Alphaxone & Protou – Back To Beyond (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Back To Beyond” is the second album composed as a collaboration between...
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.
Signalstoerung – A (EP – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Electro-Ambient, Minimal-Electro, Abstract. Format: Digital. Background/Info: German project Signalstoerung (also active as a label owner, DJ and visual...
The Rorschach Garden – We Are Vanishing (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Originally set up in 1988 by Philipp Münch and disabandoned in 1996, The...
Gnome & Spybey – The Seventh Seal (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematographic, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This work is the seventh studio album by the duo Tony D’Oporto (Gnome)...
Aeronaut V – Late Departure (EP – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Finnish project Aeronaut V was set up in 2018. This year they released the...
‘Click Interview’ with Ohne Nomen: ‘Our Project Is Conceived To Make People Dance’
Italian project Ohne Nomen is driven by Francesca ‘AngeNoir’ Marlat and Filippo Marlat (Iamnoone). They this year released the debut...
Lofter – Ulcer (EP – Cherub Dream Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Punk & Noise. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: This must be the third EP released by American duo Lofter....
The Rorschach Garden – Dangerous Isolation Site (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Active since the late 80s, The Rorschach Garden always remained inspired and driven...
Room Of Wires – Plague Of People (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ambient-Electro, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: British duo Room Of Wires saw the daylight in 2013. They already released...
Flint Glass – Psychopomps (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Tribal, IDM, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Set up in 1999 by the Parisian (France) based Gwenn Trémorin,...
Eva|3 – A World Within (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Eva|3 is a British solo-project driven by Paul Lavigne. After a long...
V/A Anthology Of Experimental Music From China (Album –Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Ritual, Cinematographic, Minimal. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: In this phenomenal compilation series devoted to Experimental music from all...
Kill Shelter & Antipole – A Haunted Place (Album – Manic Depression)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between Pete Burns (Scotland) and...
Nox Novacula – Ascension (Album – Manic Depression Records / Bat-Cave Productions)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Nox Novacula is a Seattle (USA) based formation, which previously released its...
Candélabre – For To Have Time Is To Have Wings (Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Three years after their self-titled debut-EP –released by Solange Endormie, the French...
Llumen – Polygon Heart (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Future-Pop, IDM, Cinematographic-EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the successful debut album “The Memory Institute”, Pieter...
‘Click Interview’ with Stahlnebel & Black Selket: ‘This Pandemic Gave Us An Extra Boost’
Stahlnebel and Black Selket met via Myspace in early 2008 for a remix contest. Sander Kapper (Black Selket) from The...
Nomenclatura – Lie (EP – Nomenclatura)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Rock. Format: Digital. Background/Info: German formation Nomenclature was mainly active during the 90s, releasing two noticeable albums on...
Kilmarth – Derrière Le Miroir (EP – Kilmarth)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, Minimal-Electro, Cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Derrière Le Miroir” (translated “Behind The Mirror”) is the second EP by...
E.L.I. – Misery Inc (Mini-Album – Tripalium Corp)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Acid. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: You may know Mike Smith from his Crossover Network project, but during the...
Chivvy – Chivvy (Album – Novoton)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Chivvy is a Swedish formation, which was previously active under the name, The Tape....
Zanias – Unearthed (Album – Fleisch)
Genre/Influences: Techno, Techno-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Berliner based Alison Lewis aka Zanias this year released her second full...
V/A Anthology From Experimental Music From Peru (Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient, Abstract. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Italian label Unexplained sounds Group moves on exploring the Experimental music...
Vukovar – The Great Immurement (Album – Other Voices Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This new album by British formation Vukovar is the second part of the...
Snowbeasts + Solypsis – Parasomnia (Album – Ohm Resistance)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Electro, Industrial-Trance. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Parasomnia” comes as an extension to the last year released album “Fever Dream”,...
The Snatcher – Kalt (EP – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Dark Electro-Pop, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: German project The Snatcher has already released multiple singles and two albums. This...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with ‘Music Lover’ Jürgen Vanvlasselaer: ‘A Great Track Is A Great Track, Whatever Genre It Is’
2021 is a special year to me! Thirty years of journalism, which gave me the opportunity to review thousands of...
Red Mecca – Away (Album – Massproduktion)
Genre/Influences: Wave-Pop, Indie-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Here’s album number six for the Swedish formation Red Mecca. Driven by...
V/A Table Of Elements Volume 5.0 (Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Minimal-Electro, Industrial, Ambient-Electro, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Twenty seven tracks to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the French...
Reality’s Despair – Perfidious Depopulation (Album – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Belgian solo-project Reality’s Despair was set up more than twenty years ago. After...
Alien:Nation – Extraterrestrial BIOS Systemshell (Album – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Five years after their official debut album, Colombian project Alien:Nation strikes back with a...
XXOt – Ажур (Album – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Electro, Electro-Pop, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: XXOT is a new Russian name featuring members of Sleetgrout and...
Vulkanski – Skeptical Answers (Album – Bite)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Vulkanski is a solo-project of the Georgian DJ and producer Achi Tabukashvili. He previously...
