Sphyxion – 3 (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: TheFrench brothers Frédéric and Olivier Charlot (also involved with the great Maninkari-project)...
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.
Matter – Raw Material (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Italian producer Fabrizio Matrone strikes back with his new album, which comes twenty years after he...
Click Interview with Instans: ‘Trying To Be Perfect Tends To End Up As Self-Censorship’
After the previous album “Derailed” released in 2017, it seemed that there were no further plans for Instans. Luckily the...
Notstandskomitee – Theme From Space Guards (EP – Block 4)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Soundtrack. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Malte Steiner gained a reputation in the 90s, first with Das Kombinat...
Meta Meat – Infra Supra (Album – Ant-Zen / Le Label Beige)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, Trance, Industrial. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This is the second album by the french duo Hugues Villette (2Kilos...
Ander – Potrwa Wiecznie (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Cinematographic, Abstract. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Potrwa Wiecznie” –which means ‘it will last forever’ in Polish, is the...
Gutenberg – Coordinate (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Industrial, IDM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Japanese project Gutenberg strikes back with a new album, which is the...
SynthAttack – Damnation (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Aggrotech. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Damnation” is the fifth album by Martin Schindler aka SynthAttack. We get twelve...
Paolo F. Bragaglia & Ganzfeld Frequency Test – The Man From The Lab (Album – Minus Habens Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal-Electro, Cinematographic, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album resulted from the collaborative efforts between established Italian composer/producer...
The Opposer Divine – Instrumentalcode (Album – Electrofrequent)
Genre/Influences: EBM, IDM, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Boris Mutina (still involved with other projects like Terminal State, Minor Float...
Oneiros Way – The Dawn Is Near (Album – I Dischi Del Minollo)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Oneiros Way is a Milan (Italy) based male-female duo unleashing their debut album of nine...
Escupemetralla – Tres Trillizos Trotskistas (Album – Nøvak)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Electronic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Escumetralla is back with new material –previous releases were often re-releases. This...
Beyond The Ghost – The Desolation Age (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Pierre Laplace strikes back with the second chapter of his trilogy about the “Europe...
‘Click Interview’ with The Force Dimension: This Was Completely New To Me And Challenging’
The Force Dimension is without a shadow of a doubt the most famous Electronic band from The Netherlands. Set up...
Wordclock – A Greater Bliss (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Portuguese artist Pedro Pimentel strikes back with the fourth opus of his Wordclock project....
Planet Supreme – Creation Of A Star (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the third album by Planet Supreme and the first one released...
Gdanian – Submersion (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Sergey Gdanian is a Russian artist based in Berlin (Germany). After a few...
Second Complex – Therapy (Album – Space Race Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Second Complex is a solo-project set up by Danish musician Dan Beck (also involved...
Tangent Strategy – Revenant (Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, EBM, Power-Noise. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Tangent Stratery is the newest signing to EK Product. Based in the...
Vlimmer – Nebenkörper (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Alexander Donat moves on with Vlimmer. The prolific German artist who...
Northern Loner – Utanför (EP – Northern Loner)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Cinematographic-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Northern Loner is a Swedish solo-project driven by Magnus Norr who you might know...
Circumpolar – Awaiting The Dawn (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, IDM, Ambient, EBM. Format: Digital, 2 CD. Background/Info: Two years after the promising EP’s “Until The End...
Siva Six – DeathCult (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “DeathCult” is the fifth album by the Greek formation Siva Six. The title of...
Elektrostaub – Reliance (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the debut-album “Birthday And Death” released on Echozone, Patrick...
NovaGiger – Overland (EP – Mind Plug Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Tribal, Ethereal. Format: Digital. Background/Info: There’s not much information available about NovaGiger, but it seems to be a...
Rector Scanner – Das Mädchen Aus Dem All EP II (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This second EP of “Das Mädchen Aus Dem All” brings eight more songs by Rector...
Rector Scanner – Das Mädchen Aus Dem All EP I (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Driven by the German EBM veteran René Nowotny (AD:KeY), this year Rector Scanner returned with...
Interview with Trial: ‘Quality Will Stand The Measure Of Time’
Set up in 1991 by Torsten Schröder (vocals, drums) and Erick Miotke (keyboards), Trial gained instant success in the early...
BlakLight – Into The Void (Album – BlakLight)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: American Electro-Pop duo BlakLight took me last year by surprise releasing the album “Music...
AutopsiA – Werkstatt (Album – Illuminating Technologies)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Cinematographic, Experimental, Neo-Classic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: AutopsiA this year released three EP’s in the “Werkstatt”-series. The legendary project...
Slim Vic – Mörkrets Narr (Album – Lamour Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Viktor Zeidner is a Swedish DJ, club owner, label owner and musician....
Sjöblom – Demons (Album – Reptile Music)
Genre/Influences: Indie-Pop/Rock. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Demons” is the second album by Swedish artist Johan Sjöblom Eliot aka Sjöblom....
She Spread Sorrow – Huntress (Album – Cold Spring Records)
She Spread Sorrow – Huntress (Album – Cold Spring Records) Genre/Influences: Industrial-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Italian Industrial diva...