Aiboforcen interview: ‘Transcending boundaries between noise and silence…’
The iconic Belgian dark electro/future pop act Aiboforcen recently returned with their 7th studio album, "Between Noise & Silence". Led...
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Glis interview with Shaun Frandsen on industrial sounds and future pop fusion
Glis, the electronic music project founded by Shaun Frandsen in 2001, made an unexpected triumphant comeback with the release of...
Midnight Poetry lands dark pop debut single: ‘Black Hole’ – Out now
The Greek dark electro / post-punk duo Midnight Poetry (John Spanos & Cleopatra Kaido) has just released its debut single,...
VNV Nation launches extra North American tour dates with Traitrs
Metropolis Records recording act VNV Nation continues its North American Tour in support of their album "Electric Sun". The tour...
Porta Nigra Festival 2024: Front 242, VNV Nation, Kosheen, …
The Porta Nigra Festival 2024 is scheduled at the Stadsfeestzaal Aarschot on the 1st and 2nd of March. This event...
KMFDM present ‘Airhead’, the second single from the all new ‘Let Go’ album
(Photo by Bobby Talamine) Hot on the heels of the recent single "Let Go", taken from the forthcoming album of...
KMFDM releases title track ahead of new album ‘Let Go’, video out now
(Photo by Bobby Talamine) KMFDM have a new single out via Metropolis Records, "Let Go". "Let Go" is also the...
Top 25 industrial / darkwave albums of the year 2023
Referring to the events that unfolded globally, 2023 has again been a bloody, terrible year. Music continues to be a...
VNV Nation interview: ‘Life goes on, the world goes on’
Ronan Harris from VNV Nation was in his former life the very first webmaster of Side-Line. A little known fact,...
VNV Nation – Electric Sun (Album – Anachron Sounds / Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Body-Pop, Cinematic-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, 2 Vinyls. Background/Info: Ronan Harris strikes back with a new opus of...
VNV Nation has a new album out, ‘Electric Sun’, 5 years after previous studio album ‘Noire’
(Photo by Arne Beschorner) VNV Nation returns with the all new album "Electric Sun" on Metropolis Records for the American...
Death Disco Athens Open Air Festival 2023 announces line-up for two-day event
Editors note: We completely distance ourselves from the Russian band Ploho on this line-up. They have have done nothing to...
VNV Nation returns with brand new single, ‘Before the Rain’, the first new material in over 5 years
VNV Nation returns with brand new single today, "Before the Rain". For Ronan Harris it's his first new material under...
Post industrial ambient project Kilmarth launches all new mini-album ‘Better Days’ feat. a singer for the very first time
The Belgian dark idm ambient project Kilmarth has released an all new 5-track strong mini-album, "Better Days¨. Behind Kilmarth we...
German electropop act Welle:Erdball returns with 3CD set ‘Film, Funk & Fernsehen’ in October
Out via Nexilis on October 7th is the new 3CD set "Film, Funk & Fernsehen" by the German electropop act...
Demos new VNV Nation album ‘Electric sun’ ready – album recordings continue in brand new studio
(Photo by VNV Nation) For those who have been off the grid for the past few weeks, here's an update...
Legendary goth club ‘The Church’ featured in documentary film – crowdfund
"Dark Sanctuary: The Story Of The Church" will be a feature-length documentary about the historic Dallas goth club The Church....
Electropop / noire futurepop act Entrzelle returns with ‘Dust On A Razorblade’ – check out the full album
US based electropop / noire futurepop artist David Chamberlin strikes back with the 3rd full length album by Entrzelle. The...
Kim Lunner – From Dusk To Dawn (Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two years after the debut album “This Is Me” ScentAir Records has released...
Electro pop act Reichsfeind releases ‘Darken’ album today and it’s a smasher !
After two strong albums, Frankfurt-based Timo Revna aka Reichsfeind joined the Alfa Matrix label releasing the single “Persona” as a...
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...
Side-Line presents: Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2022 – Leipzig (DE)
Photo: picture alliance/dpa, Alexander Prautzsch After a two years break, due to Covid-19, the annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2022 (29th edition) will...
