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Fading Colours returns after 10 year hiatus with 'Come' album

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:02:05 GMT

The Polish act Fading Colours finally returns with new material and this 10 years after their successful release "I'm Scared Of..." featuring Anne Clark on the "Eveline" track. The new material can now be previewed at the band's website where a...

Diskonnekted remixes Belgian rock legend Arno

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:55 GMT

Arno, the former frontman of the early new wave formation TC Matic has been remixed by the Belgian electro dance act Diskonnekted. You can vote for the Diskonnekted remix right here. Diskonnekted is the main project...

Savak posts 3 new tracks from recent recording sessions

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:45 GMT

Savak has posted 3 newly recorded tracks on their Myspace site at www.myspace.com/savak from their recent sessions with producer Pete Mills (NIN, Skinny Puppy, Motley Crue). The 3 tracks are entitled "Murder in...

X-Fusion - Sometimes I miss the old days?

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:28 GMT

X-Fusion is celebrating its 20 years of existence and that was quite of a surprise to me! Jan L. set up his musical brainchild in the late eighties and it took him quite a lot of years to get successful. Thanks to albums like "Beyond The Pale", "Demons Of Hate"...

Intercity3 presents 'Love the way you are' EP

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:02 GMT
Out on July 27th is the "Love the way you are" EP by the dream-pop electro project Intercity3. Intercity3's debut EP will be released via the Urbcom record label and features London based singers Catasha Kin and Liz Andrews (Swarf) on guest vocals and...

Manufactura thanks fans with limited bonus disc in 'Psychogenic Fugue' album

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:01:54 GMT

Out on August 26th is Manufactura's newest album "Psychogenic Fugue". On "Psychogenic Fugue" Karloz.M also commemorates 10 years of Manufactura. To please his biggest fans, a second disc titled "A Damaged Symphony for Depraved Dementia...

Sabotage forces Diary of Dreams and Digital Factor to cancel concerts - update

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:09 GMT

The Alternatywna Twierdza Festival that took place on July 12th in the Polish city of Klodzko had to be cancelled due to sabotage. After the sound check of the bands the power was shut down. Earlier that day fanatic catholics had already succeeded in cutting off...

Project Blue presents 'Duality' EP

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:03 GMT
Urbcom announces the imminent release of Project Blue's "Duality" EP. Project Blue is the brainchild of Martin.E Host, a Denmark based singer / songwriter / producer. The 4-track EP "Duality" explores the boundaries between techno and electro EBM beats...

Ayria to release 3rd Sebastian R. Komor produced album, 'Hearts for bullets' - free track available

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:02:03 GMT

Available now in pre-order is the 3rd album from the Canadian act Ayia, the project around Jennifer Parkin (ex-Epsilon Minus). "Hearts...

US Yazoo concert to be broadcasted on satellite radio

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:01:20 GMT

The July 10th concert Yazoo played a the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, California has been recorded to be re-aired on Richard Blade's Serius Radio Show. Between 3000 to 4000 people attended the show. The band was introduced by Richard Blade, famous host of 1980's hit station KROQ...

Game over for TarantullaShop mailorder

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:00:57 GMT
And another shop bites the dust. This time it's the Belgian mailorder TarantullaShop which announces that it has stopped trading. According to the shopowners "new opportunities came along, both on a personal and a professional level which have made us...

Checklined: Sadman – 'Cold In The State Of Me' (CD Memento Materia)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:00:16 GMT
4 of our editors had a listen to the debut album "Cold In The State Of Me" by the Swedish act Sadman aka the duo Mattias Räftegård and Lars Fernström. Released on Memento Materia the album...

Sadman - I have never been a great fan of Swedish synth bands

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:01:26 GMT

One of the best electropop albums in years comes from the Swedish act Sadman who released their debut album "Cold in the State of Me" in April 2008 on Memento Materia. The duo consisting of Mattias Räftegård and Lars Fernström succeeded...

Racist Boyd Rice video interview causes controversy

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:01:55 GMT

An old video featuring Boyd Rice being interviewed by the notorious White Aryan Resistance founder Tom Metzger is creating the necessary mayhem (also on the Side-Line forum). In the clip, a...

Side-Line presents: Front By Front - A tribute to Front 242

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:00:41 GMT

On September 20th, Electric Tremor organises the "Front By Front - A tribute to Front 242" festival. Playing live that night is a real Belgian invasion of bands including 32CRASH (BE), Revco World (BE), Pressure Control (BE) and Implant (BE). Sweden completes the...

