Nimh :: Onasander – Unveiled Lights (Digital/CD Album – Fluttering Dragon Records)
The album "Unveiled Lights" is a collaboration between Italian artists Giuseppe Verticchio (Nimh) and Maurizio Landini (Onasander). Nimh has long...
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.
All The Devils – Season 1 / Into The Flames (Digital Album – All The Devils)
All The Devils is a Latvian band I had never heard of before, originally starting out as a cover group.This...
Subject – Who Will Save Belgium? / Expanded Edition (Digital/CD Album – Je M’En Fish Records)
Subject was a Belgian project active during the 80s, driven by Alain Neffe (known from Bene Gesserit), Daniel Malempré, and...
Je T’Aime – Useless Boy (Digital Album/CD/Vinyl – Manic Depression Records / Icy Cold Records)
"Useless Boy" is the fourth studio album by the Parisian group Je T'Aime. These French musicians are undoubtedly among the...
Plan C – Play Again (Digital/CD Album – Afterfurcht)
After a promising debut EP and single, the Belgian act Plan C is back in action with their debut album...
IOM – Spiritual Wastelands (Digital Album/Cassette – Cruel Nature Records)
IOM stands for Iker Ormazabal Martínez, a Spanish artist who operates from London (UK). He has already produced a significant...
dAVOS– Ruin/Grado (Digital/CD Album – Timezone Records)
The Austrian band dAVOS has been active for several years, though they release new material only irregularly. After the death...
Enzo Kreft – Dictator (Digital/CD Album – Enzo Kreft Music)
Eric Vandamme, better known by his pseudonym Enzo Kreft, returns with a powerful new album. The title of this work...
Bellhead – Threats (Digital/CD Album – Oppressive Sky Records)
Bellhead is a male-female duo from Chicago (USA). They’ve released a number of songs over the past few years and...
Dead Man’s Hill interview: ‘I’m not the kind of person you’ll see frequently at crowded places’
It has now been over 20 years since Bart Piette released his first work under the name Dead Man's Hill....
Vampyros Lesbos – Vi Per Sanguinem (Digital/CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Vampyros Lesbos is a new name in the world of Electro. Driven by Elisabeth Brenner and Ostara M., this female...
Navigator Project – Dystopia (Digital/CD Album – Alice In… / Dark Dimensions)
“Dystopia” is the third album by the Italian project Navigator Project, and coincidentally, Alice In… is also the third label...
Fractal Age – Energy & Entropy (Digital/CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Jens Minor (known from Chainreactor) and vocalist Sascha Tümmler return with their fourth album under the Fractal Age name. As...
Centhron – Liebe Is Krieg (Digital/CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
German band Centhron has been active for over 20 years and released its twelfth full-length album this year. Core member...
Autodafeh – Greed (Digital/CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Swedish act Autodafeh returns with their first new album in ten years! Led by Mika Rossi, they pleasantly surprised us...
CYLiX – Beta Life (Digital/CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
The Greek trio CYLiX returns 15 years after their debut album “Alpha” with its successor, “Beta Life”. In the meantime,...
Nimh :: Onasander – Unveiled Lights (Digital/CD Album – Fluttering Dragon Records)
The album “Unveiled Lights” is a collaboration between Italian artists Giuseppe Verticchio (Nimh) and Maurizio Landini (Onasander). Nimh has long...
The Northern Territories interview: ‘We’re a bit of a mess when it comes to defining what we sound like’
The Northern Territories was founded by the duo John Alexander Ericson and Stefan Sääf in 1992. Their debut album “Midnight...
LHAM – Tertium Quid (Digital/CD Album – 13 (3))
“Tertium Quid” is the fourth release from the collaborative project LHAM, driven by Bruno De Angelis (Mana ERG) and Giuseppe...
Solar X – Masters Of Meanders (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Russian artist Roman Belavkin released most of his work during the 1990s. In recent years, some of his music has...
The Birthday Massacre – Pathways (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Metropolis Records)
The Canadian band The Birthday Massacre has been active for more than a year now. Fans had to wait three...
Minusheart – M6 (Digital/CD Album – Echozone)
The German combo Minusheart returns with their sixth full-length album. The group has been active for several years, but fans...
