Black Goat of the Woods

Released fittingly on Halloween, this terrifyingly immersive solo project from Northern Ireland acts as a sonic tribute to the rural cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft. The album consists of a single, 40-minute track composed of suffocating analog drones, ominous synthesizer pulsing, and unsettling field recordings meant to evoke a haunted woodland ritual. It is highly regarded as a masterpiece of deeply cinematic dark ambient music.