Aesop Rock - I Heard It's A Mess There Too

Surprise and free album from Aesop Rock? Yes, please! Well, free-ish, it was available for a couple of days, before the files were replaced with 'buy now' link. "I Heard It's A Mess There Too" is fun, approachable and surprisingly catchy. It takes me back to the backpack rap era - not the Def Jux style, but rather the more funky, boom-bappy hip-hop. Apparently the whole project started off as a one-line that couldon't leave Ian's head, and slowly evolved into this fully fleshed out project. Dope.

Support A-Rock here and order physicals here. Digital version is currently available here.

The Implicit Order - Ember In The Dark

The Implicit Order kills on this one. "Ember In The Dark" starts as a creepy, lo-fi harsh noise wall, and half way through evolves into an angelic ambient theme before coming down crashing into the noise dirge from the beginning. Not sure if this will be re-released somewhere at the later date, but you can stream it here.

Human Hollow - Eraser

"Eraser" is Human Hollow's new horror-themed EP that came out just a few days ago. I blogged about the singles "Playind Dead" and "Delgado" a while back, so it's great to get the full set all in one place. The dark, season-appropriate themes fit the music - HH's sound is more gothic and EBM-flavoured, which matches the lyrics and delivery. The opening song "Puppy Love" should be a total jam for all fellow 80s slasher fans!

Buy the EP here and stream it in full down below.

Sad Madona - August Underground

Sad witch house tune for the autumn season, Sad Madona does not disappoint. Beautiful song, download here.

The Serfs - Cold Hand In Mine

Surpise 2-track single from The Serfs via Future Shock - both sides couldn't be different! "The Work (Never Ends)" is an amazing piece of electro slab. Free download here.

Arsenic Tongue - Frozen Grief

Cold and desolate ambient drone piece from Arsenic Tongue. Perfect for the autumny weather outside, especially if you feel like a stroll down the cemetary. Download here.

The Implicit Order - Revenant Echoes

Six essentials from The Implicit Order's discography, fleshing out his most horror-leaning productions composed over the years. Dark ambient, industrial, drone and a plethora of creepy samples - "Revenant Echoes" is a perfect soundtrack for the end of October. Incredible stuff from start to finish, out now on Bone Valley.

Order 3" CDR here, and stream the EP down below.

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Zombie rave is back for the Halloween season! The video promotes the upcoming album "Zombie Rave H25 - Zombie City", which should be up for pre-order on October 27th. Peep it here.

Ourobonic Plague - Verdegoria: A Green Annex Meditation

"Verdegoria: A Green Annex Meditation" is Ourobonic Plague's latest long-form sound sculpture. Built from marbled ambient textures, Nick manages to capture the full spectrum of the genre - from cosmic drone, through dark and gloomy ambient and bass, to more cinematic synth soundscapes. Check it out here.

Scattered Purgatory, Dis Fig - Diaspora

Now this is a collab I wasn’t expecting to see - Taiwanese drone-rockers Scattered Purgatory have enlisted Dis Fig's vocals for their new doomed trip-hop single "Diaspora". It sounds like the intro to a nu-metal track that's evolved into a fully fleshed-out song - I know it may sound odd, but it actually works. You can stream and buy the track here.

Melancholic Crossroads - Alice In The Mirror

The new EP from Melancholic Crossroads "Alice In The Mirror" is giving serious Aural Sects vibes. Think Peachblack and Spell Hound, heavy dancefloor-leaning potentialm returining to the house in witch-house.

Buy/download here, and stream all four tracks below.

New Romantics - Low Stakes

"Low Stakes", the new single from New Romantics, sounds like the most 80s thing ever, created with Halloween vibe in mind. The track promotes his upcoming album "No Life" that will come out on 13th of December. You can pre-order the vinyl here.

Arsenic Tongue - Centurion

Twenty-two minutes of powerful harsh noise wall from Arsenic Tongue. "Centurion" sounds like all three dimensions of this world are simultaneously collapsing around you. Download for free here.

Primitive Gauze - Witch Of Mirrors

Primitive Gauze returns to Hibernian Leather with "Witch Of Mirrors", a dark ambient tape cosisting of two suites filled with late-night drones and noisy soundscapes. Solid aural warm-up for the Halloween season.

