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...
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.
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...
‘Click Interview’ with Aengeldust: ‘No Rules’
Aengeldust is an electro-industrial solo-project set up and driven by Nadine ‘Cooraz’ Engel. She’s one of the few women involved...
‘Click Interview’ with Stars Crusaders: ‘We Like To Blend The Sounds And Mix Ingredients To Create Something Different And Hard To Label’
Stars Crusaders is a ‘crazy’ Italian electro/future-pop band, which released their first official work in 2014. The band clearly revealed...
Saline Grace – Blacksmith’s Fire (CD Album – Deeper Water Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, neo-classic, cinematographic. Background/Info: German duo Saline Grace is already active for a couple of years now, but isn’t...
United Front – By All Means II: The Fall Of Church And State (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, industrial, death-industrial. Background/Info: United Front is a duo consisting of Gordon Lazarus (previously active under the U-731...
V/A Total 17 (DCD Album – Kompakt)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, dance-pop, ambient-techno, downtempo, experimental. Background/Info: The “Total”-series started in 1999. The latest series reveals an impressive cocktail of...
Velvet Kills – Mischievous Urges (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Velvet Kills is a Portuguese duo consisting of Susana Santos and Harris Iveson. They previously released...
The Raudive – Future Transmissions (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, new-wave. Background/Info: Last year The Raudive released a digital mini-album featuring 7 songs. The trio Marc Atkinson (guitar,...
Paranoia Inducta – From The Depths (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Polish artist ‘Antony Armageddon Destroyer’ is a real prolific and creative artist. He’s active...
Day Before Us – Nihil Interit (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient, ethereal. Background/Info: French composer Philippe Blache has already been active for 6 years now under the Day...
Noxvox – Niedowidzenia (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, neo-classic, ethereal, ritual. Background/Info: I didn’t find that much info about this ‘new’ Polish project, but it seems...
Enzo Kreft – Wasteland (CD Album – Enzo Kreft)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, new-wave. Background/Info: Enzo Kreft (real name Eric Vandamme) is a Belgian artist who started his music activities and...
Boytronic – Jewel (CD Album – Oblivion/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Eleven years after their last album (cf. “Dependence”) German synth-pop formation Boytronic are finally awakening from a...
Porn – The Ogre Inside (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal-rock. Background/Info: French formation Porn was set up in 1999 by Philippe Deschemin. All over the years he...
Penny Rimbaud / Eve Libertine / Charles Webber – Kernschmelze II: Cantata For Improvised Voice (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, noise, industrial. Background/Info: Penny Rimbaud (composer) and Eve Libertine (vocals and lyrics) will always be linked to...
Penderecki – Kosmogonia (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, classical music. Background/Info: Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki maybe doesn’t ring a bell although I’m “The Shining”, “The Exorcist,...
Secret Sight – Shared Loneliness (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, rock-wave. Background/Info: Secret Sight is an Italian trio. They released their debut album (cf. “Day.Night.Life”) now three years...
Ono Scream – Ono Scream (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze, new-wave. Background/Info: Ono Scream is a Belgian solo-project driven by Bart Willems (also known from Apparaat). This...
Follow Me Not – If The Sky Remains (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark wave-pop. Background/Info: French duo Follow Me Not is already active for a couple of years now. “If...
Empty Chalice – Emerging Is Submerging / The Evil (Cassette Album – Industrial Ölocaust Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual, experimental. Background/Info: Behind Empty Chalice is hiding Antonine A. who’s also the creative mind behind Gopota. This...
Crash City Saints – Are You Free? (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, wave-pop. Background/Info: Seven years after their debut album “Glow In The Dark Music” this new opus by Crash...
Throbberstalk (Repowered by Vore Complex) – Petrichor (CD Album – Throbberstalk)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: This album is something special; it’s the meeting between 90s formation Throbberstalk, which has been remixed...
Root4 – Walk My Way (CD Album – 7Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop, indie-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Set up and driven by Hauken Hein in the early 90s, Root4 is not...
Trade Secrets – Golden Life (CD EP – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, lounge-pop. Background/Info: Trade Secrets released a few productions in the late 90s, but 2017 appears to be the...
Third Realm – The Suffering Angel (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, electro-wave. Background/Info: Third Realm is an American formation, which has already been active since the early millennium...
European Ghost – Pale And Sick (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: European Ghost is a new/cold-wave inspired band from Italy. The debut album “Pale And Sick” was...
Der Himmel Über Berlin – Amnesia (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Background/Info: “Amnesia” is the second official album by the Italian formation Der Himmel Über Berlin. For this new...
Lotte Kestner – Off White (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Ballad, cinematographic, indie. Background/Info: Lotte Kestenr is the artist name of Anna-Lynne Williams. She was previously involved as the...
