Love In Prague – Two (CD Album – Off World Music)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave. Background/Info: Benoît Gerard and Chloé Praha have been active under the Love In Prague moniker since 2007....
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.
Darkrad – Heart Murmur (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Russian artist Jana Komaritsa is based in the USA and has been involved with...
Page – Start (CD EP – Energy Rekords)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Swedish Page formation remains one of the oldest synth-pop formations active in their homeland. Set up in...
Sea Of Sin – Future Pulse (CD Album – Sea Of Sin)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Klaus Schill and Frank Zwicker are active as Sea Of Sin since the 90s. The German electro-pop...
Yurugu’s Speech & Bismuth – The Brutal Misery Manifesto (CD Album – Dark Mechanism)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between both Italian projects Yurugu’s Speech and Bismuth....
Tolchock – World Of Tolchock 1997-2017 (CD Album – Energy Rekords)
Genre/Influences: EBM, crossover, aggreppo. Background/Info: Tolchock once started in the late 80s as Tolchock 14. They rapidly became one of...
Nachtmahr – Widerstand (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Thomas Rainer aka the ‘tanzdiktator’ operating behind the Nachtmahr desk became one of the most praised dark-electro...
Modulo One – Ten Thousand Meters Of Desert (Digital EP – Modulo One)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, body-pop. Background/Info: Modulo One Is A Norwegian duo set up in 2013 consisting of producer and singer Anders...
Marva Von Theo – Dream Within A Dream (CD Album – Marva Von Theo)
Genre/Influences: Trip-hop, indie-pop, ambient-pop. Background/Info: This is a new formation featuring Athens based singer Martha Voulgari and Vienna based composer...
The Lost End – The Lost End (CD Album – The Lost End)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-rock, post-punk. Background/Info: The Lost End is a 4 piece band from Norman – Oklhaoma (USA) unleashing their...
House Of Blondes – Time Trip (CD Album – Alrealon Musique)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: John Blonde and Chris Pace are operating from N.Y (USA). So far they released 2 albums...
John 3:16 – עשר (CD Album – Alrealon Musique)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, apocalyptic-rock, dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Philippe Gerber is now active for 10 years under the John 3:16 moniker. Time...
Florian Grey – Ritus (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock, dark-rock, metal-rock. Background/Info: Three years after the debut-album “Gone” German Florian Grey strikes back with a successor entitled...
Clarice Jensen – For This From That Will Be Filled (CD Album – Miasmah)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, neo-classic. Background/Info: This is the solo-debut of American musician Clarice Jensen. She’s a cellist, composer, and artistic director...
Candélabre – Candélabre (CD EP – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, shoegaze. Background/Info: French trio Candélabre saw the light of day in 2017. All of the members were previously...
Extize – Hellcome To The Titty Twister Club (CD Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, techno-body music. Background/Info: This is the sixth full length by the French-German combo Extize. This album has...
Mayuko Hino – Lunisolar (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Noise, soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: Mayuko Hino is a female Japanese artist unleashing her second album under her own name....
Sonologyst – Silencers: The Conspiracy Theory Dossiers (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, abstract. Background/Info: Italian artist Raffaele Pezzella is already involved with experimental music for numerous years now. Active...
‘Click Interview’ with Kilmarth: ‘Music Is A Legal Drug That Has The Immense Power To Make Us Escape’
Belgian solo-project Kilmarth is driven by Cédric Wattergniaux. I know Cédric for quite a long time. We both got involved...
Ontal – Afflux 2014-2018 (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-body-music, power-noise, acid, dark-techno. Background/Info: Serbian duo Darko Kolar – Boris Brenecki have released an impressive number of...
V/A Forms Of Hands 18 (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno, tribal, rhythmic-noise, tribal, IDM. Background/Info: The fans and followers of Hands label are used to getting a...
Totem Obscura feat. Hubert Kah – Helden (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-medieval, dark-electro. Background/Info: Pedro- and Nadine Engel got mainly recognized as the terrific Acylum-duo, but they’re also involved with...
Monolith – Falling Dreams (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM, cinematographic. Background/Info: Eric van Wonterghem will be always linked to The Klinik, Insekt, Sonar, Absolute Body Control...
Maschinenkrieger KR52 vs. Disraptor – Riot (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Thythmic-noise, industrial. Background/Info: “Riot” is the fourth official full length album by German duo Maschinenkrieger KR52 vs. Disraptor and...
Huminoida – The Grey Area (CD Album + Booklet – Out Of Range Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Huminoida returns with a new full length album, which is the second one in the band’s history....
Psy’Aviah – Looking For The Sun (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: The recently released “Lightflare”-album from Belgian artist Yves Schelpe was without a shadow of a doubt...
Helalyn Flowers – Nyctophilia (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Metal-pop, electro-rock. Background/Info: The Italian duo Maxx and Noemi strikes back with the 5th full length album from their...
The Rain Within – Atomic Eyes (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: After a self-released album (cf. “Pain Management”) released in 2010, The Rain within had to wait...
Monolog – Idemnity And Oblivion (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, experimental, breakcore. Background/Info: Hailing from Denmark Mads Lindgren is based in Berlin (Germany). Monolog released a considerable amount...
Matter – Primitive Forms (CD Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, dark-rave, IDM. Background/Info: Italian artist Fabrizio Matrone set up Matter in 2001 and has released an impressive number...
Sylvgheist Maëlström – Norillag (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, experimental, industrial-rave. Background/Info: It took 4 years time for Julien Sylvgheist to unleash the fourth full length...
Cacophoneuses – Chaos Theory (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Power-noise, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Four years have passed since the debut album “The Myth Of Lorelei” from the French female...
Blac Kolor – Awakening (CD Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Blac Kolor joined hands with Hands label to unleash the third full length of this...
