Contrastate – Seven Flies Feeding Inside The Tears Of A Woman’s Eye (Digital/ CD Album – FinalMuzik)
The Italian group Contrastate originally formed in the late 1980s. Over the years, and through line-up evolutions, this Experimental outfit...
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.
Asseptic Room – Deconstructor (Digital/CD Album – Advoxya Records)
It had been five years since the Spanish Dark-Electro project Asseptic Room released its previous album. Carlos Ruiz—formerly active as...
False Figure – Incarnate (Digital/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Cruel Subordination Records)
“Incarnate” marks the third album from the American band False Figure, with the trio delivering eleven tracks on this release....
Darkswoon – Antivenom (Digital/CD Album – Viasonde)
After releasing their previous two albums on Icy Cold Records, the American band Darkswoon returns with their latest full-length release,...
They Die – Smoke And Mirrors (Digital/CD Album – Swiss Dark Nights)
In a relatively short period of time—the band was only formed in 2020—the Italian act They Die has established itself...
Digital Factor – 0.8 (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Digital Factor was founded more than 30 years ago, yet the project led by Mike Langer shows no signs of...
Tazer interview: ‘Taze Is The Rule is our manifesto, our creed, and our undeniable truth’
The members of the Norwegian trio Tazer introduce themselves only by their aliases: ‘CALICO’, ‘ONI-X01’, and ‘DRUMNIBAL’. Beyond that, they...
Kant Kino – Echoes Of The End (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
It took the Norwegian duo Kant Kino nearly nine years to release their fourth album. Despite this lengthy hiatus, EBM...
First Aid Tech – Back To Agartha (Digital Album – Alfa Matrix)
Hungarian artist István Gazdag has built a solid reputation within the EBM scene through his primary project, First Aid 4...
Lovelorn Dolls – True Crimes (Digital/CD EP – Spleen+)
This new EP from Brussels-based (Belgian) Lovelorn Dolls is a truly special—and above all, deeply emotional—release. Following the sudden passing...
Buzzkill interview: ‘“Wasteland” is our cathartic way of putting words and sounds to the distress we’re feeling lately’
Nolwenn Boyet and Ronni Gauderat make up the French duo Buzzkill. Active since 2024, Buzzkill previously released an EP on...
The True Union – Sleepwalk (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
About two years after the EP “Love Me Now (Not)”, American artist Azul Far returns with the debut album from...
Ego Bliss – Afterlife (Digital/CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Some may already be familiar with the Mexican solo project Ego Bliss through the debut album “What The Future Holds”...
Teknovore – Hamartia (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
While George Klontzas will probably remain best known for his work with Pre.Emptive Strike 0.1, he has meanwhile firmly established...
Diskonnekt interview: ‘Making music is above all catharsis’
For anyone familiar with the Italian underground electronic scene, Diskonnekt may appear to be a relatively new name. In reality,...
Destroy Me Again – Fill The Void (Digital/CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Timo Revna—also known for his work with Reichsfeind—has been active under the name Destroy Me Again for several years. For...
Thalie Némésis – Dé(s)figurations (Digital/CD Album – Meridian Noir Records)
Thalie Némésis is a French artist who together with The Memory Of Snow founded her own label.” Dé(s)figurations” is her...
Mängelexemplar – Neu Zukunft (Digital/Vinyl Album – Infacted Recordings)
Mängelexemplar (MNGLXMPLR) has been active for 15 years, steadily winning over fans with its distinctive synth-driven sound. On this latest...
Null Subject – The Despair Rapture (Digital Album – Null Subject)
Null Subject is a British solo project based in Bath. That always makes me think of Jane Austen’s novels, in...
D•SiPAUL – Bathed In Neon Light (Digital Album – D•SiPAUL)
Simon Paul Goold is an English artist who has been active for several years under the pseudonym D•SiPAUL. After releasing...
Eric van Wonterghem interview about his EXPO project: ‘EXPO is the counterpart from the Monolith and Sonar sound’
Some artists need no introduction; their track record speaks for itself. Mention The Klinik, Absolute Body Control, Monolith, or Sonar,...
La Jungle – An Order Of Things (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Hyperjungle Recordings)
“An Order Of Things” marks the seventh studio album by the Belgian band La Jungle. Originally a duo, the group...
