Adsol – Endzeit (Digital EP – Eos .audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Greek musician Stelios Goulas started his activities under the Adsol moniker in 2012. Several EP’s/singles have been...
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.
Massive Ego – Church For The Malfunctioned (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: UK band Massive Ego centered on the charismatic ‘Marc Massive’ is already active for several...
Black Line – Sedition (Digital EP – Black Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Black Line, the project driven by Cyrusrex and Douglas J. McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) plus the addition of...
‘Click Interview’ with OHMelectronic: ‘I Don’t Want To Put Out Music That I Feel Has Already Been Done’
Craig Huxtable (Landscape Body Machine) and Chris Peterson (Decree, Left Spine Down, Damage Control, FLA…) started a common project Öhm...
Bückle / Vogt – Before We Rise (CD EP – Editions Furioso)
Genre/Influences: Trip-pop. Background/Info: Phillipp Bückle (owner of Tarkovsky Green Records) and Karen Vogt (still involved with Heligoland) met in Paris...
DeepDark / Paranoia Inducta – Mind Games (CD Album Noctivagant)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: DeepDark (Dmitry Vologdin) and Paranoia Inducta (Anthony ‘Armageddon Destroyer’)both have already released several split releases with other...
Mind Machine – Return To The Machine (CD Album – Mind Machine)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Originally set up in 1989 and split up in 1995, the American synth-pop formation got back to...
Metatron Omega – Evangelikon (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Serbian artist Scorpio V is back on track unleashing his fourth full length album since 2015....
Alphaxone – Chronosphere (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Iranian composer Mehdi Saleh is already back with a new opus. He released an impressive number...
Ager Sonus – Mithra (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Thomas Langewehr became a very prolific artist since he set up Ager Sonus. One year after...
Aesthetic Perfection – Into The Black (CD Album – Close To Human Music)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Daniel Graves and his creative exposure Aesthetic Perfection are back on track unleashing a new...
‘Click Interview’ with Beinhaus: ‘Electronic-Punk With Industrial Drums’
Did you ever heard of Beinhaus? I didn’t it! Set up in 1994 by core members Robert Glück and Marko...
Uncarnate – Reality Breakdown (CD Mini-Album – Uncarnate)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Adam Radziszewski and Wojciech Jarzębak is the Polish duo hiding behind Uncarnate. Nearly four years after their...
Rapoon – Sol Laude / Mercury Rising 3 (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: “Sol Laude” is the final chapter from the “Mercury Rising”-trilogy, which started in 2017 to celebrate...
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Closed Mouth – [One] (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze, dream-pop, gothic. Background/Info: Closed Mouth is a French project set up by busy bee Yannick Rault (Triple...
Rune Clausen – Tones Jul (CD Album – Forwind)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Rune Clausen is a Norwegian artist who already released a few previous productions. This album is for...
Tropic Of Coldness – Maps Of Reason (CD Album – Krysalisound)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: Tropic Of Coldness is an Italian -American duo who met in Brussels. They already released...
‘Click Interview’ with Novocibirsk: ‘The Approach That Was Mine, Was Not To Compose Music’
Electro-pop lovers know the French label BOREDOMproduct. This label is the host of bands such as Celluloide, Dekad, Foretaste… but...
Seetyca – Trances (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: German project Seetyca has released an endless number of productions since 2002. “Trances” is the newest...
Nahja Mora – Final Realization Of Failure (CD Album – Nahja Mora)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Hailing from Baltimore (USA) Nahja Mora is the sonic brainchild of Josef Saint. Nahja Mora already...
Nothing But Noise – Formations Magnétiques Et Phénomènes D’incertitude (DCD Album – db2fluctuation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Old Front 242 mates Daniel B. (Prothese) and Dirk Bergen are back on track unleashing this...
Kompromat – Traum Und Existenz (CD Album – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, electroclash, electro-punk. Background/Info: Kompromat is a new project featuring Vitalic and Rebeka Warrior. The sound is inspired by...
