This is a review of a compilation that was put out by Kalpamantra in the year of 2012 called "Krtrima Sprpha" and we will review the songs one by one.
Vortex brings us "Outland" a very dark and evil sounding ritualistic dark ambient song mixed in with some drone soundscapes.
Coph' Ante Tryr bings us "Seasur" a more atmospheric sounding dark ambient sound with some experimental sounding synths.
Next up is New Risen Throne with "My Light In The Dust, My Mind Within Mazes(v)" a very long and epic dark ambient/noise song with a great amount of drones being thrown into the music.
Next up is Sinke Dus with "Dawnscape" an instrumental dark ambient song that utilizes a great amount of drone sounding dark soundscapes that gives the music a very occult and ritualistic feeling.
Next up is Dahlia's Tear with "Entrance To Dreamsphere" a very dark and occult sounding ambient/drone song which is long and epic in length which also incorporates spoken word parts.
Next up is Therradaemon with "Mene" a very dark, occult and ritualistic ambient/noise song with a good amount of soundscapes and drones.
Next up is Collapser with "Mu Arae" a 7 minute long atmospheric dark/ambient/drone song which is mostly instrumental but contains some spoken word passages.
Next up is Subinterior with "Anxious" a dark ambient song that is a little bit more shorter than most of the previous songs.
Next up is Kammerheit" with "Kosmos" which is a more atmospheric dark ambient song.
Next up is Blood Box with "Primitive Occurrence" vary long and epic dark, ritualistic ambient song that utilizes some experimental/noise elements and dark sounding synths.
Next up is Gydja with "Nubem De Obscura" a very dark instrumental ambient/drone song with alot of atmospheric elements to it.
Next up is Parhelion with "As A Blind Sojourner Through Perpetual Darkness" a very dark sounding ambient drone song with some experimental music elements to it.
Next up is Max Corbacho with "Stromatalite" a long and instrumental dark ambient song with a good amount of drone soundscapes being thrown into the song.
Next up is Frore with "Taking Form" a very long ambient song which is all instrumental and utilizes some dark sounding synths.
Next up is Mystified with "Soyuz" a very dark and evil sounding ambient song.
Next up is Sphare Secs with "Phase VIII" another atmospheric dark ambient song.
Next up is Wailenove with "Dance Of The Galaxies" an atmospheric dark ambient song with some distorted sounding drones.
Next up is Lost Kadath with "The Collapsing Existence And The eternal Sleep Of Mind" a very long and ritualistic sounding dark ambient song.
Next up is Psychomanteum with "Akasha" another dark occult ambient song.
Next up is Herbst9 with "Ereshkigal, Rise From Your Throne" a ritualistic occult dark ambient song with a great amount of spoken word parts.
Next up is Dhru Smrt with "Cold Inward Journey" another atmospheric dark ambient song with spoken word passages.
Next up is Lamia Vox with "Lappis Ocultis" a very esoteric sounding dark occult ambient song with some industrial elements.
Next up is Instant Pyrolysis with "Paranoid Schizophrenia (Gramophone Remix)" another experimental dark ambient song.
Next up is Caithness with "Angelus In Parallel" another esoteric sounding dark ambient song.
Next up is Somnium Sanguis Celestis Indution with "The Raising Of Neith" a dark occult ambient song with some Gregorian chanting.
Next up is Hoarfrost with "Neurotic Necropolises" a very long and epic sounding dark ambient song with some spoken word parts.
Next up is Peter Bjargo with "LT-NY38A" a very dark sounding instrumental ambient song.
Next up is Geodesic with "Electronic Resonance" another long dark ambient song with some drone soundscapes.
Next up is Dead Circuit with "Dawn Of Dissent" a dark ambient song with EBM and dance music elements as well as some samples and spoken word parts.
Next up is Clear Stream Temple with "Eulogy" a very dark ambient/drone song with a great amount of spoken word parts and tribal elements.
Next up is Tabor Radosti with "Sventlos (Psylocibe Mix)" another dark experimental song with some spoken word parts.
Next up is Deutsch Nepal with "Stalking The Dead Over A Concrete" a song that combines dark ambient with experimental and noise music.
Next up is Coph Nia with "The Dreamer" another dark experimental ambient song that brings back of the Cold Metal Industry days with a good amount of spoken word parts in addition it is very long and epic in length.
Next up is Bloodstalker with "Inside" another long and epic sounding dark ambient song with some experimental and noise music elements.
Next up is Numia with "A Cascade Of Forms" another atmospheric dark ambient song.
Next up is Ure Thrall with "It Smells Like Hash(Phantistick Dynamite Trance Mix)" which is an experimental dark ambient song mixed in with spoken word parts, samples and influences from trance music, in addition it is very long and epic in length.
Next up is TenHornedBeast with "Hadean Earth" a very dark and evil sounding occult ambient song.
Next up is Joran Lappare with "Trancendans" another long and epic esoteric dark ambient song.
