Schkeuditzer Kreuz – Swan Grinder (Digital/Vinyl Album – Bad Habit Recordings)
Australian artist Kieren Hills has been active in the underground scene for years, leaving a lasting mark with his project...
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.
Angelspit – Red End (Digital/CD Album – Black Pill Red Pill)
With “Red End”, Zoog Von Rock presents his twelfth album under the moniker Angelspit. The Australian artist has been cultivating...
Stoneburner – C4 Amore (Digital EP – COP International)
This new EP from Stoneburner is a preview for the recently released new album “Post. Industrial. Occult.” Steven Archer seems...
Graeme Revell (SPK) interview: ‘There is nothing I would change except that I was (and still am) a very isolated person stemming from my childhood’
Graeme Revell is inseparably linked to his musical alter ego, SPK, and stands as one of the true pioneers of...
Cubic – EFM02 (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Earlier this year, Cubic released the EP “EFM01”—also available on vinyl. Now, the project returns with a long-awaited album featuring...
Lovelorn Dolls – True Crimes (Digital EP – Spleen+)
Following their album “Deadtime Stories”, released last year, Brussels-based Lovelorn Dolls return with a new four-song EP, “True Crimes”. The...
Freaky Mind – Gradient (Digital Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Russian band Freaky Mind is already on its sixth album, marking their second release under the darkTunes label. Anyone familiar...
Agency-V – Never Meant To Be (Digital/CD Album – Distortion Productions)
This is the debut album from the English trio Agency-V. Driven by Marie Williamson, Lloyd Price, and Peter Steer (whom...
Whispers In The Shadow – Rapture (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Icy Cold records)
The Austrian band Whispers In The Shadow has been active for almost 30 years and now presents its twelfth full-length...
Spark! – Cirkeln Är Sluten (Digital/CD Album – Progress Productions)
Mattias Ziessow and Stefan Brorsson released their debut album 18 years ago. What followed was nothing short of evolution, and...
Terence Fixmer – Magnetic North (Digital EP – NovaMute)
French Body-Techno guru Terence Fixmer returns with a new EP featuring three tracks. The title track closes the release and...
Curse Mackey – Imaginary Enemies (Digital/CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
American artist Curse Mackey is often associated with his past involvement in bands such as Evil Mothers, My Life With...
Thin Eater – Thin Eater (Digital/CD Album – Thin Eater)
Thin Eater is a Swedish duo that emerged in 2022. Their 12-song self-released and self-titled album marks what feels like...
Hypnoskull – Cyberpunisher (Digital/CD Album – EE Tapes)
I’m no longer in the habit of reviewing re-releases, but as the saying goes, the exception proves the rule. “Cyberpunisher”...
Monosonik – The Stars Are Watching (Digital/CD Album – Blackbeat Media Productions)
Monosonik is an Italian duo that first released material many years ago, and this album marks a welcome return for...
Oldschool Union – Herra Ja Hildalgo (Digital/CD Album – Oldschool Union)
Five years after their previous release, the Finnish EBM duo Oldschool Union return with their fifth album. While their last...
Zavoloka – Istyna (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Prostir / I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free)
The Ukrainian Kateryna Zavoloka returns with a new album of her solo-project, Zavoloka. The release features six understated tracks under...
Pink Panther Project interview: ‘We don’t want to end up like The Cocteau Twins’
Admit it: with a band name like Pink Panther Project, you can’t help but be intrigued. The British trio, formed...
The Wants – Bastard (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – STTT Records)
The American trio The Wants has been active since 2017 and released their acclaimed debut album “Container” in 2020. Five...
Monosonik – The Stars Are Watching (Digital/CD Album – Blackbeat Media Productions)
Monosonik is an Italian duo that first released material many years ago, and this album marks a welcome return for...
Blind Delon – Blast (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Icy Cold Records)
French musician Mathis Kolkoz has been active for several years under the moniker Blind Delon, steadily building an impressive discography....
Armadura Del Durmiente – Por La Belleza Del Acto (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Mots Music / Hidden Crypt Records)
Armadura Del Durmiente is a Spanish music project founded and led by Esteban Alcalde. Featuring several guest vocalists, its debut...
