These hand carved skull rings by Into The Fire Jewelry are heart stopping. A man by the name of Demitri Bakogiorgis is at the helm of Into The Fire, and designs and crafts the rings from scratch. He's definitely worth keeping an eye on, and I'm hoping that we'll see a line for women before… Continue reading Into The Fire
After something of a crazy day, my brain and body was in dire need of something mellow, but rough around the edges, and so I found myself gravitating towards Finnish project Kuilu and their demo from 2014. Here's the 1st track. The vocals towards the end eat into your soul. Enjoy.
I picked up 100 copies of my fourth poetry collection The Long Stillness today. It's beautiful and I'm incredibly proud. This collection was initially published online in 2013 and this is the first time it's been in print. A young woman pulls on her wolf skin so she can bring down an elk. The sudden… Continue reading The Long Stillness
Photographer Sarah Sudhoff has, with her latest series of photographs, captured body fluid stains created by the passing of human life.The stained fabrics which she has photographed include bedding, carpet and upholstery. The causes of death and ages of the deceased vary substantially, and include a 60 year old woman who died form a heart… Continue reading At The Hour Of Our Death
These past few weeks I have been working with a friend of mine on a project to support, inspire and celebrate women in the dark arts. And now, at long last, the project is live! You can find my first post - on my personal dark fashion - here.
It was the intriguing, brooding visuals of this band which enticed me to click on Light Fox's YouTube link and investigate what they had to offer. Downfall of Nur hail from Argentina and create black metal that is refreshingly varied and utterly captivating. I've had the track Downfall of Nur taken from their 2015 full-length… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Downfall Of Nur
These portraits were captured at The West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum in Yorkshire in the 1800's. Built to keep the patients isolated from society, the hospital was self-sufficient with its own bakery, butchery, dairy, shop and laundry. I think these portraits have to be some of the most intriguing yet upsetting images my 28 year… Continue reading Portraits From An English Lunatic Asylum
Let it be known that I have been rendered speechless by the heels from Iris Van Herpen's Hacking Infinity AW 15/16 collection.
I find it incredible how a song can turn a bad day into something really quite magnificent.That's what happened when I first encountered Swedish black metal project Fornhem. For hours I submerged myself in their deeply atmospheric sounds, uncovering layer after layer of black metal brilliance. It is with great pleasure that I present this… Continue reading Interview : Fornhem
Thoroughly enjoying the music of Mother of the Hydra, a one woman band from Sweden. Fronted by the incredibly talented V-Kaos, Mother of the Hydra is a black metal project which embraces experimentation alongside more traditional black metal sounds. I'm currently listening to Contradiction, the first full-length which was released back in 2011.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 