Phantom Vision – Ghosts (CD Album – COP International)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, post-punk. Content: Phantom Vision has resurrected after a 10 year hibernation. The Portuguese gothic formation got some recognition...
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.
Simi Nah – Bootleg (CD Album – Why2k Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, new-wave, electro-clash. Content: It always is hard to remain objective when you really like the sound of a...
Solitary Experiments – In Motion / Live In Berlin (Digital Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-electro, body-pop. Content: Solitary Experiments last year celebrated their 20th anniversary by a unique live performance in their...
The Sexorcist – Klangkörper (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Content: Will The Sexorcist be the next sensation in EBM land? That’s hard to say, but this brand-new...
Hocico – Ofensor (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Content: No doubt about it, the new album by Hocico is one of the major releases in dark-electro...
Chainreactor – Dirt (CD Album – ProNoize)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial rave, industrial-techno. Content: Chainreactor has dropped its 5th full length and it will once again have a huge...
BhamBhamHara – Schöne Welt (CD Album – Scanner)
Genre/Influences: Body-techno music. Content: The guys of BhamBhamHara last year took us by surprise releasing a stunning debut album “Progressive...
Climax Denial – Dehumanizing Environments (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial & ambient. Content: Climax Denial has already been active in the wider fields of industrial music for years...
Abjection Ritual – Futility Rites (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial. Content: “Futitly Rites” is the first official CD by this Pennsylvanian based project. After 2 self-released productions Douglas...
V/A 25 Years Of Hands (4CD Box – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, rhythmic-noise, soundscapes, IDM. Bands: Ah Cama sotz, Cervello Elettronico, Geistform, Greyhound, Heimstatt Yipotash, Maschinenkrieger KR52 Vs. Disraptor, Mono...
Talvekoidik – Spitzbergen (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, cinematographic. Content: Kai Christian Hahnewald is an artist of many talents, but especially his hard industrial &...
Geistform – Tension (Vinyl 12” – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, dark-techno. Content: Geistform is one of those noise engineers I was immediately convinced by. Rafael M. Espinosa has...
Ancient Methods – Turn Ice Realities Into Fire Dreams (Vinyl 12” – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Content: Ancient Methods started as a duo, but Michael Wollenhaupt remained the single member of the crew. This...
Coska – What Are You Waiting For (Digital EP – Coska)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Content: Coska is a Finish duo based in Helsinki. They here deliver their debut-EP featuring 4 songs....
Autumn – The Hampstead Sketchbook (CD Album – Autumn)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, cinematographic, ethereal-ambient. Content: Autumn is celebrating its jubilee! This German formation never reached the absolute top, but they...
Autumn – Fleeting Impressions (CD Album – Autumn)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, neo-classic, cinematographic, ambient. Content: Autumn is back with the final part of their “Embracing Worlds”-trilogy, which started in...
V/A Liaisons Dangereuses – Cult Radio Classics – The Early Years (DCD Album – Universal Music Belgium)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, new-wave, EBM. Bands: Psyche, Chris & Cosey, Ministry, Carlos Peron, Dark Day, Severed Heads, Fad gadget, Killing Joke,...
Dead When I Found Her – All The Way Down (DCD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, apocalyptic-pop, industrial-ambient. Content: Dead When I Found Her unleashes its 3rd full length album, which features 10 new...
Venus Fly Trap – Metamorphosis 1987-2007 (Vinyl Album – Retinal Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, post-punk, electro-rock. Content: The “Metamorphosis”-album was originally released in 2007 as a CD by the Polish label Big...
Council Of Nine – Diagnosis (Digital album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Content: 2015 will be for sure a special year for Council Of Nine. After the release earlier...
League Of Space Pirates – Precognitive Universe Of Emergent Desire (CD Album – Another Limited Rebellion)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Content: League Of Space Pirates is a name I never heard of before, but this debut album for...
The Underground Youth – Haunted (Vinyl Album – Fuzz Club Records)
Genre/Influences: Dreamy dark-wave, shoegaze. Content: The Underground Youth is a British band, which has been already into music for a...
V/A Single Collection Summer 2015 (CD Album – Fuzz Club Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop, wave-rock. Bands: TAU, 10 000 Russos, The Underground Youth, The Orange Revival, Cult Of Dom Keller. Content:...
Love In Cage – Mirage Post-Horizon (Vinyl Album – Trinity/Meidosem Records/Imperial Bedroom Rds)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, cold-wave. Content: Love In Cage is a French trio hailing from Rouen, which released a debut album “Position”...
Mémoires D’Automne – Cliché (Vinyl Album – Trinity/Meidosem Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave. Content: There are bands from the 80s and 90s that only a few people got the opportunity to...
Opera Multi Steel – Apparences De L’Invisible (Vinyl Album – Trinity/Meidosem Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, new-wave, ethereal. Content: Opera Multi Steel is one of the veterans in history of French new-wave and gothic...
Aube L – A Mon Etoile (CD Album – Aube L)
Genre/Influences: Pop-rock, experimental-pop. Content: We already got the opportunity to make a few reviews of EP’s by Aube L. This...
Jet Noir – The Hall Of Ghosts (CD EP – Jet Noir)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, epic, electronic. Content: Jet Noir is a female artist who you maybe know from her involvement as the...
Eisfabrik – Eisplanet (CD Album & EP – SPV/NoCut)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, dark-electro. Content: Eisfabrik is a new band active in the scene. The German formation has been set up...
IAMX – Metanoia (CD Album – Caroline International)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, electro-rock. Content: The 6th full length by IAMX already got a very hot response from the fans during...
The Raven – Selfdestruct (CD Single – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Cyber-industrial, dark-electro. Content: The Raven was set up by Dave Strehler. After a debut EP (cf. “One Last Time”)...
Nervenbeisser – Geschlechterschlacht (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Nu-metal, breakbeats. Content: Nervenbeisser is a German band set up by Olaf Seider. I’m sure it will be hard...
Hell-O-Matic – Hell-O-Matic (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, cross-over, metal-rock. Content: Hell-O-Matic has the potential to soon become one of the hottest new-coming bands in the...
