Then Comes Silence – Machine (Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, rock-goth, cold-wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Swedish formation Then Comes Silence has already been active for a...
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.
Nam-Khar – Sur Chöd (Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two years after the “Secret Essence / Sangwa Dupa”-album the German ambient/ritual Nam-Khar...
Heimataerde – Eigengrab (Album – Fully Packed Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & medieval, metal-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ashalr Von Megalon founded Heimataerde in 2004. After successful dark-electronic albums...
The Gnome – Pleasant Sounds For Unpleasant Times (Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Tony D’Oporto is an artist who has worked together with several great names...
Finkseye – Ecocide (Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Swedish Finkseye is the solo-project of Henrik Fink Nilsson. “Ecocide” is already the third...
Empathy Test – Monsters (Album – Empathy Test)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: London (UK) based duo Isaac Howlett - Adam Relf set up empathy Test...
Black Nail Cabaret – Gods Verging On Sanity (Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-pop. Format: Digital, CD, vinyl. Background/Info: Hungarian duo Black Nail Cabaret has been active since 2008. Emese Arvai-Illes...
‘Click Interview’ with Crystal Geometry: ‘I Often Think That My Best Tracks Are The Ones I Spent Less Time On’
Crystal Geometry is a project set up by French producer Maxime Fabre. As the artists says it is his ‘techno...
‘Click Interview’ with Morego: ‘Some Great Record Labels That Didn’t Work With Me Just Because I’m From Iran’
Like many other music lovers, I discovered Mohamad Reza Govahi aka ‘Morego Dimmer’ as the great instigator behind the dark-ambient...
Jérôme Chassagnard – Childhood (EP – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: French artist Jérôme Chassagnard last year started with an EP series devoted to...
Velvet Kills – Bodhi Labyrinth (Album – Manic Depression Records, Icy Cold Records, Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, cold-wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Three years after the remarkable debut album “Mischievous Urges”, Portuguese formation Velvet Kills...
Minusheart – The Dark Side Of The Sun (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, electro-punk, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Minusheart is a German formation active since 2007. They released four full...
Les Anges De La Nuit – The Witch (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, future-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Les Anges De La Nuit are back into business, unleashing their fifth...
Chorea Minor – Black White Moon (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, ambient-pop, cinematographic. Format: Digital, DCD. Background/Info: Chorea Minor is a German project driven by Mario Braun. He got...
Blutengel + Hocico – Obscured (Single – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two of the Out Of Line flag holders were supposed touring together and...
DDDJMX – Oceaned (Album – DanceDelic-D)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, funky, groovy. Format: Digital. Background/Info: DDDJMX is the meeting between two ‘giants’ from the Belgian music scene. DDD...
Ton8 – Ton8 (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, EBM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This self-titled album also is the first official release by Ton8. “Ton8” was...
‘Click Interview’ with Moris Blak: ‘Music For Warehouse Raves In Towns Run By Esoteric Cults’
Moris Blak started in 2016 after almost a decade of experimenting with electronic music production, and performing in metal bands....
Rue Oberkampf – Christophe-Philippe (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electro-wave, EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Set up in 2016, “Christophe-Philippe” is the official debut album from...
Paradox Obscur – SYNΘESIS (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electro-wave, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Greek duoKriistal Ann – Toxic Razor is back on track, unleashing the fourth...
Body Divide – Pleasure From Pain (EP – Squarewav)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Body Divide is a new name active at the EBM fields. It’s an American duo...
Elvis De Sade – Angelus Novus (EP – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Hailing from Munich (Germany) Elvis De Sade signed to Young And Cold Records...
Eleven Pond – Drive (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, new-wave. Format: Digital, CDR, Vinyl. Background/Info: American formation Eleven Pond saw the light of day in the 80s,...
Masquerade – Where Nobody Can Hear You Scream (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Hailing from Helsinki (Finland) Masquerade has been active since 2012. A...
LF58 – Alterazione (Album – Astral Industries)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, IDM, experimental, abstract. Format: Digital, double Vinyl. Background/Info: LF58 is an Italian duo set up in 2015 as...
Hypermond – D. (EP – Hypermond)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Hypermond is a project set up by Masha TZKTLPK (ex-0Kontrol) and Nick Zoll. They...
Victoria Lukas & Jauzas The Shining – Scrutinizing You (EP – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Victoria Lukas and Jauzas The Shining move on withtheir collaborative efforts, which already resulted in...
Technolorgy – Inevitably Versatile (Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop, future-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 by DAV1D (vocals) and LAU (machines), the Greek...
Prometheus Flame – Karma Reloaded (Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Prometheus Flame is a Greek project set up by George Sofianos and supported...
Noize-Maker – Components (EP – I-Traxx Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, techno-body. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Operating from Cologne (Germany) Achim Loevenich is already involved with music for quite a...
Terrorfakt – Achtung! 2020 Remixes (EP – SquareWav)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, rhythmic-noise. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Terrorfakt was set up after 9.11 and rapidly became a hot and successful project...
Guilt Attendant – Suburban Scum (Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, trance. Format: Digital, Double Vinyl. Background/Info: Guilt Attendant is a project driven by Brooklyn (USA) based Nathaniel Young....
