Tragic Impulse – Space Force (CD EP – Distortion Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, dark EBM. Background/Info: The EP “Space Force” marks the return of Tragic Impulse. It’s a teaser to 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.
Frontier Guards – You (CD Album – Aliens Production)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM, down-tempo. Background/Info: Martin Pavlik is now active under the Frontier Guards moniker for several years. After two...
‘Click Interview’ with Anni Hogan: ‘It Was A Really Happy Album Setting Based On Love And Friendship’
If you’re an ‘80s kid’ who listened to ‘dark’ music you for sure remember Anni Hogan! She started piano lessons...
Dicepeople – One From Many (CD Album – Syndicol Music)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop. Background/Info: UK formation Dicepeople has already been active for more than 10 years now. The band now...
Bring Her – Bring Her (CD Album – Icy Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave. Background/Info: Nadine J. and Marcus N. set up Bring Her in 2015. This self-titled album is the official...
Alice Tambourine Lover – Down Below (CD Album – Go Down Records)
Genre/Influences: Psychdelic-wave, Background/Info: TheItalian duo Alice Tambourine Lover saw the light of day in 2011 as a side project of...
Basnia – No Falling Stars And No Wishes (CD Album – Alchera Visions)
Genre/Influences: Wave-pop, shoegaze, rock-wave. Background/Info: Basnia is a Polish project set up in 2017 by songwriter Baśnia Lipińska (vocals, percussion)....
Undertheskin – Negative (CD Album – Alchera Visions)
Genre/Influences: Cold-wave, dark-rock, gothic. Background/Info: Four years after the self-titled debut album Polish musician Mariusz Łuniewski is back again unleashing...
Cryo – The Fall Of Man (CD Album – Progress Productions)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: It took five years for the Swedish duo Martin Rudefelt – Torny Gottberg (owner of Progress Production)...
‘Click Interview’ with La Mécanique: ‘DIY Is A Good Way To Produce And Share Our Passion’
Canadian musician Francis Nothingwater set up La Mécanique in 2016. He got featured on a few samplers, released a few...
State Of The Union – Industrial Slither / Remixes (Digital EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Johann Sebastian moves back to the last year released album of State Of The Union “Indupop”. It...
Joey Chaos And The Ghosts – Elegy (Digital EP – Joey Chaos And The Ghosts)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, cold-wave. Background/Info: This Canadian trio previously released an album (cf. “Polarizer”) in 2013 and a single (cf. “Fear”)...
‘Click Interview’ with Liquid G: ‘I Always Stayed Low Profile’
Peter Van Bogaert set up Liquid G in 1986! Inspired by the early ‘Belgian EBM school’ he started to self-release...
Vidna Obmana – Soundtrack For The Aquarium (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: Belgian artist Dirk Serries got active under the Vidna Obmana moniker in between 1985 and 2009....
Rigor Mortiss – Wbrewny (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, doom. Background/Info: Originally set up in 1990 Rigor Mortiss got their success in the early 90s. They finally...
Fabio Orsi – Uncharted Waters (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Ambient, electronic. Background/Info: In a bit more than years Italian artist Fabio Orsi has released an impressive number of...
Dren – Time & Form (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, dark-cinematographic, trip-pop. Background/Info: Dren is a Polish duo set up in 2018 by producers/DJs Natt and Akton. “Time...
Different State – Enormous Components Of Motor Unit Vol.1 (CD Album – Zoharum)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, industrial, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Marek Xavier Marchoff set up Different State in 1992 and can look back at an...
Slovenska Televiza – Documento (Vinyl 12” – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-electro, wave-pop. Background/Info: Slovenska Televiza is a Spanish duo. I noticed they previously released the single “Bailes Valstīs”. “Documento”...
Naked Lunch – 80s Singles (Vinyl Album – Peripheral Minimal)
Genre/Influences: New-wave, wave-pop. Background/Info: Naked Lunch saw the daylight in 1979 (!). They released some production during the early 80s...
Contaminated Intelligence – The Day Before… (CD Album – Contaminated Intelligence)
Genre/Influences: EBM, dark-electro. Background/Info: American duo Jourdan Turner - Rick Mitchell aka Contaminated Intelligence are back on track unleashing a CD with...
‘Click Interview’ with Cubanate: ‘Cubanate Has To Give You A Rush’
British formation Cubanate were active in between 1992 and 1999! It were seven years of sonic terror; pure crossover like...
Statiqbloom – Asphyxia (CD Album – Metropolis Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, EBM. Background/Info: Honestly, I can’t remember to have ever heard of Statiqbloom before. They released a few albums...
Machinista – Anthropocene (CD Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Swedish Machinista duo is back on track unleashing their third full length in history. The first album...
[:SITD:] – Sturmlicht (CD EP – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop, body-pop. Background/Info: which released their last work on Frank D’Angelo own label Scanner has now moved to...
Trepaneringsritualen & Nordvargr – Konung Krönt I Blod / Salve Teragmon (Vinyl 7” – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, dark-ambient, doom. Background/Info: The idea of this single is pretty simple; you take two Swedish ‘giants’ dealing with...
‘Click Interview’ with Parade Ground: ‘Our Main Aim Artistically Is To Release A New Album That Would Be Better Than The One We Released 30 Years Ago’
Pierre- and Jean-Marc Pauly set up Parade Ground in 1981. The Belgian brothers were part of the early new-wave and...
Nordvargr – Tantum Melior (CD Album – Cyclic Law)
Genre/Influences: death-industrial, dark-ambient, drone, industrial, EBM. Background/Info: Henrik Nordvargr Björkk last year released the album “Psychosis”. Seven songs from this...
Franck Vigroux – Totem (CD Album – Aesthetical)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics. Background/Info: While most of us already know French artist Franck Vigroux for years now, Aesthetical is a...
Coàgul & Escama Serrada – Sub Luna Regis (CD Album – Grabaciones Sentimentales)
Genre/Influences: Ritual-electro, experimental, industrial. Background/Info: “Sub Luna Regis” resulted from the common efforts between two Spanish –or should I’ve to...
Adsol – Endzeit (Digital EP – Eos .audio)
Genre/Influences: EBM. Background/Info: Greek musician Stelios Goulas started his activities under the Adsol moniker in 2012. Several EP’s/singles have been...
Massive Ego – Church For The Malfunctioned (CD Album – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Dark electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: UK band Massive Ego centered on the charismatic ‘Marc Massive’ is already active for several...
Black Line – Sedition (Digital EP – Black Line)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Black Line, the project driven by Cyrusrex and Douglas J. McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) plus the addition of...