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...
Year: 2022
Click Interview with Supersimmetria: ‘Science And Art, To Be Deeply Meaningful, Need Each Other’
Supersimmetria is an Italian solo-project set up and driven by Armando Alibrandi. I always experienced his music as an intelligent...
Metamorph – Kiss Of The Witch (Album – Metamorph)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-Pop, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Metamorph is an American formation featuring front woman Margot Day (previously involved with The...
Re:Mission Entertainment launches label compilation – name-your-price – and it’s a good one !
Oklahoma City based fine darkwave label Re:Mission Entertainment has released a name-your-price label compilation with all proceeds from this release...
French darkwave act Divine Shade lands all new single, ‘Stars’
The Lyon, France, based darkwave act Divine Shade has just unveiled its new single, "Stars". The track was performed live...
Lusine icl – Travel Sickness (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Jeff Mcilwain has released an impressive discography under the Lusine moniker. “Travel Sickness” was...
LPF12 – Contours Of Stillness (Album – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental, IDM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This new album by LPF12 comes to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Sascha...
Delerium returns with all new album in February 2023
A new Delerium album wil come out on February 3rd,2023 on Metropolis records. The release will be dedicated to the...
Serbian industrial rock/electronic project dreDDup return with a video for the 1998 track ‘Roots of Them’
Serbian industrial rock/electronic project dreDDup have released a new video "Roots of Them" to end this year, their 25th Anniversary...
Krate – It’s The Hope That Kills You (EP – Krate)
Genre/Influences: Electro, Ambient, Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Set up in 2017 by Chris Shortt (Verin) and Roland Zwaga (Acidrodent, Construct)...
God Body Disconnect – Spiral Of Grief (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Bruce Moallem has unleashed his seventh studio album under the God Body Disconnect moniker....
Zenau – Unsatisfied Desires (EP – Soil Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Zenau is a Parisian (France) based project driven by Gaël Durieux. After having...
What is the future of industrial music? The AI powered ChatGPT has an answer.
Photo by Ant Rozetsky on Unsplash For the past couple of months we have been testing ChatGPT at Side-Line to...
La Machine launches debut single and video ‘La Machine Qui Ne Sert à Rien’
The French BOREDOMproduct label has just launched the debut single and video "La Machine Qui Ne Sert à Rien" for...
The True Union – Love Me Now (Not) (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Metal, Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Belgian label Alfa Matrix from time to time likes to think out of...
Peter Elm – Fragments Of Longing (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Pop, Cinematic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Peter Elm aka ELM released this album under his own name together with the...
French darkwave project Distance H drops new single, ‘Reason To Rush’
The Paris based darkwave act Distance H has landed an all new single, "Reason To "Rush". For this single Distance...
Komor Kommando – One By One (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Norwegian sound guru Seb Komor (Icon Of Coil, Zombie Girl ao) is back on...
C-Lekktor – New World Disorder (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: After three self-released and four official albums C-Lekktor breaks the silence after a...
Click Interview with Last Days Of S.E.X.: ‘It Is Really Bad That In The End Of The Day An Algorithm Decides If Your Music Deserves Visibility’
Last Days Of S.E.X. is a Greek solo-project driven by sound terrorist Manos Chrisovergis. He this year released his fifth...
Ex-Faithless frontman Maxi Jazz died last night
(Photo via Faithless Facebook) Sad news on this Christmas Eve as Faithless announced half an hour ago that their former...
Edward Sol & Anla Courtis – Askanian Virgin (Ep – I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is a split album featuring one track by Edward Sol and...
The Midnight Computers – Midnight Disaster (Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Two years after their great debut album “Anxious” French formation The Midnight...
Nimh – Early Electronic Works – Caustic / Composite (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Electro-Acoustic. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Giuseppe Verticchio is involved since the nineties and has been active in...
Sydney Valette – Other Side (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Cold-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Sydney Valette is a Parisian artist who already released multiple productions on...
Canadian dark electronic folk act Hem Netjer returns with 3rd single
Hem Netjer have a new single out, "Elemental Cry". Hem Netjer are based in Vancouver, BC, Canada and inspired by...
Thanatos members to launch debut for new project Dead Inside
Dead Inside, the postpunk - deathrock band born from the ashes of the legendary Italian act Thanatos is ready to...
Italian goth rock act Spiritual Bats collected on ‘Origins and Transmutations’ 4CD boxset
Out on January 13th is a deluxe box for the Italian goth rock act Spiritual Bats (now called The Spiritual...
Palm Ghosts – Post Preservation (Album Palm Ghosts)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop, Indie. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: You don’t exactly imagine a Dark-Wave band hailing from Nashville (USA) and...
7 Essential Darkwave Tracks
Darkwave music is a genre that combines elements of post-punk, new wave, and gothic rock. It often features bleak and...
Synthpop artist Meersein back with 3rd single ‘Speechless’ in an acoustic version
Synthpop artist, Meersein, recently unveiled a third single, "Speechless" in an acoustic version. In this acoustic version, Meersein sums up...
Italy’s electronic-ambient project Iluiteq returns in 2023 with an all new album: ‘Reflection From The Road’ – Check the first single ‘In Danger’
Electronic-ambient project Iluiteq is back with an all new album “Reflection From The Road", out via Oakland based label n5MD...
Dreampop / post-punk act Cor De Lux prepares new album release with first single and video: ‘Syncopated’
(Photo by John Blivens) Kill Devil Hills, NC, based dream pop / post-punk act Cor de Lux has a new...
Mondträume singer Madil Hardis announces special solo charity EP, ‘Noel’, feat. 3 Christmas classics
London based musician Madil Hardis combines classical and electronic elements with ethereal vocals. It got her invited as guest vocalist...