Click Interview with Elektrostaub: ‘I Don’t Really Like To Look Back, I Love To Look Forward’
Patrick Knoch set up Elektrostaub in 2007. Elektrostaub can be defined as Electro/Future-Pop and is a solo-project with guest singers....
Elektrostaub – Reliance (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the debut-album “Birthday And Death” released on Echozone, Patrick...
Assemblage 23 – Failure / 20th Anniversary Edition (Album – Accession Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-Pop, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Twenty years ago Assemblage 23 released the successful opus “Failure”. Today this legendary...
Tycho Brahe to release a 7-track EP, ‘The Rob Mitchell Remixes’ – and lots more
Australian synth band Tycho Brahe have maintained a very busy creative schedule throughout the pandemic. Co-founder Ken Evans says: "When...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with ‘Music Lover’ Jürgen Vanvlasselaer: ‘A Great Track Is A Great Track, Whatever Genre It Is’
2021 is a special year to me! Thirty years of journalism, which gave me the opportunity to review thousands of...
Side-Line premieres The Rain Within’s ‘Forward in Reverse’ – check it out now
Premiering now on Side-Line is The Rain Within's "Forward in Reverse", a track which is influenced by the horror films...
Stahlnebel & Black Selket – The Darkest Hour (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial-Rave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Never change a winning team! The duo Stahlnebel – Black Selket strikes back...
Stephan Groth on Apoptygma Berzerk’s ‘You and Me against the World’ re-issue – and other upcoming releases
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Lot's of Apoptygma Berzerk fans are rejoicing today - it's the release day...
Karin My – Silence Amygdala (Album – Ad Inexplorata)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Experimental, Ethereal-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Karin My Andersson is a Swedish female artist who did some vocals...
Labels Interviews: File 4: Stefan Herwig / Dependent Records: ‘Some Labels Are In The Process Of Watering Down The Scenes’ Identity Instead Of Strengthening It’
Stefan Herwig once started Kugelblitz Records and moved on with Off Beat. He set up Dependent Records in 1998. The...
Labels Interviews: File 2: Dave Heckman / Metropolis Records: ‘The Bottom Line Is To Adapt Fast To A Changing Industry’
Metropolis Records was set up in 1994 by Dave Heckman. In no time the American label became a truly reference...
’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...
Solar Fake returns with new single and video: ‘This Pretty Life’
Solar Fake are back with the new single "Pretty Life", an appetizer for the band's new album which will be...
Assemblage 23 – Mourn (Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Tom Shear is back on track unleashing the new Assemblage 23 album after...
Future pop act Angels & Agony launches new official lyric video for ‘Forever’
Angels and Agony are a Dutch future pop band consisting of vocalist Reinier Kahle, guitarist Erik Wierenga, DJ Marco van...
Collection d’Arnell-Andréa interview: ‘The Past Really Feeds My Present, And As My Present Will Soon Belong To The Past …’
Set up in 1986 by Jean-Christophe d'Arnell, Pascal Andréa and Chloé St Liphard, Collection d'Arnell-Andréa rapidly became one of the...
Interview with Bernard Van Isacker on the ‘Face The Beat’ series: ‘Charting with smaller bands? It’s possible, this compilation has proven it.’
(Interview / photo by Eldrina Mich) While the charity download compilation "Face The Beat: Session 5" is still reigning the...
Suicide Commando re-releases ‘Hellraiser’ as a 4-track limited Picture Vinyl single
In 2000 the Belgian industrial act Suicide Commando released "Mindstrip", the project's fourth album. That album held the track "Hellraiser...
Side-Line presents: W-Festival – Waregem (BE)
The 4th edition of the W-Festival will take place from 15th until 18th August 2019 in Waregem Expo, Belgium. About...
Side-Line presents: M’era Luna festival 2019 – Hildesheim (DE)
On 10th and 11th August 2019 the annual M’era-Luna festival takes place in the area of Hildesheim-Drispenstedt, Germany. M’era Luna...
