Rina Pavar – Six (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
"Six" is the second album by German artist Rina Pavar. Released earlier this year, it features nine songs revolving around...
Inferno Sound Diaries
I have been working for over 30 years with Side-line as the main reviewer. My taste is eclectic, uncoventional and I prefer to look for the pearls, even if the bands are completely unknown, thus staying loyal to the Side-Line philosophy of nurturing new talents.
Crying Vessel – Sepulchers: The Maiden (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Crying Vessel was formed in 2010 and has released several albums on various labels. Earlier this year, they returned with...
Crying Vessel – Sepulchers: The Servant (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Swiss band Crying Vessel released two albums on the same day: the Dark-Wave-focused “Sepulchers: The Maiden” and its counterpart “Sepulchers:...
Propter Hoc – Seduction And Betrayal (Digital/CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Last year, Scottish artist J.A. Harrington released his first official album—after numerous self-released works—and returned this spring with ten new...
Nero Kane – For The Love The Death And The Poetry (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Subsound Records)
Italian artist Nero Kane—real name Marco Mezzadri—has previously released three albums and returns this year with a new nine-track opus,...
Staatseinde Interview: ‘We don’t believe in borders!’
Staatseinde is a Dutch duo that released its first official record in 2010, followed by numerous singles, EPs, and albums....
Daniel Szwed – Splinter (Digital/CD Album – Rope Worm)
After his debut album released last year, Polish artist Daniel Szwed (also known for his work with BNNT) returns with...
The Dreams Never End – Alma Partida (Digital/CD Album – Anti Demos Cracia)
The Dreams Never End is a Portuguese band that launched in 2014 and has primarily released a handful of singles....
Myselfson – Resistance (Digital/CD Album – Foundry Records)
The French band Myselfson emerged several years ago and released their debut album back in 2018. It has taken some...
Camilla Sparksss – Icu Run (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – On The Camper Records)
The new album by Swiss-Canadian artist Camilla Sparksss—real name Barbara Lehnhoff—marks her fourth release to date. She blends a wide...
Melt Motif – Feeding The Error (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Lärmbild)
Melt Motif is a Norwegian project that has released its fourth album in four years. The band draws on a...
Stoneburner – Post . Industrial . Occult (Digital/CD Album – COP International)
It’s been over twenty years since Steven Archer (of Ego Likeness) founded Stoneburner. What began as a Tribal/Electro/Industrial project has,...
Lovina Falls – Would That It Were (Digital EP – Lovina Falls)
American artist Valerie Forgione has long been active on the Boston music scene and, in recent years, has performed under...
Melkor – Udkraxsha (Digital/CD Album – PharmaFabrik)
Melkor is an Iranian solo project led by Behrad Fountain. The artist has reportedly been active for several years, yet...
Oldschool Union Interview: ‘It’s good to challenge yourself’
Oldschool Union was formed in 2009 by Seppo Ahlstedt and Janne Vilen. After self-releasing their debut album “Vanha Koulu” in...
La Nuit Electrique – Experiments In Collapsology (Digital Album – Whispered)
La Nuit Electrique is a Belgian solo project founded and inspired by Stéphane K. Vandezande, who also established the Whisper...
Inanis Yoake – Swallow Mist (Digital/CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
We welcome the third album from the duo Inanis Yaoke, composed of Simone Skeleton and Risa Hara. For this release,...
Fritz & Tony – The Party’s Over (Digital/CD Album – Dark Vinyl Records)
Behind this somewhat playful band name lies a legendary duo: Fritz Hagal (Sonne Hagal) and Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), joined...
Years Of Denial – Love Cuts (Digital/Vinyl EP – VEYL)
Founded in 2016 and driven by French musician Jérôme Tcherneyan and Czech performance artist, musician, and poet Barkosina Hanusova, Years...
Monosonik interview: ‘AI cannot replace the emotion of building a project’
The Italian music project Monosonik was founded several years ago by Corrado Altieri and Giorgio Ricci. The latter is certainly...
Deison & Mingle – Everything Collapse(d) – Piano Versions (Digital/CD Album – LOUD!, Final Muzik en St.An.Da.)