Parking Dance – Gloom Paradise (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Parking Dance is a French project driven by Matthieu Bonnécuelle. “Gloom Paradise”...
New EP for Berlin based minimal techno producer Valya Kan to be released on December 23rd: ‘Pink’
Berlin based producer and DJ Valya Kan releases a new EP, "Pink", on 23 December 2022 on the Wild Nation...
Swiss cold-post-punk/industrial duo Grey Lips stream new album ‘Masquerade’
Out now on LP and digital through Fer de Lance Records and Urgence Disks is the debut album by the...
New wave / dreampop act Nyte Skye debutes with ‘Vanishing’
Out on January 10th 2023 via Sonic Ritual is the new wave/dream pop debut album by Nyte Skye. Behind the...
The Doctors – Modern (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 2010 by the brothers Dominique- and Patrick Mouras, “Modern” is...
Darkswoon – Bloom Decay (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dark-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Portland (USA) based female trio Darkswoon strikes back with their third...
Ethical Diamonds In Fashion: Consumers Faced With Dilemma When Buying Diamonds
Many believe the traditional diamond mining and trading industry is fraught with ethical issues. Historically, the extraction of diamonds often...
DaBaby Car Collection Worth Over $2.5 Million
Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, more popularly known as DaBaby is an American pop star that rose to fame after releasing some...
French darkwave act Divine Shade return with new single ‘Stars’
The Lyon, France based darkwave act Divine Shade have released a new song "Stars" (featuring Shan Moue). It will be...
David Bowie musicians and producer join Aurelio Voltaire for ‘The Black Labyrinth’ based on 1986 film ‘Labyrinth’
(Photo by Gerrold Vincent) Out now is Aurelio Voltaire's 13th studio album, "The Black Labyrinth". "The Black Labyrinth" features 20...
Out now, the debut album by Swedish minimalistic electro pop act Elektroklänge: ‘Komposituation’
After releasing several conceptual digital EPs, Swedish minimalistic electro pop act Elektroklänge finally has released the debut album, “Komposituation”. The...
Five musicians who were also rocking sports stars
The music and sports industries have always enjoyed a close working relationship over the years. From the ring walk tune...
Celluloide – Six Wounds / Seven Lies (EP – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This year the French band Celluloide celebrates the twentieth anniversary of their debut album...
Eva X – I Dream Of Reality (Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Industrial-Pop, Indie-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Eva X is the sonic brainchild of Canadian female artist Gaby Gustafson....
London After Midnight, the passion and drive to create
Set up in 1990 by Sean Brennan, Californian (USA) based London After Midnight never stopped to increase their success and...
Celluloide – Naïve Heart / 20th Anniversary Limited Edition (Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Set up in Marseille (France) in 2002 Celluloide has released seven studio albums plus...
Blutengel releases first new single & video ‘Dark History’ – new album in 2023
Today sees the release of Blutengel's first brand new single and video titled "Dark History". The single acts as a...
Bandcamp continues its Bandcamp Fridays in 2023 announcing first new date for February
On most first Fridays of the month since March of 2020, Bandcamp has waived their revenue share to provide additional...
Out now, the all new album by Finnish dark electro act Miseria Ultima for Alfa Matrix: ‘In Colors Of Void’
After their recently released new EP “Witch Heart Apparition”, the Finnish dark elektro duo Miseria Ultima (Aleksi Martikainen on vocals...
The Mystic Underground returns with all new video / single, ‘Digital’ – watch it now on Side-Line
The new single from the Brooklyn-based synthpop outfit The Mystic Underground called "Digital is out now on Re:Mission Entertainment together...
Get ready for a Piston Damp xmas!
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) December 16th 2022 sees the return of Piston Damp with not just one...
Ilpo Väisänen – Keskipäivän Hetken Sumea Vaillinaisuus (EP – I Shall Sign Until My Land Is Free)
Genre/Influences: Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Finnish legendary artist Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic) released this record to show his engagement...
Baltes & Zäyn – Blue Sunset (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Pop-Rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Blue Sunset” resulted from the common efforts between Stefan Baltes (Germany and Lucian Zäyn...
Argentina based dark electropop act Hidden Souls releases new single and video for ‘Loreley’
Echozone announces the single and video release by Hidden Souls' "Loreley" featuring nine remixes of the song and two versions...
Brand new vinyl reissues from Kirlian Camera
Out on January 27th is a brand new vinyl reissue from Kirlian Camera in black and clear vinyl versions. "The...
ELM – Penetrator (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD + 3CD. Background/Info: Based in Brussel, Swedish EBM freak Peter Elm strikes back with his...
Die Robo Sapiens – Robo Sapien Race (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Four years after their impressive debut EP Die Robo Sapiens are back with...
Electro Spectre back with a Christmas gift to their fans
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) In a series of new deluxe remasters released in December 2022, the Norwegian...
Angelspit’s new single ‘Art Imitates War’ is the first from their 2023 album ‘The Bastard Gods’
Out now is Angelspit's newest single "Art Imitates War" featuring Dave Nato from 4th Wall. Out via Black Pill Red...
US dark electro act MissFit Toys returns with all new album, ‘The Nine’
December 9th marked the release of “The Nine”, the new album by MissFit Toys on the Pittsburgh-based Distortion Productions label....
Petrolio – La Disobbedienza (EP – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is an Italian solo-project set up in 2015 by Enrico Cerrato. He...
Mirland – Plasticity / So Cold (Single – Je M’En Fish)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Electro-Wave, Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: John R. Mirland signed to the Belgian label Je M’En Fish to...
