Hermetic Delight – Vow (CD EP – October Tone)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, shoegaze, post-punk. Background/Info: Hermetic Delight is a French band operating from Strasbourg. They’re already active for a couple...
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.
Āustras Laīwan – Birds In Shells (CD Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, folk. Background/Info: Āustras Laīwan is a brand-new project set up by Alexey Popov. You maybe know this...
Transponder – The Strength Of My Fist (CD Album – Transponder Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Transponder is a brand-new German EBM project set up by Freund 424 (Rhesus Factor) and singer HanZ...
Pantelis Spirou – De Daemon Self (CD Album – Zefxis Music)
Genre/Influences: Folk, ethereal. Background/Info: I sometimes wonder about the music I get. This album was sent from Greek without any...
Niagara – Hyperocean (CD Album – Monotreme Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, glitch-pop. Background/Info: This is the 3rd full length by the Italian duo David Tomat - Gabriele Ottino....
Genre Peak – Your Sleekest Engine (CD Album – Gonzo Multimedia)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic, IDM. Background/Info: Martin Birke, better known under the Genre Peak moniker is back on track unleashing a...
Schonwald – Between Parallel Lights (CD Album – Anywave Records/Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, shoegaze, post-punk. Background/Info: Driven by the creative mind of Alessandra Gismondi and Luca Bandini, the Schonwald duo is...
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Cruise [Ctrl] – Let’s Rock! (CD Album – Signifier)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, industrial, experimental, IDM. Background/Info: Set up by John C and Gore we welcome the 4th album of this...
‘Click Interview’ with Lights Of Euphoria: ‘We Are All ’Traumatized’ Somehow And So Is Our Earth’
It all started somewhere in the 90s. Torben Schmidt was running the fan club of Leæther Strip and decided to...
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Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio – [Vision:Libertine] The Hangman’s Triad (DCD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk & pop, cinematographic, ritual. Background/Info: Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio for sure is one of the most atypical bands active...
Rapoon – Song From The End Of The World (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Abstract, dark-ambient, experimental, soundscape. Background/Info: Robin Storey will be forever linked to his previous formation Zoviet France although Rapoon...
Me The Tiger – Me The Tiger (CD Album – Repo Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: The Swedish trio Me The Tiger took me by surprise last year with their official debut...
Junksista – American Love Story (Digital EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, experimental-pop. Background/Info: Boog and Diana S. are back on track and with a real special work. “American Love...
Foretaste – Lost In Space (CD EP – BOREDOMproduct)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Three years have passed since the last album by the French electro-pop duo Foretaste. They’re actually working...
Ruined Conflict – A Voice For The Voiceless (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, industrial-pop-rock. Background/Info: Xavier Morales is the hidden force behind Ruined Conflict. This American artist has released his 3rd...
Lights Of Euphoria – Traumatized (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Twelve years have passed since the “Gegen Den Strom”-album (2004) released on Accession Records. We got...
Decoded Feedback – Dark Passenger (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: Marco Biagiotti and Yone Dudas are back on track unleashing their 9th full length album of...
Xtort – Isolation (CD Album – Musiklab/DaRecords)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-electro. Background/Info: The name of this formation from The Netherlands will probably remind you to the “Xtort”-album released...
‘Click Interview’ with De/Vision: ‘We Never Wanted To Get Stuck In Some Kind Of Routine’
De/Vision is a veteran of the synth-pop scene, which was set up at the end of the 80s. The band’s...
Spielbann – Wiedergänger (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, metal-rock. Background/Info: Spielbann last year joined Trisol to unleash their official debut album “In Gedenken”, which revealed a...
Rome – Coriolan (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, chanson, martial, dark rock-wave, psychedelic. Background/Info: Jérôme Reuter has now been actively releasing productions since 2006 under the...
ASP – Verfallen / Folge 2: Fassaden (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, folk, metal, goth-rock, cabaret. Background/Info: ASP is one of the Trisol flag holders, which can look back at...
Nachtmahr – Kampbereit (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Background/Info: Nachtmahr doesn’t need any further introduction. Thomas Rainer is back on track unleashing the 6th full...
Mantus – Refugium (CD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Background/Info: Mantus is already back on track with a new exposure of this German goth formation’s creative...
Imatem – Journey / Home (DCD Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro pop & EBM. Background/Info: Peter Spilles needs no real introduction, and will always be remembered as the front...
Adán & Ilse – Chirurgie Plastique (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Adán & Ilse is a prolific band, unleashing their 4th full length since 2013! The...
Steinklopfer – I Never Did It (Digital Album – Ghosthall)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-techno, ambient-techno. Background/Info: Steinklopfer is a Swiss producer operating from Zürich. “I Never Did It” is his solo-debut on...
Maman Küsters – Sous La Peau De Maman Küsters (CD Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, minimal-EBM. Background/Info: I never heard before of this French duo from Brest. They however released some digital stuff...
SubatractiveLAD – Nucleus (Digital Album – SubatractiveLAD)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM, cinematographic. Background/Info: For more than 10 years now, Stephan Hummel (aka SubatractiveLAD) is releasing music like hell....
Milton Bradley – Tragedy Of Truth (Digital Album – Do Not Resist The Beat!)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, minimal-techno, ambient-techno. Background/Info: Milton Bradley (real name Patrick Radomski) is a Berlin-based producer who’s already been active for...
Atrium Carceri – Archives I-II (DCD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, IDM. Background/Info: I no longer have any doubt about Simon Heath’s main addiction! He’s a great work-addict...
‘Click Interview’ with THYX: ‘The Wave Between Sound And Resonance’
Stefan Poiss got some recognition as the mastermind of Mind.In.A.Box. although his side-project THYX is gaining more and more recognition....
Soulimage – The Whole Universe (CD Album – Soulimage-Music/Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-rock & pop. Background/Info: After having released 2 EP’s “Generator” and “Can You Feel Me” the German band of...