Next up is Beyond Sensory Experience with "The Grand Design" a dark ambient song that has spoken word parts and neo-classical elements to it while still being very dark experimental ambient.
Next up is Whispers Of The Black Wulf with "The Awakening Of The Black Flame Goddess" a very long and epic ritualistic dark ambient song.
Next up is SiJ with "Immersion Into A Wonderful World, Hidden Under The Eternal Ice" another long, epic and atmospheric dark ambient song.
Next up is Instant Movie Combinations with "The Opening" another long and epic dark ambient/drone song with soundscapes.
Next up is Illuminoscillate with "Remission" another long an epic dark ambient/drone song.
Next up is TeHom with "The Magnitude Of Shaking" another experiemental dark ambient/drone song with some spoken word parts.
Next up is Atma Vichara with "Liquid Inferno" another long atmospheric dark ambient/drone song.
Next up is Stuzha with "Novaya Zemlya" another long and epic experimental dark ambient/drone song.
Next up is K100 with "Watching Shadows Drift" another ling and epic dark ambient/drone song.
Next up is Caroline Jago with "Submergence" another long and epic ambient/drone song with some dark sounding synths and a great amount of atmosphere.
Next up is Akoustik Timbre Frequency with "Obeah Offerings" a long and an epic ritualistic dark ambient song.
Next up is Triangular Ascension with "Pandora Cycle" a very long and epic esoteric ambient song.
Next up is Nathan Youngblood and William Merkle with "Transpiration" another long and epic atmospheric dark ambient/drone song.
Next up is Bruno Sanfilippo with "The Grey Umbrella" another long dark ambient/drone song with some samples.
Next up is Sleep Deprived with "Sleep" another long and epic atmospheric dark/ambient drone song with nature sounds.
Next up is Particula with "Brest Fortress (Last Sunday Of Silence)" another long and epic atmospheric dark ambient/drone song with some noise elements towards the end of the song.
Next up is Phantom Ship with "Beyond The Last Circle Of The Space" another long and epic atmospheric dark ambient/drone song with some spoken word parts towards the end.
Next up is Seelenblut with Virgo Intaca(Ambient Version)" a very dark and atmospheric ambient song with some spoken word ritualistic parts.
Next up is Staalkracht with "Self Defense Or Slavery" a short and atmospheric ambient/drone song with some dark sounding soundscapes.
Next up is Whispers Of Ghost with "I Love You" a very dark ambient drone song with a great amount of soundscapes.
Next up is [distopia] with "Dod Kalm" a very dark and atmospheric ambient song which is more upbeat than most songs on this recording with a Kraut Rock feeling to it as well as some spoken word parts.
Next up is Worms Of The Earth with "Luciferian Sabbat" a very dark, evil, occult and ritualistic dark ambient song with some spoken word ritual elements.
Next up is Night At Moon with "Substrata Occupants" another dark ambient/drone song with a great atmosphere.
Next up is !oBTAIN? with "Sleepless Nightmirror" a long and epic dark ambient song that has a neo-folk music feeling to it and the first song on this very long compilation to use acoustic guitars.
Next up is Grist with "Sky Tooth" along end epic neo-folk/dark ambient song with acoustic guitars.
Next up is Hoyland with "Citadel Of Stars" another atmospheric dark ambient/drone song that utilizes some influences from experimental music.
Next up is Ah Cama-Sotz- with "The Night Is Cold And The Air Is Clear" a dark ambient/drone song with some esoteric sounding female vocals.
Next up is Bleeding Star with "Upon Arriving At My Final Destination... What I Saw Next Began My Icefire's Disentragation" a very short ambient noise song.
Next up is Marionita Paige with "Eurydice In The Elusive Sky" an atmospheric ambient song with ritualistic female clean singing and spoken word parts.
Next up is Daemonia Nymphe And Louisa John Krol with "Weddingtone" a neo-folk song with some traditional folk instruments.
Next up is Defiantly Fading with "Storm The Altar" a more upbeat experimental song with spoken word parts.
Next up is Tapage with "Liquid Dust" a very atmospheric ambient song.
Next up is Tears Of Nature with "Eyes Of Pain" a more upbeat dark ambient/drone/noise song with spoken word parts and samples.
Next up is Spryos Giasafakis with "Kyklops" a very long and epic ethnic/dark ambient song with exotic sounding musical instruments and ritualistic clean singing.
Next up is All My Faith Lost with "Ivory(Strum Version)" a very short neo-folk song with acoustic guitars, clean singing and spoken word parts.
Next up is Antlers Mulm with "Saw A Star" a very short and atmospheric sounding dark ambient/drone song with some experimental music influences.
Closing the compilation is Bathory Legion with "Mass Grave" a very dark and ritualistic ambient/drone/noise song.
In conclusion this is a great compilation and while it is very long and probably has to be listened to in settings of 2 days, i still feel this is a great album and I would recommend it to all fans of dark ambient, drone, experimental and ritual music. RECOMMENDED.
https://kalpamantra.bandcamp.com/album/krtrima-sprha
