CK 37 – Inget Hat (Digital/Vinyl Album – Audite Records)
CK 37 is a new Swedish project that began releasing singles in 2024 and has now compiled them—along with additional...
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.
Ah Cama-Sotz – The Empire Of Time (Digital Album – Bats & Cats)
Last year, Herman Klapholz released two new albums from his flagship project Ah Cama-Sotz. “Blood Moon” had already been released...
SΛRIN – Searching Hell (Digital/Vinyl Album – X-IMG)
SΛRIN is one of Emad Dabiri’s musical projects. You might also know this Berlin-based artist from his involvement with General...
Endless Nothing – Forever Gone (Digital Album – X-IMG)
Endless Nothing is an Italian artist who released his latest work late last year on the Berlin-based label X-IMG. Prior...
Azam Ali – Synesthesia (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – COP International)
Originally from Iran, Azam Ali has lived in India and, most notably, the United States, where she has forged a...
The Grey Lake – The Grey Lake (Digital/CD Album – Winter-Light)
The Grey Lake is a collaboration between Ben Powell (Llyn Y Cwn) and the somewhat lesser-known Christopher Olson (Standard Grey)....
Paradox Obscur Interview: ‘We’ve never worked in a conventional way or adhered to predictable musical paths’
The Greek duo Paradox Obscur released their sixth album at the end of last year. ‘Kriistal Ann’ and ‘Toxic Razor’...
Audiocall – A Different Wolrd (Digital/CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
On December ‘25, the German trio Audiocall released their second album. Following their promising debut, “Know Your Murderer”, the band...
Metal Disco – Power Hunter (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Werkstatt Recordings)
‘Toxic Razor’, best known from the duo Paradox Obscur but also active in numerous other projects, returned last year with...
Alavux – Underground Is Resistance (Digital EP/Vinyl – 0ktag0n Records)
Serbian producer Goran Alavuk, better known by his musical alter ego Alavux, remains an exceptionally productive artist, releasing a substantial...
Blush Response – Ego Death (Digital/CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Meanwhile, American artist Joey Gonzalez has been delivering high-quality Electro for over 15 years, seamlessly blending EBM with dark and...
Stärker – Spectral (Digital/CD Album – Aesthetical)
In December 2025, the Canadian-French duo Stärker released their debut album, following three earlier EPs. The project brings together Frédéric...
Nacht – Nacht (Digital/CD Album – Aesthetical)
Nacht is the result of a collaboration between French artists Franck Vigroux—a long-established and renowned composer, also known for his...
Interview with Bruno Kramm (Das Ich): ‘Breaking with rules is something what only real artists can do’
When Stefan Ackermann (vocals, lyrics) and Bruno Kramm (music, backing vocals, production) formed Das Ich in 1989, they were starting...
New Risen Throne – The Journey To Reach The Fathers (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Gabriele Panci has been releasing music under his sonic alter ego, New Risen Throne, for over 20 years. 2025 has...
Kristof Bathory & Blakmoth – Subsystem Decay (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Kristof Bathory, originally known for his work with Dawn Of Ashes, has been creating a steady stream of surprising—and consistently...
Absurd Minds – Confessions (Digital/CD Album – Scanner)
At the end of 2025, the German band Absurd Minds released their tenth studio album. Across 11 tracks, the album...
Argyre Planitia – Ediacara (Digital/CD Album – Winter-Light)
German artist Stefan Voß has been releasing music steadily since 2013. At the end of last year, he returned with...
Vlimmer – Hintersommer (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Alexander Donat continues to release a variety of productions under different names, but at the end of 2025, he returned...
A Spell Inside – Last (Digital/CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
December 2025 saw the release of "Last", A Spell Inside's first new studio album in six years. The German band...
Apocryphos & Penumbral Aethyr – The Errosion Of Innocence (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
"The Erosion Of Innocence" was released at the end of 2025 and is a collaboration between American artist Robert C....
Emmon Interview: ‘A confident manifesto rooted in strength, creativity, and unwavering presence’
Meanwhile, Swedish artist Emma Nylén aka Emmon has been active in the underground Electro scene for over two decades. She...
