Lagowski – Secrets Of Numbers (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: IDM, techno, experimental, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Andrew Lagowski strikes back with a new and very personal work....
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.
Jupe Jupe – Nightfall (EP – Jupe Jupe Music)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: I discovered the Seattle (USA) based Jupe Jupe by their previous full length...
Cemetery Sex Fairies – The Liquid Source Of Joy & Horror (CD – Indie God Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Cemeteries Sex Fairies is a German trio featuring a male composer and two...
‘Click Interview’ with Wintry: ‘We Must Move Ahead And Listen More To New Music’
Internet is getting artists closer, giving birth to new bands. Before the new millennium it was nearly impossible to imagine...
Von Mollenstein – Fistful Of Mental (Album – Von Mollenstein)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-metal, industial-punk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Von Mollenstein is a duo from The Netherlands set up in 2019...
Vlimmer – Pulmo (EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, post-punk, cold-wave, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CDR, Cassette. Background/Info: Alexander Donat has released an impressive number of EP’s over...
‘Click Interview’ with Masquerade: ‘Sometimes Masks And Heavy Makeup Bring Out Your True Nature And Personality’
Masquerade is a Finnish band hailing from Helsinki set up in 2012. They released the debut album “Ritual” in 2016...
Pan Sonic – Oksastus (Album – Kvitnu)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, abstract. Format: Digital, CD, Double Vinyl. Background/Info: Pan Sonic, the legendary Finnish duo featuring Mika Vainio and...
Lisfrank – The Human (Album – FinalMuzik / St.An.Da.)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, electro-wave, minimal-electro, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Fulvio Guidarelli has been active since 1980. He released productions at...
V:XII – Rom, Rune And Ruin / The Odium Disciplina (Album – Aesthetic Death Records)
Genre/Influences: Power-electronics, drone, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: V:XII is a new project by Daniel Jansson (Deadwood, Morn, Blodulv, S.T.U.G....
Alphamay – Conformity (Album – Battersea)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German duo Cris Frickenschmidt - Henning Hammoor have been active since 2013....
Feu Follet – La Forêt Oubliée (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro-wave, psychedelic, experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Alban Blaising active under the Feu Follet moniker released last...
Sleepless Droids – Sleepless Droids (EP – Sleepless Droids)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electronic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Sleepless Droids is an Australian project set up by producer Aaron Potter around 2011....
The Search – Some Place Far Away (Album – Aenaos Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ramzig Tekeyan is the creative force hebind The Search for more than twenty years....
Hunter Complex – Dead Calm And Zero Degrees (Album – Burning Witches Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Hailing from The Netherlands, Lars Meijer is involved with music since the...
BlackieBlueBird – Goodbye In July (Album – Aenaos Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: BlackieBlueBird is a Danish male-female duo striking back with their second full length album....
The Venus Fly Trap / Alex Novak – Mercurial 1978-2018 (Album – Glass Modern)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, cold-wave, gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Venus Fly Trap is a British band that was originally set...
My Love Kills – Silent Scream (EP – My Love Kills)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: V.V. Arkames (Ad Inferna) and Fredrik Sigeback (Erotic Elk) is a rather unexpected...
Loveblind – Sleeping Visions (Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-rock, rock-pop, shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Loveblind was set up in 2017 by Saint Marie Records...
Harold Nono – We’re Almost Home (Album – Bearsuit Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Scottish Harold Nono released the first album ever on Bearsuit Records. We’re now...
Attrition / Alu – Attrition / Alu (Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album is a re-release and for the very first time on...
‘Click Interview’ with Rue Oberkampf: ‘2020 Could Have Been ‘Our Year’
Despite of their French band name, Rue Oberkampf is a German formation set up in 2016. The trio started to...
Sonologyst – Unexplained Sounds (Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundscape. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: “Unexplained Sounds” is an essential work in the discography of Sonologyst. Raffaele...
Moloch Conspiracy – Incantations From Ugarit (Album – Eighth Tower Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French artist Julien A. Lacroix strikes back with his third full length opus...
Phantoms vs. Fire – Modern Monsters I & II (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: The Brazilian project Phantoms vs. Fire is very prolific. This new opus...
Escape To What – Early Warning (EP – Escape To What)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Escape To What was set up in 2017 by James Orez and Jan O....
‘Click Interview’ with Chainreactor: ‘I Think There Are Not So Many Bands With That Kind Of Sound’
Set up in 2009 by Jens Minor and later on joined by Kay Schäfer, Chainreactor is a German project mixing...
Nymphya – Naked Kate (Album – WooHooYa Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, chanson. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nymphya is the sonic brainchild of Valentina O. She’s singing, playing acoustic guitar,...
Ishmael Cormack – Ammil (Album – KrysaliSound)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ishmael Cormack is a British artist who likes to experiment with sounds. His...
Earthset – L’Uomo Meccanico (Album – Dischi Bervisti / Koe Records)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Earthset is an Italian combo active since 2012. They previously released the debut...
Dead Souls Rising – Isadora (Album – Dead Souls Rising)
Genre/Influences: gothic, dark-wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Set up in 1993, French formation Dead Souls Rising released two noticeable albums “Ars...
Corona Barathri & Paranoia Inducta – Atra Mors (Album – Speculum Diaboli Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Atra Mors” resulted from the efforts between “Ilya Affectvs Kein” (Corona Barathri and still...
Talk To Her – Love Will Come Again (Album – Shyrec / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop-rock. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Italian formation Talk To Her saw the light of day in 2015. The...