Carta – The Sand Collector’s Dream (CD Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-rock, ambient-rock, experimental. Background/Info: Based in San Francisco (California, USA), Carta released their fourth full length album featuring 10...
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.
Studio-X vs. Technoid – Neural Torment (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, industrial-rave, techno. Background/Info: “Neural Torment” resulted from the common efforts between Australian sound guru and producer Lawrie Bayldon...
Schwarzblut vs. Saeldes Sanc – Wildes Herz (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Medieval, dark-electro, ethereal, gothic. Background/Info: After a previous split-release between dark-wave-electro-medieval band Schwarzblut (The Netherlands) and the the medieval...
nTTx – Of Beauty And Chaos (CD EP – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: This is the second official EP by nTTx. Gord Clement was previously involved as the singer...
Me The Tiger – What Is Beautiful Never Dies (CD Album – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: This is the third full length for the electro- & indie-pop Swedish formation Me The Tiger....
‘Click Interview’ with Ghost Twin: ‘Surviving Together’
Ghost Twin is a Canadian duo set up and driven by Karen- and Jaimz Asmundson. The debut full length “Plastic...
Telekon – Hope For Believers (CD Album – Scentair Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Telekon reminds me of an album of Gary Numan, which might be a potential source of inspiration....
Orchestra Esteh – ABACINABRADHYDRAKONIRVM / Rebirth Of A Dead Volcano (CD Album – Orchestra Esteh)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, experimental, ritual, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Orchestra Esteh is an Italian solo-project driven by Vincenzo Notaro. The project is already...
ISH – Structures Of Mind (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Slovakian artist Igor aka ISK strikes back with a new album after a rather...
Friends Of Alice Ivy – The Last Days Of Fenwyck (CD Mini Album – Meadowlands)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal-pop, cinematographic, neo-classic & pop. Background/Info: The Australian duo Friends of Alice Ivy strikes back after a hiatus of...
Alphaxone & Dronny Darko – Forsaken (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Iranian artist Mehdi Saleh (aka Alphaxone) joined hands together with Ukrainian composer Oleg Puzan (aka Dronny...
Aengeldust – Agent Orange (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-electro. Background/Info: Three years after the debut-album “Freakshow” Nadine ‘Cooraz’ Engel is back with her newest opus “Agent...
Randal Collier-Ford – Promethean (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Randal Collier-Ford is now already active for a couple of years and has released multiple noticeable...
Council Of Nine – Trinity (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Trinity” is the third solo-album of Maximillian Olivier aka Council Of Nine. It also is a particular...
God Body Disconnect – Sleeper’s Fate (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: One year after the debut work “Dredge Portals” Bruce Moallem is back on track, inviting the...
Omnimar – Poison (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Rock-pop, electro-rock, techno-rock, indie. Background/Info: Previous albums by Russian trio Omnimar already got some positive response, but we can’t...
‘Click Interview’ with Richard H. Kirk: ‘Too Much Music Is Being Made Just Because People Can’
Richard H. Kirk is a world-wide recognized artist who started his ‘career’ in the 70s! He of course will always...
ProtoU & Hilyard – Alpine Respire (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: “Alpine Respire” resulted from the common efforts between Cryo Chamber artist Sasha Cats (aka ProtoU)...
The Shyness Of Strangers – Time (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, post-punk, new-wave. Background/Info: The Shyness Of Strangers is a solo-project set up by Vadim Kristopher who’s a Polish...
Shift – Abandon (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, noise-ambient. Background/Info: Shift was set up in the late 90s by Swedish artist Martin Willford. He released several...
Electro Bromance – We Are Like A Time Bomb! (CD Album – Deepland Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, techno-body. Background/Info: Electro Bromance is a Brazilian duo unleashing its debut full length. They previously released a self-titled...
Deadrow77 – Dark Waves for Little Greys (DCD Album – Facthedral’s Hall)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Deadrow77 is a French solo-project driven by Fabien Della Roma. A first album was released...
V/A Broken Memory – A Tribute To Martin Dupont (CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: French label BOREDOMproduct last year released a surprising compilation/tribute to French pop icon Etienne Daho....
