TREHA SEKTORI : VESTIGIAL : DESIDERII MARGINIS ARCANA : HAVAN : SOPHIA There is something about Paris that makes it the perfect place for dark ambient. Maybe Cyclic Law knew this all along. The tall buildings, the grimy streets, the dark alleyways all give the city a sense of threat and uneasiness. There is an […]

Psichiatria Primo Piano Stefano Iannone, the haunter mastermind behind Spettro Family, takes us on an all-new journey. Psichiatria Priomo Piano revels in the heights of Italian symphonic progressive keyboard music; but despite this cassette being well within that sub-tradition, it also looks towards a far beyond future. Throughout the album, while manic shifts in style […]

Upon first listen, it might seem strange to call There is Light in the Body, there is Blood in the Sun a devotional album, but in many ways, that’s exactly what it is. Each song is an altar woven from tapestries of minor chords, voices, delicate drones and violent sprawls of sound, offered up to […]

As the world continues its routines, Heathen Harvest has been working on this second compilation in honour of the upcoming Walpurgisnacht. As the days brighten and the air warms, the final swansong of the dark beckons this 30th April. In celebration of this occasion Heathen Harvest brings you a compilation album to mark this sublime […]

.:.WINTERTIME IN SWITZERLAND.:. A Concert Report on Darkwood, Wappenbund and Stormfågel Live at the Sonorites Obscures 10th Anniversary Show Written by F.J.R. (Assisted by zG & friends) Photography by F.J.R. and Sergio G.M. _________________________ I had already read about the Neofolk-related events in Yverdon-Les-Bains, but had never been there. So when members of Wappenbund told […]

.:.THE HOLLOW WEDJAT.:. Interview with Acrimonious by Ankit ___ Black metal has witnessed a paradigm shift during the last decade with the emergence of the so-called ‘orthodox’ movement which largely redefined the genre’s essence. Rebellious anti-religious themes paved way for a spiritual and Gnostic outlook as many of these artists have strived for an artistic […]

Written by S. Hache. ___ Neofolk has always been an incredibly otherworldly music in my life. Coming from an extreme metal background, it is easy to feel like you have seen it all, and even done it all. It can be so easy to be over saturated with the furthest reaches of death and destruction […]

Eitarnora return with their signature style of Americana on Tall Grasses and Black Ash; classical guitar stylization woven sung poetry and masterfully crafted ambience. Guest appearances include Troy Schafer and Nathaniel Ritter of Kinit Her and Antonio Gallucci and Francesca Marongiu of Architeuthis Rex. Mastering is courtesy of Nathaniel Ritter. Due out this April on […]

The last time we interviewed Cyclic Law was back in the Summer of 2006, and a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. Heathen Harvest closed, reopened and we’ve come across hundreds of ambient albums from all over the world since. Meanwhile Frederic Arbour’s label has gone from strength to strength. In […]

Written by Raul A. Galerie Schallschutz The second day of the festival starts off with conspiratorial ambient electronics from Galerie Schallschutz. Two projection screens flank the stage, displaying acts of enhanced interrogation techniques, explorations of secret government bunkers, and various surveillance equipment. Sky busting super-weapons and extraterrestrial communication round out the overarching themes over the […]