This album is bursting with great songs and has an almost playful atmospheric amidst the doom. Trip Meadow is a mighty fine debut!

Each return visit reveals new details hidden beneath its surface, whether in the subtle interactions between the musicians, the carefully layered textures, or the gradual evolution of its sprawling soundscapes.

Years from now, when many records have faded from memory, this one will still be lurking in the shadows, daring listeners to enter its world once again.

This beautiful hymnal to the animal kingdom is one of the finest produced albums I think I have ever heard from the instrumental genre. Glorious.

These are stories where consequences linger, where revenge schemes twist into moral reckoning, and where every shadow feels alive.

From the rabid passion of Oathbreaker to the metal heft of Harakiri For The Sky, Stenahoria is a riveting collection of doom tinged progressive metal.

By choosing to go with the broader concept of recording ‘outside’, i.e., a regular, fully-equipped studio, Radford was able to hit on the sweet mood music spot that many other artists quite often miss.

This album isn’t a destination. It’s ignition. And whatever they launch next is going to be bigger, bolder, and even more gloriously unhinged.

Towers of Silence is a varied ride through post-metal, jazz and psychedelia, which holds together far better than this description would suggest.

It is smooth jazz that involves both things involved in the term itself – jazz and smooth (as silk).

Red Kite are fully back in action, and they’ve cranked the voltage straight into the heart of the jazz community. The result is a wild, immersive ride, one that reminds you exactly why this band matters.

Bathypelagic have made a crushing start to their recorded output and this is a band with a bright future amongst the darkness.

With its cosmic dread and dystopian imagery, Phideaux has crafted a vision of 2026 that feels both terrifying and irresistible.

Such music, and that includes Lumiere, is the one that deserves this expanded treatment; quite a few other albums don’t.

Instrumentally, Thelen delivers once again. He exchanges ideas with his collaborators in a way that elevates every theme, every texture, every moment.