Angelspit – Black Dog Bite (CD Album – Dark Star Fusion/Black Pill Red Pill)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, industrial, electro-punk, electro-rock. Background/Info: Australian Angelspit is now based in Los Angeles (USA). The band can look back...
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.
Mildreda – Cowards (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial, epic-electronics. Background/Info: Belgian artist Jan Dewulf got some name and recognition for his work under the moniker...
Crytek – Anathema (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, rock-pop, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Crytek is a Parisian based solo-artist who already self-released several digital productions. The band now...
Implant – Oxynoxe-X (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Belgian implant duo is back after a new hiatus of 4 years. “Oxynoxe-X” is...
Cosmic Armchair – Contact (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Singapore, Cosmic Armchair definitely is one of the most surprising bands from the Alfa...
‘Click Interview’ with Hypnoskull: ‘Radical Ideas Have Always Inspired Lots Of People’
Patrick Stevens set up Hypnoskull in 1992. The Belgian producer became one of the industrial pioneers experimenting with techno influences...
AD:Key – Reanimator (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Rene and Andrea Nowotny are back on track unleashing the fifth opus of AD:Key. The German duo...
Dahlia’s Tear – Through The Nightfall Grandeur (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Swedish musician Anile D.has already been active for several years now. Dahlia’s Tear previously released four...
Tomb Of Druids by ProtoU, Aegri Somnia, Dead Melodies, Ager Sonus, Creation VI (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: This is what I would call a typical release on cryo Chamber featuring several projects from...
Metatron Omega – Illuminatio (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: This is the third full length album released by Serbian project Metatron Omega. I was deeply impressed...
Flowers For Bodysnatchers – Asylum Beyond (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Australian composer Duncan Ritchie is one of those prolific dark-ambient artists who needs no rest...
Frozen Nation – Dark Belgian Disco (CD Album – Sub-Continental Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, Italodisco. Background/Info: Frozen Nation is a Belgian-French trio which is now active for a few years. Their debut...
Treponem Pal – Rockers’Vibes (CD Album – Juste Une Trace)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: Treponem Pal is one of those ‘dinos’ who are invincible. “Rockers’Vibes” is an album celebrating the French...
Totem Obscura – Nordische Feste (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, medieval-(h)el(l)ectro. Background/Info: Behind Totem Obscura is hiding Pedro ‘Acylum’ Engel and his wife Nadine ‘Croona’ Engel. They’re both...
Sin.Sin – Nobody’s Heroin (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-pop. Background/Info: The fans of Belgian goth-rock formation Lovelorn Dolls for sure are familiar with the band’s front...
ImJudas – Tulpa (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: ImJudas is a solo-project set up and driven by Helalyn Flowers mastermind maXX. This is the...
Aengeldust – Zucht (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-electro. Background/Info: After the astonishing “Agent Orange”-album Nadine ‘Engel’ Croona (Acylum, Totem Obscura) is back on track unleashing...
Funker Vogt – Musik Ist Krieg (CD EP – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: 2017 has been an important year for electro-veterans of Funker Vogt. After a long period of...
Wulfband – Revolter (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-punk. Background/Info: Wulfband is an enigmatic duo for keeping the names and faces of their members secret. Three...
The Unknown – Absolution (CD Album – Koi Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-pop, goth-metal, rock-goth. Background/Info: The Unknown is a German formation featuring Oliver Thom (Equatronic, Koi Records label owner) assisted...
Equatronic – Pulsatile (CD Album – Koi Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, rock-pop. Background/Info: Zoith Ommog was the label which discovered German synth-pop project Equatronic. That was back in the...
Fires – Red Goes Grey (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Fires is a new project set-up and driven by Eric Sochocki (Cryogen Second, Becoming The Devourer). The...
Wiccid – By Design (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Behind Wiccid is hiding Erie Loch who got some recognition for his songwriting, video, remix and...
Xenturion Prime – Humanity Plus (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, psychedelic, cinematoghraphic, experimental. Background/Info: Bjørn Marius Borg and Hasse Mattsson were previously active under the Code 64, but...
Svartsinn – Mørkets Variabler (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: This new opus by Norwegian Svartsinn also is the first new studio album in 8 years. In...
‘Click Interview’ with Mind.In.A.Box: ‘An Electronic Music-Movie For Your Mind’
Mind.In.A.Box has released its new album “Broken Legacies” on their own label THYX Records. It’s a new sonic voyage throughout...
Sum Of R – Orga (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, cinematographic, psychedelic. Background/Info: Sum Of R is a Swiss duo set up by Reto Mäder (RM74) and...
Arcana – Petrichor (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, neo-folk, cinematographic, ethereal. Background/Info: The last new work of Arcana has been released in 2012, the members preferring...
Altarmang – Void (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Altarmang is a music project set up by Pär Boström (Kammarheit, Cities Last Broadcast ao) and...
Vestfalia’s Peace – Loneliness (CD Album – SDN Records)
Genre/Influences: Ballad, rock, dark-wave. Background/Info: Italian formation Vestfalia’s Peace is already busy for 20 years now. The line-up never changed...
Sky Burial – Chapel Image (CD Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Michael Page has been involved with multiple projects, has worked with numerous artists and released...
Chmcl Str8jckt – Chmcl Str8jckt (CD Album – Chmcl Str8jckt)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, cross-over, EBM. Background/Info: Chmcl Str8jckt is an American duo inspired by the good-old days of the Wax Trax...
Common Eider, King Eider – Shrines For The Unwanted, Respite For The Cast (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, ritual. Background/Info: Operating from San Francisco (USA), the Common Eider, King Eider collective is back on track...