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.

Machinista – Black Tide (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 14, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: John Lindqwister (also involved with Cat Rapes Dog) and Richard Flow (also member of Vision Talk) are...

Form – Poison (Digital Single – Infacted Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 13, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Behind the Form-project is hiding Rob Dust. He gained a serious reputation as producer and remixer, having...

Croona – Memento Mori (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 13, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-pop. Background/Info: And here’s the debut album of (Fredrik) Croona. “Memento More” features 12 songs. Among the tracklist...

Croona – My Sweet Revenge (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 12, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-pop. Background/Info: You for sure know Fredrik Croona from his involvement with Cynical Existence and Project Rotten. The...

Binary Park – Life On Lines / Extended Mixes (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 12, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Body-pop, EBM, IDM. Background/Info: Earlier this year Torben Schmidt - Alfred Gregl and singer Huw Jones released the third...

‘Click Interview’ with Henric De La Cour: ‘Death Is No Longer My Close Confidant’

Inferno Sound Diaries November 12, 2018 0

Five years after the last album, Swedish electro-veteran Henric De La Cour, unleashed the third full length of his sonic...

Denise Rabe – The Frogs Pick A King (Vinyl 12” – Rabe)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 11, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Techno, IDM. Background/Info: Berlin based Denise Rabe has already released a few EP’s and DJ-mixes. This 12” features 2...

Cold Storm – Stealth Punk / Chicago 1928 (CD Album – Bunker 50 Produktions)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 11, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Body-pop, future-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2015 by German duo Mad Tax - Cem Bergerac, Cold Storm has...

Stave & Grebenstein – Live From Frankfurter Straße (Vinyl 12” – Standards & Practices)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 10, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Stave and Grebenstein joined hands to unleash this 12”. This project is the meeting between Chicago...

Bad Sav – Bad Sav (CD Album – Fishrider Records / Occultation Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 10, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, cinematographic. Background/Info: Bad Sav features Hope Robertson and Lucinda King (both involved in the cool band Death And...

Sphyxion – 2 (CD Album – Zoharum)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 9, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, IDM, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Sphyxion is driven by the French brothers Frédéric and Olivier Charlot. You might know...

Simi Nah – La Terre Est Noire (CD Album – Why2k Music)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 9, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: French born Simi Nah who lived for years in Belgium has announced that “La Terre Est...

Ruptured World – Exoplanetary (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 8, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Ruptured World is a new sonic project driven by Alistair Rennie. This Scottish artist is also...

Individual Totem – Electrostatic (CD Album – Artoffact Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 8, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s, but mainly active and getting renowned during the 90s, German...

Halo In Reverse – I Am Become Death Destroyer Of Worlds (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 7, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover. Background/Info: Halo In Reverse isn’t exactly the most renowned and successful band from the Alfa Matrix roster....

I:Scintilla – Swayed (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 7, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2003, Chicago (USA) based I:Scintilla gained recognition through their works released on Alfa...

‘Click Interview’ with Schicksal: ‘Stop Looking At Your Smartphone And Create Your Own Revolution’!

Inferno Sound Diaries November 3, 2018 0

The ‘older’ electro fans familiar with EBM will probably remind Schicksal. This Belgian solo-project set up by Rudi Huybrechts released...

Uglyhead – Time & Time Again (Cassette Album – Automation Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 1, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, ambient. Background/Info: Jake Alejo is already active under the Uglyhead moniker for nearly 20 years. Several productions...

AlterRed – Trauma; Trauma Reinforcement (CD Album – WTII Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries November 1, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover. Background/Info: Three years after their last album “In The Land Of The Blind”, London-based AlterRed are unleashing...

Antoine Panaché – Pleasures (Cassette EP – Barreuh Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 31, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Experimental. Background/Info: Antoine Panaché is a nickname for Lilia Scheerder. Hailing from The Netherlands he already released a few...

Oestergaards – Rötterna (Cassette Album – Lamour)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 31, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: We here welcome the debut work of Oestergaards. This Swedish artist started organizing festivals and finally started...

Mount Shrine – Winter Restlessness (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 30, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: When evoking Rio De Janeiro we all imagine the beach, sexy girls, carnival and other exotic...

JK Flesh – New Horizon (Digital Album – Electric Deluxe)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 30, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Experimental-techno, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Justin Broadrick will be always linked to Godflesh, but he in the meantime is getting more...

‘Click Interview’ with E.S.A.: ‘I Love To Pick Up Instruments And Use Them As An Extension To Myself’

Inferno Sound Diaries October 30, 2018 0

Set up by Jamie Blacker in 2002 Electronic Substance Abuse (ESA) rapidly became a noticeable project dealing with multiple influences...

Hidden Souls – The Incorruptible Dream (CD Album – Echozone)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 29, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 2005, Hidden Souls is an Argentinean band based in Buenos Aires. They...

Alex Braun – Eiskalt (CD EP – Echozone)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 29, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: !Distain fans will be intrigued to discover this debut solo-work of the band’s front man Alex Braun....

Penny Rimbaud – Oh Magick Kingdom (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 28, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: This album released by the legendary Crass front man Penny Rimbaud got originally released in 2011...

Coil + Zos Kia + Marc Almond – How To Destroy Angels / A Slow Fade To Total Transparency (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries October 28, 2018 0

Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records’ time machine brings us back to 1983 when John Balance (Coil), John Gosling...