Planetdamage – Killcaps (Digital Album – Planetdamage)
Planetdamage is a Hungarian Electro project driven by Mariusz Bari. “Killcaps” is the artist’s second album, featuring 15 tracks, including...
Subverge interview: ‘I want to explore the darker shades of the human psyche’
The name Henrik Karlsson may ring a bell for some listeners, as he is best known for the Swedish Dark-Electro...
Lisfrank – He Sees You (Digital/CD Album – Praedae Registra Records)
Fulvio Guidarelli has been active in the music scene for more than four decades, and through his Lisfrank project, he...
Shadows Hold – Bound In Chains (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Cold Transmission Music)
With the American solo project Shadows Hold, Cold Transmission Music welcomes a promising new artist who has released a slew...
Propter Hoc – Dramaturgy (Digital/CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
When we speak of dramaturgy, we often think of the theatre and the roles actors assume on stage. However, the...
Huir – States Of Light (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Huir is a Spanish duo comprising Ana Of The Head and David Solazo. After releasing several singles and EPs, they...
Incirrina – Trace (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Cold Transmission Music)
“Trace” marks the third album by the Greek duo Incirrina. George Katsanos and Irini Tiniakou have crafted 11 tracks that...
Culture Kultür interview: ‘To enjoy making music that connects with other people’
For over three decades, Culture Kultür has been a well-established name on the international Future-Pop and Synth-Pop scene. Since its...
Antipole & Pedro Code – Future Echoes (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
After releasing several albums on labels such as Unknown Pleasures Records, Young & Cold Records, and Manic Depression Records, Karl...
Mana ERG – Concealed Under A Stranger Tongue (Digital/CD Album – XBDA)
Mana ERG is the musical alter ego of the Italian artist Bruno de Angelis, who also gained recognition through his...
Onenine & Myk Jung – Duress (Digital EP – Onenine & Myk Jung)
This EP is the result of a collaboration between two well-known figures from the German underground scene: Axel Kleintjes now...
Franck Vigroux – Sonnailles (Digital/Vinyl – Raster)
For more than twenty years, French artist Franck Vigroux has built an impressive discography, and this new album marks another...
Ayria – Vicious World (Digital/CD EP – Artoffact Records)
Ayria is back with a new EP—one that could easily be described as a mini-album. "Vicious World" serves as a...
Athamay – Necropolis (Digital/CD Album – Midian Studios)
The album “Pleasure Of Sin” by the British band Athamay was released exactly thirty years ago and became a highly...
Dirk Da Davo interview about the end of Neon Electronics: ‘I am happy not to be an 18-year-old musician at the start of his career who needs to compete with soulless AI music, and whose success is measured in the quantity of likes on social media’
Dirk Da Davo will forever be associated with The Neon Judgement, the legendary Belgian band that remains a benchmark and...
SINE – La Mordre (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Metropolis)
Texan artist Rona Rougeheart has been active as SINE for several years, releasing music on labels such as Re:Mission, Emergency...
PIG – Hurt People Hurt ( Digital/CD Album – Metropolis / Armalyte Industries / Pig Industries / Blue Noise)
Veteran Raymond Watts has continued to reinvent himself for nearly four decades, and this year he returned with the new...
Kilmarth – Avant De Cèder… (Digital EP – Kilmarth)
This new EP serves as a teaser for the recently released full-length album by Belgian artist Cédric Wattergniaux, better known...
Gjöll – On The Forgetting Of Language (Digital/CD Album – Ant-Zen)
The first album by the Icelandic duo Gjöll was released in 2006. Several other albums followed, but with “On The...
Flint Glass & Ah Cama-Sotz – The Shadow Of The Torturer (Digital/CD Album – Ant-Zen)
“The Shadow Of The Torturer” is a Franco-Belgian collaboration between Gwenn Trémorin (Flint Glass) and Herman Klapholz (Ah Cama-Sotz). Both...
The Rorschach Garden – Trust The Process (Digital/CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Meanwhile, it has been nearly forty years since Philipp Münch founded The Rorschach Garden. More than thirty albums later, and...