‘Click Interview’ with Death Loves Veronica: ‘My Artistic Endeavors Were A Form Of Self-Therapy’
American artist Veronica Campbell this year released her new album “Chemical”. The work has been introduced as a ’perverse, dark-electronic...
Stella Sleeps – Anemic Dreams (EP – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Anemic Dreams” is the debut EP of the Swedish project Stella Sleeps.A full length album...
BlakLight – Control The Remixes (EP – BlakLight)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The song “Control” definitely was one of the best tracks from BlakLight’s debut album...
Metal Disco – Technoid Electronics 2015-2020 (Album – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Electroclash, EBM, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Greek label owner Toxic Razor is also involved with several projects...
Eerie Sopor – The Plague That Lingers On The Plains (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: There’s not a lot of real information available about this band except...
Beatbox Machinery – 2014 / A New Resistance (Album – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Beatbox Machinery is the project of Greek composer Toxic Razor -also...
Rector Scanner – Radioteleskop (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Set up in 1997 by Rene Nowotny –who’s actually more known from his...
Cubic – The Cubic Alphabet (Album – Alfa Matrtix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After the excellent “Alphabet Hymn”-EP and having revisited the 808 Dot.Pop-album “Cubic Temperature” Belgian...
Mental Exile – Inferno Hotline (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: After the successful debut album “Ride The Madness” (2019) Mondträume singer Damasius Venys got back...
EL/NeUe – Krank (Album – Kulturinstutisjonen Piivv)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, New-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Krank” is the first physical release by Norwegian formation EL/NeUe in 34 years....
Gen-ZX – Darkness Of The Day (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German Gen-ZX strikes back with the band’s debut album. Three years after the...
Vipermilk – Sound Bites (Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, EBM, Crossover. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vipermilk is a Finnish quartet, which this year unleashed its debut album....
Interview with BlutEngel: ‘Everything Is Better Than Digital Music’
Chris Pohl set up BlutEngel in 1998. The project got rapidly signed to Out Of Line and became an instant...
Sora – Ghostlines (Album – Sora Music)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, Folk) Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: American female artist Sora is back on track unleashing her fourth full length...
Paranoia Inducta – Into Eternal Darkness (Album – Heerwegen Tod Production)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Anthony Armageddon Destroyer strikes back with a new work of his Paranoia Inducta...
Mildreda – I Was Never Really There (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Mildreda is the Dark-Electro/Industrial project of Jan Dewulf. While he was already active...
Clicks – G.O.T.H. (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Clicks is back on track, unleashing the second full length album of the...
‘Click Interview’ with Llovespell: ‘It’s Challenging To Create An ‘Out Of The Box’ Sound And Not Just A Generic Product’
Stephan Spreer set up Llovespell in 2002. Nearly twenty years later the project has released an impressive number of productions,...
Sonologyst – Dust Of Human Race (Album – Eight Tower Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Eight Tower Records’ owner (division of Unexplained Sounds Group) and composer Raffaele...
V/A The Way Of Darkness – A Tribute To John Carpenter (Album – Rustblade Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Ambient-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Rustblade Records pays tribute to John Carpenter, the legendary film director and composer....
Vidéo L’Eclipse – Predicts (Album – Vidéo L’Eclipse)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vidéo L’Eclipse is a Swedish Electro-Pop duo drivenby Robert Tingelöf and Jonas Peterson. After...
Nyctalllz – Persian Trip (Album – Zāl Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Behind Nyctalllz is hiding Iranian artist Morego Dimmer who’s involved with multiple projects, Xerxes...
LPF12 – A Clear Bright New Sky (Album – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, IDM, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: One more new (mini)-album for German prolific artist Sascha Lemon aka LPF12. Content:...
ICD-10 – Irregular Cerebral Device (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Dark-Techno. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two years after the official debut album “Differential Diagnosis” ICD-10 is back on...
Templər – Myths And Consequences (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Rhythmic-Noise. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Thomas Chalandon is a French musician based in Berlin and still involved with...
Sans-Fin – La Fin De La Nuit (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Dark-Techno, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “La Fin De La Nuit” (translated “The End Of The Night”) is...
HIV+ – Theatre Of Cruelty (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Industrial-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Pedro Peñas y Robles became a renowned artist throughout the...
Cucurbitophobia – Nexus Insidias (Album – Cucurbitophobia)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: New York (USA) based Rob Benny strikes back with a new opus...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Rich Bova / Neikka RPM: ‘I Believe That The Side-Line Scene Is Not Interested In Fast Disposable Music’
Rich Bova definitely is an artist I had to interview for this ‘celebration interview’-series. He’s the operator/machinist of Neikka RPM,...
Torturetekk – Tomb Raver (Album – Midian Studios)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Cyber-Goth, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Only a few months after the ‘come-back’ album “Nightfall” Torturetekk is back...
Torturetekk – Nightfall (Album – Midian Studios)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Cyber-Goth. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: British Torturetekk was originally set up as a side-project to Athamay. They released...
Monstrum Sepsis – Destroying To Rebuild (Album – Monstrum Media)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Ambient, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Destroying To Rebuild” is the first new opus in years by the American duo...
Social Ambitions – A New Frontier (Album – Social Ambitions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Swedish duo Social Ambitions was set up in 2005 by Anders Karlsson (vocals, synths)...
