Bob Data – States Of No Matter (EP – Sturm)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Experimental, Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Bob Data is a side-project of Aleksandrs Oļģerts Bērziņš of Irklis. Last year...
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.
‘Click Interview’ with Egoist: ‘I Was Always Intrigued In More Complex Alternative ‘Body’ Music’
Polish musician Kuba Włodarski set up Egoist around 2002/2003 as a solo Electro-Industrial music project. A self-released demo CD came...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Uwe Kanka / Armageddon Dildos: ‘We Were In The Right Place At The Right Time!’
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
And Then You Die – Electric Uterus (Album – Skithund Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Finish formation And Then You Die this year celebrates their thirtieth anniversary. The band...
Cluster Lizard – Star Corsair (Album – Prostir)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, Cinematographic, Ambient-Techno. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Star Corsair” is the third album by the Ukrainian duo –based...
Red Industrie – Tiempos De Nostalgia (Album – Advanced Synergy)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Helder Camberos is back on track unleashing a new opus of his...
Rohn + Lederman – Venus Chariot (Album – COP International)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Indie-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Emileigh Rohn (Chiasm) already sung a song on Jean-Marc Lederman’s last album “Letters...
Terralienus – As The Red Giant Passes (Album – Avalanche Organization)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Drone. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Terralienus is a solo-project driven by Lithuanian artist Saulius Bielskis who’s also involved...
Viscera Drip – Death Curse (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, AggroTech. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Justin Thiele’s fourth official album has been introduced by the artist as ‘a...
Rome – Hansa Studios Session II (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Folk, Chanson Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Four years after the first edition of “Hansa Studios Session”, Jérôme Reuter...
Nachtmahr – Stellungskrieg (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Thomas Rainer took the Nachtmahr fanbase by surprise in 2020, releasing the Neo-Folk...
‘Click Interview’ with Not My God: There Are Many Challenges And Difficulties On The High Road Of True Art’
Not My God is a project set up by Tim Skold (Marilyn Manson, Kmfdm, Motionless In White, Shotgun Messiah…) and Nero Bellum...
Instans – Trans Sector Hyperdrive (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Minimal-EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Fredrik Djurfeldt strikes back with a new album of his Instans EBM project....
Hired.Life – Her Demoversion (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hailing from Kalininbrag (Russia), Hired.Life succeeded to Denergized (releasing the album “VHS Recall” in...
Outpost11 – Structural Defects (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Russian project Outpost11 strikes back with a third album. Previous productions revealed an...
ESR – Into Darkness (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is album number eight for the French solo-project Electro Synthetic Rebellion (ESR). Driven...
Asseptic Room – Extinction Or Reawaken (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Ten years after the band’s last album, Asseptic Room strikes back with their...
Wolfchild – Stahlbeton (EP – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This new work by the duo Robert Van Kooij (The Netherlands) - Jan...
Subliminal Code – The Cancer Of The World Is Human Beings (Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 2010 by Raúl Junior Padrón and Raúl José Padrón, this Venezulian...
Studio-X – Here To Stay (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Hard-Techno, Industrial-Techno-Body. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Lawrie B aka Studio-X already strikes back with a new EP. The work features...
Neuroactive – Morphology / Redux (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Finnish Neuroactive last year released the album “Minor Side-Effects”, which saw the band getting...
Matthew Creed – The Chapel Of Lines (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Matthew Creed is a new project by Estonian artist Dmitry Darling; the frontman of Freakangel...
Max Durante – Der Graue Geruch Nach Metall (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Experimental-Techno. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Berlin based Italian DJ/producerMassimiliano Durante aka Max Durante has been in the music...
Esplendor Geometrico – Eurasia (EP – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Rhythmic-Noise. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Spanish Industrial pioneers Esplendor Geometrico remains a true phenomenon. The band has been...
V/A Forms Of Hands 20 (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Rhythmic-Noise, Power-Noise, Industrial-Techno, Electro-Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The legendary “Forms Of Hands” festival got cancelled in 2020...
The Force Dimension – Mortal Cable (Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: The Force Dimension belongs to the collective memory of the 80s. Hailing from...
Crystal Geometry – Distressing Visions (Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Techno-Body, Hard-Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: French producer Maxime Fabre is back on track, unleashing ten new songs....
‘Click Interview’ with The Rorschach Garden: ‘The Rorschach Garden Always Was And Still Is My Musical Diary’
The Rorschach Garden can be seen as an ‘old’ project. Set up in 1988 by Philipp Münch (Synapscape, Ars Moriendi,...
AutopsiA & Dämmerung Orchestra – Die Werkstatt Vol.3 (EP – Illuminating Technologies)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Industrial, dark-Ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: AutopsiA and Dämmerung Orchestra strike back with a next chapter of the “Die...
Rigor Mortiss – Klechdy (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Polish formation Rigor Mortiss composed the music of this album for the...
V/A End Of The Corridor / A Compilation Of Belgian Cold Wave And Post Punk 78-84 (Album – Walhalla Records)
Genre/Influences: Punk, Post-Punk, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Belgian Walhalla Records used to release the great “Underground Wave”-compilation series, mainly...
Trial – Für Zwei (Album – Electro Aggression Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, 3CD + DVD. Background/Info: This massive release by Electro Aggression Records comes to celebrate the thirtieth...
‘Click Interview’ with Red Mecca: ‘Music Gives Me Courage And Strength’
Swedish formation Red Mecca was originally set up by Jan Strandqvist (music) and Frida Madeleine (vocals). Frida Madelaine left after four...