#696 - 01-06-26 - Best of 2025: Split Albums

696 - Recorded live on January 6, 2026 Best of 2025: Split Albums You can find each week’s Best of list here: https://www.nstmradio.com/blog/best-of-2025/ Ambience for the night: Woven Lore / Volloíom https://wovenlore.bandcamp.com/album/volloiom-woven-lore-split **Playlist** 1) Kaikkivaltias - Hänen kuvansa hopeanhämyssä 2) Chevallier Skrog - Kříž nad hlavami Barbarů 3) Tetrasigil - Theothanatology 4) Fyrnask - Torremåneds Natt **talk** 5) Nachtheem - Dromende goden 6) Native Glow - Untitled 7) Versteck - Red Soil (Mourning Soul) **talk** 8) Звёздный Храм – Untitled Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com Best of 2025: Split Albums 1) Леший / Крошка Нетопырь и Малыш Мёртвая Голова / Звёздный Храм / Вельд 2) Weathered Crest / Forgotten Shrines 3) Elemental / Tetrasigil 4) Крюкокрест / Altwald 5) Old Leshy / Beyond Time - The Roots of the Cosmic Past 6) Geheimnisvoll / Versteck - ...of Ash, Blood and Steel 7) Belliciste / Úir 8) Vetter / Fyrnask - Nattverk 9) Carved Cross / Native Glow 10) Candelabrum / Nidernes - Elegies for the Radiance Lost 11) Åndutsyn / Chevallier Skrog 12) Moft / Nachtheem 13) Mania / Natürgeist 14) Kaikkivaltias / Vihurienkeli - Tähtihämär 15) Seance in Darkness to Shake the Firmament / Orgy of Carrion

695 - Recorded live on December 12, 2025 - Winter Solstice Ambient Special Nearly 3hrs of Dungeon Synth, Dark Ambient, NeoFolk, Experimental, and other dark sounds - All Black Metal-adjacent by artist, label, or atmosphere! Ambience for the hour 1: Nortfalke - Ys https://isilyarecords.bandcamp.com/album/ys **Playlist** 1) Elemental - VI 2) Tithing - Kneel at the Throne 3) Nocturnal Overlord - Sacred Realm of the Rishi 4) Daemonum - The Burning Church (feat. Oldwitch) 5) Seafarer AD - Vinlandi A Isa (Aufnorden cover) **talk** 6) Myling - Egga Etterslok 7) Mørkt Tre - Крізь Туман та Вічність 8) Sonambule - You Shall Have the Body 9) Oiseau de Proie - L'enfer 10) Solanum - Journey Through The Storm 11) Nourishment - Through The Rain **talk** *Ambience for the hour 2: Hëxeris - I Skuggorna av Mitt Rike https://mysticismproductions.bandcamp.com/album/i-skuggorna-av-mitt-rike 12) Hoarfrost - Halloween (Misfits cover) 13) Alembik - Of Seduction 14) Schatten Muse - Dornenhain 15) Gaahls WYRD - Visions and Time 16) Thomas von Wachenfeldt - Suite no 3 (Jon-Erik Öst) for string trio in G Minor – II. Amungen (Polska) 17) Materiæ Abyssu - Döppelvulvæ **talk - a salute to AK** 18) Absolute Key - Sade 19) Circle of Ouroborus - Haavat auki 20) Absava - Animatisti 21) Ruusuriimu - Lopusta Alkuun (feat. Antti Klemi) 22) Brånd & Absolute Key - Matalammilla Mailla **talk** *Ambience for the hour 3: Rune Soldier - Labyrinth of Souls https://oakheartproductions.bandcamp.com/album/labyrinth-of-souls 23) Hekatean - Interstellar Black-The Deathless Abode of Dark Gods 24) Ruins of Lyra - Through A Wethrin Glass 25) Urze de Lume - Nortada Sanabresa 26) Tânahanner - There are Signs 27) Eerified Catacomb - Blood Behind The Mirror 28) Antinoë - Threshold **talk** 29) Wapentake - Mul's Fen 30) Hellébore - Old ruins and rusty swords 31) Nervatuur - Råshult 32) final heaven - entry through the catacombs of sanguine mist 33) Vyšehrad - (ᛏ) Bílé Linky / Weisse Linien / White Lines **talk** 34) Ulver - They're Coming! The Birds! Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com

694 - Recorded live on December 16, 2025 Ambience for the night: Greenstar - Demo '25 https://conservatoryoflostworlds.bandcamp.com/album/demo-25 **Playlist** 1) The Stone - Denying the Axiom 2) Крюкокрест - Расчеловечивание 3) Altwald - Горна раскаты 4) Ignotum Sanctuarii - Manifestum 5) Iron Firmament - Purged of All Southern Influence **talk** 6) Solar Cross - All That Fell To Dust 7) Fanatisme - Nordens eteriske sommer 8) Forgesis - Fajro 9) Temple - Sacrifice Ego **talk** 10)Windswept - Nest of the Witches Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com

