Ashbury Heights – The Victorian Wallpapers (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Swedish duo Anders Hagström - Tea F. Thimé are back on track unleashing the fourth full...
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.
Any Second – Sünde Mensch (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 2010 by Jan Kluge (vocals) and Thomas DosUnit the Berlin duo self-released the...
V/A W-Fest (DCD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, EBM, minimal-electro, dark-electro, gothic. Background/Info: This compilation featuring 26 bands is a way to remember the great W-Fest...
Shhh… – I, Of the Storm (Vinyl Album – Thisco)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Rui Bentes is an old servant from the Portuguese underground scene. He was involved with numerous...
Lizard Smile – Wandering In Mirrors (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave. Background/Info: Lizard Smile is a Belgian formation, which is already active for many years. They released a...
Kezdown – Escape Lane (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, cold-wave. Background/Info: Kezdown is a new Belgian formation featuring Didier Czepczyk (known from his involvement with The Breath...
Dreun – 10111 (4CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This release by Dreun is a new chapter in the Belgian NeuMusik-series. Behind this ambient project...
A Slice Of Life – Restless (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock, cold-wave. Background/Info: After a promising self-titled debut-EP Belgian formation A Slice Of Life is back on track...
True Zebra – 123 (CD Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Rock-wave, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: True Zebra is a Belgian solo-project driven by Kevin Strauven (who’s also involved with The...
Hatchling – Alpha (CD mini Album – Wool-E-Discs)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, punk-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Hatchling is a new and young Belgian trio, which is already active for a few...
Daniel.B.Prothese – HöllEKtroKraut / HellEctroKraut (DCD Album – db2fluctuation)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, krautrock, ambient. Background/Info: Daniel Bressanutti (Daniel B) became a real prolific artist during the past few years. He...
Nothing But Noise – Mutanten Maschine (CD EP – Nothing But Noise)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics, ambient. Background/Info: Old mates Daniel Bressanutti and Dirk Bergen are back on track unleashing this new work...
‘Click Interview’ with Offerbeest: ‘People Need To Make Their Own Minds Up About The Music And Themes’
Maurice De Jong aka ‘Mories’ is a real prolific artist hailing from The Netherlands. He’s involved with numerous projects. Gnaw...
State Of The Union – Mindless (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Californian based Johann Sebastian is back after a hiatus of four years. While we’re eagerly expecting the...
Machinista – Black Tide (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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’
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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’!
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)
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)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover. Background/Info: Three years after their last album “In The Land Of The Blind”, London-based AlterRed are unleashing...