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...
Editor’s Pick
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 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....
Brand new single from the synthpop / futurepop act Chrysanth: ‘Towards The Sun’
The synthpop / futurepop act Chrysanth has released a brand new single, "Towards The Sun". It's available on Bandcamp now...
Tangerine Dream announce new album/tour, share title video ‘Raum’
Tangerine Dream announce their sophomore album "Raum" - after the passing of TG founder Edgar Froese. The album is due...
Siva Six releases brand new video, ‘Alpha’ – taken from ‘DeathCult’ album
Out now is a brand new video by the Greek electro project Siva Six: "Alpha". The track for the video...
Early Swedish electronic pop compilation ‘Synthetic Sounds From Accelerating Blue Fish’ gets a digital release after 33 years
Accelerating Blue Fish was a Swedish label releasing S.P.O.C.K and Page among others during the eighties and early nineties. In...
Cold wave trio Johnny Tupolev launch ‘Desperate’ video and EP
Out via the Oakland-based label COP International Records is Johnny Tupolev’s first proper release "Desperate - The Ep". For this...
Mesh releases live show ‘Touring Skyward (A Tour Movie)’ in a boxset holding a 2CD and blu-ray
Out on January 28th 2022 via Dependent in a box-set is the Mesh live show release "Touring Skyward (A Tour...
Dark electropop act ImJudas launches brand new EP ‘Ritual’ ahead of debut album in 2022
Since the release of the "Tulpa” EP in 2017, ImJudas has appeared on various compilations, including our very own "Face...
The legendary Lacrimosa is coming back with a new studio album, and it will be released this year after all!
(Photo by schokopixel.de) Last month we informed you that worldwide paper shortage would delay the release of the new Lacrimosa...
Side-Line launches ‘The Insane Vaults’ free compilation
Ahead of our newest compilation mastodont "Face The Beat: Session 7", we first deliver you a special compilation from Insane...
Star Industry bassist Stijn Kuipers is no more – R.I.P.
(Photo as posted by Star Industry on Facebook) Very, very sad news has reached us from the Belgian gothic act...
Frontman ska punk act Sublime with Rome tries to ruin career neofolk act ROME
Some very dirty business is being unearthed as Jérôme Reuter goes public with the news that he was contacted by...
Post-punk act Datura lands darkwave single ‘Everything Turns Black’
(Photo by Jana Divis ) Out today, October 22, is the newest single from the Pacific Northwest post-punkers Datura who...
Testube launches charity single ‘Themself’ to support True Colors United and improve the lives of homeless LGBTIQ+ youth
The experimental industrial act Testube has just released a brand new single + music video titled "Themself" as a fundraiser...
Click Interview’ with Tommi Stumpff: ‘Utilitarian Music’
Belgian born Thomas Peters better known as Tommi Stumpff became a true reference in the world of 80s EBM. Albums...
Resurrected EBM squad Ravenous launches brand new single and lyric video for ‘Roots’
(Photo by Ravenous & Pixel Breed) The new song "Roots" is the first new Ravenous release in over 20 years....
Impressive list of EBM / electro / synthpop guest vocalists featured on new ‘Reliance’ album by German synthpop act Elektrostaub
After the two chart-hitting singles “We Are Dreamers“ (#1) and “Wake Up“ (#4), German synth pop act Elektrostaub is about...
New EP announced for Helix (A23’s Tom Shear and vocalist Mari Kattman): ‘Bad Dream’
On November 5th, Helix will self-release a brand new digital-only EP entitled “Bad Dream”, featuring 4 brand new tracks and...
Finnish darkwave electro band Neuroactive revisits cult debut album ‘Morphology’ on ‘Morphology (redux)’
Right on the heels of their new studio album “Minor Side-Effects” (available here on Bandcamp) with the original line-up of...
Siva Six returns with 5th album in November: ‘DeathCult’
After the release of the "Ghost Dance" EP earlier this year, "DeathCult" the long-awaited 5th album of the Greek electro...
Dave Gahan & Soulsavers releases ‘Imposter’ cover album: “A Story Of Songs”
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Out on November 12 is the new album "Imposter", a collection of songs...
Swedish darkwave electro duo Circumpolar to release an absolute must-have 2CD album: ‘Awaiting The Dawn’
When we first heard from the Swedish band Circumpolar, Jonas Mattsson and Patrik Wallin, it was very clear that this...
Depeche Mode to re-release the concert film ‘101’ in a Blu-Ray and deluxe edition – get it now
Out on December 03 is a Blu-Ray edition, as well as a double DVD and deluxe version from Depeche Mode's...
L’âme Immortelle to return with all new album ‘In tiefem Fall’ on January 2022
Out via Trisol on January 7th 2022 is the all new album by Thomas Rainer and Sonja Kraushofer aka L’âme...
OOMPH! continues without singer Dero Goi
The last year it has been very calm in the OOMPH!-camp. No online concerts during corona, no rescheduled festival-dates, no...