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Slipping another great release into an abundant 2026, 400 Lonely Things heads to Unexplained Sounds for their fourth of the year, Apologizing to Ghosts. A meditation on haunted houses and ghosts, this one hits during the spooky season and helps those currently in energetic fervor to find a way to deal with the non-corporeal beings around them. Eschewing an over-the-top, hokey fright fest, Apologizing to Ghosts takes the rational, day-to-day approach to sonic spectral interaction and presents a thoughtful, engaging work of environmental ambient music.
4 Nov 2026
Severin
2026 is the twentieth anniversary of Severin- one of the best-known and respected labels in cult/ b-movie circles. At M[m], we’ve been reviewing the label's output for around ten years now- racking up around one hundred and fifty of their releases covered on the site. So, we’ve decided to look back and select our top twenty releases to date!... These include releases from the sub-labels InterVision & Severin Kids, with indepth reviews for each!
8 Oct 2026
It was deep in the heart of spooky season that I first listened to Glashaus - the debut album from all-female quartet BRRRDS+Y, and to be quite honest, it could not have come at a better time. Centred around a collection of voice, whistles, recorders and flute – all having undergone some degree of electronic modification, Glashaus offers an atmospheric eruption that initiates a deep sense of foreboding and otherworldliness.
Directed by Justin and Dominic Hardy (alongside Chris Nunn), Children of the Wicker Man isn’t quite the documentary you might expect. While it explores the origins, production, and legacy of the famous 1973 British folk horror film The Wicker Man, it focuses on something uniquely personal.
Tom Mes — Frightfest Guide: Japanese Horror Movies( Book)
2 Nov 2026Steven Hess and Rutger Zuydervelt — Re:construct
31 Oct 2026Crazy Lips/ Gore From Space — Crazy Lips/ Gore From Space( Blu Ray)
30 Oct 2026Devil Times Two — Devil Times Two( Blu Ray/ DVD)
30 Oct 2026Futureworld — Futureworld( UHD/ Blu Ray)
29 Oct 2026Ice Cream Man — Ice Cream Man (Blu Ray)
29 Oct 2026The Mothman Prophecies — The Mothman Prophecies( UHD/ Blu Ray)
28 Oct 2026Cartilage — Operating Altar
28 Oct 2026
Olion Interview
Active since the early 2020’s, Olion is one of the key projects within the euro wall-noise scene. To date, it’s put out around seventy releases- taking in both physical and digital form- with stand-alone releases, splits, and collaborations. Sound-wise, their output moves between pummelling, thick-yet oddly soothing. To more texturally layered, and forays into ANW. Behind the project is Olek Browiński from Olsztyn in northern Poland, and he kindly agreed to give us an email interview
A Julian Cope Primmer
Erupting into the mainstream on February 19th 1981, The Teardrop Explodes’ debut ‘Top of the Pops’ television performance featuring their brassy, bouncy hit ‘Reward’ is to this day probably the moment from which most people recall Julian Cope. If your image of Julian remains that of an earnest young budding pop star sporting a fleece-collared flying jacket and a shaggy bowlcut of shoulder-length tresses, if you failed to maintain pace with his entry into the cosmos, if you dismissively describe him (as I’ve seen thereabouts) as “a Smash Hits pin-up”, you have one hell of a lot of catching up to do. Musique Machine have tasked me with leading their readers through the psychedelic jungle and beyond, here, and I have to say that Julian probably merits the ‘beginners’ guide to’ / ‘recommended records’ treatment more than just about any other artist in the music sphere, at least in terms of how public perception and the ‘reality’ (if such a word is appropriate in this extreme case) have a near-unbridgeable gulf.
Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere Interview
Early this year, the band released their most recent album Theta 7, on Discus Music-which is sadly to be their last. Band leader Martin Archer kindly agreed to give us an email interview, discussing the project's history & why they’ve decided to call it a day.
Vacant Align Interview
Active since October 2025, Wisconsin’s Vacant Align is one of the more atmospheric and texturally inventive wall noise projects to appear in some time. It’s a project that takes its time in releasing work, and you can certainly hear it, as each of their releases so far is a perfectly crafted blend of expressive and engaging textures. Behind the project is John Engman, who very kindly agreed to give us an email interview
