The Venus Fly Trap / Alex Novak – Mercurial 1978-2018 (Album – Glass Modern)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, cold-wave, gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The Venus Fly Trap is a British band that was originally set...
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.
My Love Kills – Silent Scream (EP – My Love Kills)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: V.V. Arkames (Ad Inferna) and Fredrik Sigeback (Erotic Elk) is a rather unexpected...
Loveblind – Sleeping Visions (Album – Saint Marie Records)
Genre/Influences: Indie-rock, rock-pop, shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: Loveblind was set up in 2017 by Saint Marie Records...
Harold Nono – We’re Almost Home (Album – Bearsuit Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Scottish Harold Nono released the first album ever on Bearsuit Records. We’re now...
Attrition / Alu – Attrition / Alu (Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album is a re-release and for the very first time on...
‘Click Interview’ with Rue Oberkampf: ‘2020 Could Have Been ‘Our Year’
Despite of their French band name, Rue Oberkampf is a German formation set up in 2016. The trio started to...
Sonologyst – Unexplained Sounds (Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, soundscape. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: “Unexplained Sounds” is an essential work in the discography of Sonologyst. Raffaele...
Moloch Conspiracy – Incantations From Ugarit (Album – Eighth Tower Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: French artist Julien A. Lacroix strikes back with his third full length opus...
Phantoms vs. Fire – Modern Monsters I & II (Album – Blackjack Illuminist Records)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD, Cassette. Background/Info: The Brazilian project Phantoms vs. Fire is very prolific. This new opus...
Escape To What – Early Warning (EP – Escape To What)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, metal. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Escape To What was set up in 2017 by James Orez and Jan O....
‘Click Interview’ with Chainreactor: ‘I Think There Are Not So Many Bands With That Kind Of Sound’
Set up in 2009 by Jens Minor and later on joined by Kay Schäfer, Chainreactor is a German project mixing...
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,...
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)....