"Everything Collapse(d)" is the first album that brought together Italian artists Cristiano Deison and Andrea Gastaldello. That was in 2014...
Autumn Tears – Crown Of The Clairvoyant (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – The Circle Music)
It has been about thirty years since Autumn Tears released their first work. After so many years and numerous releases,...
Mother Motor – Night Shark (Digital/CD Album – Intelligent Communications)
Mother Motor is a German band I can’t recall much about. There’s mention of a debut album dating back to...
Bodega System – Mausoleum Options (Digital Album – Grant’s Tomb)
Bodega System is a mysterious American project based in New York. It’s been 30 years since Bodega System began releasing...
Feu Follet – Swamps Of Sadness (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
This is the sixth album by French artist Alban Blaising, better known as Feu Follet. Once again, he has invited...
Anton – Glacier / Volcan (Digital/CD Album – Icy Cold Records)
Anton is a French project from Paris, founded in 2021 by Anton Steinbock. With this first official album, Anton delivers...
øjeRum – Drømme I Langsomt Stof (Digital/CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Danish artist Paw Grabowski has released an impressive number of productions, and his creativity seems unstoppable. He puts out several...
CosmoBrigade interview: ‘Isolation and Despair’
CosmoBrigade is a Czech four-piece band formed in 2023. Things took off quickly for this Dark-Wave–inspired group, which soon began...
Vestigal – Descending Vastness (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
The Italian solo project Vestigal returns with its first new album since 2008. Little is known about Vestigal, yet what...
We The North – Love + Death (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Nadanna)
Besides his earlier projects like Cyanide and Unitary, Johan Hansson has in recent years focused primarily on We The North....
Tobias Bernstrup – Shadow Dancer (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Nadanna)
This is already the seventh album from Swedish artist Tobias Bernstrup, featuring 10 brand-new tracks and 4 remixes.Bernstrup stays true...
Like What – Anniversary Anthology (Digital EP – Like What)
Like What is an American solo project that emerged during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Since then, the artist has released several...
Navel Nova – The Seed (Digital EP – Navel Nova)
Navel Nova stands out as one of this year’s most promising new solo projects, created by Lieven Van Gasse. He...
Fermion – Conflicted (Digital/CD Album – Re:Mission Entertainment)
Eric Shans and Augustine Backer have been active as Fermion for several years now. “Conflicted” is the American duo’s fourth...
Sylvgheist Maëlström interview: ‘An evocation of intangible time’
Sylvgheist Maëlström is a French solo project led by Julien Sylvgheist, whom I’ve been following since his first album. From...
Data H – Silence Between Errors (Digital Album – Collippo Robots)
Data H is a Portuguese solo project that has released a debut album featuring ten tracks. Aside from a few...
Avfall – Weltschmerz (Digital/CD Album – Novoton)
The Stockholm-based duo Avfall formed several years ago, but this year appears to have been particularly productive for them. “Weltschmerz”...
Vioflesh – Nostalgia (Digital/CD/Vinel/Cassette Album – darkTunes Music Group / Young And Cold Records)
Vioflesh is a Chilean male-female duo who, with this album, present their first full-length release. Young And Cold Records released...
The Allegorist – From Birth Until Death (Digital/Vinyl Album – Awaken Chronicles)
Anna Jordan — better known as The Allegorist — presents a new album that she spent several years crafting. Its...
Schkeuditzer Kreuz – Swan Grinder (Digital/Vinyl Album – Bad Habit Recordings)
Australian artist Kieren Hills has been active in the underground scene for years, leaving a lasting mark with his project...
Angelspit – Red End (Digital/CD Album – Black Pill Red Pill)
With “Red End”, Zoog Von Rock presents his twelfth album under the moniker Angelspit. The Australian artist has been cultivating...
Stoneburner – C4 Amore (Digital EP – COP International)
This new EP from Stoneburner is a preview for the recently released new album "Post. Industrial. Occult." Steven Archer seems...
Graeme Revell (SPK) interview: ‘There is nothing I would change except that I was (and still am) a very isolated person stemming from my childhood’
Graeme Revell is inseparably linked to his musical alter ego, SPK, and stands as one of the true pioneers of...
Cubic – EFM02 (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Earlier this year, Cubic released the EP “EFM01”—also available on vinyl. Now, the project returns with a long-awaited album featuring...
