Kloq – Behind The Screams (CD Album – Kloq)
Genre/Influences: Breakbeats, electro-rock, technoid-rock. Background/Info: The 3rd full length album of Kloq is a fact. The band driven by producer...
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.
Until Ben – The Ray (CD Album – Until Ben)
Genre/Influences: Electro-experimental, electro-jazz, electro-pop. Background/Info: Until Ben is a French producer who has compiled 8 songs on one album. It...
‘Click Interview’ with Chiron: ‘Art Is Supposed To Be A Struggle’
Chiron was set up by ex-Ikon singer Michael Aliani in 1997. The band got completed by by Ikon bass player...
Roman Leykam & Frank Mark – The Detection Of Slowness (DVD – Frank Mark Arts)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, abstract, soundtrack, experimental. Background/Info: Roman Leykam and Frank Mark both are familiar artists active on the Frank Mark...
Ooluu – Ophus (CD Album – Ooluu)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: First there was Oompalunatiks, which in 2013 got renamed into Ooluu. The band consists of Davindra, Asa,...
I, Synthesist – Circus Ride To Venus (Digital EP – I, Synthesist)
Genre/Influences: Experimental electro-pop, glitch-pop. Background/Info: Chris Ianuzzi is already active under I, Synthesist for several years now. He released a...
Electrorites – Structures (DCD Album – Nightmare Factory Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno, dark-techno. Background/Info: Luca Vollaro is an Italian DJ and producer who’s already been active for 10 years now....
Drumcomplex – Perfection Is Imperfection (Vinyl Album – Complexed Ltd.)
Genre/Influences: Techno. Background/Info: Drumcomplex is a German techno-driven project, which is has already been active for several years, having performed...
Nostalgie Eternelle – Magie Fragile (Vinyl Album – Hafen Schlamm Rekords/Urknall Tonquelle)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-minimal, electro-new-wave. Background/Info: Nostalgie Eternelle is a German duo that was mainly active during the 80s and early...
Monolith – Domination (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Techno-industrial, industrial, tribal-industrial. Background/Info: Eric van Wonterghem is a veteran active in the wider fields of electronic- and industrial...
Kriistal Ann – Cultural Bleeding (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, minimal-electronics, gothic-pop. Background/Info: Kriistal Ann is an artist involved in music, poetry, and photography. She has been the...
Bleib Modern – Vale Of Tears (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Bleib Modern is a Berlin based band, which started composing music in 2014. The band was...
‘Click Interview’ with Markko Barrientos Sanchez (C-Lekktor, Circuito Cerrado, Kromak): ‘I Have Nothing To Prove To Anyone Else Because I’m Not Looking For Fame’
C-Lekktor became the big next Mexican dark-electro sensation after Hocico while Circuito Cerrado is rapidly growing towards the top of...
Scarlet Leaves – Deep Sad Frustration (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Scarlet Leaves in my opinion is one of the most talented new-wave bands from Brazil. The...
Satanismo Calibro 9 – Kymah Rising (CD Album – Old Europa Cafe)
Genre/Influences: Ritual music, infernal-industrial. Background/Info: Satanismo Calibro 9 was set up in 2005/2006 as a solo-project of ‘Doktor Pery’ while...
Plastique Noir – 24 Hours Awake (CD album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Plastique Noir is a Brazilian trio, which has now been busy for more or less 10...
Chiron – Best Of (CD Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Chiron is a band that will for sure ring a bell for new-wave fans. The band...
Novakill – Danger (CD Album – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up 20 years ago by the Australian duo ‘BONES’ and ‘SiK’, Novakill is back on track...
Henrik Nordvargr Björkk / Margaux Renaudin – Anima Nostra (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: “Anima Nostra” is the meeting between one of the leaders and old-servant of the dark-ambient and...
Aria Rostami & Daniel Blomquist – Wandering Eye (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Abstract, experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: “Wandering Eye” resulted from the common efforts and creativity of 2 artists. Daniel Blomquist got...
The Arch – Fates (CD Album – WHY2K Music)
Genre/Influences: New-wave & rock-pop. Background/Info: I realized that The Arch is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. This Belgian formation...
