Sweet William – Laughter Filled With Pain (CD Album – Datakill Records)
Genre/Influences: Acoustic, ballad, chanson, gothic. Background/Info: The German formation Sweet William has been driven since 1986 by Oliver Heuer. The...
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.
Signal Aout 42 – Insurrection (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: EBM, new-beat. Background/Info: Earlier this year Jacky Meurisse struck back with a new full length from his EBM project...
Beyond The Ghost – You Disappeared (Digital Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Pierre Laplace is a French musician who joined hands together with Cryo Chamber to unleash the...
Creation VI – Beringia (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient, ritual. Background/Info: Ukrainian artist Tim Six is back on track unleashing a new opus –the second one...
Black Lung – NXIVM (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, EBM. Background/Info: David Thrussell (Snog, Crisis Actor ao) is back on track with a new album of...
Gnome & Spybey – Collective (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Collective” is a compilation featuring twelve songs composed over the years by Tony D’Oporto aka...
Distortion Six – Norze (Digital Album – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, power-noise, industrial-techno. Background/Info: Norwegian sonic terrorist Nichlas Schermann is back on track with his newest album entitled “Norze”....
Blac Kolor – Nephi (Digital EP – Ant-Zen)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno, cinematographic, dark-electro. Background/Info: Hendrick Grothe better known under the moniker Blac Kolor gained some recognition with his...
PreEmptive Strike 0.1 – Harbinger (Digital EP – Digital World Audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: “Harbinger” brings us back to PreEmptive Strike 0.1 latest album “Through The Astral Cold” (released in...
‘Click Interview’ with ImiAFan Vs. 4mg Records: ‘I See Myself More Like A Music Activist. It Is Not About Business At All’
ImiAFan started as a solo-project set up by Imrich Vegh in 1999. Later on Miki Bernath joined in and ImiAFan...
Th/s /s Sh/t – // (CD EP – Upton Park)
Genre/Influences: Electronic, dance & rock. Background/Info: This is the latest EP from the Parisian based trio Th/s /s Sh/t (This...
Josy & Pony – Eponyme (CD Album – Rockerill Records / Freaksville)
Genre/Influences: Rock-punk, 60s. Background/Info: I discovered this Belgian formation by their debut album “Hippodrone Club” (2017) and was instantly seduced...
Peter Bjärgö – Structures And Downfall (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, neo-folk, chanson. Background/Info: Peter Bjärgö doesn’t really need any further introduction. He was the artistic spirit and instigator...
Moljebka Pvlse – Komoku (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Swedish project Moljebka Pvlse has already been active for twenty years now. Mainly driven by Mathias...
MUUR – Bod (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, ritual, industrial. Background/Info: I didn’t really find that much info about this German project releasing its debut album...
øjeRum – Without Blood The Sun Darkens (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Danish composer Paw Grabowski has already been active for several years now. He has released an...
Visions – Temples (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Frederic Arbour is not only running Cyclic Law (now established in Berlin), but he from time...
Red Mecca – Truth (CD Album – Massproduktion)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: “Truth” is Red Mecca’s fifth full length album since they reactivated in 2013. This album is...
Red Mecca – Every 1’s A Winner / Working The Midnight Shift (Vinyl 12” – Massproduktion)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, indie-pop. Background/Info: Swedish electro-pop formation Red Mecca wanted to do something special. So they released this 12” featuring...
Daniel Hall – Anomaly (CD Album – Daniel Hall)
Genre/Influences: Synth-pop. Background/Info: Australian synth-pop artist Daniel Hall seems to never stop writing new songs. A few months after his...
Deutsch Nepal – Staring At My Wall (CD Album – Entartete Musikk)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Swedish industrial veteran Peter Andersson aka ‘Lina Baby Doll‘ is back on track unleashing his newest...
V/A Homo Strepitus (CD Album – Entartete Musikk)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, industrial, ritual. Background/Info: Entartete Musikk is the music label set up by Deutsch Nepal’s Lina Baby Doll. He...
Nitro/Noise – NN: Echoes (Digital EP – Trisol)
Genre/Influences: Crossover, industrial, dark-electro. Background/Info: Canadian formation Nitro/Noise gained some recognition releasing a few EP’s and three albums on Deathwatch...
A Projection – Section (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, post-punk, wave-rock. Background/Info: Set up in 2013 and operating from Stockholm (Sweden) A Projection released two albums on...
Plants Army Revolver – Yguana (Vinyl 12” – Avian)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, experimental, tribal, ambient. Background/Info: Italian duo Marco Ragni - Birgan Valentin has already been active for a few...
‘Click Interview’ with Numb: ‘I Started Writing Material As A Personal Response To The Social/Political Changes’
Numb is a Canadian electronic formation that saw the daylight in 1986. The band was driven by Don Gordon, David...
Massiv In Mensch – Badminton (Digital Single – Katyusha)
Genre/Influences: EBM, techno-body. Background/Info: Two years after their last full length album Massiv In Mensch is ready to unleash their...
Mimetic – RVSTD1:1998-2019 (Digital Album – Les Arts Minis)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-techno, IDM. Background/Info: Operating from Geneva (Switzerland) Jérome Soudan will always be remembered as one of the members...
Jonteknik – Tectonics (CD Album – The People’s Electric)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Based in Brighton (UK) Jon Russell better known as Jonteknik, has just released his ninth full length...
The Fool’s Stone – Prey (Digital EP – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-EBM, dark techno-body music. Background/Info: The Fool’s Stone is an Italian combo featuring Gaia Brigida (live performing artist), Hard...
Victoria Lukas & Jauzas The Shining – Multiple (Digital EP – Space Factory)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, electroclash, experimental. Background/Info: Victoria Lukas and Jauzas The Shining have already released previous EP’s together. “Multiple” is their...
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio – Let’s Play [Two Girls & A Goat] (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Neo-folk, industrial-pop, chanson. Background/Info: Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio’s mastermind Tomas Petterson started to compose “Let’s Play” seven years ago. The...
Click Interview’ with Council Of Nine: ‘It Has Always Been Fascinating How One Person Can Manipulate Such A Massive Number Of People’
Based in California (USA) Maximillian Olivier aka Council Of Nine this year released his fifth solo-album since 2014. The prolific...