Lowlife - Lowlife

Download the EP here. Stream below.

Silverelys - Purity Party

Silverelys is an enigmatic vocalist and producer from the depths of Soundcloud, who debuted a couple of weeks ago on Vertigo Cult with "Purity Party". The album, unlike any other project on the label so far, is a collection of beats from a plenthora of producers, perfectly arranged, compiled and sang on by Silverelys. Most of the time, their vocals can lull you comfily into hazy heaven, oscilating between shoegazing lo-fi feel, etheral lightweighness and delicate innocence. The production credits boast ten names who delivered a selection of amazing beats, ranging from straigh-on witch house bangers to ambient-adjecent soundscapes - all perfectly compiled into a cohesive record that feels like it was crafted from scratch by one visionary. So good!

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

For Lunar Dust - Nothing Lasts Forever

Russian musician For Lunar Dust debuts on Vertigo Cult with the excellent EP "Nothing Lasts Forever". One could make the case that musically it inhabits the same club space as Edith Underground's "Heaven's Night", but is located on a different floor. The opening track "Temporary Heaven" lures you into a place both wonderful and strange with its sleepy noise-ambient soundscape, before the titular song's pulsing beats kick in. "Nothing Really Ends" is a radical acid techno joint that will wake up anyone getting too comfortable - definitely a highlight of the EP. The final two tracks serve as a textured ambient comedowns - ethereal echoes of blissful future ahead. Amazing release!

Download the EP for free here.

The Ceremonial Dagger - Morbid Curiosities

It's been a while! Vertigo Cult is back with a brand new EP from The Ceremonial Dagger, who disappeared from the Internet over 10 years ago without a word. I'm super stoked we can finally hear some new material from him! "Morbid Curiosities" delivers eight tracks grounded in the industrial and noise tradition, crafted with an old school witch-house spirit of DIY and collaboration. Pepsy delivered a bunch of samples that Dagz expertly flipped, chopped and mixed into his avantgarde take on the genre, blending noir witch house, hardcore kicks and layers of textured noise. Dope, geniune and gritty.

Download the EP for free here. Stream below.

3nz1o - No Going Back

Vertigo Cult is at it again. 3nz1o is a young Belgian producer who showed up on my radar thanks to STRFLL (who, by the way, contributed to the artwork for this EP). "No Going Back" is his first, fully fleshed-out EP that sounds like old school witch house with a modern edge. It is an amazing project from start to finish, Enzio manages to pull off uplifting vibes despite the genre's gloomy roots, and he sounds like a younger cousin of SALEM in a way. That first drop in "Wounded f4wn" is just beautiful. One to watch for the future!

You can download here, and stream it 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.

РэрϟЎ - Blood Ritual

РэрϟЎ's first EP "Blood Ritual" is Vertigo Cult's most hard-hitting release to date, unleashing swarms of inferno kicks fused to industrial exoskeletons. ▲NGST was the first producer to embrace the unholy fusion of hardcore and witch house back in 2010, but Pepsy takes it further with a more aggressive, minimalist approach to beat-making, laced with elements of techno and ambient. Grab a canister of gasoline, trace a pentagram on the floor, set it ablaze, and dance 'til dawn.

Download the EP for free here, and stream it below.

S3wer Dweller & House of Leaves - Shadows Under A Grim Atrophy

I've been a huge fan of horror scores and soundtracks ever since I played Alone in the Dark 3 on my PC back in the 90s, so this one hit home the moment I pressed play. S3wer Dweller and House of Leaves are two young producers out of Tennessee, whom I discovered thanks to Exsufflation (who also features on this EP). Conceptually, "Shadows Under A Grim Atrophy" sits somewhere between CRAVE's "Save Room" and the Silent Hill soundtracks. in a place occupied by discarded horror sound effects, forgotten dark ambient soundscapes, and forever-lost witch house beats. It's equally creepy and fun in its approach to the idea behind it. Love this.

The EP was released by Vertigo Cult, and as always can be downloaded for free here. Stream it below.

Frostburn - Torn Apart

Vertigo Cult's new signee is the Welsh witch house wunderkind Frostburn, who debuts with his new EP "Torn Apart". Repping the new wave sound, Frostburn's productions carry a lo-fi aura reminiscent of Vidchajj or Dancing In Slow Motion's instrumentals, bridging a generational gap between early SALEM-era drag and a more modern take on witch beats. Richly layered drums and deep basslines are at the forefront here, setting the scene for tales about murky back-alley dealings and cross-country journeys with no future in sight. Sick debut.

Download the EP for free here, and check it out in full below.

bflores - In Absence

Bflores is the alias of Austin-based electronic producer Ben Ford, who debuted on Vertigo Cult today with a captivating EP "In Absence". It's a short but powerful project that transported me back to the early 2010. Think oOoOO meets DJ Screw and The Caretaker - Ben manages to channel similar dragged trip-hop energy that has this uneasy and almost haunted mood. His tracks ebb toward witch house and vaporwave, but ultimately stay in their own little universe. Really digging this, especially "Looks" with it's Twin Peaks vs OG dubstep vibe.

The EP can be downloaded here, and streamed in full below.

Exsufflation - Heresy

After opening 2025 with the solid EP "Turning Point", Exsufflation returns with a new 5-track release on Vertigo Cult. "Heresy" marks another step in his steady artistic growth, further establishing a signature style that both pays tribute to the early years of the witch house scene and blends those influences with modern production techniques. The release grows more rewarding with each listen and Rob's ability for crafting catchy melodies shines throughout and leaves me excited for what's next for him. The three tracks at the heart of the EP ("Escitalopram", "Sort" and "Carm") are personal favourites - their energy, synth lines, and pounding beats are simply amazing.