Buy the tapes here, and stream the album below.

Morgue File - 01-12

Morgue File's "01-12" compiles the first three cassette demos, originally released via his bandcamp in 2023. This collection serves as a perfect introduction to Daniel's morbid ambient and minimal noise electronics. Best consumed at night, on headphones, and in one sitting. Incredibly atmospheric death music.

Stream the whole collection below, and cop the digital version here.

Candle Ea†er - ||Praxis||

"||Praxis||", the new album from Candle Ea†er may be his best one so far. The record opens with the dark ambient track "Sleep", which serves as a dystopian scene-setter for the huge industrial-techno anthem "Obsidian Blood" that follows - that injection of sonic adrenaline is simply amazing. As we reach the middle part of the album, starting with "Hollows", the mood shifts towards more possessed and horror-inspired sound, really fleshing out the witch-house style that channels Dario Argento's films. "Praxis" doesn't stop there though - it constantly evolves as tracks move from one to another, rotation tempos, subgenres and moods. This one will definitely have a lot of replay value going forward. Recommended!

Cop the album here and stream all the tracks down below.

Animal Lust - You Are Not Welcome Here

New offering from Animal Lust is a study of primal instincts told through industrial noise, power electronics and harsh noise wall. Occasionally featuring ungodly samples, the album is a fucking wrecking ball to one's peacefull evening. Raw and loud.

Download here. Stream below.

Pure Bliss - Stay

Beauty and Loneleff dropped their first single as Pure Bliss a few months back and then went quite for a while. Luckily, yesterday "Stay" dropped unnanounced, and made me hyped up again for their collaboration. Although the track is super short and in a way feels like a build-up before something bigger, it's still a pure bliss to listen the them two. Love it. Stream here.

New Mexican Stargazers - Live 10-6-25

Brand new live album from NMS, released as a free gift to all Bandcamp subscribers. If you follow his account, you should have acces to the community section, where Carter is sharing download codes for it. It's a lo-fi collage of sounds from across the sonic universe, rooted in his vapor-psychedelia. Because the album is "hidden", I cannot link it here for streaming.

Hemorrhage Therapy - Vessel

Hemorrhage Therapy duo are back with a 20-minute long noise mayhem, split across two tracks released on cassette tape. Side A delivers harsher, more in-your-face power electronics noise - mindfuckery without borders or rules, pure hardcore. Side B on the other hand, channels a calmer harsh noise wall that contrasts nicely with the previous experience.

Stream the EP (?) below, and cop the tapes here. I was told only 23 copies were made.

Smokey Emery - Stairs To The Air

First of four new Smokey Emery albums being released through October. Dark ambient with industrial tint. Buy the album here.

Osaki Seiichi - In The Footsteps Of A Lost Book Hidden In The Jungle Temple

Osaki Seiichi is an ambient composer from Japan, whose previous album "The Tale of a Long Forgotten Sunken City" enchanted me with its alluring underwater themes. Just a couple of days ago, his second record, "In the Footsteps...", was released on Bandcamp, taking the listener on a hiking journey through Japanese hills and valleys, populated by delicate ambient soundscapes and nature-based field recordings. While it may not be as strong as its predecessor, this album still offers a soothing pampering session for the mind. Enjoy.

Download the album for free here.

Silver Tears - Silver Tears

Silver Tears is the new band by Berlin-based musicians Curses and Skelesys. Their self-titled debut was released earlier this month by Avant! Records and should appeal to everyone hungry for solid, gothic-tinted darkwave and post-punk. I don't want to diminish Skelesys' input on this album, but it seriously sounds like the follow-up to "Incarnadine" I've been waiting for. It's not as good, but the vibe is totally there. It's been on repeat almost every day since I discovered it.

Buy the album on CD and vinyl here. Stream below.

Banal Minutiae - Lorentz4

Banal Minutiae posted a couple new tracks on his Soundcloud, "Lorentz4" being my favourite. Incredibly cinematic and atmospheric synth piece that gradually picks up tempo with the addition of the drums - the whole thing feels like an intro to a 80s style movie featuring Tom Cruise. Stream here.

