I:Scintilla – Swayed (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2003, Chicago (USA) based I:Scintilla gained recognition through their works released on Alfa...
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 Schicksal: ‘Stop Looking At Your Smartphone And Create Your Own Revolution’!
The ‘older’ electro fans familiar with EBM will probably remind Schicksal. This Belgian solo-project set up by Rudi Huybrechts released...
Uglyhead – Time & Time Again (Cassette Album – Automation Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: Jake Alejo is already active under the Uglyhead moniker for nearly 20 years. Several productions...
AlterRed – Trauma; Trauma Reinforcement (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover. Background/Info: Three years after their last album “In The Land Of The Blind”, London-based AlterRed are unleashing...
Antoine Panaché – Pleasures (Cassette EP – Barreuh Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental. Background/Info: Antoine Panaché is a nickname for Lilia Scheerder. Hailing from The Netherlands he already released a few...
Oestergaards – Rötterna (Cassette Album – Lamour)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: We here welcome the debut work of Oestergaards. This Swedish artist started organizing festivals and finally started...
Mount Shrine – Winter Restlessness (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: When evoking Rio De Janeiro we all imagine the beach, sexy girls, carnival and other exotic...
JK Flesh – New Horizon (Digital Album – Electric Deluxe)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-techno, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Justin Broadrick will be always linked to Godflesh, but he in the meantime is getting more...
ESA interview: ‘I Love To Pick Up Instruments And Use Them As An Extension To Myself’
Set up by Jamie Blacker in 2002 Electronic Substance Abuse (ESA) rapidly became a noticeable project dealing with multiple influences...
Hidden Souls – The Incorruptible Dream (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2005, Hidden Souls is an Argentinean band based in Buenos Aires. They...
Alex Braun – Eiskalt (CD EP – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: !Distain fans will be intrigued to discover this debut solo-work of the band’s front man Alex Braun....
Penny Rimbaud – Oh Magick Kingdom (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: This album released by the legendary Crass front man Penny Rimbaud got originally released in 2011...
Coil + Zos Kia + Marc Almond – How To Destroy Angels / A Slow Fade To Total Transparency (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records’ time machine brings us back to 1983 when John Balance (Coil), John Gosling...
State Of Being – Awake (CD Album – State Of Being)
Genre/Influences: Pop-rock, industrial. Background/Info: One year after the album “The Misinformation Age”, which in a way stands for the return...
Ontal – Ontal 3 (Vinyl 12” – Ontal Series)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: The Serbian duo Ontal gained some recognition for their albums released on labels such as...
‘Click’ Interview with Sylvgheist Maëlström: ‘Music Is A Feeling And The Right Emanation From Experienced Feelings’
French solo-project Sylvgheist Maëlström this year released its fourth full length album in history. Driven by Julien Sylvgheist the sound...
Llovespell – Places (CD Album – Wrotycz)
Genre/Influences: Electro-dub, lounge, experimental. Background/Info: Llovespell (aka Stephan Spreer) set up Llovespell in 2002. Nearly all of his work got...
Ethan Fawkes – Revolution Never Came (Digital EP – Corresponding Positions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: Belgian producer and DJ Ethan Fawkes is a quite familiar name in my reviews section. This prolific...
Desroi – Dwell In Motion (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental-techno. Background/Info: Desroi is German producer Frederic Lindemann. He already released a few 12”, but “Dwell In Motion”...
Blasted – Anvil (Vinyl 12” – Depth.Request)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Background/Info: Blasted is an Italian producer who already has released a few numbers of EP’s. He now joined...
Ugasanie & Xerxes The Dark – Abysmal (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Abysmal” resulted from the common efforts between two artists hailing from different cultures, but sharing a...
Purwien & Kowa – Drei (Digital 3-EP – Zwei Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: German duo Christian Purwien and Thomas Kowa(lzik) are back on track unleashing 3 new EP’s entitled “Drei...
The Overlookers – Driving Fast (CD EP – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: It’s not very often that the French electro-pop label BOREDOMproduct signs new bands. But here comes The...
Happiness Project – Mutation (CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: French electro-pop formation Happiness Project doesn’t release new work on a regular basis, but their recently...
‘Click Interview’ with Zwaremachine: ‘Minimal Hypnotic Industrial Body Music’
Did you ever heard of Zwaremachine before? Based in Minneapolis (USA), ‘Mach Fox’ released different productions on German-, Italian-, French-...
Chronic Twilight – Vulnerable (CD EP – Nowhere Now Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic. Background/Info: Chronic Twilight is the solo-project from American artist Michael Louis. One year after the debut album “Hymns...
We Are The Line – Songs Of Light & Darkness (CD EP – La Ligne Productions)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, electro-pop. Background/Info: I discovered this French formation by their previous EP “Through The Crack”, which was a...
Unplaces – Changes (CD Album – Tangrami / Timezone)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Background/Info: German Unplaces trio strikes back with a new album, which seems to be their second one....
Tropic Of Coldness – Framed Waves (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: We here welcome the third full length album by the Italian-American formation Tropic Of Coldness....
Blume – Ashes (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 by Enrico Filisetti (vocals & lyrics, composition), Ivan Savino (composition, electronics) and Daniele...
Black Nail Cabaret – Bête Noire (Digital EP – Black Nail Cabaret)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Based in London, Hungarian duo Emese Arvai-Illes (vocals) and Krisztian Arvai (electronics) are back on track unleashing...
Council Of Nine – Exit Earth (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: American solo-project Council Of Nine aka Maximillian Olivier is back on track, unleashing a new conceptual...
