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...
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.
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...
Engelsstaub – Ubi Luna Fabulas Somniat (Digital/Vinyl EP – 4 Dimensions)
Engelsstaub returns with four stylized tracks, crafted with a precision that seems uniquely their own. “Ubi Luna Fabulas Somniat” transports...
Converter – The Four Last Things (Digital/Vinyl EP – Ant-Zen)
Scott Sturgis is a household name in the world of Power-Noise. Between the late 1990s and the early years of...
BlakLight interview: ‘It’s a fairly conscious decision to remain DIY’
BlakLight is an American Synth-Pop project I first discovered in 2020 with their debut album, “Music In A Time Of...
Sister May – VII (Digital Album – Sister Ray)
Sister May is a Belgian band that has been active for several years now. After releasing various singles and EPs,...
Lina Filipovich – Flowers Of Evil II (Digital/Cassette Album – Hundebiss Records)
Lina Filipovich is a Belarusian artist based in Paris who has released a considerable body of work over the past...
Undertheskin – Never / Return (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Young And Cold Rrecords)
The Polish project Undertheskin returned in December 2025 with their third album. This is their first new opus since "Negative"...
Hoy – Getting Closer (Digital/CD Album – I/O Music)
With Hoy and the debut album "Getting Closer", we welcome a new project from Carl Sjöström. The name Scapa Flow...
Ancient Methods – Society Of The Spectacle (Digital/Vinyl EP – Persephonic Sirens)
Ancient Methods originally started as a duo but has, for some time now, been driven by its sole remaining member,...
Ombrée – Calvaire (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free)
Guillaume Sonne Ombrée is a French multi-instrumentalist who releases his debut album "Calvaire" under the name Ombrée. The background and...
Blac Kolor interview: ‘Blac Kolor songs are many things, but certainly not ordinary or familiar’
When I discovered Blac Kolor’s debut album “Wide Noise” in 2014, I immediately knew that this project, driven by Hendrick...
Templezone – Electronic Body Set (Digital/CD Album – Templezone)
Giorgio Ricci remains a busy bee. Known for his past in Templebeat, he is currently also involved with the successful...
Years Of Shame – Primary (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Icy Cold Records)
With Years Of Shame, the established Icy Cold Records welcomes a new French duo. The debut album features eight tracks...
Vikowski – Consistency (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Icy Cold Records)
Vikowski began as a solo project founded by Italian artist Vincenzo Coppeta and has since evolved into a trio, releasing...
Brotherhood Of Sleep – Enter The Nuummite Cosmos (Digital/CD Album – Zazen Sounds)
Two years ago, Bart Piette (Deadman's Hill) released the debut album "Devotional Hymns To A Brilliant Flaming Sun" with his...
Fractal – Hide In The Light (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production)
Polish artist Tomasz Łukowicz has released a dozen albums over the course of more than five years under his sonic...
Shedir – We Are All Strangers (Digital/CD Album – n5MD)
Martina Betti released her fourth album, “We Are All Strangers”, late last year. Across the seven tracks, the Italian artist...
Menticide – Der Meister (Digital EP – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Nearly 20 years after their only album to date, “N.M.E.”, the Swedish duo Menticide strikes back hard. Christiaan Riemslag—best known...
New Risen Throne interview: ‘The constant presence of light, even within darkness’
Gabriele Panci is an Italian artist who has been active since the 1990s within the broader sonic realms of Dark-Ambient,...
HLAD – Imminent (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
HLAD is a recent project driven by Alexander Kuz. With “Imminent,” the project joins the Cryo Chamber roster, presenting eleven...
Empusae & Maris Anguis – Onryōtan (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
“Onryōtan,” translated as “Tales Of Vengeful Spirits,” is a collaboration between the Belgian project Empusae (Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe) and Japanese...
Dronny Darko – Dark Shadows Across A Disordered Mind (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Oleh Puzan is a tireless artist who brings out various new releases—collaborations or otherwise—each year. He was slightly less productive...
Cut.Rate.Box – Maps Of Stone (Digital Album – Alfa Matrix)
Last year, Greg Wygonik made his comeback with the EP “Luxury Anxiety”, bringing Cut.Rate.Box back into the spotlight. This album,...
Ugasanie – Endless Cold, Endless Darkness (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Belarusian artist Pavel Malyshkin has already released an impressive number of works and collaborations. Last year appeared to be somewhat...
Heimberg – Faceless (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Icy Cold records)
After two exceptional EPs (“Isolation” and “Blind Eye”), which Icy Cold Records re-released together in 2024, the first official album...
This Morn’Omina – Insha (Digital/CD Album – Zazen Sounds / Cyclic Law)
This year, the Belgian project This Morn’Omina celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. A few years ago, however, Mika Goedrijk had indicated...
Sandy Nys (Hybryds) interview about the evolution of industrial and electronic music: ‘I feel Industrial no longer exists. I don’t know what could replace it’
I had been mulling over the idea for some time of dedicating a more extensive interview to the early Industrial...