World Interrupted – Sorrow, Bring Me Joy (Digital/CD Album – Requiem Records)
World Interrupted is a Polish project that has only been active for a few years and released its first LP,...
Wolfskin – Ring Of Spheres (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Wolfskin is a Portuguese project led by Johan Aernus and A. Coelho. After releasing several albums, this new work marks...
O Saala Sakraal – Oastar (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
The Dutch collective O Saala Sakraal returned at the end of last year with this new six-track release. Drawing inspiration...
Split Vision – Echoes Of A New Spell (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Town & Towers Records)
Split Vision is a Swedish band that originated in the 1980s. After years of inactivity, the band found its way...
Nitemal – Mall-Night-Later (Digital EP – Nitemal)
Last year, the American band Nitemal released this EP, which functions more like a six-track mini-album. Earlier 2025, they had...
Spammerheads – The Mire Chronicles (Digital/Vinyl Album – Banshees Records)
The Spanish duo Spammerheads has been active for several years now and has released multiple albums. “The Mire Chronicles” is...
Ultima Engine – Failures Of Humanity (Digital/CD Album – Ultima Engine)
Ultima Engine is a German project founded by Roman Schilling—formerly active in the metal outfit Arcane Rain and also a...
Les Visiteurs Du Soir Interview: ‘Basic electronic music, a fairly raw sound, and lyrics of dark realism’
Les Visiteurs Du Soir is a French duo featuring Pascal-André Fauchard and Jean-Christophe D’Arnell. The band’s name Les Visiteurs Du...
Devil-M – Titanomachie (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Danse Macabre Records)
“Titanomachie” is already the fifth album from the ambitious German project Devil-M. This new opus contains eleven tracks and was...
Scenius – 13 Billion Dark Years (Digital/CD Album – MMXX Records)
The English–French duo Scenius released their third full-length album at the end of last year. Steve Whitfield (UK) and Fab...
Magnetic Skies – Fragments (Digital Album – Reprint Records)
Magnetic Skies is a British trio led by Simon Kent (vocals), Jo Womar (keyboards), and Lenin Alegria (drums). The group...
Kilmarth – Cherophobia (Digital Album – Adventurous Music)
As a reviewer, it is extremely difficult for me to discuss this album by Kilmarth objectively. I not only provided...
Dulce Liquido – Mind Domination (Digital/CD Album – Out Of Line)
Anyone reading the name ‘Racso Agroyam’ will immediately know who Hocico fans are referring to. Indeed, Oscar Mayorga (his real...
Kim Lunner – Neon Skies (Digital Album – Kim Lunner)
Kim Lunner is a Norwegian musician, originally a drummer. Since 2020, he has been releasing music under his own name...
S Y Z Y G Y X interview: ‘The rawness of a punk performance is something that comes very naturally to us’
S Y Z Y G Y X has been active for several years now. The American project, driven and inspired...
Corpus Delicti – Liminal (Digital/CD Album – Twilight Music)
With the live album “From Dust To Light”, the French band Corpus Delicti made a kind of comeback in 2024....
Chemical Waves – Our Love In A Dying World (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – ElasticStage.com)
I will always link Italian artist Marco Cattani with Halo Effect, but he has also released a substantial body of...
Born Erased – Birds Drink My Blood (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Born Erased is a Bulgarian solo project inspired by Angel Simitchiev. He released his debut album on the French label...
Ashtoreth & Forestaal – Axis (Digital Album – Ashtoreth & Forestaal)
Last year, the Belgian solo projects Ashtoreth (Peter Verwimp) and Forestaal (Timo Jacobs) also developed this work alongside the album...
Ashtoreth & Forestaal – Vein (Digital Album – Ashtoreth & Forestaal)
This work is a collaboration between Peter Verwimp (Ashtoreth) and Timo Jacobs (Forestaal). For Ashtoreth, it is yet another collaboration,...
Alavux – Polar Light (Digital EP – Adriatiko Recordings)
Goran Alavuk has built an impressive discography since 2009, and the Serbian producer continues to release new work on a...
Rotersand Interview: ‘We make it sometimes difficult for ourselves’
(Edited by Katrin Diekhof / Interview courtesy by Inferno Sound Diaries) In just over 20 years, Rotersand have built a...
