Amusement Parks On Fire – All The New Ends (CD EP – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, rock-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 and falling into oblivion after some noticeable productions, this English formation struck...
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.
‘Click Interview’ with I:Scintilla: ‘We’ve Always Trusted Our Instincts And Followed The Muses’
Hailing from Chicago (USA) and set up in 2003 I:Scintilla progressively became a successful band. Driven by core members Jim...
Shxcxchcxsh – Shulululu (Vinyl EP – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, power-noise. Background/Info: Swedish Shxcxchcxsh is already active for numerous years and gained a serious reputation at the wider...
Puce Mary – The Drought (CD Album – Pan)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Frederikke Hoffmeier is involved with multiple projects, but Puce Mary is for sure her main...
Uncto – Unctuous (Vinyl EP – Furanum Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Hailing from Upper Silesia and operating from Berlin, Dominik Müller (still owner of Funarum Records) and...
TH/S /S SH/T – TH/S /S SH/T (CD EP – Upton Park)
Genre/Influences: Electro & rock. Background/Info: TH/S /S SH/T (This Is Shit) is a Parisian project, which is preparing a full...
Deer – Portraits Remixed (CD EP – Deer)
Genre/Influences: Industrial trip-hop, electronic. Background/Info: Mexican duo Adriana Martinez – Miguel Bastida strike back with a new EP of Deer....
Vromb – Noize Mélodia (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Canadian Vromb aka Hugo Girard is a long-time and recognized artist active in the wider fields...
Viva Non – Shaping Dust And Our Autonomy (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Canadian artist James Hofer has released his second album under the Viva Non moniker. Three years...
Morego – Solivagant (Digital Album – DMT Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic, IDM. Background/Info: Set up in 2009, Morego is the project of Iranian artist ‘Morego Dimmer’ who gained...
Common Eider, King Eider – A Wound Of Body (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: The Californian collective Common Eider, King Eider strikes back with a ‘special’ work, which has been...
Alien Sex Fiend – Possessed (CD Album – Cherry Red)
Genre/Influences: Industrial new-wave. Background/Info: Set up in 1982 Alien Sex Fiend is a long-time living legend, but mainly remembered for...
‘Click Interview’ with Hidden Souls: ‘You Can Have The Talent, But Without Money The World Doesn’t Turn’
Set up in 2005, Hidden Souls is an Argentinean band based in Buenos Aires. They got featured on a few...
Whispering Sons – Image (CD Album – Smile Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: The Brussels based Whispering Sons were set up in 2013 and became one of Belgian hottest...
Sever The Reality – Lectrocolors (CD EP – Underground Industrial Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental-pop. Background/Info: Minneapolis based Tanya Sorbo delivers her first official work consisting of 6 tracks. There’s a kind...
One – Alpha Noise Fetishism (CD mini-Album – One)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, rhythmic-noise. Background/Info: One (or also called One Human Factor) is a French project that was set up in...
Kid Knorke – Highscore Fetisch (CD Album – Kompuphonik Musik)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-punk. Background/Info: Kid Knorke is a German project releasing its first full length album. After a previously released...
Droid Sector Decay – Where The Body Decays & The Soul Suffers (CD EP – Underground Industrial Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Droid Sector Decay has already been active since 2009 and has released a respectable number of productions...
European Ghost – Collection Of Shadows (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: “Collection Of Shadows” is the second album released by the Bologna (Italy) based trio European Ghost....
Train To Spain – A Journey (CD Album – Sub Culture Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2011 by Jonas Rasmusson, Train To Spain saw Helena Wigeborn joining in as the singer...
Grand Mal X – Retrospektiv 2010-2016 (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, electro-minimalism. Background/Info: Grand Mal X joined hands together with Ant-Zen and earlier this year released the interesting...
‘Click Interview’ with Happiness Project: ‘We Simply Want To Share Our Ways To Face Reality, Our Concerns About The World’
Happiness Project is the French trio Christelle Fournioux (vocals), Fred Tuyeras (vocals, machines) and Cyrille Tuyeras (machines, bass). After a...
Control – Blood Will Rain (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Power-noise, death-industrial. Background/Info: Thomas Garrison has already been active under the Control moniker since the late 90s. The American noise...
Blakk Harbor – Madares (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, industrial, IDM. Background/Info: Behind this new project signed on Ant-Zen is hiding Greek composer Angelos Liaros. He has...
Aperus – Lie Symmetry (CD Album – Geophonic Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Behind Aperus is hiding Brian McWilliams who’s active as a musician (still involved with Remanence), photographer...
V-Sor,X – Authors 2 (Vinyl 7” – Peripheral Minimal Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, new-wave, experimental. Background/Info: Set up in 1979 and driven by Morgan Bryan, V-Sor,X was active until 1989. They...
Psychedelic Headshot – Paradise Falls (CD mini-Album – Psychdelic Headshot)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Set up in 1994 as Kopfschuss and renamed as Psychedelic Headshot in 1995, this German...
Iris Manta – Kilonova (CD Album – Iris Manta)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, electro-pop, minimal-electro. Background/Info: “Kilonova” is the second full length album by Greek artist Manos Zafirakis. Iris Manta is...
Bad Pritt – Bad Pritt (CD Album – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Behind this weird band name is hiding Italian artist Luca Marchetto (still involved with The White...
Ghost Painted Sky – Flightless (CD Album – Restless Grey)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, ritual-goth, cold-wave. Background/Info: Originally set up as a solo-project by David Strong and joined after a few years...
Funker Vogt – Wastelands / Limited Edition (CD Album – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: “Wastelands” is the second Funker Vogt album with Chris L on vocals while Gerrit Thomas remains...
Funker Vogt – Feel The Pain (CD EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: One year after the “Code Of Conduct”-album, which stand for the band’s resurrection featuring their new singer...
