Sara Noxx & Goethes Erben – Sie Wusste Mehr / Falling (CD EP – Prussia Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-pop, electro-pop. Content: This new EP by Sara Noxx is her second collaboration with German gothic legend Goethes Erben....
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.
Kloq – The Gun (Digital EP – Kloq)
Genre/Influences: Cyber-rock, electro-punk. Content: Nowadays Kloq consists of singer Dean Goodwin, bass player Tim Jackson, drummer Alex Baker (the last...
V/A Atrocity Exhibition – Year One (CD Album – Atrocity Exhibition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dream-pop, shoegaze, electro. Bands: Cat Dowling, Be Forest, Arc Waves, Tiers, Painted Zeros, Sex Scheme ao. Content: Atrocity...
Polygon – Sein Lernen (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, glitch. Content: Behind Polygon hides Ingo Lindmeier. Maybe the name of this artist doesn’t ring a bell,...
Electric)Noise(Machine – Pardon (Vinyl Album – Black Basset Records/ I For Us Records)
Genre/Influences: Dead-pop, industrial-hard-core, metal-punk. Content: Ladies and gentlemen get ready to endure a severe sonic earthquake called Electric)Noise(Machine. This trio...
Amandas Nadel – Sticht (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, rock-metal. Content: Amandas Nadel seems to be a recognized guitarist in Germany and his homeland Austria. He has...
Garçons Coiffeurs – The Early Years 2005 – 2010 (CD Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, electro-punk. Content: Garçons Coiffeurs is a French formation operating from Nice. They’re clearly inspired by the good-old new-wave...
Begin Says… – Printed & Lost 1983-1991 (DCD Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, funky-wave. Content: Begin Says… is a French combo that was active in between 1983 and 1991. The story...
X-Beliebig – 1980-1982 Complete Works (DCD Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, post-punk. Content: Infrastition releases sometimes feel like searching for hidden treasures on the granary of your grandparents. Did...
Salome’s Dance – Salome’s Dance (CD Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, post-punk. Content: Salome’s Dance is a Russian band from the great city of St. Petersburg. I’d swear that...
Neuroticfish – A Sign Of Life (CD Album – NOR)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop, intelligent power-pop. Content: Neuroticfish and its front man Sascha Mario Klein both belong to the collective memory...
Dekad – Poladroid Extended (CD EP – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Content: Dekad is back on track and will soon launch their new album “A Perfect Picture”. The...
V/A Galactic Creatures (Digital Album – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Electro-clash, techno, minimal-electro. Bands: Workerpoor, Commuter, Automat, AleK Stark, Umwelt, Radioactive Man, Scape One, Anthony Rother, Djedjotronic, Voiron ao....
Ah Cama-Sotz – State Of Mind (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-dub, industrial-lounge, tribal & ethical. Content: Herman Klapholz strikes back with a new opus of his long-time fetish project...
Synth-Etik – Function (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, minimal electro-industrial-trance. Content: It took 6 years for Frank Mokros (mainly known from Totakeke) to get back to...
V/A Forms Of Hands 15 (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, industrial-rave, indus-tribal. Bands: Winterkälte, Ah Cama-Sotz, S.K.E.T., Totakeke, 13TH Monkey, Wieloryb, Sylvgheist Maëlström, Supersimmetria ao. Content: This...
Entrzelle – Part Of The Movement / Bonus Tracks Version (Digital Album – Alfa-Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Explosive cinematic industrial, experimental-pop. Content: Next to the new EP “Set These Walls On Fire” Alfa-Matrix and Entrzelle also...
Studio-X vs. Simon Carter – Dance With Me ‘Dance With Devil (Digital EP – Alfa-Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dance-trance, electro-clash. Content: The purest ‘dance’ project on Alfa-Matrix strikes back with a totally new EP announcing the new...
Entrzelle – Set These Walls On Fire (Digital EP – Alfa-Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Explosive cinematic industrial, experimental-pop. Content: Entrzelle is one of the newest signings to the Alfa-Matrix roster. This band operating...
Avarice In Audio – Bleed As One (Digital EP – Alfa-Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop, trance-pop. Content: The last year debut album “Shine & Burn” from Avarice In Audio was a successful...
