First Aid 4 Souls – Stainless Steel Eyes feat. Vain Sacrosanct (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: First Aid 4 Souls’ mastermind István Gazdag is a prolific artist who also like...
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.
AD:Key – Alles Was Ich Will (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This new EP is the third one taken from AD:Key’s sixth album “Resonanz” released...
Ian Williams – All Becomes Desert (Album – Slaughterback)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, Experimental, Abstract. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: London (UK) based Ian Williams has been already involved in projects such...
Endzustand – Roter Freitag (EP – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Last year Endzustand unleashed the debut-album “Werk Des Krieges”. This German EBM project driven...
Rapoon / Lords Of Infinity – Split (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Like the title of the work reveals, this is a split album...
Θ (Theta) – Total Division (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Themistoklis Altintzoglou is a Greek living in Norway. He set up Θ (Theta) in...
Sonic Area – Ki (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 1997 by Arnaud Coëffic, Sonic Area released several productions...
Rhyw – Slithering (EP – Avian)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Techno, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Welsh/Greek Techno DJ & producer Alex Tsiridis is based in Berlin and...
Terminal – Blacken The Skies (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Thomas Mark Anthony is a South-African artist who last year self-released a few singles....
Implant – Cognitive Dissonance (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Pop, Electro, Experimental. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Belgian Implant duo is back on track, unleashing their eleventh album in...
Front 242 – USA 91 / Live In The USA (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, 2 Vinyls. Background/Info: The “Tyranny For <You>”-tour from 1991 moved from Europe to the USA. This...
Daniel B. & Elko B. – 66.6 (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, EBM, Industrial, Krautrock, Psychedelic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: One year after the “Six+Six”-album, on which Front 242 core...
Front 242 – 91 / Live In EU (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, 2 Vinyls. Background/Info: Front 242 this year celebrates their 40th anniversary and it all seems that...
V/A Dark Tunes From Czech & Slovak Caves Vol.2 (Album – Sanctuary)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial, Gothic, EBM, Electro-Pop, Electro-Wave, Ethereal, Ritual. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: This is the second volume in the...
Westwind – Despair (Album – Steelwork Maschine)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Neo-Classic, Ambient. Format: Digital, Vinyl + CD. Background/Info: Westwind has been active since 1999. Driven by Kris G....
Triode – Atrium (EP – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Experimental, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Right after the debut EP “Into The Deep”, Peter ‘Ryby’ Rybar strikes back...
Triode – Into The Deep (EP – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Triode is a brand new project driven by Aliens Production owner Peter ‘Ryby’ Rybar....
Cyborgdrive – Northern Echoes (Album – Cyborgdrive)
Genre/Influences: Electro/Techno-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Paco Butrón is a Spanish producer/musician and remixer active under the Cyborgdrive moniker. He previously...
Franck Vigroux – Matériaux (EP – Eroto Tox Decodings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Franck Vigroux strikes back with a new EP featuring ten tracks. “Matériaux” is...
Agonoize – Revelation Six Six Sick (Album – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: “666 Degrees Below” was a solid teaser to Agonoize’s seventh album to date. The...
Franck Vigroux – Ballades Sur Le Lac Gelé (Album – Raster)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental, IDM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: French artist Franck Vigroux remains a prolific musician. He has already...
BlakLight – Unknown Love / The Remixes (EP – BlakLight)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The American duo Brian Belknap – Adam Collier last year released the debut album...
‘Click Interview’ with Autopsia: ‘There Is No Longer Any Possibility For A Rebirth Of The Individual’
Autopsia can be easily considered as one of the true pioneers of Industrial music. The project always remained a rather...
Agonoize – 666 Degrees Below (EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two years after the outstanding “Midget Vampire Porn”, Berlin-based (Germany) Agonoize strikes back. This...
Funker Vogt – Mc 5f¹⁴6d¹⁰7s²7p³ (EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Early this year Funker Vogt unleashed one of their best albums to date (cf....
Beyond The Ghost – The Last Resort (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the third full length by French project Beyond The Ghost. Another album...
Sabled Sun – 2149 (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Set up in 2012 by Simon Heath (Cryo Chamber owner and of...
Body Pleasure – Musik Und Kunst (Single – Body Pleasure)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Body Pleasure is a Swedish EBM project set up and driven by Erik Hasselberg. After...
‘Click Interview’ with Rome: ‘I Grew Up Listening To Musicians Who Thought They Could Change The World’
Jérôme Reuter seems like an artist who never sleeps and is constantly working on new songs and concepts. He last...
Night Terror – Freak On The Inside (Album – Tigersquawk Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Pop, Dark-Pop, Gothic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Night Terror is an American project, which by the end of 2020 unleashed...
Llovespell – That Summer There Was No Honey (Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Trippop, Experimental, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Llovespell is nearly active for twenty years now and have released a...
Karin My – Silence Amygdala (Album – Ad Inexplorata)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Experimental, Ethereal-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Karin My Andersson is a Swedish female artist who did some vocals...
Erik Levander – Jökel (Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Soundscape. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Swedish artist Erik Levander has released his seventh full length album, but...
Aria Rostami & Daniel Blomquist – Still (Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Soundscape. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Still” is the fifth collaborative work between Aria Rostami and Daniel Blomquist. It...
Autopsia – Die Werkstatt Vol.1 (Album – Autopsia)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Industrial, Neo-Classic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This new work by Autopsia was released one after “The Day Of Great...
