Frame Of Mind – Erode (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Goth-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Erode” is meant as an appetizer to Frame Of Mind’s new full length “Return...
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.
Les Paradisiers – Indian Summer (Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Folk, Ambient, Experimental, Chanson. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Les Paradisiers is a project driven by Demian Nada (Spain) from...
Pandoria – Clean (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Stephan Tesch (former Paranoid) and Martin Bodewell (Orange Sector) earlier this year released...
Kageraw – Find Me In the Dark (Album – Gravaçöes Tungusk)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Neo-Classic, Experimental, Folk, Ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Juily Kiran has already released different works, but now strikes...
Hardware – Under The Flesh (Mini-Album – Gravaçöes Tunguska)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Death-Metal, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Portuguese project Hardware is driven by Jiao Mascarenhas. Mainly active during the...
Prometheus Flame – Magic Spell(s) (EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Greek duo George Sofianos - Nick Von Karma last year released their...
11Grams – Humanicide (Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Three years after their great debut album “Panacea” the American – Australian duo featuring...
First Aid 4 Souls – Dreambox (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Earlier this year First Aid 4 Souls released the “Fire”-album, which was a...
Psy’Aviah – The Earth Keeps Spinning, Without Being Noticed (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Ambient, Soundtrack. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The new Psy’Aviah album is a collaboration and conceptual work between the Belgian musician...
Atropine – Human Emulsion (Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, Double CD. Background/Info: Three years after the astonishing album “Assailant” Norwegian EBM combo Atropine is...
Klonavenus – Motion:less (Album – Space Race Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Paolo Chemnitz (vocals, lyrics, samples) and Saffio (music, programming, mixing) have been active...
Motor!k – Motor!k 2 (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock, Psychedelic Electro-Rock, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: One year after their self-titled debut release the Belgian Motor!k...
‘Click Interview’ with My Love Kills: ‘The EBM Formula Is More Open Than When You Make Synth-Pop’
MY LOVE KILLS is the sonic meeting between two artists from different countries, but still from different music universes. Swedish...
Suicide Commando – Mindstrip Redux (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, 2CD, Double Vinyl. Background/Info: Back in 2000 Suicide Commando released the album “Mindstrip”, which was the...
PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – The Dread Files (EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Last year Crete formation PreEmptive Strike 0.1 released their seventh full length...
Scatterface – 2020 (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Metal, Goth-Metal. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Scatterface is a German producer and composer who’s already busy making music...
Tineidae – Exo (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Pavlo Storonskyi is a Ukrainian artist living in Warsaw (Poland). “Exo” is his third...
Endzustand – Werk Des Krieges (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: EBM and Other Dark-Electronic bands have been often inspired by war, battles, soldiers and...
Reichsfeind – Living In Space (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The Belgian label Alfa Matrix recently signed Reichsfeind. The German project driven by Timo...
Agent Side Grinder – Rema/x (Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Electro-Pop, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Swedish formation Agent Side Grinder last year struck back with their fifth...
Reichsfeind – Living In Space / The Remixes (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Reichsfeind recently joined hands together with Alfa Matrix. While the new EP “Persona” is...
V/A The Forme To The Fynisment Foldes Ful Selden / Dark Britannica IV (Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Folk, Neo-folk, Cinematographic, Medieval, Ethereal. Format: Digital, Double CD. Background/Info: Eight years after the previous chapter in the “Dark...
Reichsfeind – Persona (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Timo Revna set up Reichsfeind in 2011. Two albums were released thus far, but...
Renard – Waking up In A Different World (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Markus Reinhardt will be forever linked with Wolfsheim. After the band’s split we...
Placebo Effect – Shattered Souls (Album – Placebo Effect)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album stands for one of the most surprising and exciting comebacks from...
‘Click Interview’ with Kloob & Onasander: ‘We Are Facing A Religious World, But With The Strangest Forms’
The album “Mundus Patet” released on Winter-Light resulted from the collaborative efforts between Dani Kloob (Spain) and Maurizio Landini (Italy). The...
KMFDM – In Dub (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Dub, Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: KMFDM is now active for 36 (!) years and have accomplished...
Mount Shrine & Alphaxone – Dream Chambers (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Internet makes everything possible today! “Dream Chambers” resulted from the common efforts between...
The Birthday Massacre – Diamonds (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-Rock, Goth-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Diamonds” is the ninth studio album from Canadian formation The Birthday Massacre....
Dahlia’s Tear – Descendants Of The Moon (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Stockholm (Sweden) based Anile D. is now active for several years and has...
DAO – Desolate Landscapes (Album – Gravaçöes Tunguska)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: DAO is a project hailing from Catalunya (a region in Spain striving for independence)....
God Body Disconnect – The Depths Of Finality (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Behind God Body Disconnect is hailing American artist Bruce Moallem who this year...
Atrium Carceri – Mortal Shell Soundtrack (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack,Dark-Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Cryo Chamber owner Simon Heath moves back in the steps of his Atrium...
‘Click Interview’ with Dandelion Wine: ‘There Is Something Really Special About The Relationship Between A Musician And Their Instrument’
Australian formation DANDELION WINE is now active for more than twenty years. The Ethereal-Folk formation based in Melbourne released several...