Zombie Girl – Panic Attack (Digital EP – Alfa-Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Content: One of the absolute leading bands of Alfa-Matrix is back on track after a hiatus of...
Johan Baeckström – Like Before (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Content: We last year welcomed the comeback of Daily Planet and their first album in 14 years. Johan...
Neuroticfish flash: ‘I felt exhausted and had the impression that I lost control about my artistic process’.
During the late 90s and early millennium years Neuroticfish became a real successful band, which was associated with the so-called...
Pronoise – The Border Crossing (CD Album – Surgical Knife Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave. Content: Pronoise was set up in the late 90s by 2 Spanish artists from Valencia. The main idea...
Qual – Sable (CD Album – Avant! Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-wave, EBM. Content: Some of you maybe know the band Lebanon Hanover, which is a duo featuring bassist...
Nine Seconds – Antistar Machinery (CD EP – Nine Seconds)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Content: Nine Seconds are back on track with this elf-released EP featuring 10 songs. Both albums of...
Karl Hefner & Hugh Lagerfeld – Synthax Error (CD Album – Daft Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro, synth-pop. Content: Debut album of the Belgian duo Gunther Haegeman (Obverse Reality, Synthetic Dream) and Dries De Vreeze,...
Alkemic Generator – Mechanical Reflections (CD Album – ScentAir Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro, dark-wave. Content: Alkemic Generator revealed themselves to the world with the album “The Oniric Geometry” released two years...
Red Sun Revival – Identities (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, new-wave. Content: After last year’s released EP “Embers” –which also was their first release by Echozone, Red Sun...
Nox Interna – Spiritual Havoc (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, electro-rock. Content: Nox Interna is back on track unleashing their newest opus featuring 13 songs. This German-Spanish formation...
Basilisk – Traumland (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Dark-metal, goth-metal, rock-metal. Content: The German formation Basilisk has been active since the late 90s and has released several...
Arctic Sunrise – A Smarter Enemy (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Content: Arctic Sunrise is a new name hailing from Germany which was set up by the duo Torsten...
Train To Spain – What It’s All About (CD Album – Sub Culture Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Content: The self-released EP “The Perfect Match” was a rather promising beginning for the Swedish duo Train To...
Cio D’Or – All In All (CD Album – Semantica Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, minimal-electro, experimental-techno. Content: Cio D’Or (Cio Dorbandt) is a German female producer who released her debut album “Die...
Funerary Call – The Mirror Reversed II (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Content: Funerary Call has now been terrorizing the dark-ambient fields of music for more than 20 years....
Danny Casseau vs. Ethan Fawkes – Random Bass (Digital EP – I-Traxx Red Edition)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental-techno, acid, EBM. Content: “Random Bass” is a sonic exploration between two Belgian artists. Ethan Fawkes is getting...
Biomechanimal – Biomechanimal (CD Album – Biomechanimal)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Content: Set up by Matt Simpson who’s taking care of all aspects of the production, the London...
Atrium Carceri – Metropolis (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Content: Simon Heath has been very prolific during the past months. Earlier this year he released a...
Aegri Somnia – Monde Obscur (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Content: After having released 2 digital albums we here welcome the first official CD by Aegri Somnia. The...
Psygore – Simulacra And Simulation (Digital Album – Onslaught Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-industrial. Content: Based in Ontario (Canada) we welcome the 2nd release by Psygore. This album features 7 songs...
SB-Six – Inner Light (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Dubstep, IDM, future-garage. Content: Stefan Bookholt is a producer from The Netherlands and who has set up SB-Six. The...
Sieben – Lietuva (Digital EP – Redroom Records)
Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, ritual. Content: Matt Howden strikes back with a digital only release featuring 4 songs. He has released an...
Mindless Faith – Eden To Abyss (CD Album AlterCulture Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-EBM. Content: The brothers Chris and Jason Sevanick are back on track unleashing the 6th full length of...
Philippe Petit – Multicoloured Shadows (CD Album – Aagoo Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract. Content: Philippe Petit is a French artist I had the opportunity to discover by recent albums released...
