Janosch Moldau – Rewind The Singles 2005 – 2020 (Album – Janosch Moldau Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German artist Janosch Moldau has been active for numerous years and has covered an...
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.
Janosch Moldau – Sense For God (EP – Janosch Moldau Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Sense For God” is a song taken from the last album “Host” by Janosch...
God Destruction – Unholy Trinity (EP – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: Metal, EBM, Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Mexican band God Destruction released this newest EP during the last days...
Distoxia – Genocidio Espiritual (Album – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Genocidio Espiritual” is the second official album by the Chilean project Distoxia. The album...
Scars Are Soulless – Vendetta (Album – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Scars Are Soulless is a project driven by Chip Calise. He has been involved...
‘Click Interview’ with Sun’s Spectrum: ‘Our Sources Of Inspiration Range From Dystopian Novels To Detroit Techno’
Sun’s Spectrum is an Italian duo set up in 2016 by Livio Caenazzo and Daniele Iannacone. After having self-released their...
Pro Patria – Godless (Album – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Peter Vercauteren (PVC) set up Pro Patria in 1988. The Belgian EBM project came...
LMX – Ctrl+S (Album – Meshwork Music)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two years after the debut album “Dimension Shift” LMX strikes back with...
Shad Shadows – Toxic Behaviours (Album – Silver Veins Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Dark-Wave, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: The Italian duoLuca Bandini -Alessandra Gismondi is mainly known for...
Projekt203 – Demolačná Čata (Album – Projekt203)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital, USB. Background/Info: Slovakian duo Ondrej Pešek - Sissi Enns are back on track. The newest...
Modal Citizan – Control Alter Deplete (Album – Modal Citizan)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Format: Digital. Background/Info: Modal Citizan is an American formation claiming to be inspired by some 90s music. They...
Heilige! – Riverside (EP – Heilige!)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: There’s not much information available about Heilige! This project is driven by...
‘Click Interview’ with Seasurfer: ‘Guitar Music From England Was Just Cooler Than German Stuff’
Seasurfer is a band driven by Hamburger (Germany) based musician Dirk Ritter. He worked together with different female singers and...
Escape From Warsaw – Korozja (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Industrial, Techno, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Karol Suka is a Polish artist who was previously involved...
Jarl – Hyperacusis (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Swedish musician Erik Jarl strikes back with a new opus, which...
Brainquake – A Fronte Praecipitium, A Tergo Lupi (Album – Camembert Electrique)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Dark-Electro, Ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Belgian Brainquake project has been driven by Marc Ceulemans since the late 80s...
Schröttersburg – Dalet (Album – Zoharum / DIY Kolo / Bat-Cave Productions / N.I.C.)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: “Dalet” is the fifth album by Polish formation Schröttersburg. The main...
Laurent Boudic – Abstrakt Vol.1 (Album – GenComProdukts International)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro, Ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Laurent Boudic has been involved with numerous projects, mainly dealing with Techno, EBM...
Disharmony – Resonance (Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, IDM, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Disharmony has released its first new album in five years. The...
Art Noir – Poems Of An Extinct Species (Album – Aenaos Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Wave-Pop, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This new album by Art Noir is the first one in twelve...
‘Click Interview’ with Camecrude: ‘The Use Of Duplicity Through Witchcraft’
Camecrude is a French solo-project set up in 2017 by Valentin Laborde. One of the main particularities of this project...
Dave Bessell & Parallel Worlds – Phosphenes (Album – DiN)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Dave Bessell and Bakis Sirros (Parallel Worlds) have rejoined hands again unleashing their...
Skintape – Mastoid (EP – Ohm Resistance)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental, Industrial-Dub. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Skintape is an American project set up by Caleb McLaurin. A few works...
LPF12 – Poems For The Dark Matter (Album – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, Experimental, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Sascha Lemon released one more production during the last hours of 2020. This...
Technophobia – Some Of Us Are Looking At the Stars (Album – Working Order Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Based in Washington D.C (USA) Technophobia is driven by the duo Katie...
Ontario Hospital – No Contact / Live Archives 2011-2019 (Album – Ekstasis)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental, Industrial-Trance. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: We all know Richard Oddie for his involvement with Orphx, but he’s...
Jeff Clark’s – EP Collection (Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Jeff Clark’s is a French duo hailing from Le Mans. They previously released two...
Heligoland – This Quiet Fire (Album – Editions Furioso)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Heligoland went through numerous line-up changes, but core members Karen Vogt and Steve...
Grande Loge – Mantras (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Set up in 2017, Grande Loge is a French project, which by...
Edgey – Everything Is Broken (EP – Edgey)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Gabber, Breakcore. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Stephen James Knight better known under his sonic brainchild Edgey has already been...
Cryo Chamber Collaboration – Yig (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Since 2014, each year we get a “Cryo Chamber Collaboration”-album. It always consists...
Voices Of The Cosmos – Interstellar Space (Album – Gusstaff Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Voices Of The Cosmos is a Polish sound project set up by Rafał...
Northern Loner – The Blank Spot (EP – Northern Loner)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Set up by Magnus Norr (also involved with Deadbeat, Le Volt), Northern Loner has...
Labels Interviews: File 6: Torben Schmidt / Infacted Recordings: ‘It Was Always A Moving Experience To Be Part Of Creating Something’
Torben Schmidt gained some experience about label activities working as A&R manager for the legendary Zoth Ommog and Bloodline. He...
