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,...
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.
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...
Lederman / De Meyer – Atoms In Fury (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: After the promising debut album “Eleven Grinding Sounds” the duo Lean-Marc Lederman – Jean-Luc De Meyer released...
Avarice In Audio – Wolves At The Door (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, dark-trance-pop. Background/Info: Gerry Hawkins, Lawrie Bayldon and Ben Barwick are getting back to their previously released full length...
Click Interview’ with Jk Flesh: ‘I Wanted The Machines To Breathe And Appear As If They’re Organisms’
JK Flesh is the electronic- or should I say techno project of Justin Karl Broadrick. Internationally praised and renowned for...
Trash Deity – Cross & Divide (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-rock. Background/Info: Behind this new project and the debut album “Cross & Divide” is hiding the duo ‘Groovie...
Tobias Bernstrup – Technophobic (CD Album – Nadanna)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “Technophobic” must be the sixth full length album by Swedish artist Tobias Bernstrup. Every single album has...
Techniques Berlin – Breathing (DCD Album – Nadanna)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, wave-pop. Background/Info: Some of you for sure know Andreas Gregor and Dave Rout from their involvement with bands...
The Shining Path – Basic Training Manual / Expanded (CD Album – Anna Logue Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, minimal-electro, experimental. Background/Info: It all started during the early 80s in Australia when Peter Miller and Andrew...
‘Click Interview’ with Melotron: ‘We Lost The Sense Why We Are Making Music’
Melotron Some of you might remind The Vermin, which was the first band featuring the German trio Andy Krüger, Edgar...
Necromishka – The Space Between Us (CD Album – 999 Cuts)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, apocalyptic-rock, neo-folk. Background/Info: Necromishka is the meeting between Israeli musicians Michael Zolotov (Kadaver) and Tamar Singer (Zeresh,...
Non-Bio – The Future Is Written (CD Album – Non-Bio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial. Background/Info: London based Howard Gardner started making short films, animations, and music videos for other people till he...
Loci Inferni – Lumière Noire (Digital Album – Loci Inferni)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Loci Inferni is a brand-new music project from France dealing with dark-ambient music. This debut work features...
Geisterwald – Geisterwald (CD EP – Geisterwald)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: Set up early 2017 by the Swiss duo Harald Wolken (guitar, synths & vocals) and Gaelle Blumer...
Empty Chalice – Ondine’s Curse (Cassette Album – Ho.Gravi.Malattie)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This is the third album for the Italian project Empty Chalice. “Ondine’s Curse” is ‘a rare...
Anti-Terror – World Obsessed With Fear (CD EP – Anti-Terror)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Two years after the “Humanterror.Com”-album Polish duo Anti-Terror strikes back with an EP (kind of mini-album)...
‘Click Interview’ with Individual Totem: ‘How Horrible Would It Be To Be Labeled As ‘Dumb Music?’
Bernd Madl and Mathias Knopp set up Individual Totem during the late 80s. The duo gained some recognition when releasing...
ProtoU – Echoes Of The Future (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Sasha Puzan is a very prolific musician. Since her debut album in 2015 together...
Amusement Parks On Fire – All The New Ends (CD EP – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, rock-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 and falling into oblivion after some noticeable productions, this English formation struck...
‘Click Interview’ with I:Scintilla: ‘We’ve Always Trusted Our Instincts And Followed The Muses’
Hailing from Chicago (USA) and set up in 2003 I:Scintilla progressively became a successful band. Driven by core members Jim...
Shxcxchcxsh – Shulululu (Vinyl EP – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, power-noise. Background/Info: Swedish Shxcxchcxsh is already active for numerous years and gained a serious reputation at the wider...
Puce Mary – The Drought (CD Album – Pan)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Frederikke Hoffmeier is involved with multiple projects, but Puce Mary is for sure her main...