Download the EP here, and stream it in full below.

Pharmacist - Votive Deposit

Vertigo Cult is back with a bang for 2025 with the new EP from Pharmacist. "Votive Deposit" marks his return after last year's excellent "Kill Everyone Now", delivering darker, ambient-leaning transmissions that push his sound into drone-heavy territory. Slowed-down dread marked by gritty textures and gluey synths seeps from the speakers like black tar. I blogged about "Ankh" and "Cement" before, but I just wanted to shine some light on "Gashshine" and "Blood" as well - they're simply amazing and Collin's vocals are hypnotizing. An incredible sonic dessert after the 2024 main course.

Download this EP here, and stream it in full down below.

Ourobonic Plague - Slop

Ourobonic Plague wrapped up 2024 with a full-length album for Vertigo Cult titled "Slop". Built on "sonic crumbs, sketches, loops, beats and field recordings", the record sounds like the bastard child of mutated alien-IDM, raw industrial-drone experiments and stripped to the bone beatmaking - all wrapped in a witch-house'y shroud of obscurity. The whole thing does feel like a soundtrack to a horror video game, stuff that CRAVE was doing on his "Save Room" LP, but OP twists his soundscapes more towards industrial, cold electronic territory.

As always, grab the album on Vertigo Cult bandcamp for free. Stream the album down below.

Beauty - Down In The Dirt

Vertigo Cult once again delives a devilishly amazing debut, this time from U.S. producer Beauty. "Down in the Dirt" EP offers a witchy take on Gucci Mane's back catalogue, a trend that SALEM started in 2009 - but Beauty takes it to another level. The opening track "Lifestyle" is easily one of the best singles of the year, flawless mix of witch, rap and club. The whole EP flows perfectly, with ill production that juggles between up-tempo and slow beats, all in sync with the processed vocals of Gucci. I was never a fan of GMane but Beauty made him sound sick, and actually inspired me to dive into his old albums. Do not sleep on this icy package.

Download "Down In The Dirt" here, stream it below.

Tracy Widdess - Ethereal Mischief

Tracy Widdess is a visual artist and experimental producer based in Vancouver, Canada. She is probably best known for her "brutal knitting" practise - her textile (art)works have been championed all over the internet for years."Ethereal Mischief" is defacto the first album offered by Vertigo Cult, and what a stunning record it is. Anxiously threading between dream and reality, the album consists of ten compositions that embrace drone, witch house, dark ambient and electroacoustic loops. Feels like an alternative soundtrack to Picnic at Hanging Rock. Dreamy stuff.

Download the LP here, and stream all ten tracks below.

Fl▲sh$i† - Dream Within A Dream

"Dream Within A Dream" is a retrospective EP from Spanish witch house producer Fl▲sh$i†, who back in 2011 debuted on the cult label Black Bus Records. This project, released by Vertigo Cult, collects seven of his archival compositions in a neat package that includes haunted pop transmissions, tribal chants, lo-fi synthwave, chiptune breakbeats, and haunted beats, all neatly wrapped in a witchy shroud. Back from the dead, not really, but it's a great reminder of a bygone era.

You can get the EP here, and stream it below.

Fl▲sh$i† - Cold Trance // video

Vertigo Cult is on a missing to bring back some of the forgotten names from the WH scene back to the limelight. Fl▲sh$i†'s "Cold Trance" video promotes his latest EP "Dream Within A Dream", which is now out on Bandcamp. Trippy clip matches the distorted single.

Dancing In Slow Motion - Severed

Dancing In Slow Motion's debut EP for Vertigo Cult "Severed" hits different. It's both ultra sad, nostalgic, hypnotic and, first and foremost, witch house to the core. "Amoxicillin" kicks off the project with it's half-lethargic, half-screwed beat, wonderfully backed by intelligible, reverberant vocals. As I wrote in my blog post about the video made for this track, this may be one of my favourite intros in a long while. "Nuffdat" is the heavy hitter here, with fast hi-hat matching its obscure vocals track. "Cry" is a ghost drone dirge that could've crawled out of Twin Peak's Black Lodge, while the closing song, "Again", tips its hat to SALEM's ingenuity with its drum patterns and processed slow singing. Absolutely stellar EP and one of my fav releases of 2024. Do not sleep on this one!

Download the EP here, and stream it all below.

STRFLL - Birds

I need to catch up with Vertigo Cult offerings on the blog, since my last review of Voodoo Crystals, the label put out 3 new EPs. The end of August saw the release of STRFLL's six-track epic "Birds". Sitting at the intersection of post-Fires in Heaven witch house revival and fuzzy, noise-drenched guitar riffs, the EP cements STRFLL's position as one of the most exciting underground producers at the moment. His ability to compose compelling melodies and blending them with abrasive, dark electronic music to create captivating songs and soundscapes gives him an edge over many of his contemporaries who are lagging way behind. Make sure to check out the video for the throbbing single "The Sun Ain't Gonna Heal No Wounds" or the end-of-the-world anthem "Gummo". The illest.

Grab the EP here, support the artist and get it directly from him here (with bonus tracks), or buy it on limited edition tape here.

Dancing In Slow Motion - Amoxicillin // video

One of my fav intros got a video treatment, with a triple horror story plotline. The single comes from the recent DISM EP for Vertigo Cult called "Severed", which you can get here.