CTM 2026: Stygian Bough & Hilary Woods

Bell Witch’s Dylan Desmond and Jesse Shreibman join Aerial Ruin as Stygian Bough, creating a slow, powerful blend of doom and dark folk. Their music moves with heavy, deliberate force, mixing ritualistic intensity with mournful beauty, a sound both haunting and deeply reverent, echoing through the depths of despair.

Hilary Woods turns inward with her new album Night CRIÚ, weaving droning woodwinds, low-lit percussion, and a voice that moves like smoke. Rooted in folklore, her compositions balance force with fragility and restraint, drawing strength from silence to craft a meditative work that glows quietly in the dark, both ancient and newly born.