Twins In Fear – Nothing But A Dream (Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Electro-Punk-Pop, Trip-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Driven by Maria and Lena, theUkrainian-Swiss duo this summer struck back...
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.
Grausame Töchter – Werkschau (Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Experimental, Industrial, Punk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Grausame Töchter has released six albums between 2011 and 2021. "Werkschau"...
Still Patient? – Leitbild Angst (Album – Schwarzrock / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Four years after their last album, German Goth formation Still Patient? Strikes back with...
Metroland – 4.0 (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: After having released several productions under the 808 Dot Pop moniker, ‘Passenger S’ moves...
Click Interview with Skren: ‘I Like The Idea Of Destruction And The Search For A Fresh Start’
Skren is a German duo driven by ‘Bias’ and ‘Poisa’. Hailing from Düsseldorf they this year self-released their second album...
Sever The Servants – Sever The Servants (Album – Produkt 42 Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, EBM, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Sever The Servants resulted from the collaborative efforts between American artists Hide Tepes...
ΣΕΘ – Spooks, Spectres And Ghosts (Album – Re:Mission Entertainment)
Genre/Influences: Witch-House, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Spooks, Spectres And Ghosts” is the third full length released by American producer Francisco...
Rotfox – Flesh (EP – Rotfox)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Body-Music. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Flesh” is the debut work of American solo-project Rotfox. The artist claims to be inspired...
Wülf7 – I Don’t Want (Anymore) (EP – Wülf7)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Belgian EBM duo Wülf7 has had little success in their homeland. They strike back...
The Spiritual Bat – Mission:Create (Album – Swiss Dark Nights)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This is the fifth studio album by Italian Gothic formation The Spiritual...
Profer Lumen Caesis – Ethereal Darkness / Malignant Light (EP – Profer Lumen Caesis)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Industrial, Ritual, Electronic. Format: Digital, CDR. Background/Info: In less than two years finish sound project Profer Lumen Caesis...
Quatrefoil – Intrapacific (EP – Adventurous Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Croatian project Quatrefoil already released a few productions. This newest work featuring three tracks...
Drifting In Silence & Tineidae – Simulation (Album – Labile Records)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Simulation” is a collaborative work between American artist Derrick Stembridge aka Drifting...
Kevorkian Death Cycle – Injection: 01 (EP – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Kevorkian Death cycle was set up in 1992. Thirty years later the American formation...
‘Click Interview’ with Parzival: ’We Are Never Looking For Easy Ways’
It all started with Stiff Miners and moved on with Parzival. The Russian Electro-Industrial project is based in Denmark and...
‘Click Interview’ with Monstergod: ‘I See “Ozymandias” As A Final Chapter Of Monstergod History’
Polish Monstergod-duo this year released their third official full length album “Ozymandias” by Space Race Records. Miłosz and Marek don’t...
Sylvgheist Maëlström – Gandrange (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, Electronic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French artist Julien Sylvgheist is not releasing an album a year, but...
Vexillary – Crash And Yearn (Album – Con:trace)
Genre/Influences: Techno, Future-Pop, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: American producer Reza Seirafi last year released the successful debut album “Full Frontal...
Nox – Abyssal Codex (Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Abyssal Codex” is the second full length album by Croatian artist Jurica Santek under...
Cubic – Exit: Ghent (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Second stop in the new EP-series by Cubic is the Belgian town of Ghent. Franky...
Mount Shrine – All Roads Lead Home (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Brazilian musician Cesar Alexandre passed away in 2021. He released several works...
Apocryphos – Phantoms Received (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Robert C. Kozletsky strikes back under the Apocryphos moniker, unleashing the fourth solo-album...
Huminoida – Haunted Autumn (EP – Out Of Range)
Genre/Influences: Body-Pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl + CDR. Background/Info: Finish Huminoida, a project driven by ex-Neuroactive member Kimmo Karjalainen, strikes back...
Golden Apes – From The Sky (EP – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Rock-Goth, Dark-Rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Golden Apes strikes back with a new EP, which also is their first...
Dekad – Nowhere Lines (Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French formation Dekad strikes back with a new album, which is the first...
DI*ove – DI*version / Phase 1 (EP – DI*ove)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After having released two albums and a few EP’s Belgian EBM project DI*ove is...
Galati – Oneiric (Album – Midira Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Oneiric” is the newest work by Italian Ambient composer Roberto Galati. I got...
Neuroprison – Neuroprison (Album – Neuroprison)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dark-Rock. Format: Digital. Background/Info: American formation Neurovision has been active since 2015, but the first productions were only...
‘Click Interview’ with Tragic Impulse: ‘I’ll Never Consider Myself A Finished Product’
American Paul M. Graham this year unleashed the fourth album of his Tragic Impulse sonic project. It’s the third opus...
This Vale Of Tears – This Vale Of Tears (EP – Je M’En Fish)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Post-Punk, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Belgian Goth formation This Vale Of Tears has been active since the...
Nethermere – Intrinsic (EP – Je M’En Fish)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, IDM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Nethermere is a British project, which has already released multiple singles. This work...
Kill Shelter – Asylum (Album – Manic Depression Records / Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Four years after the astonishing debut album “Damage”, Pete Burns strikes back...