STRFLL - Untitled

STRFLL's four-track EP arrived at the end of Summer 2025, following the acclaimed debut album "In Memoriam". It’s probably their most hip-hop-leaning release in a while, packed with fat beats and heavy bass.

Buy the EP here, and stream it below.

Ghost Cop - A Shot In The Dark (Houses Of Heaven Remix)

Oakland's Houses of Heaven remixed Ghost Cop's single "A Shot In The Dark", delivering a sick EBM take to the already tek-leaning single. Everything, from the drums and synths to the surprising tambourine, is perfect. Buy it here.

NonCanonDeath - Sleep Within Me

NonCanonDeath, also known as Cazvra, is an experimental electronic producer from Indiana whose project oscillates between noise-ambient and lo-fi beats. "Sleep Within Me" is his debut album for Language Instict, where it found home for its grainy textures and desolate soundscapes.

Download "Sleep Within Me" here. Stream it below.

Tess Conway & The Implicit Order - Western Plains

Tess Conway and The Implicit Order joined forces to create this late-night ambientgaze single "Western Plains". It drifts somewhere between the realm of dreams and the edge of a moonlit lake, where the sounds of nature gently weave into a soundscape that is both blissful and slightly eerie. The track will appear at some point on Anthony's upcoming compilation "Singles 4". In the meantime, you can download and stream this collaboration here.

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Sister Faith is most probably yet another alias of CDX. Here, he remixes one of my favourite tracks of 2025, lifted from MSV's "Cinemagoria" album, giving it a psychedelic italo spin. This track, along with six other edits, can be now found on the remix album "Cinemagoria - The Vogue Witch Remixes", which you can download here.

Dijit - Wisswass

Egyptian prince of murky trip-hop is back with a new album, "Wisswass". Released by Accidental Meetings, Dijit continues here his flawless streak of atmospheric music that manages to curiously stroll through the time vortex, take cues from the esoteric past, and blend them with modern production that's rooted in URL-electronica, alt-pop and hip-hop. Unique and special.

Order the vinyl here (I have no idea how did the manage to produce them at this price!). Stream the album below.

Mary Shelley - Arsonist's Lullaby

Mary Shelley returns with "Arsonist's Lullaby", out today in digital format via Vertigo Cult and as a limited 3" CDR edition from Bone Valley. This deathly strain of dark ambient pushes her sound to the outermost edges of her career, channelling buried sins and the shadows of the unknown. Layers of industrial experimentation, gritty noise, and cinematic drones collapse into each other, summoning eerie echoes from beyond the grave.

Download the EP here, order the CD here, and stream the whole thing below.

Bflores - In Absence Outtakes

Bflores has shared on his Soundcloud account a rather amazing expansion pack to the "In Absence" EP, which came out a few months back on Vertigo Cult. While tagged as 'deep house', the two-track outtakes release offers so much more - "7:51" sounds like a strange (but dope) bastard child of Hype Williams and Burial, while "Lights" brings some late-night minimal vibes into the house mix. Brillian stuff. For now, it's stream only, check it out here.

Sad Madona & Flawless Issues - 913

Franco-German collaboration between Sad Madona and Flawless Issues is a unique project that can't shake off the witch house label - in the best sense possible. The thumping beats, punchy synths, dark atmosphere looming in the background, and the iconic keys all make this track a brilliant listen that will appeal to witchy dancefloor fans. Stellar single, and free to download too! Check here.

Humanfobia - Orbs In My Room

Illuminated Paths has just released a new album from the Chilean powerhouse Humanfobia, entitled "Orbs In My Room". It is spooky business through and through, further deepening their haunted lore with Japanese references, sample flipping, and atmosphere building. The second half of the album really resonates with me - I'm especially digging the uneasy soundscapes and obscure sound collages.

The album is out on limited tapes available here. Stream all the tracks below.

Dancing In Slow Motion - Empire Of Dirt

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Dancing In Slow Motion was kind enough to put together a mixtape for the Mutant Zones mix series, unleashing 23 minutes of screwed-and-dragged goodies from across the musical spectrum. This one's for the fans of those old SALEM tapes. Download and stream the mix here.