Vidna Obmana & David Lee Myers – Tracers (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the fourth Vidna Obmana album reissue by the Polish...
Krzywdy – Czary (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Ritual, Ethnical, Neo-Folk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Krzywdy is a Polish project and also one of the newest...
Jarl – Inner Domain (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Ambient-Noise, Experimental, Electro-Acoustic. Format: Digital, 2 CD. Background/Info: Swedish artist Erik Jarl is already active for numerous years...
Genetic Transmission – Lullabies (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Noise, Ambient, Electro-Acoustic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Zoharum definitely has something with Genetic Transmission and that’s not of...
Genetic Transmission – Strychnina / Music for Acoustic Installations (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Ambient-Noise, Electro-Acoustic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Tomasz Twardawa better known under the moniker of Genetic Transmission has...
Artur Rumiński – Artur Rumiński (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Dark-Ambient, Apocalyptic-Rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Polish artist Artur Rumiński has been involved with many projects such as...
Diorama – Tiny Missing Fragments (Album – Accession Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Dark-Popk, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Diorama is now active for twenty four years and this new opus...
‘Click Interview’ with Reakton: ‘How Would It Sound If Kraftwerk Continued To Write Music?’
I never heard of the Berliner project REAKTON before the listening of the album “Weltall: Erde: Mensch” released on Electro...
‘Click Interview’ with Assemblage 23: ‘There Can Be A Lot Of Elitism, Especially In Electronic Music’
For more than twenty years now Tom Shear is bringing Electro heads to dance. ASSEMBLAGE 23 has released such an...
‘Click Interview’ with Andrew Lagowski / S.E.T.I.: ‘I Want People To Use Their Imaginations To Build Films Inside Their Heads’
Interviewing British artist Andrew Lagowski felt a bit like entering into a sonic labyrinth; where should I start? This artist...
Raven Said – Beyond The Darkest Hour (Album – Secret Sin Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Russian duo Raven said is active since 2014. They previously released the EP...
Paranoia Inducta – Viri Probi (Album – Heerwegen Tod Production)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Ritual. Format: CD. Background/Info: Anthony Armageddon Destroyer has been very prolific during the past few years with his...
Nasdrowie – Protocol 1 (EP – Nasdrowie)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Minimal-EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Nasdrowie is a French project driven by Xavier Malleret. I noticed he released a...
Code – Ghost Ship (Album – Lo-Tek Audio Ltd)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, Ambient. Format: Digital, CDR, Vinyl. Background/Info: Some of you might remember the excellent Code-album “The Architect” released in...
3+Dead – 3+Dead (Album – Swiss Dark Night Records / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop, Shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Based in Roma (Italy) 3+Dead saw the daylight in 2017. Set up...
True Zebra – Idiorhythmic (Album – True Zebra)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Wave, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Belgian artist Kevin Strauwen –who’s also involved with The Juggernauts, has already...
‘Click Interview’ with Heimstatt Yipotash: ‘We Do Not Look For Disco Suitability Or The Satisfaction Of Listening Habits Or Expectations’
André Matthes and Thomas Niedballa started their music activities in 2001. A few years later they singed to HANDS and...
The Stir Fry Pop Star – Groovebox Messiah Sessions (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Indie-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Stir Fry Pop Star is a solo-project set up and driven by...
Perpacity – Conflagration (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Perpacity is a duo featuring Martin Nyrup (Denmark) and Ian Harling (Germany). They have...
Navigator Project – Follow The Light (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: We here welcome the Italian project Navigator Project. Based in Naples, the...
Kasper Hate – Violent Violet (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Violent Violet” is album number six for the German band Kasper Hate. Notice by...
‘Click Interview’ with Autoclav1.1: ‘I Always Say After Each Release That It Will Be My Last’
Tony Young started writing music under the AUTOCLAV1.1 moniker in 2004. Since the first album released in 2005 on Crunch...
Kim Lunner – This Is Me (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Kim Lunner is a Norwegian Electro artist who’s already been busy for more...
Moya81 – Sensoria (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CDR. Background/Info: After the 2019 promising mini-album “ESP” we now get the first full length from...
ETH – Somewhere But Here (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: ETH aka Egil Thomas Hansen is a Norwegian project and a side-project from one...
Die Braut – Virtual Communication (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by singer Katia Figueroa Letelier and composer Voz y...
Chemical Waves – Lasting Forever (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: 2020 has been a prolific year for this Italian project driven by Marco...
Aidan Casserly – Ballads Of Sorrow (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Irish singer Aidan Casserly has been very busy during the past few years. Next...
Alien Skin – New Romance: 1984 (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After the last year remarkable “P.O.P. Pop”-album, George Pappas (known from his involvement in...
My Love Kills – Imitatio Dei (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, Double CD. Background/Info: The Swedish-French duo Fredrik Sigeback (Erotic Elk) – ‘Vicomte Vampyre Arkames’ (Ad...
V/A The Lighthouse Saga (Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Wave-Pop, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This compilation features fourteen artists who used and adapted poems of Lory...
Cucurbitophobia – Dies Ferialis : Awakening The Lemures (Album – Cucurbitophobia)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Neo-Classic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Rob Benny is operating from New York (USA) where he set up Cucurbitophobia...
