Mar 28, 2024 Music Stalker by Robert Rich, Lustmord (Review) Two icons in the ambient genre pay tribute to Andrei Tarkovsky’s philosophical 1979 sci-fi film.
Mar 2, 2024 Music Empty World by The Void Wanderer (Review) The Russian composer’s slowly unfurling drones and sonic drift evoke a sense of mystery and wonder.
Feb 13, 2024 Music Void Rituals by Ruptured World (Review) Alistair Rennie’s latest album of dark ambience avoids the genre’s clichés thanks to its diverse sonic shades and forlorn musicality.
Dec 11, 2022 Music Trichurch of Katehon by Monasterium Imperi (Review) Who knew music inspired by Warhammer 40,000’s grimdark vision could be so… beautiful?
Oct 26, 2022 Music Approach by Lawrence English (Review) Inspired by a classic ’80s manga, this is an album of dark, drone-y ambience par excellence.
Dec 22, 2021 Music Bathe in Black Light by Desiderii Marginis (Review) The latest from Johan Levin’s long-running dark ambient project is a harrowing, exhilarating journey through desolate places.
Feb 16, 2018 Music Raison d’être’s Alchymeia Is a Jung-Inspired Soundtrack Through the Shadows (Review) Raison d’être’s dark ambience may begin in the shadows, but it’s never content to stay there.
Oct 31, 2014 Music Hypnosis by Desiderii Marginis (Review) Hypnosis is difficult material that takes the listener on a mental journey through surreal and haunting places.
Jun 4, 2014 Music Mise en Abyme by Raison d’être (Review) Mise en Abyme is a fascinating, disturbing, enthralling, unsettling listen, and one of the most accomplished Raison d’être releases to date.
Feb 12, 2011 Music Owl Splinters by Deaf Center (Review) Proof that quieter and subtler can prove more impactful and haunting than any barrage of monstrous or terrifying sounds.
Feb 3, 2010 Music Kairos by Caul (Review) For those of you who have always found Massive Attack to be too poppy and upbeat, Kairos might be just the thing.
Feb 10, 2007 Music Holding On by Peter James (Review) Melancholic dark ambience that is as good as anything I’ve purchased from the likes of Projekt, Cold Meat Industries, Manifold, Soleilmoon, etc.
Aug 3, 2006 Music Apophasis by Caul (Review) As with all of Caul’s work, there can be beauty, reverence, and warmth, even in the darkest and most foreboding of places and sounds.
May 26, 2006 Music That Which Is Tragic and Timeless by Desiderii Marginis (Review) As the title implies, this is dark, dank, atmospheric stuff, hinting at all of the aforementioned imagery.
Dec 21, 2005 Music Phos by The Sound Gallery (Review) All of this comes together to create that most unique of sensations in the listener: awe.
Aug 18, 2005 Music Designed for Reading by The Sound Gallery (Review) Designed for Reading retains a consistent cinematic feel, full of dramatic drones, haunting vocal pieces, and dark slabs of ambience.
Mar 26, 2005 Music Absence by True Colour Of Blood (Review) These are vast recordings, traveling from the deepest crypts to the furthest reaches of space.
Feb 19, 2005 Music Hidden by Caul (Review) There’s hardly a minute on the disc that isn’t awash with blackened waves of drone and drift, eerie scrapings and ringings, and whatnot.
Apr 25, 2003 Music Muein/Swan/A Golden Epiphany by Caul (Review) Recent days have seen the release of a trio of Caul titles (one of which is a three disc collection itself), with more on the way.
Apr 16, 2001 Music The Magnificent Void by Steve Roach (Review) This is a soundtrack for outer space, with all of its wonders and terrors.