Llyn Y Cwn – Twll Du (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient & noise. Background/Info: Ben Powell is hailing from Wales. He started experimenting with music in 1999. Llyn Y...
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.
Mental Exile – Ride The Madness (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Mondträume singer Damasius Venysthe last year released the EP “Exile Nights” from his solo-project Mental Exile. It...
Kollaps – Mechanical Christ (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, death-industrial. Background/Info: Kollaps is an Australian trio operating from Melbourne. They describe their work as ‘creating a unique...
Interface – Where All Roads Lead (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop, EBM. Background/Info: This is the’ sixth studio album for American formation Interface. After having released their work...
Death Of Self – There’s No Going Back (CD Album – Bugs Crawling Out Of People)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: Hailing from Chicago, Death Of Self has already released a few productions. This new opus...
‘Click Interview’ with Gutenberg: ‘“Tanz Mit Laibach” Is The Best Industrial Anthem’
Hailing from Aichi (Japan) Shouji Sakurai set up Gutenberg a few years ago now. As he likes the sound of...
‘Click Interview’ with Empirion: ‘Keeping The Same Essence Was Important To Us’
Empirion saw the daylight in 1993. Set up by Oz Morsley, Jamie Smart and Bob Glennie the band became quite...
Silver Walks – Songs Of Love And Hate (CD EP – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Silver Walks is an American solo-project driven by Daniel McCullough. I found out that a single...
NWvic – Endless Meaningless Unhelpful And Uncalled For Drivel (CD Album – Bugs Crawling Out Of People)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, abstract. Background/Info: NWvic resulted from the collaborative efforts between Nerve War (Brandon Duncan) and It-clings (Squid; who’s...
Galati – Fragility (CD Album – Databloem)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape, cinematographic. Background/Info: Italian artist Roberto Galati has already been active for a couple of years now. He...
Principe Valiente – Oceans ‘Deluxe’ (CD Album – Aenaos Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic, goth-rock, indie-rock. Background/Info: “Oceans” is the third full length album released by the Stockholm-based Principe Valiente. The...
We Melt Chocolate – We Melt Chocolate (CD Album – Annibale Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, shoegaze. Background/Info: Set up by friends in 2014, We Melt Chocolate has released their official and self-titled...
Vanished Souls – Vanished Souls (CD Album – Frozen Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-rock, rock-pop. Background/Info: This self-titled album is the second opus for the French formation Vanished Souls. The band is...
Xtort – Nothing Is Real (CD Album – DA Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Xtort rose up from the ashes of the Dutsh industrial-metal formation Hoer. Xtort is an electronic project...
Stoppenberg – Frontschlag (CD Album – X-Beats)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, dark-EBM. Background/Info: Jan Loamfield will always be linked to his most successful project Noisuf-X and of course the...
Line Spectrum – Bruma (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Behind Line Spectrum is hiding Oleg Puzan. This Ukrainian artist got some recognition under the...
The Gathering – Love Songs (CD EP – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock, dark-rock. Background/Info: Canadian formation The Gathering was originally set up in the 80s and reactivated a few...
‘Click Interview’ with It’s For Us: ‘I’ve Always Been Writing For Some Kind Of Therapy’
Operating from Stockholm (Sweden) It’s For Us saw the daylight thanks to Camilla Karlsson (vocals, bass) and Jon Gredmark (guitars)....
Droid Sector Decay – In Suffering We Dwell (CD Album – Underground Industrial Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, cross-over. Background/Info: Droid Sector Decay featuring members from Greece and the USA have been active since 2009 and...
Julie Bally – Alternative New Wave (CD Album – Julie Bally)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, dark-rock. Background/Info: Julie Bally is a French artist who this year released her self-released debut album. Julie plays...
Kloob – Unpredictable Signs (CD Album – Winter Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Daniel Ferreira aka ‘Dani Kloob’ is involved with music for more than twenty years now. He started...
