V/A Forms Of Hands 20 (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Industrial-Techno, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The German Hands label is without a shadow of a doubt one...
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.
Heimstatt Yipotash – Brinkmanship (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Rhythmic-Noise, Experimental, Industrial-Techno. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: André Matthes & Thomas Niedballa are back in business, unleashing the...
Monolith – Unnatural Bodies (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno, Industrial-Techno. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Do I really have to introduce Eric Van Wonterghem? I just prefer to...
‘Click Interview’ with Talk To Her: ‘”Love Will Come Again” Is Not A Message Of Hope’
TALK TO HER is an Italian formation set up in 2015. Their debut-EP “Home” (2018) directly revealed the potential of...
Proyecto Mirage – Reptilians Are Watching Us (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Industrial, Industrial, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Spanish duo Alicia H. Willen - Francisco Planellas have been active under...
Strobo.Lolita – Hysteria (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Rhythmic-Noise. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hands welcome a new artist to its impressive roster. Strobo.Lolita is a German...
Dronny Darko & ProtoU – Metta (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ukrainian partners in crime Oleg Puzan (Dronny Darko) and Sasha Puzan (ProtoU) strike...
V/A Demonology In Dante’s Inferno (Album – Eight Tower Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic, Ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Eight Tower Records selected a fine number of artists to revisit the...
V/A Alternate African Reality (Album – Syrphe)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro, Electro-Acoustic, Industrial. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: The full title of this compilation featuring Thirty two tracks is...
Maman Küsters – L’Extase Et La Terreur (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: The French duo Maman Küsters is back on track and has released...
‘Click Interview’ with Larva: ‘A Live Show Means Live, Not Only The Band, But Also The Crowd’
It all started in 1998 as Morbid Mind. They had less money and equipment, but a great motivation. Later on...
Human Vault – Self Rust (Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Experimental, Cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Human Vault is driven by the Hungarian born Gyorgy Turoczy aka ‘Mortum’. Based...
Daniel B. – Six+Six (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Experimental, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Daniel Bressanutti aka Daniel B. is a kind of living legend....
Mehata Sentimental Legend – Exhausted Woeks / Mercury (Album – Mind Plug Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This project was set up in 2007 by Japanese artist Mehata Hiroshi. He has...
3. Stock Links – Hinter Der Türen (Album – King ZaZa)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: 3. Stock Links is a project set up by Alexander Schillinger. This German artist got...
V/A VV-VA-00 (Album – VV-VA)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Experimental, Minimal-Electronics, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This compilation was released during the very last days of 2019...
Neptunian8 – Pareidolia (Album – Formik Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Geoffroy Sallustin is already active for several years as Neptunian8. “Pareidolia” is...
Neoslave – Autoviolator (Album – Lazerdiscs Records)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, Cinematographic, EBM. Format: Digital, CDR, Cassette. Background/Info: Neoslave is a Belgian solo-project set up in 2016 by Leander...
Sierra – Gone (EP – Lazerdiscs Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-Body, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Annelise Morel aka Sierra is a French female artist/producer hailing from Paris....
S.E.T.I. – The Sphere Of Density (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, 2 CD. Background/Info: Andrew Lagowski has been involved with numerous projects, but Lagowski and S.E.T.I....
Moan – Isolate / Desolate / Mutate (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, 2 CD. Background/Info: Polish dark-ambient artist Rafal Sądej released the “Isolate”-album in 2000 and the...
‘Click Interview’ with Blank: ‘Live-Streaming Will Probably Become A Regular Thing’
Italian duo BLANK saw the daylight in 2000. Driven by Davide Massa and Riccardo Mattioli they got rapidly signed to...
Different State – Enormous Components Of Motor Unit Vol.2 (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental, Minimal-Electronics. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The last year released album “Enormous Components Of Motor Unit Vol.1” marked...
Basszilla – Support Your Local Apocalypse Dealer (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Techno, Rave, Industrial, Dance. Format: Digital, 2 CD. Background/Info: Behind Basszilla is hiding Ext!ze front man ‘Cyb3rella’. After having...
‘Click Interview’ with Rotersand: ‘God Gave Us Talent For A Reason’
Rotersand’s new album “How Do You Feel Today?” has been released by Trisol and Metropolis Records. The new opus features...
Gasoline Invertebrate – Damage Over Time (Album – Tigersquawk Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Damage Over Time” is the second official full length album by Gasoline Invertebrate. After...
The Land Below – The Sleep You Lost (Album – The Sound Of Stockholm)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This is the fifth full length album from Swedish musician Erik Lindestad as The Land...
Fermion – Elegaic (Album – Fermion)
Genre/Influences: Wave-Pop, Cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: American duoAugustine Backer - Eric Shans (also involved with Phenotract) is back on track...
Romance Disaster – Radio Warschau (EP – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, EBM, techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Berliner based producer Aga Wilk moves back to Space Factory to...
This Cold Night – An Enigmatic Individual (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, cold-wave, post-punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Dead Wax Records released the album “An Enigmatic Individual” in 2016....
QEK Junior – Ausverkauf (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-wave, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: German duo QEK Junior was set up in 2005 and released...
Interview with Portion Control: ‘We Aren’t Really Bothered By The Demise Of CDs, We Never Liked The Format Anyway’
Portion Control saw the daylight in 1979. Set up by Dean Piavani, Ian Sharp and John Whybrew the London (UK)...
Forever Grey – Departed (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Departed” is the third full length album for the American male-female duo Forever...