‘Click Interview’ with Rotersand: ‘God Gave Us Talent For A Reason’
Rotersand’s new album “How Do You Feel Today?” has been released by Trisol and Metropolis Records. The new opus features...
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.
Gasoline Invertebrate – Damage Over Time (Album – Tigersquawk Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Damage Over Time” is the second official full length album by Gasoline Invertebrate. After...
The Land Below – The Sleep You Lost (Album – The Sound Of Stockholm)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This is the fifth full length album from Swedish musician Erik Lindestad as The Land...
Fermion – Elegaic (Album – Fermion)
Genre/Influences: Wave-Pop, Cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: American duoAugustine Backer - Eric Shans (also involved with Phenotract) is back on track...
Romance Disaster – Radio Warschau (EP – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, EBM, techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Berliner based producer Aga Wilk moves back to Space Factory to...
This Cold Night – An Enigmatic Individual (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, cold-wave, post-punk. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Dead Wax Records released the album “An Enigmatic Individual” in 2016....
QEK Junior – Ausverkauf (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, electro-wave, wave-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: German duo QEK Junior was set up in 2005 and released...
Interview with Portion Control: ‘We Aren’t Really Bothered By The Demise Of CDs, We Never Liked The Format Anyway’
Portion Control saw the daylight in 1979. Set up by Dean Piavani, Ian Sharp and John Whybrew the London (UK)...
Forever Grey – Departed (Album – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Departed” is the third full length album for the American male-female duo Forever...
Solar Fake – Who Cares, It’s Live (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, future-pop, EBM. Format: Digital, Double CD + DVD. Background/Info: Set up in 2007 by Zeraphine and Dreadful Shadows...
Ost+Front – Dein Helfer In Der Not (Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, crossover. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Active since 2008 Out-front this year unleashed their fifth studio album. The...
NNHMN – Deception Island Part 1 (EP – Oráculo Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electro-wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Polish duo Lee & Michal are based in Berlin and already took me...
Corvax – Talk To The Man (EP – Corvax)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: David Marvelly is a London based artist operating under the Corvax moniker. After a...
Ruptured World – Interplanetary (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After the albums “Exoplanetary” (2018) and “Archeoplanetary” (2019) Ruptured World moves on its...
TMPLT – The Verge (Album – TMPLT Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, IDM. Format: Digital, Vinyl (2x12”). Background/Info: TMPLT is a Berliner based project driven by producer Michael Knop...
‘Click Interview’ with New Risen Throne: ‘I Didn’t Give Myself Deadlines’
NEW RISEN THRONE is an Italian project set up by Gabriele Panci aka ‘Stiehl’. The this year released album “The...
Ruined Conflict – Dying Light (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Xavier Morales aka Ruined Conflict clearly is a prolific artist. While his last...
Frozen Plasma – Gezeiten (Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Vasi Vallis (music) and Felix Marc (vocals) are recognized as one of the hottest...
Ego Likeness – Wolves (EP – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, trip-pop, electro-wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: It’s a while ago we heard new stuff from Ego Likeness. The formation...
Snog – Spätzle Machine (EP – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, electronic, electro-wave, EBM. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Right after the release of the new album “Lullabies...
Snog – Lullabies For The Lithium Age (Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, electronic, electro-wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: David Thrussell strikes back with the first new Snog album...
Minimal Violence – Phase I / Destroy (EP – Tresor Records)
Genre/Influences: Technoid, EBM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: A. Luk and Lida P. is a Canadian duo, which have already released...
Blush Response – Void In (Album – Megastructure_)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, techno, industrial. Format: Digital, Vinyl (2x12”). Background/Info: American artist Joey Gonzalez moved to Berlin (Germany). This artist has...
Amorphous – Moth Metaphor (Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: I’ll always link Gil O. Santis with the great Morgue project, which was a...
Ireen Amnes – In The Land Of Silence (Album – Sonic Groove Experiments)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, electronic. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Ireen Amnes is a British producer and founder of the collective Under...
Janosch Moldau – Broken Pieces (EP – Janosch Moldau Records / The Orchard / Sony Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German synht-pop artist Janosch Moldau strikes back by releasing this EP filled with remixes...
Absolute Valentine – Omega (Album – Lazerdiscs Records)
Genre/Influences: Synth-wave, cinematographic, rhythmic-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Absolute Valentine is a French project hailing from Marseille and driven by...
‘Click Interview’ with Signal~Bruit: ‘Experimenting Sounds, Effects, Patches Is More Like A Recreational Time For Me’
Behind the French solo-project SIGNAL~BRUIT is hiding the enigmatic ‘Member U-0176’. Electro-pop lovers for sure know the man from his...
Eusebeia, Atiq & Arlow – Transfiguration (EP – Mindtrick Records)
Genre/Influences: Drum’n’Bass, IDM, ambient. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: “Transfiguration” is an EP featuring British project Eusebeia, which for the two...
Tukt – I Have Achieved Nothing (Album – Tukt)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Tukt is a Swedish electro project based in Stockholm. Tukt deliberately chose to...
Third Realm – The Art Of Despair (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro, dark-wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nathan Rainer is active under the Third Realm moniker since 2000. He...
Egoist – Breaking Moment (Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Egoist is a polish solo-project set up in 2002 by Kuba Włodarski. He released a...
The Black Capes – Lullabies For The Dead (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, goth-rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Greek formation The Black Capes saw the light of day in 2016. The...