Tyske Ludder – Meskalin (CD EP – Golden Core/Zyx)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Content: Tyske Ludder is back on track with a new EP while the new full length (cf. “Evolution”)...
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.
Psyche & Luminance – Left Out / Passenger Seat (Vinyl 7” – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Content: This limited vinyl 7” is a meeting between a long time established and electro-pop icon and...
Black Nail Cabaret – Harry Me Marry Me Bury Me Bite Me (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Content: Some of you might have discovered Black Nail Cabaret (BNC) as the supporting act for Covenant and/or...
TV Smith – Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (Vinyl 12” – Tracks & Traces)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, post-punk. Content: Timothy Smith is a name, which will instantly appeal to lovers of punk music. Smith was...
Negru Pvlse – Fervere (CD Album – Ur Muzik)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Content: There are 13 years separating the debut-album (cf. “Madeira”) of Negru Pvlse and the new work...
MR.Kitty flash: It’s important to stay true to myself.
Mr.Kitty (aka Forrest Avery Carney) is not exactly the most famous name active at the wider fields of electro-pop yet...
Massive Ego – Noise In The Machine (CD EP – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave-pop, EBM. Content: Massive Ego is one of the new and probably hottest bands joining the Out Of Line...
Dear Strange – Lonely Heroes (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, minimal-pop, wave-pop. Content: Dear Strange is a new duo based in Berlin, which caught my attention as they...
AnD – Rmx 02 (Vinyl 12” – Electric Deluxe)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, electro-industrial. Content: This is the next 12” of AnD, which is taken from the “Cosmic Microwave Background” full...
AnD – Rmx 01 (Vinyl 12” – Electric Deluxe)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, electro-industrial. Content: AnD was set up by Manchester based duo Andro (Andrew Bowen) and Dimit (Dimitri Poumplidis). Both...
Sündenrausch – Sündstoff (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Goth-pop & rock. Content: Sündenrausch is a brand-new duo based in Hamburg (Germany) releasing their debut full length album...
Starving Insect – The Great Nothing (CD Album – Dark Descent)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno. Content: Starving Insect is the artistic exposure for Swedish producer Alexander Kassberg. I honestly never heard of...
Mr.Kitty – Fragments (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Content: Forrest Avery Carney aka Mr.Kitty is a real phenomenon in electro-pop land although he’s not really the...
No More – Silence & Revolt (CD Album – Rent A Dog)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave-pop. Content: No More, and especially their early hit “Suicide Commando”, belongs to the collective memory of the 80s...
Venin Carmin – Glam Is Gone (Vinyl Album – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, psychedelic-wave-rock. Content: Venin Carmin is a brand-new project hailing from France. This female artist is mainly inspired by...
ImiAFan + Dario Seraval – Against The Walls (Vinyl Mini-album – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electro. Content: ImiAFan is a Slovakian project set up by Imrich Vegh during the late 90s. The band...
The Girl Who Cried Wolf – Ruins (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Trip-pop, cinematographic. Content: We here welcome a young Belgian formation, which was set up in 2013. They first released...
…Of Tanz Victims – Fighting False Gods (Vinyl 7” – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, electronics. Content: “Fighting False Gods” was originally self-released in 1985 as a single featuring 3 tracks. The...
Of Earth And Sun – Uncoiled (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, ritual. Content: Of Earth And Sun is a new signing to the Malignant Records roster and the...
The Vomit Arsonist – Only Red (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, ritual-ambient. Content: Andrew Grant likes to collaborate with other artists, but for his latest opus he strikes back...
Beborn Beton – A Worthy Compensation (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Content: German Beborn Beton trio is back with their first full length album in 15 years! Stefan...
Electrosexual – Silver Soul (Digital EP – Rock Machine Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-pop. Content: Last year Electrosexual released its official debut album “Art Support Machine”, which I think we might say...
Metatron Omega – Gnosis Dei (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Content: Metatron Omega is a new discovery by Cryo Chamber and the least I can say is...
Enmarta – Sea Of Black (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Content: Cryo Chamber has signed a new solo-project called Enmarta, which delivers a debut release featuring 6...
Blindness – Wrapped In Plastic (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop & shoegaze, dark-indie. Content: Blindness is one more great band I discovered from the Saint Marie Records roster....
Iron Fist Of The Sun – We Can Yield Our Own Footsteps (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, industrial-noise. Content: Lee Howard has released an impressive number of productions in a rather short lapse of...
Kerovnian – Far Beyond, Before The Time (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, black-ambient. Content: Cold Spring Records is used to to take us back in time re-releasing long and sometimes...
Machinista – Garmonbozia (CD Album – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Content: It all started with the impressive “Xenoglossy”-full length, released by Juggernaut Music Group during 2014 revealing a...
Advance – Deus Ex Machina Redux (DCD Album – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop, technoid-pop. Content: “Deus Ex Machina” was the first album released by AnalogueTrash Records. One year after the...
Eyes Shut Tight – Banished From Paradise (CD Album – Hall Of Sermon)
Genre/Influences: Rock-metal, goth-metal. Content: It all started a few years ago for this Hamburg based band. They got the opportunity...
Black Moon Secret – Another World (CD Album – Hall Of Sermon)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, rock-metal, hard-rock. Content: Behind this new band is hiding Lacrimosa’s guitarist JP Genkel. This artist has worked and...
Reaper – Der Schnitter (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, body-techno-pop. Content: Reaper quickly became a recognized project at the wider fields of dark-electronic music. Mastermind Vasi Vallis...
Irfan – The Eternal Return (CD Album – Prikosnovénie)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, heavenly voices, world-music. Content: New albums released by Prikosnovénie have become rather rare, but this new opus by...