Łubin – Gaza (Digital/CD Album – Zoharum)
Rafał Kołacki and Grzegorz Kaźmierski form the Polish duo Łubin, which released its second album this year. The album’s title...
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.
Omen:Code – Alpha:State (Digital/CD Album – Dependent)
Omen:Code came about somewhat by chance but quickly evolved into a new band led by Brit Kevin Gould—known to some...
Ethnea Nekrōn – Exo-Metempsychosis (Digital/CD Album – Winter-Light)
This new project was founded by two trusted artists from the Winter-Light label. Maurizio Landini (Onasander, Les Anges Morts) and...
Lambwool – Ashes (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
It has been 20 years since Cyril Laurent released his first album on the French label Divine Comedy Records. Over...
Cryogenic Echelon – A Monument To Me (Digital Album – Alfa Matrix)
Before Gerry Hawkins began making music under his sonic alter egos Avarice In Audio, Prozium, and Dream Recall, he was...
Brooddark – Overvoltage (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Little information is available about Yaroslav Gavrilyuk and his sonic alter ego, Brooddark. A collaboration with Tsarewitch was also released...
Fermion Interview: ‘We got a lot of help from covid’
Fermion is an American duo formed by Augustine Backer and Eric Shans. I had the chance to discover them through...
NoRinTon – Leviathan (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
This album marks Alireza Fatemi Jahanabadi’s official debut as NoRinTon. Leviathan contains 12 tracks, including four created in collaboration with...
Après La Nuit – Aller-Retour (Digital/CD Album – Echozone)
Three years after their debut album, Richard Abdeni (formerly of Les Anges De La Nuit) and Marilyne B. return as...
Cut.Rate.Box – Luxury Anxiety (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Greg Wygonik was particularly active and successful throughout the ’90s and early ’00s with his Cut.Rate.Box project. The band then...
Llyn Y Cwn – Megaliths In Dub (Digital/CD Album – Cold Spring)
Last year, Ben Powell released the album “Megaliths”, and now the Welshman returns with a completely different approach, transforming its...
Chimehours – Underneath The Earth (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Spring)
Chimehours is a new project founded by Beck Goldsmith and Jon Dix, who already knew each other from previous collaborations....
Dark Minimal Project – Pleasure Is A Sin (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Infacted Recordings)
Dark Minimal Project was originally a duo formed in 2021 by Guillaume “VDR” Vanderosieren and Ange Vesper. They soon became...
Dayofwrath – And The World Will Perish In Flames (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Dayofwrath’s debut album was originally released on cassette by Cloister Recordings in 2021. This year, Cyclic Law released the work...
Tobias Bernstrup Interview: ‘Playing an instrument is an art’
Swedish musician and queer artist Tobias Bernstrup returned this year with his seventh album. “Shadow Dancer” has been released by Nadanna. The...
Ajna – New Revelations Of Being (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
American artist Chris F., better known through his sonic alter-ego Ajna, remains an exceptionally prolific figure—one who often manages to...
Two Phase U – Technowledge 2024 (Digital/CD Album – Little Butterfly Records)
Two Phase U is a Uruguayan project founded in the late 1990s by Hernán González. Over the years, they have...
Compulsions Analysis – Die Revealing (Digital/CD Album – Alien Productions)
Compulsions Analysis is an American solo project led by Nikolas Vudu. “Die Revealing” is the project’s debut album and features...
Assemblage 23 – Null (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Metropolis Records)
Tom Shear will forever be associated with the rise of Future-Pop, even if the term itself has faded significantly over...
Assassun – Retrofate (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
German artist Alexander Donat continues to be ultra-creative, releasing numerous productions under his various projects. Vlimmer remains the most familiar...
SIIE – Acmé (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Cold Transmission Music)
SIIE is a Swiss–German duo that has released numerous singles this year, culminating in this 10-track debut album. The record...
S Y Z Y G Y X – Sinner (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Luna Blanc needed a full four years to complete her fourth opus. The American artist has delivered a remarkable collection...
