Spray – Living In Neon (DCD Album – Banoffeesound)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, dance-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Earlier this year UK-duo Jenny McLaren and Ricardo Autobahn unleashed their third album “Enforced Sun”,...
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.
‘Click Interview’ with Leæther Strip: ‘I Am Still Living My Teenage Dream Still After Almost 30 Years’
Leæther Strip belongs to the collective memory of all EBM fans. After nearly 30 years of existence, multiple hits and...
Janosch Moldau – Ghost Tracks (CD EP – Motor)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Last year Janosch Moldau released his fourth full length album “Minor”. The Bavarian (Germany) based artist remixed...
Janosch Moldau – Minor (CD Album – Motor)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Janosch Moldau is a German artist who’s already been busy for more than 10 years. “Minor” is...
Euphorbia – Eternal Lie (CD Album – Euphorbia)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Euphorbia is a Brazilian duo consisting of Cirion Barboza and Ulisses Righi. The band has already been...
‘Click Interview’ with Bio-Mechanical Degeneration: ‘Degeneration Of The Human Race Leading To Hybridization With Robots’
Vince Pujol (Electro Synthetic Rebellion, Diverje) and Tommy T (Diverje, inFused and DSBP label owner) know each other for quite...
Atropine – Assailant (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: The Norwegian Atropine duo has been active for more than 20 years now. They made a...
Elastik – Opak (Digital EP – Koma Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electronic, triphop. Background/Info: I got the opportunity to discover Elastik by previous releases. Driven by Thomas Prigent this...
Dolàn Xakò – Parallela (CD Album – Dolàn Xakò)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, trip-hop, hip-hop, folk. Background/Info: Dolàn Xakò is a French artist who has already released an impressive number of...
Disharmony – Fragments Of Time (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, rhythmic electro-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: Lord Sauron (Headdreamer, Oxyd) and Ryby (Oxyd and Aliens Production owner) have been...
RecFrag – Recovered Fragments (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: RecFrag is a Belarusian solo-project driven by Dmitry Nikolaenko. He previously released a digital debut-album...
Steel Hook Prostheses – Calm Morbidity (CD Album – Tumor/Malignant Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, ambient-noises. Background/Info: The Texan duo J. Stillings – L. Kerr started terrorizing the world in 1999. They’ve released...
Deleyaman – The Lover, The Stars & The Citadel (CD Album – TTO Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ambient, ethereal. Background/Info: Deleyaman has already been active since 2000. This is the seventh full length album by...
Eisfabrik – Achtzehnhundertunderfroren (CD Album – NoCut/SPV)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & future-pop. Background/Info: Last year the German band Eisfabrik took me by surprise unleashing a phenomenal album entitled...
‘Click Interview’ with Beyond Enclosure: ‘An Ode To Non-Action Porn’
The Portuguese duo Beyond Enclosure recently released its debut-album “Dungeon Of Total Void” on the American label Malignant Records. The...
Rave The Reqviem – The Gospel Of Nil (CD Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, dark-electro & metal. Background/Info: Swedish electro/industrial-metal formation Rave The Reqviem recently released an impressive EP “Mono Heart” as...
Mondträume – Free (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Spanish duo Damasius Venys (lyrics & vocals) - Pikotto Vond Mond (composition) was revealed by Alfa...
Psy’Aviah – Chasing The Speed Of Light (CD EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, trance-pop. Background/Info: No doubt about it, Psy’Aviah is one of the most atypical electro underground bands. The...
Dead When I Found Her – Eyes On Backwards (CD Album – Artoffact)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Behind Dead When I Found Her is hiding the creative outlet of Michael Arthur Holloway. Based in...
Protectorate – Protectorate (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark-EBM. Background/Info: Protectorate is a Finnish solo-project set up by Cardinal Noire member Kalle Lindberg. The band has...
Army Of The Universe – 1999 & The Aftershow (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, industrial-pop & dance. Background/Info: Army Of the Universe is an Italian formation based in L.A (USA). Set up...
Paul Handley – What Goes Around (Digital Album – Paul Handley)
Genre/Influences: Rhythmic-ambient, IDM, cinematographic. Background/Info: After the recently released EP-teaser “For The Love Of Something” Paul Handley unleashes a full...
Paul Handley – For The Love Of Something… (Digital EP – Electron)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-dance, IDM. Background/Info: Australian musician Paul Handley has already been active for quite a long time and has been...
Magnetfisch – If You Were A Dinosaur, What Kind Of Dinosaur Would You Be? (Digital EP – Magnetfisch)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock & pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: The Swiss trio of Magnetfisch has already been active since the early millennium years...
Bloque Del Sur – Periferia (Digital EP – Pakapi Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Bloque Del Sur is an Argentine solo-project, which a few people might have discovered on a compilation...
Rotersand – Capitalism TM (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop, future-pop, trance-body-music. Background/Info: “Capitalism TM” is the fifth full length album of Rotersand, but also their first...
Project Pitchfork – Look Up, I’m Down There (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: Twenty five years after their official debut album “Dhyani”, which became an instant success, Project Pitchfork...
ASP – Live… Auf Rauen Pfaden (4CD Box – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock, goth-metal, epic, medieval, ballad. Background/Info: ASP is a real phenomenon. Alexander Spreng is the creative spirit and...
ASP – Geisterfahrer (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-metal, dark-rock, epic. Background/Info: ‘Asp’ aka Alexander Spreng became one of the uncontested flag holders of Trisol. “Geisterfahrer” was...
TöT – United By Hatred (CD Album – Replikants Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: TöT is a French EBM formation from Marseille. The band consists of 3 members sharing a common...
‘Click Interview’ with Model Depose: ‘The New Romantics Of The Present Time’
Model Depose is a band from The Netherlands, which released their debut full length album “Splitting Light” on Dark Tunes...
Leæther Strip – Spæctator (CD Album – Rustblade)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM, dark body-pop. Background/Info: Claus Larsen is back on track unleashing his newest full length and the first...
‘Click Interview’ with Phonothek: ‘Listen To Phonothek Before Sleep Or Just To Make Yourself Feeling Sad’
I recently discovered the debut album “Lost In Fog” from the Georgian male-female duo Phonothek. The dark-ambient style of the...