SB-Six – Trajectories (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Dubstep, cinematographic, IDM. Background/Info: Stefan Bookholt aka SB-Six strikes back unleashing his second EP on Mindtrick Records. He released...
LPF12 – Foreign Pulses Pt. 1 (Digital EP – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic, IDM, experimental. Background/Info: Sascha Lemon better known under the LPF12 moniker remains a very prolific artist. He...
Klutæ – Black Piranha (CD Album – Læbel)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, cross-over. Background/Info: Claus Larsen strikes back with a new full length under the Klutæ moniker. I always...
Nothing But Noise – eXistence Oscilla+ion <> prEsen+ (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: The original members of Front 242, Daniel B and Dirk Bergen are back on track...
Jean-Marc Lederman – The Space Between Worlds (CD Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, cinematographic, ambient. Background/Info: Jean-Marc Lederman is one of those Belgian electronic pioneers belonging to the collective memory....
‘Click Interview’ with Les Anges De La Nuit: ‘We Would Rather Be Ourselves Than Pretend To Be Something We Are Not’
Richard Abdeni and Anthony Stuart set up Les Anges De La Nuit in 2003. This American duo got some recognition...
Club Mayz – Loneliness (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: Matthias Yzebaert is a Belgian artist active under the Club Mayz moniker. After a debut album...
V/A Wave Earplug No.1 (Vinyl Album – 4mg Records)
Genre/Influences: Electronics, electro-wave, minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: 4mg Records is a Slovakian label set up by Imiafan and devoted to promote...
V/A Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music (Digital Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, minimal-electronics, cinematographic, experimental, ritual. Background/Info: Italian label Unexplained Sounds Group is a small, but fascinating Italian label releasing...
TenHornedBeast – Death Has No Companion (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Drone, doom, dark-ambient. Background/Info: In a previous life Christopher Walton was involved in the ritual project Endvra. He later...
I Tpame I Tvrame – I Tpame I Tvrame (Cassette Album – Distag)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electro. Background/Info: This formation is a duo consisting of Franc Kurti (Albania) and Dina Hajrullahu (Kosovo). It’s not that...
Fabrizio Lapiana & Amotik – Figure Jams 001 (Vinyl 12” – Figure Jams)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal electronics. Background/Info: This vinyl is a split release featuring Italian DJ, producer and label owner Fabrizio Lapiana...
The Vomit Arsonist – Meditations On Giving Up Completely (CD Album – Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: The Vomit Arsonist is Andy Grant. This is the fifth full length of this death-industrial project,...
Anima Nostra – Atraments (CD Album – Tumor)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, ritual, experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Anima Nostra” was originally released as an album featuring a collaboration between Henrik Nordvarggr...
Admx-71 – Melted Fuel (Vinyl 12” – L.I.E.S.)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, techno, EBM, minimal electronics. Background/Info: Adam Mitchell is a man of many talents. We know him as label...
Douglas J. McCarthy (Black Line / Nitzer Ebb) interview: ‘It was something we never planned to do’
Black Line is fascinating concept, which was originally set up in 2016 as a continuation of DJM|REX, a project by...
Wora Wora Washington – Mirror (CD Album – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, indie, electro-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 by Marco De Rossi and Giorgio Trez, Italian duo Wora Wora...
Stars Crusaders – Welcome To Hydra (CD Album – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Three years after their debut album “New Horizons” the Italian electro-pop formation Stars crusaders takes away on...
Rubbish T.C – Nova Express (Digital Album – Tripalium Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, experimental, acid. Background/Info: French artist Francis Ferguson set up Rubbish T.C (Rubbish Techno Consortium) in 2015. “Nova Express”...
Petit Singe – Akash Ganga (Vinyl 12” – Haunter Records)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, electro, ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Hazina Francia is an Italian artist who already released a few productions on Haunter...
Mod21 – Chapter 1 (Digital EP – Mod21)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, techno, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Mod21 is a solo project set up and driven by Manuele Chiaravalloti. He already released...
‘Click Interview’ with New Frames: ‘No Tricks! Just Knowledge And Hard Work’
New Frames is the meeting between Mathis Mootz (The Panacea, M²…) and David Frisch. The debut full length “Resistance Through...
