This Stranger Within – Terms And Conditions (Album – Chaostrophy)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This Stranger Within is a side-project of Dawn + Dusk Entwined. Where the...
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 DIE BRAUT: ‘Music Has To Be Sexy In All Its Dimensions’
Chilean duo Die BRAUT has been set up in 2007 by singer Katia Figueroa Letelier and composer Voz y Líricas...
Dawn + Dusk Entwined – Crossed Paths (Album – Aube Et Crépuscule)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Electro-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Dawn + Dusk Entwined has been active in between the late 90s and...
Cellar Graves – Omen (Album – Cellar Graves)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Electro-Ambient, EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Behind this project is hiding Chase Dobson who you may know from his...
Deep Imagination – My Silent Celebration (Album – BSC Music)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic-Rock, Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Frankfurter (Germany) based musician Thorsten Sudler-Mainz strikes back with the fifth album...
Blakk Harbor – A Modern Dialect (Album – Blakk Harbor)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Industrial, Experimental. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Greek artist Angelos Liaros (previously involved with Mobthrow) released in 2018 the...
Cabaret Voltaire – Shadow Of Fear (Album – Mute)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, Experimental, Cinematographic, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Cabaret Voltaire is back with the first new studio...
‘Click Interview’ with SCHONWALD: ‘Nature Has Purified Minds And Souls During The Pandemic’
SCHONWALD is an Italian duo based in Ravenna. Ale Gismondi and Luca Bandini are now active under the SCHONWALD moniker for several years....
‘Click Interview’ with PANDORIA: ‘We Don’t Make Music To Prove Something To Anyone’
PANDORIA is an anagram of PARANOID. This last band became a very successful German EBM formation during the 90s. Set...
V/A Anthology Of Experimental Music From Mexico (Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Dark-Ambient, Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The famous “Anthology Of Experimental Music” set up by the Italian label...
Joel Gilardini – The Age Of Space (Album – ZeroK)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Joel Gilardini is a Swiss artist who’s mainly composing and creating music with...
Stereo_IMG – Generation Of Gods (EP – North Of Nowhere Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno, Industrial, Experimental, Cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Stereo_IMG is a solo-project driven by Canadian artist Patrick Haggart. He released...
Alex Mackay – Targazer (Album – Forwind)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Alex Mackay is an artist based in Glasgow (Scotland). He composed music for...
Martina Claussen – Verwoben (Album – Forwind)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Soundscape. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Based in Vienna (Austria) Martina Claussen is a mezzo-soprano and professor in voice....
Julia Bondar – Industrial Symphony (Album – Endorphin.es Production)
Genre/Influences: Minimal EBM, Dark-Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Established in Barcelona (Spain) this Ukrainian female artist has already released several...
DD Sanchez – StRaNgE (Album – DancedelicD)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Rock, Cinematographic, Experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “StRaNgE” is the second collaboration between Belgian Dirk Da Davo (Neon Judgement, Neon...
Croc Shop – Resist (Album – DAMn!)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Set up in the late 80s in Berlin (Germany) Crocodile Shop (later on renamed Croc...
2methyl – Drowned Landscapes (Album – Murder Channel Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Jazz, Experimental, Glitch, D’n’B. Format: Digital. Background/Info: French artist Nicolas Druoton aka 2methyl strikes back with the third...
‘Click Interview’ with 6th CIRCLE: ‘The Atmosphere Is Metaphor For The Permanent Adversarial Culture That Exists In The World’
6TH Circle is not exactly a name that makes ring a bell. Set up in 2017 by American artist Matt...
Svønd – Hate Included (Album – Kammer Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental, Soundscape. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: I never heard of this German project and unfortunately, there’s not a...
Seatemples – Trópicos (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Shoegaze, Post-Punk, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Seatemples is a Chilean formation active since 2014. Three years later they...
Parking Dance – Can’t Explain (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Parking Dance is a French project driven by Matthieu Bonnécuelle. This is the...
French Police – Haunted Castle (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Wave, Dream-Pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The name of this band refers to France although this is an American...
Closed Mouth – Conversation Piece (Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-Wave, Dark-Wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Yannick Rault strikes back with a new album of his sonic alter ego...
Bling Rodent – Constant Smile (EP – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-Pop/Rock, Cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Bling Rodent is a Swedish project driven by a handful of musicians from prominent Swedish pop...
Chthonic Force – Delirium Tremens: The Best Of Chthonic Force (Album – Discriminate Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Experimental, Dark-Ambient, Noise. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vadge Moore (previously involved with Dwarves) and Wendy Van Dusen (Neither...
‘Click Interview’ with ES23: ‘I’m Not A Huge Fan Producing The Same Music Over And Over Again’
German solo-project ES23 is the creative outlet of Daniel Pad. It all started in 2004, but it took some years...
AimA & The Illusion Of Silence – Music For Certain Ritual (Album – Indiestate)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, Cinematographic, Neo-Classic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album resulted from the fusion between singer AimA –known as Aimaproject...
V/A Music for Abandoned Cold War Places (Album – ZeroK)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Cinematographic, Dark-Ambient, Experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: ZeroK is a sub-division of the Italian label Unexplained Sounds Group. This...
Pig – Pain Is God (Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Electro-Rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: British born Raymond Watts is what you can call a phenomenon. He collaborated...
Alien Vampires – Destrudo (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Electro, Industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Destrudo'' and “World In Denial” are twin productions. They both have been released the...
‘Click Interview’ with MOTOR!K: ‘It’s Only The Love For The Music’
MOTOR!K is a Belgian Krautrock formation set up in 2018 by Joeri Dobbeleir (guitar and synths), Dries D’Hollander (drums) and...
Yura Yura – Substance Noire (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Industrial-Trance, Rhythmic-Noise, IDM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French solo-project Yura Yura is driven by Grégory Mousselle. Grégory doesn’t...