The Walking Icon – We Are Memory (Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Trip-Pop, Dark/Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Israeli-Russian duo The Walking Icon released their newest opus by the end of...
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.
Jean-Marc Lederman Experience – Sci-Fi Revisited (Album – COP International)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental, Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Jean-Marc Lederman (The Weathermen, Ghost & Writer, Gene Loves Jezebel ao)is back...
Collection D’Arnell-Andréa – A Forest Inside (Album – Infrastition)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dark-Pop, Electronic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: French collective Collection D’Arnell-Andréa are back on track unleashing their twelfth...
Mei – Les États De La Matière (Album – EC Underground)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Caroline Laure Masson aka Mei is a French artist who’s been busy for a...
Skrika – Vyeltyra Vortex (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Third album by British artist Monty Adkins as Skrika. The album brings us once...
RNGMNN & Karina Dorin – Never Sleep Again (Album – Winter Light)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Ronny Engmann (RNGMNN) and Karina Dorin met in Berlin and collaborated...
Kloob & Onasander – Gloês (Album – Winter Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After the genius “Mandus Patet”-album (2020) followed the cool “Tempestarii” (2022) Dani Kloob (Spain)...
Caress – Night Call (Album – Caress)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Minimal-Electro, Wave-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Tara Jane is a female artist based in Los Angeles (USA) and who...
Supernova 1006 – Chains (Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Supernova 1006 is a Russian formation hailing from Saint Petersburg. They already released...
Eisfabrik – Götter In Weiss (Album – NoCut / SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: The seventh full length album of the German ‘icemen’ was released at...
Aux Animaux – Body Horror (Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, EBM, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Aux Animaux is a Swedish, female, solo-project. “Body Horror” was released...
Ikon – Love, Hate And Sorrow (Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, 2CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Next to the “Destroying The Vampire”-compilation album, Ikon also released this other...
Click Interview with Monospore: ‘We Are Very Much Into Very Hard Music’
Monospore is a Danish duo set up in 2009 by Jannik Vittrup and Søren Brandstrup. They last year released their...
Ikon – Destroying The Vampire (Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, 2CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Australian Dark-Wave/Post-Punk formation is a praised and renowned formation in the genre...
Inanis Yoake – How Things Seem (Album – Dark Vinyl Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental, Chanson, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Inanis Yoake was set up in London (UK) in 2020 by...
Gitane Demone & Paul Roessler – The New Young Kings Of Midnight (Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Neo-Classic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “The New Young Kings Of Midnight” was released by the end of 2023...
BlazerJacket – The Second (EP – Blazer Jacket)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Hailing from Ukraine this is the second EP by BlazerJacket. “The Second” is inspired...
Lolita Terrorist Sounds – St. Lola (Lolita Terrorist Factory)
Lolita Terrorist Sounds – St. Lola (Album – Lolita Terrorist Factory) Genre/Influences: Experimental, Dark-Wave, Post-Punk, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info:...
Neon Funeral – Banned From The Goth Club (EP – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: This must be the second EP by American formation Neon Funeral. The title...
Brien Hindman – Symbiosis (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Ambient, IDM, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Symbiosis” is the second album of Brien Hindman which has been released five...
Thorofon – Angor (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Angor” was released at the end of 2023 and is ‘the second part...
Kirlian Camera – Radio Signals For The Dying (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Pop, Wave-Pop, Experimental. Format: Digital, 2CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Angelo Bergamini set up Kirlian Camera more than forty years ago...
Black Nail Cabaret – Chrysanthemum (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Hungarian duo Emese Arvai-Illes – Krisztian Arvai aka Black Nail cabaret strikes...
Thor Modem – Ready To Comply (Album – Syrafabriken)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Thor Modem is a Swedish solo-project set up by Mats Ericsson (who has been...
Click Interview with Waveshard: ‘Nothing Is Too Weird Or ‘Wrong’ To At Least Try To Play On It’
I last discovered the self-titled debut-album of Waveshard. This project is driven by Italian musicians Adriano Vincenti (synth, sampler, drum...
Sleepless Droids – I (EP – Sleepless Droids)
Genre/Influences: Techno-Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: I remember this Australian solo-project driven by Aaron Potter from a previous work released a...
Riotmiloo – Blackout (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Industrial. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Eight years after the debut-album “La Pierre Soudée” (2015) English female artist...
Utolsó Hullám – Szárnytalan Angyal (Album – Utolsó Hullám)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hailing from the Budapest, the capital of Hungria, Utolsó Hullám has been set...
POC – It’s No Fun (EP – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: POC is a Swedish duo driven by Mika Rossi (Autodafeh, Endless Shame, Agrezzior ao) and...
VeiiLA – Sentimental Craving For Beauty (Album – Projekt)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Pop, Trip-Pop, Cinematic-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: VeiiLA is a Russianduo driven by Vif Nüte and Bes Eirid. They’re...
Bedless Bones – Mire Of Mercury (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Electro-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Kadri Sammel is an Estonian female artist who previously released two albums and...
Plaster – Midnight Allures (EP – Pyteca)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Cinematic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Italian project Plaster has already released several works. I discovered their sound through different...
Aiboforcen – Cycle Of Life (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Body-Pop, Future-Pop, Electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Belgian Aiboforcen remains driven by core member Benoit Blanchart assisted by different guest...