Nine Inch Nails releases 'The Broadcast Archives'

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:00:12 GMT
Out now via Archive Media Publishing is the Nine Inch Nails DVD "The Broadcast Archives". "The Broadcast Archives" is a collection of live performances of the industrial rock act at the Woodstock Festival in 1994. The collection holds...

Bitterness with the current EBM scene powers Ionic Vision's newest album, 'Bitter Isolation'

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:01:05 GMT

Active since 1992, Ionic Vision now launches "Bitter Isolation", the follow-up to the "Actual" album. "Bitter Isolation" not only reflects Ionic Visions aural past, the title of the album directly faces critics with...

2 new videoclips for Olivia Louvel

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:00:33 GMT
Olivia Louvel, who you might remember from her work with Paul Kendall under the The Digital Intervention moniker, has just launced two new videos taken from tracks on her April 2008 released album "Lulu in suspension". You can view thevideos for "For...

Checklined: Patenbrigade: Wolff – Demokratischer Sektor (cd Zweieck Recordings)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:00:12 GMT
This time 5 of our editors had a listen to the 9th release of Patenbrigade: Wolff, "Demokratischer Sektor". Besides the most recent singles, this release also holds new songs like "Stalinallee"...

Former Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy, Decree, Will... member Jeff Stoddard launches new album

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:01:26 GMT

Jeff Stoddard (former member of Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy, Decree, Will...) has a new album coming out for his Roughhausen project. The material found on this latest album, "The Agony of the Beat", has elements from most of...

BAK XIII works on follow-up 'Ultima Ratio Regum'

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:00:52 GMT
While "Ultima Ratio Regum" is out since April on Urgence Disk Record, BAK XIII announce they are working on their next album. It will contain new songs and remixes like "Post Lucem Tenebrae" and "Vae Victis" and should be out...

There's live after Stark: SHIV-R

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:00:40 GMT
Lee Bulig (ex Stark / Neon Womb) and Pete Crane (Plague Sequence / The Crystalline Effect) have joined up fr the industrial SHIV-R project. The duo has been recording the album via the Internet as Bulig currently resides in Bangkok and Crane in London. Here's what Bulig had...

Glenn Love with new album 'Cryptesthesia' and small european-tour

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:00:31 GMT
Canadian electro-musician Glenn Love is in Germany these days to finish his upcoming 3rd album CD "Cryptesthesia" at the TS-Musix studio. The original 10 tracks were recorded last Summer and served already for the project's Fall...

Ex-House of Usher guitarist signs to Danse Macabre with QEK Junior project

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:01:53 GMT

Danse Macabre has added a new signing to its roster, namely the minimal electro act QEK Junior. QEK Junior was founded back in autumn 2005 in Simmern, Germany and brings minimal electro. The two people behind this project are noone else than the former "House...

Israeli avant-garde project Refuse To Die to release 'Collection Of Agnostic Flies' album

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:00:30 GMT
Out in August 2008 is the full-length album "Collection Of Agnostic Flies" by the Israeli avant-garde project Refuse To Die. Out via The Eastern Front, the album is limited to just 500 copies. The...

New label Death Elektro releases 'Abominations Vol. I'

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:00:23 GMT
The new Australasian-based Industrial/Powernoize label Death Elektro has released the first volume in its Abomination series, and is now on sale worldwide via iTunes Music Store, Amazon MP3, Rhpasody, Naptser etc. The compilation features 17...

Dancing Ferret Discs goes Mo-Do

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:01:25 GMT

Much to our surprise Dancing Ferret Discs announces the release of Mo-Do's "Eins, Zwei, Polizei". Originally released on ZYX Music in 1994, this re-release comes as a limited edition (1000 copies) collector's EP and offers Mo-Do's best-known tracks ("Eins, Zwei, Polizei",...

New Nahtaivel album 'Killer Speaks' launched by Wave Records

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:53 GMT
Out on Wave Records is "Killer Speaks" by the Brazilian dark / industrial music act Nahtaivel. Influenced by bands of the Black Metal and EBM/Industrial scene you can expect a mix of dark-electro, industrial and EBM with distorted...

Skumlove to release debut album 'Songs of Lust and Corrosion'

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:32 GMT

Los Angeles based Industrial metal unit Skumlove will be releasing their debut album on July 15th through Misfortune Records World wide. The Album entitled "Songs of Lust and Corrosion" is a compilation of recording...

US release for IAMX 'President' EP to coincide with mini tour

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:09 GMT
Metropolis Records signed act IAMX will be embarking on a 6 date mini US-tour in September. To coincide with the tour, Metropolis Records announces the release of the "President" single. Featuring "The Alternative" album...