Waiting For Another War: A History of The Sisters Of Mercy Vol. I: 1980-1985
Genre/Influences: New Wave, Gothic Rock. Format: Book (paperback) - also available as kindle. Background/Info: The Sisters Of Mercy are still...
Month: December 2021
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...
Deine Lakaien – Dual+ (Album – Chrom Records / Prophecy Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark Wave-Pop, Cinematographic-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Set up in 1985, Deine Lakaien rapidly became a renowned name...
Vaev – Drømmenes Spejl (Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Cinematograpic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vaev is a Danish solo-project, unleashing its official debut work on Winter-Light. Vaev...
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...
Coil’s final album ‘The New Backwards’ re-released with 8 additional tracks as an extended 3LP/2CD edition
Out in april 2022 is the Coil album "The New Backwards". Originally meant as the follow-up to "Love's Secret Domain",...
Dirk Serries (Vidna Obmana) returns with all new collaborative album in January: ‘Island On The Moon’
Arriving January 28th is a brand new album by Dirk Serries (worldwide renowned for his ambient alter-ego Vidna Obmana from...
Kloob – Parallel States (Album – Winter Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Spanish musician Daniel Ferreira aka ‘Dany Kloob’ seems to have found a home at...
Ajna & Onasander – Canidia (Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Canidia” resulted from the collaborative efforts between Chris F (Ajna) and Maurizio Landini (Onasander)....
Subterranean Source – Ellipsis (Album – Winter Light)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Ellipsis” is the third album ever released by this Italian project driven by...
Post-punk act Chiron (ex-Ikon) to release all new album in January: ‘The Sun Goes Down’
Out via Dark Vinyl on January 21st is the all new album by Chiron. The album holds 12 new tracks...
The Italian electropop duo Zero A.D. launches all new album, ‘Consistency’, via Space Race Records
Out now via the Space Race Records label is the new album "Consistency" by the Italian electropop act Zero A.D.....
Beatbox Machinery – Nuclear Devastation (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: ‘Toxic Razor’ (Paradox Obscur, Metal Disco) seems to be a musician who...
Metal Disco – Καμία Εξουσία (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, EBM, Electroclash. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Greek musician/producer and Werkstatt Recordings owner Toxic Razor has been extremely...
Metal Disco – Rough & Dirty (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro, EBM, Electroclash. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: After having released the album “Techno Electronics 2015-2020” earlier this...
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....
Electronica act Maschine Brennt release free 4-track EP ‘Systematyka II’ on Bandcamp
The Stockholm (Sweden) based electronica act Maschine Brennt aka musician Joacim Thenander has just released the "Systematyka II" EP which...
Mind Machine contribute track to And One tribute and work on new EP
Los Angeles based dark synthpop duo Mind Machine have contributed a cover of And One's "Sometimes" to the recently released...
Megapari India history of the foundation
Megapari India is a young company that started its activities in 2019. In just one year it managed to become...
John-Lord Fonda – Walk Again (Album – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, Electro-Clash, Techno-Body. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Cyril Thévenard aka ‘John-Lord Fonda’ never expected to release a new full...
DJ YumYum – Decisions (EP – PH17)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-Techno. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: I never heard of this German DJ before, but he seems to have already...
Andreas Karperyd – Entanglement (EP – Novoton)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Earlier this year Swedish artist Andreas Karperyd released his second full length “GND” and...
DID – End Of Xibalba (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: There’s not a lot of information available about DID while Xibalba refers to the...
Post-punk act Don’t Get Lemon to release debut album ‘Hyper Hollow Heaven’ – out now : the video for the new single ‘Industrial (Amusement) Park (Revolution)’
The Texas-based post-punk / electronic music trio, who prefer being described as a 'heatwave' act instead of a post-punk or...
Sphyxion – 3 (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: TheFrench brothers Frédéric and Olivier Charlot (also involved with the great Maninkari-project)...
Matter – Raw Material (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Italian producer Fabrizio Matrone strikes back with his new album, which comes twenty years after he...
Click Interview with Instans: ‘Trying To Be Perfect Tends To End Up As Self-Censorship’
After the previous album “Derailed” released in 2017, it seemed that there were no further plans for Instans. Luckily the...
The all new album by Mexico’s Sodomy Down The Cross, ‘The Dead Live The Living Kill’, is out now on Insane Records
Mexico's Sodomy Down The Cross returns to the underground industrial scene with a new sound offering a mixture of industrial...
Notstandskomitee – Theme From Space Guards (EP – Block 4)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Soundtrack. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Malte Steiner gained a reputation in the 90s, first with Das Kombinat...
Meta Meat – Infra Supra (Album – Ant-Zen / Le Label Beige)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, Trance, Industrial. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This is the second album by the french duo Hugues Villette (2Kilos...
Ander – Potrwa Wiecznie (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematographic, Abstract. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Potrwa Wiecznie” –which means ‘it will last forever’ in Polish, is the...
Purple Fog Side & Elsehow complete brand new single: ‘I Believe’
Out now is "I Believe", a brand new collaborative single from Purple Fog Side (Russia) and Elsehow (Belgium), who formed...
Chamaeleon is back with its 3rd album: ‘The Game’
It has been a long 6 years since the release of "Evil Is Good", Chamaeleon's second full-length album, released in...
