For the Innermost

Artist: Brooddark Album: Deliro Label: Winter-Light Release date: March 2026 If there's one thing I appreciate in a (relatively) new artist above all else, it's the spirit of iconoclasm. It takes a lot of courage to release one's music out into the already saturated dark ambient world, but a great deal more to do so without simply trying (and often failing) to make music in the same vein as the genre forefathers or one's direct influences. Brooddark, the alias of the talented

Artist: The Black Monolith Album: Pleroma Label: Self-released Release date: December 2025 I have had the pleasure of reviewing The Black Monolith's work twice already over the previous 18 months, and before I knew it, we were treated with yet another full-length release by this prolific Greek artist. Well, take the full-length part with a pinch of salt, considering that more than half of this album is composed of standalone tracks released on various compilations and other