Lizard Pool – Spark (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dream-pop, shoegaze. Background/Info: Hailing from Leipzig (Germany) Lizard Pool signed to Out Of Line to unleash their second...
Antikatechon – The Sanctum Of Saturation (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Italian artist Davide Del Col is back on track unleashing the fifth solo-album of his sonic...
Ancient Methods – The Jericho Methods (Digital Album – Ancient Methods)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: Originally set up as a duo, Michael Wollenhaupt remained the single member on board. After numerous EP’s...
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Rave The Reqviem – Fvneral [Sic] (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: Set up in 2011 by Filip Lönnqvist (aka ‘The Prophet’) Rave The Reqviem originally started as a...
‘Click Interview’ with Ashram: ‘Each Culture Has Its Reference Figure, And Mine Is Jesus’
Set up in the late 90s, Ashram released their official- and self-titled debut album in 2002 on Prikosnovénie (France). The...
Ashbury Heights – The Victorian Wallpapers (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Swedish duo Anders Hagström - Tea F. Thimé are back on track unleashing the fourth full...
Any Second – Sünde Mensch (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2010 by Jan Kluge (vocals) and Thomas DosUnit the Berlin duo self-released the...
V/A W-Fest (DCD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, EBM, minimal-electro, dark-electro, gothic. Background/Info: This compilation featuring 26 bands is a way to remember the great W-Fest...
Shhh… – I, Of the Storm (Vinyl Album – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Rui Bentes is an old servant from the Portuguese underground scene. He was involved with numerous...
Lizard Smile – Wandering In Mirrors (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave. Background/Info: Lizard Smile is a Belgian formation, which is already active for many years. They released a...
Kezdown – Escape Lane (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, cold-wave. Background/Info: Kezdown is a new Belgian formation featuring Didier Czepczyk (known from his involvement with The Breath...
Dreun – 10111 (4CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This release by Dreun is a new chapter in the Belgian NeuMusik-series. Behind this ambient project...
A Slice Of Life – Restless (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock, cold-wave. Background/Info: After a promising self-titled debut-EP Belgian formation A Slice Of Life is back on track...
True Zebra – 123 (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: True Zebra is a Belgian solo-project driven by Kevin Strauven (who’s also involved with The...
Hatchling – Alpha (CD mini Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, punk-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Hatchling is a new and young Belgian trio, which is already active for a few...
Daniel.B.Prothese – HöllEKtroKraut / HellEctroKraut (DCD Album – db2fluctuation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, ambient. Background/Info: Daniel Bressanutti (Daniel B) became a real prolific artist during the past few years. He...
Nothing But Noise – Mutanten Maschine (CD EP – Nothing But Noise)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, ambient. Background/Info: Old mates Daniel Bressanutti and Dirk Bergen are back on track unleashing this new work...
‘Click Interview’ with Offerbeest: ‘People Need To Make Their Own Minds Up About The Music And Themes’
Maurice De Jong aka ‘Mories’ is a real prolific artist hailing from The Netherlands. He’s involved with numerous projects. Gnaw...
State Of The Union – Mindless (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Californian based Johann Sebastian is back after a hiatus of four years. While we’re eagerly expecting the...
Machinista – Black Tide (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: John Lindqwister (also involved with Cat Rapes Dog) and Richard Flow (also member of Vision Talk) are...
Form – Poison (Digital Single – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Behind the Form-project is hiding Rob Dust. He gained a serious reputation as producer and remixer, having...
Croona – Memento Mori (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-pop. Background/Info: And here’s the debut album of (Fredrik) Croona. “Memento More” features 12 songs. Among the tracklist...
Croona – My Sweet Revenge (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-pop. Background/Info: You for sure know Fredrik Croona from his involvement with Cynical Existence and Project Rotten. The...
Binary Park – Life On Lines / Extended Mixes (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, EBM, IDM. Background/Info: Earlier this year Torben Schmidt - Alfred Gregl and singer Huw Jones released the third...
‘Click Interview’ with Henric De La Cour: ‘Death Is No Longer My Close Confidant’
Five years after the last album, Swedish electro-veteran Henric De La Cour, unleashed the third full length of his sonic...
Denise Rabe – The Frogs Pick A King (Vinyl 12” – Rabe)
Genre/Influences: Techno, IDM. Background/Info: Berlin based Denise Rabe has already released a few EP’s and DJ-mixes. This 12” features 2...
Cold Storm – Stealth Punk / Chicago 1928 (CD Album – Bunker 50 Produktions)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, future-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2015 by German duo Mad Tax - Cem Bergerac, Cold Storm has...
Stave & Grebenstein – Live From Frankfurter Straße (Vinyl 12” – Standards & Practices)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Stave and Grebenstein joined hands to unleash this 12”. This project is the meeting between Chicago...
Bad Sav – Bad Sav (CD Album – Fishrider Records / Occultation Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, cinematographic. Background/Info: Bad Sav features Hope Robertson and Lucinda King (both involved in the cool band Death And...
Sphyxion – 2 (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, IDM, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Sphyxion is driven by the French brothers Frédéric and Olivier Charlot. You might know...
Simi Nah – La Terre Est Noire (CD Album – Why2k Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: French born Simi Nah who lived for years in Belgium has announced that “La Terre Est...
Ruptured World – Exoplanetary (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Ruptured World is a new sonic project driven by Alistair Rennie. This Scottish artist is also...
Individual Totem – Electrostatic (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s, but mainly active and getting renowned during the 90s, German...
Halo In Reverse – I Am Become Death Destroyer Of Worlds (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover. Background/Info: Halo In Reverse isn’t exactly the most renowned and successful band from the Alfa Matrix roster....
