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...
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.
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...
Alphaxone – Subsynthetic Pulseforms (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Since releasing his first album in 2010, Iranian artist Mehdi Saleh has built an impressive discography. Along the way, he...
Stakkato – Gefärhrliche Liebschaft (Digital/CD Album – Elektro Shock Records)
Stakkato is a solo project by Thoralf Dietrich, best known for his work with Jäger 90, a project from which...
Vexagon – I For An I (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Vexagon is a project by Briar Moth. This third album, and the first to be released through Cold Transmission Music,...
Cold Sector interview: ‘I believe that in wartime periods it is not only possible but also necessary to make long-term plans’
During the spring, I discovered the mysterious Ukrainian solo project Cold Sector, a side project of the almost equally enigmatic...
Sleep Kills – Sleep Kills (Digital EP – Sleep Kills)
Sleep Kills is a project based in Los Angeles (USA). I discovered that they released two singles earlier this year...
Poeme Electronique – The Echoes Fade (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Anna Logue Records)
Poeme Electronique is a British band formed in 1980, featuring the quartet Dave Hewson, Sharon Abbott, Julie Ruler, and Les...
Dekad – A Distorted View (Digital/CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
This is already the sixth album from the French act Dekad. We had to wait another four years for “A...
Near Earth Orbit – LCFR (Digital/CD Album – Solar Lodge)
Meanwhile, Artaud Seth and Ashley Dayour have been active as Near Earth Orbit (N.E.O.) for more than ten years and...
Subverge – Sequenced Suffering (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production)
Following the previous album “Select”, which mainly featured a curated selection of tracks taken from Subverge’s existing releases, this new...
The Witch Said No – Call The Dead (Digital EP – Aliens Production)
The Witch Said No is a relatively obscure project from Russia that has been active for several years and has...
Replicant – Critical Point (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production)
Tomasz Lukowicz has already earned his stripes with his Fractal project, through which he has released a truckload of productions....
Dawn Of Ashes interview: ‘Sometimes, suffering is a necessary part of healing’
Kristof Bathory brought Dawn Of Ashes to life in 2000. The first albums by this American artist were released through...
Subverge – Select (Digital Album – Aliens Production)
Henrik Karlsson might ring a bell for fans of Seven Trees. However, it has been several years since this Swedish...
Starsign – Silver Linings (Digital/CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Starsign emerged in the 1990s and was driven by the German duo Oliver Teßmer and Matthias Blechschmidt. At the time,...
Neon Electronics – Liberation (Digital/Vinyl EP – Oráculo Records)
When The Neon Judgement called it quits in the late ’90s — although they would return regularly, mainly for live...
Les Longs Adieux – Arousal (Digital/CD Album – Les Longs Adieux)
“Arousal” is already the third album by Italian duo Les Longs Adieux. With this new release, Federica Garenna and Frank...
Wieloryb – God’s Final Breath (Digital/CD Album – Zoharum)
Along with the reissue of “Ritual”, which appeared on CD for the first time, Zoharum is simultaneously releasing this album...
Wieloryb – Ritual (Digital/CD Album – Zoharum)
Wieloryb originally started out as a duo sometime in the 1990s, but evolved into a solo project by Polish artist...
Gare Noir – This Is Gare Noir (Digital Album – Wagonmaniac Music)
Belgian duo Gare Noir is driven by Sam Claeys and Frits Standaert, both also known for their involvement with Red...
Dronny Darko interview: ‘Subtle, restrained, but constantly on the edge of unraveling’
Over the past few years, Ukrainian artist Dronny Darko has become a familiar name within the Drone, Cinematic, and Dark-Ambient...
Kregel – #7 (Digital EP – Wagonmaniac Music)
Flemish trio Kregel was formed in 2016 and began releasing EPs in 2020. In the meantime, the band has already...
Trilogy – Froced Perspective (Digital/CD Album – Electro Aggression Records)
In my opinion, Trilogy is a rather underrated Electro project that emerged a few years ago. Founded and driven by...
Freakangel – Control (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Meanwhile, it has already been nine years since Freakangel released their last album, but the Estonian music phenomenon has finally...
The Ultimate Dreamers – Paradoxal Implants (Digital EP – Spleen+)
Belgian Post-Punk outfit The Ultimate Dreamers released their latest album last year, featuring thirteen tracks produced by Len Lemeire of...
Days Of Sorrow – Raptures (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Mots Music)
German band Days Of Sorrow first emerged in the early 1980s before disappearing from the radar, much like many other...
Bob Data – Ground (Digital EP – Bob Data)
Bob Data is a solo project by Aleksandrs O. Berzins, whom some may know from other projects such as Irklis,...
HOY interview: ‘Scapa Flow never tried to fit into a model or genre, and I want that to be true for HOY as well’
Does the name Carl Sjöström ring a bell? If not, the group Scapa Flow will undoubtedly sound familiar to quite...
Darkvolt – Spirits Of Angst And Despair (Digital/CD Album – DressCode Black)
Darkvolt is a Belgian band driven by Frederik Strobbe and joined on this second album by guitarist Martyn Hanson. The...
Ataraxia – Sylfaera The Fair (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – The Circle Music)
“Sylfaera The Fair” can certainly be considered a new milestone in the long history of the Italian group Ataraxia. This...
