Josy & The Pony vs The Poneymen – Hippodrone Club (CD Album – Rockerill Records)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, punk-rock, punk-pop. Background/Info: “Hippodrone Club” resulted from the common efforts between Josette Ponette (Josy & The Pony) and...
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.
Hexenschuss – Gobbledegook (CD Album – Hexenschuss)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, psychedelic, shoegaze. Background/Info: “Gobbledegook” is the second album of Hexenschuss. This duo consists of Gil Luz (The Netherlands)...
FLeUR – The Space Between (CD Album – Bosco Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: We here welcome the debut album of the Italian duo FLeUR. The band is driven...
BeWider – Dissolve (CD Album – BeWider)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic, ambient-pop. Background/Info: BeWider is a solo-project from Italian musician/producer Piernicola Di Muro. He’s an experienced musician/composer who...
Ultra Arcanum – The Silence Inside (CD Album – Nadanna)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, minimal-pop. Background/Info: Ultra Arcanum is a London based formation consisting of Mark Thirkell (vocals) and Konstandinos Dorlis (electronics)....
Proxies – Groovin’Over Beirut (CD Album – Anna Logue Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop & new-wave. Background/Info: Anna Logue Records takes us back in time to Greece. Proxies was originally set up...
Car Crash Set – Join The Car Crash Set / Expanded Edition (CD Album – Anna Logue Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, new-wave. Background/Info: The main aim of Anna Logue Records (Germany) is to recover old 80s electro bands from...
Black Nail Cabaret – We Like To Suffer (CD EP – Basic Unit Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, noir-pop. Background/Info: Hungarian female duo Black Nail Cabaret is back on track unleashing the EP “We Like To...
Kill Your Boyfriend – Ghosts (Digital EP – Shyrec)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, ritual, shoegaze. Background/Info: Kill Your Boyfriend has been active since 2011 and now consists of the duo...
In Between – In Between (CD Album – PMS Studio)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: In Between is the solo-project of Italian artist Luca Maria Baldini. This self-titled debut work...
Sigha – Metabolism (CD Album – Token)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, IDM, industrial. Background/Info: Berliner James Shaw has released an impressive number of productions under the Sigha moniker since...
‘Click Interview’ with Fixmer/McCarthy: ‘We Like To Deliver Powerful Music And To See Douglas Running From Left To Right All The Time!’
Terence Fixmer and Douglas J. McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) are back on track unleashing one of their hardest and most industrial...
She Pleasures Herself – Fetish (CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, cold-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Hailing from Lisbon (Portugal) She Pleasures Herself is a trio featuring members who already gained...
Mænifesto – Veni Vidi Vici (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, rock. Background/Info: Mænifesto is an Italian solo-project operating from Rome and conducted by Augustus Gregorio-Rossi. I never...
Extramensch – II (CD Album – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Pop-rock, rock-metal. Background/Info: The German formation Extramensch strikes back with their second full length and this 7 years after...
This Morn’Omina – Kundalini Rising (DCD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, electronics, industrial, ritual. Background/Info: It took 6 years for This Morn’Omina to strike back with a new album....
Tragic Impulse – Devil On Your Shoulder (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-body-music. Background/Info: Tragic Impulse is an American solo-project set up and driven by Paul M. Graham. He started...
En Esch – Trash Chic (CD Album – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro, industrial, rock. Background/Info: Klaus Schandelmaier better known under his artist name En Esch and his involvement in bands...
Am Tierpark – April Fool’s (Digital EP – Læbel)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Am Tierpark is back on track with a surprising EP, which has been released on the brand-new...
Stoneman – Steine (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, metal-pop. Background/Info: The Swiss Stoneman formation is back on track unleashing their fifth opus to date and the...
Palast – Hush (CD EP – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, psychedelic-pop. Background/Info: Palast is a German formation I remember from the last year released sampler “Electrostorm Vol.7” (Out...
‘Click Interview’ with X Marks The Pedwalk: ‘The Most Mature And Professional Release Of X Marks The Pedwalk In Any Aspect So Far’
The ninth full length album of X Marks The Pedwalk is for sure a special one. Mastermind Sevren Ni-Arb (aka...
Mono Inc. – Together Till The End (DCD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, metal, gothic. Background/Info: Singer Martin Engler and his acolytes are back on track unleashing the ninth studio album...
La Main – L’Heure De Salir (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dark-pop. Background/Info: After a few self-released production French formation La Main (translated ‘The Hand’) joined hands together with...
Fixmer / McCarthy – Chemicals (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-EBM, techno-body. Background/Info: Minimal techno-body guru Terence Fixmer and Nitzer Ebb vocalist Douglas McCarthy are back on track...
Alphaxone & ProtoU – Stardust (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: “Stardust”-album resulted from the common efforts of Mehdi Saleh (Alphaxone) and Sasha Cats (ProtoU). It also...
Aegri Somnia – Endtime Psalms (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Croatian solo-project Aegri Somnia is back on track unleashing its third album in history, which also is...
SiJ – The Time Machine (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Vladislav Sikach has released an impressive number of productions in a rather short lapse of...
Council Of Nine, Alphaxone, Xerxes The Dark, Wolves And Horses – Tomb Of Seers (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Tomb Of Seers” is a new opus released on Cryo Chamber bringing different ambient artists together....
Apocryphos, Kammarheit, Atrium Carceri – Echo (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Two years after the “Onyx”-album Robert C. Kozletsky (Apocryphos), Pär Boström (Kammarheit) and Cryo Chamber label...
