17 Pygmies – Isabel II: Abandon Rising (CD Album – Trakwerx)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ethereal, folk. Background/Info: Set up in the early 80s by ex-Savage Republic member Jackson Del Rey, 17 Pygmies...
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.
Syntec – Puppets & Angels (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Uwe Kallenbach (music) and Tobias Hartwig (vocals) were both involved in several electronic bands during the...
Les Berrtas – Knochenschäler (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro & gothic. Background/Info: Younger music lovers will probably have never heard of Les Berrtas, but ‘older’ freaks...
Cellmod – Graveyard Of Empires (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial-EBM, glitch-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Cellmod is a band set up by Juan Espinosa and joined by guest singers. After...
‘Click Interview’ with Noisuf-X: ‘I Like To Kick Ass!’
Every single generation gets some artists emerging from the mass. You’ve the ones that are composing ‘cool’ music and you’ve...
Parralox – Wildlife (CD EP – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Australian synth-pop sensation Parralox strikes back with a new EP revealing a new title song and...
Parralox – Holiday ’15 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cabaret-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: This is the 8th full length released by Parralox, which remains driven by the creative...
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Noisuf-X – Kicksome[b]ass (DCD Album – ProNoize)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rave, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Jan L last year released the album “10 Years Of Riot”, which was a kind of...
‘Click Interview’ with Larva: ‘We Want To Be Loved Or Hated’!
Based in Barcelona InqUesT and Anoxia are better known as Larva. This dark-electro formation started in the late 90s as...
Troum – Acouasme (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Glitch and Baraka better known under the Troum moniker can already look back on an...
Z’EV – Eleven Mirrors To The Light (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Abstract-music, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Stefan Weisser aka Z’EV belongs to the collective memory of experimental and industrial music. He...
Troum – Acouasme (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Glitch and Baraka better known under the Troum moniker can already look back on an...
Sinestar – Evolve (DCD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro & wave-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Based in Bristol (UK) Sinestar has a few self-released productions, mainly EP’s and one...
Colossloth – Outstretch Your Hand For The Impress Of Truth (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, abstract-music. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records has signed this Leicester based solo-project set up by Wooly Woolaston. A few...
‘Click Interview’ with Sinestar: ‘The Next Big Thing In Electro-Pop Music?!’
Conzoom Records is a synth-pop label with a nose for talented electro-pop bands. Think about bands like Parralox, Dual Density,...
Formshift feat. Neon Electronics – Crash (Digital single – DanceDelic-D)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, techno-body music, electroclash. Background/Info: This production is the meeting between 2 artists from different generations. Gavin Bucktrout aka...
SiJ & Textere Oris – Reflections Under The Sky (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, abstract-music. Background/Info: SiJ is an Ukrainian project set up by Vladislav Sikach and which has released an...
Dronny Darko – Neuroplasticity (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Oleg Puzan aka Dronny Darko became a familiar artist on the growing Cryo Chamber roster. This...
Alphaxone – Echoes From Outer Silence (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, drones. Background/Info: Mehdi Saleh aka Alphaxone has released 4 full lengths in less than 2 years of time...
Stoppenberg – Assault (CD Album – X-Beats)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body-music. Background/Info: We all know Jan L as the master mind behind X-Fusion and Noisuf-X while we sometimes forget...
‘Click Interview’ with kFactor: ‘kFactor Is My Antihero’
kFactor is a Brazilian band set up by Junior (Jr). Electro Aggression Records introduced his debut album “Ghastly Monolith” (2015)...
Future Perfect – After The Fall (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Future Perfect probably is not the most popular and recognized duo from the electro-pop scene and...
Bvried – Ephemeral (Digital Album – Bvried)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: I didn’t get that much info about this Bvried ‘DIY’ ambient band. It seems that a...
Viscera Drip – Perpetual Adversity (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Viscera Drip has been set up by American artist Justin Thiele. After a real promising and accomplished...
Larva – Abominations (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: InqUesT (vocals, lyrics & sequences) and Anoxia (sequences) are already active since a couple of years now....
ESR – Corroded Fragments + Entropy (DCD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM. Background/Info: Electro Synthetic Rebellion became a rather familiar name for dark-minded EBM heads. The French one-man project...
Devilsight – Luna (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Devilsight is a Mexican dark-electro band that was set up as a way to exorcize ‘all the...
Cold Therapy – Masquerade Infinite (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Jacek Wolański set up Cold Therapy After having left Traumatize. We welcomed the debut album “Embrace The...
A7IE – Occidere Mundi (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: The French A7IE is back on track unleashing a new album after a few years of silence....
Mlada Fronta – Outrun (CD Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: French producer Remy Pelleschi is a veteran of the electronic & industrial scene. He released an...
Clicks – Glitch_Machine (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electroclash, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: Lukasz (drums), Tomek (machines) and front man Kr-Lik (vocals, programming) are 3 Polish musicians who know each...
Am Tierpark – Uncaged (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: You should have heard about this new band featuring Claus Larsen (Leaether Strip, Klutae, Sequential Access) on...
‘Click Interview’ with Mlada Fronta: ‘I Don’t Like To Be Closed To A Particular Genre’
Rémy Pelleschi is a French artist based in the word-wide famous city of Cannes. He set up Mlada Fronta in...