Animated Matter Offer a Sublime, Transcendent Debut with ‘Selkie’
Animated Matter's debut Selkie sports alternately lush and minimal, buoyant and chthonic, soundscapes that conjure archetypal themes and evoke complex emotional responses.
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Massimo Pupillo’s ‘The Black Iron Prison’ Runs the Gamut of Modern Composition
While the field of dark ambient is an increasingly crowded one, Massimo Pupillo has crafted a remarkable entry with The Black Iron Prison.
Alison Chesley Toils in Human and Musical Connectivity on Helen Money’s ‘Atomic’
Chicago-based cellist, Alison Chesley (a.k.a. Helen Money) creates an utterly riveting listen from beginning to end on Atomic.
Pantha Du Prince Creates an Electronic ‘Conference of Trees’
Pantha Du Prince's Conference of Trees is a bold project that benefits from the creator's focused vision as he invites the listener to piece together imagined conversations between trees.
Chill Producer Pantha du Prince Shares New Video “Pius in Tacet”
Mesmerizing, electronic producer Pantha du Prince returns with a new video, "Pius in Tacet", and he has a new LP around the corner, Conference of Trees, out 6 March.
Sunn O))) Revisit the World of ‘Life Metal’ with ‘Pyroclasts’
The companion piece to Sunn O)))'s masterful Life Metal completes the most organic and minimal chapter in the drone masters' journey.
Fave Five: Tor Lundvall’s Favorite Albums of All Time
Dark ambient artist Tor Lundvall is releasing his new album of early, surprising, and downright joyous pop-oriented material today and so he gives us a scintillating tour through the albums that shaped him.
A Reminder of Byla’s Brilliance and Jarboe’s Powerful Presence
Translation Loss unearths the stunning collaboration between three prominent musicians of the extreme experimental scene, which sheds light on one of the previous decade's forgotten gems.
At One with Nature: An Interview with Wolves in the Throne Room
Solidifying their return to black metal with Thrice Woven, Wolves in the Throne Room detail their connection with the essence of their home in the Pacific Northwest.
Tor Lundvall Goes to ‘A Dark Place’ on His Latest Album
A Dark Place is borne of the darkest of times in dark ambient artist/painter Tor Lundvall's life: the death of his father.
Summoning Traverse Middle-Earth on Black Metal Laden ‘With Doom We Come’
Austrian Tolkien fanatics Summoning return five years after Old Mornings Dawn and continue to explore the lore and fables of Middle-Earth through their atmospheric brew of black metal.
3:33: Bicameral Brain
No amount of mystery can mask poorly executed ideas.