Davey Suicide – Made From Fire (CD Album – Dark Tunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, metal-rock. Background/Info: Hailing from California, Davey Suicide seems to have gained some recognition in their homeland (USA). They...
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.
Versus – Freakwaves (CD Album – Dark Tunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Versus is a German electro-pop band, which I remember from the cool album “Different Twilight Places” released...
Vacuum Aeterna – Project: Darkscapes (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Vacuum Aeterna is an ambient inspired project from Italy unleashing its debut album “Project: Darkscapes” on Cyclic...
Phurpa – Gyer Ro (DCD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, experimental. Background/Info: Phurpa is a Russian collective inspired and driven by the ritual music of BON, which is...
Echolust – Veldisa (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, dark wave-pop. Background/Info: Echolust is a Californian trio unleashing their official debut album on Cleopatra Records. The band...
‘Click Interview’ with Empusae: ‘There Is Something Beautiful Within The Darkness’
Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe aka ‘Sal-Ocin’ and instigator of the dark-ambient/ritual/cinematographic project Empusae is a Belgian artist I discovered since his...
Ikon – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere Ends (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, new-wave. Background/Info: Australian gothic pride and living legends of the Australian gothic scene released this album in 2014...
Phallus Dei – Black Dawn (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, drone, experimental. Background/Info: Phallus Dei is not exactly a band releasing new albums on regular basis although they...
Samhain – One Minute To Twelve (DCD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Slovakian trio Samhain saw the light of day back in 1996 and released their official...
Dazed Marrow – Gaeseki Dream Machine (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Dazed Marrow is a musician from South Korea. I never heard of this project before, which...
Blake’s Optimism – These Things & Us (Vinyl 7” – Steelwork Maschine)
Genre/Influences: Martial, neo-folk, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Blake’s Optimism is a new French duo unleashing their official debut work. Both members already...
The Austrasian Goat & Cober Ord – Et Ils Franchirent Le Seuil (CD Album + Vinyl 7” – Steelwork Maschine)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial, experimental, drones, ritual. Background/Info: “Et Ils Franchirent Le Seuil” is an album that resulted from the common...
‘Click Interview’ with Dive: ‘My Wish Is To Continue Another 3 Years And Celebrate 30 Years Of Dive On Stage’
It’s now 27 years ago that Dirk Ivens (the legendary singer of The Klinik) took the world by surprise unleashing...
Samuel Rohrer – Range Of Regularity (CD Album – Arjuna Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-jazz, abstract. Background/Info: Samuel Rohrer is an artist who doesn’t really ring a bell to me. This Swiss...
30Drop – The Time Of Cruel Miracles (DCD Album – 30Drop Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno. Background/Info: Hailing from Barcelona this project has only been active for a few couple of years while the...
Welle: Erdball – Gaudeamus Igitur (CD Album – Oblivion/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: One of the most unique electro-pop formations from the scene strikes back with a new (mini)-album. The...
Adult. – Detroit House Guests (CD Album – Mute)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental, minimal EBM. Background/Info: Detroit based duo Nicola Kuperus - Adam Lee Miller are back on track unleashing...
Larva – Scars (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Larva officially started in 2003 and has released an impressive number of productions over the years. The...
Instans – Derailed (DCD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Fredrik Djurfeldt got some underground recognition as the instigator of the EBM project Severe Illusion while dark-ambient...
Severe Illusion – Discipline Is Reward Enough (DCD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Severe Illusion was founded in 2000 by Fredrik Djurfeldt and Ulf Lundblad. The band released several albums...
Cynical Existence – Dying Light (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-EBM, crossover. Background/Info: Cynical Existence is back on track and has unleashed their fourth full length album to date....
Antibiosis – Hellish Puzzle (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark future-pop, dark-electro. Background/Info: Antibiosis is a Russian duo, which was set up in 2013 and unleashing their...
Homicidal Feelings – Cognitive Disorders (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up in the 90s by Brazilian artist Giba Reys, Homicidal Feelings stopped all activities...
Cold Therapy – Figures And Faces (CD Album – Advoxya Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Polish artist Jacek Wolański set up Cold Therapy as a solo-project in 2012. He quickly started working...
‘Click Interview’ with Preemptive Strike 0.1: ‘Preemptive Strike 0.1 Is A Band With A Split Personality’
When you think about Greece and the beautiful island of Crete, you immediately get images of holidays in mind. But...
Empusae – Lueur (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, drones, cinematographic, industrial. Background/Info: Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe aka Sal-Ocin is back on track unleashing a new Empusae opus...
Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous Names (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Henrik Nordvargr Björkk is one of those musicians who doesn’t need any further introduction. From his...
Dødsmaskin – Fullstendig Brent (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Noise-ambient, industrial, neo-classic. Background/Info: Dødsmaskin is one of the newest signings to the American Malignant Records roster. It’s a...
Rasalasad vs. Von Magnet and Wildshores – Magnethism (CD EP – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, dark-ambient. Background/Info: In the “Thisobey”-series we got familiarized with Rasalasad joining hands with other guest projects. This...
Rasalasad vs. Amantra – Thisturbia (CD EP – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, psychedelic, drones, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Thisturbia” is a next release featuring Fernando Cerqueira aka Rasalasad working with another formation....
Rasalasad vs. Shhh… – Apophenia (CD EP – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: This work is collaboration between Portuguese projects Rasalasad and Shhh… The CD is available in...
Rasalasad – Thismorphia (CD Album – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, ambient. Background/Info: Behind Rasalasad is hiding Thisco label owner Fernando Cerqueira, a Portuguese artist who been into...
