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Giz Lovecraft wrote about things which walk that should never have learned to crawl. But the Ithaqua neither walks nor crawls. Nor does it fly. It moves through our reality in those high, cold places.
Cold, still and yet full of unnatural motion, this addition to the Cryo Chamber Collaborations is for my money the best since Azathoth

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Bud_e_luv_bomb Since I discovered Cryo Chamber in 2015, the yearly CCC release has been what I've looked forward to the most. I share my love of CC and these releases with anyone looking for something different.
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poprocksandsoda I look forward to the Lovecraft album every December. It’s a holiday tradition
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Mike / Avant Music News Ithaqua is one of those albums that can be experienced on multiple levels. You can leave it on repeat in the background or engage in active listening to focus on its subtleties and details. Both approaches reveal different aspects of the album’s internal logic.

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Rune Emrick YES! My favorite release of the year is here ! May your frayed ends of sanity completely dissolve as the yawning black abyss consumes you !
Merry Krampus. Favorite track: Ithaqua 1.
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A 2 hour dark soundscape album recorded by 19 ambient artists to pay tribute to H.P. Lovecrafts Mythos

Ithaqua is one of the Great Old Ones, a horrifying giant with a roughly human shape and glowing red eyes. He has been reported from as far north as the Arctic to the Sub-Arctic, where Native Americans first encountered him. He is believed to prowl the Arctic waste, hunting down unwary travelers and slaying them in a gruesome fashion. He is believed to have inspired the Native American legend of the Wendigo and possibly the Yeti.

Ithaqua's cult is small, but he is greatly feared in the far north. Fearful denizens of Siberia, Canada and Alaska often leave sacrifices for Ithaqua; not as worship but as appeasement. Those who join his cult are granted immunity to extremely cold temperatures

"They followed a trail heading north towards the abandoned ruin of Fort Maurepas. Bélanger's team had come this way in the morning, 15 men with half a dozen horses. The trail wound its way alongside the Winnipeg River through the deep woods of the Manitoban south-east. Under the canopy of trees, their faces glowed red and grey in the mottled light of dusk. The gush of the river was accompanied by the clashing debris of the ice floe. Slabs of ice slid and span in slow circles, groaning and clacking like the grinding teeth of sleeping monsters."
- excerpt from Ithaqua Booklet

So is this a compilation?
No, this is a collaboration and huge undertaking. 19 artists linked studios and sound for over a year so that they could work with each other. This led to a deep collaborative exploration of the Mythos and Rhan-Tegoth

2 CD album comes in a Deluxe 16 page Hard cover DigiBook. Artwork is served on Matte Laminated pages that makes the colors deep and preserved. Journal written by Alistair Rennie, art by Simon Heath. Digital booklet included with download.

Lovecraft Discography:
Cthulhu [2014] : cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/cthulhu
Azathoth [2015] : cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/azathoth
Nyarlathotep [2016] : cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/nyarlathotep
Yog-Sothoth [2017] : cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/yog-sothoth
Shub-Niggurath [2018] : cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/shub-niggurath
Hastur [2019] : cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/hastur
Yig[2020] : cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/yig
Dagon[2021]: cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/dagon
Tsathoggua[2022]: cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/tsathoggua
Rhan-Tegoth[2023]: cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/rhan-tegoth
Juk-Shabb[2024]: cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/juk-shabb
Ithaqua[2025]: cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/ithaqua

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released December 16, 2025

Written, Produced, Performed by:
Council of Nine
Northumbria
Alphaxone
Atrium Carceri
Skrika
RNGMNN
Ruptured World
Neizvestija
Planet Supreme
Keosz
Dronny Darko
ProtoU
Gydja
Ugasanie
Burma Project
Primal Era Worship
Sjellos
SiJ
Kristof Bathory

Artwork & Mastering
Simon Heath

Text
Alistair Rennie

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