E.R.M.T. – Abyssal Rites (Digital EP – Mescalina Records)
E.R.M.T. is a Greek project that has already released several singles, with this EP and a full-length album scheduled for...
Conflux – Under The Sign (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Conflux is a new solo project that has found a home on Cryo Chamber. The debut album features nine tracks...
Der Bürokrat – Der Bürokrat (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Stanze Fredde)
Der Bürokrat is an Italian-French collaboration between Ben (Hammershøi) and Jules (Zug), with the duo crafting a total of twelve...
This Morn’ Omina interview: ‘These ‘Industrial’ bands might reflect on the matter if they are a DJ or just another fake’
Mika Goedrijk is an eclectic Belgian artist who founded his main project, This Morn' Omina, exactly 30 years ago. I...
Dark Minimal Project feat. dBoy Je T’aime – And Sometimes (Digital EP – Dark Minimal Project)
Following last year’s album “Pleasure Is A Sin”, the French Dark Minimal Project returns with dBoy, best known as the...
Canal Froid – Things Are Different Today (Digital EP – Canal Froid)
With Canal Froid, we welcome a French band that has been active since 2024 and released its debut the following...
Troum – EmphasYs (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
To find the first work by the German duo Troum, one has to go back nearly 30 years. Since then,...
Stoneburner – Invasive Species (Digital EP – COP International)
Last year, Steven Archer returned with his Stoneburner project and the rather surprising album “Post.Industrial.Occult”, in which he traded his...
Solitary Experiments – Past Perfect + Euphoria (Digital EP – Out Of Line)
“Past Perfect” and “Euphoria” can hardly be considered new work, but rather somewhat forgotten and lesser-known—unless to the fans—tracks by...
Foule – Porcelaine (Digital Album – Foule)
Foule is a French duo driven by Zoé Boutin (vocals and lyrics) and Olly (guitar and machinery). Since 2023, they...
Liquid G. interview: ‘I decided to stay more in the background, not perform, and gain more knowledge by making home recordings’
I have been involved in this scene for quite some time, and there are only a handful of artists I...
Cold Sector – Cold Sector (Digital Album – Cold Sector)
Little is known about Cold Sector. Shrouded in mystery, this is the debut album of the project, presented as a...
Christine Plays Viola – F.I.V.E. Fear Increases Violent Emotions (Digital/CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
The Italian group Christine Plays Viola was formed in 2008 and returns this year with its fifth album, following a...
Grigio Scarlatto – The Race (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Shyrec / Scissor Salad)
“The Race” is the third album by the Italian trio Grigio Scarlatto. Across its nine tracks, the band raises questions...
Elektrostaub – Humility (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
This is the third album for Patrick Knoch’s German solo project Elektrostaub. It is not a project that releases new...
Dawn Of Ashes – Anatomy Of Suffering (Digital/CD Album – Metropolis Records)
With the previous album “Infecting The Scars”, frontman Kristof Bathory returned to his musical roots with his Dawn Of Ashes...
Sarin interview: ‘A return to my roots in classic and old school EBM & Industrial’
With “Searching Hell”, Sarin returns after a relatively long silence—and does so with a statement that feels both familiar and...
Hybryds – Fire And Ice, Flesh And Bones Part 1 & 2 (Digital Album – 3RIOART)
It struck me that this new work by Hybryds appears 40 years after their first release. Sandy Nys has remained...
Daniel Szwed – Standard Cap (Digital/CD Album – Rope Worm)
Polish artist Daniel Szwed originally released “Standard Cap” in 2024 as a cassette on Hiss Collective. The work remained under...
Maninkari – L’Océan Rêve Dans Sa Loisiveté 4th-Session (Digital/CD Album – Rope Worm)
The French duo Maninkari, consisting of brothers Frédéric and Olivier Charlot, have been active under the name Maninkari for quite...
Antoni Maiovvi – Subsonic Schizophrenia (Digital/Vinyl EP – Sonic Groove)
American artist Antoni Maiovvi has been active for quite some time and can look back on an impressive body of...
Avro – Psychopathé (Digital/Vinyl Album – Warrantly:Void Records)
Avro is the musical project of Canadian artist Adam Percy. Originally starting as a duo—with a first release dating back...
Jérôme Chassagnard – Hora Fugit (Digital/CD Album – Hymen Records)
Frenchman Jérôme Chassagnard presents this new album featuring eleven tracks. “New” might not be entirely accurate, however, as it includes...
Godwin Point interview: ‘Instinctive and without any real barriers’
Some artists build their careers in the full glare of the spotlight, while others find their true voice in the...
Flesh Field – On Enmity (Digital/CD Album – Dependent Records / Metropolis Records)
Three years after the rebirth of Flesh Field with the album “Voice Of The Echo Chamber”, Ian Ross returns with...
Knights – Supernatural Lover (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Specchio Uomo)
Meanwhile, it had already been seven years since James Knights released the debut album “Dollar$ & Cent$” under his musical...
Deadly Sins – Mad Mind Of This World (Digital Album – Deadly Sins)
Deadly Sins is a recent name to emerge in the Belgian Dark Electro scene. This solo project was set up...
Vexillary – Digital Suspiria (Digital Album – Con:trace)
New Yorker Reza Seirafi returns with a new album, drawing inspiration from themes of spiritual recursion, emotional circuits, and machine...
