Tomb Of Ordeals (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: We welcome the fourth volume of the “Tomb”-series created by Cryo Chamber this time dealing about...
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.
‘Click Interview’ with Fiction 8: ‘Streaming Has Become To Music As Plastic Is To Food’
American formation Fiction 8 has been always a bit of mystery to me. Set up in the 90s their sound...
Horologium – Atavistic Americana (Vinyl Album – Sky Burial Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, cinematographic, experimental, martial. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 by Polish artist Grzegorz Siedlecki, Horologium became a respected and...
MZ.412 – Svartmyrkr (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Black-industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: MZ.412 (formerly known as Maschinenzimmer 412) gained recognition as the so-called inventors of ‘black-industrial’ music. Set...
Viviankrist – Morgenrøde (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, Noise. Background/Info: Some of you might have heard of Vivian Slaughter who was member of the female...
‘Click Interview’ with Morgue Poetry: ‘It Is Mainly A Question Of Money How Long It’s Gonna Take Me To Publish New Songs’
I last year discovered the German duo Wisborg releasing their debut album “The Tragedy Of Seconds Gone” on Danse Macabre....
Stillnox – Mercury (CD Album – Seraphin Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Poland, but based in Manchester (UK) Martin Seraphin is already busy with music...
Noisuf-X – Invader (CD Album – Dark Dimensions / ProNoize)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rave, dark-electro-trance. Background/Info: “Invader” is the tenth full length album by Jan Loamfield under the Noisuf-X moniker. The album...
Metroland – Framed + Framed Anew (Vinyl Double Album + CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland last year unleashed their fourth full length “Men In A Frame”; a conceptual album about...
Form Follows Function – Arsenic (CD Album – E-Noxe Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, wave-pop. Background/Info: Form Follows Function (FFF) is a German duo set up in 2017 by Bianca Stücker (lyrics...
Darkness On Demand – Detoxination (CD Album – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Dance Or Die is death, long live to Darkness On Demand. One year after the interesting debut...
Daniel Hall – Elevate (CD Album + DVD – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Australian electro-pop artist Daniel Hall has released his eleventh full length album. It also became a kind...
Daniel Hall – The Collection (USB Key Album – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Daniel Hall celebrates his tenth full length album with a real special production. “The Collection” is partly...
V/A Endzeit Bunkertracks Act VIII (4CD Album + 40 Downloadable Bonus Songs – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, electro-industrial, techno-body, power-noise, IDM. Background/Info: The first ‘act’ from this now legendary compilation was released in 2005....
Vlimmer – XII (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: The twelfth EP in the series of eighteen set up by Vlimmer comes together with...
Vlimmer – XI (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: German artist Alexander Leonard Donat, better known under the Vlimmer moniker is back on track...
‘Click Interview’ with The Young Gods: ‘I Can See That Some People Of The Young Generation Have Understood The Essence Of Punk’
The Young Gods are back! “Data Mirage Tangram” released on Two Gentlemen Records is the Swiss band’s first new studio...
The Young Gods – Data Mirage Tangram (CD Album – Two Gentlemen Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, ambient, psychedelic. Background/Info: The legendary Swiss formation The Young Gods are back on track, unleashing their first new...
Throbberstalk repowered by Vore Complex – Petrichor / Mastered Version (CD Album – Vore Complex)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-industrial, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: This album was originally released in 2017 and consisted of songs originally composed by Throbberstalk...
Projekt203 – Virus (CD Album – Projekt203)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock. Background/Info: Hailing from Slovakia this trio has been featured on a few compilations, but their self-released “Virus” album...
Lech Nienartowicz – Wzdłuż Pasma (CD Album – Kosmodron)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: Lech Nienartowicz is a Polish artist based in Toruń. He’s involved with different projects and is...
Panacea – Beyond All Boundaries (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: Some will remember Mathis Mootz for his great work under the M² (Squaremeter) moniker, but his main...
Crystal Geometry – Red Faith Militia (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Techno, techno-EBM. Background/Info: Crystal Geometry is one of Sonic Groove’s latest signings. This project is hailing from Grenoble (France),...
Darkness On Demand – Detoxination (Digital EP – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: From Dance Or Die to Darkness On Demand not much has really changed in style and...
Pseudokrupp Project – This Is The New Black (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Hailing from Berlin (Germany) Pseudokrupp Project has mainly self-released all its productions since their beginning. The...
‘Click Interview’ with Alien Skin: ‘With A Change Of Attitude Comes The Choice Of ‘Sound’ Itself’
Alien Skin is an Australian synth-pop project set up in 2008 by George Pappas. George has been involved with the...
Metal Disco – Vade Mecum (CD Album – Detonic Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro, electroclash, body-pop. Background/Info: “Vade Mecum” is the second full length album by the Greek project Metal Disco....
Fiction 8 – The Bleak Disease (CD Album – Fiction 8)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Texan formation Fiction 8 was mainly active during the 90s. The band driven by Michael Smith...
Sonorus7 – Acid Pops (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2017 by Liss Eulenherz (Intent:Outtake, Project Snowflake), Clodi Korzin (La Magra, Mental Defect)...
Morgue Poetry – In The Absence Of Light (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, folk-noir. Background/Info: Morgue Poetry is the solo-project of Konstantin Michaely who’s involved with Wisborg. Wisborg last year released...
Dead Inside – Dead Inside (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Rock-gothic, gothic, death-rock. Background/Info: Dead Inside is a new formation hailing from Italy unleashing their debut work on Danse...
Blutengel – Un:Gott (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: The new Blutengel album comes exactly 20 years after the band’s official debut opus “Child Of...
Art Kinder Industrie – 1988-1990 (CD Album – +Closer²)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-industrial. Background/Info: Art Kinder Industrie is a French duo that was active in between the late 80s and...