Interview with Night In Athens: ‘My Performance Is Influenced By The Freedom For Abstract Expression’
Night In Athens is a solo project by Greek artist Tina Boleti, launched unexpectedly during the 2020 lockdown while she...
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.
Cosmic Room 99 – Cosmic Room 99 (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Shyrec / Little Cloud Records / Sister 9 Recordings)
This new Italian band features two members of Kill Your Boyfriend alongside the former guitarist of New Candys. Their debut...
Freakangel – Serenity To The Stars, Beauty To The Broken (Digital Album – Alfa Matrix)
Freakangel is back, and the world is about to take notice! While ‘back’ might not be the most accurate term,...
Clan Of Xymox – Exodus (Digital/CD/Vinyl – Trisol)
Forty years after their groundbreaking debut, Clan Of Xymox returns with their 18th album, “Exodus”. The record opens with the...
ProtoU – The Voice Of Serenity (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Ukrainian artist Sasha Puzan has built an impressive discography in under a decade. Alongside a prolific series of solo albums,...
Mortal Realm – Stab In The Dark (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Mortal Realm)
Mortal Realm is the brainchild of American artist Adam V. Jones, previously known for his work with Haex and the...
Frontier Guards & Mia Bohemia – Wonder (Digital/CD Album – Aliens Production)
This album is the result of a collaboration between two Czech artists: the renowned Martin Pavlik of Frontier Guards and...
The Cold Field interview: ‘An Act Of Desperation’
The Cold Field is an Australian Dark-Wave/Post-Punk project making waves in the underground music scene. Known for their hauntingly atmospheric...
Triode – Innocence (Digital/Cassette Album – Aliens Production)
Peter Ryby (of Disharmony and Aliens Production label) returns this year with an addendum to his latest Triode album, “NullVector”....
Apocryphos – Atrementia (Digital/CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
The fifth album by Robert C. Kozletsky, under his moniker Apocryphos, guides us into uncharted, shadowy realms. Across six tracks,...
SINthetik Messiah – Miles, Secrets & Death (Digital Album – SINthetik Messiah)
“Bug Gigabyte” is the alias of the American artist behind the sound project SINthetik Messiah. Over the past few years,...
Skull Cultist – Hardcore Rituals (Digital Album – Skull Cultist)
Skull Cultist is an American solo project helmed by Steve Saunders. Following a series of EPs since 2022, Skull Cultist...
Sequential Zero – Zero Sum Game (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Mantravision Productions)
Sequential Zero is an American-Australian project launched in 2020. After releasing several singles, the project is now debuting its first...
Purgate – Transcend (Digital/CD Album – Aesthetical / Opal Tapes)
Many know Frederic Arbour as the owner of the Dark-Ambient label Cyclic Law, as well as for his own musical...
Mayflower Madame – Insight (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Icy Cold Records / Up In Her Room / Night Cult Records)
We welcome the third album from the Norwegian band Mayflower Madame. While the four-year gap between each album might seem...
Echoberyl – Through The Chaos (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Icy Cold Records / Mother Solitude Records)
Paris-based duo Echoberyl, featuring Cecilia Dassonneville and producer/mixer Adriano Iacoangeli, returned this year with “Through The Chaos”. The album is...
Dead – Transmissions & Verse (Digital/CD Album – Icy Cold Records)
As we await the new album from the French band Dead, they earlier this year have also released “Transmissions &...
Closed Mouth – Forgotten (Digital/CD Album – Icy Cold Records)
Since 2016, French artist Yannick Rault has been prolific, releasing numerous works that push sonic boundaries. This past summer, he...
Protokoll 19 – Mental Decay (Digital Album – Danse Macabre Records)
The Finnish Dark-Electro project Protokoll 19 has already released several singles and EPs, and this summer they returned with their...
Neon Insect – Liberty Flowers (Digital/CD/Cassette Album – Neon Insect)
Neon Insect is the musical alter ego of Nils Sinatsch. Having already released several works, he returns with a continuation...
Interview with Scheitan: ‘Age Teaches Us To See The World From Another Perspective’
Originally formed in 1996, Swedish band Scheitan began its journey blending Black-Metal with touches of Gothic-Rock, creating a sound both...
Sieben – Brand New Dark Age (Digital/CD Album – Redroom)
Matt Howden returns with ten new tracks, delivered alongside his trusted companion, Kev, the violin. Sieben remains an experience beyond...
Hiemis – Nephilim (Digital/CD Album – Noctivagant)
Spanish artist Juan Carlos Toledo continues his prolific output under the Hiemis name. In this latest work, inspired by the...
AD:Key – 06.09 (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
The newest and seventh album by the German duo AD:Key, comprised of Andrea and René Nowotny, stands out as a...
MARTINÉ – Nichts Währt Ewig (Digital/CD Album – Echozone)
After releasing his debut album on Nadanna, MARTINÉ returns with this second opus, which even includes an additional disc of...
Konstant – Unbändige Kinder (Digital/Vinyl Album – Subject To Restrictions Disc / Default Mode Records)
Konstant is a new project and duo from Switzerland, and their debut album is a particularly pleasant surprise. The duo...
Red Industrie – Spiritualizer (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Advanced Synergy / Pür Zynth)
Helder Camberos returns with a new opus under his Red Industrie project. The Mexican artist and owner of the Advanced...
Monya interview: ‘Promoters Should Recognize Real Talent Over Just Marketing Appeal’
Monya Cperski, known simply as Monya, is a Polish artist making waves in the Industrial-Techno music scene. Alongside her musical...
C-Lekktor – 2.0 Bonus Version (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
C-Lekktor is undoubtedly part of the crème de la crème of the Mexican Dark-Electro scene, and holds a prominent status...
Miseria Ultima – Arctic Esotericism (Digital/CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
"Arctic Esotericism" is the fourth album by the Finnish duo Miseria Ultima. Aleksi Martikainen (vocals) and Kimmo Huhtala (music) offer...
Implant – Scratching The Surface – The Chaos Machines Part 2 (Digital/Vinyl Album – Alfa Matrix)
Following the release of “No More Flies On The Windscreen” a few months ago, Implant now presents the second part...
Feyleux – Midnight Heart (Digital/CD/Vinyl Album – Swiss Dark Nights)
“Midnight Hearts" is the debut album from American band Feyleux. Previously, they released a single, both tracks of which are...
Malecnom – Anhedonie (Digital/CD Album – Danse Macabre Records)
Malecnom is a German project led by Sven Hegewald. Their debut album features dark, atmospheric influences reminiscent of the golden...
