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.

‘Click Interview’ with Exponentia: ‘I Want To Create An Imaginary Music World, Populated By Phantasmagorical And Fantastic Creatures’

Inferno Sound Diaries July 30, 2016

Exponentia is a French solo-project set up by Ludivic Dhenry in 2012. The music clearly refers to typical gothic music...

Stoppenberg – I Am The Danger (Digital EP – X-Beats)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 30, 2016

Genre/Influences: Hard techno-body-music. Background/Info: Stoppenberg is Jan Loamfield who we all know as one of the most famous and renowned...

Exponentia – Abend (CD Album – Neris Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 24, 2016

Genre/Influences: Gothic, neo-classic. Background/Info: Ludovic Dhenry is French artist who set up Exponentia in 2012. “Abend” is the 4th full...

Sacrificial System – D.N.A. (CD Album – Sacrificial System)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 24, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial EBM. Background/Info: Sacrificial System is a one-man project set up by Keith Kosmopolis. This American artist based in...

Atomic Neon – The Bodanegra Session (CD Album – Holy Hour Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 23, 2016

Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Atomic Neon is a German band, which gained some recognition for their pure new-wave/cold-wave albums...

‘Click Interview’ with Helalyn Flowers: ‘Helalyn Flowers Are Irresponsible And Incorrect, Dirty And Wet’

Inferno Sound Diaries July 23, 2016

Helalyn Flowers is lead by the powerful vocals of Nøemi Aurora and the artistic input of studio guru MaXX. The duo...

V/A Sore (Vinyl Compilation – Seja Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 23, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, minimal-electro, dream-pop. Background/Info: Seja Records is a small, independent label from The Netherlands. “Sore” is the 13th release...

Mourning Elektra Slangwitch – Messy Riot (Vinyl Album – Seja Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 22, 2016

Genre/Influences: Experimental, cabaret, cinematographic, electro-pop. Background/Info: Behind Mourning Elektra Slangwitch is hiding Messy. This female multi-artist has already benen active...

Invoke The Insult – You Can Trust (CD Album – EK Product)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 22, 2016

Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Invoke The Insult (ITI) is a Swedish duo I discovered by their self-released CDR-album “Let The Greedy...

Reutoff – No One’s Lullabies (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 22, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: Reutoff is probably one of the most famous and renowned industrial formations from Russia. They’ve been...

Hattifnatter – Barometrizm (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 21, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Hattifnatter is a project of Evgeniy Savenko (Lunar Abyss) and M.M. (Kryptogen Rundfunk). The project has...

Bardoseneticcube & Shinkiro – Inner And Outer Space (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 21, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: This work resulted from the common efforts of Bardoseneticcube (Russia) and Shinkiro (Japan). Both artists are...

Plastic Noise Experience – Push And Punish (Vinyl + CD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 21, 2016

Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-body-music. Background/Info: Plastic Noise Experience is one of those legendary 90s EBM bands from Germany, which needs no...

Sølve – The Negative (CD Album – Audiotrauma)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 15, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro-industrial, ambient. Background/Info: Behind this project is hiding Brant Showers who’s mainly renowned for his involvement in ∆Aimon....

Horskh – Dawn / Extended Version (CD Album – Audiotrauma)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 14, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, cyber-industrial. Background/Info: Horskh is a French duo, which released a debut EP “Dawn” in 2014 on Audiotrauma. Because...

Terrabeats Concept – Concept 3004 (CD Album – Audiotrauma)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 14, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dub-step, glitch, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Terrabeats Concept is a Serbian solo-project set up by Marijan Stancic. This artist was...

Mental Discipline – Precious Paradise (CD Album – SkyQode)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 13, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Alexandr Krivoruko aka Alex Mental is the artist behind the Russian band Mental Discipline. I...

Daniela Savoldi – Trasformazioni (CD Album – Daniela Savoldi)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 13, 2016

Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, cinematographic. Background/Info: Daniela Savoldi is an Italian-Brazilian artist who studied and played cello since the age of ten...

A★I – Le Chant Du Cygne Noir (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 13, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-pop. Background/Info: My first feeling was that this band was the logical new project of Pedro Peñas Robles after...

Cold In May – Холодный Мир (CD Album – SkyQode)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 12, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, pop-rock, electro-wave. Background/Info: Hailing from Belarus, Cold In May has already released 2 previous albums and a few...

‘Click Interview’ with nTTx: ‘It Boils Down To Thinking Of Some Altered Reality Where A Great Song Was Done In This Genre, And How That Would Play Out’

Inferno Sound Diaries July 12, 2016

nTTx is a Canadian solo-project set up by Gord Clement. This artist got previously involved as singer into the promising...

Ethan Fawkes – In The Desert (Digital EP – Morforecs)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 12, 2016

Genre/Influences: Techno-body music, minimal EBM. Background/Info: The Belgian techno-body artist Ethan Fawkes has released an impressive number of EP’s in...

