God’s Own Medicine – Afar (CD Album – Alchera Visions)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, gothic, cold-wave. Background/Info: Polish formation God's Own Medicine saw the light of day in 1998. I especially remember...
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.
Agitprop 666 – Penitentiary (Digital Album – Agitprop 666)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial-body-music. Background/Info: I got the opportunity to discover the L.A (California, USA) based Agitprop 666 by its debut...
Zeni Geva & Steve Albini – Maximum Implosion (DCD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, noise-rock, apocalyptic-rock, death-industrial-rock. Background/Info: This project is the unexpected meeting between Zeni Geva (aka KK Null) and Steve...
She Spread Sorrow – Mine (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, industrial-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Italian female artist Alice Kundalini released her first solo-album “Rumspringa” in 2015. “Mine” got released...
Wesenberg – Third Places (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: We all know Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg as a truly sound wizard involved with bands such...
Mortaja – Combined Minds (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: German artist Bert Lehmann is the creative spirit behind Mortaja while he’s also involved with Torn...
Merzbow / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge – A Perfect Pain (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, noise. Background/Info: Originally released in 1999, “A Perfect Pain” has been now remastered and re-released. The work features...
Alphaxone & Xerxes The Dark – Aftermath (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: The recently released compilation “Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music” revealed the state of the...
Shub-Niggurath / Cryo Chamber Collaboration (DCD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album is not a compilation, but a collaboration between numerous Cryo Chamber artists. Atrium Carceri,...
Hilyard – Furthermore (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: American solo project Hilyard (Bryan Hilyard) has already released several productions, but this new work...
Desiderii Marginis – Vita Arkivet (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Active since 1993, Desiderii Marginis (Johan Levin) can look back at an impressive discography, which started...
Deadly Injection – Taste Me! (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: “Taste Me!” is the debut album of the German EBM-duo Deadly Injection. They were previously featured on...
Ambiguous – The Garden Of Ruins (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Igor ‘Ish’ Senigla is mainly known for his involvement as ISH. You might have discovered this...
Coma Alliance – Weapon Of Choice (CD Album – Accession Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-wave, dark wave-pop. Background/Info: Coma Alliance resulted from the common efforts between Adrian Hates (Diary Of Dreams and...
Daniel & Mikael Tjernberg – The Chronicle Of Black Monks (Digital Album – Venus AEon)
Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, cinematographic. Background/Info: The Tjernberg brothers have already been active for years now. they played in different bands, but...
Samhain – Blind Devotion (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-electro, IDM. Background/Info: Slovakian Samhain trio struck back last year with a noticeable work entitled “One Minute To...
Parallel Worlds & Dave Bessell – Dystopia (CD Album – DiN)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: If you’re a bit familiar with the DiN label you definitely have heard some...
Northumbria – Vinland (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: On “Vinland” Jim Field and Dorian Williamson achieve their trilogy dealing with the splendor of the...
Atrium Carceri – Codex (CD Album – Cryo chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Cryo Chamber label owner Simon Heath returned to his Mother-ship project Atrium Carceri releasing the thirteenth...
The Wide – Paramount (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Wave-rock, rock-pop, indie-rock. Background/Info: The Wide is a ‘new’ band set up by experienced musicians who have been involved...
Solitary Experiments – Future Tense (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Solitary Experiments is a band I’m keeping an eye on since their very early years. The...
Solar Fake – You Win. Who Cares? (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop, EBM. Background/Info: After the acoustic-live album “Sedated” (2017) Sven Friedrich and André Feller are back on track...
Broken Ego – Avenue To Wonderland (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, electro-rock, electro-pop. Background/Info: The Austrian Broken Ego released a debut EP in 2011 and are now back on...
Mirexxx – Vault (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by Stijn Szin and ‘Posse’ the Belgian Mirexxx duo has now finally...
!Distain – Farewell To The Past (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Ano 2018 German synth-pop formation !Distain became a duo. Alexander Braun and Manfred Thomaser both remain the...
The Cascades – Phoenix (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Originally set up in the late 80s, The Cascades released their most significant material during the...
Porn – The Ogre Inside Remixed (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal-rock. Background/Info: Porn last year released their third full length album “The Ogre Inside”, which revealed the hard...
Orphx – Learn To Suffer (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: “Learn To suffer” is the first real new work since the last Orphx-album “Pitch Black Mirror”...
Mlada Fronta – No Trespassing (CD Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: Body-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Active since the early 90s French musician/producer Rémy Pelleschi went through several music ‘periods’. He ever...
Indarra – Walk On Fire (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal-wave, trip-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Some of you might remember Rhea’s Obsession, a Canadian band that was mainly active in...
Frontline Assembly – Eye On You (Digital EP – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: While the Canadian EBM veterans have announced their upcoming album “Wake Up The Coma” for early 2019...
‘Click Interview’ with Train To Spain: ‘Streaming Is There To Stay’
Jonas Rasmusson and Helena Wigeborn are Train To Spain. The name of their band is inspired by a song from...
Radioaktivists – Radioakt One (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: While you maybe heard of this ‘new’ band before (being featured on a label compilation “Dependence...
Grausame Töchter – Engel Im Rausch (CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, experimental, electro-punk, EBM. Background/Info: Areana Peel and her gang are back on track unleashing album number five of...
On The Floor – Lifetime (CD Album – Dark Dimensions / Alice In…)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, wave-pop, rock-wave. Background/Info: The last year released album “Made Of Scars” stand for the ‘come-back’ of German formation...
Reactor7x – And Chaos Became The New Order (CD EP – Blackened Art)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Polish dark-electro formation is now active for 10 years. After their album “Illusion Of Chaos” released in...