Kazuya Ishigami – Cleaner 583 (CD Album – Slowdown Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient-noise, abstract. Background/Info: Kazuya Ishigami is hailing from Osaka (Japan) and is fascinated by ‘sound’. He’s a composer,...
Chekarino Project – Zeroes (CD Album – Roaring Disc Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Chekarino Project is a duo hailing from Ukraine and dealing with electro-pop music. They released their official...
Descendants Of Cain – Conversations With Mirrors (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-rock. Background/Info: British formation Descendants Of Cain (D.O.C.) strikes back with their first album in 6 years. Driven...
M.W. Wild – The Third Decade (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: M.W. Wild was formerly involved in The Cascades, a band with whom he recorded four albums....
Mirland – Mechanic (CD Album – Raumklang Music)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: I got familiarized with the work of John Mirland by discovering the Holm/Mirland project. This...
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‘Click Interview’ with [:SITD:]: ‘We Want To Be A Voice, A Scream Against Injustice’
aka Shadows In The Dark has been set up in 1996 by German duo Carsten Jacek and Tom Lecszenski. They...
Mesh – Runway (CD EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “Runway” is the second single/EP taken from the last year released album “Looking Skyward”. It sometimes is...
V/A In Praise Of Shadows (DCD Album – Thank You For The Horse)
Genre/Influences: Hard-techno, hardcore. Background/Info: Thank You For The Horse (TYFTH) is a Japanese label based in Tokyo and specialized in...
Loewenhertz – Echtzeit (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Alex Pfahler and Andy Pfiefer ever started with a synth-pop band called L’Image, but later on moved...
Herzparasit – ParaKropolis (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Metal, rock-metal. Background/Info: The German combo Herzparasit is back on track, unleashing their third full length album. The band...
5TimesZero – ØK (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-rock & pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Last year I discovered the EP “Zero Gravity” released by this German band....
047 – & (Vinyl Album – Killing Music)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2001 by Swedish duo Peter Engström - Sebastian Rutgersson, 047 has released several...
Werner Urban – Dworzec Towarowy (Vinyl Album – Abandoned)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, electronic, industrial. Background/Info: Werner Urban is an artist hailing from The Netherlands. He already released several productions...
Tearful Moon – In The Dark Morning (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Tearful Moon is an American formation featuring two lovers. It’s the fusion between a female poet...
Seraphim System – Luciferium (CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal, crossover. Background/Info: The new Seraphim System album was released at the end of 2016. After the two...
Freakangel – How The Ghost Became (CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, crossover. Background/Info: Since their set up in 2010 Estonian combo Freakangel didn’t stop terrorizing the electro-underground scene. It...
Cygnosic – Siren (CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Cygnosic is one of the numerous talented dark-electro acts from Greece. Driven by Georg Psaroudakis this solo-project...
Lee Simeone – Best Seat In The Dream (CD Album – Vernal Equinox)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dream-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Lee someone is a producer and multi-instrumentalist. I never heard of this musician before. “Best...
Jen Gloeckner – Vine (CD Album – Spinning Head Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dream-pop. Background/Info: Jen Gloeckner is an American artist whose name maybe doesn’t say that much although she had...
Holygram – Holygram (CD EP – Reptile Music)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dreamy wave-pop. Background/Info: Holygram is a German formation, which wants to compose a sonic bridge between new-wave, post-punk...
Datacode Division – Dissections (CD Album – Underground Industrial Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark EBM. Background/Info: American formation Datacode Division was set up in 2001, but it took years to achieve...
PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – Through The Astral Cold (CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: PreEmptive Strike 01 is back on track unleashing their sixth album to date. It’s an important...
Deconbrio – Hail To The Liar’s Throne (CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, electro-metal. Background/Info: Deconbrio is an American formation driven by the creative spirit of its front man Danny Rendo....
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[:SITD:] – Trauma: Ritual (DCD Album – Scanner)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Shadows In The Dark are back on track unleashing their newest opus featuring 10 songs (for...
Centhron – Allvater (CD Album – Scanner)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: German formation Centhron strikes back after a hiatus of three years. The line-up has somewhat changed although...
T.Raumschmiere – Heimat (Digital Album – Kompakt)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, technoid, ambient. Background/Info: Marco Haas better known as T.Raumschmiere is a real phenomenon in techno music. He...
Seven Trees – Trauma Toxicity (CD Mini album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: With the Swedish duo Seven Trees I feel a bit like going back in time....
V/A F.Y.E.O. Selected Frequencies Volume II (Digital Album – Reverse Alignment)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Swedish label Reverse Alignment is focused on music styles such as dark-ambient-, experimental-, industrial- and...
V/A Belgium Experimental Underground 017 Survey (Digital Album – Unexplained Sound Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, cinematographic, industrial, ritual. Background/Info: Italian label Unexplained Sound Group is used to familiarizing us with compilations based...
LPF12 – Conclusion (Digital EP – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Sascha Lemon’s (LPF12) creativity has no limits. While a new full length album (cf. “Missiles”)...
LPF12 – Missiles (Digital Album – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: LPF12 is back on track with a new addition to the impressive discography of German...
In Vein – Veiled In Pain (CD EP – In Vein)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, dark-rock. Background/Info: I never heard of In Vein before and unfortunately there’s not much information available. It starts...
Clan Of Xymox – Days Of Black (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, wave-pop. Background/Info: Clan Of Xymox has now been active for more than 30 years. The gothic pride of...
Alphane Reality Generator – Music For The Robot Revolution (CD album – Alphane Reality Generator)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, cyber-punk, technoid. Background/Info: Alphane Reality Generator (ARG) is an American formation unleashing their self-released debut opus. They deal...