Sect 37 – Ausländer (CD Album – Aesthetic Death Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Sect 37 or Section 37 is an English music project that was set up in...
Grandchaos – Tempest (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: Belgian based artist Cheleskov Ivanovitch is back on track with a new album full of remixes....
KIFOTH – Extensive Report (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Kneel In Front Of The Executioner, better known as KIFOTH is back on track with their seventh...
X Marks The Pedwalk – Secrets (CD Album – Meshwork Music)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, ambient-pop. Background/Info: X Marks The Pedwalk became one of the main EBM formations during the 90s and struck...
‘Click Interview’ with Absurd Minds: ‘It Was Just Time To Break The Silence’
Absurd Minds started in 1995 as a small project featuring Tilo Ladwig and Stefan Grossmann. They got in touch with...
Desiderii Marginis – Songs Over Ruins (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Desiderii Marginis became without a shadow of a doubt the most successful formation of Johan Levin. The...
Peter Bjärgö – Animus Retinentia (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, neo-classic, neo-folk. Background/Info: Peter Bjärgö will always and instantly linked with formations like Arcana, Sophia and Karjalan Sissit...
Funker Vogt – Navigator Collector’s Edition (DCD Album + DVD – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: There has been a lot of commotion since Jens Kästel left Funker Vogt. By the end...
Elegant Machinery – I (CD EP – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop band Elegant Machinery became one of the most praised and famous bands in the genre...
Neikka RPM – Battle Scars (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial trip-hop, EBM, dark electro-pop. Background/Info: New-York duo Neikka RPM are back on track unleashing their first new studio...
Dave Inox feat. HIV+ – Danger Signal/MissConceptual (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: This work has been introduced as Spanish EBM and features David Hinojosa aka Dave Inox (who...
Motionen – Imago (Vinyl EP – Ascetic Limited)
Genre/Influences: IDM, tribal, techno, ambient. Background/Info: Motionen is a project hailing from Los Angeles (USA). “Imago” is the first release...
Mimetic – Maidenhead (Digital EP – Les Arts Minis)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Jérôme Soudan has been active under the Mimetic moniker since 1998. He released a considerable number...
Metalized Man – Losing Your Virginity: Metalized Boy’s First Adventures In Manhood (Vinyl Album – Foul-Up)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Lasse Bjørck Volkmann is a producer hailing from Copenhagen (Denmark) and active under the Metalized...
The Empire Line – Syndicat De La Couture (Vinyl 12 – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ambient, experimental, trance. Background/Info: Behind The Empire Line is hiding a Scandinavian duo of producers. Jonas Rönnberg and...
Aeon Waves – The Place Where Stars Choir (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Aeon Waves is an Indian producer (cf. Kanishk Budhori) who joined the Mindtrick Records roster to...
Theory – Red Book (Digital Album – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ambient. Background/Info: Theory is one of the newest additions to the Mindtrick Records roster. Driven by the creative...
Soldout – Forever (CD Album – Flatcat Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Charlotte Maison and David Baboulis better known as Soldout are back on track unleashing a new...
We Are Temporary – Crossing Over (CD album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: We are Temporary was set in 2013 by Brooklyn – New York based artist Mark Roberts. After...
Nachtmahr – Unbeugsam (DCD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Nachtmahr was set up in 2007 by Thomas Rainer. The Austrian musician was the creative spirit behind...
Die Form – Psychic Poison (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: I realized that this year Die Form will celebrate its 40 years of existence! “Psychic...
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Strvngers – Strvngers (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, d’n’b & pop. Background/Info: Strvngers is a new Canadian duo featuring Maria Joaquin and Kyle Craig. Their self-titled...
QDOR – I (Cassette Album – Old Europa Cafe)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ritual. Background/Info: QDOR is a mysterious Italian combo driven by ritual themes and dealing with experimental music. ‘QDOR...
Mytrip – Filament (Digital Album – Amek)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Real die-hard freaks of dark-ambient music will probably have heard of the Bulgarian formation Mytrip. This project...
Monocube – The Rituals (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Andrzew Gladushevskiy joined hands together with Malignant Records to unleash the second official album of...
Mnemonic – Mo:ral (CD Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, EBM. Background/Info: The German duo Mnemonic is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Last year they released...
The Thought Criminals – Dirty Electro (Vinyl 12” – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: British formation The Thought Criminals has already been active since 2004. They mainly released EP’s and only...
Mechanical Cabaret – Ortonesque (CD Album WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cabaret-pop. Background/Info: “Ortonesque” is the seventh full length released by London based Mechanical Cabaret. Set up in the...
Kilner – Walk Type (Digital Album – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Behind this new technoid project is hiding Jamie Roberts. This is a British producer operating from...
Johannes Malfatti – Surge (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, abstract, experimental. Background/Info: Johannes Malfatti is an artist who probably doesn’t really ring a bell. He however is...
The Gathering – Blueprints (DCD Album – Psychonaut Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, gothic, cinematographic, ethereal. Background/Info: The Gathering is a band, which doesn’t really need any further introduction. Hailing from...
Edit Select & Antonio Ruscito – Visitors / Projections (Double Vinyl Album – Edit Select Records)
Genre/Influences: Deep-techno, dark-techno, ambient-techno. Background/Info: This album is a collaboration between Tony Scott (Edit Select) and Antonio Ruscito. It also...
Daniel Ruane – Incandescent (Digital EP – The Silent Howl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Daniel Ruane is a British producer based in Manchester. Last year he released the acclaimed...
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
