BLOOD OF THE BLACK OWL - 'A Feral Spirit' CD (Bindrune Recordings)
From the organic cauldron of the Pacific Northwest rain forest comes Blood Of The Black Owl. Formed in 2004 by Heathen visionary Chet W. Scott (Ruhr Hunter), as a primitive fusion of slow tempo Earth Metal & Woodland Ritualistic Doom. 'A Feral Spirit' combines Native American shamanic influence and the Germanic nature worship of his own heritage with an entirely transcendent musical vision, BOTBO gives praise to the spirits of nature and the unspoken bonds that tie man, beast and environment. "A personal cleansing woven through audible passages of earthbound ritualistic transcendence". "A Feral Spirit" is a clarion call for the rebirth of the human animal spirit and a return to the ancestral forests of our past. Blood Of The Black Owl shall lead them... Ltd x 1000 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
UK 11£
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CAUL - 'Hidden' CD (Eibon Records)
Caul's 5th and possibly darkest album. A massive comeback to bleak, dense and hyper-obscure Dark Ambient: soundscapes for a never ending journey, magically crafted by a musician whose talent is immense. One single track, one hour. Digifile.
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CAUL - 'Let The Stars Assume The Whole Of Night' CD (Hypnos)
Caul has released an array of incredible dark, cinematic ambient music. "Let The Stars Assume The Whole Of Night" is a wonderful mix of sounds and atmospheres: dark without being spooky, melodic but not pretty, listenable, but too nervous and somber to ever become predictable. These pieces are more composed and structured than most ambient music, more akin to the soundtrack for some dark and moody piece of cinema. Imagine the score to an undiscovered work by David Lynch or Andrei Tarkovsky and you get the idea. Digipak.
INNFALLEN - 'Three Days Of Darkness' CD (First Fallen Star)
Innfallen offers their vision of the Catholic prophecy of "Three Days of Darkness." Among a myriad of other dark ambient projects presenting scattered releases of abstract sound, in stark contrast Innfallen - consisting of Doyle Finley (Invercauld) and newcomer Kevin Scala - has composed a rich, illustrative tapestry of multi-layered soundscapes that is undeniably the soundtrack to the frightening prophecy of the "Three Days of Darkness." Few dark ambient projects have demonstrated such talent in composing soundscapes so clearly and concretely linked to the themes they claim to represent. Mastered by J. Stillings (Steel Hook Prostheses). Ltd x 1000 copies in a DVD size digipak.
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MARK O'LEARY / GUNTER MULLER - 'Skyshifter' CD (Creative Sources)
"...the duo weave a shimmering tapestry of alien drone, scattering bits of harddrive flotsam across squalls of ringing jetsam. "Improvisational" this recording might be, but aesthetically more than a few chronologically cultural links are forged with pioneer soundscapers of yesteryear (Xenakis, Stockhausen, Babbitt, Subotnick) more so than any straightforward diagrammatical connection with post-jazz avant-gardists... the duo delight in erecting a quakebasket quiverfest of extraordinarily well-articulated electronic music: gently warbling pulses course and murmur as they feint between preening tone clusters and software backwash, a bubbling cauldron of intense sonic energy that is factory resistant to pigeonholing." (The Squid's Ear)
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MAURIZIO BIANCHI - 'Spiritualis' CD (Kubitsuri Tapes)
"...the duo weave a shimmering tapestry of alien drone, scattering bits of harddrive flotsam across squalls of ringing jetsam. "Improvisational" this recording might be, but aesthetically more than a few chronologically cultural links are forged with pioneer soundscapers of yesteryear (Xenakis, Stockhausen, Babbitt, Subotnick) more so than any straightforward diagrammatical connection with post-jazz avant-gardists... the duo delight in erecting a quakebasket quiverfest of extraordinarily well-articulated electronic music: gently warbling pulses course and murmur as they feint between preening tone clusters and software backwash, a bubbling cauldron of intense sonic energy that is factory resistant to pigeonholing." (The Squid's Ear)
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PHAENON - 'Submerged' CD (Malignant Records)
The debut release of Polish-born artist Szymon Tankiewicz, 'Submerged' is a dark ambient tour de force. Visually and sonically enveloping, this is an album of space and texture, slowly revealing a psychoactive soundscape of majestic, arcing timbres, circadian buzzes, and expansive drones. Heavy, and cosmically weighty in the beginning, 'Submerged' evolves into something more minimalist and serene, radiating a celestial beauty, yet becoming even more bleak and suffocating as it progresses over it‘s 66 minute time frame. A must for dark ambient purists. 6 panel digipak, with artwork by K. Enderlein (LOKI). Mastered by Thomas Garrison (Control). File next to Yen Pox / Lustmord / Inade / Caul.
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SEWER GODDESS / MOURNER - 'In The Cold Of Stabbing Doldrums' 10" (Apop Records)
Split 10” from Boston’s Sewer Goddess and Nashville’s Mourner. Combining raw, beat-driven power electronics and oppressive, ornamental doom, this slab of vinyl contains three tracks to carry you down the dark, looming path of isolation. Sewer Goddess’ enigmatic approach to both noise & power electronics weaves undulating rhythm, echoing vocal wretch, and vile guitar riffery into a caustic cauldron of depravity. Akin to the likes of Steel Hook Prostheses, Sewer Goddess has risen to the top of contemporary heavy electronics. With crushing power, Mourner’s dynamic volley of squelching feedback, death march percussion, and cavernous wraith vocal attack lends itself to the school of doom forebearers, Burning Witch and Khanate. With atmospheric tension at a snail’s pace, Mourner is able to harness the haunting cacophony of Hell with blackened romanticism. Hopeless, putrid – this is organic depression in its purest form. Silver print on black card sleeve with insert.
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VIPCANCRO - 'Tropico' CD (Lisca Records)
VipCancro is a Tuscan quartet lead by Andrea Borghi. "VipCancro cultivate a carefully dark ambience throughout 'Tropico', their third release. The quartet revolves around a buzzing core of electronics to create six moody pieces that hum with the fascination of machines and the ability to produce acoustic and electronic sounds that mimic them... a dense cauldron of sound, mixing digital and tape drones - possibly looped or preprocessed sounds - with subtle, tasteful percussion and electroacoustic touches to round out the very electronic-sounding pieces" (Foxy Digitalis). Typographic print on special textured paper in jewelcase.