Autopsia – The Day Of Great Judgement (Album – Autopsia)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Industrial, Neo-Classic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Autopsia saw the daylight at the end of the 70s, but this Industrial...
156 / Knurl – Split (Album – Humanhood Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Noise. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: This work is a split-album between Adel Sauto (156) and Alan Bloor (Knurl)....
‘Click Interview’ with League Of Lights: ‘We Wanted To Re-Invent Ourselves’
British couple Farrah- and Richard West are driven League Of Lights. The Indie/Pop-Rock duo this year released their third full...
‘Click Interview’ with Dimitri Berzerk: ‘The Strange Journey Of Consciousness That Seeks The Transmutation Of Darkness Into Light’
Dimitri Loyo better known as Dimitri Berzerk is a Mexican DJ, producer, remixer and label owner. His artist name ‘Berzerk’...
Bear Of Bombay – Something Stranger (EP – Bear Of Bombay)
Genre/Influences: Rock-Pop, Wave-Pop, Indie. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Something Stranger” is the debut EP by Italian solo-project Bear Of Bombay....
‘Click Interview’ with Acylum: ‘Critics Have Never Interested Me’
Pedro Engel setup Acylum in 2004. A few years later he got joined by his wife Nadine ‘Cooraz’ Engel. From...
Himukalt – Knife Through The Spine (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Noise-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Nevada (USA) based female artist Ester Kärkkäinen is now active for a...
They Die – Deviant Love (Album – Jetglow Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Post-Punk, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: They Die is an Italian trio set up in 2020 and, which...
Sturm Café – Fernes Land (Album – SCR)
Genre/Influences: EBM , Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Swedish EBM duo Strum Café this year celebrates their twentieth anniversary....
Thorofon / Eva|3 – La Théorie Du Diable (Single – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, EBM, Electro-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This single is a split release between German project Thorofon and...
P.S. Stamps Back – Au Bout De La Nuit (Album – Ant-Zen / 1000+1 TiLt)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, IDM, Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: P.S. Stamps Back is a Greek solo-project driven by Iason –who’s...
Massaith – 4 . My Inner Demon Speaks / Chapter One (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Noise-Ambient, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Last year Anatoly ‘Tokee’ Grinberg released the debut work of this new...
Kojoohar & Ködzid Goo – Dolta (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Dolta” resulted from the collaboration between Kojoohar (member of Kadaitcha) and Ködzid...
‘Click Interview’ with Solar Fake: ‘It’s Good To See People How They Really Are, These Days’
Sven Friedrich has only be involved with successful bands. He became member of Dreadful Shadows and Zeraphine. He next started...
Irklis – Onkalo (Album – Sturm)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Irklis strikes back with their fourth full length album to date. The...
The Illusion Of Silence – Gardens In The Dark (Album – Shadowplay Records)
Genre/Influences: Neo-Folk, Cinematographic, Neo-Classic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Italian multi-instrumentalist Luca Bonandini has released his fourth production to date. I...
Mekanimal – Θόρυβος (Album – Inner Ear Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Electro-Wave, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Giannis Papaioannou set up Mekanimal in 2011. “Θόρυβος” is the Greek...
Mnemonic – Mnemonik (Album – Hymen Records / Halbsicht Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, IDM, Experimental. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Michael Belletz is back on track with his Mnemonic project, unleashing the...
Erik Schilke – Synthesis (Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Erik Schilke is an American artist who released his debut album “Synthesis”, which...
Embers / Dear Deer – Split (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Post-Punk, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This album is a split release between two bands; Dear Deer from France...
Jean-Marc Lederman – The Mysterious Manuscript Of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Album + Book – Les Disques De La Pantoufle / Wool-EDiscs)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD + Book. Background/Info: 2020 probably was the most prolific artistic year for Belgian artist...
Penterakt – Conquest Of The Moon (Album – Belgian NeuMusik / Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Penterakt is a new project driven byBelgian artist Tom Coppens and the English artist Andy...
‘Click Interview’ with Foretaste: ‘This Album Is About The End Of Everything’
French Foretaste duo this year unleashed their sixth album in history. The work has been again released on BOREDOMproduct. Driven...
Causenation – Promises Of Hope And Fear (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Causenation is a Belgian formation, which has already been active for a couple...
Ashtoreth & Onsturicheit – Svartur (Album – Belgian NeuMusik / Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Experimental, Abstract. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This new opus in the Belgian NeuMusik series resulted from the collaborative...
Absolute Body Control – A New Dawn (EP – Wool-E Tapes, Mecanica, Noise Democracy)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Dirk Ivens (Dive, Klinik, Sonar, Motor!k ao) and Eric Van Wonterghem...
‘Click Interview’ with Digital Factor: ‘Many Releases Today Are Unfortunately Very Uniform’
Hailing from the former Eastern part of Germany, DIGITAL FACTOR rapidly became a renowned and successful EBM formation during the...
Black Nail Cabaret – Maelstrom (EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Pop, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Last year Hungarian duo Emese Arvai-Illes (vocals) - Krisztian Arvai (music) released their fifth full...
Kirlian Camera – Cold Pills / Scarlet Gate Of Toxic Daybreak (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Electro, Experimental-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Active under the Kirlian Camera moniker since 1980, the Italian formation...
This Morn’Omina – The Roots Of Saraswati (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, Industrial, Trance, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the “Kundalini Rising”-album, This Morn’Omina strikes back with...
Age – Shadows Behind Me (Album – Age)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Age is an ‘old’ Belgian project active since the late 70s. Driven by...