Minitel – Abîmes (CD Album – Facthedral’s Hall)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, drone, cinematographic, soundscape, industrial. Background/Info: Minitel is a French solo-project set up by Raphaël Henry. This artist has...
Matrixxman & Setaoc Mass – Pitch Black (Vinyl 12” – Figure)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno. Background/Info: “Pitch Black” is the meeting between American techno producer Charles McCloud Duff aka Matrixxman and UK techno...
400PPM – Fit For Purpose (Digital Album – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: American producer Shawn O'Sullivan has already been active under different monikers, but now strikes back...
The Birthday Massacre – Under Your Spell (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark cyber-pop. Background/Info: Canadian formation The Birthday Massacre became an instant revelation after their very first full length....
‘Click Interview’ with Gimme Shelter: ‘ I Do Not Know What Is So Funny About Being Named After A Title Of The Rolling Stones’
German duo Robert Grolms - Niko Kötzsch are active under the Gimme Shelter moniker for a couple of years now....
Schema Factor – Plasmavore (CD Album – Schemafactor)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, electro-industrial. Background/Info: Leif Bloomquist has already active since the 90s, but I have to admit I wasn’t that...
Introspect Void – Behind The Fallen Monuments Of Time (CD Album – Latex Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electronics, ambient-electro. Background/Info: I can’t remember to have ever heard of Introspect Void. This work also is a...
Joy Shannon And The Beauty Marks – Aes Sidhe (CD Album – Joy Shannon And The Beauty Marks)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, pagan-folk. Background/Info: Joy Shannon is an Irish artist based in the US. I got the opportunity to discover...
Schwarzschild – Radius (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Schwarzschild is a German duo, which was founded in 2016. It didn’t take them that much...
An Erotic End Of Times – Chapter One (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-rock, goth-metal. Background/Info: Behind this new formation is hiding Porn singer Philippe Deschemin and ex-Porn member Erwan Frugier....
Sturm Café – Es Geht (CD Mini-Album – SCR)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Swedish duo Jonatan Löfstedt - Gustav Jansson have been into music since 2001. They released several productions...
Juno Reactor And The Mutant Theatre – Our World (Digital Single – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Psy-trance, tribal-trance. Background/Info: Juno Reactor is the creative brainchild of Ben Watkins. He became one of the pioneers and...
iVardensphere – Exile (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, trance. Background/Info: Canadian iVardensphere is one of those ‘phenomenon’ active at the underground scene. The band became...
‘Click Interview’ with Akalotz: ‘In Our Opinion, “Confront” Has Become One Of The Best EBM Albums Of The Modern Era’
Three years after their debut album “Shift To Evil”, the German EBM formation Akalotz strikes back with its new opus...
Hexheart – Midnight On A Moonless Night (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM, dark electro-wave. Background/Info: Hexheart is a new project set up by God Module’s Jasyn Bangert assisted by...
Ghost Twin – Plastic Heart (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, wave-pop. Background/Info: Ghost Twin is a male-female duo from Canada, which after a few EP’s have achieved their...
Spray – Children Of A Laser God (DCD Album – Banoffeesound)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, synth-pop. Background/Info: (More than) ten years after the original release of the second Spray-album “Children Of A Laser...
Sweet William – Time (CD Album – D-Monic)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock, psychedelic. Background/Info: German formation Sweet William released this album for their 30th anniversary. The band was set...
Black Line – Treason, Sedition, And Subversive Activities (CD Album – Black Line)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, EBM, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Black Line is a crazy, but fascinating concept, which was originally set up in...
Click Interview’ with Die Form: ‘I Hope That Freedom Of Expression Will Survive For Future Generations’
Philippe Fichot and Eliane P. strike back with their new opus “Baroque Equinox”, which has been released on Trisol. The...
Ethan Fawkes – Raving Is Still Alive (Digital EP – Herr Zimmerman)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, retro-techno. Background/Info: 2017 is a real prolific year for Ethan Fawkes. The Belgian artist is releasing new EP’s...
