‘Click Interview’ with Heimataerde: ‘This Band Is Ready To Plot The Big Things It Was Founded For’
Heimataerde remains without a shadow of a doubt one of the most particular and original bands active at the wider...
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.
Rome – The Lone Furrow (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Chanson, cinematographic, neo-folk. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Hailing from Luxemburg, Rome, the project set up by Jérôme Reuter, this...
Bärlin – The Dust Of Our Dreams (Album – Bärlin / Sacem France)
Genre/Influences: Alternative rock, dark-rock, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: I can’t remember to have heard of this French formation...
‘Click Interview’ with NNHMN: ‘Music Is A Bright Light In This Dark Tunnel’
NNHMN (Non Human) is a Polish duo featuring Lee -who was active as an actress in city theatre, and Michal...
The Reuters – Shameless Promotion (EP – Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Punk, punk-rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Reuters is a band from The Netherlands featuring Seja Records owner Johan...
TIJ – Gig Economy (Album – Candy Bomber Music / Seja Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic, dark-rock, experimental, krautrock, chanson. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: TIJ (The Inconsistent Jukebox) is a project driven by Barry...
Signal Bruit – Hyperborēe (Album – ProductionB)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Signal Bruit strikes back with a second album, which comes nearly...
G.U – Volume 2 (Album – Art For Ears)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, experimental, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Galactic Unground (G.U) is a Belgian project driven by the creative spirit...
Exfeind – Zweipunktnull (Album – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal, electronics. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: German solo-project Exfeind strikes back with a second opus. The debut album...
Rotersand – How Do You Feel Today? (Album – Trisol / Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Future-pop, EBM, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: German duo Rascal Hüppe (vocals) and Krischan Wesenberg (music & production)...
This Eternal Decay – Silence (Album – Trisol / Rehab Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave. Format: Digital, CDR. Background/Info: I never heard of This Eternal Decay before “Silence”. It’s the band’s second full...
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows – Island Of The Dead (Album – Apocalyptic Vision)
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’
Hailing from Sheffield (UK) Matt Howden claims ‘providing the soundtrack to your apocalypse experience’! Matt Howden set up Sieben in...
Nachtmahr – Flamme (Album – Trisol)
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)
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)
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)
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’
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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’
Birmingham (UK) duo Andy Swan - Damian Bennett set up Khost in 2013. Damian explains the name of the project...
T.Raumschmiere – Schaukelstuhl (Album – Shitkatapult)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: With She Hates Emotions, the Blutengel front man Chris Pohl wanted to pay...