Shibalba / Black Seas Of Infinity – Mahakala Label: Nihilward Productions – NAUGHT24 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Ukraine Released: 21 Oct 2015 Style: Dark Ambient, Ambient
The conjoined work of the order of Shibalba and Black Seas of Infinity, constitutes an undertaking and exploration of the supreme Kala, through musical, visual and literary transmissions and receptions an adoration unto Kali. She is the adored and the adorer, our blood shall be as her venom, our skull as her ornamentation.
Shibalba – Samsara Label: Malignant Records – TumorCD91 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 22 Dec 2015 Style: 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 that Shibalba’s vision is fully realized. And while the shadow of Endvra, Funerary Call, and Halo Manash loom in the background, Shibalba have forged a new path and solidified themselves among the leaders of the new realm. We have entered the Halls of Inner Sadhana to re-unite Pilgrimage and Austerity, to gaze once more behind the Eyes of Samadhi, and to reach new starfields of alienation.
round, Shibalba have forged a new path and solidified themselves among the leaders of the new realm. We have entered the Halls of Inner Sadhana to re-unite Pilgrimage and Austerity, to gaze once more behind the Eyes of Samadhi, and to reach new starfields of alienation.
Ionophore – Sinter Pools Label: Malignant Antibody – Treatment06 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 14 Mar 2016 Style: Ambient, Drone, Experimental Ionophore – Sinter Pools
Ionophore is the project of the SF Bay Area/London-based multi-instrumentalists Leila Abdul-Rauf, Jan Hendrich, and Ryan Honaker. The trio weaves dark electronics and neoclassical soundscapes with heavy drones, seamlessly melding the orchestral strings of Honaker, the horns and voice of Abdul-Rauf, and electronic manipulations of Hendrich. Working closely with mastering magician Myles Boisen (known for his work with Angelo Badalamenti, John Zorn, Fred Frith), the result is an entrancing original sound, combining cinematic tones with beat-driven, ethereal ambience. A genre-bending and highly creative album that embodies the more adventurous and forward thinking nature of what Malignant Antibody was designed to release.
