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Pitchfork 03:36 PM

Ethel Cain Made a Song for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf

Ethel Cain Robert Eggers Robin Carolan Aaron Taylor-Johnson Willem Dafoe

Treble Yesterday

Stephen O’Malley on drone, wonder and silence

Stephen O’Malley Sunn O))) Greg Anderson Zwerm

5 articles Yesterday

Blood Incantation Meshuggah Testament Mogwai Electric Wizard

Blabbermouth, Consequence of Sound, Exclaim! +2

Scholomance Webzine Yesterday

Vindsval (BLUT AUS NORD) dévoile les détails et un teaser de son nouveau projet NΩX

Blut aus Nord Vindsval

Kerrang! Oct 26

Watch Chelsea Wolfe bring out Courtney LaPlante, Shirley Manson and Nine Inch Nails’ Robin Finck at Los Angeles show

Chelsea Wolfe Courtney LaPlante Shirley Manson Nine Inch Nails Robin Finck Spiritbox Garbage Tribulation

Metalorgie Oct 26

MZ.412 – The Nar Mattaru Curses (Digital/CD Album – Cold Spring)

MZ.412 Pouppée Fabrikk

2 articles Oct 23

Nine Inch Nails Residente Chris Cornell Soundgarden Trent Reznor El Estepario Siberiano

Consequence of Sound

Louder Sound Oct 23

John Carpenter picks the records that changed his life

John Carpenter Blue Öyster Cult The Beatles Roy Orbison Four Tops The Doobie Brothers The Beach Boys

Side-Line Oct 23

raison d’être’s ‘Requiem for Abandoned Souls’ gets its first vinyl pressing

raison d’être

Progressive Rock Journal Oct 21

[News] Messa unveil live video for “The Dress” from their performance at Freak Valley Festival 2026

Messa Virgin Prunes Killing Joke Mercyful Fate Jimmy Page The Sound Boy Harsher

Side-Line Oct 20

Lustmord – ‘Trinity’ (Digital – Lustmord)

Lustmord

Louder Sound Oct 19

How Street Fighter star David Dastmalchian channelled Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Deftones to get into the mindset of a villain

Tool Nine Inch Nails Deftones Nick Cave Joy Division John Williams Soundgarden The Offspring White Zombie

EARMILK Oct 19

Toronto creatives Jzy Jay, The Grey and odditie team up on nostalgic offering "Hear Me Now"

The Grey

Side-Line Oct 17

Ah Cama-Sotz’s ‘ACS.MFEST TRACKS 1999-2018’ reviewed

Ah Cama-Sotz Herman Klapholz Hypnoskull Synapscape

Paste Magazine Oct 17

20 years ago, Harmony in Ultraviolet catapulted Tim Hecker into mythic status

Tim Hecker Brian Eno

2 articles Oct 17

Erang Hole Dweller dungeontroll Wraith Knight Emperor

Invisible Oranges, Scholomance Webzine

Metalorgie Oct 17

Crowhurst Promise That “All We Have Is Now, All We Have Is Each Other” (Track Premiere)

Crowhurst Jay Gambit Executioner’s Mask Chelsea Wolfe Vital Remains Krallice

New Noise Oct 14

[Concours] Messa + The Night Eternal (Montreuil, La Marbrerie, 01/11/26)

Messa The Night Eternal

Pitchfork 03:36 PM

Ethel Cain Made a Song for Robert Eggers’ Werwulf

Ethel Cain Robert Eggers Robin Carolan Aaron Taylor-Johnson Willem Dafoe

5 articles Yesterday

Blood Incantation Meshuggah Testament Mogwai Electric Wizard

Blabbermouth, Consequence of Sound, Exclaim! +2

Kerrang! Oct 26

Watch Chelsea Wolfe bring out Courtney LaPlante, Shirley Manson and Nine Inch Nails’ Robin Finck at Los Angeles show

Chelsea Wolfe Courtney LaPlante Shirley Manson Nine Inch Nails Robin Finck Spiritbox Garbage Tribulation

Side-Line Oct 25

MZ.412 – The Nar Mattaru Curses (Digital/CD Album – Cold Spring)

MZ.412 Pouppée Fabrikk

Louder Sound Oct 23

John Carpenter picks the records that changed his life

John Carpenter Blue Öyster Cult The Beatles Roy Orbison Four Tops The Doobie Brothers The Beach Boys

Progressive Rock Journal Oct 21

[News] Messa unveil live video for “The Dress” from their performance at Freak Valley Festival 2026

Messa Virgin Prunes Killing Joke Mercyful Fate Jimmy Page The Sound Boy Harsher

Louder Sound Oct 19

How Street Fighter star David Dastmalchian channelled Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Deftones to get into the mindset of a villain

Tool Nine Inch Nails Deftones Nick Cave Joy Division John Williams Soundgarden The Offspring White Zombie

Side-Line Oct 17

Ah Cama-Sotz’s ‘ACS.MFEST TRACKS 1999-2018’ reviewed

Ah Cama-Sotz Herman Klapholz Hypnoskull Synapscape

2 articles Oct 17

Erang Hole Dweller dungeontroll Wraith Knight Emperor

Invisible Oranges, Scholomance Webzine

Invisible Oranges Oct 16

Crowhurst Promise That “All We Have Is Now, All We Have Is Each Other” (Track Premiere)

Crowhurst Jay Gambit Executioner’s Mask Chelsea Wolfe Vital Remains Krallice

Treble Yesterday

Stephen O’Malley on drone, wonder and silence

Stephen O’Malley Sunn O))) Greg Anderson Zwerm

Scholomance Webzine Yesterday

Vindsval (BLUT AUS NORD) dévoile les détails et un teaser de son nouveau projet NΩX

Blut aus Nord Vindsval

Metalorgie Oct 26

Gagne ta place pour Messa

Messa The Night Eternal

2 articles Oct 23

Nine Inch Nails Residente Chris Cornell Soundgarden Trent Reznor El Estepario Siberiano

Consequence of Sound

Side-Line Oct 23

raison d’être’s ‘Requiem for Abandoned Souls’ gets its first vinyl pressing

raison d’être

Side-Line Oct 20

Lustmord – ‘Trinity’ (Digital – Lustmord)

Lustmord

EARMILK Oct 19

Toronto creatives Jzy Jay, The Grey and odditie team up on nostalgic offering "Hear Me Now"

The Grey

Paste Magazine Oct 17

20 years ago, Harmony in Ultraviolet catapulted Tim Hecker into mythic status

Tim Hecker Brian Eno

Metalorgie Oct 17

[Concours] Messa + The Night Eternal (Montreuil, La Marbrerie, 01/11/26)

Messa The Night Eternal

Overview

Recent developments in the dark ambient genre include the release of MZ.412's 'The Nar Mattaru Curses' and Lustmord's 'Trinity', alongside a vinyl reissue of raison d’être's 'Requiem for Abandoned Souls'. Live performances and collaborations continue to draw attention, with Chelsea Wolfe joined by Courtney LaPlante, Shirley Manson, and Robin Finck in Los Angeles, and Messa releasing a live video from the Freak Valley Festival 2026.

Meshuggah announce 2027 North American 40th anniversary tour

Spanish Drum Virtuoso Performs Nine Inch Nails Song Upon First Listen

Erang Embraces a New Dark Age on “Medieval Noir”

Meshuggah announce 2027 North American 40th anniversary tour

Erang Embraces a New Dark Age on “Medieval Noir”

Spanish Drum Virtuoso Performs Nine Inch Nails Song Upon First Listen

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