Alfa Matrix starts distributing its free ‘Sounds Of The Matrix 017’ CD with all online orders
All new orders going via the Alfa Matrix webstore will be including volume 17 of the label's popular free Sounds...
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Chief editor of Side-Line - I take care of the avalanche of news and press releases that reaches us each day via labels, artists, DJs, correspondents, etc. I also make sure that it gets 'filtered' which means: removing promo blabla, double checking facts, deciding which news gets published and which news not.
Did you know this? Special extremely limited Depeche Mode T-shirt to celebrate Dave Gahan’s release from custody back in 1993
Here's a rare item which Dennis Burmeister (writer of the must-have luxurious edited Depeche Mode book "Depeche Mode : Monument...
Preorders for new Foretaste single Lost in Space start now!
The excellent female fronted French electropop act Foretaste will finally release its new album, next September that is. To keep...
Famous Berlin based club K17 closes
It's over and out for the Berlin based club K17. The people behind the club, famous for its EBM /...
Prince dies at his home in Minnesota at the age of 57
2016 is becoming the worst year ever for music fans worldwide. It has just been confirmed by AP and his...
Listen exclusively to the full Spetsnaz mastered album of the new Swedish EBM bomb ELM !
Swedish one-man EBM assault squad ELM will be releasing its debut album "Hardline" tomorrow, but Side-Line wouldn't be Side-Line if...
Norwegian synthpop act Echo Image returns after 14 years of silence with vinyl only release ‘Compulation’
The Norwegian synthpop act Echo Image have a new vinyl-only release, "Compulation", out now on the new label HolmByKarlsen Rekords....
Psy’Aviah releases new videoclip for ‘Frozen’ – and it’s gorgeous !
Taken from the new Psy'Aviah album "Seven Sorrows, Seven Stars", the song "Frozen" gets it's own music video to emphasize...
Facebook post Dope Stars Inc.’s frontman Victor Love tackles ‘the classy dudes of music business’
In a message on the official Dope Stars Inc. Facebook page the band's frontman has posted an update where he...
Goth rock stars united on solo debut Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Mission, Peter Murphy, Tricky, …) incl. Wayne Hussey, Ville Valo (HIM), …
Here's a release which should please many gothic rock fans. Out in Summer, but available in pre-order now is the...
Final hours for Tax Sale at Storming The Base – here’s the link!
If you want to take advantage of the "Tax Sale" at the industrial music mailorder Storming The Base, then here's your...
Absolute Body Control releases ‘Wind(Re)Wind’ with bonus tracks on as a 2LP black vinyl set
In 2007 the Belgian act Absolute Body Control (aka Dirk Ivens and Eric Van Wonterghem) re-formed and released “WindWind” on...
Mega-limited 3CD+DVD set for new Combichrist album ‘This Is Where Death Begins’ – get yours now
Yesterday we announced 3 formats for the new "This Is Where Death Begins" album by the Norwegian-American group Combichrist. Today...
Keosz album ‘Be Left to Oneself’ out now
Out now and available for ordering via Bandcamp as download and as CD is the newest Keosz album "Be Left to...
Combichrist to release ‘This Is Where Death Begins’ in various editions including a 2LP+CD set – pre-orders available here
Norwegian-American group Combichrist returns with the new long player "This Is Where Death Begins" again mixing guitars, electronica and drums....
Luna Rise – Dark Days And Bright Nights (CD – NRT Records)
Genre/Influences: Heart Rock / Dark Rock / Melodic Rock (With electronic elements) Background/Info: In the Tradition of Dark Rock and...
Haul gets a vinyl and CD release for ‘Separation’ album
Haul is the latest signing on Progress Productions and offers what the label calls a 'compact, uncompromising industrial darkness with...
Blackhouse releases live recording 2015 gig at Wave Gothic Treffen in Leipzig on vinyl
After 31 years of existance, Blackhouse’s finally took the stage for a live world premiere on May 25, 2015 at...
Cygnosic releases new ‘The Key’ single as download and on a 10” vinyl
Cygnosic is releasing a 4-track digital EP, "The Key", including a Rotersand rework, but also an ultra-limited 10" vinyl version....
Record Store Day sales continue at Alfa Matrix on selected vinyl releases – here’s your reduction code
Especially for Record Store Day Alfa Matrix has lowered the price of most of their vinyl releases with 25%. Just...
Front 242 reissues ‘Pulse’ + ‘Still & Raw’ in remastered version in several formats including boxset with loads of extras (incl. live recording 1989!)
For the celebration of their 35th anniversary year of existence in 2016, Belgian electronic music pioneers Front 242 decided to...
John Carpenter re-recorded classic titles for a vinyl (incl. picture vinyl) release: ‘Assault on percent 13 / The Fog’ & ‘Halloween / Escape from New York’
John Carpenter fans, attention. 2 classic, cult really, releases by this famous composer (and film director and much more) are...
Tax Sale at Storming The Base – here’s the link!
The fine people at the industrial music mailorder Storming The Base have a special sale going on, baptised "Tax Sale"....
‘Beep’, a documentary history of game sound to be released on DVD and Blu-ray – get your order in now
Here's a special item which many will love. Out in a few months, but available in pre-order now, is the...
Interview Sophia: ‘Living in a world as dark and corrupted as this gives me plenty of things to bring up.’
Out now is the brand new album by Sophia, "Unclean", on CD (1000 copies), LP (500 copies) and even on...
Vanguard returns with ‘Never surrender’ – pre-orders available now
Out in June is the newest Vanguard album "Never surrender". The album is the follow-up of the teaser single "I...
Emmo.biz Records prepare special mega-limited Nitzer Ebb digipak edition box limited to just 77 copies
Out in 2 weeks from now, is a special re-release of Nitzer Ebb's last album "Industrial complex". The re-release comes...
Caustic caught up in Facebook drama / late April Fools Day prank – everyone fired from the band
Funny times for Caustic, an American industrial band based out of Madison, WI. Both remaining members, Matt Fanale and Eric...
Die Krupps release live show sold out E-tropolis Festival on DVD & Blu-ray (incl. 2CD) – get yours now
In February 2014 Die Krupps started the 'The Machinists Of Joy' tour including 12 dates to present their first studio...
Keosz joins the dark ambient label Cryo Chamber with the album ‘Be Left to Oneself’ – album now up for pre-order
Out on April 19 but available for pre-order now via Bandcamp as download and as CD is the newest Keosz...
Covenant frontman Eskil Simonsson has a new look and the fans do (not) like it
And now something completely different and oh so tabloid like. Eskil Simonsson, the frontman of the Swedish band Covenant, has...
BC working on a new album, 8 years after excellent ‘Sinecure’ debut
In 2008 Lube Records / Crispin Glover Records released BC's debut album "Sinecure". It was an immediate hit, especially thanks...
In Slaughter Natives re-release legendary radio recording ‘Mort aux Vaches’ on vinyl
Releasedfor the first time ever on vinyl is the legendary In Slaughter Natives radio recording "Mort aux Vaches". The recording,...
