Side-Line presents: Sinner’s Day Festival Summer Edition 2022 – Oostende (BE)
The 2022 edition of the Sinner’s Day Summer Festival will take place from 24th until 26th June 2022 at the...
Nitzer Ebb
Interview with Depeche Mode photo book photographer Michaela Olexova: ‘We’ve all moved on, both professionally and personally’
Back in the good old days, there was BONG, the official Depeche Mode fan club magazine which ran from 1988...
30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview with Bernard Van Isacker (Side-Line & Alfa Matrix): ‘Consider Us As An Incubator For Talents’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
‘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...
‘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...
Zwaremachine – Conquest 3000 (Album – Phage Tapes)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Conquest 3000” is the second album of the American formation Zwaremachine. This band,...
‘Click Interview’ with Transmission: ‘I Think That There Will Be More And More Female Electronic Underground Artists’
By the end of 2020 Transmission unleashed the debut album “Cosmos” on Wave Records. The French solo-project is driven by...
Norwegian Giants release ‘Fasan’ – an immensely diverse collaboration album
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) "Fasan" by Norwegian Giants is released on their own label Norwegian Giants, established...
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...
Paul Kendall releases ‘Boundary Macro’ after lockdown induced creative paralysis – an interview
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange/press release penned by Mat Smith) Boundary Macro is the fifth solo album from...
‘Terminal Love’ – third consecutive Zeromancer EP including surprising remixes
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) June 25th saw the release of 'Terminal Love', the third EP this year...
Andy Bell announces debut album proper under GLOK alias, shares single ‘Maintaining The Machine’
GLOK is the electronic alter ego of Andy Bell, not the Erasure frontman nor the former Anne Clark keyboardist but...
John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise announces new single ‘Machine’ featuring vocalist Attasalina & violinist Meredith Yayanos
(Courtesy Attasalina) Black Needle Noise’s first release on COP International Records is a fact. Out now is a new single...
’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...
Brussels based dark pop act Partikul launches new single and video ‘Curse’
The Brussels based dark pop act Partikul announce that their debut album, "Related memories" will be released this Summer on...
Zeromancer launch ‘Mourners’ EP with some great remixes today
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange)Norwegian industrial synth rockers Zeromancer follow up their February release ‘Damned le Monde’ with...
Aesthetische – Overflow (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Techno-Body. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Brazilian EBM veterans Fabricio Viscardi and Guilherme Peres strike back with a new EP of...
‘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...
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"...
Kreign – Kreign II (Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, 2 CD. Background/Info: Kreign is an American duo set up in 2010 by Ryan Hutman (still...
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...
Pouppée Fabrikk is back with a brand new single: ‘Burn Forever’
The Swedish cult EBM (or is it EKM?) formation Pouppée Fabrikk closes this year in beauty by releasing a 2nd...
Dubstar interview: ‘I think my biggest problem will be re-adjusting, if and when the time comes’
(Interview by Simon Helm) Dubstar first came to prominence in the 1990s with the kind of hummable dreampop songs that...
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...
Pigface drummer Bradley Bills announces new Chant album and single
Compressed by jpeg-recompress Bradley Bills is known for drumming alongside Martin Atkins and Tool’s Danny Carry in the industrial supergroup...
Pouppée Fabrikk returns with massive 6CD boxset anthology incl. 42 exclusive tracks
"EKM - Anthology 1989-2019" is the title of a brand new Pouppée Fabrikk 6CD BOX set (available via the Alfa...
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....
Alka interview: ‘Working with Vince Clarke has been an absolutely amazing experience and completely inspiring’
(Text by Janos Janurik / Photo by Erika Tele) Vince Clarke has not only worked diligently on the current Erasure...
Tukt – I Have Achieved Nothing (Album – Tukt)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Tukt is a Swedish electro project based in Stockholm. Tukt deliberately chose to...
Body Divide – Pleasure From Pain (EP – Squarewav)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Body Divide is a new name active at the EBM fields. It’s an American duo...
Nitzer Ebb parody project Not-So Ebb launches Covid-19 ‘Let Your Body Learn’ pastiche: ‘Stay Inside Your Home’
During the 2020 Covid-19 Quarantine, DJ Joe Virus (of The Church, Dallas) and Shok (producer, multi-Instrumentalist based in Los Angeles)...
Founding Fathers Tribute: A Pioneers of Industrial Music Playlist
On Father’s Day this year, let’s not just honor the men who were responsible for bringing us into the world;...
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"...