Heligoland – This Quiet Fire (Album – Editions Furioso)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Heligoland went through numerous line-up changes, but core members Karen Vogt and Steve...
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.
Grande Loge – Mantras (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Ritual, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Set up in 2017, Grande Loge is a French project, which by...
Edgey – Everything Is Broken (EP – Edgey)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Gabber, Breakcore. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Stephen James Knight better known under his sonic brainchild Edgey has already been...
Cryo Chamber Collaboration – Yig (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: Since 2014, each year we get a “Cryo Chamber Collaboration”-album. It always consists...
Voices Of The Cosmos – Interstellar Space (Album – Gusstaff Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Voices Of The Cosmos is a Polish sound project set up by Rafał...
Labels Interviews: File 6: Torben Schmidt / Infacted Recordings: ‘It Was Always A Moving Experience To Be Part Of Creating Something’
Torben Schmidt gained some experience about label activities working as A&R manager for the legendary Zoth Ommog and Bloodline. He...
Northern Loner – The Blank Spot (EP – Northern Loner)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Wave-Pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Set up by Magnus Norr (also involved with Deadbeat, Le Volt), Northern Loner has...
Maribor – Cross (Album – St.An.Da)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Maribor is a project originally set up by Stefano Gentile. He got the...
Form – This World Is Ours (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Three years after the debut album “Defiance + Entropy” Keith Trigwell (The Devout), Mark...
Xotox – Forever (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Andreas Davids better known under the Industrial sound moniker Xotox strikes back with a...
Labels Interviews: File 5: Alex Storm / Trisol: ‘I’m Interested In Artists Who Want To Create Something New’
German label Trisol has been set up in 1997 by Alex Storm. He’s also running Apocalyptic Vision, which was his...
The Saint Paul – Core (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Core” is the fourth full length album by German Electro-Pop project The Saint Paul....
Croona – Ascend (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark Electro-Pop, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Fredrik Croona strikes back with the third full length album under the...
Labels Interviews: File 4: Stefan Herwig / Dependent Records: ‘Some Labels Are In The Process Of Watering Down The Scenes’ Identity Instead Of Strengthening It’
Stefan Herwig once started Kugelblitz Records and moved on with Off Beat. He set up Dependent Records in 1998. The...
For All The Emptiness – Circus Of Gods (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Techno-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: For All The Emptiness is a project driven by Jonathan Kaplan and...
Black Snow In Summer – Lost Feelings (EP – Black Snow In Summer)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Electro. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Lost Feelings” is the second EP by the Belgian duo Kurt Vanhollebeke and...
Labels Interviews: File 3: Seba Dolimont & Bernard Van Isacker / Alfa Matrix: ‘We Keep Anticipating New Trends In Order To Stay Relevant And Future Proof’
Seba Dolimont Alfa Matrix has been set up in 2001 by three friends. Séba Dolimont, Benoît Blanchart and Bernard Van...
Electric Uranus & X-Navi:Et – Voices Of The Cosmos III (Album – Beast Of Prey – Eter Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album is the third installment between Polish projects Electric Uranus and X-Navi:Et. “Voices Of The...
Kaouenn – Mirages (Album – Atypeek Music / Beautiful Losers / Bloody Sound Fucktory / Ph37 SoundLab)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Psychedelic, Jazzy, Electronic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Kaouen is a French solo-project, which five years after its self-titled debut album strikes...
V/A Whispers Of The Future Vol. 03 (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Pop, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This new chapter in the “Whispers Of The Future”-series reveals sixteen bands...
Labels Interviews: File 2: Dave Heckman / Metropolis Records: ‘The Bottom Line Is To Adapt Fast To A Changing Industry’
Metropolis Records was set up in 1994 by Dave Heckman. In no time the American label became a truly reference...
Vyrtual Zociety – Sci Fi Citizen (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vyrtual Zociety is a project driven by Carlos Limon assisted by Kathya...
Depraved Priest – Depraved Priest (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Eduardo Córdova, Rat-Singer and Marcial Maciel set up Depraved Priest. Their self-titled debut...
Ego Bliss – What The Future Holds (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Future-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ego Bliss is a Mexican solo-project set up in 2019 by Mario Monk...
Labels Interviews: File 1: Torny Gottberg / Progress Productions: ‘I Do Believe In The ‘Quality Over Quantity’ Thinking’
Progress Productions is a Swedish label set up in 2004 by Torny Gottberg. Torny already had some label-experience as he...
Labels interviews with Alfa-Matrix, Dependent Records, Infacted Recordings, Metropolis Records, Progress Productions, Trisol
We all have to admit a lot of things have changed in the music industry during the past years. The...
Dramatic – Trauma (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, Cold-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Dramatic is a Mexican trio, which released this debut production right at the...
Dimitri Berzerk – A.I.C.Q.T.I.L. (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Ambient-Electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Next to the great “Resist”-EP Mexican DJ/producer/label owner, Dimitri Berzerk also released this...
’30 Years Of Journalism – Celebration Interview’ with Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor
Back in 1991 I started writing my first reviews for Side-Line magazine. I would have never thought to go on...
Dimitri Berzerk – Resist EP Remixes (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This EP is an addition to the “Resist”-EP by Dimitri Berzerk. “Resist” has...
Dimitri Berzerk – Resist (EP – Sector Industrial Producciones)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Body-Pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: We all know Dimitri Berzerk as a ‘remixer’ and also as a...
V/A Whispers Of The Future Vol. 02 (Album – Sector Industrial Producciones / Sub Culture Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, Electro-Pop, Gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This sampler features ten bands from the Mexican Electro/Gothic scene. Most of...
‘Click Interview’ with Vlimmer: ‘There’s Music For Every Mood And Emotion In My Life’
Vlimmer is the sonic brainchild of German musician, producer, label owner, visual artist and book author Alexander Leonard Donat. He’s...