Rome – The Hyperion Machine (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Folk-rock, chanson, ballad. Background/Info: Jérôme Reuter has gained a serious reputation since his debut work released in 2006 on...
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.
Randal Collier-Ford, Flowers For Bodysnatchers, Council Of Nine, God Body Disconnect – Locus Arcadia (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: We’re used to discovering Cryo Chamber releases featuring multiple bands from the roster working together on a...
Phonothek – Lost In Fog (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial-jazz. Background/Info: Phonothek is one of the latest signings on the Cryo Chamber roster. This is a male-female...
Flowers For Babysnatchers – Love Like Blood (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Background/Info: After Rosenshaul, Duncan Ritchie set up Flowers For Bodysnatchers. He was immediately signed to Cryo Chamber and...
Foretaste – Space Echoes (CD Album – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: The French Foretaste duo consisting of ‘XX’ (vocals) and ‘XY’ (machines) has already released so many cool...
‘Click Interview’ with Throbberstalk: ‘It Wouldn’t Make Any Sense To Continue What Ended More Than 15 Years Ago’
Based in the Southern part of Germany Throbberstalk has been active in between 1995 and 1999. The band was driven...
Controlled Bleeding – Larva Lumps & Baby Bumps (DCD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, noise, psychedelic-hardcore. Background/Info: Controlled Bleeding was set up in the late 70s. The band hailing from New York...
Def Neon – Def Neon (CD Album – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, punk-pop. Background/Info: The British duo consisting of Emily (vocals & bass guitar) and Mickey (guitar & electronics) was...
V/A AnalogueTrash Label Sampler Vol.2 (CD Album – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop, electro-ambient. Background/Info: Based in Manchester (UK), AnalogueTrash Records is one of the few growing labels from the...
IIOIOIOII – Post Brimstone /Expanded Version (Digital EP – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: IIOIOIOII (pronounced I.O.) was set up by Christopher Gurney in 2012. After a self-released debut-album (cf. “Reflect”)...
Offerings To Odin – Ravenous (CD Album – Forced Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark EBM. Background/Info: Offerings To Odin is a Denver based band consisting of Stephen Bailey and Joel Walker aka...
Vanguard – Never Surrender (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Vanguard is back on track with their 3rd full length album to date. Jonas Olofsson and...
Torul – Saviour Of Love (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Jan Jenko left the band in the beginning of 2016 the band successfully “reset” with their new...
Syntec feat. Blind Passenger – Catch My Fall (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, synth-pop. Background/Info: This is another surprising comeback! Syntec is a band I perfectly remember from their early work,...
Orange Sector – Im Stahlwerk (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Set up in 1992 Orange Sector received instant success during their first 90s period where they got...
The Firm Incorporated – Veritas (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Set up at the end of 2014 The Firm Incorporated features Jens Kästel (ex-Funker Vogt singer),...
Throbberstalk – From Nought To Nowhere (DCD Album – Monopol Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, electro-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Throbberstalk is a German band that was mainly active in between 1995 and 1999. They...
Nature Of Wires & CountessM – Cyber Rendezvous (CD Album – AnalogueTrash Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Formed in 1986 by Gary Watts and Andrew Stirling-Brown, Nature of Wires has been active since 1994....
Front 242 – (Filtered) Pulse – Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box (DCD / Vinyl Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: This album apparently is the final opus from the “Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box”-trilogy celebrating the 35th anniversary...
Front 242 – No Comment / Politics Of Pressure – Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box (3CD / Double Vinyl – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: If you’re a fan of ‘242’ this special “Deluxe Anniversary”-box strictly limited to 1242 copies definitely is...
Front 242 – Geography / Deluxe Anniversary Limited Box (CD Album / 2 Vinyl Album / Vinyl 7” – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: There’re not enough adjectives to qualify Front 242, but let’s simply remind the Belgian veterans of EBM...
Rendez-Vous – Distance (Vinyl 12” – Avant! Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Hailing from one of the most beautiful capitals in the world, the Parisian band Rendez-Vous was...
Psykoxyde – Borderline (CD Album – X-Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Psykoxyde is an Italian duo that was set up in 2011 with some metal background. The sound...
Koban – Abject Obsessions (Vinyl Album – Avant! Records)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, wave-pop, shoegaze. Background/Info: Hailing from Vancouver (Canada) Koban is a young duo consisting of Samuel Buss and Brittany...
JK Flesh – Rise Above (Digital Album – Electric Deluxe)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental-techno. Background/Info: Justin Karl Broadrick aka JK Flesh is one of those artists who doesn’t really need an...
Jesse Osborne Lanthier & Grischa Lichtenberger – CSLM (Digital EP – Cosmo Rhythmatic)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, glitch, abstract-techno. Background/Info: “CSLM” (cf. “Conversations Sur Lettres Mortes”) is a project by Jesse OsborneLanthier and Grischa Lichtenberger....
Hymnambulae – Orgelhuset (CD Album – Hypnagoga Press)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Hymnambulae is a Swedish project created by Pär Boström (Kammarheit, Cities Last Broadcastand) and Åsa Boström....
Headdreamer – Sonic Poetry (Digital EP – Aliens Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM. Background/Info: Robert Gajdos is a Slovakian artist who has already released a respectable number of productions on...
‘Click Interview’ with Olaf Wollschläger Vs. Mesh: ‘I think it is really important to understand the artist in what they want to achieve’
Less bands are working with a producer today, but great bands know a producer can add this little extra to...
DrakenWerks – No Prisoners (CD Album – DrakenWerks)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark EBM. Background/Info: DrakenWerks is a band based in South Wales and driven by S.P. Draken and assisted...
Monica Jeffries – Into Temptation (CD Album – Monica Jeffries)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, wave-rock, power-pop. Background/Info: Monica Jeffries is a Polish born artist who has already released a few EP’s. You...
‘Click Interview’ with Mesh: ‘The idea of using the latest synth preset or some popular soft synth has never really appealed to us’
1996: a ‘new’ band from Bristol (UK) took the electro-pop community by surprise! Twenty years have passed since Mesh’s official...
Scheerling/Thaumaturgist – Vertoeven LVI/Mysteries Van De Droom (Cassette EP – Oggy Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: Oggy Records is a small underground label devoted to experimental electronic formats. This split-tape features Bert...