Gutenberg – Coordinate (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Industrial, IDM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Japanese project Gutenberg strikes back with a new album, which is the...
Erdling shared new band performance video ‘Rabenherz’, announced line-up changes
The dark metal act Erdling has shared a brand new performance video "Rabenherz" and also announces some line-up changes as...
Stars Crusaders & Cryo unite for ‘The Rising Phoenix’ single, out now on SkyQode
Stars Crusaders is a four-piece electronic band from Italy and was founded in 2013. The music of Stars Crusaders combines...
Out now, the brand new Diverje album ‘Purge The World Before’
Out now, and announced a while back on Side-Line already, is the new Diverje album "Purge The World Before". This...
SynthAttack – Damnation (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Aggrotech. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Damnation” is the fifth album by Martin Schindler aka SynthAttack. We get twelve...
Paolo F. Bragaglia & Ganzfeld Frequency Test – The Man From The Lab (Album – Minus Habens Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro, Cinematographic, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album resulted from the collaborative efforts between established Italian composer/producer...
Electro rock act Enhok returns with fresh EP, ‘Embryogenesis’
Out now via SkyQode is "Embryogenesis", a new EP release by the electronic rock artist, Enhok. The digital version of...
a-ha’s Japanese tour canceled as Japan suspends all entries for foreign nationals
Omicron is causing a lot of tour and concert cancelations caused by lockdowns etc.. Today the Norwegian band a-ha is...
Projekt Records to release vinyl from Black Tape For A Blue Girl: ‘The Cleft Serpent’ and reissue of ‘Ashes in the brittle Air’
Out on February 18 2022 is the vinyl version of Black Tape For A Blue Girl's most recent album "The...
The Opposer Divine – Instrumentalcode (Album – Electrofrequent)
Genre/Influences: EBM, IDM, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Boris Mutina (still involved with other projects like Terminal State, Minor Float...
Oneiros Way – The Dawn Is Near (Album – I Dischi Del Minollo)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Oneiros Way is a Milan (Italy) based male-female duo unleashing their debut album of nine...
Escupemetralla – Tres Trillizos Trotskistas (Album – Nøvak)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Electronic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Escumetralla is back with new material –previous releases were often re-releases. This...
Synthpunk act Suffer Ring launch ‘Hauntology’ album via Re:Mission Entertainment
Out now via the Re:Mission Entertainment label is the third album, "Hauntology", by the synthpunk, witch house act Suffer Ring....
6 Strategies for Writing an Excellent College Dissertation
When it gets to a point where you’re expected to write your college dissertation, it means you are at a...
Beyond The Ghost – The Desolation Age (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Pierre Laplace strikes back with the second chapter of his trilogy about the “Europe...
Dirk Da Davo launches brand new single ‘King Of Fools’
Out now is a brand new download single and video from Dirk Da Davo, "King Of Fools". For now the...
Siva Six reveals brand new video for ‘December’ taken from the ‘DeathCult’ album
Out now is the official lyric video for the Siva Six track "December". The video was directed and edited by...
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...
Two limited Sol Invictus vinyl releases for January
(Photo taken by Michael Moll) Out via the Auerbach imprint are two limited vinyl releases from the neofolk act Sol...
Dark rock act Auger returns with brand new single ‘Angel Dressed In Snow’
Out now via the The Big Chair label is the brand new single, "Angel Dressed In Snow", by the Blackpool...
‘Click Interview’ with The Force Dimension: This Was Completely New To Me And Challenging’
The Force Dimension is without a shadow of a doubt the most famous Electronic band from The Netherlands. Set up...
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,...
Tips for Hosting a Casino Night for Your Friends
Casino nights are a super fun way of hanging out with your pals while doing something totally different to what...
Russian dark electro project Van Roy Asylum present a new single ‘RIP’
The Russian dark electro project Van Roy Asylum present a new single called "RIP", which is the last release before...
Post-punk / darkwave act Datura to release first full-length in January on cassette, CD, and all major streaming platforms
(Photo by Jana Divis) The Pacific Northwest post-punk trio Datura have teamed up with Andy Pohl, guitarist of Tsunami Bomb...
Wordclock – A Greater Bliss (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Portuguese artist Pedro Pimentel strikes back with the fourth opus of his Wordclock project....
Branntshatz’ new 5-track EP ‘Private Enemy’ follows in January 2022
Branntshatz is a dark alternative electronic music project from Berlin, Germany. They now have announced a new 5-track EP, "Private...
Corlyx release new single & video, ‘Take Off Everything’, taken from their upcoming album ‘Blood In The Disco’
Out now is a new single and video by the darkwave post-punk duo Corlyx for the song "Take Off Everything"...
You Should Know The Future of Cloud Computing That WiIl Blow Your Mind
Introduction The idea of storing data in the cloud has been with us for a long time. The earliest example...
Planet Supreme – Creation Of A Star (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the third album by Planet Supreme and the first one released...
Gdanian – Submersion (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Sergey Gdanian is a Russian artist based in Berlin (Germany). After a few...
Out today: ‘Riviera’ dream pop EP by Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie
Today brings the release of Robin Guthrie's "Riviera" EP, his third release this year after October's "Mockingbird Love" EP and...
M83 launches new video for ‘My Tears Are Becoming A Sea’
(Photo by Anouck Bertin) M83, the brainchild of musician Anthony Gonzalez, today launched a new video for “My Tears Are...
