Altarmang – Void (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Altarmang is a music project set up by Pär Boström (Kammarheit, Cities Last Broadcast ao) and...
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.
Vestfalia’s Peace – Loneliness (CD Album – SDN Records)
Genre/Influences: Ballad, rock, dark-wave. Background/Info: Italian formation Vestfalia’s Peace is already busy for 20 years now. The line-up never changed...
Sky Burial – Chapel Image (CD Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Michael Page has been involved with multiple projects, has worked with numerous artists and released...
Chmcl Str8jckt – Chmcl Str8jckt (CD Album – Chmcl Str8jckt)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, cross-over, EBM. Background/Info: Chmcl Str8jckt is an American duo inspired by the good-old days of the Wax Trax...
Common Eider, King Eider – Shrines For The Unwanted, Respite For The Cast (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, ritual. Background/Info: Operating from San Francisco (USA), the Common Eider, King Eider collective is back on track...
V/A Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music (DCD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, minimal-electronics, cinematographic, experimental, ritual. Background/Info: Italian label Unexplained Sounds Group is a small but fascinating releasing original productions...
‘Click Interview’ with Android Lust: ‘Being A Musician Certainly Has Not Been An Easy Life’
Shikhee D’iordna was born in Bangladesh and schooled in England and the USA. She set up Android Lust in 1995,...
Subskan – Ambidextrous Asylums (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, glitch, ambient. Background/Info: Belgian artist Jean-Marc Polet has already been active for a couple of years now,...
Siamgda – Noise Yoga (CD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, trance. Background/Info: Marc Fischer aka Siamgda strikes back with a new album, which remains inspired by his...
LivingTotem – Raw Effort (CD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, IDM, industrial. Background/Info: Hungarian artist András Gulyás is a rather familiar name active in the Hungarian underground fields,...
Hypnoskull – Die4.Generation (DCD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, power-noise, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Hypnoskull celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Recognized artists often release a ‘best of’ for...
Distortion Six – Fierce (CD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, power-noise. Background/Info: Nichlas Schermann is a Norwegian artist who started his First experimentations early 2000. He released a...
Purwien & Kowa – Zwei (CD Album – SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Christian Purwien (ex Second Decay) and producer Thomas Kowa joined hands to release this album. Purwien...
Phase Fatale – Redeemer (CD Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, EBM, industrial. Background/Info: Born in the USA, but based in Berlin, Hayden Payne is a DJ and producer....
Pact Infernal – Monad XXV (Digital EP – Stroboscopic Artefects)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, ambient. Background/Info: Stroboscopic Artefacts joined hands with Pact Infernal for a new chapter in the “Monad”-series. Pact...
Electro Fear – The Little Shop Of Horrors (CD Album – Electro Fear/Dark Tunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Electro Fear is a Polish duo set up in 2012 and inspired by old horror movies. This...
Displacer – The Face You Deserve (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Michael Morton better known as Displacer has already released an impressive number of releases on...
Crisis Actor – The Dissonant Reality Show (Digital EP – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, down-tempo electronics, dub-electro. Background/Info: Crisis Actor (new project of David Thrussell joined by Tony D’Oporto) earlier this year...
Treha Sektori – Severh Sehenh (Vinyl Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, drone. Background/Info: French composer ‘Dehn Sora’ active under the Treha Sektori moniker has already released a few number...
Mind.In.A.Box – Broken Legacies (CD Album – Thyx Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Stefan Poiss is back with his ‘Mother ship’ project Mind.In.A.Box for a new voyage throughout sci-fi electro-pop...
Metroland – 12 x 12 (4CD Box – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland duo saw the daylight in 2012 and became an instant success. In only five years...
The Frozen Autumn – The Fellow Traveller (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-wave, dark-pop. Background/Info: The Frozen Autumn is one of the most famous and world-wide recognized Italian underground band...
Grey Branches – Neuroclaps (Vinyl Album – Inner Surface Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, techno. Background/Info: Behind Grey Branches is hiding Belgian producer & DJ Yves De Mey. He can already...
Vacant Stations – Clones (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Winter Light is an interesting small label, which already let me discover interesting and new artists active...
Rogue Spore – Escape From Asafoetida (CD Album – Rogue Spore)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, electronics, experimental. Background/Info: Rogue Spore is an Irish music project active since 2010 and has already released a...
Philippe Laurent – Phoenix (Vinyl 12” – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Philippe Laurent belongs to the early French electronic & experimental school. This pioneer was mainly active...
Jasss – Weightless (Vinyl Album – iDEAL Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, tribal, experimental. Background/Info: Jasss aka S. Jiménez Alvarez is a Spanish female artists and DJ who’s now...
Huron – Inside Information (CD Album – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Steffen Schröder has already been active as musician and DJ since the 90s. At the...
Fär – Salute (CD Album – Circuits)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, trip-pop , trap. Background/Info: An-Sofie De Meyer (vocals) and Tim De Gieter (music & production) is a new...
The Cascades – Diamonds And Rust (DCD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock, post-punk. Background/Info: German formation The Cascades saw the daylight in 1988 (!), but it took them years...
Nervenbeisser – Zeitenwandel (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock, industrial-metal. Background/Info: German formation Nervenbeisser is not a new name, but a band striking back 13 years after...
Scanner – The Great Crater (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, ambient. Background/Info: Robin Rimbaud better known under the Scanner moniker is a long-time praised artist active at...
Rhyw – Cave Walls / Part One (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Techno, experimental. Background/Info: Rhyw aka Alex Tsiridis is a Berlin based techno artist. He joined hands together with Avian...
Palast – Palast (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, pop-rock, new-wave. Background/Info: 2017 has been a major year for German Palast trio. They released this self-entitled debut...
