Nox Interna – A Minor Road (CD EP – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock, dark-rock. Background/Info: Nox Interna is a Spanish formation, which is busy achieving their fourth album, announced for 2019....
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.
Dorsetshire – Timemachine (CD EP – Danse Macabre)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-electro, dark-pop. Background/Info: Set up in 1992, German formation Dorsetshire put their stamp on the 90s dark electro-pop and...
Click Interview’ with Hà; People 3 55: ‘I Think That Many So-Called ‘Industrial’ Bands Have Lost The Bestial Side Of This Music’
First I saw the band name, Hà; People 3 55, next the title of the album “One Bear, Two Bicycles...
Still Patient? – Zeitgeist Weltschmerz (CD Album – Schwarzrock / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Three years after their last and successful album “Shape Shifters”, the German Still Patient? band is...
Blue Images – Her Light (CD Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: It all started in 2013 as a solo-project, but New-York (USA) based Blue Images finally became...
Atomic Neon – Remember Me (CD Album – Alice In… / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave, rock-goth. Background/Info: After having released three albums on Black Rain and one album on Holy Hour Records,...
Vortex – As Gods Fall (Digital Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Marcus Stiglegger is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his sonic brainchild Vortex with a new album....
Visions & Phurpa – Monad (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Monad” is a particular release in the Cyclic Law label history. It indeed is the...
Taphephobia & Kave – Monuments (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, cinematographic. Background/Info: This work is a split release between Norwegian musician Ketil Søraker (Taphephobia) and Netherlands musician Bram...
Dødsmaskin – Ingenting (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, noise, experimental. Background/Info: The album “Fullstendig Brennt” from the Norwegian project is considered as their official debut full...
‘Click Interview’ with Schwarzblut: ‘Freedom, Identity And The Celebration Of Diversity’
Hailing from The Netherlands Schwarzblut has released its fourth full length album “Idisi” on Alfa Matrix. The main sources of...
Nordvargr – Metempsychosis (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, Death-industrial. Background/Info: Swedish Master of darkness Henrik Nordvargr Björkk is back on track unleashing a new conceptual...
Dødsmaskin – Fiende (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, death-industrial, noise-ambient. Background/Info: “Fullstendig Brennt” is the debut-album released last year by Norwegian duo Dødsmaskin. I was deeply...
Dose – Furniture / Opaque (Vinyl 7” – A Turntable Friend Records)
Genre/Influences: Guitar-wave, shoegaze, rock-wave. Background/Info: We welcome Dose, which is unleashing their debut single on vinyl format. The band is...
Analogue-X – Course Of Life (CD Album – RMP Records/Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Analogue-X is a brand-new German synth-pop formation. Set up in 2017 by René Mußbach, Susan Mußbach...
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....
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...