Noyce™ – Love Ends (CD Album – Focile Art Tribe/In-D Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, goth-pop. Background/Info: Düsseldorfer (Germany) formation Noyce™ is not releasing new albums on regular basis although the band...
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.
C-Lekktor – Out Of My Way (DCD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Marco Barientos is a busy artist. After releases with his side-projects (Circuido Cerrato and Kromak) he...
Vomito Negro – Black Plague (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Vomito Negro is back on track. Still driven by original founder Gin Devo and assisted (mainly...
X-RX – Gasoline And Fire (CD Album – ProNoize/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, techno-body music. Background/Info: Set up by Pascal Beniesch (and later on joined by live member and backing vocalist)...
On The Floor – Made Of Scars (CD Album – Alice In../Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, rock-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Hailing from Hamburg (Germany), “Made Of Scars” is the first new album of On The...
Chainreactor – Decayed Values (CD Album – ProNoize/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-trance, power-noise. Background/Info: Jens Minor and singer Kay Schäfer (who now became a full time member) are back...
‘Click Interview’ with No Trust In Dawn: ‘A Reflection Of What We Feel About Living In The 21st Century’
No Trust In dawn has been set up in 2016 by the German duo ‘Soykut Gür’ (Down To Reality) and...
No Trust In Dawn – As We Fall (CD Album – Alice In…/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: No Trust In Dawn is a brand-new duo hailing from Kassel Germany. Driven by Soykut Gür...
Grandchaos – The Day Disappears Only To Reappear (Vinyl Album –Urgence Disk Records/Lynch Law Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: Belgian electro veteran Tcheleskov Ivanovitch can look back at a considerable discography. Being involved with different...
Encephalon – We Only Love You When You’re Dead (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial-body-music. Background/Info: Canadian formation Encephalon is back on track unleashing their third official album. They already released...
Eisfabrik – Null Kelvin (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Eisfabrik is a funny, but great project driven by the genius of Gerrit Thomas (Funker...
Angelspit – Black Dog Bite (CD Album – Dark Star Fusion/Black Pill Red Pill)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, industrial, electro-punk, electro-rock. Background/Info: Australian Angelspit is now based in Los Angeles (USA). The band can look back...
Mildreda – Cowards (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial, epic-electronics. Background/Info: Belgian artist Jan Dewulf got some name and recognition for his work under the moniker...
Crytek – Anathema (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, rock-pop, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Crytek is a Parisian based solo-artist who already self-released several digital productions. The band now...
Implant – Oxynoxe-X (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Belgian implant duo is back after a new hiatus of 4 years. “Oxynoxe-X” is...
Cosmic Armchair – Contact (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Singapore, Cosmic Armchair definitely is one of the most surprising bands from the Alfa...
‘Click Interview’ with Hypnoskull: ‘Radical Ideas Have Always Inspired Lots Of People’
Patrick Stevens set up Hypnoskull in 1992. The Belgian producer became one of the industrial pioneers experimenting with techno influences...
AD:Key – Reanimator (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Rene and Andrea Nowotny are back on track unleashing the fifth opus of AD:Key. The German duo...
Dahlia’s Tear – Through The Nightfall Grandeur (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Swedish musician Anile D.has already been active for several years now. Dahlia’s Tear previously released four...
Tomb Of Druids by ProtoU, Aegri Somnia, Dead Melodies, Ager Sonus, Creation VI (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: This is what I would call a typical release on cryo Chamber featuring several projects from...
Metatron Omega – Illuminatio (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: This is the third full length album released by Serbian project Metatron Omega. I was deeply impressed...
Flowers For Bodysnatchers – Asylum Beyond (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Australian composer Duncan Ritchie is one of those prolific dark-ambient artists who needs no rest...
Frozen Nation – Dark Belgian Disco (CD Album – Sub-Continental Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, Italodisco. Background/Info: Frozen Nation is a Belgian-French trio which is now active for a few years. Their debut...
Treponem Pal – Rockers’Vibes (CD Album – Juste Une Trace)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: Treponem Pal is one of those ‘dinos’ who are invincible. “Rockers’Vibes” is an album celebrating the French...
Totem Obscura – Nordische Feste (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, medieval-(h)el(l)ectro. Background/Info: Behind Totem Obscura is hiding Pedro ‘Acylum’ Engel and his wife Nadine ‘Croona’ Engel. They’re both...
Sin.Sin – Nobody’s Heroin (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-pop. Background/Info: The fans of Belgian goth-rock formation Lovelorn Dolls for sure are familiar with the band’s front...
ImJudas – Tulpa (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: ImJudas is a solo-project set up and driven by Helalyn Flowers mastermind maXX. This is the...
Aengeldust – Zucht (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-electro. Background/Info: After the astonishing “Agent Orange”-album Nadine ‘Engel’ Croona (Acylum, Totem Obscura) is back on track unleashing...
Funker Vogt – Musik Ist Krieg (CD EP – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: 2017 has been an important year for electro-veterans of Funker Vogt. After a long period of...
Wulfband – Revolter (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-punk. Background/Info: Wulfband is an enigmatic duo for keeping the names and faces of their members secret. Three...
The Unknown – Absolution (CD Album – Koi Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-pop, goth-metal, rock-goth. Background/Info: The Unknown is a German formation featuring Oliver Thom (Equatronic, Koi Records label owner) assisted...
Equatronic – Pulsatile (CD Album – Koi Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, rock-pop. Background/Info: Zoith Ommog was the label which discovered German synth-pop project Equatronic. That was back in the...
Fires – Red Goes Grey (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Fires is a new project set-up and driven by Eric Sochocki (Cryogen Second, Becoming The Devourer). The...
Wiccid – By Design (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Behind Wiccid is hiding Erie Loch who got some recognition for his songwriting, video, remix and...
Xenturion Prime – Humanity Plus (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, psychedelic, cinematoghraphic, experimental. Background/Info: Bjørn Marius Borg and Hasse Mattsson were previously active under the Code 64, but...
Svartsinn – Mørkets Variabler (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: This new opus by Norwegian Svartsinn also is the first new studio album in 8 years. In...
‘Click Interview’ with Mind.In.A.Box: ‘An Electronic Music-Movie For Your Mind’
Mind.In.A.Box has released its new album “Broken Legacies” on their own label THYX Records. It’s a new sonic voyage throughout...
Sum Of R – Orga (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, cinematographic, psychedelic. Background/Info: Sum Of R is a Swiss duo set up by Reto Mäder (RM74) and...
Arcana – Petrichor (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, neo-folk, cinematographic, ethereal. Background/Info: The last new work of Arcana has been released in 2012, the members preferring...
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...
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...
