It’s a great week for fans of dark underground music: a lot of new records have just dropped. I haven’t had time to listen to everything from start to finish yet, but I’ll do my best to pull together our usual weekly list of recommendations.
With the exam period approaching, I unfortunately have less time to cover new releases. Still, you can expect a few short reviews, and I’m also working on some bigger things — the first interviews are coming to Hypogeum! The debut one will be with Entrópia Architektúra, a Hungarian band whose genre-defying rock I can’t help but think of as ritual. If for no other reason, just so I can include them here…
But now, let’s get back to our usual dark ambient releases.
Welcome to Unearthed #10. In this week’s recommendation: TeHÔM remixes, The Grey Lake, Insectarium & The Black Monolith and others.
Here’s the latest Mixcloud set for the long autumn nights, and the cold days, too. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, enjoy the warmth and sunshine, but don’t miss the great music from Peter Bjärgö, Svartsinn, Aindulmedir, TROUM, and more.
Let’s start this week’s column with a bang: the re-release of And The World Will Perish In Flames by DAYOFWRATH is an uncompromising black industrial album. According to the label, it “is a descent into pure Black Industrial, raw, hostile, and apocalyptic” – and I have nothing more to add.
I’m a bit late introducing Trepaneringsritualen’s new album, but it’s not to be missed. A Diadem of Fire doesn’t disappoint – the unmistakable mix of metallic percussion, distorted growls, and screeches never fails to impress me. Hopefully, it will do the same for you.
Ghur is a new album from Sublimatio Mortis, a Canadian duo consisting of Chris of Undirheimar & Mo Masaya de Kemet. Recommended for fans of slow, subterranean soundscapes, drones, and throat singing.
For those looking for something more melodic and melancholic, check out An Expression Of A Poetry That Was Lost by MOLJEBKA PVLSE. This record has it all: warm drones, fading melodies, and an aura of mystery. My personal favorite of the week.
Continuing with another melodic release, Memory of Light from Starterra is a new album by Chris Bryant (S1gns Of L1fe), taking you on a galactic journey with cinematic space ambient tracks.
Cryo Chamber recently released another compilation, Tomb of Iconoclasts. Featuring both well-known artists and new names, it’s well worth a listen.
Another recent release is Ashes by Lambwool. Inspired by the artist’s experiences in Ukraine following the outbreak of war, it uses field recordings from news reports to create a deeply personal and unsettling album.
Finally, another entry from my ever-growing list of albums to explore: Lost Within Loss by God Body Disconnect. Thirteen melancholic soundscapes, sometimes half-buried under dense textures and huge reverberations. Perfect for a rainy November evening.
The Halloween special from Mark O’Shea, featuring Dahlia’s Tear, Grey Frequency, Raison D'être, and more.
This Is Darkness is back with a playlist for October.
Phobos Festival has been around for quite a while, but somehow I’d never managed to attend it until now. This year, my wife and I decided to change that. We packed up the car in Budapest and set off on a long road trip to Wuppertal for the event. Our first stop was Prague, where I couldn’t resist leaving a little trace of my presence in the form of a sticker.
Happy to share with everyone near Budapest that another great show is coming up: The Young Gods. One of the most iconic acts in the industrial scene will be performing at A38 on March 11, 2026. See you there!
From their website: “Hradby Samoty (Walls of Solitude) is a festival which focuses on audiovisual projects from genres such as dark ambient, dark folk, drone, industrial and noise.”
The festival will take place in Bratislava on November 14–15. Lineup:
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Nacht Radio Show 2025. 10. 02. – The usual weekly mix from Mark O’Shea including Pavor Nocturnus, Ugasanie, Tineidae & Sole Massif, Onasander and others.
The Kult of O dark ambient – Oneirich brings you an hour-long mix of Inade, Atrium Carceri & Herbst9, Umbrarum Tenebrae and more this week.
Apocryphos' 2016 album, Stone Speak, explores the cultic spaces of death. It mixes recordings made in cemeteries and ghost towns with slow, deep drones and ambient elements.
Brooddark's first solo album, Overvoltage, is out now. It features futuristic, industrial drones and a dark, soundtrack-like, powerful sci-fi sound.
For those who like a more melancholic, dreamy sound, I recommend the album Night Moss by Teahouse Radio and Skeldos (Pär Boström and Vytenis Eitminavičius).
A similar style is Ronny Engmann and Karina Dorin's album Never Sleep Again, a dark/deep ambient based on vocals and experimental soundscapes.
Finally, I want to recommend an album that sits a little outside the usual Hypogeum territory. Still, with Pär Boström’s name attached, readers can be sure the music — sometimes edging into winter or dungeon synth — will resonate here. I’ll wrap up this week’s recommendation with Star Lore (2023), from Boström’s project Aindulmedir.
Along with the cool and rainy autumn days comes the third Hypogeum mixtape, featuring music that fits the gloomy mood from The Haxan Cloak, ProtoU, Raison d'Être and many others.