‘Click Interview’ with Raison D’être: ‘Symbols Are The ‘Common’ Language Between Our Inner And Outer World’
Swedish artist Peter Andersson set up Raison D’Être in 1991. He rapidly became one of the most praised- and influential...
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.
Dronny Darko – Black Hive (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: Oleg Puzan aka ‘Dronny Darko’ is one of those artists who never sleep. The Ukranian...
Ager Sonus – Necropolis (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: After having released the very successful debut album “Book Of The Black Earth”, Thomas Langewehr aka...
Undermathic – Living Holograms (Digital Album – Undermathic)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, laidback, cinematographic. Background/Info: Polish artist Maciej Paszkiewicz got some recognition by his four albums released on the...
Amautica – Rectificando El Sueño (CD Album – Sonorium)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, dark-rock. Background/Info: Amautica is an Argentinean formation that was set up in 2008. Most of their work was...
ProtoU – The Edge Of Architecture (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: Ukrainian female artist Sasha Cats is a real prolific artist who unleashed her third full length...
Atrium Carceri & Herbst 9 – Ur Djupan Dal (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: “Ur Djupan Dal” resulted from the common efforts between Simon Heath (Atrium Carceri and Cryo...
Wordclock – Heralds (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Minimal dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Pedro Pimentel better known as the operator behind Wordclock has released his third solo-work. It’s...
Sea Of Sin – Twilight (Digital EP – Sea Of Sin)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Some of the ‘older’ synth-pop lovers and especially German people will probably remember Sea Of Sin. I...
Robert Logan – Sculptor Galaxy (CD Album – Projekt)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: London based artist Robert Logan strikes back with a new solo-work, which was produced by...
Raison D’Être – Alchymeia (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: One of the absolute leaders and most influential artists of contemporary dark-ambient music Peter Andersson aka Raison...
‘Click Interview’ with Damage Control: ‘The Standard Has To Be High Or Why Bother Is My Motto’
I last year discovered Damage Control by the successful debut full length “Ultranoia”, which is a real masterpiece revealing intelligent...
Paradox Obscur – Artifact (Vinyl Album – Young & Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-wave. Background/Info: Greek duo Kriistal Ann – Toxic Razor is back on track unleashing their third album. “Artifact”...
Mazut – Atlas (CD Album – BDTA)
Genre/Influences: Techno, IDM, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Hailing from Warsaw (Poland) Michał Turowski and Paweł Starzec have already released several productions under...
V/A The Invisible And Divided Sea (CD Album – Bearsuit Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental, electronic, psychedelic, trip-pop. Background/Info: Based in Edinburgh, Capital of Scotland, Bearsuit Records has already been active for...
Moaan Exis – Transcendence (CD Album – Audiotrauma)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, experimental. Background/Info: French label Audiotrauma already released and revealed some real interesting and original bands so I was...
Jotunspor – Gleipnirs Smeder (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Black-metal, death-industrial. Background/Info: The album “Gleipnirs Smeder” by Jotunspor was originally released in 2006 (!) on Satanas Rex (UK)...
Colossloth – Heathen Needles (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, cinematographic. Background/Info: After a few albums released on CDR and vinyl, this is the second official CD...
Shedir – Falling Time (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This is the debut album of Shedir. Behind this name is hiding a solo-project set up...
Hesychia – Metanoia (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-soundscape. Background/Info: Arthur Rosar is an Austrian musician who has been formerly involved in many projects such as...
Martyria – Martyria (CD Album – Tumor / Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, dark-ambient, drone. Background/Info: Martyria is a Greek male-female duo and one of the latest signings on Malignant Records....
Stromstad – New Devoted Human (CD Album – Tumor / Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, death-industrial. Background/Info: You take Jasse Tuukki and Toni Myöhänen of STROM.ec and Kristoffer Oustad of Plague Machinery, Kristoffer...
Shock Frontier – Tumult (CD Album – Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Tumult” is the second opus by the Shock Frontier duo. Driven by Robert C. Kozletsky (mainly...
Darkness On Demand – Post stone Age Technology (CD Album – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: The EP “City Of Dreamers” was an appetizer for the debut full length of the German trio...
‘Click Interview’ with Der Klinke: ‘In This Scene You Have To Realize That Music Is All About Passion’
Der Klinke is a Belgian formation inspired by the good-old 80s new-wave music. Set up in 2009 they released three...
B°tong – The Long Journey (CD Album – Reverse Alignment)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: Next to the “Monastic” album Chris Sigdell released another work on Reverse Alignment. “The Long Journey”...
Rinpoče Roberto – Twenty Years From Now (Digital Album – Surface Tension Records)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, IDM, industrial. Background/Info: I never heard of this Slovakian artist before, but the least I can say is...
‘Click Interview’ with Lovelorn Dolls: ‘From Darkness To Light’
Brussels based goth-rock formation Lovelorn Dolls is back on track. The band’s third album “Darker Ages”, released on Alfa Matrix,...
B°tong – Monastic (CD Album – Reverse Alignment)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: After his activities under the NID moniker Chris Sigdell set up B°tong in 2005. He released...
Kirlian Camera – Hologram Moon (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Elena Alice Fossi and Angelo Bergamini truly are veterans of the electronic underground scene. Active since the...
First Aid 4 Souls – Dark Tunnel (CD Album – Digital Absynthe)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: This Hungarian formation is maybe not the most familiar name active in the wider fields of...
Darkness On Demand – City Of The Dreamers (Digital EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: EBM, epic-body-music. Background/Info: Wagner, Falgalas and Chris L. is a German trio we all know from Dance Or Die....
Autodafeh – The Vintage Collection (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Mika Rossi, Jesper Nilsson and Anders Olsson are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their EBM brainchild commonly...
