Xisuma's Musical Journey

   With lowly expectation, I tentatively picked up this fresh three track from a once adorned Oscillotron . Still rocked by the horrors of a...

Commissioned for the "Grimdark Compendium", Old Tower lends their craft to a presumably fitting tone for table top game Trench Cru...

  The purist pleasures of these peaceful yet esoteric atmospheres has affirmed Gelure's elevated stature. My initial fondness for The Ca...

  Named after the black death plague that riddled the middle ages, Den Sorte Død unsurprisingly burrow into a solemn funeral gloom with thi...

     The blemishes of Burzum 's growing pains fade as Varg's sophomore effort plays concise, sharp, effortlessly flowing through the...

On form, like its impressive predecessor Draconic Synthesis , Old Tower continues in a chilling stride, painting eight unnamed portraits of ...

  Its been a minute since we've heard from Soley . This short movie soundtrack lures us back into her creepy side. The opening theme con...

  Although Remnants Of War is themed around the aftermath of AI fulled armageddon, I could not escape its dramatic cover art. Reminiscent of...

  Mesmerized by opening track Flatlands, my morning walks exploring the cliffy sandstone shores of southern Portugal were elevated by its me...

Here's one from the Dark Ambient vaults, a cinematic venture that's clearly driven by world building through its devastating atmosph...

  A soft, recent fondness for Greyshadow Ruins had initial excitements lulled by the subdued nature of this tempered beast. Mountain Realm ...

  The allure of Dungeon Synth has sunk in its claws again! Bestowed by the Spotify shuffle, Hidden Scriptures caught my ear. An esoteric pas...

Imbued by the powers of thematic suggestion, Greyshadow Ruins' sleeve artwork and track titling aptly fits the dusky, seldom mood that a...

  Surprise evaporates into disappointment. After a decade long hiatus, Darkspace mysteriously re-emerge from the void armed with negative tw...

  With a swift and sudden departure from their prior Jungle Synth effort, Ziggurath pivots again. Now venturing on a chilly expedition, Tru...

  Another early 90s Black Metal love letter! Unlike its predecessor Pale Swordsman , Këkht Aräkh's first full length seems a fraction to...

Esoteric, arcane and obscure, Draconic Synthesis engulfs us on a mystic venture the marvels of sound design. Tinkering and experimentation h...

  In search of more meditative astral ambiences, Annihilation Of Self caught my ear with an eerie, uncanny familiarity. The culprit? Song tw...

    A passing listen sparked limited curiosity. Another ruinous bout of mystic woes? Örnatorpet caught my ear in the past but this latest re...

One to slip straight into my "Dungeon Synth Focus" playlist, Hoardlegend revels in a deep rumbling mystery of epic stoic ambiguity...