Insect Ark’s Dark Ambient Turn – Future Fossils EP Review
Insect Ark is Dana Schechter’s solo project again and the focus is no longer on heavy music but on dark ambient atmospherics for the new EP, Future Fossils.
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Insect Ark Perform a Deep Atmospheric Dive with ‘Future Fossils’ EP (premiere)
Dana Schechter reverts Insect Ark to their solo form, leaving behind the psychedelic rock structures for a dark ambient detour.
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Lustmord and Karin Park Lose Themselves in the Ambient Beauty of ‘Alter’
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