LUSTMORD Vinyl & CDs

Review: Brian Williams' Lustmord project has existed in different forms for over 40 years, though it's only in the last couple of decades - when it has become a vehicle for his solo work - that new musical missives have become a regular occurrence. On Much Unseen Is Also Here, the former industrial musician turned soundtrack composer once again showcases his mastery of pitch-black sonics, creepy soundscapes and horror-inspired dark ambient workouts. As you'd expect, the sound design is incredible - listen on good quality headphones for the ultimate listening experience - while Williams' penchant for throwing in suspenseful chords, billowing aural textures and unsettling vocalisations adds further layers of paganistic mystery.

Review: Alongside Visage, SOMA or Phasmophobia, perhaps one of the most original and storm-whipping horror video games to have been released in recent years is Scorn. The game takes after H.R. Giger's monstrous biotech vision to produce a horrifying take on the sci-fi-horror intersection, with hybrid organisms, bone guns and bloody viscera both in tow. It makes pretty damn good sense, then, to have Lustmord and Aethek, two titans of dark ambient, to produce this daring post-industrial hellscape of a half-foley, half-musical soundtrack LP.