Grand Mal X – Darkness (CD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-wave, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Set up in 2010 by Swedish musician Karl Rydby, Grand Mal X has been mainly...
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.
The Gnome – Stillness (Digital Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient. Background/Info: Tony D'Oporto aka The Gnome is slowly becoming a veteran active at the wider fields of ambient...
Sinestar – A Million Like Us (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: After their astonishing official debut album “Evolve” (2016) the Bristol (UK) Sinestar gang is back on track...
Brien Hindman – Cognitive Buffer Hypothesis (Digital Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, rhythmic-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Brien Hindman is an artist involved with video creation (having made clips for bands such...
NDE – United (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial Background/Info: “United” marks the return of the Belgian duo Bart Piette (Dead Man’s Hill) and Koen Osier aka...
Nytt Land – Oðal (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, dark-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: I last year discovered the phenomenal Russian Nytt Land through their “Fimbulvinter”-album, which remains to...
She Spread Sorrow – Midori (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, death-industrial & ambient. Background/Info: Alice Kundalini is back on track unleashing the third full length from her sonic...
Psychic TV – Kondole & Dead Cat (DCD Album + DVD – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, abstract music. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records takes us back in time to re-discover a unique documentary consisting...
In Good Faith – Trinity (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, dark-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: In Good Faith was set up 20 years ago. The German band deals with electro-pop...
Inner Core – Soultaker (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal. Background/Info: Set up in 2013 the German formation Inner Core unleashed their official debut album on Echozone. “Soultaker”...
Mills – Monochrome (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: The Austrian Mills has been set up in 1994 by Walter Glatz and Alexander Steiner. The...
Lederman / De Meyer – A Tribe Of My Own (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: This project is the surprising meeting between two Belgian electronic pioneers and ‘Godfathers’ of EBM. Jean-Marc...
Avarice In Audio – No Punishment : No Paradise (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-pop, dark electro-trance. Background/Info: Australian Avarice In Audio has unleashed their third full length. The band now consists...
‘Click Interview’ with Stoppenberg: ‘I’m Not Familiar With Contemporary EBM’
We all know Jan Loamfield from his involvement with X-Fusion and Noisuf-X. But a few years ago now he set...
Die Robo Sapiens – Teufelskreis / Tanz Mit Dem Roboter (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper and Marcel Zürcher aka Die Krupps have set up a new project named...
Implant – Oxynoxe (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro. Background/Info: Implant doesn’t need a further introduction. After their visionary latest album “Oxynoxe-X” revealing the Belgian formation experimenting...
Helalyn Flowers – Kamikaze Angel (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Metal-pop, hard-pop. Background/Info: Italian duo Helalyn Flowers are back on track preparing their fifth album entitled “Nyctophilia”. While Noemi...
Grave Of Love – Decay (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Michal Kielbasa is a Polish musician who’s inspired by some of the most famous neo-folk...
Cosmic Armchair – Cannonballs (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Singapore electro-dance-pop duo Cosmic Armchair remains one of the sonic aliens from the Alfa Matrix stable....
Armageddon Dildos – Herbstzeitlose (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 1990 Armageddon Dildos definitely became one of the major EBM bands from the 90s....
‘Click Interview’ with Ager Sonus: ‘ I Was Always Fascinated By Egypt On Multiple Levels’
German artist Thomas Langewehr had a few ideas in mind when he was in search of a band name. He...
Deer – Portraits (CD EP – Deer)
Genre/Influences: Industrial trip-hop, experimental. Background/Info: Deer is a Mexican male-female duo based in Hong Kong. “Portraits” is the debut-EP featuring...
Midas Fall – Evaporate (CD Album – Monotreme Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal-pop, heavenly voices, psychedelic, cinematographic. Background/Info: This is the fourth full length album by the Scottish female duo Elizabeth...
Hoffen – Cold Tears Of An Angel (CD Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, cold-wave. Background/Info: Hoffen is a Mexican band set up by Dali Lantzeta (who was previously involved with other...
Felsenreich – Blumen / Akustik Projekt (CD Album – BSC Music / Rouch Trade)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, neo-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: The Chemnitz based collective Felsenreich has already released a number of albums on labels such...
Last Dominion Lost – Abomination Of Desolation (CD Album – The Epicurean)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: We here welcome new work by the legendary Last Dominion Lost. The project is now driven...
Anemone Tube – The Three Worlds: Vanity Of Allegory (CD Album – The Epicurean)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, noise, death-industrial. Background/Info: German project Anemone Tube is a project, which can look back at an impressive...
Stalowa Wola – Stalowa Wola (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Martial, industrial. Background/Info: Stalowa Nowa is not only a Polish city, it now also is a martial/industrial project. The...
Harvest Rain – Blood Hymns (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: Set up in South Carolina (USA) by the brothers Jason and Jamey Thompkins and later on joined by Christopher...
Cold Fusion – Cross My Heart (CD Album – Rage In Eden)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, epic. Background/Info: Marcin Bachtiak (label owner of Rage In Eden) has reactivated his Cold Fusion project. “Cross My...
Avarice In Audio – Our Cold Hands (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electronics, industrial, psychedelic-body-music. Background/Info: Australian combo Avarice In Audio unleashed this new EP as a second teaser to the...
Zauber – Weg Der Seelen (Digital Album – Neris Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro, gothic. Background/Info: Zauber is the first project French artist Ludovic Dhenry got involved with. While this musician gained...
Transponder – Body Music (DCD Album – Transponder Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: German duo ‘Freund 424’ (music) and HanZ AciD (vocals) have released multiple albums in just a few...