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...
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.
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...
Escupemetralla – Quiero Ser Guitarra De Esplendor Geometrico 1994 / 25 Años De Paz Remezclas 2019 (2 Albums – Novak)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, EBM, experimental, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, Double CD. Background/Info: Spanish project Escupemetralla was mainly active during the 80s and...
Kaos Krew – From The Ostrobothnian Plain (Album – Inverse Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-metal, industrial-rock. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 as a trio, Finnish formation Kaos Krew saw new...
‘Click Interview’ With Pouppée Fabrikk: ‘The Idea With ‘Armén’ Was To Make The Hardest Goddamn EBM Album Ever’
Set up in 1987 by Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, Leif Holm and Jouni Ollila, Pouppée Fabrikk rapidly became a new EBM...
Yellow Lazarus – The Mark Inside (EP – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-pop, industrial-dance. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Yellow Lazarus is a mysterious new band signed to Out Of Line, which released...
Crystal Cage – 4EPs Boxset (Album – Anywave)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Format: Digital, 2 Cassettes. Background/Info: Crystal Cage is a Finish based project active since 2017. This “4EPs...
My Right Of Frost – This Box Came Out Of The Sky (Album – Hellbones Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, noise, industrial. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: My Right Of Frost is an Italian project active as a trio....
Lupe – Burn (Album – Alcyone Records)
Genre/Influences: Goth-rock, cinematographic-metal. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Lupe is the solo-project of Mixalis Latoussakis. He’s known as the singer of...
The Colours Of Silence – Between The Darkness And The Light (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: This is a Brazilian project driven by Hélio Peixoto joined by Australian singer Michael...
Technique – Connected (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Alex Tibaldi and Robert Tibaldi are already busy for quite a long time. “Connected”...
Wintry – Timeline (Album – Wave Records / Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, goth-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Wintry resulted from the collaborative efforts between German singer Anne Goldacker (ex-Obsyre)...
Moonlight Meadow – Moonlight Meadow (Album – Wave Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-wave, gothic. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Moonlight Meadow is a Polish formation set up in 2015 and driven...
Lunaires – If All The Ice Melted (Album – Shades Of Sound Records)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, trip-pop. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: Lunaires is a project driven by Danilo Carnevale and Patrizia Tranchina. They...
‘Click Interview’ with Oestergaards: ‘An Almost Morbid Fascination For Dystopia’
Oestergaards is the solo-project from Swedish artist Tomas Östergårds. The dark-ambient sound of Oesteraagrds evokes the golden years of Cold...
Julia Bondar – I Want Forbidden (EP – Endorphin.es Production)
Genre/Influences: Techno-body, technoid. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Born in Ukraine, but based in Barcelona (Spain) Julia Bondar has already released a...
The Noise In Silence – Framing (Album – The Noise In Silence)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electro. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Set up in 2018 in Denmark by Magnus Karmark and Kim Holm (known...
The New Division – Hidden Memories (Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: The New Division is the sonic brainchild of John Glenn Kunkel. The band...
VvvV – The Wreck (Album – Metro Beach / A Tant Rêver Du Roi)
Genre/Influences: dream-pop, shoegaze. Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl. Background/Info: VvvV is a French duo hailing from Bordeaux. After a self-titled debut...
Mokroïé – Machines & Soul (Album – Mokroïé)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, trip-hop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: This project has been set up by Francesco Virgilio. After having worked with a...
Kreda – Crest (EP – Nature Scene Records)
Genre/Influences: Chanson, leftfield-pop. Format: Digital. Background/Info: Kreda is an Anglo-Slovenian trio. Two of the members, Mina Spiler (singer) and Matevž...
Cellmod – The Dissident (Album – Mekanick)
Genre/Influences: Electro, trance, techno-body. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: Juan Espinosa took a break after the album “Graveyard Empires” (2016) released...
Blood Rhythms – Civil War (Album – No Part Of It)
Genre/Influences: Power-electronics, death-industrial, experimental, industrial, noise. Format: Digital, Vinyl. Background/Info: Blood Rhythms is driven by American artist Arvo Zylo. Blood...
‘Click Interview’ with Bedless Bones: ‘Triggering Others’ Imagination Is My Main Interest And Excitement’
Bedless Bones is the sonic brainchild of Estonian female artist Kadri Sammel. There isn’t an elaborate story behind the band...