Lobby – Fragrance (CD Album – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Lobby is a French band set up in 2017 and signed to the new label...
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.
Frame – The Journey (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: Eugenio Vatta and Andrea Benedetti are based in Rome (Italy) and involved with sonic projects since...
‘Click Interview’ with Viviankrist: ‘Equipment Gives Me Inspiration’
Viviankrist is a minimal electro/power-noise project set up by Japanese female artist Eri Isaka. Around 1997-1999 she was member of...
Flowers For Bodysnatchers – Alive With Scars (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Duncan Ritchie better known as the sonic instigator behind Flowers For Bodysnatchers is back on track...
Dead Melodies – Primal Destination (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Tom Moore active as Dead Melodies remains very prolific, unleashing his fifth full length album since...
Ugasanie & Dronny Darko – Arctic Gates (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: “Arctic Gates” resulted from the common efforts between two familiar artists from the Cryo Chamber label....
Tomb Of Ordeals (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: We welcome the fourth volume of the “Tomb”-series created by Cryo Chamber this time dealing about...
‘Click Interview’ with Fiction 8: ‘Streaming Has Become To Music As Plastic Is To Food’
American formation Fiction 8 has been always a bit of mystery to me. Set up in the 90s their sound...
Horologium – Atavistic Americana (Vinyl Album – Sky Burial Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, cinematographic, experimental, martial. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 by Polish artist Grzegorz Siedlecki, Horologium became a respected and...
MZ.412 – Svartmyrkr (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Black-industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: MZ.412 (formerly known as Maschinenzimmer 412) gained recognition as the so-called inventors of ‘black-industrial’ music. Set...
Viviankrist – Morgenrøde (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, Noise. Background/Info: Some of you might have heard of Vivian Slaughter who was member of the female...
‘Click Interview’ with Morgue Poetry: ‘It Is Mainly A Question Of Money How Long It’s Gonna Take Me To Publish New Songs’
I last year discovered the German duo Wisborg releasing their debut album “The Tragedy Of Seconds Gone” on Danse Macabre....
Stillnox – Mercury (CD Album – Seraphin Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Poland, but based in Manchester (UK) Martin Seraphin is already busy with music...
Noisuf-X – Invader (CD Album – Dark Dimensions / ProNoize)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rave, dark-electro-trance. Background/Info: “Invader” is the tenth full length album by Jan Loamfield under the Noisuf-X moniker. The album...
Metroland – Framed + Framed Anew (Vinyl Double Album + CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland last year unleashed their fourth full length “Men In A Frame”; a conceptual album about...
Form Follows Function – Arsenic (CD Album – E-Noxe Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, wave-pop. Background/Info: Form Follows Function (FFF) is a German duo set up in 2017 by Bianca Stücker (lyrics...
Darkness On Demand – Detoxination (CD Album – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Dance Or Die is death, long live to Darkness On Demand. One year after the interesting debut...
Daniel Hall – Elevate (CD Album + DVD – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Australian electro-pop artist Daniel Hall has released his eleventh full length album. It also became a kind...
Daniel Hall – The Collection (USB Key Album – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Daniel Hall celebrates his tenth full length album with a real special production. “The Collection” is partly...
V/A Endzeit Bunkertracks Act VIII (4CD Album + 40 Downloadable Bonus Songs – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, electro-industrial, techno-body, power-noise, IDM. Background/Info: The first ‘act’ from this now legendary compilation was released in 2005....
Vlimmer – XII (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: The twelfth EP in the series of eighteen set up by Vlimmer comes together with...
Vlimmer – XI (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: German artist Alexander Leonard Donat, better known under the Vlimmer moniker is back on track...
‘Click Interview’ with The Young Gods: ‘I Can See That Some People Of The Young Generation Have Understood The Essence Of Punk’
The Young Gods are back! “Data Mirage Tangram” released on Two Gentlemen Records is the Swiss band’s first new studio...
The Young Gods – Data Mirage Tangram (CD Album – Two Gentlemen Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, ambient, psychedelic. Background/Info: The legendary Swiss formation The Young Gods are back on track, unleashing their first new...
Throbberstalk repowered by Vore Complex – Petrichor / Mastered Version (CD Album – Vore Complex)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-industrial, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: This album was originally released in 2017 and consisted of songs originally composed by Throbberstalk...
Projekt203 – Virus (CD Album – Projekt203)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock. Background/Info: Hailing from Slovakia this trio has been featured on a few compilations, but their self-released “Virus” album...
Lech Nienartowicz – Wzdłuż Pasma (CD Album – Kosmodron)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: Lech Nienartowicz is a Polish artist based in Toruń. He’s involved with different projects and is...
Panacea – Beyond All Boundaries (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: Some will remember Mathis Mootz for his great work under the M² (Squaremeter) moniker, but his main...
Crystal Geometry – Red Faith Militia (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Techno, techno-EBM. Background/Info: Crystal Geometry is one of Sonic Groove’s latest signings. This project is hailing from Grenoble (France),...
Darkness On Demand – Detoxination (Digital EP – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: From Dance Or Die to Darkness On Demand not much has really changed in style and...
Pseudokrupp Project – This Is The New Black (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Hailing from Berlin (Germany) Pseudokrupp Project has mainly self-released all its productions since their beginning. The...
‘Click Interview’ with Alien Skin: ‘With A Change Of Attitude Comes The Choice Of ‘Sound’ Itself’
Alien Skin is an Australian synth-pop project set up in 2008 by George Pappas. George has been involved with the...
