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.

Kuta – Blueprint (CD Album – M-Tronic)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 20, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: “Blueprint” marks the return of Kuta. It’s the fourth full length album from Sébastien Pietrapiana (ex-Corpus...

‘Click Interview’ with Foretaste: ‘We Choose To Do What We Love And Not What Our Fans Would Expect From Us’

Inferno Sound Diaries October 20, 2016

French synth-pop duo Foretaste is driven by the duo ‘Creature_XX’ (aka Sylvie) and ‘Creature XY’ (aka Pïerre). They’ve released an...

Khost [Deconstructed And Reconstructed By] Godflesh – Needles Into The Ground (CD EP – Cold Spring)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 19, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial, power-noise. Background/Info: This is a very special work by Justin Broadrick (Godflesh). He totally reworked the last year...

Dave Ball & Jon Savage – Photosynthesis (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 19, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, soundtrack. Background/Info: Behind this collaboration is hiding Dave Ball (Soft Cell, The Grid ao). ‘Sitting in the...

Rave The Reqviem – Mono Heart (Digital EP – Digital World Audio)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 18, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro & metal, industrial-metal. Background/Info: Rave The Reqviem actually has their second full length album “The Gospel Of Nil”...

Metatron Omega – Sanctum (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 18, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Last year I discovered this Serbian solo-project driven by ‘Scorpio V’ through the debut album “Gnosis...

Enzo Kreft – Dark Matter (Vinyl Album – Walhalla Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 17, 2016

Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Eric Vandamme aka Enzo Kreft is a Belgian artist who was active during the first part...

V/A Underground Wave Volume 5 (Vinyl Album – Walhalla Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 17, 2016

Genre/Influences: New-wave, electro-wave, experimental. Background/Info: The Belgian Walhalla Records was set up as an independent record label, which mainly wants...

‘Click Interview’ with Nature Of Wires / CountessM: “Cyber Rendezvous”

Inferno Sound Diaries October 16, 2016

Nature Of Wires is Gary Watts and Maren Northway (aka CountessM). They deal with electro-pop music mixing good-old vintage elements...

Doors In The Labyrinth – The Sound Of Her Wings (CD EP – Gnarphlager Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 14, 2016

Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic, psychedelic, soundtrack. Background/Info: Doors In The Labyrinth is a solo-project driven by Josh Loughrey. He gained some...

Daniel Hall – Light & Dark / The Best Of (USB Album – Daniel Hall)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 14, 2016

Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Sydney (Australia) Daniel Hall is an artist who has already released several albums. This...

Daniel Hall – Hope (CD Album + DVD – Daniel Hall)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 14, 2016

Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: “Hope”-album is the seventh full length from Australian artist Daniel Hall. This release is packed in a...

BeNe GeSSeRiT – Eccentric???? (CD Album – EE Tapes)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 14, 2016

Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, abstract, new-wave. Background/Info: Alain Neffe and Nadine Bal better known as the Belgian duo BeNe GeSSeRiT are...

V/A Iran Experimental Underground 016 Survey (Digital Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 13, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, electro-ambient, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: Unexplained Sounds Group is a digital label and platform for mainly dark-ambient music. Next to...

Noise Unit – Agitate / In Vain (Digital Single – Artoffact Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 13, 2016

Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Artoffact Records moves back into history. Together with the re-release of “Deceit / Struktur” we now get...

Noise Unit – Deceit / Struktur (Digital Single – Artoffact Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 12, 2016

Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Noise Unit was set up in the late 80s by two ‘giants’ of the early EBM/dark-electro scene....

We The North – Endemic (CD EP – Space Race Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 12, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Space Race Records again seems to have found a new promising band active in the wider...

The Mission – Another Fall From Grace (CD Album – Eyes Wide Shut Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 11, 2016

Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock. Background/Info: Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams (both ex-Sisters Of Mercy) set up The Mission in 1985. They rapidly...

Assemblage 23 – Endure (CD Album – Metropolis Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 11, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: No doubt about it, Tom Shear and his sonic brainchild Assemblage 23 belong to the...

Scheuber – The Me I See (CD Album – Trisol)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 10, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-pop. Background/Info: Dirk Scheuber will always linked to Project Pitchfork and the one behind the keyboards. He got involved...

Rome – The Hyperion Machine (CD Album – Trisol)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 10, 2016

Genre/Influences: Folk-rock, chanson, ballad. Background/Info: Jérôme Reuter has gained a serious reputation since his debut work released in 2006 on...

Randal Collier-Ford, Flowers For Bodysnatchers, Council Of Nine, God Body Disconnect – Locus Arcadia (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 9, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: We’re used to discovering Cryo Chamber releases featuring multiple bands from the roster working together on a...