Bootblacks and Divine Shade co-headline UK tour 2024 – Get your tickets now
Bootblacks and Divine Shade are co-headlining a UK tour, starting tomorrow in Edinburgh at Bannermans. Bootblacks is a Brookyn, New...
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Now After Nothing share video for ‘Criminal Feature’
(Photo by Lindsay Ann Snyder) Atlanta-based darkwavers Now After Nothing have shared a new video for "Criminal Feature". The song...
Now After Nothing announce debut EP ‘Artificial Ambivalence’
(Photo by Lindsay Ann Snyder) Atlanta-based darkwave act Now After Nothing has announced the release of their debut EP, "Artificial...
Interview with Mat Smith (The Engineer) on pop music articles and sleevenotes
(Interview by Janos Janurik) Ever since I got into online music journalism, I've always been interested in the background characters...
Caelum Wraith releases goth / futurepop album ’13’ – Out now
Tampa, Florida-based Goth/futurepop band, Caelum Wraith has released its full-length album, "13". Caelum Wraith is the brainchild of composer/singer/songwriter, Edward...
ImJudas interview regarding new album: ‘My most tormented prayers…’
I had the chance to interview The Italian artist Maxx Maryan, who is nobody else but the male half of...
Front Line Assembly interview – Catching up with Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber
(Interview by Evan South) In a candid discussion with Side-Line Magazine's Evan South, Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber of Delerium...
Click Interview with Monospore: ‘We Are Very Much Into Very Hard Music’
Monospore is a Danish duo set up in 2009 by Jannik Vittrup and Søren Brandstrup. They last year released their...
Delusive Relics launch new single, ‘Fairy Ring’ – Out now
The New Hampshire-based electronic duo Delusive Relics have unveiled a new single, "Fairy Ring". The single is the follow-up to...
Vivabeat sees first two albums reissued with bonus tracks
Eighties techno-pop band Vivabeat announced today that it will release remastered reissues of much of their back catalog via 80s-centric...
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...
Ministry releases new track and video for ‘Just Stop Oil’
(Photo by Derick Smith) Al Jourgensen’s latest single against the system, “Just Stop Oil", handles the themes of what he...
KANGA releases all new album ‘Under Glass’ and video for ‘Magnolia’
(Artwork by Steven Anthony Roe) The new KANGA album, "Under Glass", has officially been released under the Artoffact Records label....
Swedish Synthpop pioneers, Page, unveil upcoming album for September: ‘En ny våg’
The pioneering Swedish synthpop group, Page, has unveiled their latest album, "En ny våg" which translates to "A New Wave"...
Industrial band Elektrikill returns with ‘Monsters’ album
The industrial band Elektrikill, based in New Jersey, has just released their latest album called "Monsters." Elektrikill is the musical...
French darkwave act Divine Shade offers special live session video for latest single ‘Stars’
The darkwave act Divine Shade, based in Lyon, France, has released a live session performance video of their single, "Stars"....
Enzo Kreft – Shelter (Album – EKM)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Belgian solo-project Enzo Kreft strikes back with a new album which again appears...
Front Line Assembly cover Rammstein’s ‘Deutschland’ ahead of tribute album
Fresh from two recently completed tour runs across the US, first as the headlining act and second alongside Ministry and...
Unto Ashes to return with first album in 4 years, ‘Orchids grew here’ – Out in August via Projekt Records
Out via Projekt on August 18th is the all new 12-track album by the New York-based apocalyptic folk act Unto...
IAMX releases new song and video ‘The X ID’ ahead of ‘Fault Lines1’ and announces tour dates
(Photo by Gretchen Lanham) IAMX’s new single "The X ID" is out now ahead of the new album "Fault Lines1",...
Melbourne-based synthwave act Suburban Spell unveils the ‘Bright Gold Cross’ single and video, providing a glimpse of the upcoming ‘Falling Down’ EP
The solo synthwave project of Peter Endall, Suburban Spell presents the new single and video "Bright Gold Cross", a teaser...
