For the Innermost

Artist: Sublimatio Mortis Album: Ghur Label: Cyclic Law / Dark Odyssey / Scarlet Kross Release date: October 2025 This sublime Canadian project (if you'll excuse the pun) should be a household name to all readers of this website by now, not least because of the fact that over the past year or so I have already reviewed both their stellar sophomore album and the follow-up EP , both of which positioned Sublimatio Mortis as one of the essential names to keep an eye out for in

Artist: Kaarlo Herden & IT904 Album: Travelogue Label: Self-released Release date: January 2026 2025 was a very fruitful year in terms of collaborations, so I was more than happy to stumble upon a curious new one (or rather, it stumbled upon me) at the very start of 2026. Kaarlo Herden & IT904 are pseudonyms of two Italian musicians with a background in various musical genres, although this is their first bona-fide dark ambient release. I admit that I was unaware of any of t