Antikatechon – I Feel Nothing But Repulsion (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Davide Del Col better known as the operator behind Antikatechon is back on track unleashing his...
Tvlpa – Mountain Of The Opposer (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Tvlpa consists of an anonymous group of ‘Draconian sorcerers’-musicians from Gothenburg (Sweden). They’ve already released a...
‘Click Interview’ with ProtoU: ‘Reflection Of Calm Mind’
ProtoU is the solo-project of Sasha Cats. This artist is hailing from Ukraine and has released earlier this year her...
Nihil featuring In Slaughter Natives – Ventre (Book + CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, epic-industrial, soundtrack. Background/Info: Jouni Havukainen is one of those genius artists who became a long-time pioneer reinventing the...
Cities Last Broadcast – The Humming Tapes (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Pär Boström who’s mainly active with his Kammarheit project now gets back to his Cities Last...
Lord Of The Lost – Empyrean (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, gothic-rock, nu-metal. Background/Info: Chris Harms set up Lord Of The Lost in 2008. The first official release was...
‘Click Interview’ with Növö: ‘I Personally Can’t Conceive To Create A Musical Piece With A Mouse And A Controller’
Laurent Boudic is a kind of pioneer in electronic music although he’s not the most famous and recognized artist at...
The Juggernauts – The Juggernauts Are Coming (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: The Juggernauts is a Belgian band featuring Peter Mastbooms aka ‘BORG’ (music, lyrics and vocals) and Glenn...
Heimataerde – Hick Hack Hackebeil (CD EP – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & medieval-metal music. Background/Info: Heimataerde once started as an original dark-electro formation with bagpipes on top. The sound...
Chrom – Peak & Decay (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Christian Marquis and Thomas Winters set up Chrom in 2007 and are now unleashing their 3rd...
Beyond Sensory Experience – The End Of It All (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Set up in 2001 by Drakh and K. Meizter in Uppsala, Sweden, Beyond Sensory Experience has released...
Apocryphos – Stone Speak (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Apocryphos is the dark-ambient driven project set up by Robert C. Kozletsky. The man got recognition as...
Project Pitchfork – Wonderland/One Million Faces (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-wave. Background/Info: Project Pitchfork doesn’t need any further introduction. The band from Hamburg set up by Peter Spilles...
‘Click Interview’ with Amnistia: ‘We Record Whatever We Have In Mind Or Just What Comes Out When We Use Our Machines’
Amnistia is Stefan Schœtz (arrangements, sound, lyrics), Tino Claus (vocals, lyrics, arrangements) and Jan Moritz (arrangements, sound). This German trio...
Circuito Cerrado – Arrhytmia (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, industrial-rave. Background/Info: Markko B(arrientos) is a renowned artist as leader of the Mexican dark-electro project C-Lekktor. Two years...
Exilanation – Best Of Trilogy (CD Album – Codeline Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Exilanation is a German EBM formation that was mainly active a few years ago. After a hiatus...
Grimbergen – The Passing Of Time (CD Album – Grimbergen)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: Grimbergen is a solo-project set up by Nathan Clemence. As indicated inside the gatefold-CD ‘Grimbergen is...
Digital Geist – Afterthought 1 & 2 (Digital Album – Digital Geist)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body, electro-trance, acid, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Alex Kourelis set up Digital Geist in the late 90s. He released a...
Ari Mason – Creatures (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop. Background/Info: Ari Mason is an American female artist who officially debuted on Danse Macabre in 2014 with the...
Daghraven – #1 (CD Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Behind Daghraven is hiding Belgian artist Kevin Imbrechts who you might know from his Illuminine project. Daghraven...
A Bleeding Star – LXXXVII: Forget About This Mess’d Realm For A Second & Enjoy This Nyxchill’d Smokin’ Session (CD Album – UAE Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Alex Goth is the creative spirit hiding behind A Bleeding Star. Clearly devoted to the darker...
The Rain And The Sidewalk – Nadir (Digital Album – The Rain And The Sidewalk)
Genre/Influences: New-wave-rock, post-punk, punk-metal, crossover, shoegaze. Background/Info: The Rain And The Sidewalk is mainly a solo-project driven by Trevor M....