Vesperal – Wasteland (Vinyl Album – Steelwork Maschine)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk. Background/Info: Vesperal is a French formation based in Paris, which released their second album. They ‘aim to conjure...
‘Click’ Interview with Iris: ‘Chasing Trends Doesn’t Work Well For Us’
Twenty years after their debut album “Disconnect” released by the now defunct A Different Drum, Reagan Jones and Andrew Sega...
Vlimmer – XIIII (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, guitar-wave. Background/Info: Here is the fourteenth chapter in the EP-series set up by Alexander Leonard Donat aka Vlimmer. ...
Vlimmer – XIII (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Vlimmer is the main project of German artist and label owner Alexander Leonard Donat. He started in...
Phasenmensch – Haunted / The Gentle Indifference Of The World (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial, industrial-*techno, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: “Haunted” marks the tenth anniversary of the Dortmunder (Germany) based Phasenmensch. Wolfram Bange was...
Cervello Elettronico – Top Ded Ctr (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: David Christian set up Cervello Elettronico in 2001. The American sonic project rapidly became one of...
‘Click Interview’ with A Spell Inside: ‘We Live The Ideal Of An Independent Band’
Michael (Mel) Roeder and Peter Kirchmeyer set up A Spell Inside in 1989! The German electro-pop duo this year celebrates...
Deutsche Bank – Transmission (CD Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Despite of the band name, Deutsche Bank is a Swedish project driven by Mats From. The album...
Boytronic – The Robot Treatment (CD Album – Wuff Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, Italo-disco. Background/Info: Boytronic has been active since the early 80s, but went through several line-up changes. “The Robot...
Reactor7x – Are You My Bitch? (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up in 2009 Polish duo ‘Ad-x’ (synths, composing, programming) and ‘Blackjack O'Hare’ (lyrics, vocals) Alfa Matrix...
First Aid 4 Souls – Increased Sensory Perception (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Hungarian artist István Gazdag (previously involved with Vacuum) is one of the electro-underground references from his country. He...
Elm – Death Of The North (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Peter Elm was previously involved with the excellent EBM/pop driven Restricted Area, but set up Elm to...
V/A Mexico Underground Vol.02 – The Synthetic Side Of Mexico (DCD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, techno-body, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Next to the first volume of this series, which is devoted to gothic music,...
V/A Mexico Underground Vol.01 – The Dark Side Of Mexico (DCD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: This compilation was compiled by Lord Fer and Dimitri Berzerk aka DMT Berzerk (producer, remixer,...
Oxomaxoma – Industrial Body Music (CD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Oxomaxoma is probably one of the longest active EBM bands from the Mexican scene. They were already...
Dimitri Berzerk feat. Franco Doglioli – My Love Is Electric / Club Mixes (Vinyl EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Next to the “My Love Is Electric”-single and the “Remixes”-CD EP Dimitri Berzerk also released a...
Neuvision – Manifiesto (CD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, cinematic-EBM. Background/Info: I discovered this Mexican project a few years ago now. The debut album “The Demon-Haunted...
Dimitri Berzerk feat. Franco Doglioli – My Love Is Electric / Remixes (CD EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Dimitri Berzerk is a rather familiar name from the Mexican electro scene. Based in Mexico City...
Bloom Offering – Episodes (Vinyl Album – The Helen Scarsdale Agency)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro; electro-wave. Background/Info: Operating from Seattle (USA) Nicola Carr has been active under the Bloom Offering for several years....
Mechanimal – White Flag (Vinyl 7” – Inner Ear)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, goth-pop. Background/Info: Based in Athens (Greece) Giannis Papaioannou is already active under the Mechanimal moniker for a couple...
God Body Disconnect – The Mist Between Mirrors (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: It took two years for Bruce Moallem (aka God Body Disconnect) to achieve his third solo-album, which...
Dronny Darko & RNGMNN – Sector Hydra (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Sector Hydra” resulted from the common efforts between Ukrainian artist Oleg Puzan (aka Dronny Darko)...
