Neuroactive – Dances Remixes (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Finnish formation Neuroactive this year struck back with their newest opus “Minor-Side Effects”, which...
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.
808 Dot.Pop – Incandescent (Chromium + Platinum) (Single + EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Metroland’s ’Passenger S’ is back on track unleashing the third single/EP from his debut album...
Die Robo Sapiens – FanFanFanatisch / The Düsseldorf EP (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The Die Krupps gang (cf.Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper and Marcel Zürcher) is back on track...
AD:Key – Herz Lass Los (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Andrea- and Rene Nowotny are now preparing their sixth full length album. While waiting for...
‘Click Interview’ with Xotox: ‘The Fusion Of Techno And Industrial Has Put The Harder Electronic Club-Sound To A New Level’
Andreas (Andy) Davids set up Xotox in 1998. The German solo-project gained some reputation composing harsh rhythmic- and industrial music....
Aesthetische – MMXX (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, trance. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The current Covid 19 pandemic forced artists to do things in a different way....
First Aid 4 Souls feat. LD50 – Fire (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Last year Hungarian electro/EBM act First Aid 4 Souls joined hands together with Alfa...
Avarice In Audio – From The Rib Of Adam (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “From The Rib Of Adam” is the fourth full length album by the Australian...
Studio-X vs. Simon Carter – Our Promise (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Techno-pop, hard-techno, dance-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Lawrie Masson (Studio-X) and Simon Carter earlier this year released their newest album...
Kentin Jivek – El Circo Cubierto (Album – Kentin Jivek)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, neo-classic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French artist Kentin Jivek is back on track unleashing a new opus...
And Void – And Void (album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-pop, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: And Void is a new project featuring some very famous names from the...
‘Click Interview’ with T.Raumschmiere: ‘People Who Work On 4 Tracks For Six Months Either Have Too Much Time Or Too Little Ideas’
The story of T.Raumschmiere started with a German drummer aka Marco Haas who played the drums in different punk bands....
Red Lokust – Whom The Gods Wish To Run, They First Drive Mad (Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years have passed since the promising debut album “The Repercussions Of Shedding...
Deathline International – Spin Zone II (EP – Distortion Productions / COP International)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, crossover. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: American formation deathline International gained a serious reputation during the 90s. I honestly...
‘Click Interview’ with Cat Rapes Dog: ‘Live-Streams Are Bullshit’
Joel Rydström and Magnus Fransson set up Cat Rapes Dog in 1984. The Swedish duo got world-wide recognition in the...
Blue Eyed Christ – World On Fire (Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-rock, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: John D. Norten is a veteran from the underground scene. Mainly active...
Lefki Symphonia – San Ton Ilio/Like The Sun (Album – Labyrinth Of Thoughts / The Lab Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Λευκή Συμφωνία (Lefki Symphonia) is a Greek formation set up in 1984....
Vortex – Helioz (album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual, tribal. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German artist Marcus Stiglegger is back on track unleashing a new work...
Undirheimar – Heljarrúnar (album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Undirheimar is one of the latest signings by Cyclic Law. The project has...
Lamia Vox – Alles Ist Ufer. Ewig Ruft Das Meer (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Alina Antonova set up Lamia Vox in 2005. Originally based in Saint...
Desiderii Marginis – Departed (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Departed” can be seen as a milestone in the history of this...
Arcana – Inner Pale Sun (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, neo-classic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Inner Pale sun” was the fourth full length album released by...
V/A Wave Earplug No.4 (Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics, experimental, wave-pop. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: The “Wave Earplug”-compilation series is without a shadow of a doubt...
Portion Control – Head Buried (Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Portion Control is part of EBM history. Set up in 1980,...
Clan Of Xymox – Spider On The Wall (Album – Trisol / Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Clan Of Xymox that’s now more than three decades of involvement and an...
‘Click Interview’ with Heimataerde: ‘This Band Is Ready To Plot The Big Things It Was Founded For’
Heimataerde remains without a shadow of a doubt one of the most particular and original bands active at the wider...
Rome – The Lone Furrow (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Chanson, cinematographic, neo-folk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hailing from Luxemburg, Rome, the project set up by Jérôme Reuter, this...
Bärlin – The Dust Of Our Dreams (Album – Bärlin / Sacem France)
Genre/Influences: Alternative rock, dark-rock, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: I can’t remember to have heard of this French formation...
‘Click Interview’ with NNHMN: ‘Music Is A Bright Light In This Dark Tunnel’
NNHMN (Non Human) is a Polish duo featuring Lee -who was active as an actress in city theatre, and Michal...
The Reuters – Shameless Promotion (EP – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Punk, punk-rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Reuters is a band from The Netherlands featuring Seja Records owner Johan...
TIJ – Gig Economy (Album – Candy Bomber Music / Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic, dark-rock, experimental, krautrock, chanson. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: TIJ (The Inconsistent Jukebox) is a project driven by Barry...
Signal Bruit – Hyperborēe (Album – ProductionB)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Signal Bruit strikes back with a second album, which comes nearly...
G.U – Volume 2 (Album – Art For Ears)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Galactic Unground (G.U) is a Belgian project driven by the creative spirit...
