Sunfrost – Outbreak (CD Album – 5527C°/0°C Records)
Genre/Influences: Spleen-rock, goth-rock, dream-rock. Background/Info: Sunfrost is a Parisian formation, which is has already been active since the early millennium...
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.
Ô Paradis – Llega El Amor, Asoma La Murte (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-folk, Latino-folk, cinematographic. Background/Info: Demian Recio has already been active under the Ô Paradis moniker since the 90s and...
Le Syndicat Electronique – 1996-2016 (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: This album is a retrospective of Le Syndicate Electronique. The band was set up by Alaxis...
Kirchohmfeld – Motion (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, electro-wave. Background/Info: Kirchohmfeld is a German band that was originally set up as a duo featuring Andreas Neumann...
‘Click Interview’ with Peter Rainman: ‘Vince Clarke is obviously the main influence’
Peter Rainman is a name you for sure will have noticed as producer from numerous bands and productions or you...
Echo West – Pagan City Ghosts (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, minimal-electronics, EBM. Background/Info: This album was released during the first half of 2015, but is an irresistible piece...
Bruta Non Calculant – Instinct (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental. Background/Info: Bruta Non Calculant is the newest project of Alaxis Andreas G (Le Syndicat Electronique) and his...
Bisclaveret – In Hortis… Aegri Somnia / Early Works (CD Album – Dark Vinyl)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, cabaret, cinematographic. Background/Info: Set up by Radosław Murawski (Thorn) and Maciej Mehring (Dragos) in Gdansk (Poland) this duo...
Sadman – The Big Cut (CD Album – Memento Materia)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, cinematographic-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Sadman is a band I immediately felt in love with since their debut album “Cold...
Factice Factory – Nada (CD Album – Factice Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, wave-pop, cold-wave. Background/Info: I honestly never heard of Factice Factory before this album, which is their second. Behind...
‘Click Interview’ with Alphaxone: ‘Music Is The Best Way To Emit Inner Dark And Dark Senses!’
Behind Alphaxone is hiding a talented dark-ambient artist hailing from Iran. Mehdi Saleh is a passionate and prolific musician who...
Paranoid Winter – Thaw (CD Album – Paranoid Winter)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, soundscape. Background/Info: Paranoid Foundation often adapted their band name in function of their work. Set up by Crispin...
Mad Masks – Mad Masks (CD Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cold-wave. Background/Info: I wasn’t able to find a lot information about Mad Masks, but it concerns a French...
Mirror – Mirror (Vinyl Album – Artoffact)
Genre/Influences: Cabaret, psychedelic, pop. Background/Info: Mirror is a project that was set up by Thomas Anselmi (previously involved in punk-minded...
Parralox – Wildlife (CD EP – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Australian synth-pop sensation Parralox strikes back with a new EP revealing a new title song and...
17 Pygmies – Isabel II: Abandon Rising (CD Album – Trakwerx)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, ethereal, folk. Background/Info: Set up in the early 80s by ex-Savage Republic member Jackson Del Rey, 17 Pygmies...
Syntec – Puppets & Angels (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: Uwe Kallenbach (music) and Tobias Hartwig (vocals) were both involved in several electronic bands during the...
Les Berrtas – Knochenschäler (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro & gothic. Background/Info: Younger music lovers will probably have never heard of Les Berrtas, but ‘older’ freaks...
Cellmod – Graveyard Of Empires (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial-EBM, glitch-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: Cellmod is a band set up by Juan Espinosa and joined by guest singers. After...
‘Click Interview’ with Noisuf-X: ‘I Like To Kick Ass!’
Every single generation gets some artists emerging from the mass. You’ve the ones that are composing ‘cool’ music and you’ve...
Parralox – Wildlife (CD EP – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop. Background/Info: Australian synth-pop sensation Parralox strikes back with a new EP revealing a new title song and...
Parralox – Holiday ’15 (CD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cabaret-pop, cinematographic. Background/Info: This is the 8th full length released by Parralox, which remains driven by the creative...
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Noisuf-X – Kicksome[b]ass (DCD Album – ProNoize)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rave, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Jan L last year released the album “10 Years Of Riot”, which was a kind of...
‘Click Interview’ with Larva: ‘We Want To Be Loved Or Hated’!
Based in Barcelona InqUesT and Anoxia are better known as Larva. This dark-electro formation started in the late 90s as...
Troum – Acouasme (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Glitch and Baraka better known under the Troum moniker can already look back on an...
Z’EV – Eleven Mirrors To The Light (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Abstract-music, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: Stefan Weisser aka Z’EV belongs to the collective memory of experimental and industrial music. He...
Troum – Acouasme (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Glitch and Baraka better known under the Troum moniker can already look back on an...
Sinestar – Evolve (DCD Album – Conzoom Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro & wave-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Based in Bristol (UK) Sinestar has a few self-released productions, mainly EP’s and one...
Colossloth – Outstretch Your Hand For The Impress Of Truth (CD Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, abstract-music. Background/Info: Cold Spring Records has signed this Leicester based solo-project set up by Wooly Woolaston. A few...
‘Click Interview’ with Sinestar: ‘The Next Big Thing In Electro-Pop Music?!’
Conzoom Records is a synth-pop label with a nose for talented electro-pop bands. Think about bands like Parralox, Dual Density,...
Formshift feat. Neon Electronics – Crash (Digital single – DanceDelic-D)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, techno-body music, electroclash. Background/Info: This production is the meeting between 2 artists from different generations. Gavin Bucktrout aka...
SiJ & Textere Oris – Reflections Under The Sky (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, abstract-music. Background/Info: SiJ is an Ukrainian project set up by Vladislav Sikach and which has released an...
Dronny Darko – Neuroplasticity (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Oleg Puzan aka Dronny Darko became a familiar artist on the growing Cryo Chamber roster. This...