Orange Sector – Endzeit (DCD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Orange Sector remains one of the most famous EBM bands from the 90s. After a hiatus of...
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.
Nine Seconds – Agent Provocateur (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: You take the former singer of Swiss dark-electro formation Sleepwalk and the German duo of No...
Ludovico Technique – Absence (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Ludovico Technique has released their first new stuff after a hiatus of four years. They in...
Void Kampf – Funk Off (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 1999, French EBM formation Void Kampf self-released a few productions before joining hands with...
Guilt Trip – Body Parts (DCD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Swedish duo Karl Lindberg – Magnus Nilsson are back on track unleashing their newest creation entitled...
11Grams – Panacea (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: 11Grams is the meeting between American Rob Early (Retrogramme) and Australian Simeon Fitzpatrick (Project K11). They released...
Agrezzior – Strike Back (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Driven by the creative spirit of the Autodafeh members Mika Rossi and Jesper Nilsson, Swedish hard EBM-ers...
We The North – Unhealing (CD Album – Space Race Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Johan Hansson (previously involved with Unitary and Cyanide) unleashed the second full length of his newest...
La Santé – Pogansky (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-punk. Background/Info: Hailing from Poland, but based in Sweden, La Santé is a band you might have discovered...
SD-KRTR – Lost In Time (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dance, techno, electro-pop. Background/Info: Behind this new name reinforcing the Alfa Matrix roster is hiding Simon D Carter. This...
‘Click Interview’ with Frozen Nation: ‘You Think We’re Not Kitsch?’
No doubt about it, I’d a crush on Frozen Nation’s debut album “Dark Belgian Disco”. This band featuring Belgian and...
Noyce™ – Love Ends (CD Album – Focile Art Tribe/In-D Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop, goth-pop. Background/Info: Düsseldorfer (Germany) formation Noyce™ is not releasing new albums on regular basis although the band...
C-Lekktor – Out Of My Way (DCD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Marco Barientos is a busy artist. After releases with his side-projects (Circuido Cerrato and Kromak) he...
Vomito Negro – Black Plague (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Vomito Negro is back on track. Still driven by original founder Gin Devo and assisted (mainly...
X-RX – Gasoline And Fire (CD Album – ProNoize/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, techno-body music. Background/Info: Set up by Pascal Beniesch (and later on joined by live member and backing vocalist)...
On The Floor – Made Of Scars (CD Album – Alice In../Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, rock-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Hailing from Hamburg (Germany), “Made Of Scars” is the first new album of On The...
Chainreactor – Decayed Values (CD Album – ProNoize/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-trance, power-noise. Background/Info: Jens Minor and singer Kay Schäfer (who now became a full time member) are back...
‘Click Interview’ with No Trust In Dawn: ‘A Reflection Of What We Feel About Living In The 21st Century’
No Trust In dawn has been set up in 2016 by the German duo ‘Soykut Gür’ (Down To Reality) and...
No Trust In Dawn – As We Fall (CD Album – Alice In…/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, gothic. Background/Info: No Trust In Dawn is a brand-new duo hailing from Kassel Germany. Driven by Soykut Gür...
Grandchaos – The Day Disappears Only To Reappear (Vinyl Album –Urgence Disk Records/Lynch Law Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: Belgian electro veteran Tcheleskov Ivanovitch can look back at a considerable discography. Being involved with different...
Encephalon – We Only Love You When You’re Dead (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial-body-music. Background/Info: Canadian formation Encephalon is back on track unleashing their third official album. They already released...
Eisfabrik – Null Kelvin (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Eisfabrik is a funny, but great project driven by the genius of Gerrit Thomas (Funker...
Angelspit – Black Dog Bite (CD Album – Dark Star Fusion/Black Pill Red Pill)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, industrial, electro-punk, electro-rock. Background/Info: Australian Angelspit is now based in Los Angeles (USA). The band can look back...
Mildreda – Cowards (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial, epic-electronics. Background/Info: Belgian artist Jan Dewulf got some name and recognition for his work under the moniker...
Crytek – Anathema (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, rock-pop, industrial-pop. Background/Info: Crytek is a Parisian based solo-artist who already self-released several digital productions. The band now...
Implant – Oxynoxe-X (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body, industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Belgian implant duo is back after a new hiatus of 4 years. “Oxynoxe-X” is...
Cosmic Armchair – Contact (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Singapore, Cosmic Armchair definitely is one of the most surprising bands from the Alfa...
‘Click Interview’ with Hypnoskull: ‘Radical Ideas Have Always Inspired Lots Of People’
Patrick Stevens set up Hypnoskull in 1992. The Belgian producer became one of the industrial pioneers experimenting with techno influences...
AD:Key – Reanimator (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Rene and Andrea Nowotny are back on track unleashing the fifth opus of AD:Key. The German duo...
Dahlia’s Tear – Through The Nightfall Grandeur (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Swedish musician Anile D.has already been active for several years now. Dahlia’s Tear previously released four...
Tomb Of Druids by ProtoU, Aegri Somnia, Dead Melodies, Ager Sonus, Creation VI (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: This is what I would call a typical release on cryo Chamber featuring several projects from...
Metatron Omega – Illuminatio (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: This is the third full length album released by Serbian project Metatron Omega. I was deeply impressed...
Flowers For Bodysnatchers – Asylum Beyond (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Australian composer Duncan Ritchie is one of those prolific dark-ambient artists who needs no rest...