Je T’Aime interview: ‘The challenge is to stay sincere’
The story of the Parisian Dark-Wave/Post-Punk trio Je T'Aime began a few years ago and quickly gained traction with their...
La Machine – Contrôle Total (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – BOREDOMproduct)
The French duo La Machine has released three EPs over the past few years and now unveiled their debut album....
Triode – Demolition (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production)
Most people know Peter Rybar as a member of Disharmony and, of course, as the driving force behind the Slovakian...
Human Vault – And Blessed By Death (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production Records)
This new album by the Hungarian project Human Vault, driven by its ‘conductor’ György Turoczy, aka Mortum, delves into the...
D/Flect vs. Ish – Alive (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production)
Slovakian artist Igor Senigla is known for his work under both the D/Flect and Ish monikers. This album, “Alive”, was...
Aiboforcen – Break The Black Ice (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
On this EP, Benoit Blanchard continues where he left off with his brilliant album “Between Noise & Silence” released last...
Paranoia Inducta – Middle Of Nowhere (Digital/CD Album – Heerwegen Tod Production)
Anthony ‘Armageddon Destroyer’ has been active for over 20 years under the name Paranoia Inducta. In addition to his solo...
Lia Bosch interview: ‘Sound Constitutes A Field Of Inquiry’
Lia Bosch is an Italian artist best described as a multidisciplinary creator. At the end of last year, her album...
Panzerkampf – Extermination Engineering (Digital/CD Album – Heerwegen Tod Production)
This Polish duo emerged around 20 years ago but is only now releasing their debut album. Panzerkampf is the brainchild...
They Die – Darkroom Session (Digital/CD Album – Swiss Dark Nights)
The Italian Dark-Wave/Post-Punk combo They Die has released three albums so far, all of which have drawn attention. At the...
Twice A Man – The Coloured Breeze Is A New Dimension (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Dependent Records)
We sometimes forget that Twice A Man has its roots in the late ’70s, when the group first emerged under...
Millimetric – Red Paradox (Digital EP – Space Factory Records)
It’s been a few years since French producer François-Xavier Michel—formerly known as Digital Blood—got his machines back in action. The...
Blutengel – Dämonen:Stürm (Digital/CD/Vinyl/Cassette Album – Out Of Line)
Blutengel, under the direction of founder Chris Pohl, returns with a double album available in various formats. The title offers...
Valhall – Skymningsdjur (Digital/CD Album – Artoffact)
Swedish duo Valhall has released a number of works since their formation in 2012, becoming a staple on the Artoffact...
Xiphoid Dementia interview: ‘Some Bastardization Of Personal And Spiritual Apocalypse’
Egan Budd founded Xiphoid Dementia in 1999, carving out a unique space within the underground Electronic music scene. Over the...
Ajna – Algol (Digital/CD Album – Winter-Light)
Chris F. has already released a lot of work under his musical alter-ego Ajna on established labels such as Cyclic...
Satori – Pillars Of Salt (Digital/CD Album – Cold Spring)
Satori’s origins trace back more than 40 years, when the project was originally known as Psychopath. Over the decades, the...
Psyclon Nine – And Then Oblivion (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Metropolis)
For over 20 years now, this American band has been a relentless force in the Industrial scene. But beware —...
Louis De Tomasso – Messier Object (Digital EP – Space Factory Records)
British producer Louis Rodgers, known under the alias Louis De Tomaso, released this EP on the French label Space Factory...
Encephalon – Automaton All Along (Digital/CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Canadian band Encephalon released their fifth album this year, continuing to draw inspiration from existential themes, which they’ve transformed into...
Ultra Sunn interview: ‘Always Keep Looking Forward’
Ultra Sunn is a Belgian duo based in Brussels that emerged in 2019. Founded by Sam Huge (vocals & synths)...
Voith – My Shadowblade (Digital EP – Voith)
Lars Voith returns with five new songs. The Swedish artist has been active for over 25 years and continues to...
Sigillum S – Aborted Towns, The Deadly Silence Before Utopia (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Subsound Records)
It has been exactly 40 years (1985) since the Italian project Sigillum S came into existence. They quickly grew into...
