Am Tierpark – April Fool’s (Digital EP – Læbel)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Am Tierpark is back on track with a surprising EP, which has been released on the brand-new...
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.
Stoneman – Steine (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, metal-pop. Background/Info: The Swiss Stoneman formation is back on track unleashing their fifth opus to date and the...
Palast – Hush (CD EP – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, psychedelic-pop. Background/Info: Palast is a German formation I remember from the last year released sampler “Electrostorm Vol.7” (Out...
‘Click Interview’ with X Marks The Pedwalk: ‘The Most Mature And Professional Release Of X Marks The Pedwalk In Any Aspect So Far’
The ninth full length album of X Marks The Pedwalk is for sure a special one. Mastermind Sevren Ni-Arb (aka...
Mono Inc. – Together Till The End (DCD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, metal, gothic. Background/Info: Singer Martin Engler and his acolytes are back on track unleashing the ninth studio album...
La Main – L’Heure De Salir (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, dark-pop. Background/Info: After a few self-released production French formation La Main (translated ‘The Hand’) joined hands together with...
Fixmer / McCarthy – Chemicals (Vinyl 12” – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-EBM, techno-body. Background/Info: Minimal techno-body guru Terence Fixmer and Nitzer Ebb vocalist Douglas McCarthy are back on track...
Alphaxone & ProtoU – Stardust (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: “Stardust”-album resulted from the common efforts of Mehdi Saleh (Alphaxone) and Sasha Cats (ProtoU). It also...
Aegri Somnia – Endtime Psalms (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Croatian solo-project Aegri Somnia is back on track unleashing its third album in history, which also is...
SiJ – The Time Machine (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Vladislav Sikach has released an impressive number of productions in a rather short lapse of...
Council Of Nine, Alphaxone, Xerxes The Dark, Wolves And Horses – Tomb Of Seers (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: “Tomb Of Seers” is a new opus released on Cryo Chamber bringing different ambient artists together....
Apocryphos, Kammarheit, Atrium Carceri – Echo (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Two years after the “Onyx”-album Robert C. Kozletsky (Apocryphos), Pär Boström (Kammarheit) and Cryo Chamber label...
Sect 37 – Ausländer (CD Album – Aesthetic Death Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-ambient, industrial. Background/Info: Sect 37 or Section 37 is an English music project that was set up in...
Grandchaos – Tempest (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: Belgian based artist Cheleskov Ivanovitch is back on track with a new album full of remixes....
KIFOTH – Extensive Report (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Kneel In Front Of The Executioner, better known as KIFOTH is back on track with their seventh...
X Marks The Pedwalk – Secrets (CD Album – Meshwork Music)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop, ambient-pop. Background/Info: X Marks The Pedwalk became one of the main EBM formations during the 90s and struck...
‘Click Interview’ with Absurd Minds: ‘It Was Just Time To Break The Silence’
Absurd Minds started in 1995 as a small project featuring Tilo Ladwig and Stefan Grossmann. They got in touch with...
Desiderii Marginis – Songs Over Ruins (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: Desiderii Marginis became without a shadow of a doubt the most successful formation of Johan Levin. The...
Peter Bjärgö – Animus Retinentia (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, neo-classic, neo-folk. Background/Info: Peter Bjärgö will always and instantly linked with formations like Arcana, Sophia and Karjalan Sissit...
Funker Vogt – Navigator Collector’s Edition (DCD Album + DVD – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: There has been a lot of commotion since Jens Kästel left Funker Vogt. By the end...
Elegant Machinery – I (CD EP – Electro Shock Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop band Elegant Machinery became one of the most praised and famous bands in the genre...
Neikka RPM – Battle Scars (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial trip-hop, EBM, dark electro-pop. Background/Info: New-York duo Neikka RPM are back on track unleashing their first new studio...
Dave Inox feat. HIV+ – Danger Signal/MissConceptual (Digital EP – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: This work has been introduced as Spanish EBM and features David Hinojosa aka Dave Inox (who...
Motionen – Imago (Vinyl EP – Ascetic Limited)
Genre/Influences: IDM, tribal, techno, ambient. Background/Info: Motionen is a project hailing from Los Angeles (USA). “Imago” is the first release...
Mimetic – Maidenhead (Digital EP – Les Arts Minis)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Jérôme Soudan has been active under the Mimetic moniker since 1998. He released a considerable number...
Metalized Man – Losing Your Virginity: Metalized Boy’s First Adventures In Manhood (Vinyl Album – Foul-Up)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Lasse Bjørck Volkmann is a producer hailing from Copenhagen (Denmark) and active under the Metalized...
The Empire Line – Syndicat De La Couture (Vinyl 12 – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ambient, experimental, trance. Background/Info: Behind The Empire Line is hiding a Scandinavian duo of producers. Jonas Rönnberg and...
Aeon Waves – The Place Where Stars Choir (Digital EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Aeon Waves is an Indian producer (cf. Kanishk Budhori) who joined the Mindtrick Records roster to...
Theory – Red Book (Digital Album – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, ambient. Background/Info: Theory is one of the newest additions to the Mindtrick Records roster. Driven by the creative...
Soldout – Forever (CD Album – Flatcat Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Charlotte Maison and David Baboulis better known as Soldout are back on track unleashing a new...
We Are Temporary – Crossing Over (CD album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: We are Temporary was set in 2013 by Brooklyn – New York based artist Mark Roberts. After...
Nachtmahr – Unbeugsam (DCD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Nachtmahr was set up in 2007 by Thomas Rainer. The Austrian musician was the creative spirit behind...
Die Form – Psychic Poison (CD EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: I realized that this year Die Form will celebrate its 40 years of existence! “Psychic...