Swarm Intelligence – Ultraware (EP – Voitax)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Swarm Intelligence is the project of Simon Hayes. He’s already active under this...
Morbid Fancy – Sepulchral Serenade (Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Morbid Fancy is a ghost from the past… being active during the 90s, this...
HLER – LGM-1 (Album – ZeroK)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, cinematographic, abstract. Format: Digital, CDR, Cassette. Background/Info: HLER is the meeting between Finnish artists Heikki Lindgren and ...
Apocryphos – Against Civilization (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Robert C. Kozletsky has been – and still is, involved with different projects...
808 Dot Pop – Blackbodies (Radiation) (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: After the “Variation” and “Pulsation” edits of “Blackbodies” we now get the “Radiation”-EP from 808...
Lights A.M – Surrender & Evolve (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-pop, electro-ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Surrender & Evolve” is the second EP by Essence Of Mind front manErlend Eilertsen....
‘Click Interview’ with Wolfchild: ‘We Always Do What We Like, There Are No Boundaries’
Dark-electro and EBM formation Wolfchild released its third full length album “Evil Calls Home” a few months ago now. The...
State Of The Union – Bad Flower (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: State Of The Union is already active for twenty years now. Driven by Johann Sebastian,...
Xotox – Sorgenkind (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Sorgenkind” is the next EP and teaser to the new album “Gestern” by Xotox....
Nine Seconds – Love Will Tear Us Apart (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Three years after their third full length (cf. “Agent Provocateur”) Nine Seconds (the members...
Diarmaid O Meara – Gobsmacked! (EP – Gobsmacked Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Irish DJ and producer Diarmaid O Meara has already released numerous EP’s and also...
D.I.E. – Destruction Is Evolutionary (Album – D.I.E.)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, crossover. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: It all started as Dying Is Easy and moved on as Destruction Is...
Morego – Blessed Seed (EP – Bass Star Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic, electro-ambient, downtempo. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Iranian artist Mohamad Reza Govahi aka ‘Morego Dimmer’ is back on track with...
Occupied Head – Steady (Album – Wet Dreams Records)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 2011 by Dieter Mauson, “Steady” is the first official album...
Unisex – Open The Door (Album – Deafening Assembly)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, industrial-acid, trance. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Nick Filth has been active under the Unisex moniker for numerous years now...
Virtues & Failings – 3 (EP – Virtues & Failings)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, folk, cold-wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This EP is the third release in a series of four. Vancouver (Canada)...
Van Bloomen – Geist (Album – ProNoize / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Techno-wave, minimal-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Behind this new project is hiding Marcel Nickels. Some of you for...
Chainreactor – Interlinked (Album – ProNoize / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-rave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Interlinked” is already the seventh full length album for Chainreactor. Set up in...
Absurd Minds – Sapta (Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The album “Tempus Fugit” (2017) marked the return of Absurd Minds after...
Ghosts Of Breslau – Niflheim (Album – Irrwelt)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ghosts Of Breslau is a Polish project, which is already active for a...
Natt – A Better Place (Mini Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, industrial, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Natt is a Polish DJ & producer that I last year discovered...
‘Click Interview’ with Neuroactive: ‘Clarity, Crispiness, Some Saturation, Punctual Clear Bass’
Finnish electro/EBM/pop formation Neuroactive this year released its seventh studio album entitled “Minor Side Effects”. I think we might consider...
Rapoon – Ghosts From A Machine (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, tribal, cinematographic, experimental. Format: Digital, 3 CD. Background/Info: Robin storey is an artist who needs no further introduction....
NNHMN – Shadow In The Dark (Mini Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: The German duo Lee & Laudarg released their newest work, “Shadows...
Oldschool Union – Vartalovasara (Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Finnish duoSeppo Ahlstedt - V-M Pekkola (the new singer) are back on track unleashing...
Mount Shrine – Shortwave Ruins (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Cezar Alexandre is back on track unleashing a new full length album from...
Funker Vogt – Conspiracy (EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two years after the “Wastelands”-album Funker Vogt is back on track unleashing this...
Crystal Geometry – Senestre (Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Techno-EBM, minimal-EBM. Format: Digital, Double Vinyl. Background/Info: French producer Maxime Fabre has already released some noticeable EP’s on labels...
‘Click Interview’ with Mechanimal: ‘Mechanimal Simply Can’t Have A Very Specific Form’
Mechanimal is a Greek project set up in 2011 by Giannis Papaioannou. The name of the band was given to...
Neraterrae – Scenes From The Sublime (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: One year after his debut album “The Substance Of Perception”, Italian composer Alessio...
Common Eider, King Eider & Cober Ord – Palimpseste (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, cinematographic, dark-ambient, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts and the fascination for...
Dead Melodies & Zenjungle – Anthropocene (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album is the meeting between Tom Moore (Dead Melodies) and Phil Gardelis (Zenjungle)....
His Master’s Voice – Log: A Canis Majoris (Album – KCZMRK)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, technoid, ambient, IDM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: His Master’s Voice is the solo-project of German producer Jaines Bomt....
New Risen Throne – The Outside (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Format: Digital, Double CD. Background/Info: The album marks the return of Italian composer Gabriele Panci aka ‘Stielh’. ...