Then Comes Silence – Hunger (Album – Metropolis Records / Nexilis)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Rock-Goth, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Hunger” is the sixth album for Swedish formation Then Comes Silence....
Suicide Commando – Goddestruktor (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Five years have passed since the last studio album “Forest Of The...
Francis Theberge – Les Passagers D’Elysium (Album – Adventurous Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Canadian Francis Theberge is part of a video art group called TiND (thisisnotdesign),...
Feu Follet – IV (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-Pop, Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French musician Alban Blaising is back on track unleashing the fourth full length...
Social Union – Fall Into Me (EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Pop, Wave-Pop, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, cassette. Background/Info: Blackjack Illuminist welcome this duo from New-Zealand unleashing their debut-EP featuring...
Dronny Darko & G M Slater – Dissolving Into Solitary Landscapes (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album resulted from the collaborative efforts between Oleg Puzan aka Dronny Darko (Ukraine)...
Vaselyne – The Sea Says (Album – COP International)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Ethereal, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vaselyne is a Dutch duo driven by Yvette Winkler and Frank Weyzig...
Sølve – Earth Inferno (Album – Re:Mission Entertainment)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Brant Showers (∆Aimon) is back on track releasing the second album of Sølve....
Shhadows – Bloodwork (EP – Re:Mission Entertainment)
Genre/Influences: Electro, IDM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hailing from Colorado (USA) Shhadows is a solo-project driven by Jason Timothy. This...
‘Click Interview’ with Reichsfeind: ‘Music Alone Can’t Change The World’
Timo Revna this year released the third official full length album of his sonic alter-ego Reichsfeind. He once more brings...
Silver Walks – Various Positions (Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Dark-Electro, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: We welcome the debut album of American project Silver Walks. Guest singers...
Seraphim System – Mutant Mthrfckr 6 (EP – Seraphim System)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno, Industrial-Techno. Format: Digital. Background/Info: John Stancil moves on with a new chapter of his “Mutant Mthrfckr”-installment. The sixth...
Murmur Of Monks – Laibachesque (EP – Murmur Of Monks)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Murmur Of Monks is a Belgian solo-project driven by ‘Humwawa’. The title of...
The Operating Tracks – Once And For All (Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Set up in 2014 and later abandoned to bring back to life, The...
Mordacious – Witches Of The Zodiac (Album – Mordacious)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Mordacious is back on track. Based in L.A. (USA) the project driven by ‘Mordacious...
Click Interview with EbE404: ‘The Experience Of The Listener Is Really The Focus Of The Project.’
I this year discovered this American project -which wants to remain anonymous, by their second full length album. “Inrush” is...
The Rorschach Garden – Stealth Black (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Rorschach Garden is the Electro-Wave project driven for more than thirty...
Scanner – The Homeland Of Electricity (Album – DiN)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Ambient-Electro, IDM, Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: I realized Robin Rimbaud released his first album thirty years ago...
Reakton – Micro: Macro: Nano (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, USB. Background/Info: Three years after the successful debut album “Weltall: Erde: Mensch” Berliner formation Reakton joined...
Starving Insect / Crystal Geometry – Acid Avengers 023 (EP – Tripalium Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-Body, Acid. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: The twenty third edition of the “Acid Avengers”-series by French label Tripalium features...
We Be Echo – Ceza Evi / Compleat Edition (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Kevin Thorne continued on with We Be Echo after the band split....
Ghosting – The Order Of Things (Album – Alice In… / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Gothic, Cinematic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Two years ago now Sascha Tayefeh reactivated Ghosting. A few new tracks were...
The Seven Whores Of The Apocalypse – Wicked Hands (EP – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, EBM, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Wicked Hands” is the official debut EP from the American trio The Seven...
Chainreactor – Techno Body Device (Album – ProNoize / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Techno-Body, Industrial-Techno. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Techno Body Device” is the eighth album by Chainreactor. Core member Jens Minor...
Centhron – Fylgja (Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: It took three years for master mind Elmar Schmidt to achieve the ninth album...
Max Und Max – World Clash (EP – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Techno-Body. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “World Clash” is the debut work by the collaborative production Max And Max. The...
Nordvargr – Resignation I-II-III (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Techno, Cinematic. Format: Digital, 3CD, 3Vinyl. Background/Info: Henrik Nordvargr Björkk strikes back with a new and massive production...
Click Interview with First Aid 4 Souls: ‘There Is Trouble Ahead…’
Driven by István Gazdag the Hungarian Electro project First Aid 4 Souls remains a prolific and top notch formation. For the...
EUS – Vhinto No Dresce (Album – Avalanche Organisation)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Soundscape, Cinematic, Experimental. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Originally released in 2011, “Vhinto No Dresce” was the debut album...
I Speak Machine – War (Album – ISM Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Electro-Pop, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: I Speak Machine is an American project featuring Tara Busch and...
Crypthios – Vestigium (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Ambient-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Crypthios is one of the newest signings to Cryo Chamber. This is a...
Elektrotechnik – Elektro Macht (EP – A-Traction)
Genre/Influences: Technoid, Electroclash, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Elektro Macht” is the third EP by a mysterious, masked, German producer. Content:...
Mei – Carnation (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: French female artist Caroline Laure Masson is already active for a few years,...
