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...
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.
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...
Dystopian Society – Overturned Reality (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Content: Dystopian Society is based in one of the most historical places of the renaissance (Firenze). The...
Chemical Sweet Kid – The Speed Of Time (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-electro-rock. Content: Chemical Sweet Kid strikes back after a hiatus of 3 years. Mastermind Julien Kidam took the time...
Seraphim System – This Is Invasion (Digital EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rave, dark-electro, industrial-EBM. Content: This new EP by Seraphim System is meant as a teaser to the new full...
Sirus – Satellite Empire (Digital Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-technoid-electronics, body-techno. Content: Two years after their official debut work “Broken Hearts Corporate Minds” the Australian Sirus combo strikes...
Syd.31 – Drowning In Air (CD EP – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rave, breakbeats. Content: Operating from Manchester (UK) Syd.31 unleashed its 2nd EP to the world. The least I can...
Vanguard – I Want To Live (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Content: The Swedish Vanguard duo is a band I’ve kept an eye on since their earlier work....
Orange Sector – Monoton (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Content: Orange Sector is an EBM ‘veteran’ band, which does not need a big introduction. Back in the...
Elandor – Loveless Mind (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock. Content: I never have been totally seduced by the dark-rock and gothic sound of Elandor. Two years...
Born For Bliss – Falling Back To Never (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Content: Born For Bliss is not exactly a band releasing new work on a regular basis. The...
Hearts Of Black Science – Signal (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, dream-pop. Content: Hearts Of Black Science is a name that rings a bell, and it’s already been quite...
Delaykliniken – Suddenly (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Pop, eclectic-pop. Content: Delaykliniken is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most unusual and innovative pop...
Dream Recall – Waves (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Intelligent dance-pop. Content: We earlier this year discovered the debut-EP by Dream Recall, which is a new project of...
Metroland – Re-Design / Spacious Edition (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Content: Together with the “Re-Design”-EP Metroland also released this ‘extra’ production entitled the “Spacious Edition”. We get exactly...
Metroland – Re-Design (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Content: Metroland for sure belongs to the biggest revelations in electro-land of the past few years. Their earlier...
Machinista – Xenoglossy / Expanded Edition (DCD Album – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Content: While the new album (cf. “Garmonbozia”) of Machinista is still in the flow, this new release is...
Spielbann – In Gedenken (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-rock. Content: Spielbann is a German combo consisting of 5 members. The band has already been active for...
ASP – Verfallen / Folge 1: Astoria (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Gothic novel rock. Content: ASP is a long-time servant of the Trisol stable and an acclaimed band in homeland...
Erdh – Sideremesis (Digital EP – Apathia Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-ambient & rhythmic, cinematographic. Content: Erdh is a French duo operating from Paris. Nicolas Pingnelain is a member...