For the Innermost

The glorious year 2025 has finally drawn to a close, and I say glorious for objective and subjective reasons alike. Objective, because it was one of the best years for dark ambient in a long while, with a plethora of well-known scene names releasing excellent new albums after the relative lull of the post-COVID period, but also some notable newcomers making their mark. Subjective, because it was the first full year of operations for the resurrected For the Innermost, during w

Event name: Blåsvart Aften #1 7 Artists: Wasteland Transmissions (NO) / Vonbroten (NO) / Nortfalke (NL) / Mortifero (NL) Venue: Good Omens Location: Trondheim, Norway Date: 29th November 2025 Exactly 8 months to the day after the previous edition, I made my already customary November trip back to Trondheim for another edition of its legendary dark ambient gathering. Having spent the previous rowdy night in Copenhagen, where I had too much alcohol and too little sleep, I was