Karabine – Octobre Rouge (Digital EP – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal-techno, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Karabine is a new French project, which has been introduced as a ‘seasoned French producer,...
Heathens – Love Songs for Insensitive People (CD Album – Shyrec / Ricco Label)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Heathens is an Italian formation operating from Venetia. Set up in 2012 by the brothers Mattia...
‘Click Interview’ with Mark Burghgraeve: ‘We Were Multicultural Anarchists With A Rainbow Of Tastes And Opinions’
Does the name Mark Burghraeve make ring a bell? No doubt about it, ‘older’ electro heads know this Belgian artist...
Cubanate – Kolossus (Digital EP – Armalyte Industries)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, crossover. Background/Info: Twenty one years after their last studio work under the Cubanate moniker, core members Marc Heal...
Tomohiko Sagae – Entrainment (Vinyl 12” – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: After having released his debut full length “Sensory Deprivation” on Hands (2017) this Japanese producer joined hands...
Click Interview with The Overlookers: ‘We Wanted To Break The Rock‘N’roll Codes’
The French electro-pop label BOREDOMproduct doesn’t often sign new bands. So I was really wondering who was hiding behind this...
New Frames – Schweres Wasser (Vinyl 12” – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: When Mathis Mootz (Panacea, M² ao) and David Frisch unleashed their debut album “Resistance Through Rituals” in...
Monographic – Structures (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2014 the Hamburger (Germany) based Monographic joined hands together with Cold Transmission Music...
The Bluebeard’s Castle – Beyond The Door (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: The Bluebeard’s Castle is a French duo set up in 2017 by Yannick Rault (Triple Sun,...
La Mécanique – Dernier Voyage (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: La Mécanique is the sonic brainchild of Canadian musician Francis Nothingwater. He set up this project in...
Interview with Test Dept.: ‘The 80s Were An Amazing Time For Musical Development’
Back in the early 80s I’d the opportunity to see ‘new’ musical styles and bands emerging at the surface. One...
V/A Zeitgeist Vol.9 (Digital Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electro-wave, cold-wave. Background/Info: German label Cold Transmission Music moves on with the “Zeitgeist”-series unleashing the ninth volume. This...
Palais Ideal – Pressure Points (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave. Background/Info: Last year I discovered the German duo John Edwards (guitars, vocals, synths, programming) - Richard van...
Rosi – Grey City Life (CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Sven Rosenkötter and Mirco Rappsilber set up Rosi in 2014. A first album “Grey City Life”...
V/A Zeitgeist Vol.8 (Digital Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-rock, post-punk, gothic. Background/Info: This is volume number eight from the “Zeitgeist”-compilation series set up by German label...
The New Blockaders – Live At Sonic City (CD + DVD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Noise. Background/Info: The New Blockaders are commonly considered as one of the noise pioneers. They were inspired by the...
Anni Hogan – Lost In Blue (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, jazz, cabaret. Background/Info: Anni Hogan belongs to this list of mythical artists from the 80s underground movement. She...
Stahlgeist – Escape Reality (Digital Album – Stahlgeist)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Stahlgeist is a new Hungarian EBM duo set up in 2017. The band is driven by Istvan...
Jowisz / H.ø.s.t. – Ages Of Determination (CD Album – Spatha Production)
Genre/Influences: Martial, dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: “Ages Of Determination” is a split release featuring two Polish projects dealing with dark-military music....
‘Click Interview’ with Agent Side Grinder: ‘A/X Is A Crucial Album To Us, It’s The Rebirth Of The Band’
Swedish formation Agent Side Grinder saw the daylight in 2005. Their previous and successful full length “Alkimia” was released in...
Mr.Kitty – Ephemeral (DCD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: ‘Forrest LeMaire’ aka Mr.Kitty is without a shadow of a doubt one of the hottest electro-pop...
Nature Of Wires – Reborn (CD EP – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Set up in the 80s, Nature Of Wires after a long hibernation came back to life...