Siva Six to remix Theatre of Tragedy track ‘Forever is the World’ for ‘Remixed’ album
Out on July 12th 2019 via AFM Records on coloured double vinyl and digipak CD (available here on Amazon) is...
‘Click Interview’ with Opera Multi Steel: ‘Music Has Never Been Our Way Of Getting Rich, It Is Our Way Of Feeling Alive’
Opera Multi Steel can be considered as truly ‘veterans’ from this scene. Set up in 1983 by the French trio...
‘Click Interview’ with Ruined Conflict: ‘The New Album Was Supposed To Be My Last Work In This Scene’
Set up in 2011 by Xavier Morales, Ruined Conflict got rapidly signed to Infacted Recordings. The electro/future-pop style directly reminded...
Ruined Conflict – Valediction (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: “Valediction” is the fourth official full length album for Xavier Morales and his Ruined Conflict project....
Solitary Experiments – Future Tense (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Solitary Experiments is a band I’m keeping an eye on since their very early years. The...
The Rain Within announce North America tour With VNV Nation
Synthpop/Synthwave artists The Rain Within announce they will be touring with VNV Nation on their upcoming North America Noire tour....
VNV Nation debuts official video for ‘When is the future’
VNV Nation have released their latest (10th) studio album, "Noire". The album is out since October 12th (available here on...
Unity One – Awakening (CD Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2016 by Mike-E and singer Rush (known from his involvement with Alpha Point)...
VNV Nation releases new album ‘Noire’ – Out now
The new VNV Nation album "Noire" will get 2 versions. A limited edition double black vinyl (available here) and a...
V/A El Real Under – Diez Años De Contracultura (Vinyl Double Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic, punk, electro-pop, dark-electro, wave-pop, future-pop, EBM. Background/Info: I couldn’t resist reviewing this artistic double vinyl compilation featuring...
‘Click Interview’ with Tycho Brahe: ‘It Is Painful To See Very Little Financial Return On The Recorded Work Through These Streaming Services’
Set up in 1993 by Ken Evans and Georgina Emery, Australian formation Tycho Brahe recently released the “Triplex ”-album on...
Unity One preps release debut album ‘Awakening’ on SkyQode label – check out the album trailer
Unity One have announced the release date for their highly anticipated debut album "Awakening". The album features 12 tracks and...
Click Interview’ with Noyce™: ‘Music Has Lost Its Value Through Spotify And Others’
Set up and driven by the creative spirit of Florian Schäfer and Oliver Goetz, German formation Noyce™ is already active...
VNV Nation reissues ‘Automatic’ on double vinyl (clear/transparent + black)
Out in a few days, and selling like mad, is the vinyl reissue of the VNV Nation 2011 album "Automatic"....
Rare VNV Nation transparent clear vinyl of ‘Empires’ available
First of all, let me thank you Sebastian K. from Audioglobe for what is without any doubt THE funniest read...
Eisfabrik – Null Kelvin (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Eisfabrik is a funny, but great project driven by the genius of Gerrit Thomas (Funker...
Exclusive : Mark Jackson leaves VNV Nation. Read full statement.
VNV Nation as we know it is no more. The band has announced that England born Mark Jackson is no...
VNV Nation album ‘Empires’ re-issued on vinyl – Out now
For the first time ever, one of the most classic VNV Nation albums, "Empires", is being released on vinyl. There...
Ruined Conflict – Triumphant (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: American artist Xavier Morales, better known as Ruined Conflict, is already back on track. This is...
Mono Inc. – Together Till The End (DCD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, metal, gothic. Background/Info: Singer Martin Engler and his acolytes are back on track unleashing the ninth studio album...
Side-Line presents: Wave-Gotik-Treffen 26th edition – Leipzig (DE)
picture by dark.edge photography From 2nd-5th June 2017 the annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen takes place in the area of Leipzig, Germany. WGT...
‘Click Interview’ with The Psychic Force: ‘We Don’t Need A Professional Production To Sound Polished And Commercial Like Tons Of Other Bands’
The Psychic Force is back alive! Twenty one years after their last album they earlier this year unleached their third...
