For the Innermost

Artist: Nortfalke Album: Kauntloft Label: Heidens Hart Release date: May 2026 Any regular reader of this website will not be new to my love for Nortfalke, the mystical Dutch one-man project that's been releasing quality dungeon synth (or thereabouts) for more than a decade now. I simply love everything about it: the artistic approach, the use of near-extinct Dutch dialects for album and track titles, but most importantly, the willingness to experiment and go beyond the narrow

Artist: Gydja Album: Níu kom ek heima fyr Niflhel neðan Label: Winter-Light Release date: May 2026 In the current era of utter commoditisation of music and quasi-anonymous dark ambient works emerging in their dozens on the internet every month, coming across a new release of a mature, established artist feels almost soothing. Such is the case with Gydja, the main project of New Zealand-based audio-visual artist Abby Helasdottir, whose work I haven’t had the pleasure of review