It was the goddess of dark blogging Renee Ruin who introduced me to the ambient, ritualistic sounds of Kabukimono. Since yesterday I've been listening to nothing but her release Strega. Seriously, I can't stop myself. I've been fucking enchanted. It is, hands down, one of the best things I have EVER heard, especially the track… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Kabukimono
I love it, love it, love it when friends send me music recommendations. The particular friend who sent me today's sound always gets it right. I hadn't heard about John Moose before today, and ohhhh shit, I've been missing some magical stuff. While I thought at first that it was a solo outfit, it's actually… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : John Moose
I'm not exactly sure what's happened in the past few months, but I've discovered hardly anything darkly brilliant enough to indulge my senses in. That was until I came across Völur today, after a brief visit to YouTube to see if they had anything in the way of offerings. Their folk inspired doom is so… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Völur
Have I been living in a cave for the past several months or was Darkthrone's 16th album Arctic Thunder something of a monumental flop? (Though I have to admit I'm a sucker for the album title which was, for the record, the name of a Norwegian heavy metal band who were active from the mid… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Darkthrone
How do I even describe Black Mare? The solo project of Sera Timms, it's some so completely and utterly removed from anything I've heard before. The music has crawled so deep under my skin I don't think it's ever coming back out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyxql6jor_k
Just discovered the magic of English folk musician/poet/visual artist Keaton Henson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0jsqPkzK2I
Not sure where NOÊTA have been MY ENTIRE LIFE, but I'm glad they're here now. This two piece dark ambient project from Sweden is exactly the sort of thing I've been hoping to find I started trembling literally moments into their song Beyond Life, the first track from their new album Beyond Life And Death.… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : NOÊTA
I have just spent the past hour on Metal Archives with the intention of finding myself some new black metal - bands I've never encountered before - to indulge my senses in and to treat you to, but found myself at a horrible fucking loss after investigating several projects and being disappointed by every. single.… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Elysian Fields
I went in search of the origins of the Atmospheric BM band Sadness after I'd been swept up by Tundra, the 18th release since the birth of the project in 2014. I was expecting to see a wealth of names attached to the Sadness Metal Archives page, and nearly spat out my tea to see… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Sadness
I wouldn't call myself a dedicated Enslaved follower. I haven't thoroughly enjoyed much of what they've put out since 2004, but I'm a sucker for their second BRILLIANT album Frost, released back in 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eDL01w2wC8&list=PLC24C4CA72F1D72D5
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 