Enter the Tomb of Witches...

Cryo Chamber has released its newest anthological entry in the Tomb series, Tomb Of Witches. The seventh in the series, Tomb of Witches is described as a collaborative exploration into mythology, history and rituals of witches, and the roster on this album is sure to please fans of the ambient genre, as well as newcomers to style.

Cryo Chamber has an inimitable capability of presenting trepidatious moods coupled with mystery and compulsion to explore further, and the Tomb Series has excelled in its presentations in previous albums, along with its myriad contributors of artists from among the label’s roster. 

Dahlia’s Tear opens the album, true to compositional form, utilizing a blend of electronic and organic throbs, accented with the occasional bubbling of various liquids in the periphery, eliciting the immediate timbre of this album, one of slight dread, but more akin to the mysteries and lore of the witch, with each track adding to the overall languorous pall of ambience that keeps this album propelling forward. A nice addition to the contributors on this album is Onasander, whom we have not heard from since the 2020 release Shadow of Forgotten Legends, and in their track, The Fire’s Spoken, we are treated with haunting bell pads and constant field recordings, giving the feel of being lost in a witch’s lair, or perhaps a tomb, where a malicious witch haunts the halls. Another nice addition is Randal Collier-Ford, with his track, Dreaming Amos, and him doing what he does best, with a grandiose drone that slowly builds, and expulses with an outward cascade of faded choirs.

Eight artists have contributed to this atmospheric delight, and it has released at the perfect time of the year, with Autumn slowly enveloping the world, this is the perfect time to relax and get swept away into the ethereal expanse of the album. Tomb of Witches is available in CD digipak and digital formats on the Cryo Chamber Bandcamp page.