Black Nail Cabaret – Pseudopop (CD Album – Dichronaut Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 the Hungarian duo Black Nail Cabaret aka Emese Arvai-Illes (vocals) and Krisztian Arvai...
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.
HΣRMΣS – An-Archon (Vinyl 12” – Coum Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: I didn’t find that much information about HΣRMΣS, which seems to be a new project. ...
Church Of Trees – The Dark & The Light (CD Album – Church Of Trees)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Church Of Trees hails from Canada. They previously released the EP “Primitive Creatures” (2017) and struck...
Zoloft Evra – Wounds Of No Return (CD Album – Liquid Death Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Italian project Zoloft Evra has been active since 2014. They previously released 2 full lengths on CD...
The Space Where She Was – How To Play Dead (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Jason J. Snell got some recognition for his involvement with Bombardier, The 13th Hour and...
Wilhelm Bras – Living Truthfully Under Imaginary Circumstances (Vinyl 12” – Wilhelm Bras)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, IDM. Background/Info: Wilhelm Bras (aka Paweł Kulczyński) is a Polish artist who’s also active as Lautbild. This...
Salt – Invisible (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, cinematographic, electro-ambient. Background/Info: We all know Stefan Alt aka ‘Salt’ as the owner of Ant-Zen. The label...
Nigh/T\mare – Hypnagogia (Digital EP – Thrènes Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Italian artist Giuseppe Sciretti aka Nigh/T\mare is a new name active in the wider fields of...
Jensen Interceptor – Mother (Vinyl 2×12” – Lone Romantic)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, IDM. Background/Info: Based in Sydney, Australia, producer Mikey Melas has released an impressive number of 12”/EP’s in a...
‘Click Interview’ with Neuroticfish: ‘If You Only Recognize Neuroticfish For What You Can Dance To, Then You Do Not Understand Us At All’
Set up in the 90s by Sascha Mario Klein, Neuroticfish became one of the ‘hottest’ formations active during the so-called...
Datapop – Pop (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish duo Mikael Larsson - Anders Wilhelm have been active for a couple of years and don’t...
Sturqen – Survivalismo (CD Album – Kvitnu)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM. Background/Info: Portuguese duoDavid Arantes - César Rodrigues have already released a few number of albums on Kvitnu....
Zavoloka – Promeni (CD Album – Kvitnu)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, rhythmic-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Kateryna Zavoloka is based in Vienna (Austria). She’s already active for several years...
Robert Lippok – Applied Autonomy (CD Album – Raster)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: Berlin based producer Robert Lippok has already been active in the music business for quite...
Oscar Mulero – Perfect Peace (CD Album – Semantica)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, techno. Background/Info: Oscar Mulero is a kind of living legend in the Spanish techno scene. He became...
Antigone – Rising (CD Album – Token Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: Antonin Jeanson aka Antigonez is a French techno producer. After multiple EP’s released over the past 7-8...
V/A Flowers From The Ashes (CD Album – Stroboscopic Artefacts)
Genre/Influences: Abstract-electro, experimental, techno, tribal-techno, ambient. Background/Info: This sampler featuring 10 artists is meant as an ‘Contemporary Italian Electronic Music’-feature....
Shiv-R – Requiem For The Hyperreal (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Australian duo Pete Crane and Ben Bulig better known under the Shiv-R moniker originally released their...
Reptilicus|Senking – Unison (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, IDM. Background/Info: Icelandic Reptilicus and German Senking joined hands for the realization of a documentary about analogue/modular...
Blutengel – Vampire (CD EP – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave. Background/Info: “Vampire” is the second single taken from the upcoming new full length “Un:Gott” by Blutengel. The new...
Apoptygma Berzerk – Soli Deo Gloria / 25th Anniversary Edition (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Apoptygma Berzerk was founded in 1989 by Stephan Groth and Jon Erik Martinsen. Stephan Groth remained...
Metroland – Reframed (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland ‘passengers’ are back on track unleashing a new and exclusive EP, which is taken from...