Exfeind – Zweipunktnull (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal, electronics. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German solo-project Exfeind strikes back with a second opus. The debut album...
Rotersand – How Do You Feel Today? (Album – Trisol / Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, EBM, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: German duo Rascal Hüppe (vocals) and Krischan Wesenberg (music & production)...
This Eternal Decay – Silence (Album – Trisol / Rehab Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave. Format: Digital, CDR. Background/Info: I never heard of This Eternal Decay before “Silence”. It’s the band’s second full...
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows – Island Of The Dead (Album – Apocalyptic Vision)
Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, gothic, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Anna-Varney Cantodea set up Sopor Aeternus in 1989. The project...
‘Click Interview’ with Sieben: ‘My Music Turned More Punk And Angry’
Hailing from Sheffield (UK) Matt Howden claims ‘providing the soundtrack to your apocalypse experience’! Matt Howden set up Sieben in...
Nachtmahr – Flamme (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nachtmahr doesn’t need any further introduction. The dark-electro/industrial project of Thomas Rainer has gained...
Synapscape – A Mutual Disagreement (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, rhythmic -noise. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The last Synapscape album (cf. “Still”) was already released nearly two years now...
Kek:et – Kek:et (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: IDM, tribal, experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Ant-Zen here welcomes a brand-new project set up by two old friends. ‘Cyruption’...
Kadaitcha – Tar (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-acoustique. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Kadaitcha is a Ukrainian duo, which has now been active since 2015. The...
Click Interview’ with Then Comes Silence: ’We Have More Influences From The 50s, 60s And 70s Than From The 80s’
Swedish formation Then Comes Silence this year released their fourth full length album entitled ”Machine” (SPV Oblivion & Metropolis Records)....
Philipp Münch – Über Leben 3 (EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Philipp Münch has been involved with an endless number of projects. From Ars Moriendi to...
Anatoly Grinberg & Mark Spybey – Dust Forbids The Bird To Sing (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: One year after their first collaborative album “123 m” Russian artist Anatoly Grinberg (Tokee,...
14anger – The Poison Tree (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Clément Perez is a French artist who has been active as a DJ and became...
Massaith – 4 • My Inner Demons Speaks • Chapter Two (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, noise-ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Massaith is a new project set up by Anatoly Grinberg (mainly known from...
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Jean-Marc Lederman Experience – Letters To Gods [And Fallen Angels] (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro, wave-pop, experimental. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: After his last year released album “13 Ghost Stories” Jean-Marc Lederman...
Cora Novoa – The Hive (EP – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal-electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Spanish DJ, producer and label owner Cora Novoa is back on track, releasing a...
‘Click Interview’ with Khost: ‘Khost Is Completely Genre-Free’
Birmingham (UK) duo Andy Swan - Damian Bennett set up Khost in 2013. Damian explains the name of the project...
T.Raumschmiere – Schaukelstuhl (Album – Shitkatapult)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Marco Haas is back on track, unleashing six new songs from his T.Raumschmiere sonic...
Blank – Thanatosis (EP – Blank)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body, electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This new work by Blank stands for the come-back of the Italian duo...
Nimh & Rapoon – Post-Folk Lore Vol.1 (Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, tribal, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between two old servants...
Fixmer – Invasion (EP – Bite)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, dark-techno, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: French producer Terence Fixmer is back on track. This truly work addict...
Arcana Obscura – Restless Dreams (EP – ConSequence Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ethereal, tribal, ritual, trance. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Thomas Gäbhard and his Arcana Obscura sonic brain child are...
Subject.2 – Love Betrayal Deceit (Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Gary Starky and Sandra Tully are back with their second opus, which just as...
OctoLab – Mystery Park (Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Swedish duoArielle Andersson - Fredrik Lundvall Kindsäter is already active under the OctoLab moniker...
She Hates Emotions – Melancholic Maniac (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: With She Hates Emotions, the Blutengel front man Chris Pohl wanted to pay...
Amduscia – Existe (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital, 3CD. Background/Info: Mexican Amduscia is back on track, unleashing a new album (cf. “Existe”), but still...
Zwaremachine – Ripping At The Fabric (EP – Brutal Resonance Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, cassette. Background/Info: Two years after the successful “Be A Light”-EP Zwaremachine strikes back with new...
Pandoria – Crush (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Pandoria is a new and rather surprising band. This is a brand new duo featuring...
‘Click Interview’ with 808 DOT POP: ‘Thinking Outside Of The Box Is Something I Dearly Love’
He doesn’t like to be asked about his passed involvement with the EBM formation Ionic Vision and he doesn’t like...
Xotox – Gestern (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno. Format: Digital, CD & DCD. Background/Info: “Gestern” is the first new studio album by Andreas Davids aka...
Menschdefekt – Cursed (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Six years have passed since the last Menschdefekt-album “Touch Of Madness”. “Cursed” might be...
Mortar Devotions – Operazione Piovra / The Lead Chronicles (Album – Eighth Tower Records)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, experimental, cinematographic, electro-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Mortar Devotions is a Helsinki (Finland) based collaboration between Nona Et...
Mario Lino Stancati – Cross The Desert (Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Mario Lino Stancati is an Italian artist involved with different projects. He’s...