Dark electronic band Divine Shade crowdfunds EP trilogy
Following a year marked by a major UK tour supporting Gary Numan, the French dark electronic band Divine Shade is...
Torul – End Less Dreams (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Indie-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the first Torul album in four years and the Slovenian formation’s...
Peter Renkens, original frontman of the New Beat cult act The Confetti’s, has passed away
Sad news, as the news reached us that Peter Renkens, frontman of The Confetti's, has passed away. He was just...
Ministry announces 2023 headline tour dates with direct support from Gary Numan & Front Line Assembly
(Photo by Derick Smith) Ministry is heading back out on the road in 2023 with a series of spring headlining...
She Hates Emotions – Happy Pop Music (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Happy Pop Music” was released two years after the debut album “Melancholic Maniac”...
French darkwave act Divine Shade lands all new single, ‘Stars’
The Lyon, France, based darkwave act Divine Shade has just unveiled its new single, "Stars". The track was performed live...
French darkwave act Divine Shade return with new single ‘Stars’
The Lyon, France based darkwave act Divine Shade have released a new song "Stars" (featuring Shan Moue). It will be...
I Speak Machine – War (Album – ISM Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Electro-Pop, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: I Speak Machine is an American project featuring Tara Busch and...
O Quam Tristis – The Complete Works / Rare Tracks, Covers & Remixes (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, Ritual. Format: Digital, Box (5CD). Background/Info: O Quam Tristis is a French project that was set up by...
The 10 best synthpop / electropop albums of all times (and 5 more)
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. During the late 1970s bands such as...
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...
Gunmaker – The Third (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Metal-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Hungarian band Gunmaker has been active for a few years and released their...
Asdean – Время.Пространство.Жизнь (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Asdean is a Belorussian project originally set up in 2010 as Asdeandare and was...
Blutengel – Fountain Of Destiny (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: While Chris Pohl last year released the debut album of his side-project...
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...
Blutengel covers 80s hits on ‘Fountain of Destiny’
Out on March 12 is a brand new Blutengel album: “Fountain of Destiny”. The album holds ten iconic songs from...
She’s Got Claws – Doppelgänger (Album – She’s Got Claws)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Originally set up in 2011 by the UK duo Micci Lou - Chris O-Ten, She’s...
First Aid 4 Souls feat. LD50 – Fire (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Last year Hungarian electro/EBM act First Aid 4 Souls joined hands together with Alfa...
Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Mission, Gary Numan, etc. unite for brand new charity single ‘Tower Of Strength’ – check the preview
Wayne Hussey, frontman of The Mission, will soon have a new single out in support of key workers dealing with...
‘Click Interview’ with Finkseye: ‘I Have A Rough Outline For A Fake “Mad Max”-Movie Type Soundtrack’
Before Finkseye, Henrik Fink Nilsson was involved with Struma. The common element between both bands is EBM! The name of...
First Aid 4 Souls pays tribute to legendary subculture community LD50.hu on new album ‘Fire’ incl. string of collaborations
(Photo by Brigi Major) Veteran Hungarian artist István Gazdag joined the Alfa Matrix label in 2019 for the release of...
VOWWS release new single and videoclip ‘Impulse Control’
The inventors of Death pop, Industrial pop and Dark pop from Los Angeles are back with a new single called...
Gary Numan-approved Kanga reissues ‘Eternal Daughter’ with new bonus tracks via Artoffact Records
Following up 2016's breakthrough self-titled debut album, Kanga's "Eternal Daughter" gets a deluxe reissue with three bonus tracks on Toronto-based...
‘Click Interview’ with MOYA81: ‘“ESP” Is The Synthesis Of My Life’
MOYA81 is a rather unknown name active at the wider fields of eletro-pop music. Based in Helsinki (Finland), this artist...
Chris Liebing releases ‘Burn Slow Remixes Pt. 1’ taken from latest studio album ‘Burn Slow’
(Photo Credit: David Paul Larson) Chris Liebing today released "Burn Slow Remixes Pt. 1", a brand new EP ahead of...
