16Pad Noise Terrorist – Eunoia (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Breakcore, industrial d’n’b. Background/Info: Candy Schlüer (also known from S.K.E.T.) strikes back with 16PNT. “Eunoia” is the project’s fourth...
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.
End.user – Resurface (CD EP – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial d’n’b – breakcore. Background/Info: American artist Lynn Standafer has already been active for numerous years now under the...
Totakeke – Telematic (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, experimental. Background/Info: Frank Mokros seems to have taken a break with Totakeke. Active since 2003 this new...
Neuroticfish – Antidoron (CD Album – Non Ordinary Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Neuroticfish was set up in 1995 and made some real successful productions during the glorious...
‘Click Interview’ with Tobias Bernstrup: ‘We Are Lost In-Between Real And Virtual Life’
Tobias Bernstrup is maybe not the most renowned artist dealing with electro-pop- and Italo-disco music, but I personally consider him...
Synapscape – Still (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, industrial-EBM. Background/Info: Synapscape this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. Set up and driven by Tim Kniep and...
Iszoloscope – All Is Immensity And Chaos (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial breakcore, experimental, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: Canadian artist Yann Faussurier has achieved the eight album of his Iszoloscope project....
Control / Geneviéve Pasquier / Kommando – Cold War, Hot Love (Vinyl Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, death-industrial, ambient. Background/Info: “Cold War, Hot Love” resulted from the common efforts between three artists living in...
Architect – Deconvolution (Digital EP – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM. Background/Info: Architect (Daniel Myer) has already released an impressive discography since the very first productions in 1998(!). Daniel...
‘Click Interview’ with A Slice Of Life: ‘Most People Never Get Rid Of Their Big Influences From Their Youth’
A Slice Of Life is Belgian formation that was originally set up by the duo Dirk Vreys (vocals) and Guy...
Hypnoskull – The Manichean Consciousness (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno, power-noise. Background/Info: Hypnoskull (Patrick Stevens) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017 with the successful album “Die4.Generation”. One...
Distortion Six – Sacrifice (Digital EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Power-noise, industrial. Background/Info: “Sacrifice” can be seen as a kind of sonic addendum to the new album “Ferocious”. The...
Distortion Six – Ferocious (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Power-noise, industrial, electro-industrial. Background/Info: Operating from the Norwegian capital, Nichlas Shermann strikes back with his fourth full length album...
Distel – Wapens (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-cinematographic. Background/Info: Hailing from The Netherlands “Wapens” (translated “Weapons”) is the fourth full length by this duo. Content:...
Subject:2 – Forward/Return (CD Album – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Subject:2 is a new name active at the wider fields of synth-pop music. The English duo Gary...
Subskan – Drawback (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, rhythmic-ambient, glitch. Background/Info: Belgian artist Jean-Marc Polet strikes back with a new album from his Subskan sonic...
God’s Own Medicine – Afar (CD Album – Alchera Visions)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, gothic, cold-wave. Background/Info: Polish formation God’s Own Medicine saw the light of day in 1998. I especially remember...
Agitprop 666 – Penitentiary (Digital Album – Agitprop 666)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial-body-music. Background/Info: I got the opportunity to discover the L.A (California, USA) based Agitprop 666 by its debut...
Zeni Geva & Steve Albini – Maximum Implosion (DCD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, noise-rock, apocalyptic-rock, death-industrial-rock. Background/Info: This project is the unexpected meeting between Zeni Geva (aka KK Null) and Steve...
She Spread Sorrow – Mine (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, industrial-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Italian female artist Alice Kundalini released her first solo-album “Rumspringa” in 2015. “Mine” got released...
Wesenberg – Third Places (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: We all know Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg as a truly sound wizard involved with bands such...
Mortaja – Combined Minds (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: German artist Bert Lehmann is the creative spirit behind Mortaja while he’s also involved with Torn...
Merzbow / Genesis Breyer P-Orridge – A Perfect Pain (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, noise. Background/Info: Originally released in 1999, “A Perfect Pain” has been now remastered and re-released. The work features...
Alphaxone & Xerxes The Dark – Aftermath (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: The recently released compilation “Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music” revealed the state of the...
Shub-Niggurath / Cryo Chamber Collaboration (DCD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album is not a compilation, but a collaboration between numerous Cryo Chamber artists. Atrium Carceri,...
Hilyard – Furthermore (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: American solo project Hilyard (Bryan Hilyard) has already released several productions, but this new work...
Desiderii Marginis – Vita Arkivet (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Active since 1993, Desiderii Marginis (Johan Levin) can look back at an impressive discography, which started...
Deadly Injection – Taste Me! (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: “Taste Me!” is the debut album of the German EBM-duo Deadly Injection. They were previously featured on...
Ambiguous – The Garden Of Ruins (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Igor ‘Ish’ Senigla is mainly known for his involvement as ISH. You might have discovered this...
Coma Alliance – Weapon Of Choice (CD Album – Accession Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-wave, dark wave-pop. Background/Info: Coma Alliance resulted from the common efforts between Adrian Hates (Diary Of Dreams and...
Daniel & Mikael Tjernberg – The Chronicle Of Black Monks (Digital Album – Venus AEon)
Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, cinematographic. Background/Info: The Tjernberg brothers have already been active for years now. they played in different bands, but...
Samhain – Blind Devotion (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-electro, IDM. Background/Info: Slovakian Samhain trio struck back last year with a noticeable work entitled “One Minute To...
Parallel Worlds & Dave Bessell – Dystopia (CD Album – DiN)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: If you’re a bit familiar with the DiN label you definitely have heard some...