T_Error 404 – Budha 2.0 (Digigtal Album – T_Error 404)
Genre/Influences: Body-techno, electro-trance, electro-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: T_Error 404 is probably a name, which doesn’t really say that much worldwide. Behind...
Vortex – Moloch (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Marcus Stiglegger set up Vortex in 2007. The German artist already released several noticeable releases and found...
ProtoU – Lost Here (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Behind ProtoU is hiding a female artist from Kiev (Ukraine). Sasha Cats grew up with music and...
Spray – Enforced Fun (CD Album – Banoffee Sound)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, synth-pop. Background/Info: Spray is a British duo I discovered in 2002 when they released their debut album “Living...
V/A Hypotaxia (CD Album – Aliens Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM, experimental. Background/Info: Peter Rybar commonly known as ‘Ryby’ not only is involved into great electronic bands like...
Polygon – Einzelheiten (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, minimal-electronics, IDM. Background/Info: Former Mortal Constraint-member Ingo Lindmeier has already been active under the Polygon moniker for several...
Neronoia – Mi Piaceva Una Vita (CD Album – Eibon Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Mauro Berchi (Canaan and Eibon Records owner) and Gianni Pedretti (Collquio ao) are back on track...
Heretics In The Lab – Exit (CD Album – Heretics In The Lab)
Genre/Influences: Cross-over, industrial. Background/Info: Operating from Norfolk Virginia (USA) Heretics In the Lab was set up by Thomas Morgan and...
Contemplatron & Shentz – Transmission Code (CD Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, experimental, abstract, noise, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Transmission Code” is the meeting between 2 Polish bands. Contemplatron is a rather...
Norma Loy – Baphomet (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, new-wave, experimental, EBM. Background/Info: “Baphomet” is the first new studio album of Norma Loy since 2009. This French...
Növö – The Shortwaves (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics, experimental. Background/Info: Laurent Boudic aka Növö is back on track unleashing his second full length on Alfa...
‘Click Interview’ with Horskh: ‘We Want To Exchange A Strong And Powerful Energy With The Audience’
Horskh is a French duo hailing from Besançon. I discovered this band by their dynamic and merciless EP “Dawn”, which...
Avarice In Audio – Crystal Tears (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-dance music, body-techno. Background/Info: Lawrie Bayldon (Studio-X, Cryogenic Echelon), Ayax (Ascension Ex, Cryogenic Echelon) and Gerry Hawkins earlier this year...
The Tempest – 5 Against The House (CD Album – Optic Nerve)
Genre/Influences: New-wave. Background/Info: This album is a re-issue of the original vinyl released in 1984 on Anagram Records. The Tempest...
V/A Forms Of Hands 16 (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, power-noise, experimental, IDM. Background/Info: The compilation series “Forms Of Hands” has been each year again released to celebrate...
Greyhound – Inner Noise Level (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Power-noise, industrial. Background/Info: Steffen Lehmann and his Greyhound project became one of the veterans of the Hands label. This...
Naurea – I Am A Monster (CD Album – Cinderella Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial-metal. Background/Info: Naurea is a Swiss project set up and driven by Olimann. This band released a debut production...
Hysteresis – Hegemonia Cultural (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, d’n’b, industrial-techno, industrial-trance, hard-core. Background/Info: Hysteresis is back on track unleashing their 5th full length album. After 2...
Wieloryb – Semantik (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, industrial, industrial-tribal. Background/Info: Wieloryb definitely is one of the most noticeable projects in the industrial avant-garde style. Hailing...
The Elderbranch Campaign – Secret Songs Of The Field (Digital Album – Elderbranch Rain Label)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: The Elderbranch Campaign is the meeting between American artist G M Slater and UK artist Stephen Surreal....
Trackologists – No Surrender, No Retreat (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial. Background/Info: Trackologists is a brand-new sound project consisting of Mike Erkau (the_empath) and André Matthes plus Thomas...
Le Moderniste – Desistere Mortem Timere (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Power-noise, rhythmic-ambient & noise. Background/Info: Laurent Delogne aka Le Moderniste belongs to a selected number of renowned Belgian artists...
Morbus M. – Fight Or Die (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: Morbus M. is a German solo-project driven by René Klimaczewski aka Klima aka Exocet. After...
