Dark the Keeper and Ghost Reflection release ‘In the Arms of the Abyss’
Dark the Keeper and Ghost Reflection released the split album “In the Arms of the Abyss” on Aliens Production, out November 12, 2026 on CD and digital.
Dark the Keeper and Ghost Reflection, the two dark ambient and industrial projects of Slovak producer Alexander Borsov, released the split album ‘In the Arms of the Abyss’ on Aliens Production on November 12, 2026. The 16-track release is out on CD and digital.
The album splits its tracklist between Borsov’s two projects and three guest collaborations. Dark the Keeper contributes “Soul Burn,” “Dark Idea Generator,” “Soul Hunter,” “Trap Manipulation,” “Hidden Hatred,” “Labyrinth of Hell” and both bonus tracks, “Break in the Soul (Bonus Track)” and “Ghost (Bonus Track).” Ghost Reflection contributes “Integration of Madness,” “The Root of Evil,” “Games of Psychopaths,” “Infected” and “The Shattered World of Illusions.” The remaining three tracks are collaborations: “Break in the Soul (meets TC75)” with TC75, “Break in the Soul (Deconstruction by Deflect)” with Deflect, and “Ghost (meets dISHARMONY)” with dISHARMONY.
Ryby designed the release, and Anatoly “Tokee” Grinberg handled mastering.
“In the Arms of the Abyss” is available on CD and as a digital album on Bandcamp.
About Dark the Keeper and Ghost Reflection
Dark the Keeper and Ghost Reflection are two of several recording names used by Slovak producer Alexander Borsov, alongside Darkmechanic and Stellar Dynamics. Borsov is also a member of the group Diverje and got his start in metal bands including Morgue, Atom, Cremation Deads, Sarcoma and Satura before moving into electronic production. Both projects release through Aliens Production, a Slovak dark electronics label active since 1997 whose roster includes dISHARMONY, Oxyd, Headdreamer, Fractal and Human Vault.
As Dark the Keeper, Borsov released the album “Psychic Microbe” digitally in August 2026. As Ghost Reflection, he released the album “Dark Thinker” in June 2022 and the single “Dark Noise” in February 2024, before releasing the concept album “Dark Triad” on Aliens Production in September 2026. Borsov also released “Hypercontrol” as Darkmechanic on Aliens Production in October 2026. “In the Arms of the Abyss” brings Dark the Keeper and Ghost Reflection together on a single release for the first time, alongside guest contributions from TC75, Deflect and dISHARMONY.
Support Side-Line
More people read Side-Line than ever, and there is still no paywall and no advertising. Readers pay for it instead - from $5 a month.
Why we ask
Advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news organisations we have not put up a paywall, and we refuse to add annoying advertising, so we need to ask for your help. Side-Line’s independent journalism takes time, money and hard work to produce, and we do it to push the artists we like, who are equally fighting to survive.
Handled by PayPal.
Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!
