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)...
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.
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...
Rebirth – The Worst Dream (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Rebirth is the story of the long-time friends, both involved with electronic music and who finally decided...
Psy’Aviah – Lightflare (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: The sixth official studio album by Belgian Yves Schelpe aka Psy’Aviah appears to be a very...
Metroland – Men In a Frame + Men In A Frame Remixes (2 Digital Singles – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Metroland has their fourth album in the pipeline. So there’s no better teaser than releasing 2 digital...
‘Click Interview’ with Miseria Ultima: ‘If You Work For Yourself And Be Diligent, You Will Get Something In Return’
Hailing from Finland Miseria Ultima was set up 2016 by Aleksi Martikainen and Kimmo Huhtala. One year later their unleashed...
Tyler McDevgon – Violent Heart (Digital EP – Tyler McDevgon)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body music. Background/Info: Behind Tyler McDevgon is hiding Hand In Waves member Felix F. Both projects have been promoted...
4ourth4floor – Past Lives (CD Album – DHM Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up by Andrew Tomlinson (composer, songwriter, guitar and programming) and joined by female singer Louise...
Lovelorn Dolls – Darker Ages (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock, gothic. Background/Info: Time runs fast! There was a hiatus of four years between the previous Lovelorn Dolls album...
Junksista – Promiscuous Tendencies (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Junksista Duo Diana S. and Boog are back on track and have unleashed their fourth full...
Miseria Ultima – Phosphor (CD Album – Advoxya)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Miseria Ultima is a new name knocking at the door of the dark-electro universe. The Finnish duo...
Schyzzo – Clash (CD EP – Advoxya)
Genre/Influences: Breakbeat, industrial, techoid. Background/Info: Schyzzo (also known as Schyzzo.com) are back on track after a hiatus of four years....
Viscera Drip – Demo(n)s (CD Album – Advoxya)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: After 2 successful official albums Viscera Drip strikes back with an album for the fans. This American...
Frontier Guards – Oblivion (CD Album – Advoxya)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Hailing from the Czech Republic the Frontier Guards duo has released its fourth full length album....
Fredrik Croona – This Is Goodbye (CD Album – Advoxya)
Genre/Influences: Dark future-pop, dark-electro. Background/Info: We all know Fredrik Croona from his involvement with Cynical Existence, Project Rotten and even...
Bleeding Corp. – Ex Machina (CD Album – Advoxya)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal. Background/Info: “Ex Machina” is the third album by Ecuadorian formation Bleeding Corp. Nearly 3 years after their previous...
First Black Pope – Post Mortem (CD Album – Advoxya)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-metal. Background/Info: The Italian combo First Black Pope is clearly not the most renowned band active in the...
Devilsight – Rabia (CD EP – Advoxya)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: I discovered the Mexican duo Devilsight by their official debut album “Luna” released in 2015 on Advoxya....