Midgardsblot 2024: Viking metal festival with a touch of synth and goth too
The Midgardsblot festival, held at Borrehaugene (old viking grave mounds), outside the city of Horten, Norway, is mostly known for hosting acts within the...
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Gothica Magazine issue 47 out now feat. Side-Line compilation interview
Out now is the new Gothica Magazine, issue 47 already of this fine Ukrainian magazine. You can download it straight...
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...
Interview with Bernard Van Isacker on new ‘Electronic Bodies’ compilation: ‘I’m a person who thinks in terms of projects and concepts rather than daily routines.’
Every time Side-Line releases a new compilation, I seize the chance to interview Bernard Van Isacker, the chief compiler for...
Side-Line launches free 88-track strong EBM charity compilation: ‘Electronic Bodies’
Available now from Bandcamp is our brand new 88-track strong EBM charity compilation "Electronic Bodies". This collection dives deep into the rhythms...
Side-Line to launch (oldschool) EBM compilation series ‘Electronic Bodies’ – submissions wanted now !
The time has come to start up a brand new charity compilation series at Side-Line, which will be titled "Electronic...
Top 25 albums of the year 2022
(By Stéphane Froidcoeur for Inferno Sound Diaries/Side-Line Reviews) 2022 has been once again a sad, bloody and terrible year. Living...
Side-Line releases ‘Ukraina’ charity single feat. remixes by Aesthetische, Kant Kino, Cubic and Acylum
In order to raise extra funds for our Ukrainian charity cause at Side-Line, we have released the single "Ukraina" which...
Side-Line presents 2nd volume ‘Electronic Resistance – Reconstruction’ – 58 tracks for free download via Bandcamp
Out now via the Side-Line Bandcamp page is the 2nd volume in our Ukrainian charity compilation series. "Electronic Resistance -...
The chart swindle – signed Richard Branson – that rushed krautrock act Faust in the charts (and a bit of terror)
Out now is the re-release of Faust's 3rd album "The Faust Tapes". It's far from sure that this re-released krautrock...
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...
Electronic Resistance – A Darkwave / Post-Punk Compilation From The Ukrainian Underground
Buy the digital album (name your price) Price: Free - Name Your Price Catalogue number: SLER1 Style: EBM / Darkwave...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
FINAL CALL: Submissions wanted for the Side-Line powered ‘Face The Beat 7’ download compilation – send your submissions NOW for this mega industrial/electro compilation!
This is a final call for submissions. We will extend with 5 days, until October 26th. After that we close...
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,...
‘Post-Punk (Genesis)’, a 44-track free download compilation powered by Side-Line hits top 3 on Bandcamp in 24 hours
Over the past 10 years Side-Line has released various free download compilations in the Face The Beat series which are...
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...
Labels Interviews: File 3: Seba Dolimont & Bernard Van Isacker / Alfa Matrix: ‘We Keep Anticipating New Trends In Order To Stay Relevant And Future Proof’
Seba Dolimont Alfa Matrix has been set up in 2001 by three friends. Séba Dolimont, Benoît Blanchart and Bernard Van...
Labels interviews with Alfa-Matrix, Dependent Records, Infacted Recordings, Metropolis Records, Progress Productions, Trisol
We all have to admit a lot of things have changed in the music industry during the past years. The...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with SEBA DOLIMONT (Alfa Matrix): ‘If You Don’t Try To Anticipate The Future, Then It Will Get You’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
Side-Line has been running web push notifications in stealth mode for the last few months: 5000th subscriber added this week
Over the past few years social media platforms have been taking over the largest chunk of internet traffic. This also...
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...
FINAL CALL – Submissions wanted for Side-Line powered ‘Face The Beat 6’ download compilation – send your submissions now for this mega industrial/electro compilation!
UPDATE: We are prolonging the deadline with 1 week. Deadline is September 8th. The wait is over. After being probed...
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...
‘Face The Beat: Session 5’ out now and immediately goes into Top 3 most popular releases on Bandcamp
Almost exactly 3 years ago we launched the 4th volume in the Side-Line powered charity compilation series "Face The Beat"...
Alfa Matrix relaunches e-store with massive 50% discount on complete catalogue (or almost)
The people behind the Belgina label Alfa Matrix have been pretty busy the past few months, not only are they...
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...