156 / Knurl – Split (Album – Humanhood Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Noise. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: This work is a split-album between Adel Sauto (156) and Alan Bloor (Knurl)....
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.
‘Click Interview’ with League Of Lights: ‘We Wanted To Re-Invent Ourselves’
British couple Farrah- and Richard West are driven League Of Lights. The Indie/Pop-Rock duo this year released their third full...
‘Click Interview’ with Dimitri Berzerk: ‘The Strange Journey Of Consciousness That Seeks The Transmutation Of Darkness Into Light’
Dimitri Loyo better known as Dimitri Berzerk is a Mexican DJ, producer, remixer and label owner. His artist name ‘Berzerk’...
Bear Of Bombay – Something Stranger (EP – Bear Of Bombay)
Genre/Influences: Rock-Pop, Wave-Pop, Indie. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Something Stranger” is the debut EP by Italian solo-project Bear Of Bombay....
‘Click Interview’ with Acylum: ‘Critics Have Never Interested Me’
Pedro Engel setup Acylum in 2004. A few years later he got joined by his wife Nadine ‘Cooraz’ Engel. From...
Himukalt – Knife Through The Spine (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Noise-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Nevada (USA) based female artist Ester Kärkkäinen is now active for a...
They Die – Deviant Love (Album – Jetglow Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Post-Punk, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: They Die is an Italian trio set up in 2020 and, which...
Sturm Café – Fernes Land (Album – SCR)
Genre/Influences: EBM , Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Swedish EBM duo Strum Café this year celebrates their twentieth anniversary....
Thorofon / Eva|3 – La Théorie Du Diable (Single – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, EBM, Electro-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This single is a split release between German project Thorofon and...
P.S. Stamps Back – Au Bout De La Nuit (Album – Ant-Zen / 1000+1 TiLt)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, IDM, Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: P.S. Stamps Back is a Greek solo-project driven by Iason –who’s...
Massaith – 4 . My Inner Demon Speaks / Chapter One (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Noise-Ambient, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Last year Anatoly ‘Tokee’ Grinberg released the debut work of this new...
Kojoohar & Ködzid Goo – Dolta (Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Minimal, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Dolta” resulted from the collaboration between Kojoohar (member of Kadaitcha) and Ködzid...
‘Click Interview’ with Solar Fake: ‘It’s Good To See People How They Really Are, These Days’
Sven Friedrich has only be involved with successful bands. He became member of Dreadful Shadows and Zeraphine. He next started...
Irklis – Onkalo (Album – Sturm)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Irklis strikes back with their fourth full length album to date. The...
The Illusion Of Silence – Gardens In The Dark (Album – Shadowplay Records)
Genre/Influences: Neo-Folk, Cinematographic, Neo-Classic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Italian multi-instrumentalist Luca Bonandini has released his fourth production to date. I...
Mekanimal – Θόρυβος (Album – Inner Ear Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Electro-Wave, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Giannis Papaioannou set up Mekanimal in 2011. “Θόρυβος” is the Greek...
Mnemonic – Mnemonik (Album – Hymen Records / Halbsicht Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, IDM, Experimental. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Michael Belletz is back on track with his Mnemonic project, unleashing the...
Erik Schilke – Synthesis (Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Abstract, Ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Erik Schilke is an American artist who released his debut album “Synthesis”, which...
Embers / Dear Deer – Split (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Post-Punk, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: This album is a split release between two bands; Dear Deer from France...
Jean-Marc Lederman – The Mysterious Manuscript Of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Album + Book – Les Disques De La Pantoufle / Wool-EDiscs)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD + Book. Background/Info: 2020 probably was the most prolific artistic year for Belgian artist...
Penterakt – Conquest Of The Moon (Album – Belgian NeuMusik / Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Penterakt is a new project driven byBelgian artist Tom Coppens and the English artist Andy...
‘Click Interview’ with Foretaste: ‘This Album Is About The End Of Everything’
French Foretaste duo this year unleashed their sixth album in history. The work has been again released on BOREDOMproduct. Driven...
Causenation – Promises Of Hope And Fear (Album – Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Causenation is a Belgian formation, which has already been active for a couple...
Ashtoreth & Onsturicheit – Svartur (Album – Belgian NeuMusik / Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Experimental, Abstract. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This new opus in the Belgian NeuMusik series resulted from the collaborative...
Absolute Body Control – A New Dawn (EP – Wool-E Tapes, Mecanica, Noise Democracy)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Dirk Ivens (Dive, Klinik, Sonar, Motor!k ao) and Eric Van Wonterghem...
‘Click Interview’ with Digital Factor: ‘Many Releases Today Are Unfortunately Very Uniform’
Hailing from the former Eastern part of Germany, DIGITAL FACTOR rapidly became a renowned and successful EBM formation during the...
Black Nail Cabaret – Maelstrom (EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Pop, Electro-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Last year Hungarian duo Emese Arvai-Illes (vocals) - Krisztian Arvai (music) released their fifth full...
Kirlian Camera – Cold Pills / Scarlet Gate Of Toxic Daybreak (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Electro, Experimental-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Active under the Kirlian Camera moniker since 1980, the Italian formation...
This Morn’Omina – The Roots Of Saraswati (Album – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Tribal, Industrial, Trance, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Four years after the “Kundalini Rising”-album, This Morn’Omina strikes back with...
Age – Shadows Behind Me (Album – Age)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-Electro, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Age is an ‘old’ Belgian project active since the late 70s. Driven by...
Janosch Moldau – Rewind The Singles 2005 – 2020 (Album – Janosch Moldau Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German artist Janosch Moldau has been active for numerous years and has covered an...
Janosch Moldau – Sense For God (EP – Janosch Moldau Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Sense For God” is a song taken from the last album “Host” by Janosch...
God Destruction – Unholy Trinity (EP – Insane Records)
Genre/Influences: Metal, EBM, Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Mexican band God Destruction released this newest EP during the last days...