Phragments & New Risen Throne – Between Ecstasy And Death (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Winter-Light)
This album is the result of a collaboration between two veterans of the Dark-Ambient genre: Phragments (Slovakia) and New Risen...
Fïx8:Sëd8 – OctAgram (Digital/CD Album – Dependent)
Martin Sane returns with a conceptual album where, as you might have guessed, the number 8 takes center stage. It...
Rotersand – Don’t Become The Thing You Hated (Digital/CD Album – Trisol / Metropolis Records)
Meanwhile, it’s been over 20 years since Rotersand made their debut. More than two decades later, Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg and...
Pseudo Code – Light/Live (Digital/Vinyl Album – Je M’en Fish)
Mentioning Pseudo Code instantly feels like stepping back in time. Alain Neffe’s band was mainly active during the 80s, and...
Silent Universe – Merger (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
We know Pavel Malyshkin primarily from his Ugasanie project, but he has also released several works under the name Silent...
ProtoU – Dark Orbit (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Since 2015, Ukrainian artist Sasha Puzan has released at least one album per year. Her discography already includes numerous collaborations,...
Estado Del Bienestar – La Escorpiona Y Guateque Punk (Digital/Vinyl Album – Oráculo Records)
Estado Del Bienestar is a Spanish project led by Nico Cabañas. The album is a fusion of diverse influences, yet...
Vidna Obmana – Twilight Of Perception Redux Volume Two 1995 – 2002 (Digital/3CD Album – Zoharum)
A few months ago, we were fortunate enough to discover the first part of this remarkable Vidna Obmana anthology. This...
Mark Lane – Yelling At Cars (Digital/Vinyl EP – Idiosyncratics)
Some music lovers from the ’80s will for sure remember the work of American artist Mark Lane. One standout is...
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Pre-Emptive Strike 0.1 – Un[re]leashed Strikes (Cassette Album – PreEmptive Strike 0.1)
The Cretan duo Jim ‘The Blaster’ and Yiannis Chatzakis return with a collection of previously unreleased material, as the title...
tAngerinecAt interview: ‘Be on the side of truth no matter what’
Few artists can weave raw emotion and Experimental sound into something as unflinchingly honest and artistic as tAngerinecAt. The UK-based,...
Staatseinde – Artificial Renaissance (Digital/ Album – Wave Tension Records)
Staatseinde emerged from the Netherlands over a decade ago and has built up an impressive body of work. Their new...
Brandkommando – Enslavement (Digital/CD Album – Zoharum)
Karol Wachowski has released an impressive body of work under his Brandkommando alias over the past 20 years. He now...
Mazut – Dirt Collector (Digital/CD Album – Rope Worm / Positive Regression)
The Polish band Mazut already has several albums to its name. After six years, Paweł Starzec and Michał Turowski return...
AD:Key – Kontraktion (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
After their most recent album 0609, released last year, Andrea and René Nowotny return with a brand-new EP. The title...
Camy Huot – Echoes In My Room (Digital/Vinyl Album – Wave Tension Records)
Camy Huot is a French DJ based in the Netherlands, and “Echoes In My Room” marks her debut as a...
CosmoBrigade – Hollow Obsessions ( Digital Album – Alice In… / Dark Dimensions Label Group)
Cosmobrigade is a Czech band that debuted in 2023. After releasing a previous EP and making several notable appearances on...
Krystal System – Eclats Rouges (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
They had disappeared for a while, which makes sense since their last album dates back to 2013. Now the duo...
Mari Kattman interview: ‘Becoming great at engineering is the only thing that will do justice to a great song’
Mari Kattman is a multi-talented American artist best known as a singer. She has lent her heavenly voice to numerous...
Chainreactor – War Machinery (Digital/CD Album – ProNoize / Dark Dimensions)
Jens Minor returns with the tenth album from his Chainreactor project. Over the years, this German sonic ogre has explored...
Blvd Hvnny – IX (Digital Album – Mongrel Records)
“IX” is the debut album by the South African band Blvd Hvnny. Originally started as a solo project, it has...
Black Rain – Black Rain (Digital/Cassette Album – Black Rain)
The album transports listeners straight back to the golden age of Dark-Wave, evoking the feeling of waking up in the...
