Spell(s) (EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Greek duo George Sofianos - Nick Von Karma last year released their...
Front Line Assembly announce more details new ‘Mechanical Soul’ album and release new video for 2018 track ‘Arbeit’
(Photo by Bobby Talamine) The Canadian industrial outfit Front Line Assembly, being founder Bill Leeb with long-time cohort Rhys Fulber,...
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...
Nine Seconds – That Perfect Beat Will Tear Us Apart (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German-Swiss trio Nine Seconds announced their fourth full length album with the surprising...
Dimitri Berzerk – Resist (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: We all know Dimitri Berzerk as a ‘remixer’ and also as a label owner....
Pete Crane – XV (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Cinematic-Body-Music, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Shiv-R frontman Pete Crane released his debut-album earlier this year with the album...
Front Line Assembly announces new album ‘Mechanical Soul’ for January 2021 release
Out on January 15th 2021 is the brand new Front Line Assembly album "Mechanical Soul". The Canadian industrial outfit offers...
Cultivated Bimbo revisits the past in one MASSIVE album with 222 tracks: ‘Prequel Extended’
Out right now is the massive collection "Prequel Extended" on which the Swedish cult act Cultivated Bimbo revisits its past....
Daniel B. – Six+Six (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Experimental, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Daniel Bressanutti aka Daniel B. is a kind of living legend....
Digital Factor is back ! The band joins Alfa Matrix and releases brand new single/video ‘Come With Me’ – Out now
"Come With Me" is the title of the newest Digital Factor download EP which holds 10 tracks and which is...
COP International has announced the signing to their artist roster of Jean-Marc Lederman
(Photo by Erica Hinyot) COP International has announced the signing to their artist roster of Jean-Marc Lederman. COP International will...
OUT NOW: Front 242’s Daniel B. Celebrates 66th anniversary with ‘Six+Six’ revisiting Front 242, Male Or Female, …
Daniel Bressanutti aka Daniel B. from Front 242 fame Will soon celebrate his 66th anniversary. For the occasion he recorded...
A-ha shows in the USA, Europe and Latin America rescheduled (UPDATE 2)
It's raining press releases of rescheduled tours these days, after Front 242, now also A-ha has its USA, European and...
A visit at ‘Electronic: from Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers’
(Photo & Text by UK correspondent Simon Helm) If you are curating an exhibition on electronic music and design, how...
Prometheus Flame – Karma Reloaded (Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Prometheus Flame is a Greek project set up by George Sofianos and supported...