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

Artist: Sphäre Sechs Album: Nebular Resonance Label: Loki Foundation Release date: March 2026 Dark ambient can be many things: a conduit to the innermost depths of one's soul, the claustrophobic passages of a catacomb, a portal to the other side of existence, or a journey across space and time to aeons long gone or perhaps those that are yet to come. However, more fundamentally, dark ambient is a haven of tranquillity and quiet reflection in the constant sensory bombardment o

Artist: Her Menacing Pet Album: A Woman Under the Influence Label: Self-released Release date: February 2026 It's not easy to be original in the field of dark ambient in 2026, but some releases manage that feat in more ways than one. Starting from the brilliant and evocative name, which conjures an entire image in just three short words, Her Menacing Pet is a prolific dark ambient project hailing from Minnesota which, despite existing only since 2023, has already released a h

Artist: Æscesi Album: Clausu'rah Label: Self-released Release date: October 2025 Monastic life and its quest for spiritual purity, perfection and ascension have been a feature of most major religions since the dawn of civilisation. Yet solitude and meditation have led many down paths not originally envisioned; stripping layers of reality and meaning can render visible uncomfortable truths and lead one to unorthodox conclusions. How many over the course of centuries have given