Parade Ground – Life (CD Album – VUZ Records / Other Voices Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, wave-pop. Background/Info: Belgian brothers Jean-Marc and Pierre Pauly are back on track releasing their first live album ever....
People Theatre – Chapter II / Staring At The Sun (CD EP – GoM Production / Foundry Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Four years have passed since the first chapter “Dare At Dawn”. French producer, composer, producer Peter...
‘Click Interview’ with Knight$: ‘I Really Feel It’s Some Of The Best Stuff I’ve Made’
UK artist James Knights has been involved with Scarlet Soho and Boytronic. During the past few years he set up...
Waiting For Words – Egocracy (CD Album – Foundry Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: French trio ‘ZeN’ (vocals, keyboards, programming), ‘Soe V’ (vocals, keyboards) and Peter Rainman (keyboards, programming and...
Frozen Plasma – Pakt (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Frozen Plasma strikes back with a particular album; kind of ‘featuring’-releasing on, which the German duo invited...
Uncreated – Eternal (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: After a few noticeable EP’s it’s not time to Patrik Hansson (Vanguard) to unleash his debut solo-album....
Felix Marc – Substance (Digital Album – Felix Marc)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: We all know Felix Marc as the singer of Frozen Plasma and member of Diorama. But...
V/A Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Africa Continent (CD Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, dark-ambient, minimal-electro, industrial. Background/Info: Italian label Unexplained Sounds Group has already taken us away on different ‘cultural’...
Uncreated – Not Your Soldier (CD EP – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: This is the next EP/single released by Patrik Hansson (Vanguard) and another song that will get featured...
Uncreated – Evolve (CD EP – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Uncreated is a new Swedish solo-project set up by the singer of Vanguard Patrik Hansson. He released...
Tommy Four Seven – Veer (Vinyl Album – 47)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, d’n’b, techno. Background/Info: Operating from Berlin (Germany), British producer Tommy Four Seven –owner of 17 and also...
Résonance Magnétique – Sign (CD Album – Neris Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ambient-gothic. Background/Info: Four years after the debut album “Revoke”, French artist Ludovic Dhenry (Exponentia, Zauber) strikes back with...
Phantoms vs. Fire – WLDLFE (CD Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: This is the second album from Brazilian multi-artist Thiago C. Desant. The first work entitled...
Arkademode & Robin Boot – Weird Connection (Digital EP – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electroclash. Background/Info: “Weird Connection” resulted from the common efforts between Spanish DJ/producer Arkademode and Irish DJ/producer Robin Boot....
Finlay Shakespeare – Domestic Economy (Vinyl Album – Editions Mego)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, technoid-pop. Background/Info: Finlay Shakespeare is a new and young artist based in Bristol (UK). I noticed that last...
Liquid G. – Barbed Wire Scrap (Digital Album – Liquid Produkts)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Peter Van Bogaert is a Belgian dark-elector artist I’ve kept an eye on since the late 80s....
Agent Side Grinder – A/X (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave. Background/Info: Agent Side Grinder has been active since 2005 and are now releasing their fifth studio-album to date....
Chris Shape + Dave Inox – Fake Truths (Digital EP – +Closer²)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body music. Background/Info: This EP is the meeting between Italian producer Cristian Camporesi aka Chris Shape and Spanish...
Ascorbite – Macroscopic Framework (Vinyl Double Album – Corseque Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: Edgar Ariza aka Ascorbite is a Swedish producer based in Malmö and owner of Corseque Records (label...
Parallel Worlds – Tonal Paintings (Vinyl Album – Lost In It)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Greek artist Bakis Sirros has already been active for several years now. After having released...
‘Click Interview’ With Nimh: ‘I Have No ‘Rules’ Or A ‘Public Face’ To ‘Build’ And Promote’
Giuseppe Verticchio is an Italian artist, which is mainly active under the Nimh moniker since 2001. He released numerous works...
Nocte – Circumeuntes (CD Album – Corvus Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Nocte is hailing from Scotland. I didn’t really find relevant information about this band, but...
