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.

Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows – Island Of The Dead (Album – Apocalyptic Vision)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 11, 2020

Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, gothic, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Anna-Varney Cantodea set up Sopor Aeternus in 1989. The project...

‘Click Interview’ with Sieben: ‘My Music Turned More Punk And Angry’

Inferno Sound Diaries August 11, 2020

Hailing from Sheffield (UK) Matt Howden claims ‘providing the soundtrack to your apocalypse experience’! Matt Howden set up Sieben in...

Nachtmahr – Flamme (Album – Trisol)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 9, 2020

Genre/Influences: Neo-folk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nachtmahr doesn’t need any further introduction. The dark-electro/industrial project of Thomas Rainer has gained...

Synapscape – A Mutual Disagreement (EP – Ant-Zen)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 9, 2020

Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, rhythmic -noise. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The last Synapscape album (cf. “Still”) was already released nearly two years now...

Kek:et – Kek:et (EP – Ant-Zen)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 8, 2020

Genre/Influences: IDM, tribal, experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Ant-Zen here welcomes a brand-new project set up by two old friends. ‘Cyruption’...

Kadaitcha – Tar (Album – Ant-Zen)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 8, 2020

Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-acoustique. Format: Digital, Cassette. Background/Info: Kadaitcha is a Ukrainian duo, which has now been active since 2015. The...

Click Interview’ with Then Comes Silence: ’We Have More Influences From The 50s, 60s And 70s Than From The 80s’

Inferno Sound Diaries August 8, 2020

Swedish formation Then Comes Silence this year released their fourth full length album entitled ”Machine” (SPV Oblivion & Metropolis Records)....

Philipp Münch – Über Leben 3 (EP – Ant-Zen)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 7, 2020

Genre/Influences: Electro-industrial. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Philipp Münch has been involved with an endless number of projects. From Ars Moriendi to...

Anatoly Grinberg & Mark Spybey – Dust Forbids The Bird To Sing (Album – Ant-Zen)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 7, 2020

Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: One year after their first collaborative album “123 m” Russian artist Anatoly Grinberg (Tokee,...

14anger – The Poison Tree (Album – Ant-Zen)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 6, 2020

Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Clément Perez is a French artist who has been active as a DJ and became...

Massaith – 4 • My Inner Demons Speaks • Chapter Two (Album – Ant-Zen)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 6, 2020

Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, noise-ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Massaith is a new project set up by Anatoly Grinberg (mainly known from...

Jean-Marc Lederman Experience – Letters To Gods [And Fallen Angels] (Album – Wool-E Discs)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 5, 2020

Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro, wave-pop, experimental. Format: Digital, 2CD. Background/Info: After his last year released album “13 Ghost Stories” Jean-Marc Lederman...

Cora Novoa – The Hive (EP – Citizen Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 5, 2020

Genre/Influences: Techno, minimal-electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Spanish DJ, producer and label owner Cora Novoa is back on track, releasing a...

‘Click Interview’ with Khost: ‘Khost Is Completely Genre-Free’

Inferno Sound Diaries August 5, 2020

Birmingham (UK) duo Andy Swan - Damian Bennett set up Khost in 2013. Damian explains the name of the project...

T.Raumschmiere – Schaukelstuhl (Album – Shitkatapult)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 4, 2020

Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Marco Haas is back on track, unleashing six new songs from his T.Raumschmiere sonic...

Blank – Thanatosis (EP – Blank)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 4, 2020

Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body, electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This new work by Blank stands for the come-back of the Italian duo...

Nimh & Rapoon – Post-Folk Lore Vol.1 (Album – Winter-Light)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 4, 2020

Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic, tribal, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts between two old servants...

Fixmer – Invasion (EP – Bite)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 3, 2020

Genre/Influences: Techno-body, dark-techno, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: French producer Terence Fixmer is back on track. This truly work addict...

Arcana Obscura – Restless Dreams (EP – ConSequence Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 3, 2020

Genre/Influences: Industrial, ethereal, tribal, ritual, trance. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Thomas Gäbhard and his Arcana Obscura sonic brain child are...

Subject.2 – Love Betrayal Deceit (Album – Electro Shock Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 2, 2020

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Gary Starky and Sandra Tully are back with their second opus, which just as...

OctoLab – Mystery Park (Album – Electro Shock Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 2, 2020

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Swedish duoArielle Andersson - Fredrik Lundvall Kindsäter is already active under the OctoLab moniker...

She Hates Emotions – Melancholic Maniac (Album – Out Of Line)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 1, 2020

Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: With She Hates Emotions, the Blutengel front man Chris Pohl wanted to pay...

Amduscia – Existe (Album – Out Of Line)

Inferno Sound Diaries August 1, 2020

Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital, 3CD. Background/Info: Mexican Amduscia is back on track, unleashing a new album (cf. “Existe”), but still...

Zwaremachine – Ripping At The Fabric (EP – Brutal Resonance Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 31, 2020

Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, cassette. Background/Info: Two years after the successful “Be A Light”-EP Zwaremachine strikes back with new...

Pandoria – Crush (EP – Infacted Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 31, 2020

Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Pandoria is a new and rather surprising band. This is a brand new duo featuring...

‘Click Interview’ with 808 DOT POP: ‘Thinking Outside Of The Box Is Something I Dearly Love’

Inferno Sound Diaries July 31, 2020

He doesn’t like to be asked about his passed involvement with the EBM formation Ionic Vision and he doesn’t like...

Xotox – Gestern (Album – Infacted Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 30, 2020

Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno. Format: Digital, CD & DCD. Background/Info: “Gestern” is the first new studio album by Andreas Davids aka...

Menschdefekt – Cursed (EP – Infacted Recordings)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 30, 2020

Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Six years have passed since the last Menschdefekt-album “Touch Of Madness”. “Cursed” might be...

Mortar Devotions – Operazione Piovra / The Lead Chronicles (Album – Eighth Tower Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 29, 2020

Genre/Influences: Electronic, experimental, cinematographic, electro-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Mortar Devotions is a Helsinki (Finland) based collaboration between Nona Et...

Mario Lino Stancati – Cross The Desert (Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 29, 2020

Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Mario Lino Stancati is an Italian artist involved with different projects. He’s...

XTR Human – Interior (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records / No Emb Blanc)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 29, 2020

Genre/Influences: Cold-wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Six years after the “Atavism”-album XTR Human strikes back with a new...

V/A Hungarian Allstars Synthpop Compilation Volume 1 (Album – Advoxya Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 28, 2020

Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dance-pop, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This compilation will reveal to the international electro-pop community there’s a synth-pop...

Larva – Desolation Road (Album – Advoxya Records)

Inferno Sound Diaries July 28, 2020

Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: The Spanish Larva duo consisting of ‘InqUesT’ and ‘Anoxia’ are now terrorizing the...