Pink Panther Project – Clinics And Models (Digital Album – Ansur Anshar)
Uela, Alex K., and Ether Mu form the British outfit Pink Panther Project. Clinics and Models is the band's second...
Virgin Vampires – Whores And Judaism (Digital Album – Virgin Vampires)
Last year, I discovered the album “Virgin Vampires” by this British band. It had a distinctly EBM feel, but didn't...
Swansither – Ronsack (Digital/Vinyl Album – Subexotic Records)
Tom ‘Swansither’ Kennedy drew inspiration for this album from a thousand-year-old oak tree near his home. Such a tree, one...
Lucifer’s Aid interview: ‘Something private transforms into something universal’
The Swedish act Lucifer's Aid is a solo project founded in 2016 by Carl Nilsson, who was also involved with...
Culture Kultür – Time (Digital/Vinyl Album – Caustic Records)
In my opinion, Culture Kultür is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished and successful Electro groups to emerge from Spain....
Hardware Pulse – Teknotix (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Hardware Pulse)
Besides his involvement in several other projects—including the well-known Paradox Obscur—’Toxic Razor’ also continues to release a steady stream of...
Snapped Ankles – Hard Times Furious Dancing (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Leaf)
Snapped Ankles have been active for quite a few years and can already look back on a well-stocked discography. These...
Mono Inc. – Darkness (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – NoCut SPV)
“Darkness” is the thirteenth album by the German phenomenon Mono Inc. Led by the charismatic singer Martin Engler, the band...
IAMX interview with Chris Corner: ‘The stupid, perpetuated myth of the tortured artist’
IAMX was founded by Chris Corner in 2002 after the breakup of his former band, Sneaker Pimps. More than 20...
Parallel Wolrds – Modular Stories (Digital/CD Album – Neo Ouija)
Bakis Sirros has released numerous albums over the past 20 years, each marked by his passion and devotion to vintage...
Nico Amara – Constraints (Digital/CD Album – Nico Amara)
Nico Amara is a Swiss female artist who makes her debut with this album. It’s a unique experience—difficult to categorize—best...
Fernando’s Eyes – Center Of Your World (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Aenaos Records / Icy Cold Records)
“Center Of Your World” is the debut album by Swedish musician Fernando Honorato, better known as Fernando's Eyes. While his...
Marrasmaa – Noidat (Digital/CD Album -Corvus Records)
Marrasmaa is a Finnish duo that has released a handful of rare productions over the years, with long breaks in...
Rotoskop – Passive/Aggressive (Digital/CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Klaus Gratzel started Rotoskop over 20 years ago, but after a long hiatus he has become quite active again in...
Protokoll 19 – Somewhere Between Purgatory And Hell (Digital/CD Album – Danse Macabre Records)
A year after their highly acclaimed debut album “Mental Decay”, the American duo Protokoll 19 returns with a new opus,...
Kompuls – Interaltro (Digital Mini-Album – Ant-Zen)
Many Industrial fans will already know Tim Kniep from projects such as Synapscape, Ars Moriendi, Monokrom, Templegarden's, and more. With...
J∆55 eKOJ– Diaboliques Mécaniques (Digital/CD Album – Steampunk Alien Records)
J∆55 eKOJ-primarily known for his involvement with à;Grumh...-has been quite active in recent years and now presents eight new tracks...
Chaos Tamed interview: ‘It’s very much a laboratory experiment’
In the early 21st century, Future-Pop was a defining presence in the underground Electro scene, with numerous bands rising to...
OWLS – Death Games (Digital/CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
OWLS is an American project that has released several singles in recent years. With "Death Games", the project unveils its...
Hasswut – Sauerstoff (Digital/CD/Vinyl Mini-Album – Negative Gain Productions)
The Spanish band Hasswut has been active for several years and has already built up a solid catalog of releases....
tAngerinecAt – Grief (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – tAngerinecAt)
tAngerinecAt is a Ukrainian-British duo currently based in Wales. It is a DIY band that spares no effort to make...
Ext!ze – Dolorean 666 (Digital/CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
I'd heard some wild things from the German-French band Ext!ze before, but with this new album they've taken it a...