The Caramel Exile – The Caramel Exile (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, pop-punk. Background/Info: The Caramel Exile was set up in 2014 and is based in Bratislava (Slovakia). This is...
Pecadores – Macumbaria / 13 Anos… De Azar (CD EP – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Brazilian dark-electro formation Pecadores released their debut-EP “Macumbaria” in 2005. The title song also got featured at...
‘Click Interview’ with Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg: ‘Listen To Stuff Outside The Box Instead Of The Clichés You Usually Like’
We all know Krischan Eric-Jan Wesenberg as the creative force behind Rotersand. We also know him from his recent involvement...
Markus Midnight – Fifteen Midnight Rituals (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, cold-wave. Background/Info: Hailing from Edmonton, Canada, Markus Midnight has already been busy composing music for several years now....
Kriistal Ann – Touched On The Raw (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, jazz-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Greek artist Anna Michailidou strikes back as Kriistal Ann. She’s also involved with other electro...
Opera Multi Steel – Apparences De L’Invisible + Au Fief Des Rémanences (DCD Album – Meidosem Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave. Background/Info: This double album features a re-edition of the album “Apparences De L’Invisible” originally released in 2014...
Opera Multi Steel – Stella Obscura (Vinyl Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-wave. Background/Info: “Stella Obscura” was the fourth full length released by the French ‘cult’ band Opera Multi Steel....
Studio-X – Wrong (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, trance-pop, techno-pop. Background/Info: Australian Studio-X strikes back with the fifth full length album in the project’s history. After...
Mental Exile – Exile Nights (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Mental Exile is a new solo-project set up and driven by Damasius Venysthe (singer of Mondträume). This...
Circuito Cerrado – Furious Basslines (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-electro, industrial-rave, dark-electro. Background/Info: Marrko B. (mainly known from C-Lekktor) and ‘Psyklon’ are back on track unleashing the third...
Borghesia – Proti Kapitulaciji (CD Album – Moonlee Records)
Genre/Influences: Rock-pop, industrial-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 1982, Slovenian formation Borghesia became one of the EBM pioneers. The band became...
‘Click Interview’ with Indarra: ‘Why Bother Creating Something That Is Derivative, That’s Already Been Done Before’
© Gordon Hawkins Does the name Sue Hutton make ring a bell? If not you might remember Rhea’s Obsession, the...
Cellar Graves – Omen (Digital Album – Cellar Graves)
Genre/Influences: Dark rhythmic-ambient, electro-cinematographic. Background/Info: Cellar Graves is Chase Dobson, an American artist you maybe remember from C.DB.SN, which released...
VV303 – Cocaine Blues (Digital EP – Nu Body Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: Belgian artist Steve Deconinck has already been active for a couple of years now under the...
‘Click Interview’ with Solitary Experiments: ‘The Feedback From The Audience Is The Biggest Thank You We Can Think Of’
Solitary Experiments is a band I’m following from their very early debut. The German formation was set up in 1994...
Turgor – Imferrum (CD Album – Ölocaust Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Turgor is a Russian trio set up in 2017. “Imferrum” must be the first exposure from the...
Teahouse Radio – Her Quiet Garden (CD Album – Hypnagoga Press)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Teahouse Radio is a new project driven by Pär Boström. We all know his involvement with...
Murcof – Lost In Time (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Fernando Corona was born in Mexico, grew up in the USA and is now based in...
Halo Effect – Shout (CD Album – Space Race Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Italian Halo Effect has already been active since 2001 and this release, “Shout” is their fifth...
‘Click Interview’ with Atrium Carceri: ‘I Am A Very Technically Inclined Producer’
In 2003 I heard the debut album “Cellblock” from the Swedish solo-project Atrium Carceri. This dark-ambient opus was one more...
Djedjotronic – R.U.R. (Vinyl Album – Boysnoize Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: French DJ/producer Jérèmy Cottereau is now based in Berlin. He can look back at an impressive...
V/A Awake The Machines Vol. 8 (3CD – Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, future-pop, electro-pop, gothic, industrial-rock, industrial-metal. Background/Info: The latest volume of the Out Of Line compilation “Awake The...