The Violent Youth – Tsvety (Digital/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Artoffact Records)
Over the last ten years, The Violent Youth, the project led by Belarusian musician Arthur Tsymbal and joined by his...
Heimstatt Yipotash – Belt To Blender (Digital EP – Hands)
André Matthes and Thomas Niedballa present a kind of addendum with this EP, following their fantastic 2020 album “Brinkmanship”. It...
Hybryds – Desert Of White Salt (Digital Album – 3RIOART)
Hybryds remains an extremely active project that released its first production 40 years ago. Throughout the years, Sandy Nijs, aka...
Ataraxia interview: ‘We don’t set ourselves against something; we act creatively to create something’
For more than three decades, Ataraxia has been regarded as both a household name and a cult act within the...
SDH – Rider (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Artoffact Records)
Based in Barcelona, SDH (Semiotics Department Of Heteronyms) released their third album this year, marking their first release on Artoffact...
Une Vraie Gothique – R.D.V. Au Cimetière (Digital/CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Une Vraie Gothique (translated as A True Goth) is a French duo formed by Ulrika and Ferdinand Legendre. “R.D.V. Au...
Midnight Poetry – Dive Into The Darkness (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Manic Depression Records)
Greek duo Midnight Poetry consists of Cleopatra Kaido and John Spanos. “Dive Into The Darkness” is the title of their...
Expo – Interconnection (Digital/Vinyl Album – Prodam Records)
Over the past 40 years, Eric van Wonterghem has been involved in numerous legendary projects, including The Klinik, Absolute Body...
Curtain – Spiral (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Manic Depression Records)
The French band Curtain released their debut album in 1996. Over the following decade, they released a handful of additional...
Cold Cause – Cold Cause (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Manic Depression Records)
With Cold Cause, we welcome a Franco-German trio releasing their debut album on the renowned Manic Depression Records. The album...
Tazer – Taze Is The Rule (Digital Album – Tazer)
There has already been considerable buzz surrounding the Norwegian artist Tazer, who, after a string of remarkable singles, is now...
Days Of Sorrow interview: ‘We mainly use the equipment and sounds we used in the 80s’
With the German band Days Of Sorrow, we dive back into the magic of the 1980s. Days Of Sorrow was...
Nimh – Nine Years Of Decadence (Digital/CD Album – Fluttering Dragon)
Giuseppe Verticchio already has a rich discography to his name, and earlier this year he added another remarkable work to...
Buzzkill – Wasteland (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Manic Depression Records)
“Wasteland” is the debut album by the French duo Buzzkill. The album is available in various formats through Manic Depression...
Kyivite – Broadcast (Digital/CD Album – Staalplaat)
With Kyivite, we welcome a Ukrainian project that seeks to preserve an important cultural heritage while transforming it into a...
Rogue Unit vs. DarkVolt – State Of Calamity (Digital/CD Album – DressCode Black)
“State Of Calamity” is a collaboration between the projects Rogue Unit and Darkvolt. It becomes somewhat schizophrenic when you consider...
Mystic Echo – Distant Shores (Digital/Vinyl Album – Mystic Echo)
Mystic Echo is a Belgian project that was previously unknown to me, founded by Ignace De Lamper. Two earlier singles...
Apoptose – Die Zeit Und Die Dunkelheit (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Apop Schallplatten)
The German project Apoptose began experimenting with music in the 1990s and released its debut album in 2000. Several more...
Foule interview: ‘Electronic and organic, dark but playful, delicate yet violent, raw yet poetic’
As a music critic, you naturally come across new bands from time to time that you immediately feel have more...
Diskonnekt – La Morte Del Sole (Digital/CD Album – Halotan Records)
The Italian band Diskonnekt has been active for several years and is releasing their second album this year. It is...
Aiming – Sail & Wreck (Digital/CD/Cassette EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
British band Aiming released a four-track EP last year on Blackjack Illuminist Records and returns this year with a new...
Culture Kultür – Atomic (Digital/CD Album – Caustic Records)
The Spanish group Culture Kultür has been active since the early ’90s and experienced its heyday during the Future-Pop craze....
Sjellos – Dyer Expedition OST (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
With “Dyer Expedition OST”, Tibor Knopf presents a Soundtrack created for the video game of the same name, itself inspired...
