I should have called it ages ago. Miasmah Records are quickly becoming one of the most interesting labels in the small world of dark ambient. And while the genre is slowly edging its way into the foreground of mainstream internet attention through the channels of The Haxan Cloak and Raime, Miasmah are supporting a world, […]

It was with the release of 2011′s “Grimoire” that Kreng stamped an important mark on the dark ambient genre. Based almost entirely on the convincing sampling of classical string music, the album renotched the ambient bar one level higher, seeing the strengthening of a growing movement to create dark ambient purely out of classical sounds, […]

Inner Vision Laboratory is Karol Skrzypiec’s place for experiments in the fields of dark ambient and industrial. If I remember correctly, the project has been around since somewhere around 2005. During its existence, I.V. Lab realised a decent amount of solo records, few very interesting collaborations and of course were included in a number of compilations. What I […]

Martial Neo-classic. It’s been a while since I’d heard anything good from this sub-genre. Winglord’s “The Chosen One” comes to mind. These type of releases are too few and far between, in my opinion. Stricta Doctrina is a one man effort, begun in 2010. The rise and fall of empires, and the eventual return to […]

I was fortunate indeed to receive both of Winglord’s full length albums on the same day. I spent nearly 3 weeks soaking up their debut, “Heroica”. An absolutely stunning work, to be sure. But then, that was 2010. What would the secong album, “The Chosen One”, from 2012 bring? The answer is simple. Greatness. As […]

Having maintained a healthy interest in learning how to play musical instruments stemming from his playing of the accordion as a child that fortunately for us extended into his adult years, Miro has nurtured this interest in music by never being complacent doing just one thing, and more recently has decided to take up the piano, […]

The last time that we were able to sit down and write about the music of Dakota Suite was the incredible collaboration with Frenchman Quentin Sirjacq, “The Other Side of Her Inexhaustible Heart” — a double-disc effort on Glitterhouse Records that reached a height of emotive expression that is rarely achieved by any artist and […]

I remember a time when nearly unlistenable cds of gimmicky nu-metal and corporate monopop cover songs whose best quality was generally the incongruity between the songs of their target group and the anonymous studio string quartets hired to play them were plague and bane of the bargain bins in the local record stores. However, I […]

Recorded live at the University of York, one woman and a cello was all it look to make this album. Iceland’s Hildur Guðnadóttir will most likely ring bells with the Heathen Harvest readership for her work in Throbbing Gristle and Scandinavian experimental/electronic ensemble “múm”, but here she is alone in another of her solo efforts. […]

Written by:  Bryan Babylon Artist: Svarrogh + Défilé Des Âmes + Àrnica Title: South European Folk Compendium Label: Ahnstern Catalogue: Ahnstern37 Genre: Dark Ambient/ Modern Classical/ Neofolk Tracklisting: 01 Défilé Des Âmes– The Banner Of Vanity 02 Svarrogh – The Wheel Of Dazhbog 03 Àrnica – Lligueu Les Bésties 04 Àrnica – Marxa Dels Camperols […]