Apocryphos

Hello friends,
Things have been quiet since the release of Phantoms Received. Thank you to all who bought and listened to it. It has afforded me a new piece of gear which has opened new sonic terrain to explore. In between current writing sessions, I have been enamored with the newest release from Caïnan Dawn. It's a superb offering of atmospheric black metal done with style and grace.

LAGU, by Caïnan Dawn 9 track album

Side Line Magazine had some nice things to say about Phantoms Received. What is your favorite track off the album?

REVIEW

Apocryphos – Phantoms Received (Album – Chamber)

Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Cinematic.

Format: Digital, CD.

Background/Info: Robert C. Kozletsky strikes back under the Apocryphos moniker, unleashing the fourth solo-album of this project. The work appears to be inspired by inner demons resulting in six tracks.

Content: The album sounds like a perfect match between Cinematic- and Dark-Ambient music. The dark atmosphere is the common thread between all cuts and even moves into a Ritual approach on one of the songs. Linear, Industrial-like, percussion can be noticed as well.

+ + + : This album has been meticulously conceived. I really enjoy the mix of influences together with the way the tracks are evolving. This is probably the best Apocryphos work I’ve heard thus far. There’re great pieces like “A Phantom Received” and “Uråldrig Sorg”, but there also is an exceptional cut entitled “Child Of The Charnel House” for its Ritual touch on top. This is a styled piece of sonic darkness.

- - - : The last track is the only one that left me a bit unmoved. I can’t say it sounds as an antithesis to the other cuts, but you’re not getting a big climax at the end.

Conclusion: Apocryphos strikes back with a bang; this is a poignant Cinematic/Dark-Ambient production.

Best songs: “Child Of The Charnel House”, “A Phantom Received”, “Uråldrig Sorg”.

Rate: 8½.

Artist: www.facebook.com/theapocryphosoneironaut

Label: www.cryochamberlabel.com / www.facebook.com/CryoChamber

A presence in the woods

The phantom's eyes stare into mine. They are listless and cold, yet full of malignant purpose...

Apocryphos - A Phantom Received Ritual Percussion & Drone Ambient from Apocryphos - Phantoms Received👉BC: https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/phantoms-received👉Spotify: https://open.sp...

Phantoms Received is officially released today. Hope everyone finds it...interesting...

Apocryphos - Phantoms Received out today on Bandcamp: https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/phantoms-received

Robert is back with his 4th full length album, Phantoms Received. A deep guitar pedal fueled journey through ethereal soundscapes.

You stare into the mirror and something looks back. It’s not your normal reflection, but some maddening phantom of yourself. The chaos of life rings true in every facet of your daily musings. Your phantom's eyes reflect this and there is a permeating sorrow swimming in the irises. Life, death, happiness, sadness…all links in the same chain that is swinging from the phantom's neck. Will you dance the sickening waltz to the human experience?

Recommended for fans of ritual percussion and melancholic dirges

CD and Digital comes with an 8 page booklet designed by Erik Osvald

Avant Music News had some nice things to say about Phantoms Received. Thank you to those who have pre-ordered or listened to Sisyphean and Uråldrig Sorg. Releases en masse on July 26th.

AMN Review: Apocryphos – Phantoms Received (2022; Cryo Chamber) At surface level, this is a dark ambient release, though its instrumentation is largely processed guitar, martial percussion, and background sounds. This manifests as smooth, slow-moving drones wit…

My father, father death...he has come home to grant me the ancient sorrow to sing...

Apocryphos - Uråldrig Sorg Ritual Percussion & Drone Ambient from Apocryphos - Phantoms Received👉BC: https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/phantoms-received👉Spotify: https://open.sp...

Sisyphean. The human experience is sisyphean...

Apocryphos - Sisyphean Ritual Percussion & Drone Ambient from Apocryphos - Phantoms Received👉BC: https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/phantoms-received👉Spotify: https://open.sp...

Phantoms Received is now available for preorder.

Apocryphos - Phantoms Received up for pre-order on Bandcamp: https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/phantoms-received

Robert is back with his 4th full length album, Phantoms Received. A deep guitar pedal fueled journey through ethereal soundscapes.

You stare into the mirror and something looks back. It’s not your normal reflection, but some maddening phantom of yourself. The chaos of life rings true in every facet of your daily musings. Your phantom's eyes reflect this and there is a permeating sorrow swimming in the irises. Life, death, happiness, sadness…all links in the same chain that is swinging from the phantom's neck. Will you dance the sickening waltz to the human experience?

