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...
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.
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...
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...
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...