Padna – Alku Toinen (CD Album – Aagoo Records/Rev Laboratories)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, abstract, cinematographic, experimental. Content: Padna is not exactly the most familiar name active at the wider fields of...
L’objet – Toucan (Vinyl Album – Structure Records)
Genre/Influences: Krautrock, cinematographic, abstract, psychedelic-rock. Content: The French band L’Objet has already been active for a couple of years, but...
Niton – Tiresias (CD Album – Pulver And Asche Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient, abstract. Content: Italy and experimental music is a bit of a long-time love affair. This country counts...
Prettiest Eyes – Looks (Vinyl Album – Aagoo Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, psychedelic-rock, post-punk. Content: Operating from ‘the City of Angels’ (USA) Prettiest Eyes is a new and promising trio...
V/A Electrostorm Vol.6 (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, synth-pop. Bands: Suicide Commando, Combichrist, Hocico, Blutengel, Solitary Experiments, Accessory, Ashbury Heights, Melotron, Angels & Agony, Chrom,...
Solitary Experiments – Memorandum (3CD Album Box + DVD – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, future-pop, symphonic. Content: “Memorandum” is an appropriated title to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Solitary Experiments. I...
Hocico – In The Name Of Violence (CD EP – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Content: Hocico is one of those dark-electro acts, which simply belongs in the top of the genre. The...
Celldweller – End Of An Empire – Chapter 3: Dreams (Digital Album – FIXT Music)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, cyber-punk, cinematographic. Content: Celldweller is a real work addict composing like hell. I always am a bit skeptical...
V/A Electropop 10 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Bands: Electro Spectre, Kartagon, Pos.:2, Electro Planet, Zero-Eq, Sinestar, Heliophile ao. Content: The “Electropop”-series celebrates its 10th edition...
The Last Hour – Deadline (CD Album – White Room Netlabel/Seventh Crow Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, cinematographic, dark-pop. Content: Roberto Del Vecchio got some recognition as former member of Gothica and later on as...
Lisfrank – Elevator (Vinyl Album – Final Muzik)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, electro-minimal. Content: Lisfrank is an Italian project that was set up more than 30 years ago! Fulvio Guidarelli...
The Firm Incorporated – Abgebrannt (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Content: The Firm Incorporated is a brand-new project featuring some real famous members. Just imagine the ex-Funker Vogt...
PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – Epos V (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark-future-pop, dark-electro & folk. Content: PreEmptive Strike 0.1 has released their 5th full length. This band operating from...
Orange Sector – Night. Terrors (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Content: This must be the 11th full length album in history for Orange Sector. These Germans will always...
The Neon Judgement – TV Treated / Jimmy Edgar & DJ Hell Remixes (Digital Single – Lektroluv)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-EBM. Content: The Neon Judgement belongs to the history of EBM and electro-underground music. The band officially announced...
PolynomiQ – Languages (CD Album – Emmo.biz)
Genre/Influences: EBM, space-pop. Content: Behind PolynomiQ hides Jean-Marc Mélot. This old servant from the Belgian- and international electro scene got...
NZ – Against You! (CD EP – Emmo.biz)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Content: NZ definitely is one of the hottest EBM-revelations of the past few years. The duo now strikes...
MRDTC – #5 Straight From Nothington (DCD Album – Emmo.biz)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Content: Christoph Lemke aka Mr. Dupont (also active in NordarR) and singer Tino Claus (active in bands like...
iVardensphere – Stygian (Digital EP – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, crossover. Content: “Stygian” is the next EP taken from the last full length album (cf. “Fable”) of iVardensphere....
Red Painted Red – Hey Dum Dum (CD Album – Wrotycz)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, trip-pop. Content: Red Painted Red is back on track having accomplished their new full length album. This duo...
Mythos – Jules Verne Forever (CD Album – Groove Unlimited)
Genre/Influences: Synthesizer music, electro-ambient, krautrock, soundtrack. Content: Berliner based musician Stephan Kaske became a rather familiar artist in our reviews...
Logical Tears – Japanese Lovers (CD Album – N-SX Project/Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, cold-wave. Content: Logical Tears is a new band based in the Northern part of France. Their debut work...