Recommended for fans of ritual percussion and melancholic dirges

CD and Digital comes with an 8 page booklet designed by Erik Osvald

releases July 26, 2022

Written, recorded and produced by Robert C. Kozletsky in the Oneiros Laboratory.
Sisyphean co-written by Jim Field of Northumbria
Artwork by Erik "Keosz" Osvald
Mastering by Simon Heath

I'd like to introduce to everyone the newest addition to our tribe, Dimitri Euronymous Kozletsky. He's a charming little dude with a great personality, even for a pup of his kind. Mika will show him the ropes and help guide him into adulthood. I guess I'll need to have two shadow pups on future artwork.

I am left at this grey sepulcher, bereft....

A subinterior gathering

I've been exploring my existential suffering via the machines over at MidJourney. They have assisted me at bringing my misery to life via playful visual delusions....

Greetings imbibers of dark sonorities! Please check out my friend Pär Boström 's new project Grave Owl, released today on Library of the Occult. If retro 80s horror film soundtracks excite you, then check out The Solar Crypt and get excited. 😉

The Solar Crypt, by Grave Owl 10 track album

It should be no surprise that I'm a huge fan of all things dark and dreary. One of my favorite artists who aided me in my self-discovery in the mid 2000s that led me to Apocryphos.

SHAPE OF DESPAIR - Dissolution (Official Streaming Video) Finnish funeral doom icons SHAPE OF DESPAIR return from the wintry Nordic gloom on their new album, Return to the Void. The race into the cold darkness is co...

The new album is finished and in the hands of sir Simon Heath. The artwork is still being assembled by the talented Erik Osvald. It is now titled Phantoms Received and it is vastly different from anything I have done before. I am excited to share my new endeavors soon.

Finally, this will see the light of day. My close friends Simon Heath and Pär Boström teamed up to bring a stellar new collaboration. But fret not, a 3rd AKA album is being discussed. In the interim, please dive into the Colossus...

Atrium Carceri & Kammarheit - Colossus up for pre-order on Bandcamp: https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/colossus

Atrium Carceri & Kammarheit presents us Colossus, a dark cavernous ambient album exploring forgotten civilizations deep underground. Dirty tape reels, analogue electronics, throbbing pulses and massive reverbs combine for an environmental soundscape that will drag you down into its depths.

"How easy it is to sleep here, each dream interwoven with the hushed singing of the fortress. Each memory quietly entombed within the black stone."

Recommended for fans of Dark Sci-Fi moods, Spacious Reverbs and Pulsating Subs

CD Digibook comes with a 16 page booklet, Digital Version comes with a 16 page PDF.

releases February 15, 2022

Written, Produced, Performed - Simon Heath & Pär Boström
Artwork & Mastering - Simon Heath
Booklet Text - Pär Boström

Today at 4pm (EST in the US), stop on my This Is Darkness' Twitch channel for a live interview with yours truly.

Apocryphos - Interview
This Saturday 5 February
4pm EST/22:00 CET
Twitch.TV/This_Is_Darkness_zine
New Apocryphos page

Say hello to Mika, the inspiration behind the pup in the Against Civilization artwork. She had a big day yesterday getting a massive tumor removed from her shoulder that was causing her pain. Rest easy now, pup. We got that nasty thing out of you and today's pain will be tomorrow's gain. 🥰🐕

Have a look at what inspires my music...

Apocryphos updated their business hours.

My new album Perengrination is still underway, so in the meantime, here is Against Civilization. Released just before our current plague state started. It's still available, along with Stone Speak, over at Cryo Chamber. My first album The Prisoner's Cinema is still available through Cyclic Law.

Apocryphos - Against Civilization up for pre-order https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/against-civilization

Finally, we see Robert C. Kozletsky return with a dreary and guitar driven follow up to 2016's Stone Speak. Against Civilization is where Robert takes a different sonic path. Vastly different from past releases, but still wrapped in the solemn sound Apocryphos is known for.

Civilization is a curse. Your head hangs heavy in the windowpane as you gaze upon the dregs of society. It soon collapses and nature turns feral. Those desperate to cling to their hollow idols fall silent, eyes sunken. They are not there. They have abandoned us. They are against civilization...

Features stark and captivating artwork by Erik Osvald and a 12 page booklet with extended artwork and text emphasizing the turmoil within the music. Close friend and fellow collaborator Pär Bostrom (Kammarheit, Cities Last Broadcast, Hymnambulae) makes an appearance on two tracks.

Recommended for long nights, rainy days and fans of cold and emotional soundscapes

releases February 11, 2020

Written, Produced, Performed - Robert C. Kozletsky
Artwork - Erik Osvald
Mastering - Simon Heath

Hey everyone! Long story short, I lost control of my Apocryphos page due to Facebook deleting my previous profile that was linked as a moderator. I was tired not having a dedicated page to my music, so I made a new page in hopes to gather my audience back. Much appreciated.

- Robert