Synapsyche – Mirror Terror (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 Italian duo Stefano ‘Mannequinetik’ (machines) and Marco ‘Katatronik’ Mantovani (vox) joined hands with Alfa...
Alien Vampires – Evil Twins (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: Next to the new EP “Fuck The Revolution Bring On The Apocalypse” comes this ‘twins’ EP,...
Alien Vampires – Fuck The Revolution Bring On The Apocalypse (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: ‘Nysrok Infernalien’ and ‘Nightstalker’ are back on track preparing their upcoming full length “London Paranormal” announced...
Funker Vogt- Ikarus (CD EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: “Ikarus” is the second EP taken from the last and successful “Wastelands”-album. We get 2 versions...
Adam X – Recon Mission (Digital Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, techno-body. Background/Info: Brooklyn (New York – USA) born electro-veteran Adam Mitchell is back on track unleashing the sixth...
Samsas Traum – Scheiden Tut Weh (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, metal. Background/Info: Set up and driven since the late 90s by Alexander Kaschte (still involved with Weena Morloch),...
Nachtmahr – Gehorsam (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: The upcoming Nachtmahr-album “Antithese” is the pipeline, but this EP brings us a teaser from what we’ll...
Future Lied To Us – Progress (CD mini-Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: The German trio Tom Lesczenski (), Vasi Vallis (Frozen Plasma, Reaper, NamNamBulu) and Krischan Wesenberg (Rotersand)...
‘Click Interview’ with Blakk Harbor: ‘Creatively I Would Say Berlin Is A Stagnant Place For Me’
The Greek artist Angelos Liaros got previously involved with Mobthrow, which he defines as a dubstep project. Especially the second and...
Project Pitchfork – Fragment (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro-wave. Background/Info: 2019 will see Project Pitchfork celebrating their 30th anniversary. The German formation lead by Peter Spilles never...
Valerie Renay – Your Own Shadow (Digital Album – Valerie Renay)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental. Background/Info: The French-Caribbean artist Valerie Renay is based in Berlin. She’s mainly known as one of the...
Circuito Cerrado – Revolution (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Markko B. better known as the sound operator and voice behind C-Lekktor strikes back with his...
Benestrophe – Turner’s All Night Drugstore / Rare & Unreleased 1987 – 1997 (Digital Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s by the Dassing brothers (Mentallo & The Fixer) and singer...
Metroland – Memorabilia + Memorabilia Remixes (2 Digital EP’s – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, new-beat. Background/Info: Metroland became a band that doesn’t need any further introduction. The Belgian ‘Kraftworkers’ released this new...
Lederman / De Meyer – Atoms In Fury (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: After the promising debut album “Eleven Grinding Sounds” the duo Lean-Marc Lederman – Jean-Luc De Meyer released...
Avarice In Audio – Wolves At The Door (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, dark-trance-pop. Background/Info: Gerry Hawkins, Lawrie Bayldon and Ben Barwick are getting back to their previously released full length...
Click Interview’ with Jk Flesh: ‘I Wanted The Machines To Breathe And Appear As If They’re Organisms’
JK Flesh is the electronic- or should I say techno project of Justin Karl Broadrick. Internationally praised and renowned for...
Trash Deity – Cross & Divide (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-rock. Background/Info: Behind this new project and the debut album “Cross & Divide” is hiding the duo ‘Groovie...
Tobias Bernstrup – Technophobic (CD Album – Nadanna)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “Technophobic” must be the sixth full length album by Swedish artist Tobias Bernstrup. Every single album has...
Techniques Berlin – Breathing (DCD Album – Nadanna)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, wave-pop. Background/Info: Some of you for sure know Andreas Gregor and Dave Rout from their involvement with bands...
The Shining Path – Basic Training Manual / Expanded (CD Album – Anna Logue Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: It all started during the early 80s in Australia when Peter Miller and Andrew...
‘Click Interview’ with Melotron: ‘We Lost The Sense Why We Are Making Music’
Melotron Some of you might remind The Vermin, which was the first band featuring the German trio Andy Krüger, Edgar...
Necromishka – The Space Between Us (CD Album – 999 Cuts)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, apocalyptic-rock, neo-folk. Background/Info: Necromishka is the meeting between Israeli musicians Michael Zolotov (Kadaver) and Tamar Singer (Zeresh,...
Non-Bio – The Future Is Written (CD Album – Non-Bio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial. Background/Info: London based Howard Gardner started making short films, animations, and music videos for other people till he...
Loci Inferni – Lumière Noire (Digital Album – Loci Inferni)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Loci Inferni is a brand-new music project from France dealing with dark-ambient music. This debut work features...
Geisterwald – Geisterwald (CD EP – Geisterwald)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: Set up early 2017 by the Swiss duo Harald Wolken (guitar, synths & vocals) and Gaelle Blumer...
Empty Chalice – Ondine’s Curse (Cassette Album – Ho.Gravi.Malattie)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This is the third album for the Italian project Empty Chalice. “Ondine’s Curse” is ‘a rare...
Anti-Terror – World Obsessed With Fear (CD EP – Anti-Terror)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Two years after the “Humanterror.Com”-album Polish duo Anti-Terror strikes back with an EP (kind of mini-album)...
‘Click Interview’ with Individual Totem: ‘How Horrible Would It Be To Be Labeled As ‘Dumb Music?’
Bernd Madl and Mathias Knopp set up Individual Totem during the late 80s. The duo gained some recognition when releasing...
ProtoU – Echoes Of The Future (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Sasha Puzan is a very prolific musician. Since her debut album in 2015 together...
