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...
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.
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...
Sirus – The Book Of Gates (EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM, industrial. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: “The Book Of Gates” is the second single/EP taken from the Australian...
Interview with Clan Of Xymox: ‘For Me A Lot Of These Memories Are Finished Stories Without A Soundtrack’
Set up in 1983 Clan Of Xymox aren’t just pioneers from the dark/cold-wave scene, but also a band that never...
Speed Injektion – Death’s Dance (EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-trance. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Speed Injektion is a side-project of Alien Vampires members Nysrok Infernalien and Nightstalker....
Seraphim System – Phoenix (Album – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, dark-techno. Format: Digital, DCD. Background/Info: Setup in 2013 by John Stancil aka ‘Bl4kj4k’, Seraphim System has released a...
Illuminatè Steele – Davidian Sex Club (Album – Illuminatè Steele)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Davidian Sex club” is the debut album of the Portland (USA) based female...
Wolfhead59 – We Are Not OK (Album – D-Trash Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, hardcore, electro-punk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Wolfhead59 is driven by the London (UK) based duo Agnes de la...
Vlimmer – XIIIIIII (EP – Blackjack Illuminist)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dream-pop, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: “XIIIIIII” is the second last EP in a series of eighteen....
Vlimmer – XIIIIII (EP – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dream-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: German artist –and label owner) Alexander Donat took off in November 2015...
Suppressor – Into A Deep Void (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, psychedelic-industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Bergen Schlitzie set up Suppressor in 2012. Hailing from Chile this artist already released...
Freak Injection – Daddy Is The Devil (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro-rock. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Freak Injection is a French combo based in Paris. The band previously released a...
Daniel Hall – Dark Horse (Album + DVD – Pink Dolphin Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD + DVD. Background/Info: “Dark Horse” is the fourteenth (!) full length album released by Australian...
Art Of Empathy – End Of I (Album – Aenaos Records)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The album “End Of I” marks the return of Art Of Empathy, a...
It’s For Us – Malax (EP – Novoton)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, wave-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: It’s For Us is back after having released their successful “Stay”-second album. “Malax” features...
eNIB – Cut (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electro-wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: eNIB is the solo-project from Echoes Of silence singer ‘ NiB EoS’. “Cut” is...
Casia – Feuer Wasser Sturm (Album – Wrotycz Records / Symmetric Poetry)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Casia is a project driven by Stephan Spreer (known from Lovespell, Sunday...
Ô Paradis – Weiter Weg (Album – Wrotycz Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, folk, cinematographic. Format: CD. Background/Info: Ô Paradis is the Catalonian project driven by Demian Recio. An impressive number...
Nightcrawler – Visionary (Album – Nightcrawler / Electric Dream Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, cinematographic, indie-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: George Gold is a Spanish producer mainly inspired by horror- and...
Xdzvonx – Everything We Dreamt About (Album – Tropy)
Genre/Influences: Experimental-pop, minimal-electronics. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: I never heard of this Polish project before. Xdzvonx seems to have released...
Astari Nite – Here Lies (Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, post-punk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The fourth full length album by Astari Nite also is the first one...
Blank – Drifting Slowly (Album – Blank)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body, electro-pop, IDM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: After nearly seven years of silence, the recently self-released “Thanatosis”-EP put...
Auger – Insurgence (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Metal-pop, indie-pop/rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The British duo Kyle J. Wilson (singer, producer) - Kieran Thornton (guitar) strikes...
Ashes’N’Android – Razors Edge (Album – darkTunes Music Group)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ashes’N’Android is a new German project driven by Jörn Marquardt. The debut album...