Nymphya – Naked Kate (Album – WooHooYa Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, chanson. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Nymphya is the sonic brainchild of Valentina O. She’s singing, playing acoustic guitar,...
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.
Ishmael Cormack – Ammil (Album – KrysaliSound)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ishmael Cormack is a British artist who likes to experiment with sounds. His...
Earthset – L’Uomo Meccanico (Album – Dischi Bervisti / Koe Records)
Genre/Influences: Soundtrack, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Earthset is an Italian combo active since 2012. They previously released the debut...
Dead Souls Rising – Isadora (Album – Dead Souls Rising)
Genre/Influences: gothic, dark-wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Set up in 1993, French formation Dead Souls Rising released two noticeable albums “Ars...
Corona Barathri & Paranoia Inducta – Atra Mors (Album – Speculum Diaboli Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Atra Mors” resulted from the efforts between “Ilya Affectvs Kein” (Corona Barathri and still...
Talk To Her – Love Will Come Again (Album – Shyrec / Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop-rock. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Italian formation Talk To Her saw the light of day in 2015. The...
V/A Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Indonesia (Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, improvisation, industrial, abstract. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: In the label’s “Music Survey”-series, Unexplained Sounds Group takes us away...
Beat Noir Deluxe – Crash (Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Beat Noir Deluxe is a project based in South Tyrol (Italy) and set...
‘Click Interview’ with Oldschool Union: ‘The Finnish Essence To The Songs Is The Sisu’
Finnish EBM band Oldschool Union was originally set up by Seppo Ahlstedt and Janne Vilen. They released two retro- and...
Rawkorder – Hounds (EP – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, minimal-EBM. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Sonic Groove welcomes a new artist hailing from Rennes (France). This DJ/producer has unleashed...
Schultz – Black Magic Party (Album – Hermès Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro-metal. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French formation Schultz strikes back with a new full length. The last year...
Sieben – 2020 Vision (Album – Redroom)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, chanson, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The lockdown because of Covid 19 is a rather prolific time for...
Sonologyst – Ancient Death Cults And Beliefs (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Italian label owner (Unexplained Sounds Group, Eight Tower Records) Raffaele Pezzella is back...
Minóy – In Search Of Tarkovsky (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, industrial. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: This album is the re-release and for the first time on...
Khost – Buried Steel (Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, drone, doom. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Andy Swan and Damian Bennett are back on track unleashing the fourth...
Clan Of Xymox – Lovers (EP – Metropolis / Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, wave-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Ronny Moorings is back on track unleashing a new EP from his Clan Of...
Corde Oblique – The Moon Is A Dry Bone (Album – Dark Vinyl Records)
Genre/Influences: Ethereal, chanson, folk, neo-classic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is the seventh full length album by the Italian collective...
Rodney Orpheus (The Cassandra Complex) interview on being revolutionary and opinionated
Set up in the 1980 by Rodney Orpheus and Paul Dillon, The Cassandra Complex got rapidly completed by the addition...
LPF12 – The Weight Of Letting Go (EP – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: IDM, ambient, electronic, cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This new EP (which rather looks as a mini-album) of LPF12 (Sascha...
Bvdub – Ten Times The World Lied (Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Format: (Digital, CD). Background/Info: Brock Van Wey is already active for years now in the music...
Alio Die & Parallel Worlds – The Utopian Blossom (Album – Hic Sunt Leones)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album is a new collaboration between Stefano Musso (Italy) and Bakis...
Psihokratija – Eight Wanderings Of The Soul (Album – Young And Cold Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro, dark-wave. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Psihokratija was originally set up in the late 80s in Yugoslavia (today Serbia)....
‘Click Interview’ with Larme Blanche: ‘Do The Pop Stars, Starlets, Actors And TV Reality People Deserves To Be Our Heroes?’
Larme Blanche (which can be translated as ‘knife’ or ‘rudimentary weapon’) is a brand-new project driven by an artist wearing...
Ajna – Oracular (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: New-York (USA) based Chris F has already been active for numerous years now under...
808 Dot Pop – The Colour Temperature (Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Belgian ‘Passenger S’ has now been active in the electronic scene for numerous years....
Dead Melodies – The Masterplan (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: British composer Tom Moore has already unleashed a new work emerging from his...
Beyond The Ghost – Eternal Drift (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic. Format: Digital. Background/Info: The last year released debut album “You Disappeared” by French musician Pierre Laplace aka Beyond...
Dronny Darko – Origin (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Oleg Puzan is an artist that never sleeps. He’s releasing several works...
Dark-O-Matic – New Hope (Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Dark-O-Matic duo was set up in 2017 by Greg Dovas and later on joined...
Unitcode:Machine – Tyranny (Album – SkyQode)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: American future-pop project Unitcode:Machine is the sonic brainchild of Eric Kristoffer. The project...
Then Comes Silence – Machine (Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, rock-goth, cold-wave. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Swedish formation Then Comes Silence has already been active for a...
Nam-Khar – Sur Chöd (Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two years after the “Secret Essence / Sangwa Dupa”-album the German ambient/ritual Nam-Khar...
Heimataerde – Eigengrab (Album – Fully Packed Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro & medieval, metal-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ashalr Von Megalon founded Heimataerde in 2004. After successful dark-electronic albums...