…a multi-hued crawl of ambient textures, with constant beds of drones, meanwhile resonant pads of guitar pedal slowly ebb and meander in and among the cascading waves of the soundscapes.
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Industrial pulses that blend into an organic bed texture… with its kinetic analog pounding gives a martial feel to the ethereal pads, and each subsequent track helps to construct this environment in the listener’s mind; this subterranean refuge of machinery constantly thrumming in the background of these caverns and grottoes of the sanctuary.
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Usually… we, the listeners, are treated to sinister drones and barely audible stabs and percussions… Crypthios refreshingly changes this paradigm with Vestigium, and rather than bestowing us with tenebrous wind and descanted, reverbed field recordings, we are treated with gentle, meandering pads and more introspective, organic notes.
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This is a chiptune dungeon synth romp which propels you through the environment, while the underlying layers of strings and synths keep you well-grounded in the dungeon synth atmosphere. The tracks consist of melodies and sounds that merge between aggressive and mysterious, to lighter-hearted fare of gentle and passive tones.
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The industrial elements are nearly ever-present within the confines of the music, which is to be expected considering the persons involved, but the rhythms are subdued and carefully guided, never allowing the atmosphere to be broken. In all, this is an excellent, atmospheric sci-fi journey
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Six demigods of old are represented in this collection, with some familiar names, and some unknown, but the names of the composers on this album should not be unfamiliar, and for those who may be new to the dark ambient scene, or who have not heard the artists involved in this collection, this is definitely an excellent starting point.
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The easel of Metatron Omega is the canvas of eternity, and each song is a gentle wave of sound that caresses the consciousness further along the ebb of Time.
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This newest album takes us on a sojourn into the fantastical realm of dreams; into worlds and folds reality touched by faint memory, yet shaped by the subconscious, much the same way the music of Dead Melodies is presented.
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ProtoU’s layered sound design approach carries us along the currents of subconscious languor, with narrative hints of computer-aided artificial enhancement, maybe even consciousness storage, but just as the doldrum science fiction precis implies, the hypnotic droning from ProtoU lulls us into a quiet sense of submission, and we merely waft with the eddies of the textured pads.
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After five years the ring of salt around Yonkers, New York has been broken and the flames of hell are seeping back into a changed world. 2017 was the last time death metal four-piece Immolation cast their blistering curse on mortal ears.
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The listener will be guided through the cascades of imaginative synthscapes at a seemingly capricious gait, but Storonskyi is always in control… the exuberance of Klaus Schulze, but tampered with precision to the purpose of the atmosphere.
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Los Angeles : IT meets THE BABADOOK in director Talal Selhami’s ACHOURA, now available on DVD and Digital from Dark Star Pictures.
Following raves at Cinepocalypse, Brussels Fantastic Film Festival, Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival and more, North America gets to now witness the terrifying tale of a Moroccan legend.
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Issue five conjures ten tales from an eclectic selection of creators, ranging from lonesome voyages into haunted seas to portentous visions of futures that feel uncomfortably close. Come, stare into the dark with me, and let me tell you what I see.
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Planetary Adventures, the newest release by DMR publishing, brings together five tales from the golden age of science fiction in the same vein of the legendary John Carter of Mars and Captain Future that will transport you on adventures to worlds from across the universe.
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God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand, translated from the Japanese Kami no Hidari-te Akuma no Migi-te, is an anthology of five interconnected stories all centered around Sou Yamanobe, a young school boy plagued by nightmares. And what nightmares they are.
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Anthology Archeology is a new series here at M3 where I, your humble horror host, will guide you, the reader, through a smorgasbord of my personal favorite schlock. Not just any common cheese, mind you. I prefer a specific species - the short and sinister variety. The sort that slithered and seeped their way on to the bottom rack of the local video store and traversed their way into tape players by way of badass box-art and some eerie elbow grease
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DMR Books has traveled to the far corners of the Million Spheres and brought together a new collection of rare and overlooked works from some of the greatest writers of the sword-and-sorcery and heroic fantasy genres in their newest volume, Renegade Swords II.
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In British folklore, the Beast of Bodmin Moor, is a phantom wild cat rumored to live in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The Moor became a center of purported sightings after 1978, with occasional reports of slain and mutilated livestock
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DMR has joined forces with one of the most talented writers in the fantasy genre today, John R Fultz, in order to release a new collection of works that stands as a monumental example of some of the best modern works in the sword-and-sorcery, dark, and heroic fantasy genres today.
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Welcome back to Screentone Nightmares. Halloween is two days away and at this point I should be around 50 movies deep in my annual horror marathon. However, let’s carve out a bit of time for the printed page and take a look at another piece of Japanese terror.
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