Aengeldust – Agent Orange (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-electro. Background/Info: Three years after the debut-album “Freakshow” Nadine ‘Cooraz’ Engel is back with her newest opus “Agent...
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.
Randal Collier-Ford – Promethean (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Randal Collier-Ford is now already active for a couple of years and has released multiple noticeable...
Council Of Nine – Trinity (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Trinity” is the third solo-album of Maximillian Olivier aka Council Of Nine. It also is a particular...
God Body Disconnect – Sleeper’s Fate (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: One year after the debut work “Dredge Portals” Bruce Moallem is back on track, inviting the...
Omnimar – Poison (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Rock-pop, electro-rock, techno-rock, indie. Background/Info: Previous albums by Russian trio Omnimar already got some positive response, but we can’t...
‘Click Interview’ with Richard H. Kirk: ‘Too Much Music Is Being Made Just Because People Can’
Richard H. Kirk is a world-wide recognized artist who started his ‘career’ in the 70s! He of course will always...
ProtoU & Hilyard – Alpine Respire (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: “Alpine Respire” resulted from the common efforts between Cryo Chamber artist Sasha Cats (aka ProtoU)...
The Shyness Of Strangers – Time (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, post-punk, new-wave. Background/Info: The Shyness Of Strangers is a solo-project set up by Vadim Kristopher who’s a Polish...
Shift – Abandon (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, noise-ambient. Background/Info: Shift was set up in the late 90s by Swedish artist Martin Willford. He released several...
Electro Bromance – We Are Like A Time Bomb! (CD Album – Deepland Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, techno-body. Background/Info: Electro Bromance is a Brazilian duo unleashing its debut full length. They previously released a self-titled...
Deadrow77 – Dark Waves for Little Greys (DCD Album – Facthedral’s Hall)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Deadrow77 is a French solo-project driven by Fabien Della Roma. A first album was released...
V/A Broken Memory – A Tribute To Martin Dupont (CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: French label BOREDOMproduct last year released a surprising compilation/tribute to French pop icon Etienne Daho....
SB-Six – Trajectories (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Dubstep, cinematographic, IDM. Background/Info: Stefan Bookholt aka SB-Six strikes back unleashing his second EP on Mindtrick Records. He released...
LPF12 – Foreign Pulses Pt. 1 (Digital EP – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic, IDM, experimental. Background/Info: Sascha Lemon better known under the LPF12 moniker remains a very prolific artist. He...
Klutæ – Black Piranha (CD Album – Læbel)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, cross-over. Background/Info: Claus Larsen strikes back with a new full length under the Klutæ moniker. I always...
Nothing But Noise – eXistence Oscilla+ion <> prEsen+ (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: The original members of Front 242, Daniel B and Dirk Bergen are back on track...
Jean-Marc Lederman – The Space Between Worlds (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, cinematographic, ambient. Background/Info: Jean-Marc Lederman is one of those Belgian electronic pioneers belonging to the collective memory....
‘Click Interview’ with Les Anges De La Nuit: ‘We Would Rather Be Ourselves Than Pretend To Be Something We Are Not’
Richard Abdeni and Anthony Stuart set up Les Anges De La Nuit in 2003. This American duo got some recognition...
Club Mayz – Loneliness (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: Matthias Yzebaert is a Belgian artist active under the Club Mayz moniker. After a debut album...
V/A Wave Earplug No.1 (Vinyl Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: Electronics, electro-wave, minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: 4mg Records is a Slovakian label set up by Imiafan and devoted to promote...
V/A Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music (Digital Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, minimal-electronics, cinematographic, experimental, ritual. Background/Info: Italian label Unexplained Sounds Group is a small, but fascinating Italian label releasing...
TenHornedBeast – Death Has No Companion (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Drone, doom, dark-ambient. Background/Info: In a previous life Christopher Walton was involved in the ritual project Endvra. He later...
I Tpame I Tvrame – I Tpame I Tvrame (Cassette Album – Distag)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: This formation is a duo consisting of Franc Kurti (Albania) and Dina Hajrullahu (Kosovo). It’s not that...
Fabrizio Lapiana & Amotik – Figure Jams 001 (Vinyl 12” – Figure Jams)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal electronics. Background/Info: This vinyl is a split release featuring Italian DJ, producer and label owner Fabrizio Lapiana...
The Vomit Arsonist – Meditations On Giving Up Completely (CD Album – Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: The Vomit Arsonist is Andy Grant. This is the fifth full length of this death-industrial project,...
Anima Nostra – Atraments (CD Album – Tumor)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, ritual, experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Anima Nostra” was originally released as an album featuring a collaboration between Henrik Nordvarggr...
Admx-71 – Melted Fuel (Vinyl 12” – L.I.E.S.)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, techno, EBM, minimal electronics. Background/Info: Adam Mitchell is a man of many talents. We know him as label...
Douglas J. McCarthy (Black Line / Nitzer Ebb) interview: ‘It was something we never planned to do’
Black Line is fascinating concept, which was originally set up in 2016 as a continuation of DJM|REX, a project by...
Wora Wora Washington – Mirror (CD Album – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, indie, electro-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 by Marco De Rossi and Giorgio Trez, Italian duo Wora Wora...
Stars Crusaders – Welcome To Hydra (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Three years after their debut album “New Horizons” the Italian electro-pop formation Stars crusaders takes away on...
Rubbish T.C – Nova Express (Digital Album – Tripalium Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, experimental, acid. Background/Info: French artist Francis Ferguson set up Rubbish T.C (Rubbish Techno Consortium) in 2015. “Nova Express”...
Petit Singe – Akash Ganga (Vinyl 12” – Haunter Records)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, electro, ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Hazina Francia is an Italian artist who already released a few productions on Haunter...
Mod21 – Chapter 1 (Digital EP – Mod21)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, techno, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Mod21 is a solo project set up and driven by Manuele Chiaravalloti. He already released...