Daniel Ruane – Incandescent (Digital EP – The Silent Howl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Daniel Ruane is a British producer based in Manchester. Last year he released the acclaimed...
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.
Zé Pekeño – Tota Vita Nihil Aliud Quam Ad Mortem Iter Est (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Operating from Barcelona (Spain) Zé Pekeño saw the light of day in 2007. The solo-project is...
Juan Antonio Nieto & Javier Piñango – Two Unfocused Cardinal Points (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts of 2 Spanish artists, mainly active in the dark...
Destruktionsanstalt – Swedenborg (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, death-industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Danish artist Per Najbjerg Odderskov has released an impressive number of productions under different monikers...
Clavius – Nebula (CD Album – Marbre Negre)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: I didn’t receive any information about Clavius and there’s not much to find on the...
2nd Face – Nemesis (CD Album – Dependent)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, industrial. Background/Info: 2nd Face is a brand-new German solo-project set up by Vincent Uhlig. The debut work...
Vitalic – Voyager (CD Album – Citizen Records)
Genre/Influences: Electroclash, electro-pop, techno-body. Background/Info: Pascal Arbez-Nicolas better known as Vitalic gained a serious reputation in the selected and intelligent...
Parralox – Subculture (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Parralox is a prolific band animated by the creative spirit of John von Ahlen. “Subculture” is...
Parralox – Holiday ’16 (CD Album – Conzoom Records/Subterrane Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Set and driven by John Von Ahlen the Melbourner based Parralox became a familiar and recognized formation...
V/A Electropop 11 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: The “Electropop”-series became one of the most exciting compilations in the electro-pop genre style, but especially...
Zeitfaktor – Signals (Digital Album – Zeitfaktor)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic-electro, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Zeitfaktor is a German solo-project. Daniel’s classical music education incited him to compose his own music,...
Synoiz – The Forbidden (Digital Album – Synoiz)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Synoiz is a solo-project driven by Graeme Donaldson. The artists hailing from Newcastle Upon Tyne (England)...
‘Click Interview’ with The Psychic Force: ‘We Don’t Need A Professional Production To Sound Polished And Commercial Like Tons Of Other Bands’
The Psychic Force is back alive! Twenty one years after their last album they earlier this year unleached their third...
Kazeria & Aphlar – In Bloskan (CD Album – GH Records)
Genre/Influences: Martial, neo-folk, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between two Argentinia bands. Kazeria has already...
Kaos! – Still (Digital Single – Shortlist Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop formation Kaos! strikes back with a new single. Eva Kaxe and Kristian Oscarsson have released...
Massive Ego – Beautiful Suicide (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Set up during the 90s, “Beautiful Suicide” stands for the return of Massive Ego. It’s not...
Cephalgy – Gott Maschine Vaterland (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, dark body-pop. Background/Info: Six years have passed since the “Leid Statt Liebe”-album released by Cephalgy. This German...
Gopota – Music For Primitive (CD Album – Gopota)
Genre/Influences: Noise & dark-ambient. Background/Info: Gopota resulted from the common efforts between the projects Empty Chalice and Obozdur. I last...
Gin Devo – Electrotheque (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, cinematographic. Background/Info: Gin Devo will always be linked to Vomito Negro, which remains one of the essential dark-electro/EBM...
Absurd Minds – Tempus Fugit (CD Album – Scanner/Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & pop, wave-pop, EBM. Background/Info: Absurd Minds strikes back after a hiatus of seven years! Stefan Grossmann, Tilo...
Siyanie – Mystery Of Life (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, psychedelic. Background/Info: After having released 2 albums plus one split-album on Moonsun Productions, Russian band Siyanie joined hands...
Kryptogen Rundfunk – Liquid Circuits (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial-electronics, soundscape. Background/Info: Kryptogen Rundfunk is a Russian solo project driven by Zhelezobeton-founder Artyom Ostapchuk. He’s also involved...
Exit In Grey – Hysterics Of The Eternal (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Russian music project Exit In Grey started as a duo, but got reduced to a...
NamNamBulu – Borders (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: NamNamBulu was originally set up in 2002. The debut full length “Distances”, which was already released on...
Frame Of Mind – Murderous Thoughts (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Frame Of Mind was a German duo consisting of Michael Friedrich and Marko Hein. They were...
Orange Sector – Farben (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: “Farben” is the final EP of a trilogy. After “Monoton” and “Stahlwerk” the German EBM duo strikes...
Paranoid – Never Too Late (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s and active till the early 90s Paranoid definitely was a praised...
THX – New World Order (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-electro. Background/Info: THX was a German duo active during the early 90s. Driven by Peter Schmidt producer Andy...
Machinista – Pain Of Every Day (Digital EP – AnalogueTrash)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Machinista strikes back with a brand-new song entitled “Pain Of Every Day”. The Swedish electro-pop formation gained...
Snakeskin – Tunes For My Santiméa (CD Album – Hall Of Sermon)
Genre/Influences: Gothic-pop, neo-classic, electronic. Background/Info: Tilo Wolff and Lacrimosa both are inseparable, but I’m sure some of you will probably...
V/A Infrastructure (CD Album – Banoffeesound)
Genre/Influences: Dance, electro-pop, wave-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Banoffeesound is a British label you maybe know from bands like Spray, Anna Stimpson,...
Spielbann – Die Ballade Von Der Blutigen Rose (CD Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal. Background/Info: Throughout the years Spielbann has acquired a serious reputation in their homeland (Germany) and became a respected...
Plastic People – It Prickles, It Burns, It Hurts (CD Album – Pink Narcissus Music)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop. Background/Info: Plastic People is a new French formation consisting of Valeria Pacella (bass guitar, guitar) and Sébastien F...