Textbeak – Sick For Songs A Season Eats (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, electronic. Background/Info: Behind Textbeak is hiding Michael Szewczyck, which is a kind of US veteran in electronic/industrial...
‘Click Interview’ with Arcana Obscura: ‘I Have Always Had Elements And Influences Of World Music In My Music‘
Set up in 1990 and driven by Thomas Gäbhard, Arcana Obscura directly caught my attention by its first and self-titled...
Signalstoerung – S (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics. Background/Info: Signalstoerung is a German project, which is also one of the founders of the artist collective...
Henric De La Cour – Gimme Daggers (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro veteran Hendrik De La Cour strikes back with a new full length album, which...
Vlimmer – X (CD EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, cold-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Alexander Leonard Donat aka Vlimmer started end of 2015 with an 18-EP series. We here...
Thanatoloop – Resilencia (CD Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Thanatoloop is a Chilean solo-project set up in 1994 and driven by the prolific mind of...
Excubitors – In Aeternum (CD Album – 4eck Studios)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: The German band Excubitors are back on track unleashing their fourth full length. Set up in 2006...
Ele Ypsis – Linga Dei (Digital Album – Ele Ypsis)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: Ele Ypsis has been set up now 10 years ago and is the artistic fusion...
Dimitri Berzerk – Remixes Collection Vol.03 (CD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Mexican DJ/producer/label owner Dimitri Berzerk is an artist who has remixed an impressive number of...
Alphaxone – Edge Of Solitude (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Iranian composer Mehdi Saleh has released an impressive number of productions since 2010. “Edge Of Solitude”...
Offerbeest – Afrika (CD Album – Tumor / Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Power-electronics, death-industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Behind Offerbeest is hiding Maurice De Jong, who’s an artist you know from his involvement...
Tunnels Of Āh – Charnel Transmissions (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Stephen R. Burroughs (previously involved with Head Of David) is back on track as Tunnels Of...
MZ.412 – Ulvens Broder (Vinyl 10” – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Black-industrial, drone, martial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: MZ.412 was set up by Henrik Nordvargr Björkk in 1988. So this project is...
C.3.3. – Ballad Of Reading Gaol – The Cacophonietta (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records is used to bringing ‘old’ releases back to life. C.3.3. is Paul...
‘Click Interview’ with Lederman / De Meyer: ‘A Fun And Easy-Going Process’
Lederman / De Meyer maybe doesn’t sound as the most ‘sexy’ band name, but when you realize this ‘new’ group...
Psyclon Nine – Icon Of The Adversary (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: Psyclon Nine once started as a harsh dark-electronic formation (referring to their debut album released on NoiTekk),...
Panic Lift – End Process (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: Panic Lift is now already active for numerous years and has now released their fifth official...
Hanzel Und Gretyl – Satanik Germanik (CD Album – Metropolis Metal)
Genre/Influences: Metal, industrial-metal. Background/Info: This year Hanzel Und Gretyl celebrates their 25th anniversary. The new album “Satanik Germanik” also is...
Ego Likeness – Songs From A Dead City (DCD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, trip-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Ego Likeness was set up in 1999. Driven by core members Steven Archer and Donna...
Cyberaktif – Tenebrae Vision (DCD Album – Artoffact)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Can you imagine Bill Leeb (FLA) joining hands together with cEvin Key and Dwayne Goettel (both members...
‘Click Interview’ with Tolchock: ‘Tolchock 14 Was A Crazy And Limitless Playground’
This interview could be entitled ‘from Tolchock 14 towards Tolchock’! Tolchock 14 was set up in 1986 by Swedish duo...
Unity One – Awakening (CD Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2016 by Mike-E and singer Rush (known from his involvement with Alpha Point)...
Melotron – Für Alle (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Andy Krüger, Edgar Slatnow and Kay Hildebrandt started in the early 90s as The Vermin. In 1995...
Lederman / De Meyer – Eleven Grinding Songs (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Earlier this year we discover the surprising duo Jean-Marc Lederman – Jean-Luc De Meyer joining...
Helix – Twin (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: There has been a lot of to do about Helix and that‘s quite understandable. This new duo ...
Vogue.Noir – Strange Days (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, dream-pop. Background/Info: Two years ago now I discovered the self-titled debut-EP from London based Vogue.Noir. Driven by Dominique...
Dave Inox – The Computer And The Brain (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona, David Hinojosa aka Dave Inox, has launched his debut full length album. After...
Stella Diana – 57 (CD Album – Vipchoyo Sound Factory)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Italian formation Stella Diana has been set in 1998. The trio is back on track unleashing...
Wire Spine – Buy Me Here (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, dark-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2015, Canadian duo Robert Katerwol - Jesi Tekahionwake this year released their official...
Strvngers – Amor/Noir (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, hard-pop. Background/Info: Two years After their self-titled debut album, Maria Joaquin and Kyle Craig are back on track...
The Stricken – The Stricken (CD Album – Læbel)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: The Stricken is a brand-new project driven by Claus Larsen (Leather Strip, Klute, Am Tierpark...
Adonai Atrophia – Metahistory (Digital Album – Eight Tower Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: ‘Veluvian’ aka Plamen Kolev is a visual and sound-constructivist and post-artist from Bulgaria. Adonai Atrophia seems...
Synaptic Memories – Archetypes Of Decay (CD Album – Phage Tapes)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, rhythmic-ambient. Background/Info: Italian DJ’s and producers Arcari Lorenzo - Del Boni Andrea set up Synaptic Memories back...
STCLVR – Hostile Work Environment (CD Album – Phage Tapes)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronic, industrial. Background/Info: George Moore has already released multiple production (featuring split releases) under the STCLVR aka Streetcleaver...