Metal Disco – Vade Mecum (CD Album – Detonic Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro, electroclash, body-pop. Background/Info: “Vade Mecum” is the second full length album by the Greek project Metal Disco....
Fiction 8 – The Bleak Disease (CD Album – Fiction 8)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Texan formation Fiction 8 was mainly active during the 90s. The band driven by Michael Smith...
Sonorus7 – Acid Pops (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2017 by Liss Eulenherz (Intent:Outtake, Project Snowflake), Clodi Korzin (La Magra, Mental Defect)...
Morgue Poetry – In The Absence Of Light (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, folk-noir. Background/Info: Morgue Poetry is the solo-project of Konstantin Michaely who’s involved with Wisborg. Wisborg last year released...
Dead Inside – Dead Inside (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Rock-gothic, gothic, death-rock. Background/Info: Dead Inside is a new formation hailing from Italy unleashing their debut work on Danse...
Blutengel – Un:Gott (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: The new Blutengel album comes exactly 20 years after the band’s official debut opus “Child Of...
Art Kinder Industrie – 1988-1990 (CD Album – +Closer²)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-industrial. Background/Info: Art Kinder Industrie is a French duo that was active in between the late 80s and...
‘Click Interview’ with Front Line Assembly: ‘Starting A Revolution Might Cut Into Binge Watching Your Favorite Netflix Series’
When it comes to EBM, Front Line Assembly weren’t only pioneers, but still a formation that never stopped exploring new...
Kill Shelter – Damage (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Pete Burns is a multi-instrumentalist and producer operating from Edinburgh (Scotland). “Damage” is the first album...
Nova-Spes – WorldWideWar Zone (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Based in Leipzig (Germany) Nova-Spes has been active since 1999. Their official releases were all released...
Electronikboy – Short Circuit (DCD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Electronikboy originally started as a duo and have been joined later on by a third member....
Ultranoire – Isolation (CD EP – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Based in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) the duo Josef Stapel - Szilard Kun have already released...
‘Click Interview’ with Soman: ‘I Am Fond Of Ignoring Rules’
Kolja Trelle is not exactly what I would qualify as a ‘traditional’ electronic artist. His debut album “Sound Pressure” released...
Supercraft – Select & Operate (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: The Norwegian Supercraft duo is back on track. They previously released two albums: “Things We Do” (2009)...
E-Gens – Prometheus (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Russian E-Gens call themselves a ‘neo-romantic duo'. They started playing music in 1987 as AT-Home. Later on...
Axel Samano – Deus Ex Machina (DCD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, symphonic-pop. Background/Info: The best way to introduce Axel Samano is to read what he has to say: ‘despite...
Apsürde – Inglourious Heroes (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop Background/Info: Apsürde is based in Budapest (Hungary) and has been active since 2006. They released the EP “See...
Blippblopporkestern – Människomusik (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: ScentAir Records is clearly open to international electro-pop bands. With Blippblopporkestern they signed a Swedish project set...
Alien Skin – P.O.P. Pop (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, minimal-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 Alien Skin’s creative spirit George Pappas will be always linked to Reaf...
Frontline Assembly – Wake Up The Coma (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Frontline Assembly have been active for more than 30 years now. They don’t exactly release a...
‘Click Interview’ with Borghesia: ‘Like Every Style Of Music, EBM Also Had A Limited Period Of Duration’
Set up in 1982 in Ljubljana (Slovenia) Borghesia became a so-called pioneer in the electronic-underground scene. Early albums such as...
Myselfson – Memory Park (CD Album – Myselfson)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Background/Info: Myselfson is a French duo based in Paris and which is now active since 2009. “Memory...
Indalaska – Poésie Surnaturelle (Cassette Album – Ikuisuus)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, ambient. Background/Info: Indalaska is a new project set up by the brothers Frédéric and Olivier Charlot. You...
Rasky Sadagr – Sacrifice (Digital EP – Rasky Sadagr)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, experimental. Background/Info: Rasky Sadagr (aka Lukas Barovka) is a German artist who already released a few digital releases....
The Evasion On Stake – Noises And Prayers (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: Russian label ScentAir Records goes back in time releasing a compilation of early work from the...
‘Click Interview’ with Orange Sector: ‘We Don‘T Like Bands That Behave Like The Next Big Superstars’
Set up in 1992 by the Hannover duo Lars Felker – Martin Bodewell, Orange Sector would rapidly conquer the EBM...
Deimos Moon – Dark Desire (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Originally set up in 2012 by Russian DJ and composer Aleksey Osipov, Deimos Moon’s line-up was completed...
United And Identified – Forever Homeward (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: “Forever Homeward” is the second album of the Belgian electro formation United And Identified. The album...
Otavan Veret – Syvys (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Four years after their self-titled debut album the Finnish duo Kaarna & Kivelä are back on track...
Scott Fox – The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, ambient. Background/Info: We all know Scott Fox for his involvement with iVardensphere and more recently This Morn’Omina....
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult – In The House Of Strange Affairs (CD Album – Sleazebox Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-pop, electro-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 1987 and hailing from Chicago (USA) Groovie Mann and Buzz McCoy became...
Larva – The Sun Has Set Over Russia (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Larva has been active since 2003 and is actually finishing their eight official full length. They became...
‘Click Interview’ with Culture Kultür: ‘Dancing With Tears In Our Eyes’
The Spanish formation Culture Kultür saw the daylight in 1992. Josua Clotet remained the single core member while singer Salva...
Innerwoud & Astrid Stockman – Haven (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, neo-classic. Background/Info: “Haven” resulted from the common efforts between Pieter-Jan Van Assche (Innerwoud) on double bass and soprano...