693 - Recorded live on December 09, 2025 Ambience for the night: Snögrav - Snögrav https://sngrv.bandcamp.com/album/sn-grav **Playlist** 1) Darvaza - Holy Blood 2) Imha Tarikat - Horns In The Smoke 3) Lamp Of Murmuur - Reincarnation of a Witch 4) Wandering Bird - Under the Linden Tree 5) Mortumbra - Spell VI: Vermis Tenebris **talk** 6) Aetos - Ancient Power 7) White Baroness - Six Banners of Satan 8) Mordaehoth - Helheim 9) Fienden - Elva troner - ett liv **talk** 10) Yersinia Pestis - Hu-Niis Fragilitas Entis Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com

692 - Recorded live on December 02, 2025 Ambience for the night: Windworn Hill - Kingdom told from Memories https://oldworldwonders.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom-told-from-memories **Playlist** 1) Stworz - W osnowie złych światów 2) Setnakht - Flesh Intoxication 3) Arozza - Mater Nostra 4) Deadites - Moonshine 5) Adversus Semita - Jeg så dem dø **talk** 6) Mordstorm - Eternal war in the North 7) Lokabrenna - Nights of Gnashing Teeth 8) Faceless Entity - A Growing Void (rehearsal) **talk** 9) One of Nine - Of Desperate Valor Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com

691 - Recorded live on November 25, 2025 Ambience for the night: potentia/potestas - LOBO https://potentiapotestas.bandcamp.com/album/lobo-2 **Playlist** 1) Forteresse - À Couteaux Tirés 2) Ignoble - Néant - Intet 3) Catacombes - Ils sont là! 4) 1349 - Striding the Chasm (live) **talk** 5) Vonülfsrëich - Skollsmyghte II 6) Blood Altar - Blood altar redesecration 7) Calvary - Lame Deer 8) Orgy of Carrion - Domination of the Living 9) Vulnakkthra - Candlelit Corridors of Madness **talk** 10) Garmsblod - Still Finds the Black Sky **talk - podcast bonus** 11) Casket Rats - Whiskey Queen Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com

690 - Recorded live on November 18, 2025 Ambience for the night: Abraxas Teratology - Ephemeral Rift https://ancientnightproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ephemeral-rift **Playlist** 1) Kvad - Hør Natten Kaller 2) Obcasus - Tyhjyyden Kartano 3) Candelabrum - From Beyond the Veil 4) Nidernes - Profound Darkness Reflects my Dreams **talk** 5) Sakna - Del I - Helvete 6) Fullmoon Rise - Winter Storm 7) Belliciste - Invocation of the Ancient Rites 8) Úir - Fèill Fhadalach **talk** 9) Old Leshy - November Forefathers’ Day Circle 10) Beyond Time - Under the Sign of the Victorious Might 11) Urfaust - I Anmarsj Gjennom Grangrunn (Ildjarn cover) 12) Animal Man Machine - I Envy His Disgusting Appearance **talk** 13) Iron Mountain - War Arrow 14) Matru-Zebu - Sleeping in the Utmost North 15) Necromantic Worship - Nightmare Visions of the Nameless City 16) Ismere - Tombs Of Resolve 17) Funeral Harvest - Draco Nequissime **talk** 18) Clandestine Blaze - Invocation of the End Times Terror Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com

689 - Recorded live on November 04, 2025 Ambience for the night: Obsolitas - Bastion of Secluded Silence https://theashencodex.bandcamp.com/album/bastion-of-secluded-silence **Playlist** 1) Fír - Poort achter het ontaarde woud 2) Destruction Ritual - Washed Away Sins 3) Xasthur (SGP) - Ritualisitic Mass Of Damnation 4) Clavicula - The Great Shadow **talk** 5) Yellow Eyes - The Scent of Black Mud 6) Huggkubbe - I takt till pipan 7) Cepheide - Prana Part I **talk** 8) Graf Valthrakar - Hounds Of Eternal Dawn Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com

688 - Recorded live on October 28, 2025 Ambience for the night: Dave Ball & Jon Savage - Photosynthesis https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/photosynthesis-csr217cd **Playlist** 1) Pyrgosia - Sword and Shield 2) Nebelfaust - Das kalte Eisen des Mondes 3) Zaratus - Flesh of the Demented Ascendant 4) Feruch - Celebrazione Funerea **talk** 5) Ultima Necat - Fragment Of Pain I 6) Thus Defiled - Rapture Of Twilight Burning 7) Madre - Path of Negativity 8) Urartaean - Deep Dungeon (Վիրապ Ներքին) **talk** 9) Do Skonu - Sulfuric winds of Absolute Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com

687 - Recorded live on October 21, 2025 Ambience for the night: Stalfos - Awaiting Nothingness https://menschenfeindpropaganda.bandcamp.com/album/awaiting-nothingness **Playlist** 1) Pest (Germany) - Nights Embrace 2) S.S.I - CID (Cerebral impetigal disorder) 3) Rite - Chains 4) Vëřťžîmbrÿġțžûmşțřě - In Jupiter Will Thy Face Been Seen 5) Кінбурн - Land **talk** 6) Knellrite - Faustian Pillars Of The Adversary 7) Craft - Demonspeed 8) Lander - Chrome Courier 9) Cardinal Sin - Fallen from Life's Enlightened Throne 10) Hig Geat - Sanguine Fields **talk** 11) Carpathian Wrath - Condemned the Angels of the Fallen Kingdom Live every Tuesday at 9pm ET on NSTMRadio.com