Grey Gallows – Dunkelheit (Digital/CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
This is already Grey Gallows’ third album, released through Cold Transmission Music, following two previous full-length records and a self-released...
Fïx8:Sëd8 Interview: ‘I am trying to write the best possible song every time’
I vividly remember hearing the very first self-released album by Fïx8:Sëd8. That was almost 20 years ago, in 2006, and...
Ozibut – Multifacette (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Ozibut is a French solo project I wasn’t familiar with before. Apparently, a debut album was released in 2018, and...
Mark E Moon – Pop Noir (Digital/CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
This is already the fourth album by the band from the Isle of Man. They began with an extremely dark—yet...
Oliver Decrow – Restless Imagination (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Cold transmission Music)
In 2024, this German artist released his official debut album, “I’m Too Young To Die”. This year, he returns with...
Rina Pavar – Six (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
“Six” is the second album by German artist Rina Pavar. Released earlier this year, it features nine songs revolving around...
Crying Vessel – Sepulchers: The Servant (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Swiss band Crying Vessel released two albums on the same day: the Dark-Wave-focused “Sepulchers: The Maiden” and its counterpart “Sepulchers:...
Crying Vessel – Sepulchers: The Maiden (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Crying Vessel was formed in 2010 and has released several albums on various labels. Earlier this year, they returned with...
Propter Hoc – Seduction And Betrayal (Digital/CD Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Last year, Scottish artist J.A. Harrington released his first official album—after numerous self-released works—and returned this spring with ten new...
Nero Kane – For The Love The Death And The Poetry (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Subsound Records)
Italian artist Nero Kane—real name Marco Mezzadri—has previously released three albums and returns this year with a new nine-track opus,...
Staatseinde Interview: ‘We don’t believe in borders!’
Staatseinde is a Dutch duo that released its first official record in 2010, followed by numerous singles, EPs, and albums....
Daniel Szwed – Splinter (Digital/CD Album – Rope Worm)
After his debut album released last year, Polish artist Daniel Szwed (also known for his work with BNNT) returns with...
The Dreams Never End – Alma Partida (Digital/CD Album – Anti Demos Cracia)
The Dreams Never End is a Portuguese band that launched in 2014 and has primarily released a handful of singles....
Myselfson – Resistance (Digital/CD Album – Foundry Records)
The French band Myselfson emerged several years ago and released their debut album back in 2018. It has taken some...
Camilla Sparksss – Icu Run (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – On The Camper Records)
The new album by Swiss-Canadian artist Camilla Sparksss—real name Barbara Lehnhoff—marks her fourth release to date. She blends a wide...
Melt Motif – Feeding The Error (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Lärmbild)
Melt Motif is a Norwegian project that has released its fourth album in four years. The band draws on a...
Stoneburner – Post . Industrial . Occult (Digital/CD Album – COP International)
It’s been over twenty years since Steven Archer (of Ego Likeness) founded Stoneburner. What began as a Tribal/Electro/Industrial project has,...
Lovina Falls – Would That It Were (Digital EP – Lovina Falls)
American artist Valerie Forgione has long been active on the Boston music scene and, in recent years, has performed under...
Melkor – Udkraxsha (Digital/CD Album – PharmaFabrik)
Melkor is an Iranian solo project led by Behrad Fountain. The artist has reportedly been active for several years, yet...
Oldschool Union Interview: ‘It’s good to challenge yourself’
Oldschool Union was formed in 2009 by Seppo Ahlstedt and Janne Vilen. After self-releasing their debut album “Vanha Koulu” in...
La Nuit Electrique – Experiments In Collapsology (Digital Album – Whispered)
La Nuit Electrique is a Belgian solo project founded and inspired by Stéphane K. Vandezande, who also established the Whisper...
Inanis Yoake – Swallow Mist (Digital/CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
We welcome the third album from the duo Inanis Yaoke, composed of Simone Skeleton and Risa Hara. For this release,...
Fritz & Tony – The Party’s Over (Digital/CD Album – Dark Vinyl Records)
Behind this somewhat playful band name lies a legendary duo: Fritz Hagal (Sonne Hagal) and Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), joined...
