Northumbria – Vinland (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: On “Vinland” Jim Field and Dorian Williamson achieve their trilogy dealing with the splendor of the...
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.
Atrium Carceri – Codex (CD Album – Cryo chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Cryo Chamber label owner Simon Heath returned to his Mother-ship project Atrium Carceri releasing the thirteenth...
The Wide – Paramount (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Wave-rock, rock-pop, indie-rock. Background/Info: The Wide is a ‘new’ band set up by experienced musicians who have been involved...
Solitary Experiments – Future Tense (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Solitary Experiments is a band I’m keeping an eye on since their very early years. The...
Solar Fake – You Win. Who Cares? (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, body-pop, EBM. Background/Info: After the acoustic-live album “Sedated” (2017) Sven Friedrich and André Feller are back on track...
Broken Ego – Avenue To Wonderland (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, electro-rock, electro-pop. Background/Info: The Austrian Broken Ego released a debut EP in 2011 and are now back on...
Mirexxx – Vault (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by Stijn Szin and ‘Posse’ the Belgian Mirexxx duo has now finally...
!Distain – Farewell To The Past (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Ano 2018 German synth-pop formation !Distain became a duo. Alexander Braun and Manfred Thomaser both remain the...
The Cascades – Phoenix (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Originally set up in the late 80s, The Cascades released their most significant material during the...
Porn – The Ogre Inside Remixed (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal-rock. Background/Info: Porn last year released their third full length album “The Ogre Inside”, which revealed the hard...
Orphx – Learn To Suffer (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: “Learn To suffer” is the first real new work since the last Orphx-album “Pitch Black Mirror”...
Mlada Fronta – No Trespassing (CD Album – M-Tronic)
Genre/Influences: Body-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Active since the early 90s French musician/producer Rémy Pelleschi went through several music ‘periods’. He ever...
Indarra – Walk On Fire (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal-wave, trip-pop, experimental. Background/Info: Some of you might remember Rhea’s Obsession, a Canadian band that was mainly active in...
Frontline Assembly – Eye On You (Digital EP – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: While the Canadian EBM veterans have announced their upcoming album “Wake Up The Coma” for early 2019...
‘Click Interview’ with Train To Spain: ‘Streaming Is There To Stay’
Jonas Rasmusson and Helena Wigeborn are Train To Spain. The name of their band is inspired by a song from...
Radioaktivists – Radioakt One (CD Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: While you maybe heard of this ‘new’ band before (being featured on a label compilation “Dependence...
Grausame Töchter – Engel Im Rausch (CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, experimental, electro-punk, EBM. Background/Info: Areana Peel and her gang are back on track unleashing album number five of...
On The Floor – Lifetime (CD Album – Dark Dimensions / Alice In…)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, wave-pop, rock-wave. Background/Info: The last year released album “Made Of Scars” stand for the ‘come-back’ of German formation...
Reactor7x – And Chaos Became The New Order (CD EP – Blackened Art)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Polish dark-electro formation is now active for 10 years. After their album “Illusion Of Chaos” released in...
Synapsyche – Mirror Terror (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up in 2008 Italian duo Stefano ‘Mannequinetik’ (machines) and Marco ‘Katatronik’ Mantovani (vox) joined hands with Alfa...
Alien Vampires – Evil Twins (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: Next to the new EP “Fuck The Revolution Bring On The Apocalypse” comes this ‘twins’ EP,...
Alien Vampires – Fuck The Revolution Bring On The Apocalypse (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: ‘Nysrok Infernalien’ and ‘Nightstalker’ are back on track preparing their upcoming full length “London Paranormal” announced...
Funker Vogt- Ikarus (CD EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: “Ikarus” is the second EP taken from the last and successful “Wastelands”-album. We get 2 versions...
Adam X – Recon Mission (Digital Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, techno-body. Background/Info: Brooklyn (New York – USA) born electro-veteran Adam Mitchell is back on track unleashing the sixth...
Samsas Traum – Scheiden Tut Weh (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, metal. Background/Info: Set up and driven since the late 90s by Alexander Kaschte (still involved with Weena Morloch),...
Nachtmahr – Gehorsam (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: The upcoming Nachtmahr-album “Antithese” is the pipeline, but this EP brings us a teaser from what we’ll...
Future Lied To Us – Progress (CD mini-Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: The German trio Tom Lesczenski (), Vasi Vallis (Frozen Plasma, Reaper, NamNamBulu) and Krischan Wesenberg (Rotersand)...
‘Click Interview’ with Blakk Harbor: ‘Creatively I Would Say Berlin Is A Stagnant Place For Me’
The Greek artist Angelos Liaros got previously involved with Mobthrow, which he defines as a dubstep project. Especially the second and...
Project Pitchfork – Fragment (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro-wave. Background/Info: 2019 will see Project Pitchfork celebrating their 30th anniversary. The German formation lead by Peter Spilles never...
Valerie Renay – Your Own Shadow (Digital Album – Valerie Renay)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, experimental. Background/Info: The French-Caribbean artist Valerie Renay is based in Berlin. She’s mainly known as one of the...
Circuito Cerrado – Revolution (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Markko B. better known as the sound operator and voice behind C-Lekktor strikes back with his...
Benestrophe – Turner’s All Night Drugstore / Rare & Unreleased 1987 – 1997 (Digital Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s by the Dassing brothers (Mentallo & The Fixer) and singer...
Metroland – Memorabilia + Memorabilia Remixes (2 Digital EP’s – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, new-beat. Background/Info: Metroland became a band that doesn’t need any further introduction. The Belgian ‘Kraftworkers’ released this new...
