Like a rift into a terror dimension come to life, Nibiru's Hypóstasis uses whatever means necessary to bring forth their dark, vile, industrial ritual. Their bleak and terrifying soundscapes will darken the brightest days with the six pieces on Hypóstasis securing their place in the blackened pantheon of extreme, ritual industrial. Oftentimes part of the ritual, and other times playing witness through scrying glass caked in distortion and reverb, the listener is taken on a journey through horror, pain, fear, and despair, but in the darkest and most wonderful ways.

Dark Dreams finds über-fan Nick Cato doing a deep dive into his favourite film of all time-  the grim and sleazy 1981 slasher Nightmare( aka Nightmare In A Damage Brian). The just under A4-sized full colour book is released by the UK’s Headpress.

Placebo (პლაცებო) is a two-track album from  Mtskheta, Georgia‘s Owners Of Knowledge, who create a distinctive blend of walled noise, dense ambience, and field recordings. 

From Turkey’s The Crude, here’s a just over twenty-minute example of walled noise focused on furry felines. The ‘wall’ is a rumble ‘n’ roll-based affair, which does offer up quite a comfortable and calming vibe.

Director Heidi Greensmith crafts a short and polished thriller from Nuala Ellwood’s 2017 dark psychological novel. But it’s a story that could have done with more than a meagre 82 minutes to hit home its themes of trauma and the sins of the past.

Steven Halpern is a Grammy-nominated American New Age musician. He released his first solo album in 1976 and has built an impressive catalogue of titles since then. He started his music career in New York, playing trumpet and guitar before moving to California during the late 60s, where he developed the idea that he would like to create music purely for the purpose of relaxation. He possesses the long-held belief that music can heal and classifies himself as a suburban sonic shaman. On the back cover of Music for Microdosing, his music is compared to “a tuning fork for the mind, body and soul” that will heighten the listener’s “receptivity to insights, inner guidance and creativity.”