Yvanko – Pluviôse (Vinyl Album – Le Cabanon Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: “Pluviôse” is the official debut work from French composer Yvan Tekoutcheff. He claims to be inspired...
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.
V/A A Tribute To Depeche Mode Vol.3 (DCD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, dark-electro, EBM, gothic, industrial. Background/Info: Alfa Matrix clearly has something with Depeche Mode while the electro-pop masters remain...
Dunkelwerk – Waffengang (CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro. Background/Info: German solo-project Dunkelwerk is back on track, unleashing its fourth full length album. Dunkelwerk released new work...
‘Click Interview’ with Flowers For Bodysnatchers: ‘Doing An Album Based On My Personal Experiences With Ms Was A Tough Decision’
Flowers For Bodysnatchers is a solo-project set up in 2011 by Australian artist Duncan Ritchie. The rather weird name of...
Salnikov Borisov Salnikov – Glib (CD Album – Salnikov Borisov Salnikov)
Genre/Influences: Experimental. Background/Info: “Glib” resulted from the common efforts between Mikhail Salnikov, Alexei Borisov and Alexander Salnikov. The idea came...
Antoine Panaché – Endling… (Cassette Album – Barreuh Records)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, abstract. Background/Info: Lilia Scheerder aka Antoine Panaché is back with a new album. This work comes after the...
Nooit – OA-I (Cassette Album – Freak Friendly DIY)
Genre/Influences: Death-industrial, experimental, power-electronics. Background/Info: Nooit is a Ukrainian solo-project driven by ‘Non’. This album seems to be the debut...
Ethan Fawkes – Hoovers & Stabs (CD Album – Ethan Fawkes No Label)
Genre/Influences: Techno-rave, acid, new-beat. Background/Info: Belgian producer Ethan Fawkes remains a very prolific artist. Next to the constant release of...
Testphasen Negativ – Die Soziale Apokalypse / The Social Apocalypse (CD Album – ContraMusikProduction)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: German project Testphasen Negativ has already released several productions since 2006. This album is however...
Dawn Of Ashes – The Crypt Injection II / Non Serviam (CD Album – Metropolis)
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, industrial-metal. Background/Info: Driven by Kristof Bathory, Los Angeles (USA) based Dawn Of Ashes became an established formation in...
Test Dept. – Disturbance (CD Album – One Little Indian Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, tribal. Background/Info: If you like industrial music you can only, but agree that Test Department (Test Dept.)...
Mandelbrot – Zeitsprung (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, IDM, industrial. Background/Info: Partners in life and active in several music projects the duo Barbara Teichner – Philipp...
Beinhaus – Zaehne (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: Industrial. Background/Info: Beinhaus is a German formation active since 1995. They released several productions, but never gained a deserved...
V/A Hyperakusis III (CD Album – Audiophob)
Genre/Influences: IDM, techno-body, dark-ambient, experimental, cinematographic. Background/Info: This compilation is the third chapter in the “Hyperakusis”-series set up by Audiophob....
Starframes – Nicht Vergessen (CD Album – BulbArt)
Genre/Influences: Dream-pop, indie-pop/rock. Background/Info: Starframes is an Italian formation which has released their third full length album. It also is...
Hunter Complex – Open Sea (Vinyl Album – Death Waltz Originals)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Hailing from The Netherlands, Lars Meijer (owner of Narrominded Records) strikes back with his Hunter Complex...
Phonseca – Between A Dream (CD Album – Phonseca)
Genre/Influences: Electro-ambient, cinematographic. Background/Info: Matthew O’Connor is based in Bristol (UK) and set up Phonseca in 2017. After a previously...
Long Night – Barren Land (CD Album – Swiss Dark Night Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-rock, goth-rock. Background/Info: Norwegian formation Long Night has already been active for a few years now. There was a...
Lobby – Fragrance (CD Album – Solange Endormie Records)
Genre/Influences: Dark-wave, shoegaze, dream-pop. Background/Info: Lobby is a French band set up in 2017 and signed to the new label...
Frame – The Journey (CD Album – Glacial Movements)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, experimental. Background/Info: Eugenio Vatta and Andrea Benedetti are based in Rome (Italy) and involved with sonic projects since...
‘Click Interview’ with Viviankrist: ‘Equipment Gives Me Inspiration’
Viviankrist is a minimal electro/power-noise project set up by Japanese female artist Eri Isaka. Around 1997-1999 she was member of...
Flowers For Bodysnatchers – Alive With Scars (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: Duncan Ritchie better known as the sonic instigator behind Flowers For Bodysnatchers is back on track...
Dead Melodies – Primal Destination (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: Tom Moore active as Dead Melodies remains very prolific, unleashing his fifth full length album since...
Ugasanie & Dronny Darko – Arctic Gates (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: “Arctic Gates” resulted from the common efforts between two familiar artists from the Cryo Chamber label....
Tomb Of Ordeals (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-ambient, dark-cinematographic. Background/Info: We welcome the fourth volume of the “Tomb”-series created by Cryo Chamber this time dealing about...
‘Click Interview’ with Fiction 8: ‘Streaming Has Become To Music As Plastic Is To Food’
American formation Fiction 8 has been always a bit of mystery to me. Set up in the 90s their sound...
Horologium – Atavistic Americana (Vinyl Album – Sky Burial Productions)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, cinematographic, experimental, martial. Background/Info: Set up in 2004 by Polish artist Grzegorz Siedlecki, Horologium became a respected and...
MZ.412 – Svartmyrkr (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Black-industrial, dark-ambient. Background/Info: MZ.412 (formerly known as Maschinenzimmer 412) gained recognition as the so-called inventors of ‘black-industrial’ music. Set...
Viviankrist – Morgenrøde (CD Album – Cold Spring)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, minimal-electronics, Noise. Background/Info: Some of you might have heard of Vivian Slaughter who was member of the female...
‘Click Interview’ with Morgue Poetry: ‘It Is Mainly A Question Of Money How Long It’s Gonna Take Me To Publish New Songs’
I last year discovered the German duo Wisborg releasing their debut album “The Tragedy Of Seconds Gone” on Danse Macabre....
Stillnox – Mercury (CD Album – Seraphin Productions)
Genre/Influences: Dark-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: Hailing from Poland, but based in Manchester (UK) Martin Seraphin is already busy with music...
Noisuf-X – Invader (CD Album – Dark Dimensions / ProNoize)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-rave, dark-electro-trance. Background/Info: “Invader” is the tenth full length album by Jan Loamfield under the Noisuf-X moniker. The album...
Metroland – Framed + Framed Anew (Vinyl Double Album + CD Album – Alfa Matrix)
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop. Background/Info: Belgian Metroland last year unleashed their fourth full length “Men In A Frame”; a conceptual album about...
