Piston Damp is back with a second album: ‘Mastermind Vol 1 – No Points For Trying’ – Pre-order now
Piston Damp is a Norwegian-Danish synthpop duo formed by Jonas Groth and Truls Sønsterud. Jonas Groth is the brother of...
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Beborn Beton release first single ‘American Girls’ from new EP ‘To the Stars’
(Photo by Chris Ruiz) In advance of their upcoming North America Tour 2024, synth pop trio Beborn Beton drop the...
Electro Night in Oslo: Piston Damp, Ray Noir, and an Analogue Set by Apoptygma Berzerk at Revolver
Piston Damp and Ray Noir, two acts that hadn’t played in Oslo before, booked the final day of August for...
Sjöblom releases new single ‘Dead For Years’ ahead of upcoming album
Out on September 6, is the newest single from the Swedish electro-pop duo Sjöblom, "Dead For Years". "Dead For Years"...
Piston Damp gears up for next album with ‘Hard To Love You’ single – Out now
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Sub Culture press release) "Hard To Love You", the fourth single from...
Echo Image return with ‘Madsong’ on Pitch Black Drive Records – Out now
(Photo by Martin Fageras) Echo Image (Pål-Magnus Rybom and Linda Eikemo) have released their 4th. single since their comeback, entitled...
New single from Piston Damp: ‘I’m Losing You (A New Tale)’ out now!
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Piston Damp press release) Out today is the brand new single from...
Massive Norwegian 80’s electro wave single compilation being crowdfunded
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The Norwegian Album Classics on CD project started out hoping to release album...
Unto Ashes to return with first album in 4 years, ‘Orchids grew here’ – Out in August via Projekt Records
Out via Projekt on August 18th is the all new 12-track album by the New York-based apocalyptic folk act Unto...
Click Interview with Beborn Beton: ‘As Beborn Beton, Right Now We Are Having The Time Of Our Lives’
Thirty years after their official debut album “Tybalt” German Electro-Pop formation Beborn Beton strikes back with their ninth album to...
Memoria – From The Bones (Album – Novoton)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Electro-Pop, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: More or less four years after the excellent debut-album “Cravings” Swedish Memoria...
German electropop act Beborn Beton have a new album out: ‘Darkness Falls Again’
(Photo by Chris Ruiz) Out now via Dependent Records is the all new album by the German electropop act Beborn...
Techomancer releases 2nd album ‘Hyperfuel’ with the Groth brothers contributing in various roles
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Techomancer press release. Photos: Tarjei Krogh) Out now is the new album...
Apoptygma Berzerk continues with rarities series, releases ‘Black Pawn’ compilation
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Cover art by Halvor Bodin) With the release of 'Black Pawn' Apoptygma Berzerk...
Futurepop duo Last Activity announces new album with brand new single, ‘To All Lonely Stars’
"To All Lonely Stars" is the brand new single by the futurepop duo Last Activity, out via SkyQode. The single...
‘Click Interview’ with Metal Disco: ‘Sitting In Front Of A Screen Making Music Is Not My Cup Of Tea’
In a rather short lapse of time Greek solo-project Metal Disco has released an impressive number of productions. Driven by...
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...
Llumen – Polygon Heart (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Future-Pop, IDM, Cinematographic-EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the successful debut album “The Memory Institute”, Pieter...
Futurepop act Last Activity back with all new single ‘Shadows’
Out now is "Shadows", a brand new single by the Russian futurepop duo Last Activity. This is the band's first...
Gunmaker – The Third (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Metal-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Hungarian band Gunmaker has been active for a few years and released their...
Oslo Synth Band ‘Stress’ EP out now – screaming beats to battle the summer heat
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Oslo Synth Band from Norway have been quiet for a time now, but...
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...
‘Click Interview’ with Dimitri Berzerk: ‘The Strange Journey Of Consciousness That Seeks The Transmutation Of Darkness Into Light’
Dimitri Loyo better known as Dimitri Berzerk is a Mexican DJ, producer, remixer and label owner. His artist name ‘Berzerk’...
Piston Damp prepare debut album, ‘Making The World Great Again’, for release on June 10th
Piston Damp, the project of Jonas Groth (Apoptygma Berzerk) and Truls Sønsterud (Tröll) is ready to release a debut album...
Apoptygma Berzerk sees most successful album ‘You and Me against the World’ re-released in 3 augmented versions with bonus tracks
Out on July 9th via Tatra Records is the re-release of Apoptygma Berzerk's 2006 album "You and Me against 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...
Norwegian Album Classics on CD – and soon also LP – a corona initiated crowd funding success
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The crowd funding project ‘Norske albumklassikere på CD’ (‘Norwegian Album Classics on CD’)...
‘Runaway’ – third single from Piston Damp incl. remixes by Die Krupps, Mesh and Substaat
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Piston Damp press release)The Danish/Norwegian duo Piston Damp releases 'Runaway', their third...
Synapsyche – Hate And Psyche (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This EP by Italian formation Synapsyche was originally released in 2015 on skyQode. The...
Echo Image returns with ‘Walk My Mind’ single after 20 years – including remixes by Apoptygma Berzerk ++
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Sub Culture press release) After a 20 years hiatus Pål-Magnus Rybom decided...
Synapsyche covers Apoptygma Berzerk’s monster hit ‘Bitch’ on augmented re-release of ‘Hate and Psyche’ EP
Alfa Matrix is re-releasing another EP from Synapsyche's back catalogue with as exclusive bonus track, their cover version of Apoptygma...
Apoptygma Berzerk side-project Piston Damp releases second single on February 1st: ‘Loose Ends’
The Danish/Norwegian duo Piston Damp - aka Jonas Groth and Truls Sønsterud - releases their second single "Loose Ends", three...
ES23 – Only Melodies Remain (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Daniel Pad aka ES23 last year unleashed the EP “When I’m Gone”...