For the Innermost

Artist: Troum Album: EmphasYs Label: Cyclic Law / Transgredient Records Release date: April 2026 What do you do after you've done everything? A fair question to ask any longstanding artist, including Troum, one of the forefathers of the drone ambient genre who are still going strong three decades into their epic career, as evidenced by their headlining live performance at Phobos 2025, which I was fortunate enough to witness in person. Judging by EmphasYs, Troum's latest album

Artist: Ansiktsløs Album: Crushing Earthly Semblance Label: Dark Odyssey Release date: April 2026 One of the hardest tasks these days is going back to this genre's roots and striving for that trademark atmosphere conjured by the forefathers without simply aping or copying their work. That, however, is exactly what R. Ikstelzok (of Apocryphos and formerly Psychomanteum fame) set out to do with his side project Ansiktsløs, whose debut album Sideworlds was released on the mighty