Milliken Chamber - Hyperphantasia

LA duo Milliken Chamber (Kevin Czarnik and Anna Schmidt) return with a new album after a six-year break. It feels odd writing about them here for the first time, as I've felt like I've been following them for ages. Their new record "Hyperphantasia" delivers their signature melodic yet minimal coldwave sound, drawing inspiration from synthwave, gothic new wave, and EBM. A genuine pleasure to listen to.

Buy the album here, and stream all the tracks below.

Dead Hands - Haunt Me

Noise artist Dead Hands returns with a new single "Haunt Me" - 4 minutes and 40 seconds of cosmic ambient and noise, love it. Buy it here.

Nod Racing - Crisis Actor EP

Nod Racing is a newcomer to the UK witch house scene, reportedly based in Manchester according to Bandcamp tags. His five-track debut EP "Crisis Actor" is a strong introduction to his style, which is partly inspired by UK bass and electro dance. Undercurrents of wobbly bass and hip-hop beats propel most of the tracks, giving them a distinct flavour that grabbed me straight away. Solid stuff from beginning to end. Check it out.

Cop the EP for a fiver here, and stream it below.

Human Hollow - Delgado

Austin and Lucia are back, this time in their darkest incarnation so far. "Delgado" is a radical industrial/EBM single that manages to bring something fresh to the table without losing their identity. Love this! The 3-track single also includes an instrumental, and an experimental remix from Austin's side project Nomenclature.

Get the single here and stream all three tracks down below.

Animal Lust - Welcome To The Displeasuredome

Crushing power electronics from Austria. Animal Lust came onto the scene this year, and has been dropping EPs and collaborative splits like crazy. "Welcome To The Displeasuredome" is his second release, there's something in his music on this project that really draws me in. All free to download, so give this dude a check.

Download the EP here.

Hemorrhage Therapy - Unerve[d]

Short and sweet heavy noise transmissions from this duo based in Bremerton, Washington called Hemorrhage Therapy. Walls of crushing noise will consume your brain while listening to this on high volume, sick release.

Cop it for one dollar here. Stream below.

Vear - It's Hidden In The Dirt

Vear is an occult ritual noise project based in Adelaide, which I recently came across on the noise subreddit. His latest record, "It's Hidden in the Dirt", is inspired by the film The Blair Witch Project and serves as a atmospheric sonic sequel to the cult horror classic. Ritual drones are drenched in an eerie layer of noise that seeps through the cracks of the speakers like a dark ambient fog. An amazing folk record for seekers of morbid adventures.

You can cop the visual album on limited VHS here. Stream the album below.

C. Moore Laufman - Complete Works: '22 - '25

So this one may be a bit confusing, because last year we got "...mÿ pe@ce i 1eave y#u", which compiled a bunch of singles and an EP into one package, only to be deleted and reposted yesterday with two extra songs as "Complete Works: '22 - '25". The previously unreleased tracks "Queen Mab (Romeo Edit)" and "5G" add an extra layer to Christopher's folk repertoire - brilliant as always.

Get it here, and stream the whole compilation below.

Exsufflation - Awaiting Eternity

Sitting at the intersection of witch house and hip-hop is "Awaiting Eternity" - the latest EP from Exsufflation. Following "Heresy" on Vertigo Cult, this new project leans into catchy, mellow beats that feel like they'd work well with vocals layered on top. Still, it's the energetic "Skin" that really stands out here. Overall, it's a decent release, but I think Rob has the potential to push things even further.

Grab the record here and stream it down below.

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Heavy, heavy stuff.

Pictureplane - Weeping Sky

"Weeping Sky" is the new single from Pictureplane, promoting his upcoming album "Sex Distortion", which should see the light of the day in November. Chill, synthwave track with pop appeal. Rad, DL here.

Field Designer - Hello Stranger

Language Instinct sees the return of Field Designer with his new album "Hello Stranger". Six ultra-textured compositions that transcend ambient, drone and noise, settling comfortably into the realm of hypnagogia. Lush soundscapes for dream travellers.

Download "Hello Stranger" here. Stream it below.