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...
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.
Solar Fake – Who Cares, It’s Live (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop, EBM. Format: Digital, Double CD + DVD. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by Zeraphine and Dreadful Shadows...
Ost+Front – Dein Helfer In Der Not (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, crossover. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Active since 2008 Out-front this year unleashed their fifth studio album. The...
NNHMN – Deception Island Part 1 (EP – Oráculo Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electro-wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Polish duo Lee & Michal are based in Berlin and already took me...
Corvax – Talk To The Man (EP – Corvax)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: David Marvelly is a London based artist operating under the Corvax moniker. After a...
Ruptured World – Interplanetary (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After the albums “Exoplanetary” (2018) and “Archeoplanetary” (2019) Ruptured World moves on its...
TMPLT – The Verge (Album – TMPLT Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, IDM. Format: Digital, Vinyl (2x12”). Background/Info: TMPLT is a Berliner based project driven by producer Michael Knop...
‘Click Interview’ with New Risen Throne: ‘I Didn’t Give Myself Deadlines’
NEW RISEN THRONE is an Italian project set up by Gabriele Panci aka ‘Stiehl’. The this year released album “The...
Ruined Conflict – Dying Light (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Xavier Morales aka Ruined Conflict clearly is a prolific artist. While his last...
Frozen Plasma – Gezeiten (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vasi Vallis (music) and Felix Marc (vocals) are recognized as one of the hottest...
Ego Likeness – Wolves (EP – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, trip-pop, electro-wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: It’s a while ago we heard new stuff from Ego Likeness. The formation...
Snog – Spätzle Machine (EP – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, electronic, electro-wave, EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Right after the release of the new album “Lullabies...
Snog – Lullabies For The Lithium Age (Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, electronic, electro-wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: David Thrussell strikes back with the first new Snog album...
Minimal Violence – Phase I / Destroy (EP – Tresor Records)
Genre/Influences: Technoid, EBM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: A. Luk and Lida P. is a Canadian duo, which have already released...
Blush Response – Void In (Album – Megastructure_)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, techno, industrial. Format: Digital, Vinyl (2x12”). Background/Info: American artist Joey Gonzalez moved to Berlin (Germany). This artist has...
Amorphous – Moth Metaphor (Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: I’ll always link Gil O. Santis with the great Morgue project, which was a...
Ireen Amnes – In The Land Of Silence (Album – Sonic Groove Experiments)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, electronic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Ireen Amnes is a British producer and founder of the collective Under...
Janosch Moldau – Broken Pieces (EP – Janosch Moldau Records / The Orchard / Sony Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German synht-pop artist Janosch Moldau strikes back by releasing this EP filled with remixes...
Absolute Valentine – Omega (Album – Lazerdiscs Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-wave, cinematographic, rhythmic-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Absolute Valentine is a French project hailing from Marseille and driven by...
‘Click Interview’ with Signal~Bruit: ‘Experimenting Sounds, Effects, Patches Is More Like A Recreational Time For Me’
Behind the French solo-project SIGNAL~BRUIT is hiding the enigmatic ‘Member U-0176’. Electro-pop lovers for sure know the man from his...
Eusebeia, Atiq & Arlow – Transfiguration (EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Drum’n’Bass, IDM, ambient. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Transfiguration” is an EP featuring British project Eusebeia, which for the two...
Tukt – I Have Achieved Nothing (Album – Tukt)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Tukt is a Swedish electro project based in Stockholm. Tukt deliberately chose to...
Third Realm – The Art Of Despair (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, dark-wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nathan Rainer is active under the Third Realm moniker since 2000. He...
Egoist – Breaking Moment (Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Egoist is a polish solo-project set up in 2002 by Kuba Włodarski. He released a...
The Black Capes – Lullabies For The Dead (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Greek formation The Black Capes saw the light of day in 2016. The...
Sirus – The Book Of Gates (EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “The Book Of Gates” is the second single/EP taken from the Australian...
Interview with Clan Of Xymox: ‘For Me A Lot Of These Memories Are Finished Stories Without A Soundtrack’
Set up in 1983 Clan Of Xymox aren’t just pioneers from the dark/cold-wave scene, but also a band that never...
Speed Injektion – Death’s Dance (EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-trance. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Speed Injektion is a side-project of Alien Vampires members Nysrok Infernalien and Nightstalker....
Seraphim System – Phoenix (Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, dark-techno. Format: Digital, DCD. Background/Info: Setup in 2013 by John Stancil aka ‘Bl4kj4k’, Seraphim System has released a...
Illuminatè Steele – Davidian Sex Club (Album – Illuminatè Steele)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Davidian Sex club” is the debut album of the Portland (USA) based female...
Wolfhead59 – We Are Not OK (Album – D-Trash Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, hardcore, electro-punk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Wolfhead59 is driven by the London (UK) based duo Agnes de la...
Vlimmer – XIIIIIII (EP – Blackjack Illuminist)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dream-pop, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: “XIIIIIII” is the second last EP in a series of eighteen....
Vlimmer – XIIIIII (EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dream-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: German artist –and label owner) Alexander Donat took off in November 2015...