A while back, I wrote about the In Darkness Is Light (IDIL) awards, where I had the privilege of being part of the jury.
Now the winners have been announced :
- First Place – Richard Bégin
- Second Place – Ignoto Militi
- Third Place – The Black Monolith
The overall ranking, listed in descending order, is available on Bandcamp. For a glimpse into my personal preferences:
- insectarium – ghosts of war
- Richard Bégin – Mouvements cycloniques des regions temperees
- Hans Castrup – Plexyphoresis
- Mombi Yuleman – Burning Down the Outpost
- Henrik Meierkord – mörk
- Taphephobia – Let the darkness in
- The Black Monolith – Creating The Door
- The Khronos Deathcult – BAT V.24
- Les Antonymes – Au ralenti
- philippe neau, Daughter of suun
- Rapoon -The Granualarisation of Western civilisation
- Kelados – Cold Waste
- Virus2020 – Insomnia
- Ignoto Militi – Il nemico sotto di noi – Monte Cimone
- Loo(pcy – Primitive Sonic Point mastered
- [ówt krì] – Encephala
- JSHorseman – The Setting Sun
- vÄäristymä – Hullunarkku
- Oubys – -Synaptic Dream
- Jimmy Peggie – Crossing the Perilous Line
- moshonsensu – Darkness Entails
- Chelidon Frame – Rise of The Sandworm
- idft – Flow
- Gina Lo – RDC
- Sokushinbutsu Project – RadaComense
- Mahakit Mahaniranon – Machine of destruction
Congratulations to all the participants; there were truly remarkable entries! A special thanks to Raffaele Pezzella from Unexplained Sounds Group for allowing me to embark on this fascinating journey!