Simple Cut – In Your Arms (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Simple Cut is a Russian duo formation dealing with synth-pop music. They released a digital EP (cf....
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.
RedLine – Mind’s Garden (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, space-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Thanks to the Russian ScentAir Records we get the opportunity to discover a rather unknown...
Kasper Hate – Raw Patchouli (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Kasper Hate is a German formation, which joined the ScentAir roster in 2014 to unleash their...
Vaylon – The Uninvited Feeling (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Synth-pop lovers must have heard of Vaylon. This Dannish trio has released an impressive amount of productions...
The Saint Paul – Days Without Rain (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, industrial-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Two years after their debut album “Consequence” (2013) released by Danse Macabre, the German project...
Agrezzior – Berserker (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Five years after their successful and totally old-styled EBM debut album “Domination” we finally get new work...
Tenek – Smoke & Mirrors (CD Album – Alien Six Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Geoff Pinckney (The Nine, Alien#Six13) & Peter Steer (mainly known for his work as a producer)...
Syndro-syS – Corporation (CD Album – Sysndro-syS/Dark Noise Industry)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, dark-electro. Background/Info: Syndro-syS is a French project set up in 2013. After a digital-EP they now have accomplished...
Hellhumm – Random Damage Industry (CD Album – Hellhumm)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Hellhumm is a new Spanish band dealing with a rather open-minded EBM sound spectrum. The members...
Abbildung – All Demons Are Horned (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Stefan Casian is a Romanian artist and label-owner who’s been active in the wider fields of dark-ambient...
Seetyca – Nemeton (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Seetyca is one of the most prolific dark-ambient artists I know. We might speak about a...
Phantom Ship – Spheres (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, soundscape. Background/Info: Phantom Ship was set up by Italian dark-ambient lover Roberto Faloci. He already released 2...
FoetusDreams – Brouillard (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Winter-Light is a new label from The Netherlands devoted to dark-ambient music. FoetusDreams is their first singing...
Karmiciel Wszy – Isdalskvinnen (CD Album – Anoplura Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: I received no background information about this band and the debut album “Isdalskvinnen” while there’s even...
Obszön Geschöpf – The Vault Of Nightmares (CD Album – Cemetry Records)
Genre/Influences: Body-metal music. Background/Info: This album is part of a 4-CD-box featuring their debut album “Day Of Suffering” plus a...
God Body Disconnect – Dredge Portals (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-psychedelic-ambient. Background/Info: Cryo Chamber has signed this American solo-project set up by Bruce Moallem. This is the debut...
Sabled Sun – Signals IV-V-VI (3CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Simon Heath is one of those visionary artists active in the dark-ambient fields who seems to...
Ophelia’s Sweet Demise – Sonata Noire (CD Album – Ophelia’s Sweet Demise)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Operating out of Milwaukee (USA) Ophelia’s Sweet Demise was formed in the late 90s. The band...
Shapednoise – Different Selves (Vinyl Album – Type)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, noise. Background/Info: Behind Shapednoise is hiding Nino Pedone who’s an Italian artist based in Berlin. He’s one...
Huron – Fissure (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM. Background/Info: Behind the Berliner based Huron is hiding Steffen Schröder. The artist passion started long time ago while...
The Travel – Nyctophobia (CD Album – Mindtrick Records/Redrum Recordz)
Genre/Influences: Dubstep, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Behind The Travel is hiding Mike Redman who’s an artist of many talents. He’s the...
Amorphous – Behaviourism (CD EP – Semantics Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-body music. Background/Info: New solo-project by ex-Morgue member Gil O. Santos. “Behaviourism” is the official debut-EP revealing 6...
Kangding Ray – Cory Arcane (CD Album – Raster-Noton)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental-techno. Background/Info: Kangding Ray (aka David Letellier) is a rather familiar artist releasing his work on Raster-Noton. “Cory...
Johannes Heil – The Black Light (Digital Album – Exile Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, deep-house. Background/Info: German producer Johannes Heil is a renowned producer active in the wider fields of techno music....
Digital 21 & Stefan Olsdal – Rebellion (Digital EP – Emigrant Limited)
Genre/Influences: Minimal, experimental-techno. Background/Info: Behind this project is hiding Miguel López Mora (Spanish producer) and the Placebo bassist Stefan Olsdal....
Ambiq – Ambiq 2 (CD Album – Arjunamusic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, cinematographic. Background/Info: Ambiq is a trio featuring Max Loderbauer, Claudio Puntin and Samuel Rohrer who are artists...
Vainio & Vigroux – Peau Froide, Léger Soleil (CD Album – Cosmo Rhythmatic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: Mika Vainio is an artist who needs no further introduction and especially for all of...
Doganov – Conducting Chaos (Digipack/Digital – Self Released)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, new-wave, electro. Content: After the “Something Dark To Dance To”- EP and the 'History' single in 2012, it...
Genre Peak – Fix Me Deeper (CD EP – In-code Music)
Genre/Influences: IDM, cinematographic. Content: I already had the opportunity to discover previous work of Genre Peak, but this newest opus...
Lolita Komplex – The Greatest Show On Earth (CD Album – Dark Tunes)
Genre/Influences: Metal, rock-metal. Content: Lolita Komplex was set a few years ago now by ex-Sanguis Et Cinis member Eve Evangel....
Die Form ÷ Musique Concrète – Cinema Obscura (CD Album – Bain Total)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract-music, cinematographic. Content: Philippe Fichot strikes back with a new project he called Die Form ÷ Musique Concrète....
Requiem4FM – Epik (CD Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-rock. Content: Requiem4FM is not exactly the most famous and common name active in the wider fields of...
Kromak – Trance It (CD Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Techno-trance. Content: Behind this new project is hiding a rather surprising name. I could never have imagined the front-man...