Umatik – Dear Lonely Devil (Digital EP – Space Factory Records)
Umatik is a French producer and DJ who, in addition to this EP, also released a fantastic release last year...
Back From The Wave + Umatik – Tokyo Dream (Digital EP – Space Factory Records)
"Tokyo Dream" emerged in late 2025 as a collaboration between French artists Back From The Wave and Umatik. The EP...
Sexsomnia – Forbidden (Digital EP – Sexsomnia)
Sexsomnia is a Montreal, Canada-based trio that has released several singles, EPs, and even a full-length album since 2022. Forbidden,...
Plaster – Mainframe Re_coded (Digital Album – Textvra Records)
The Italian band Plaster began as a duo in 2008 but evolved into a solo project led by Gianclaudio Hashem...
David Galas – The Nihilist (Digital/CD Album – These Hands Melt)
David Galas, who rose to prominence through his involvement with Lycia, and was also active in Bleak and Snowblind, has...
KIFOTH – Lost Territory (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production)
Slovakian act KIFOTH has been active for over a quarter of a century and has released a considerable body of...
Tension Control – Freiheit (Digital/CD Album – Tension Control)
Hamburg, Germany-based Michael Schrader remains very active with his EBM project Tension Control. "Freiheit", released at the end of 2025,...
Fictional – Some Great Constructions (Digital/CD Album – RepoRecords)
Gerrit Thomas is someone who needs little introduction. The German musician is known as a member of Funker Vogt, Eisfabrik,...
Propter Hoc Interview: ‘My primary motive is curiosity, and then I try to make sense of what I discover’
Propter Hoc's Scottish artist J.A. Harrington might never have started making music were it not for the Coronavirus pandemic. Like...
X Marks The Pedwalk – Insomnia (Digital/CD Album – Meshwork)
“Insomnia” is album number 13 by the legendary German project X Marks The Pedwalk. Inspired by Sevren Ni-Arb and his...
Pending Position – 69 (Digital/CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Pending Position is a German duo that released its debut album at the end of 2025, following several notable singles....
Soma – The Inner Cinema (Digital/Vinyl Album – Ant-Zen)
This album by the Soma duo David Thrussell and Pieter Bourke was originally released in 1996 on Extreme. Twenty-nine years...
Primal Era Worship – Narcomancer (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Following the remarkable album “Last Outpost”, released earlier in 2025, French artist Bertrand Lachambre closed the year with a new...
Underwater Sleep Orchestra – Other Sides Of Nowhere (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
With this new album, Pär Boström (Cities Last Broadcast, Kammarheit) and Bruce Moallem (God Body Disconnect) present their third excursion...
The Black Veils – Gaslight (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Icy Cold Records)
It has already been four years since The Black Veils delivered the excellent album Carnage in 2021. The Italian band,...
Frontal Boundary – Failure (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Things are moving fast for Krz Souls, Brendin Ross, and Jaysen Craves. The American trio, who collaborate as Frontal Boundary,...
Melkor Interview: ‘A mixture of Cinematic, Ambient and atmospheric sonar explorations’
Behrad Fountain (Melkor) is an Iranian interdisciplinary artist and philosopher from Persia. His debut album, “Udkraxsha”, was released in 2024...
First Aid 4 Souls feat. Divas Of The Dark – Progenitrix (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
István Gazdag remains an extraordinarily productive artist, releasing a wide range of material every year. For this new release from...
Acylum – XX20XX (Digital Album – Alfa Matrix)
In 2004, Pedro Engel—later joined by his wife Nadine—released his first album. Twenty years later, this milestone is celebrated with...
Test Dept. – Industrial Overture (Digital/4CD Album – Artoffact Records)
When founders Paul Jamrozy and Gray Cunnington formed Test Department in the early 80s, they probably had no idea they...
T.O.Y. – The Prophet (Digital/CD Album – Artoffact Records)
For many, T.O.Y. will forever be associated with Evil’s Toy, but that was a long time ago. T.O.Y. has been...
Corbeau Hangs – Archive State (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Artoffact Records)
After releasing their debut album in 2024 on Young and Cold Records, the American project Corbeau Hangs has now joined...
