‘Most people chose to sleep when daylight faded.’ I seem to recall owning a mass of these Time-Life books as a child, but where they’ve disappeared to is sadly another story. The book I am writing about here was a gift a couple of years back, and came from one of the finest bookshops in… Continue reading The Enchanted World:Night Creatures – Book Review
I came across Zhoupheus magazine by rooting through the various internet posts of Valin Mattheis, an artist who features in this second issue. Issue Two arrived from the States wonderfully packaged, with a piece of very stiff backing cardboard to keep it nice and straight. It’s always a good sign when a magazine comes well… Continue reading Introduction To Issue Two Of Zhoupheus
‘The world you live in is hollow.’ Opus Diaboli is a visually foreboding, Black Metal banquet, about a band who always choose the option to converse with demons rather than exorcise them. It documents Watain’s growing power over the last 13 years. Vocalist Erik Danielsson is the mouth of the documentary. He’s a fascinating… Continue reading A review of Watain:Opus Diaboli (DVD)
Black Forest Records is a record distribution company based in Otta, Norway, and the aim of their publication, Black Forest Magazine is to champion the bands and people they’ve worked with. There is no scheduled release date for the magazine – it’s out when it’s done. Black Forest Magazine has an appealing, clean layout with… Continue reading Black Forest Magazine – Review
You may have recently published a novel with an ominous tone, or you might be the editor of Black Metal zine, or perhaps you are a visual artist working with obscure subjects. If you feel that your work and creations would fit the Wyrd Words & Effigies premise, then please don’t hesitate to get in… Continue reading Let In The Night
Wyrd Words & Effigies is a celebration of the strange and shadowy, of the damned and unseen. It is a path through the dark to wild, forbidden places. A journey across boundaries, which separate this world from others. It will work to feed into a wider, dark consciousness, and, hopefully encourage individual growth, as the… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies – The Beginning
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 