Ruptured World – Archeoplanetary (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: One year after the debut album “Exoplanetary”, Scottish artist Aleister Rennie is back on track with...
‘Click Interview’ with Hocico: ‘The World Is Turning To A Dark Place Due To The Misuse Of Our Technology’
‘Erk Aicrag’ (Erik Garcia) and ‘Racso Agroyam’ (Oscar Mayorga) set up Hocico in 1993. The Mexican duo rapidly became one...
Council Of Nine – Davidian (Digital album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Davidian” is the fifth solo-album by Maximillian Olivier. The American ‘Prince of Darkness’ moves on with...
Numb – Mortal Geometry (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s by Canadian musician Don Gordon, Numb became an influential...
Velvet Acid Christ – Ora Oblivionis (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Bryan Erickson started writing music in the late 80s, but had to wait for the early 90s...
V/A Dark Nouveau (Digital Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave, dark-pop, minimal-electro, dream-pop. Background/Info: “Dark Nouveau” features a fine selection of twenty four bands from all over...
Nero Bellum – NFRN° (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronic. Background/Info: We all know Nero Bellum as the spirit behind Psyclon Nine. On “NFRN°” Nero Bellum wanted...
Junkie Flamingos – Lemegeton Party (Vinyl Album – The Helen Scarsdale Agency)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, electronic, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: “Lemegeton Party” is the debut (mini)-album by Junkie Flamingos. This new band was set...
‘Click Interview’ with Nevel: ‘I Wanted To Create My Own Orb Track’
Bart Van Meulebroeck is already active for years now in the Belgian electro fields. He got involved with very different...
It’s For Us – Stay (Vinyl Album – Novoton)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: Swedish formation It’s For Us claims to compose post-punk music. “Stay” is the band’s second full length,...
God Body Disconnect – The Mist Between Mirrors (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: It took two years for Bruce Moallem (aka God Body Disconnect) to achieve his third solo-album, which...
Sphäre Sechs – Transient Lunar Phenomenon (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Martin Stürtzer (Phelios) and Christian Stritzel have been active for a couple of years under the...
Dronny Darko & RNGMNN – Sector Hydra (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Sector Hydra” resulted from the common efforts between Ukrainian artist Oleg Puzan (aka Dronny Darko)...
My Love Kills – Glitch (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: The debut-album “Glitch” resulted from the common efforts between V.V. Arkames (Ad Inferna) and Fredrik Sigeback...
Millions Of Dead Tourists – Helicoide (CD Album – 1000+1TiLt)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, industrial. Background/Info: Millions Of Dead Tourists is a Greek formation, which has released their second album. “Helicoide”...
Descendeur – Shoker Necklage (Vinyl 10” – Warm Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, experimental. Background/Info: Descendeur is a French music project set up by Arno Bruil (who’s also involved with France...
Meager Benefits – Crawling (CD Album – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, ambient. Background/Info: “Crawling” is the third album by the French solo-project Meager Benefits. Set up by Theo Parlier...
Human Steel – Invaders (CD Album – Human Steel)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by the Polish duo Wojciech Gierowski (aka ‘Lindey Lindstorm’) and Marcin Wanat “Invaders”...
Brass Box – The Cathedral (Vinyl Album – Dune Altar)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Brass Box is a Los Angeles (USA) based formation, which is already active for a couple...
SynthAttack – Join Us (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, aggrotech. Background/Info: “Join Us” is SynthAttack’s fourth album since the opening full length “To The Floor” (2015). The...
Auger – From Now On I (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal. Background/Info: “From Now On I” is the second full length album by the British duo Kyle Wilson -...
‘Click Interview’ with Icd-10: ‘Some Make Music To Open Hearts – We Aim To Perforate Other Organs’
ICD-10 is a medical classification for systematization of diagnoses. It means ‘International Classification of Diseases‘ and was created by the...
Torul – Hikikomori (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Slovenian formation Torul is already active since 2003. They progressively became an established electro-pop formation and...