Room Of Wires – If No Other Means Are Effective (Digital Album – Room Of Wires)
After releasing several albums on Ant-Zen, this British artist, Andrew Andrews, is now releasing his latest album independently. Apparently, the...
Parallel Worlds – Transformation (Digital/CD Album – Neo Ouija)
For over 20 years now, Greek artist Bakis Sirros has been releasing Ambient music. This latest work saw the light...
KMFDM – Enemy (Digital/CD Album – Metropolis Records)
KMFDM—one can truly speak of a phenomenon within the Electro/Industrial scene. Active for over four decades, the band now delivers...
Mesh – The Truth Doesn’t Matter (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Dependent Records)
Time flies, and it has already been ten years since Mesh released their previous album, “Looking Skyward”. The band, led...
Talk To Her interview: ‘Detachment and isolation’
For several years now, the Italian band Talk To Her has been moving through the shadowy regions where Post-Punk, Dark-Wave,...
J Wølf – Teknø Bødy Muzik – Part I (Digital EP – Wølf Productions)
J Wølf, better known by his real name Jan Dewulf, will likely ring a bell with many. Known for numerous...
Liquid G. – Distortion Of Reality (Digital Album – Liquid G)
It’s been a while since we last heard from Belgian Electro veteran Peter van Bogaert, aka Liquid G. The current...
ROD / Hansollo / DN / RIP – Światłowód (Digital/CD Album – Zoharum)
ROD is—or was—a Polish project that bids farewell to its loyal fans with this split album. If you’re unfamiliar with...
Split Vision interview: ‘We see influence as a language, not a limitation’
Split Vision is a Swedish synth-pop band that originated in the golden 1980s. Over the years, only two members remained,...
Kristoffer Oustad – Magnor (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Zoharum)
Norwegian artist Kristoffer Oustad debuted in the Metal scene but has been experimenting with electronic music for over ten years....
Godwin Point – Less Than Zero (Digital/CD Album – Dark Vinyl Records)
“Less Than Zero” is the fourth album released by David Sabre—also known for Dawn & Dusk Entwined—and the third opus...
Moljebka Pvlse – An Expression Of A Poetry That Was Lost (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Zoharum)
For over a quarter of a century, the Swedish project Moljebka Pvlse has been releasing new material on a remarkably...
Gamma Vortex – Hatefeeder (Digital EP – Dark Dimensions)
Along with the EP “Undertaker”, the EP “Hatefeeder” by Swedish artist Martin Rudefelt (Cryo) has also been re-released on Scanner....
Gamma Vortex – Undertaker (Digital EP – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Gamma Vortex is a Swedish solo project by Martin Rudefelt, best known for his work with Cryo. “Undertaker” is an...
Death By Love – 444 (Digital/CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Death By Love is a brand-new project led by American producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Guellard, joined by Polish singer and...
Balduvian Bears – Ursine (Digital EP – darkTunes Music Group)
Balduvian Bears had a fairly productive 2025 and kicked off the year with this EP featuring six new songs. The...
Corbeau Hangs interview: ‘I like to call it tragic hope’
Corbeau Hangs is the brainchild of Manuel Perez, an American artist with Mexican roots based in Phoenix, Arizona. His music...
TMPST – Concatenate (Digital/Vinyl EP – Tripalium Corp)
Asfandyar Khan is a Pakistani DJ and producer who has released several EPs on various labels in recent years. With...
Dawn & Dusk Entwined – Remains Of Loss (Digital/CD Album – Dark Vinyl Records)
French artist David Sabre has built an impressive discography under the name Dawn & Dusk Entwined. When he returned in...
Palais Ideal – Here And Now (Digital/CD Album – Dark Vinyl Records)
The Dutch duo Palais Ideal, led by John Edwards and Richard van Kruysdijk, returns with their fourth album. After a...
BlakLight – The Haunting Of Us (Digital/CD Album – BlakLight)
In just six years, BlakLight has built an impressive discography. The group, which for a long time remained a duo...
G.H.T. – Resistance (Digital Album – G.H.T.)
The Swedish band G.H.T. has been active for several years and has released a considerable number of albums and singles...
Cred – Songs From The Vault (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Town And Towers Records)
Cred is a brand-new Swedish project founded by Bjarne Sund and Hans Karlsson. Late last year, they released their debut...
Nightcrawler – Malevolent Forces (Digital Album – Nightcrawler Music)
Nightcrawler is a Spanish solo project inspired by George Gold. Active since 2011, he has built an impressive discography that...
X Marks The Pedwalk interview: ‘We want our listeners to be touched by our songs’
André Schmechta, known under his alias Sevren N-Arb, founded X Marks The Pedwalk in 1987. Nearly four decades later, he can look...
Nigh\T/mare – Through (Digital/Vinyl Album – Forbidden Teachings)
Behind this project is the Italian producer Giuseppe Sciretti, who has been active for about five years. At the end...