Years Of Denial – Love Cuts (Digital/Vinyl EP – VEYL)
Founded in 2016 and driven by French musician Jérôme Tcherneyan and Czech performance artist, musician, and poet Barkosina Hanusova, Years...
Monosonik interview: ‘AI cannot replace the emotion of building a project’
The Italian music project Monosonik was founded several years ago by Corrado Altieri and Giorgio Ricci. The latter is certainly...
Deison & Mingle – Everything Collapse(d) – Piano Versions (Digital/CD Album – LOUD!, Final Muzik en St.An.Da.)
“Everything Collapse(d)” is the first album that brought together Italian artists Cristiano Deison and Andrea Gastaldello. That was in 2014...
Autumn Tears – Crown Of The Clairvoyant (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – The Circle Music)
It has been about thirty years since Autumn Tears released their first work. After so many years and numerous releases,...
Mother Motor – Night Shark (Digital/CD Album – Intelligent Communications)
Mother Motor is a German band I can’t recall much about. There’s mention of a debut album dating back to...
Bodega System – Mausoleum Options (Digital Album – Grant’s Tomb)
Bodega System is a mysterious American project based in New York. It’s been 30 years since Bodega System began releasing...
Feu Follet – Swamps Of Sadness (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
This is the sixth album by French artist Alban Blaising, better known as Feu Follet. Once again, he has invited...
Anton – Glacier / Volcan (Digital/CD Album – Icy Cold Records)
Anton is a French project from Paris, founded in 2021 by Anton Steinbock. With this first official album, Anton delivers...
øjeRum – Drømme I Langsomt Stof (Digital/CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Danish artist Paw Grabowski has released an impressive number of productions, and his creativity seems unstoppable. He puts out several...
CosmoBrigade interview: ‘Isolation and Despair’
CosmoBrigade is a Czech four-piece band formed in 2023. Things took off quickly for this Dark-Wave–inspired group, which soon began...
Vestigal – Descending Vastness (Digital/CD Album – Cyclic Law)
The Italian solo project Vestigal returns with its first new album since 2008. Little is known about Vestigal, yet what...
We The North – Love + Death (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Nadanna)
Besides his earlier projects like Cyanide and Unitary, Johan Hansson has in recent years focused primarily on We The North....
Tobias Bernstrup – Shadow Dancer (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Nadanna)
This is already the seventh album from Swedish artist Tobias Bernstrup, featuring 10 brand-new tracks and 4 remixes.Bernstrup stays true...
Like What – Anniversary Anthology (Digital EP – Like What)
Like What is an American solo project that emerged during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Since then, the artist has released several...
Navel Nova – The Seed (Digital EP – Navel Nova)
Navel Nova stands out as one of this year’s most promising new solo projects, created by Lieven Van Gasse. He...
Fermion – Conflicted (Digital/CD Album – Re:Mission Entertainment)
Eric Shans and Augustine Backer have been active as Fermion for several years now. “Conflicted” is the American duo’s fourth...
Sylvgheist Maëlström interview: ‘An evocation of intangible time’
Sylvgheist Maëlström is a French solo project led by Julien Sylvgheist, whom I’ve been following since his first album. From...
Data H – Silence Between Errors (Digital Album – Collippo Robots)
Data H is a Portuguese solo project that has released a debut album featuring ten tracks. Aside from a few...
Avfall – Weltschmerz (Digital/CD Album – Novoton)
The Stockholm-based duo Avfall formed several years ago, but this year appears to have been particularly productive for them. “Weltschmerz”...
Vioflesh – Nostalgia (Digital/CD/Vinel/Cassette Album – darkTunes Music Group / Young And Cold Records)
Vioflesh is a Chilean male-female duo who, with this album, present their first full-length release. Young And Cold Records released...
The Allegorist – From Birth Until Death (Digital/Vinyl Album – Awaken Chronicles)
Anna Jordan — better known as The Allegorist — presents a new album that she spent several years crafting. Its...
