Exponentia – Abend (CD Album – Neris Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, neo-classic. Background/Info: Ludovic Dhenry is French artist who set up Exponentia in 2012. “Abend” is the 4th full...
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.
Sacrificial System – D.N.A. (CD Album – Sacrificial System)
Genre/Influences: Industrial EBM. Background/Info: Sacrificial System is a one-man project set up by Keith Kosmopolis. This American artist based in...
Atomic Neon – The Bodanegra Session (CD Album – Holy Hour Records)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, cold-wave, new-wave. Background/Info: Atomic Neon is a German band, which gained some recognition for their pure new-wave/cold-wave albums...
‘Click Interview’ with Helalyn Flowers: ‘Helalyn Flowers Are Irresponsible And Incorrect, Dirty And Wet’
Helalyn Flowers is lead by the powerful vocals of Nøemi Aurora and the artistic input of studio guru MaXX. The duo...
V/A Sore (Vinyl Compilation – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, minimal-electro, dream-pop. Background/Info: Seja Records is a small, independent label from The Netherlands. “Sore” is the 13th release...
Mourning Elektra Slangwitch – Messy Riot (Vinyl Album – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cabaret, cinematographic, electro-pop. Background/Info: Behind Mourning Elektra Slangwitch is hiding Messy. This female multi-artist has already benen active...
Invoke The Insult – You Can Trust (CD Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Invoke The Insult (ITI) is a Swedish duo I discovered by their self-released CDR-album “Let The Greedy...
Reutoff – No One’s Lullabies (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-ambient. Background/Info: Reutoff is probably one of the most famous and renowned industrial formations from Russia. They’ve been...
Hattifnatter – Barometrizm (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Hattifnatter is a project of Evgeniy Savenko (Lunar Abyss) and M.M. (Kryptogen Rundfunk). The project has...
Bardoseneticcube & Shinkiro – Inner And Outer Space (CD Album – Zhelezobeton)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: This work resulted from the common efforts of Bardoseneticcube (Russia) and Shinkiro (Japan). Both artists are...
Plastic Noise Experience – Push And Punish (Vinyl + CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-body-music. Background/Info: Plastic Noise Experience is one of those legendary 90s EBM bands from Germany, which needs no...
Sølve – The Negative (CD Album – Audiotrauma)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro-industrial, ambient. Background/Info: Behind this project is hiding Brant Showers who’s mainly renowned for his involvement in ∆Aimon....
Horskh – Dawn / Extended Version (CD Album – Audiotrauma)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, cyber-industrial. Background/Info: Horskh is a French duo, which released a debut EP “Dawn” in 2014 on Audiotrauma. Because...
Terrabeats Concept – Concept 3004 (CD Album – Audiotrauma)
Genre/Influences: Dub-step, glitch, cinematographic, experimental. Background/Info: Terrabeats Concept is a Serbian solo-project set up by Marijan Stancic. This artist was...
Mental Discipline – Precious Paradise (CD Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Dance-pop, electro-pop, future-pop. Background/Info: Alexandr Krivoruko aka Alex Mental is the artist behind the Russian band Mental Discipline. I...
Daniela Savoldi – Trasformazioni (CD Album – Daniela Savoldi)
Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, cinematographic. Background/Info: Daniela Savoldi is an Italian-Brazilian artist who studied and played cello since the age of ten...
A★I – Le Chant Du Cygne Noir (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop. Background/Info: My first feeling was that this band was the logical new project of Pedro Peñas Robles after...
Cold In May – Холодный Мир (CD Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock, pop-rock, electro-wave. Background/Info: Hailing from Belarus, Cold In May has already released 2 previous albums and a few...
‘Click Interview’ with nTTx: ‘It Boils Down To Thinking Of Some Altered Reality Where A Great Song Was Done In This Genre, And How That Would Play Out’
nTTx is a Canadian solo-project set up by Gord Clement. This artist got previously involved as singer into the promising...
Ethan Fawkes – In The Desert (Digital EP – Morforecs)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body music, minimal EBM. Background/Info: The Belgian techno-body artist Ethan Fawkes has released an impressive number of EP’s in...
Sutcliffe Jugend – Offal (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, noise, power-electronics. Background/Info: Sutcliffe Jugend aka Kevin Tomkins and Paul Taylor belong to the pioneers of an avant-garde...
Merzbow – Life Performance (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Noise. Background/Info: Masami Akita is the one and only ‘King’ of Japanese noise. He’s one of those visionary, but...
Common Eider, King Eider – Extinction (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, ritual. Background/Info: Common Eider, King Eider is an American collective featuring members of different projects. Bees, Blaine...
Andrew Chalk, Ralf Wehowsky & Eric Lanzillotta – Yang-Tul (CD Album – Cold Spring )
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, industrial-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: This work is collaboration between Andrew Chalk, Ralf Wehowsky and Eric Lanzillotta. These are artists...
The Way Of Purity – The Majesty Of Your Becoming (CD Album – Epictronic)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock. Background/Info: The Way Of Purity is an interesting formation, with a ‘militant’ side and ‘which doesn't show off...
Stendal Blast – Ein Abschied / Das Letzte Konzert (DCD Album – Schwarzrock)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, dark-wave & electro. Background/Info: German formation Stendal Blast was set up somewhere in the midst of the 90s....
Amnistia – Dawn (DCD Album – Scanner)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Dawn is the 5th full length album of German trio Amnistia. Stefan Schoetz, Tino Claus (also involved...
Rational Youth – Future Past Tense (CD EP – Artoffact)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Set up and mainly active during the 80s, the Canadian electro-pop formation Rational Youth got reactivated in...
Finkseye – Deadweight (CD Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark-EBM; dark-electro. Background/Info: Finkseye is a Swedish one-man project driven by Henrik Fink Nilsson. The band was set up...
Fixmer/McCarthy – So Many Lies (Vinyl 12” – Planete Rouge Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body-music, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: This is the meeting between one of the living legends of EBM (cf. Douglas McCarthy from...
nTTx – Objective (CD EP – WTII Records)
Genre/Influences: Body-pop. Background/Info: nTTx is a solo-project set up by Gord Clement who was previously involved in the promising Atomzero....
‘Click Interview’ with Mildreda: ‘I Am Sure We’re All Coward Philosophers Now And Then’
Mildreda is a Belgian project set up during the 90s by Jan Dewulf. Jan became a renowned and established artist...
Gopota – Knots Of Fear (CD Album – Torga Amun)
Genre/Influences: Post-industrial, noise. Background/Info: Gopota is a duo featuring Antonio Airoldi (Empty Chalice) and Vitaly Maklakov (Obozdur). I recently discovered the...
