Norway’s Lights A.M releases brand new video ‘Another Life’
The Norwegian synthwave / darkwave / electronic dream-pop project Lights A.M has released a brand new video for the track...
Eldrina Mich
As Eldrina Mich I work as a go-between and a devil's advocate when it comes to Side-Line. If our own staff needs to be interviewed then ask the questions no one else dares to ask.
Australian dark electro duo Avarice In Audio lands ‘The Language Of Violence’ EP on Bandcamp
Now a duo since the release of “From The Rib Of Adam”, Gerard Hawkins and Lawrie Masson return with a...
Cubic pays tribute to the vibrant electronic scene in the Belgian city of Ghent with the 4-track single ‘Exit – Ghent’
Throughout his work with Cubic, the Belgian artist Franky Deblomme always has distilled his own eclectic influences within the wide...
Germany’s vintage body pop act Rector Scanner offers all new ‘Fluormenschen’ EP
Out now on Bandcamp is the extremely attractive 8-track EP "Fluormenschen " by the Berlin-based vintage electronic project Rector Scanner....
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...
Out now – all new album by electro industrial act First Aid 4 Souls: ‘I Am The Night’
Out today is the all new album by the Hungarian electronic industrial artist István Gazdag aka First Aid 4 Souls....
Industrial / dark electro act Siva Six launches all new video clip ‘Club Macabre’
The dark electro / industrial duo Siva Six returned with their 5th album "DeathCult" (out via Alfa Matrix) in November...
Increased backlash in Russia against anti-war musicians (meanwhile western bands play dead and pretend there is no war)
Photo by Imad Alassiry on Unsplash Many non-Russian fans want Russian bands to speak up against Putin and the invasion....
How the alternative scene launched two mega-projects to gather funds to help Ukraine (interview with John Fryer and Bernard Van Isacker)
Two charity releases to help Ukraine have taken the Bandcamp charts by storm in the past few weeks. There is...
Side-Line presents: ‘Electronic Resistance’ – a 55-track Ukrainian darkwave / post-punk compilation
This weekend Side-Line released "Electronic Resistance", a 55-track compilation featuring darkwave / post-punk acts from the Ukrainian underground scene only...
Dark techno project Matthew Creed returns with a ‘Walking In Circles’ – exclusively available on Bandcamp
While the recently released album "The Chapel of Lines" is accessing both the dark techno and the industrial music crowd,...
New free ‘Face The Beat’ compilation peaks at nr 1 on Bandcamp’s industrial charts (within 12 hours after its release)
Our free download compilation "Face The Beat: session 7" has stormed the Bandcamp industrial music charts in no time reaching...
Bandcamp is joining Epic Games: ‘This could become epic!’
Major news from Bandcamp. Ethan Diamond, Bandcamp co-founder and CEO has just announced that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who...
Psy’Aviah returns with 2CD album ‘Bittersweet’ including an extra 3rd volume
(Photo by GNY) Out on April 1st - but already available in pre-order via the Alfa Matrix label's webshop -...
Meta threatens to pull Facebook and Instagram from the European market – what does this mean for the music industry?
This will interest artists and labels active in Europe. Facebook parent company Meta Platforms is considering leaving Europe if the...
Aesthetische are back with an all new album – For fans of Front 242, Delerium and FLA
Exactly one year ago Asthetische released the - very well-received - “Overflow” EP (available here on Bandcamp). Our main reviewer...
The bands that caused the bankruptcy of Factory Records: New Order and Happy Mondays
Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label...
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...
And the best 25 albums of 2021 are…
Over the past 12 months Inferno Sound Diaries' Stéphane Froidcoeur selected nearly 750 productions of which 600 also got a...
Alfa Matrix celebrates its 20th anniversary with free compilation download ‘matriXX – 20 Years of Alfa Matrix’
Out now for immediate download is the free compilation "matriXX - 20 Years of Alfa Matrix (Best of Electro, Synthpop,...
No sleep, lots of stress, but the new site is live
As you will have noticed Side-Line looks completely different since this noon. The change was not scheduled, on the contrary,...
Biggest Belgian alternative music festival Pukkelpop cancels – bands, bookers and subcontractors claim the organizer Chokri Mahassine overplayed his hand
There is a stream of criticism towards the way Pukkelpop organizer Chokri Mahassine has managed his festival in the past...
Will crypto payments ever become mainstream in the music industry?
Comparable to the development of the world wide web (Internet), the blockchain technology that includes cryptocurrency has some goodies for...
Belgium’s dark electronics act Cubic presents excellent debut album ‘The Cubic Alphabet’ – out today
After some compilation appearances, including our very own "Face The Beat 6", and a collaboration with 808 Dot Pop on...
We are BACK – IT is definitely harder then it looks and the Side-Line community is the best !
Side-Line.com is back online. After almost 5 nerve wrecking days (and nights) everything is back online, on a brand new...
The Side-Line crowd is a power-house says Bernard Van Isacker
Yesterday Side-Line released session 6 in the by now famous free 'Face The Beat' compilation series focussing on the darker...
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...
Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows goes deathrock on new album – out tomorrow (check out this preview)
Out today is the newest album by Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows: “Death & Flamingos”. Recorded in August,...
Front Line Assembly launches new video for Falco’s ‘Rock me Amadeus’ with Mindless Self Indulgence singer
Front Line Assembly has just released a new video for their cover of Falco's cult track "Rock Me Amadeus" featuring...
Controversy isn’t the only reason that Marilyn Manson’s popularity continues to endure
Brian Hugh Warner, better known as Marilyn Manson, has been part of the rock scene ever since the early 90s....
Alfa Matrix roadshow lands in IKEA
This morning IKEA Ghent (Belgium) was the place to be for bands wanting to know something more on the future...
TOP 5 albums from Dead When I Found Her
The last album by the ArtOfFact signed act Dead When I Found Her, "All The Way Down", was such a...
Top industrial dance act Aesthetische strikes back with an ultra danceable 5-track EP ‘Cold Is Clean’ featuring Diffuzion frontwoman and Mari Kattman on guest vocals
In record time the Brazilian act Aesthetische (aka Guilherme Pires and Fabricio Viscardi from ex-Aghast View) has become a household...