Alphaxone – Final Encounter (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Iranian artist Mehdi Saleh has released an impressive number of productions since 2010, not to mention numerous collaborations. In his...
Rome – The Dublin Session 2 (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Trisol)
A few years after releasing his debut album infused with Irish Folk influences, Luxembourg’s Jérôme Reuter returned to Ireland to...
Rome – Civitas Solis (Digital/CD Album – Trisol)
Jérôme Reuter remains an incredibly productive artist, driven by his unwavering commitment—and vice versa. With this new work, inspired by...
Metal Disco – Wild Dog (Digital/CD EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
The Greek project of Toxic Razor returned at the end of 2024 with a new release that once again showcases...
Dead Man’s Hill – Born From The Black Cauldron (Digital/CD Album – Zazen Sounds)
Belgian artist Bart Piette remains as prolific as ever. Just a few months ago, he intrigued us with the debut...
Harlem Electronics interview: ‘Music-making is instinctual and exists on a semi-conscious level’
Johan Skugge and Martin Thomasson founded Harlem Electronics in the early years of the new millennium. After a few years...
This Morn’Omina – Omm Of Life (Digital EP – Zazen Sounds)
Mika Goedrijk first emerged with his project This Morn’Omina in the late ’90s. Since then, he has built an impressive...
Fotoform – Grief Is A Garden (Forever In Bloom) (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Fotoform)
The American band Fotoform already has several albums to its name and released its latest work this year.Their influences clearly...
Onasander interview: ‘I really don’t like working on commission’
Maurizio Landini has released a remarkable number of productions under the pseudonym Onasander in a relatively short span of time....
The Northern Territories – A Star In Orbit Still (Digital/CD Album – Dependent Records)
Older fans of Electro-Pop will no doubt remember the Swedish duo The Northern Territories. Back in the ’90s, John Alexander...
Xenturion Prime – Leviathan Alpha (Digital Single – Progress Productions)
They started with Code-64 and continued with Xenturion Prime. In the meantime, this Swedish act is already wrapping up work...
Xiphoid Dementia – Spiral Rapture Holy War (Digital/Vinyl Album – Aufnaehme + Wiedergabe)
At the end of the ’90s, Egan Budd launched Xiphoid Dementia. More than a quarter of a century later, he...
Stahlgeist – Silence (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
The Hungarian duo Stahlgeist is currently busy finishing their latest album. Istvan Gazdag (First Aid 4 Souls, First Aid Tech)...
Vidna Obmana – Twilight Of Perception Redux: Volume One 1990 – 1998 (Digital/3CD Album – Zoharum)
The Belgian solo project Vidna Obmana, led by Dirk Serries, has been on hiatus for several years, yet a steady...
Vague Lanes – Divergence And Declaration (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Swiss Dark Nights)
This is the second album by the American duo Vague Lanes, a project driven by experienced musicians Mike Cadoo (Gridlock)...
Opowieść – Podróż (Digital/CD Album – Zoharum)
This is the second studio album by the Polish project Opowieść. The band delivers an impressive, distinctly old-school Industrial sound,...
Lia Bosch – Polar Code (Digital/CD Album – Glacial Movements Records)
At the end of 2024, Glacial Movements Records released the debut album by Italian artist Lia Bosch. At first glance,...
Rohn-Lederman interview: ‘A project where everything can happen and does’
Rohn-Lederman began in 2019, when Jean-Marc Lederman (known for his work with The Weathermen, Ghost & Writer, Lederman/De Meyer, among...
Religion Of Heartbreak – Dream Reflection (Digital EP – Religion Of Heartbreak)
Formed by former members of the band Monta, the American project Religion Of Heartbreak is still relatively new on the...
Raskolnikov – Gorgon’Zola (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Manic Depression Records / Icy Cold Records)
With its witty title “Gorgon’Zola”, the fourth album from the French-Swiss project Raskolnikov continues their unmistakable journey through the realms...
Torul – Superposition (Digital/CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
This marks the ninth album by Slovenian artist Borut Bernik aka ‘Torulsson’ and better known as Torul.. Torul remains a...
