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...