Syrian – Sirius Interstellar (Digital Album – Syrian)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, dance-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Italian formation Syrian gained recognition during the glorious days of future-pop music. After having released...
Rome – Le Ceneri Di Heliodoro (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Martial, neo-folk, apocalyptic-rock, chanson. Background/Info: “Le Ceneri Di Heliodoro” (“The ashes Of Heliodoro”) is the thirteenth album of Jérôme...
‘Click Interview’ with !Distain: ‘The Band Is More Important Than The Ego’
Alexander Braun and Manfred Thomaser both remain the single members on board of !distain. This German electro-pop formation is active...
‘Click Interview’ with Adam X: ‘I’ve Always Been Into The Cerebral/Out Of Worldly Side Of Electronic Music’
Born in New York (USA), but now based in Berlin (Germany) for years Adam Mitchell aka Adam X is a...
Xabec – From The Archives 1999 – 2009 (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, cinematographic. Background/Info: Set up by Manuel G. Richter in the late 90s and remaining active until 2013,...
Ah Cama-Sotz – I Believe / Allerheiligenvloed (DCD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno, tribal-techno, cinematographic. Background/Info: Herman Klapholz strikes back with his ‘Mother-ship’ project Ah Cama-Sotz. “I Believe” has been...
16Pad Noise Terrorist – Eunoia (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Breakcore, industrial d’n’b. Background/Info: Candy Schlüer (also known from S.K.E.T.) strikes back with 16PNT. “Eunoia” is the project’s fourth...
End.user – Resurface (CD EP – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial d’n’b – breakcore. Background/Info: American artist Lynn Standafer has already been active for numerous years now under the...
Totakeke – Telematic (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, experimental. Background/Info: Frank Mokros seems to have taken a break with Totakeke. Active since 2003 this new...
Neuroticfish – Antidoron (CD Album – Non Ordinary Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Neuroticfish was set up in 1995 and made some real successful productions during the glorious...
‘Click Interview’ with Tobias Bernstrup: ‘We Are Lost In-Between Real And Virtual Life’
Tobias Bernstrup is maybe not the most renowned artist dealing with electro-pop- and Italo-disco music, but I personally consider him...
Synapscape – Still (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, industrial-EBM. Background/Info: Synapscape this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. Set up and driven by Tim Kniep and...
Iszoloscope – All Is Immensity And Chaos (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial breakcore, experimental, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: Canadian artist Yann Faussurier has achieved the eight album of his Iszoloscope project....
Control / Geneviéve Pasquier / Kommando – Cold War, Hot Love (Vinyl Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, death-industrial, ambient. Background/Info: "Cold War, Hot Love" resulted from the common efforts between three artists living in...
Architect – Deconvolution (Digital EP – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM. Background/Info: Architect (Daniel Myer) has already released an impressive discography since the very first productions in 1998(!). Daniel...
‘Click Interview’ with A Slice Of Life: ‘Most People Never Get Rid Of Their Big Influences From Their Youth’
A Slice Of Life is Belgian formation that was originally set up by the duo Dirk Vreys (vocals) and Guy...
Hypnoskull – The Manichean Consciousness (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno, power-noise. Background/Info: Hypnoskull (Patrick Stevens) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017 with the successful album "Die4.Generation". One...
Distortion Six – Sacrifice (Digital EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Power-noise, industrial. Background/Info: "Sacrifice" can be seen as a kind of sonic addendum to the new album "Ferocious". The...
Distortion Six – Ferocious (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Power-noise, industrial, electro-industrial. Background/Info: Operating from the Norwegian capital, Nichlas Shermann strikes back with his fourth full length album...
Distel – Wapens (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-cinematographic. Background/Info: Hailing from The Netherlands "Wapens" (translated "Weapons") is the fourth full length by this duo. Content:...
Subject:2 – Forward/Return (CD Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Subject:2 is a new name active at the wider fields of synth-pop music. The English duo Gary...
Subskan – Drawback (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, rhythmic-ambient, glitch. Background/Info: Belgian artist Jean-Marc Polet strikes back with a new album from his Subskan sonic...
