For the Innermost

Artist: Conan the Accountant Album: Osteology Label: Self-released Release date: October 2026 I know what you're thinking, so let me preface this review right away - no, this is not a gimmick project in any way, shape, or form. While we can speculate about the reasons - or the wisdom - behind naming a musical project in this manner, the fact remains that accountants may damn well be both Conans and musicians in their free time, and stating otherwise is pure bigotry that has n

Artist: Kloob Album: Iter ad Psychen Label: Dark Odyssey Records Release date: October 2026 I love the Scandinavian dark ambient scene as much as the next guy, but I love even more when quality dark ambient comes from corners of the world not usually associated with the genre, nor with the gloomy, wintry, wind-ridden landscapes of the Great North. One such example is Kloob, the brainchild of the talented Spanish musician Daniel Ferreira, who first came across my radar owing t

Artist: Thorvroht Album: The Silent Northlands Label: Isilya Records Release date: October 2026 Anders Ragnar is one of the most prolific, not to mention most highly regarded artists in the contemporary dungeon synth scene, owing primarily to his primary project Örnatorpet, but also due to his outstanding side projects, such as the one I'm reviewing today. I reviewed Thorvroht's debut a while ago, and to this day it remains one of those albums that I have a remarkable emotion

Artist: Ajna Album: Mysterium Tremendum Label: Winter-Light Release date: September 2026 Regular readers of this website are likely to be familiar with Ajna already, since I featured the work of this prolific artist from Long Island not once, but twice in 2025. Well, it seems the creative mind behind Ajna never stops, as the project has bestowed upon us another album less than a year since the last one, and as usual for Chris F - the man behind the music - it's yet another sh

Artist: Chromascope Album: Hymns to Condemnation and Isolation Label: Self-released Release date: August 2026 My favourite thing about music is discovering something new and fresh in a genre that has existed for decades, and is therefore prey to repetition and dullness. My second favourite thing is discovering something old, from before genre conventions became a thing, where creativity was allowed to run amok and little importance was given to the correct way of doing things