Hydrom Line – Hydrom Line Edition 2021 (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/influences: Dark-EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/info: Hydrom Line was a side-project set up by Belgian musicians Peter Van Bogaert (Liquid...
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.
HerrNia – Takkewereld (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/influences: Electro-Wave, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/info: Jonas Cornelissen is a Belgian drummer who got interested in Electronic music and...
Dreuhnigheit – Rheutels (Album – Belgian Neumusik / Wool-E Discs)
Genre/influences: Ambient-Electro, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/info: This work resulted from the collaborative efforts between Belgian musicians Joost Carpentier (Dreun)...
P.H.O.B.O.S. – Bleaker Beater (Album – Megaton Mass Products)
Genre/influences: Industrial, Experimental, Electronic. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/info: Parisian (France) duo Frederic Sacri - Mani Ann-Sitar are active under the...
Aperus – Weather Anomalies (Album – Geophonic Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Dark-Ambient, Cinematic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/info: Based in Santa Fe – New Mexico (USA) the new work by...
Click Interview with Mirland: ‘I’m No Musical Snob’
I discovered Danish musician/producer John R. Mirland by the IDM project Holm/Mirland. That was a way back and he never...
Twilight Ritual – 1982-2021 (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Belgian MatesGeert Coppens and Peter Bonne (aka ‘Chrismar Chayell) started off as Autumn...
Skubut – Меланхоличен + Сгублен (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Post-Punk, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/info: Скубут (Skubut) is a project driven by Russian musician Mikhail Shlepin. Based in...
Individual Industry – Ice-Water / 25th Anniversary (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/influences: Electro-Wave, Dark-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/info: Last year Brazilian Individual Industry celebrated the 25th anniversary of their second full...
Plastique Noir – Iskuros (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Post-Punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Brazilian Post-Punk formation Plastique Noir is back on track, having unleashed their...
Christabel Dreams – Our Kind Of Place (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Christabel Dreams were originally set up in Rome (Italy) as a trio. They released...
Child Of Night – The Walls At Dawn (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the debut album of the American formation Child Of Night. They...
Of The Wand & The Moon interview: ‘My Music Is Not Some Kind Of Business Plan’
Of The Wand & The Moon started as a solo-project by Kim Larsen in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1998. He released...
Tanzwut – Die Tanzwut Kehrt Zurück (Album – NoCut / SPV)
Genre/Influences: Medieval-Metal, Folk-Metal, Neue Deutsche Härte. Format: Digital, 2CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Active since the late 90s and driven by their...
Mono Inc. – The Book Of Fire (Album – NoCut / SPV)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Dark-Rock, Metal-Pop. Format: Digital, 3CD, Background/Info: Originally released in 2020, the latest album of the German Mono Inc....
Metal Disco – Misbehave (EP – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Werkstatt Recordings label owner ‘Toxic Razor’ has been very prolific with...
Paradox Obscur – Voxiter (EP – Paradox Obscur)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: “Voxiter” is an EP featuring three songs released during the last days of...
Hardware Pulse – Techno Valkyrie (Album – Werkstatt Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Electroclash, Technoid. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: Greek composer Toxic Razor -still involved with Paradox Obscur, Metal Disco...
Daniel Hall – Human (Album – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, USB. Background/Info: “Human” is Australian Daniel Hall’s fifteenth album whereon he reveals twelve new songs. Content:...
The Anix – Revenge (Album – FiXT)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Rock, Indie-Pop/Rock. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Brandon Smith is back on track, unleashing a new album of The Anix. The...
Click Interview with Skrika: ‘I Want To Create Something That Has A Really Strong Sense Of Sound Design’
It took a long time to British artist Monty Adkins to arrive at an appropriate name for this project. He...
Der Arbeiter – Amor Fati (Album – Ur Muzik)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Neo-Folk, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the third full length album by Chilean solo-project Der Arbeiter....
Interconnected – Grainophonics (Album – Móatún 7)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Ambient-Electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This is the fourth opus by Interconnected, which is a project driven...
Lhetargija – Raganas Macekle (Album – Noisefabrik)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Dark-Ambient, Minimal-Electro, Ethereal. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Lhetargija is a female solo-project from Latvia active since 2010. Raganas Mācekle...
Modder – Modder (EP – Consouling Sounds / Lay Bare Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Doom-Metal, Cinematographic, Industrial. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Modder is a Belgian formation, which started as a duo and became...
Depht Mod – Catch The Blue (EP – Tripalium Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, EBM. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Depht Mod is a French project hailing from Rennes. “Catch The Blue” is...
Notstandskomitee / THX 1971 – Elektrofusion (Album – Minimalkombinat)
Genre/Influences: Electro, Electro-Wave, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Elektrofusion” is a split album between famous German artist Notstandskomitee (aka Malte...
Orphx – Primordial State 1994-1995 (album – Ekstasis)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Noise, Industrial. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Orphx moves back in time unleashing a live recording from tracks recorded...
Click Interview with Circumpolar: ‘Exploring Ancient Rites, Dreamlike Landscapes Of Horrors And Disasters’
When I heard both debut EP’s “Until The End Of Time” and “We Will Remain” from the Swedish duo Circumpolar...
Skiska Skooper – Surreality Check (Album – SS Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-Noise, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Skiska Skooper is a Belgian trio, which released their second album “Surreality Check”...
Ultra – Eins (Album – Ultra)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Industrial-Techno. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Eins” is the debut album by Ultra. This is a German solo-project...
Click Interview with Human Vault: ‘A Good Track Is About The Author Who Writes It And Not About The Audience’
Hungarian born Gyorgy Turoczy aka ‘Mortum’ has been releasing music as Human Vault since 1997. Operating from (USA) he released...
Theodor Bastard – Vetvi / 2021 Reissue (Album – Season Of Mist)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, Dark-Folk, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: This album is a reissue of Theordor Bastard’s “Velvi”-album, originally released...