Lovelorn Dolls – True Crimes (Digital EP – Spleen+)
Following their album “Deadtime Stories”, released last year, Brussels-based Lovelorn Dolls return with a new four-song EP, “True Crimes”. The...
Freaky Mind – Gradient (Digital Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Russian band Freaky Mind is already on its sixth album, marking their second release under the darkTunes label. Anyone familiar...
Agency-V – Never Meant To Be (Digital/CD Album – Distortion Productions)
This is the debut album from the English trio Agency-V. Driven by Marie Williamson, Lloyd Price, and Peter Steer (whom...
Whispers In The Shadow – Rapture (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Icy Cold records)
The Austrian band Whispers In The Shadow has been active for almost 30 years and now presents its twelfth full-length...
Spark! – Cirkeln Är Sluten (Digital/CD Album – Progress Productions)
Mattias Ziessow and Stefan Brorsson released their debut album 18 years ago. What followed was nothing short of evolution, and...
Terence Fixmer – Magnetic North (Digital EP – NovaMute)
French Body-Techno guru Terence Fixmer returns with a new EP featuring three tracks. The title track closes the release and...
Curse Mackey – Imaginary Enemies (Digital/CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
American artist Curse Mackey is often associated with his past involvement in bands such as Evil Mothers, My Life With...
Thin Eater – Thin Eater (Digital/CD Album – Thin Eater)
Thin Eater is a Swedish duo that emerged in 2022. Their 12-song self-released and self-titled album marks what feels like...
Monosonik – The Stars Are Watching (Digital/CD Album – Blackbeat Media Productions)
Monosonik is an Italian duo that first released material many years ago, and this album marks a welcome return for...
Hypnoskull – Cyberpunisher (Digital/CD Album – EE Tapes)
I’m no longer in the habit of reviewing re-releases, but as the saying goes, the exception proves the rule. “Cyberpunisher”...
Oldschool Union – Herra Ja Hildalgo (Digital/CD Album – Oldschool Union)
Five years after their previous release, the Finnish EBM duo Oldschool Union return with their fifth album. While their last...
Zavoloka – Istyna (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Prostir / I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free)
The Ukrainian Kateryna Zavoloka returns with a new album of her solo-project, Zavoloka. The release features six understated tracks under...
Pink Panther Project interview: ‘We don’t want to end up like The Cocteau Twins’
Admit it: with a band name like Pink Panther Project, you can’t help but be intrigued. The British trio, formed...
The Wants – Bastard (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – STTT Records)
The American trio The Wants has been active since 2017 and released their acclaimed debut album “Container” in 2020. Five...
Monosonik – The Stars Are Watching (Digital/CD Album – Blackbeat Media Productions)
Monosonik is an Italian duo that first released material many years ago, and this album marks a welcome return for...
Blind Delon – Blast (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Icy Cold Records)
French musician Mathis Kolkoz has been active for several years under the moniker Blind Delon, steadily building an impressive discography....
Armadura Del Durmiente – Por La Belleza Del Acto (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Mots Music / Hidden Crypt Records)
Armadura Del Durmiente is a Spanish music project founded and led by Esteban Alcalde. Featuring several guest vocalists, its debut...
Fïx8:Sëd8 – OctAgram (Digital/CD Album – Dependent)
Martin Sane returns with a conceptual album where, as you might have guessed, the number 8 takes center stage. It...
Phragments & New Risen Throne – Between Ecstasy And Death (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Winter-Light)
This album is the result of a collaboration between two veterans of the Dark-Ambient genre: Phragments (Slovakia) and New Risen...
Rotersand – Don’t Become The Thing You Hated (Digital/CD Album – Trisol / Metropolis Records)
Meanwhile, it’s been over 20 years since Rotersand made their debut. More than two decades later, Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg and...
Pseudo Code – Light/Live (Digital/Vinyl Album – Je M’en Fish)
Mentioning Pseudo Code instantly feels like stepping back in time. Alain Neffe’s band was mainly active during the 80s, and...
Silent Universe – Merger (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
We know Pavel Malyshkin primarily from his Ugasanie project, but he has also released several works under the name Silent...