Sutcliffe Jugend – Offal (CD Album – Cold Spring)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 8, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial, noise, power-electronics. Background/Info: Sutcliffe Jugend aka Kevin Tomkins and Paul Taylor belong to the pioneers of an avant-garde...

Merzbow – Life Performance (CD Album – Cold Spring)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 8, 2016

Genre/Influences: Noise. Background/Info: Masami Akita is the one and only ‘King’ of Japanese noise. He’s one of those visionary, but...

Common Eider, King Eider – Extinction (CD Album – Cold Spring)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 7, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, ritual. Background/Info: Common Eider, King Eider is an American collective featuring members of different projects. Bees, Blaine...

Andrew Chalk, Ralf Wehowsky & Eric Lanzillotta – Yang-Tul (CD Album – Cold Spring )

Inferno Sound Diaries July 7, 2016

Genre/Influences: Soundscape, industrial-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: This work is collaboration between Andrew Chalk, Ralf Wehowsky and Eric Lanzillotta. These are artists...

The Way Of Purity – The Majesty Of Your Becoming (CD Album – Epictronic)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 6, 2016

Genre/Influences: Goth-rock. Background/Info: The Way Of Purity is an interesting formation, with a ‘militant’ side and ‘which doesn't show off...

Stendal Blast – Ein Abschied / Das Letzte Konzert (DCD Album – Schwarzrock)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 6, 2016

Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-wave & electro. Background/Info: German formation Stendal Blast was set up somewhere in the midst of the 90s....

Amnistia – Dawn (DCD Album – Scanner)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 6, 2016

Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Dawn is the 5th full length album of German trio Amnistia. Stefan Schoetz, Tino Claus (also involved...

Rational Youth – Future Past Tense (CD EP – Artoffact)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 5, 2016

Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Set up and mainly active during the 80s, the Canadian electro-pop formation Rational Youth got reactivated in...

Finkseye – Deadweight (CD Album – Razgrom Music)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 5, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-EBM; dark-electro. Background/Info: Finkseye is a Swedish one-man project driven by Henrik Fink Nilsson. The band was set up...

Fixmer/McCarthy – So Many Lies (Vinyl 12” – Planete Rouge Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 4, 2016

Genre/Influences: Techno-body-music, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: This is the meeting between one of the living legends of EBM (cf. Douglas McCarthy from...

nTTx – Objective (CD EP – WTII Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 4, 2016

Genre/Influences: Body-pop. Background/Info: nTTx is a solo-project set up by Gord Clement who was previously involved in the promising Atomzero....

‘Click Interview’ with Mildreda: ‘I Am Sure We’re All Coward Philosophers Now And Then’

Inferno Sound Diaries July 4, 2016

Mildreda is a Belgian project set up during the 90s by Jan Dewulf. Jan became a renowned and established artist...

Gopota – Knots Of Fear (CD Album – Torga Amun)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 1, 2016

Genre/Influences: Post-industrial, noise. Background/Info: Gopota is a duo featuring Antonio Airoldi (Empty Chalice) and Vitaly Maklakov (Obozdur). I recently discovered the...

Double Eyelid – Broken Mirror (CD EP – Double Eyelid)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 1, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-EBM, electro-rock, electro-pop. Background/Info: Double Eyelid is a Canadian band, which self-released their debut album “Seven Years” in 2014....

Deutsch Nepal – Dystopian Partycollection II (CD Album – Entartete Musikk)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 30, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, ritual, neo-folk, chanson-noir. Background/Info: Lina Baby Doll (Peter Andersson) last year took me by surprise unleashing the...

Terrolokaust – Dissensions (CD Album – Digital World Audio)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 30, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark-EBM, electro-rock. Background/Info: Javi Ssagittar (vocals & lyrics) and Indio (programming & synths) better known under the Terrolokaust moniker...

Cygnosic – The Key[s] (Digital EP – Digital World Audio)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 30, 2016

Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-body music. Background/Info: One-man project Cygnosic can look back at a considerable discography featuring a few noticeable albums....

Red Mecca – Electricity (CD Album – Massproduktion)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 29, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Jan Strandqvist & Frida Madeleine are Red Mecca. The Swedish duo caught my attention with their debut-album...

Mildreda – Coward Philosophy (Digital Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 29, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, epic-industrial, dark-electro. Background/Info: We all know Jan Dewulf from his electro-pop band Diskonnekted, but the Belgian pop-master was...

Spark! – Maskiner (CD Album – Progress Productions)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 29, 2016

Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Last year Spark! struck back with the “Spektrum”-album, which was a particular release as singer Stefan Brorsson,...

Haul – Seperation (CD Album – Progress Productions)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 28, 2016

Genre/Influences: New-wave, post-punk, shoegaze. Background/Info: Progress Productions is one of those labels that dares to sign real challenging bands. That’s...

‘Click Interview’ with Psy’aviah: ‘I Always Wanted To Incorporate Styles And Not Pin Myself Down To Just One Genre’

Inferno Sound Diaries June 28, 2016

Set up and driven by the creative spirit of Yves Schelpe, Psy’Aviah is already active since 2004. The band has...