Maribor – Cross (Album – St.An.Da)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Maribor is a project originally set up by Stefano Gentile. He got the...
Form – This World Is Ours (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Three years after the debut album “Defiance + Entropy” Keith Trigwell (The Devout), Mark...
Xotox – Forever (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Andreas Davids better known under the Industrial sound moniker Xotox strikes back with a...
Labels Interviews: File 5: Alex Storm / Trisol: ‘I’m Interested In Artists Who Want To Create Something New’
German label Trisol has been set up in 1997 by Alex Storm. He’s also running Apocalyptic Vision, which was his...
The Saint Paul – Core (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Core” is the fourth full length album by German Electro-Pop project The Saint Paul....
Croona – Ascend (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark Electro-Pop, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Fredrik Croona strikes back with the third full length album under the...
Labels Interviews: File 4: Stefan Herwig / Dependent Records: ‘Some Labels Are In The Process Of Watering Down The Scenes’ Identity Instead Of Strengthening It’
Stefan Herwig once started Kugelblitz Records and moved on with Off Beat. He set up Dependent Records in 1998. The...
For All The Emptiness – Circus Of Gods (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Techno-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: For All The Emptiness is a project driven by Jonathan Kaplan and...
Black Snow In Summer – Lost Feelings (EP – Black Snow In Summer)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Lost Feelings” is the second EP by the Belgian duo Kurt Vanhollebeke and...
Labels Interviews: File 3: Seba Dolimont & Bernard Van Isacker / Alfa Matrix: ‘We Keep Anticipating New Trends In Order To Stay Relevant And Future Proof’
Seba Dolimont Alfa Matrix has been set up in 2001 by three friends. Séba Dolimont, Benoît Blanchart and Bernard Van...
Electric Uranus & X-Navi:Et – Voices Of The Cosmos III (Album – Beast Of Prey – Eter Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album is the third installment between Polish projects Electric Uranus and X-Navi:Et. “Voices Of The...
Kaouenn – Mirages (Album – Atypeek Music / Beautiful Losers / Bloody Sound Fucktory / Ph37 SoundLab)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Psychedelic, Jazzy, Electronic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Kaouen is a French solo-project, which five years after its self-titled debut album strikes...
V/A Whispers Of The Future Vol. 03 (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Pop, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This new chapter in the “Whispers Of The Future”-series reveals sixteen bands...
Labels Interviews: File 2: Dave Heckman / Metropolis Records: ‘The Bottom Line Is To Adapt Fast To A Changing Industry’
Metropolis Records was set up in 1994 by Dave Heckman. In no time the American label became a truly reference...
Vyrtual Zociety – Sci Fi Citizen (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vyrtual Zociety is a project driven by Carlos Limon assisted by Kathya...
Depraved Priest – Depraved Priest (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Eduardo Córdova, Rat-Singer and Marcial Maciel set up Depraved Priest. Their self-titled debut...
Ego Bliss – What The Future Holds (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ego Bliss is a Mexican solo-project set up in 2019 by Mario Monk...
Labels Interviews: File 1: Torny Gottberg / Progress Productions: ‘I Do Believe In The ‘Quality Over Quantity’ Thinking’
Progress Productions is a Swedish label set up in 2004 by Torny Gottberg. Torny already had some label-experience as he...
Labels interviews with Alfa-Matrix, Dependent Records, Infacted Recordings, Metropolis Records, Progress Productions, Trisol
We all have to admit a lot of things have changed in the music industry during the past years. The...
Dramatic – Trauma (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Dramatic is a Mexican trio, which released this debut production right at the...
Dimitri Berzerk – A.I.C.Q.T.I.L. (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Ambient-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Next to the great “Resist”-EP Mexican DJ/producer/label owner, Dimitri Berzerk also released this...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
Dimitri Berzerk – Resist EP Remixes (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This EP is an addition to the “Resist”-EP by Dimitri Berzerk. “Resist” has...
Dimitri Berzerk – Resist (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: We all know Dimitri Berzerk as a ‘remixer’ and also as a...
V/A Whispers Of The Future Vol. 02 (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones / Sub Culture Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Pop, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This sampler features ten bands from the Mexican Electro/Gothic scene. Most of...
‘Click Interview’ with Vlimmer: ‘There’s Music For Every Mood And Emotion In My Life’
Vlimmer is the sonic brainchild of German musician, producer, label owner, visual artist and book author Alexander Leonard Donat. He’s...
Peloquinn – After The Meal (EP – Stridente Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Fabio Longo is an Italian musician who got previously involved with different projects...
Oliver Deutschmann & La Fraicheur / Léonard De Léonard – Split EP (EP – Gegen Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, Dark-Techno, Hard-Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This split EP is the second release from the Berlin based Gegen...
League Of Lights – Dreamers Don’t Come Down (Album – Eightspace Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-Pop, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This is the third full length album for the duo Farrah- and...
Autopsia – Reconstructed Vol.5 (EP – Autopsia)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Autopsia was assisted by Dämmerung Orchestra to ‘reconstruct’ two of their songs. This...
A Prayer For The Worst – Lullabies For Babies (Album – Lonely Demon Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: I didn’t get a lot of information about this French project...
Blutengel – Fountain Of Destiny (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: While Chris Pohl last year released the debut album of his side-project...
