Empirion – ADSR (CD EP – Dependent Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, techno-body-music, techno-rock, breakbeats. Background/Info: “ADSR” –which stands for ‘Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release’ is the second EP taken from...
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.
Blutengel – Damokles (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Blutengel started the year with the “Un:Gott”-album, which by the way was a truly masterpiece, and...
Mills – Verletzt (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Rock-goth, dark-wave. Background/Info: Walter Glatz, Alexander Steiner and Eva Böhler are Mills ano 2010. “Verletzt” is their second full...
Inadream – No Songs For Lovers (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Post-punk, punk-rock. Background/Info: Inadream is a brand-new name based in Bochum (Germany). This year they released their debut album...
The Anti Group – 4×12 (CD Album – Peripheral Minimal Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electronics. Background/Info: Behind The Anti Group (TAG) is hiding Adi Newton. He was previously involved in The Future...
Chmcl Str8jckt – Wrtchd Thngs (CD Album – Cleopatra Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rock, crossover Background/Info: After a promising self-titled and self-released album released in 2017, this American formation went on with...
Netherworld – Algida Bellezza (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Italian composer and Glacial Movements label owner Alessandro Tedeschi has released a very particular work. It’s...
Rroyce – Parallel Worlds (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: “Parallel Worlds” is a teaser to the third full length (cf. “Patience”) from the German Rroyce trio....
Sieben – Kickstart The Empire! Extended EP (Digital EP – Redroom)
Genre/Influences: Rock, folk, experimental, chanson. Background/Info: Matt Howden is back on track unleashing this EP, which is the extended edit...
V/A Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Middle East (CD Album – Unexplained Sounds Group)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-ambient, cinematographic, mystic. Background/Info: Unexplained Sounds Group moves on exploring different kinds of experimental/ambient/industrial music from very different...
‘Click Interview’ with Mental Exile: ‘Mental Exile Is My Way To Talk, To Feel And To See Around Me’
Mental Exile is a Spanish solo-project set up by Mondträume singer Damasius Venysthe. We last year discovered Mental Exile by...
Signalstoerung – UU (Digital Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract, cinematographic electronics. Background/Info: The German project Signalstoerung is back on track unleashing its second full length album....
Rhys Fulber – Ostalgia (CD Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, IDM, minimal-electro. Background/Info: One year after the successful album “Your Dystopia, My Utopia”, Canadian electro veteran Rhys Fulber...
Stoneburner – Technology Implies Belligerence (CD Album – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, dark-electro. Background/Info: This is Stoneburner’s (aka Steven Archer from Ego Likeness) sixth full length album (the second one...
Stoneburner – The Structure Itself Is In Pain (Digital EP – Negative Gain Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-trance, dark-electro. Background/Info: Steven Archer (Ego Likeness) has released an impressive number of productions since his debut album “Songs...
Je T’Aime – Je T’Aime (CD Album – Manic Depression Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk. Background/Info: Je T’Aime is a new name active in the cold-wave/post-punk fields. Hailing from Paris the band...
Bysmarque & Snowwhyte – Once Upon A Time… (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, electro-pop. Background/Info: Bysmarque & Snowwhyte is a German male-female duo set up in 2017. After having released two...
Projekt Ich – By Train Through Countries (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Projekt Ich is a German solo-project driven by Ulf Müller. He’s been active for more than ten...
‘Click Interview’ with Cervello Elettronico: ‘My Biggest Fear Is Nuclear Fallout From War Or Negligence’
I discovered David Christian aka Cervello Elettronico by his official debut-album “Negate The Instigator” released in 2007 on Crunch Pod....
Pos.:2 – Sounds Like Real Life (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: I personally consider Thorsten Krüger and Matthias Grod as one of the most promising electro-pop formations in...
Plexiphones – Break In The Clouds (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Indie-pop, pop-rock. Background/Info: Plexiphones is a German formation featuring six (!) members. They joined hands together with Echozone to...
MonoSapien – In Eigener Sache (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, electro-wave, EBM. Background/Info: “In Eigener Sache” (translated ‘on my own account’) is the debut album of the German...
Loewenhertz – Traumfaenger (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: German synth-pop duo Alex Pfahler – Andy Pfiefer are back on track unleashing their third full length album....
Hymnambulae – Nausikaa (CD Album – Hypnagoga Press)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, experimental, ritual. Background/Info: Hymnambulae is a Swedish project set up and driven by the siblings Pär Boström and...
Arctic Sunrise – Across The Ice (CD Album – Echozone)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: It took three years for the German duo Torsten Verlinden (vocals) - Steve Baltes (electronics) to achieve...
MediaData – Adore Resurrect (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, electro-ambient, IDM, experimental. Background/Info: 2019 clearly appears to be a prolific year for Denis Vasiliev. He released several...
MediaData – Impulsiveness (Digital EP – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: IDM, electro-ambient, experimental. Background/Info: Russian composer Denis Vasiliev has already been active since 2008. He released an impressive number...
Jérôme Chassagnard – Wind (Digital EP – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: French artist Jérôme Chassagnard already released four albums on Hymen Records and started last year...
2Methyl – Antlia (Digital EP – Subtrakt)
Genre/Influences: IDM, industrial, experimental, dark-electro. Background/Info: French artist Nicolas Druoton has already released impressive productions and is now back on...
‘Click Interview’ with Schultz: ‘Music Is Now More A Commercial Product Than An Art’
Schultz saw the daylight in 2002, but things really started in 2004 when Franz Schultz joined hands together with performer...
Alberich – Quantized Angel (CD Album – Hospital Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-trance. Background/Info: Behind Alberich is hiding American producer Kris Lapke. He’s involved with numerous projects and moved back...
Agonoize – Midget Vampire Porn (DCD Album + EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: “Midget Vampire Porn” is the sixth full length album by Berliner (Germany) dark-electro act Agonoize. It also...
Agonoize – Blutgruppe Jesus / Schmerzpervers 2.0 (CD EP – RepoRecords)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: Five years have passed since the release of the last Agonoize album “Apokalypse”. The Berliner (Germany) formation...