Ministry – Prescripture: The Visual History (Book – Melodic Virtue)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, industrial-rock Background/Info: Al Jourgensen is the charismatic pioneer, musical genius, innovator and iconic founder of the industrial-metal genre...
UK electro-rock act IAMWARFACE launches ‘Say My Name’ video for single from forthcoming debut album
Out now is the video for "Say My Name", the brand new single by the UK electro-rock act IAMWARFACE. The...
Taking The Perfect Photos To Promote Your Electro Music
Electronic music encapsulates the passion, the fashion, the relentless beats, haunting melodies and deep bassline in music. It is more...
Cubanate is back with ‘Kolossus’ EP : the first new release since 1998 + video for ‘Missing Persons’
The industrial techno-rock duo Cubanate have announced the release of their first new music in over two decades in the...
Martin Gore (Depeche Mode) to receive 2019 Moog Innovation Award
Moog Music has announced that Depeche Mode songwriter Martin Gore will receive the 2019 Moog Innovation Award. Here's what Moog...
Plas – Messenger (CD Album – LWD Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Background/Info: Plas hails from the North-West of England. Influences are wide ranging, including Gary Numan, David Bowie,...
Church Of Trees – The Dark & The Light (CD Album – Church Of Trees)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Church Of Trees hails from Canada. They previously released the EP “Primitive Creatures” (2017) and struck...
Djedjotronic – R.U.R. (Vinyl Album – Boysnoize Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: French DJ/producer Jérèmy Cottereau is now based in Berlin. He can look back at an impressive...
Gary Numan revisited by various dark wave bands for a vinyl release – check the first video
"Gary Numan Revisited" is a brand new vinyl release (available now for pre-ordering) holding covers recorded by 7 contemporary dark...
‘Click Interview’ with Zwaremachine: ‘Minimal Hypnotic Industrial Body Music’
Did you ever heard of Zwaremachine before? Based in Minneapolis (USA), ‘Mach Fox’ released different productions on German-, Italian-, French-...
New Chris Liebing album to feature Gary Numan and other artists – 3rd track now available for preview
Chris Liebing has shared "And All Went Dark", a new track from his forthcoming electronic album, "Burn Slow" which will...
‘Click Interview’ with Damage Control: ‘The Standard Has To Be High Or Why Bother Is My Motto’
I last year discovered Damage Control by the successful debut full length “Ultranoia”, which is a real masterpiece revealing intelligent...
Wiccid – By Design (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Behind Wiccid is hiding Erie Loch who got some recognition for his songwriting, video, remix and...
Palast – Palast (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, pop-rock, new-wave. Background/Info: 2017 has been a major year for German Palast trio. They released this self-entitled debut...
Gary Numan to release new ‘Savage (Songs from a Broken World)’ album on double vinyl (with 2 bonus tracks)
"Savage (Songs from a Broken World)" is the upcoming 21st studio album by Gary Numan and will also be released...
Enzo Kreft – Turning Point (CD Album – Enzo Kreft)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-wave. Background/Info: Enzo Kreft (real name Eric Vandamme) is a Belgian artist who was mainly active during the...
Vogue Noir – Vogue Noir (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, nu-disco. Background/Info: Vogue Noir is a new project set up by Dominique Cologne who’s operating from London....
Artoffact Records to reissue Nash the Slash’s ‘And You Thought You Were Normal’ and ‘Decomposing’ – vinyl sets etc. available here!
Toronto-based label Artoffact Records announces today (and already makes them available here) 2 additional reissues from the Nash the Slash...
IAMX announces new double EP ‘Everything is Burning (Metanoia Addendum)’ – listen to first new track
Expected to be released soon - but already available here - is IAMX’s newest double EP "Everything is Burning (Metanoia Addendum)". On part...
The Mission – Another Fall From Grace (CD Album – Eyes Wide Shut Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock. Background/Info: Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams (both ex-Sisters Of Mercy) set up The Mission in 1985. They rapidly...
