For the Innermost

Artist: Æscesi Album: Clausu'rah Label: Self-released Release date: October 2025 Monastic life and its quest for spiritual purity, perfection and ascension have been a feature of most major religions since the dawn of civilisation. Yet solitude and meditation have led many down paths not originally envisioned; stripping layers of reality and meaning can render visible uncomfortable truths and lead one to unorthodox conclusions. How many over the course of centuries have given

Artist: Brotherhood of Sleep Album: Enter the Nuummite Cosmos Label: Zazen Sounds Release date: January 2026 The only thing better than discovering unknown artists is them discovering me. Such is the case with the ritual ambient project Brotherhood of Sleep, which landed in my inbox almost by chance a couple of weeks ago. Of course, unknown should be taken with a grain of salt here, because first, Brotherhood of Sleep had already released one album in late 2024 on Winter-Lig