Ayria – Paper Dolls (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, EBM, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Jennifer Parkin became one of the truly veteran artists of the Alfa Matrix roster, 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.
Microchip Junky – Analog Punk (CD Album – Microship Junky)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electro, electro-experimental, electro-punk. Background/Info: John Peacey is Microchip Junky, an English born musician who set up this project...
Bionulor – Stary Pisarz (CD Album – Oniron)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, abstract. Background/Info: Sebastian Banaszczyk is back on track unleashing his 4th studio album, which is based on...
Bionulor – Trois Versions De La Vie (Digital EP – Oniron)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, abstract. Background/Info: Bionulor is a Polish solo-project set up in 2006 by Sebastian Banaszczyk. He defines his...
Michal Wolski – The Root (Digital Album – International Day Off Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, experimental-techno, techno-ambient. Background/Info: Michal Wolski is a man of many talents and involvements. He has been active as...
Less – Rosmarie (Digital album – Broque, Broque)
Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal-techno, experimental-techno, ambient. Background/Info: Stefan Leßner is A German DJ and producer active under the Less moniker. Several...
Intersound – _Aural Architecture (CD Album – Kinetik Records/In Fact Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, cinematographic, ritual. Background/Info: Behind Intersound is hiding Greek artist Damianos Georgiadis. The name of this musician doesn’t...
‘Click Interview’ with FoxxyNewport: ‘There’s two things I know very well: Sex and Sadness’
I never heard of FoxxyNewport before the recently released “Neutral”-album. Operating from San Francisco (USA) Jess James has been active...
Monolith – Time Running Out (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Eric van Wonterghem is one of those Belgian electro veterans who can look back on a...
Red Storm – Alert (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock & pop. Background/Info: Behind Red Storm is hiding Desdemona singer Agnieszka Leśna. An American journalist who saw Desdemona...
‘Click Interview’ with Rhesus Factor featuring Leæther Strip: ‘I don’t like to work for the profit of labels’
Stefan Rukavina is a pure ‘DIY’ (‘Do It Yourself’) artist, but still a real prolific creative mind who got some...
The Opposer Divine – Reverse//Human (CD Album – Aliens Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient. Background/Info: Boris Mutina aka The Opposer Divine (TOD) is back on track unleashing the 4th album (and 2nd...
Noisy Deafness – Silent Remembrance Extended (CD Album – Electro Arc)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Electro Arc last year released the digital format of the Noisy Deafness debut album “Silent Remembrance”. The...
Rotersand – Torn Realities (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Rotersand is one of those bands we all know and respect for their sound and...
Project Pitchfork – Second Anthology (DCD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, dark-electro & gothic. Background/Info: There are bands that simply belong to the history of a music genre. Project...
L’Âme Immortelle – Unsterblich (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-wave, gothic-pop. Background/Info: The complete title of this album is “Unsterblich – 20 Jahre L’Âme Immortelle”. The title...
Welle: Erdball – 1000 Engel (CD EP – Oblivion/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “1000 Engel” was originally released as a box including the EP “1000 Engel” plus a 7” vinyl....
Trench Run – Truth Love Battle (Digital Album – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock. Background/Info: Andrew Hunter is hailing from Toronto (Canada) and is already involved in music for several years now....
FoxxyNewport – Neutral / International Edition (Digital Album – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: San Francisco (USA) based Jesse James Alexander has been introduced as ‘a self-styled anti-pop star for...
Karl Bartos – Communication (CD Album – Trocadero)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Karl Bartos entered into history as a Kraftwerk-member, but also as the one who left the band...
Metroland – Things Will Never Sound The Same Again (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: electro-pop. Background/Info: The third album by Belgian duo of Metroland is for sure the most special one, which is...
Karnnos – Dream Continent (CD Album – Cynfeirdd)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ethereal, folk. Background/Info: There’s been a hiatus of 10 years between the previous album of Karnnos and the...
The Joy Of Nature – A Roda Do Tempo (CD Album – Cynfeirdd)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, folk, ritual, mystic. Background/Info: Set up by Luís Couto who’s originally from the beautiful Azores archipelago, The Joy...
Electrosexual – Art Support Remix (Digital EP – Rock Machine Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, technoid. Background/Info: Romain Frequency aka ‘Electrosexual’ strikes back with a new EP featuring 13 remixes. The work is...
Glass Apple Bonzai – Night Maze (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: We here welcome a Canadian solo-project set up by Daniel X. Belasco. You might have heard of...
Giant Waves – Solidarnosc (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, wave-rock, rock-pop. Background/Info: Giant Waves is a Russian trio, which released their debut album “Solidarnosc” during 2015. “Solidarnosc”...
Full Contact 69 – Man Machine Version.2015 (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Full Contact 69 is a German duo operating from Erfurt. After having self-released 2 albums they got...
Rhesus Factor featuring Leæther Strip – Mann Der Arbeit (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Rhesus Factor is a German solo-project set up by Stefan Rukavina. This artist was previously involved in...
Electro Spectre – Beautiful Lies (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: The duo Isak Rypdal (producer) and Alexander Björneboe definitely belong to the most significant and successful electro-pop...
‘Click Interview’ with AD:KeY: ‘EBM is missing fresh blood’
AD:KeY is driven by Rene and Andrea Nowotny. The 4th album “Anthropozän” released on Emmo.biz at the end of 2015...
Sophia – Unclean (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, drones. Background/Info: Set up by Peter Bjärgö –as a side-project of Arcana, Sophia was mainly active and prolific...
Deep Imagination – Dancing With Ghosts (CD EP – BSC Music)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, cinematographic. Background/Info: Deep Imagination is the solo-work of Art Of Infinity member Thorsten Sudler-Mainz. This EP is meant...
