Sum Of R – Orga (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, cinematographic, psychedelic. Background/Info: Sum Of R is a Swiss duo set up by Reto Mäder (RM74) and...
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.
Arcana – Petrichor (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, neo-folk, cinematographic, ethereal. Background/Info: The last new work of Arcana has been released in 2012, the members preferring...
Altarmang – Void (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Altarmang is a music project set up by Pär Boström (Kammarheit, Cities Last Broadcast ao) and...
Vestfalia’s Peace – Loneliness (CD Album – SDN Records)
Genre/Influences: Ballad, rock, dark-wave. Background/Info: Italian formation Vestfalia’s Peace is already busy for 20 years now. The line-up never changed...
Sky Burial – Chapel Image (CD Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Michael Page has been involved with multiple projects, has worked with numerous artists and released...
Chmcl Str8jckt – Chmcl Str8jckt (CD Album – Chmcl Str8jckt)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, cross-over, EBM. Background/Info: Chmcl Str8jckt is an American duo inspired by the good-old days of the Wax Trax...
Common Eider, King Eider – Shrines For The Unwanted, Respite For The Cast (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, ritual. Background/Info: Operating from San Francisco (USA), the Common Eider, King Eider collective is back on track...
V/A Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music (DCD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, minimal-electronics, cinematographic, experimental, ritual. Background/Info: Italian label Unexplained Sounds Group is a small but fascinating releasing original productions...
‘Click Interview’ with Android Lust: ‘Being A Musician Certainly Has Not Been An Easy Life’
Shikhee D’iordna was born in Bangladesh and schooled in England and the USA. She set up Android Lust in 1995,...
Subskan – Ambidextrous Asylums (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, glitch, ambient. Background/Info: Belgian artist Jean-Marc Polet has already been active for a couple of years now,...
Siamgda – Noise Yoga (CD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, trance. Background/Info: Marc Fischer aka Siamgda strikes back with a new album, which remains inspired by his...
LivingTotem – Raw Effort (CD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, IDM, industrial. Background/Info: Hungarian artist András Gulyás is a rather familiar name active in the Hungarian underground fields,...
Hypnoskull – Die4.Generation (DCD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, power-noise, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Hypnoskull celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Recognized artists often release a ‘best of’ for...
Distortion Six – Fierce (CD Album – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, power-noise. Background/Info: Nichlas Schermann is a Norwegian artist who started his First experimentations early 2000. He released a...
Purwien & Kowa – Zwei (CD Album – SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Christian Purwien (ex Second Decay) and producer Thomas Kowa joined hands to release this album. Purwien...
Phase Fatale – Redeemer (CD Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, EBM, industrial. Background/Info: Born in the USA, but based in Berlin, Hayden Payne is a DJ and producer....
Pact Infernal – Monad XXV (Digital EP – Stroboscopic Artefects)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, tribal, ambient. Background/Info: Stroboscopic Artefacts joined hands with Pact Infernal for a new chapter in the “Monad”-series. Pact...
Electro Fear – The Little Shop Of Horrors (CD Album – Electro Fear/Dark Tunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Electro Fear is a Polish duo set up in 2012 and inspired by old horror movies. This...
Displacer – The Face You Deserve (CD Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Michael Morton better known as Displacer has already released an impressive number of releases on...
Crisis Actor – The Dissonant Reality Show (Digital EP – Ant-zen)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, down-tempo electronics, dub-electro. Background/Info: Crisis Actor (new project of David Thrussell joined by Tony D’Oporto) earlier this year...
Treha Sektori – Severh Sehenh (Vinyl Album – Consouling Sounds)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, drone. Background/Info: French composer ‘Dehn Sora’ active under the Treha Sektori moniker has already released a few number...
Mind.In.A.Box – Broken Legacies (CD Album – Thyx Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Stefan Poiss is back with his ‘Mother ship’ project Mind.In.A.Box for a new voyage throughout sci-fi electro-pop...
Metroland – 12 x 12 (4CD Box – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland duo saw the daylight in 2012 and became an instant success. In only five years...
The Frozen Autumn – The Fellow Traveller (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-wave, dark-pop. Background/Info: The Frozen Autumn is one of the most famous and world-wide recognized Italian underground band...
Grey Branches – Neuroclaps (Vinyl Album – Inner Surface Music)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, IDM, techno. Background/Info: Behind Grey Branches is hiding Belgian producer & DJ Yves De Mey. He can already...
Vacant Stations – Clones (CD Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Winter Light is an interesting small label, which already let me discover interesting and new artists active...
Rogue Spore – Escape From Asafoetida (CD Album – Rogue Spore)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, electronics, experimental. Background/Info: Rogue Spore is an Irish music project active since 2010 and has already released a...
Philippe Laurent – Phoenix (Vinyl 12” – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electro. Background/Info: Philippe Laurent belongs to the early French electronic & experimental school. This pioneer was mainly active...
Jasss – Weightless (Vinyl Album – iDEAL Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, IDM, tribal, experimental. Background/Info: Jasss aka S. Jiménez Alvarez is a Spanish female artists and DJ who’s now...
Huron – Inside Information (CD Album – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Steffen Schröder has already been active as musician and DJ since the 90s. At the...
Fär – Salute (CD Album – Circuits)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, trip-pop , trap. Background/Info: An-Sofie De Meyer (vocals) and Tim De Gieter (music & production) is a new...
The Cascades – Diamonds And Rust (DCD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock, post-punk. Background/Info: German formation The Cascades saw the daylight in 1988 (!), but it took them years...
Nervenbeisser – Zeitenwandel (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-rock, industrial-metal. Background/Info: German formation Nervenbeisser is not a new name, but a band striking back 13 years after...