Eisfabrik – Walking Towards The Sun (CD EP – NoCut/SPV)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 28, 2016

Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Last year Eisfabrik took the electro-pop community with a surprise unleashing of the magnificent “Eisplanet”-album. I...

Mario Grönnert and Commonsen5e – Nightmares And Dreamscapes: Silhouettes Of Urbia (CD Album – Audiokult)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 24, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of German ambient artist Mario Grönnert and American electronic...

Servitor – The Forest Crept Back Into The City… (CD Album – Servitor)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 24, 2016

Genre/Influences: Tribal, industrial. Background/Info: Behind Servitor is hiding Sean Malley, who is a percussionist, previously involved in iVardensphere. He’s already...

Psy’Aviah – Seven Sorrows, Seven Stars (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 23, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, techno-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Psy’Aviah has already been active for nearly 10 years now. The Belgian project driven by...

Jo Quail – Five Incantations (CD EP – Jo Quail)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 23, 2016

Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, cinematographic. Background/Info: Jo Quail is an English cello player from London. I got the opportunity to discover her...

The Illusion Of Silence – Black Rainbow (CD Album – Sulphur Flowers)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 22, 2016

Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, ethereal, cinematographic. Background/Info: The Illusion Of Silence (TIOS) is an Italian project set up by Luca Bonandini. With...

Entrzelle – Total Progressive Collapse (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 22, 2016

Genre/Influences: Glitch-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: David Chamberlin and his sonic brainchild (cf. Entrzelle) last year joined the Alfa Matrix roster unleashing...

‘Click Interview’ with Schonwald: ‘Playing Live Is An Emotional Waterfall’

Inferno Sound Diaries June 22, 2016

Alessandra Gismondi and Luca Bandini is the Italian duo behind Schonwald. Their music is inspired by the 80s and more...

Elm – Hardline (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 21, 2016

Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Peter Elm formerly praised as the mastermind behind Restricted Area took us by surprise earlier this year...

Empty Chalice – This Way Is Called Black (CD Album – CVLMINIS)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 21, 2016

Genre/Influences: Noise, post-industrial. Background/Info: Empty Chalice is an Italian solo-project, which has found its inspiration in the early noise experiments...

Venal Flesh – Worshiping At The Altar Of Artifice (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 20, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Hailing from Washington DC (USA) Venal Flesh got signed to Alfa Matrix and last year released the...

Helalyn Flowers – Sonic Foundation (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 20, 2016

Genre/Influences: Electro-metal, cyber-goth-metal. Background/Info: Helalyn Flowers are back on track unleashing their 4th full length album, which has been released...

Under The Rain – When It Burns Like Snow (CD Album – Under The Rain)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 17, 2016

Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: Under The Rain is a young band hailing from Lima (Peru). The main composer Daniel Guerra...

Uncarnate – Weak Protein Life (CD EP – Uncarnate)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 17, 2016

Genre/Influences: Body-pop, minimal-electro-pop. Background/Info: Uncarnate is a new and young Polish band set up by Adam Radziszewski and Wojciech Jarzębak....

Pharyngeal – Pharyngeal (CD EP – Pharyngeal)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 16, 2016

Genre/Influences: Martial, death-industrial, metal. Background/Info: Pharyngeal is a brand-new Swedish project that was set up in late 2015. It doesn’t...

Keosz – Be Left To Oneself (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 16, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark soundscape, cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Keosz is a new project set up by Slovakian artist Erik Osvald who seems...

Avarice In Audio – Apollo & Dionysus – Deluxe Edition (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 15, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial-dance, techno-body music, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Lawrie Bayldon (Studio-X, Cryogenic Echelon), Ayax (Ascension Ex, Cryogenic Echelon) and Gerry Hawkins are...

Advance – A Sign Of Things To Come (Digital EP – AnalogueTrash Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 15, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, power-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Based in Glasgow (Scotland) Tom Perrett and Kimberly Copland took us by surprise with their...

Feeding Fingers – Attend (DCD Album – Sounds For Sure Records/Tephramedia)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 14, 2016

Genre/Influences: New-wave, rock-pop, chanson, wave-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: Justin Curfman is a man of many talents. He wrote and published several...

Capricorn 12 – Demo 2016 (CD EP – Capricorn 12)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 14, 2016

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, abstract, experimental. Background/Info: Three years after the debut work “Sometimes I Dream About Lilith” Capricorn 12 strikes back...

V/A Tiptop Audio Records Various Artists 002 (Digital Album – Tiptop Audio Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 13, 2016

Genre/Influences: Techno, deep-house, techno-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: TipTop Audio Records is an American label based in California and set up in...

Surachai – Instinct And Memory (Vinyl Album – Bl_k Noise)

Inferno Sound Diaries June 13, 2016

Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, glitch, abstract, IDM. Background/Info: Surachai Sutthisasanakul aka Surachai is a Chicago based artist who collaborated with many...

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