Sunfrost – Outbreak (CD Album – 5527C°/0°C Records)
Genre/Influences: Spleen-rock, goth-rock, dream-rock. Background/Info: Sunfrost is a Parisian formation, which is has already been active since the early millennium...
Ô Paradis – Llega El Amor, Asoma La Murte (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-folk, Latino-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: Demian Recio has already been active under the Ô Paradis moniker since the 90s and...
Le Syndicat Electronique – 1996-2016 (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: This album is a retrospective of Le Syndicate Electronique. The band was set up by Alaxis...
Kirchohmfeld – Motion (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-wave. Background/Info: Kirchohmfeld is a German band that was originally set up as a duo featuring Andreas Neumann...
‘Click Interview’ with Peter Rainman: ‘Vince Clarke is obviously the main influence’
Peter Rainman is a name you for sure will have noticed as producer from numerous bands and productions or you...
Echo West – Pagan City Ghosts (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: This album was released during the first half of 2015, but is an irresistible piece...
Bruta Non Calculant – Instinct (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Bruta Non Calculant is the newest project of Alaxis Andreas G (Le Syndicat Electronique) and his...
Bisclaveret – In Hortis… Aegri Somnia / Early Works (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, cabaret, cinematographic. Background/Info: Set up by Radosław Murawski (Thorn) and Maciej Mehring (Dragos) in Gdansk (Poland) this duo...
Sadman – The Big Cut (CD Album – Memento Materia)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, cinematographic-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Sadman is a band I immediately felt in love with since their debut album “Cold...
Factice Factory – Nada (CD Album – Factice Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, wave-pop, cold-wave. Background/Info: I honestly never heard of Factice Factory before this album, which is their second. Behind...
‘Click Interview’ with Alphaxone: ‘Music Is The Best Way To Emit Inner Dark And Dark Senses!’
Behind Alphaxone is hiding a talented dark-ambient artist hailing from Iran. Mehdi Saleh is a passionate and prolific musician who...
Paranoid Winter – Thaw (CD Album – Paranoid Winter)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Paranoid Foundation often adapted their band name in function of their work. Set up by Crispin...
Mad Masks – Mad Masks (CD Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cold-wave. Background/Info: I wasn’t able to find a lot information about Mad Masks, but it concerns a French...
Mirror – Mirror (Vinyl Album – Artoffact)
Genre/Influences: Cabaret, psychedelic, pop. Background/Info: Mirror is a project that was set up by Thomas Anselmi (previously involved in punk-minded...
Parralox – Wildlife (CD EP – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Australian synth-pop sensation Parralox strikes back with a new EP revealing a new title song and...
17 Pygmies – Isabel II: Abandon Rising (CD Album – Trakwerx)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ethereal, folk. Background/Info: Set up in the early 80s by ex-Savage Republic member Jackson Del Rey, 17 Pygmies...
Syntec – Puppets & Angels (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Uwe Kallenbach (music) and Tobias Hartwig (vocals) were both involved in several electronic bands during the...
Les Berrtas – Knochenschäler (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro & gothic. Background/Info: Younger music lovers will probably have never heard of Les Berrtas, but ‘older’ freaks...
Cellmod – Graveyard Of Empires (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial-EBM, glitch-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Cellmod is a band set up by Juan Espinosa and joined by guest singers. After...
‘Click Interview’ with Noisuf-X: ‘I Like To Kick Ass!’
Every single generation gets some artists emerging from the mass. You’ve the ones that are composing ‘cool’ music and you’ve...
Parralox – Wildlife (CD EP – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Australian synth-pop sensation Parralox strikes back with a new EP revealing a new title song and...
Parralox – Holiday ’15 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cabaret-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: This is the 8th full length released by Parralox, which remains driven by the creative...
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Noisuf-X – Kicksome[b]ass (DCD Album – ProNoize)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rave, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Jan L last year released the album “10 Years Of Riot”, which was a kind of...
‘Click Interview’ with Larva: ‘We Want To Be Loved Or Hated’!
Based in Barcelona InqUesT and Anoxia are better known as Larva. This dark-electro formation started in the late 90s as...
Troum – Acouasme (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Glitch and Baraka better known under the Troum moniker can already look back on an...
Z’EV – Eleven Mirrors To The Light (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Abstract-music, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Stefan Weisser aka Z’EV belongs to the collective memory of experimental and industrial music. He...
Troum – Acouasme (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Glitch and Baraka better known under the Troum moniker can already look back on an...
Sinestar – Evolve (DCD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro & wave-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Based in Bristol (UK) Sinestar has a few self-released productions, mainly EP’s and one...
Colossloth – Outstretch Your Hand For The Impress Of Truth (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, abstract-music. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records has signed this Leicester based solo-project set up by Wooly Woolaston. A few...
‘Click Interview’ with Sinestar: ‘The Next Big Thing In Electro-Pop Music?!’
Conzoom Records is a synth-pop label with a nose for talented electro-pop bands. Think about bands like Parralox, Dual Density,...
Formshift feat. Neon Electronics – Crash (Digital single – DanceDelic-D)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, techno-body music, electroclash. Background/Info: This production is the meeting between 2 artists from different generations. Gavin Bucktrout aka...
SiJ & Textere Oris – Reflections Under The Sky (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, abstract-music. Background/Info: SiJ is an Ukrainian project set up by Vladislav Sikach and which has released an...
Dronny Darko – Neuroplasticity (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Oleg Puzan aka Dronny Darko became a familiar artist on the growing Cryo Chamber roster. This...
Alphaxone – Echoes From Outer Silence (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, drones. Background/Info: Mehdi Saleh aka Alphaxone has released 4 full lengths in less than 2 years of time...
