I just noticed – and that’s a pity – that I did not write down my thoughts on the self-titled debut by Pillar Amongst Willows, which was released in very early 2025 via Centipede Abyss. But I’ll make it right up by reviewing the second release by this one-man project, called Kindred Odyssey, which got released as well via the Centipede Abyss label more or less one year after that nameless debut album.
Lux Sine Lumine, which is Latin for ‘light without light’, is a project by Eri Nthentropy aka Yydraah aka Ni (or just Nathalie, haha), the directing entity behind the unique Centipede Abyss community and partner of Pan Inentropy. She’s active in acts like Zvylpwkua, Act Of Entropy or Ukakuja (all Centipede Abyss combos) as well, for your (extremely important) information.
Amaethon is the Austin, Texas based solo-outfit by Jake Wayman, who’s part of the current Calcraft line-up as well (amongst some other great names, as former member, like Nahaya, Vesperian Shadow or Wolvenguard). With this new outfit, he did release two albums in the meantime. The debut, Exclusion Zone, was (quasi) totally written, recorded and performed by Jake himself.
Shorter review on an older release, yet written in dedication to the Noctivagant Collective; this one is for you, Phillip!
I will have this review brief and concise…
I suppose Alphaxone do not need any introduction anymore. This project, run by Iran-born artist Mehdi Saleh, is an extremely productive act, with tens of releases, both independently released, as well as via long-time partner Cryo Chamber, one of the most notorious labels when it comes to Cinematic Ambient Music in its most open-minded definition.
A short, concise one…
Short introduction… After Nightside Valkyries (early 2019; initially independently and digitally released, shortly after also physically issued via Naturmacht Productions) and The Ætheric Pathway (Spring 2022, also available via Naturmacht Productions), Firmament, an outfit by German musician J.K., return with a third full-length album, called Reveries Of A Forgotten Spirit, released via the very same unique label.
Hailing from the city of Kolkata (West Bengal, India), Infernal Diatribe are a horde that roams our planet for about a decade and a half in the meantime. After a first EP in 2016, called Videha Mukti (initially released by the Indian division of Transcending Obscurity Records), things went silent for quite a while. At the beginning of the current decade, the band was part of two splits, being one with Portuguese sweeties Sonneillon (2022) and one with Norway’s finest Moor (early 2023).
[since I promised to write a review for older releases by projects and / or artists and / or labels and / or distributors (etc.) that I do adore (personally and / or musically), I will finish this one. This one is for Krzysztof!]
O fallen corpses of slaves, your dream is your nightmare…
A swift introduction. The A Thousand Reasons project was formed fifteen years ago by some Simone Sut aka Zimon, who did have his musical roots within the Rock and Metal scene. He used to be, or still is, a permanent or session member in the likes of Overunit Machine, Goot, or Scarecrown (with that ‘n’ indeed).
