INFERNO SOUND DIARIES is meant as an online platform for lovers of EBM, dark-electro, industrial, power-noise, tribal, industrial-trance, dark-ambient, techno-body, gothic, new-wave, ethereal, synth-pop and related genres. INFERNO SOUND DIARIES will bring you brief news items, reviews, click-interviews and music links + clips. BACKGROUND
-I (Stéphane Froidcoeur) am into new-wave music, EBM, Indus
trial music ao since the early 80s.
-I joined Side-Line magazine in 1991 and got mainly active as main reviewer and interviewer.
-After 25 years of involvement, becoming the main and during the past few years, single reviewer of Side-Line.com, I decided early 2016 to leave the magazine. Because of some internal disagreements I think it was time for something different. From my Side-Line period I only want to keep the good things in mind and I can assure you there were a lot of unforgettable moments. That’s the reason I’ll still go on supporting this magazine.
-From start on I used –among others, the nickname ‘Deranged Psyche’ (DP) to write most of my reviews/interviews. I was managing the ‘Reviews’ section in between 2008 and early 2016.
-I was active as singer inside different bands like Nebula-H (together with Mika Goedrijk/This Morn'Omina), FuzeBoxMachine (together with Benoit Blanchart/Aiboforcen), Toxic Shock Syndrome (together with Johan Van Roy/Suicide Commando) ao.
-I contribute to the famous Alfa-Matrix compilation series "Endzeit Bunkertracks"- by recommending interesting bands. INFERNO SOUND DIARIES
-From now on I’ll mainly focalize at my Facebook-page, which I decided to rename from ‘Side-Line Reviews’ into ‘INFERNO SOUND DIARIES’.
-INFERNO SOUND DIARIES gives me the opportunity to get total freedom about my work and involvement while I got the idea to become freelancer as well. The first magazine I got in touch with quite logically was Side-Line.com. Bernard Vanisacker (chief-editor of Side-Line.com) and I found an agreement so all of my reviews and possibly interviews will be edited at Side-Line.com as well.
-The idea posting reviews, interviews and news at Facebook comes from the observation that most of the people and music lovers are mainly active at Facebook.
-The idea all of my posts can be shared by all visitors, readers, bands, labels, promoters... all people who will help artists and their labels to get a wider diffusion so in the end WE ALL TOGETHER can help the best we can our lovely dark underground scene!!! PROMO MATERIAL
-Physical promo material (CD/CDR/vinyl) can be send to:
INFERNO SOUND DIARIES (& Side-Line.com)
c/o Stéphane Froidcoeur
Leuvenselaan 251
3300 Tienen – BELGIUM
-Digital promo material can be send to this Facebook-page and/or [email protected]
[[[ Physical promo material gets my preference when it comes to make a review, while I can't make any promise when it comes to digital promo material. There's too much ask and it's not possible to treat all the input. I refuse streaming to make review(s) ]]]
-I'll get back to you once the review/interview online. REVIEW POLICY
Find below some information about my review policy, which has changed since January, 1st, 2022.. After thirty years of involvement I’ve decided to reduce my activities. Reviews and interviews will be still made, but I’ll spent less time doing it. What I consider as being ‘great productions’ will still get a ‘normal’ review while all the others will get a ‘short review’ format. The goal is to catch the essence of a production and write it down in a few lines.
-Main priority is always given to physical promo stuff (CD/CDR/Vinyl/Cassette/USB); it means that the review will be sooner online.
-Digital promotion, which can be downloaded is accepted, BUT promises that your stuff will be reviewed can’t be given. Due to the a high amount of requests choices have to be made. Albums are getting my preference while I’m no longer reviewing compilations, singles, EP’s featuring an endless amount of remixes…
-Streaming (spotify, bandcamp, itunes, soundcloud etc) is not accepted for review. I personally think that streaming is a great tool to discover music, but I don’t feel comfortable with it when it comes to make a review. You think I’m old-school? Yes, I am because I’m doing this ‘job’ for 30 years now!
-Reviews of singles will be no longer made!
-Reviews of EP’s featuring an endless amount of remixes will be no longer made!
-Reviews of digital compilations will be no longer made!
-Reviews of productions, which I consider as ‘not good enough’ will be no longer made!
-Only the following genres & influences are accepted: EBM, Dark-Electro, Techno-Body, Dark-Techno, Synth-Pop, Future-Pop, Indie-Pop, Gothic, Goth-Metal, Dark-Cold-Wave, Dark-Ambient, Industrial, Death-Industrial, Rhythmic-Noise, Ritual, Dark-Trance, Ethereal and related genres.
-A brief info sheet with some info about the album –and eventually your project/band, is always welcome.
-Reviews and interviews will first be posted at my Facebook-page.
-The reviews will next be posted at Side-Line.com.
-I’m also making interviews by email. They’ll first be posted at my page and next at Side-Line.com.
!!! If you send promos from the USA or any other country outside the EUROPEAN UNION, please make sure to:
-Ask at the post-office for a special document for ‘CUSTOMS DECLARATION’
-You’ve to fill in this document, which will mention:
°detailed description of the item (example: 2 CD’s)
°value of the item (example: 15$ / 20€)
°category of the item > you here have to mention it’s a ‘GIFT’
°the ‘customs declaration’ has to be stuck at the front of the package
This is the only, valid way to make sure I’ll get your package. An alternative-, but more expensive solution is to work with a courier company. NEWS ITEMS
-I’m no longer posting news items at my FB page, but you can get in touch with Bernard Vanisacker ( [email protected] ) from Side-Line.com who’s posting news items at daily basis.
