dark / ritual / drone ambient
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Acherontas / Crimson Moon / Akrabu / Shibalba – Ana Harrani Sa Alaktasa La Tarat
Acherontas / Crimson Moon / Akrabu / Shibalba – Ana Harrani Sa Alaktasa La TaratLabel: Nihilward Productions – NAUGHT16Format: CD, Compilation, Limited EditionCountry: UkraineReleased: 21 Jun 2012Style: Black Metal Neither dead nor dreaming, I slumber within the walls of water.I create a new Death told in whispers, as I send you into a cycle of eternity.
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Shibalba – Samsara
Shibalba – SamsaraLabel: Malignant Records – TumorCD91Format: CD, AlbumCountry: USReleased: 22 Dec 2015Style: Dark Ambient, Experimental Active since 2009, Shibalba bring their first full ritual expression to the halls of Malignant. Samsara summons five chthonic explorations using all the hallmark instrumentation of the genre to great effect; liturgical chants and spectral vocal incantations, minor keyboard orchestrations, resonant chimes and prayer bowls, ceremonial percussion, and atmospheric drift ensconced in sepulchral reverb. It’s a tapestry of richly detailed and layered sounds that emanate from candlelit chambers and underground passages, and an intoxicating and majestic homage to the darkest of arts. Previous work must be noted and recognized, but it is with Samsara…
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PYLAR – La Gran Obra
PYLAR – La Gran ObraLabel: Knockturne RecordsFormat: Cassette, Album Limited to 113 copiesCountry: SpainReleased: 2016Style: Experimental, Avantgarde, Doom Metal After the successful second album, PYLAR collective returns with a new release: La Gran Obra. This cassette is limited to 113 copies (a number that touches upon the threshold of madness) and is inspired by Alchemy.In the same way as the alchemical process, La Gran Obra is divided into three parts: Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo. Throughout this piece, the enigmatic heresiarchs manage to manipulate the lost language of colour and the complex esoteric symbolism of ancient science, dropping clues to the follower and allowing them to walk down the path of…