Filth Pig – Mental Dead Ends (Digital Album – Filth Pig)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, punk, electronics. Background/Info: German solo-project Filth Pig (named after a Ministry album) is back on track unleashing a...
Heartlay – Close To Collapse (CD Album – Heartlay)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, crossover. Background/Info: Heartlay is the sonic child of French artist Aaron Sadrin. Set up in 2014 he released...
Babel 17 – Process (CD Album – ProiBI7ion/Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave. Background/Info: French formation Babel 17 belongs to the collective memory of the cold-wave music in France. They...
Massiv In Mensch – Am Port Der Guten Hoffnung (DCD Album – Katyusha)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Massiv In Mensch has already been active since 1993; but the German electro formation disappeared...
Neonsol – Another Day (CD EP – Analogue Trash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Neonsol is a Danish-Canadian trio, which is already active for a couple of years now. They...
WhatTwoLeft – Children Of The Sun Shall Wither + What Two Left (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-Wave, Post-Punk. Background/Info: American duo WhatTwoLeft has already released a number of productions. They’ve joined hands with Brazilian leading...
Moth – 20 Songs (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Moth was a Danish formation active in between 2012 and 2016. They released several productions and...
Les Chats Noirs – Les Fleurs Des Morts (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Les Chats Noirs is a male-female duo from Brazil. They previously self-released a few EP’s...
Android Lust – Berlin / Crater Vol.02 (CD Album – Synthellec Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental-pop, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Shikhee better known under the Android Lust moniker is now busy for more than 20...
‘Extended Interview’ with Mentallo & The Fixer: ‘I Just Want People To Trip Out On It’
With his new studio album “Arrange The Molecule”, Gary Dassing confirms the undisputed Mentallo & The Fixer’s sound singularity. With...
When The Sun Hits – Immersed Within Your Eyes (CD EP – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: When The Sun Hits is a new formation consisting out of experienced musicians from Nottingham (UK)...
Miniatures – Jessamines (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dream-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Operating from Melbourne (Australia) Miniatures was set up by New Zealand expatriates Ché Walden and...
Seraphim System – Kelevra (Digital Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, electro-industrial, industrial-techno, d’n’b. Background/Info: Seraphim System has been very prolific during the past few years. The American project...
Phurpa – Rituals Of Bön II (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, ambient. Background/Info: Phurpa strikes back one year after their first chapter of “Rituals Of Bön”. The Russian information...
Phurpa – Ya Tog Rid Pa’I Gyer (DCD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, ambient. Background/Info: Set up in 2003, Phurpa is a Russian collective inspired by ritual music and Buddhism. It...
Günter Schlienz – Book Of Dreams (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Günter Schlienz is a name that maybe doesn’t ring a bell although he already released...
Echoes Of Yul – The Healing Sessions (CD Album – Zoharum Release)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Echoes Of Yul is a Polish solo-project, which released 3 albums thus far. “The...
‘Click Interview’ with Boytronic: ‘This Social Media Thing And The Digitalization Of Music Is A Good Thing’
German formation Boytronic belong to the German ‘history’ of electro-pop music. Set up in the early 80s they got an...
Yone Dudas – Waiting For The Storm / Original Movie Soundtrack (Digital Album – Laebel)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, soundtrack. Background/Info: We all know Yone Dudas as the female pole of Decoded Feedback. This album is something...
V/A Electronic Body Matrix II (4 CD Box + Download Card + Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, techno-body, electro-pop, industrial-rave, minimal-electro, future-pop, electro-industrial. Background/Info: One of the leading labels of the electronic underground scene...
Wasserkraft Manifest – Voyagers Of Peace And Understanding (CD Album – Kompuphonik Musik)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: “Voyagers Of Peace And Understanding” is the debut album of the Swedish electro-pop band Wasserkraft Manifest....
Unknown Land – Redline (CD EP – Unknown Land)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Unknown Land is the meeting between a Chileen singer/producer (Lucia Ponticas) and an Australian producer (Rob...
Eraldo Bernocchi & Netherworld – Himuro (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, downtempo, IDM, experimental, deep-house, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Himuro” is the meeting between two great Italian artists. Eraldo Bernocchi (known...
Bruce Harper – Bruce Harper (CD Album – Bruce Harper)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, cinematographic, ambient-techno, psychedelic. Background/Info: Bruce Harper is an Italian trio. The members are still active in other common...
Audio Mace – Disturbing Voices (CD Album – Ek Balam Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Audio Mace is an American duo driven by Chris Wikman and Al Baldwin. I never...
Mentallo & The Fixer – Arrange The Molecule (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, industrial, IDM. Background/Info: Mentallo & The Fixer will next year celebrate its 30th anniversary. The Texan project...
Animal Youth – Animal (Vinyl Album – Weyrd Son Records)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Risen from the ashes of Siamese Queens we welcome the in Brussels based trio Animal Youth....
‘Click Interview’ with Root4: ‘When You Release Two Or Three Singles, The Album Has A Bigger Chance To Be Heard’
Root4 is not exactly the most famous and renowned underground electro band. Set up in 1990 the German formation went...
God Module – Does This Stuff Freak You? – A Retrospective (DCD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Jasyn Banger set up God Module in the late 90s. His debut album (cf. “Artificial”) became...
Ginger Snap5 – Against The Days (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Ukrainian duo Ginger Snap5 is a formation I discovered on the SkyQode with their excellent debut...
Kirlian Camera – Sky Collapse (CD EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Italian duo Kirlian Camera has their new album “Hologram Moon” in the pipeline. They released this...
Click Interviewʼ with Friends Of Alice Ivy: ‘We Operate Very Much On Instinct’
Australian duo Kylie (vocals) and Amps (instruments, programming) were previously involved in Ostia. They next moved on with Friends Of...
