Tombspire exists on the more soundtrack-ey, Berlin School side of the Dungeon Synth ContinuumTM, that place conveying a 1970s grimdark soundtrack feel. There is a spacey quality to the synths as they pulse out into the void, seeking something to bounce off of, that weird post-modernist, retro-futurist sound that would be just at home in […]
Tag: Dark Ambient
Mattesque – “Never Safe, Forever Gone” (2025)
I first met Mattesque at Bíó Paradís, a movie theater in Reykjavik, Iceland, which admittedly is an odd place for an American and a Canadian to connect. Odder still is that we (and our wives) had a weird relationship-not-a-relationship that stretched back a number of years thanks to Iceland Airwaves and the four of us […]
Hekla – “Turnar” (2025)
Hekla is Hekla Magnúsdóttir, and Turnar is, I believe, her fourth full-length album. Known for her theremin playing, Turnar sees (or perhaps more precisely hears) her adding layers to her music, strings and church organs giving her otherworldly compositions a new layer of sombre depth. It’s a far cry from my first encounter with her […]
Woid / Mondernte – “Woid / Mondernte” Split Cassette (2024)
I’ve been following Mondernte since the release of her debut cassette RÅ in 2020, captivated by her unique blend of dark ambient and black metal that she describes on Bandcamp as “aural Luciferian witchcraft”. It took a bit of effort but I was finally able to acquire all five of her tapes, the most recent […]