808 Dot Pop – Blackbodies (Radiation) (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: After the “Variation” and “Pulsation” edits of “Blackbodies” we now get the “Radiation”-EP from 808...
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.
Lights A.M – Surrender & Evolve (EP – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Ambient-pop, electro-ambient. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Surrender & Evolve” is the second EP by Essence Of Mind front manErlend Eilertsen....
‘Click Interview’ with Wolfchild: ‘We Always Do What We Like, There Are No Boundaries’
Dark-electro and EBM formation Wolfchild released its third full length album “Evil Calls Home” a few months ago now. The...
State Of The Union – Bad Flower (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: State Of The Union is already active for twenty years now. Driven by Johann Sebastian,...
Xotox – Sorgenkind (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, electro. Format: Digital. Background/Info: “Sorgenkind” is the next EP and teaser to the new album “Gestern” by Xotox....
Nine Seconds – Love Will Tear Us Apart (EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Three years after their third full length (cf. “Agent Provocateur”) Nine Seconds (the members...
Diarmaid O Meara – Gobsmacked! (EP – Gobsmacked Records)
Genre/Influences: Techno. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Irish DJ and producer Diarmaid O Meara has already released numerous EP’s and also...
D.I.E. – Destruction Is Evolutionary (Album – D.I.E.)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, crossover. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: It all started as Dying Is Easy and moved on as Destruction Is...
Morego – Blessed Seed (EP – Bass Star Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychedelic, electro-ambient, downtempo. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Iranian artist Mohamad Reza Govahi aka ‘Morego Dimmer’ is back on track with...
Occupied Head – Steady (Album – Wet Dreams Records)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 2011 by Dieter Mauson, “Steady” is the first official album...
Unisex – Open The Door (Album – Deafening Assembly)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, industrial-acid, trance. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Nick Filth has been active under the Unisex moniker for numerous years now...
Virtues & Failings – 3 (EP – Virtues & Failings)
Genre/Influences: Gothic, folk, cold-wave. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This EP is the third release in a series of four. Vancouver (Canada)...
Van Bloomen – Geist (Album – ProNoize / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Techno-wave, minimal-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Behind this new project is hiding Marcel Nickels. Some of you for...
Chainreactor – Interlinked (Album – ProNoize / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-rave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Interlinked” is already the seventh full length album for Chainreactor. Set up in...
Absurd Minds – Sapta (Album – Scanner / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The album “Tempus Fugit” (2017) marked the return of Absurd Minds after...
Ghosts Of Breslau – Niflheim (Album – Irrwelt)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, dark-ambient. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Ghosts Of Breslau is a Polish project, which is already active for a...
Natt – A Better Place (Mini Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, industrial, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Natt is a Polish DJ & producer that I last year discovered...
‘Click Interview’ with Neuroactive: ‘Clarity, Crispiness, Some Saturation, Punctual Clear Bass’
Finnish electro/EBM/pop formation Neuroactive this year released its seventh studio album entitled “Minor Side Effects”. I think we might consider...
Rapoon – Ghosts From A Machine (Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, tribal, cinematographic, experimental. Format: Digital, 3 CD. Background/Info: Robin storey is an artist who needs no further introduction....
NNHMN – Shadow In The Dark (Mini Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electronics, experimental. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl, Cassette. Background/Info: The German duo Lee & Laudarg released their newest work, “Shadows...
Oldschool Union – Vartalovasara (Album – EK Product)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Finnish duoSeppo Ahlstedt - V-M Pekkola (the new singer) are back on track unleashing...
Mount Shrine – Shortwave Ruins (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Cezar Alexandre is back on track unleashing a new full length album from...
Funker Vogt – Conspiracy (EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, EBM. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Two years after the “Wastelands”-album Funker Vogt is back on track unleashing this...
Crystal Geometry – Senestre (Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Techno-EBM, minimal-EBM. Format: Digital, Double Vinyl. Background/Info: French producer Maxime Fabre has already released some noticeable EP’s on labels...
‘Click Interview’ with Mechanimal: ‘Mechanimal Simply Can’t Have A Very Specific Form’
Mechanimal is a Greek project set up in 2011 by Giannis Papaioannou. The name of the band was given to...
Neraterrae – Scenes From The Sublime (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: One year after his debut album “The Substance Of Perception”, Italian composer Alessio...
Common Eider, King Eider & Cober Ord – Palimpseste (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, cinematographic, dark-ambient, experimental. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album resulted from the common efforts and the fascination for...
Dead Melodies & Zenjungle – Anthropocene (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This album is the meeting between Tom Moore (Dead Melodies) and Phil Gardelis (Zenjungle)....
His Master’s Voice – Log: A Canis Majoris (Album – KCZMRK)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, technoid, ambient, IDM. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: His Master’s Voice is the solo-project of German producer Jaines Bomt....
New Risen Throne – The Outside (Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Format: Digital, Double CD. Background/Info: The album marks the return of Italian composer Gabriele Panci aka ‘Stielh’. ...
Larme Blanche – Demain Est Mort (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Larme Blanche is a brand-new project driven by an unknown musician. He’s hiding himself...
Follow Me Not – Vanishing Smile (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave, shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: After having self-released several early albums, the French duo Nicolas Guerroué...
Chemical Waves – Even When We Fall Apart (Album – Unknown Pleasures Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave, gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Chemical Waves is a project driven by Marco Cattani (Halo Effect, The...