Vhril – Vortex PsysynthesisLabel: Old Captain – OCCD23Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, ReissueCountry: UkraineReleased: 23 May 2016Style: Industrial, Experimental, Dark Ambient In the name of Ulex, in loving memory of John, here comes Vhril!Vhril began life as Ulex Xane’s (Streicher, Zero Cabal fame) own solo project in 1991.He and John Murphy (rip) had been friends since the early 1980’s and had long wanted to do some duo recordings together contributing to each other’s projects on several occasions and playing live together.John became interested in the Vhril concept when Ulex had told him about its occult associations exploring Thulean esoteric paths and Vril energies in a ritual setting.Together they would record…
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Shinkiro / 蜃気楼 – Archive: Volumes I – III
Shinkiro / 蜃気楼 – Archive: Volumes I – IIILabel: Old Captain – OCCD42Format: 2 × CD, Album, Compilation, Limited EditionCountry: UkraineReleased: 13 Jun 2018Style: Dark Ambient, Experimental, Industrial Shinkiro is a dark ambient project from Japan, formed in 2003 by Manabu Hiramoto who dwells in organic isolation full of pulsating drones and elegiac solaris ambiances. Based on the old recording sessions in 2003 – 2007 this release captures the darkest and most beautiful moments of Shinkiro’s music: low-key synth textures merged with rhythmic cadences and slight distortions gradually unfolding roaming melodies, magnetic and cold undercurrents, ethereal epiphanies and ever present longing for the unattainable abyss. Three early unreleased albums assembled…
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The Toroidh Funeral Orchestra
The Toroidh Funeral OrchestraLabel: Baljuw RecordsFormat: CD, AlbumReleased: 2025Genre: ElectronicStyle: Dark Ambient, Industrial, Neofolk, Martial After years of silence, Toroidh returns with a somber new chapter — a fusion of dark ambient textures, martial industrial rhythms, and the distant echoes of funeral marches. Rooted in forest solitude and sharpened by a deep contempt for human folly, this album explores the fleeting nature of freedom — a concept always just out of reach, always reshaped by history and hubris. Bleak. Reflective. Uncompromising. Tracklist:1. Re-Entry2. The New West3. Heathen Echoes I4. Steady Decline5. Freedom Is a Fragile Thing6. Heathen Echoes II7. Vådaskott8. They Never Learn9. Cortège Funèbre Recorded and composed in Spring 2025 by…
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In Search Of Death – II
In Search Of Death – IILabel: Steinklang Industries – SK149Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, NumberedCountry: EuropeReleased: 11 Feb 2022Style: Dark Ambient, Industrial Limited edition of 100 copies, comes 6-panels glossy laminated digipak. Recorded in 2001/2002Mastered in 2020 by Peter Andersson (Raison D’Etre) Even though the material on II dates back 20 years, it in no way feels outdated or outmoded now. The darkly atmospheric, sonically abrasive music is timeless in the way good, classic harsh industrial is. Recorded in 2001/2002, and now presented with mastering by Peter Andersson (Raison d’Etre etc.), In Search Of Death’s «II» is an album of classical, old school industrial music. Pulsating and throbbing dark synths,…
