I haven't spent much time on Etsy this year, but one of the discoveries I (thankfully) made on one of my brief visits was Dark Crosses, a store providing 'Counted cross-stitch charts with a darker twist.' Based in York, England Dark Crosses is run by Jacob de Graaf, a Netherlands native who moved to York… Continue reading Shopping In The Dark : Dark Crosses
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
January, where oh fucking where did you go? Last time I blinked it was mid-December. Things were a little bit quiet over here for the first month of 2017. Much quieter than I would have liked, to be honest. Long timers will know I like to keep it busy. But I'm going to give January… Continue reading It Was A Wyrd January
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
A shot from this morning when I captured my beautiful friend and muse @erzabethbathory with her familiar Boney. In the event that I've whetted your appetite, you can find more of my photography at my website here. In case you need some other obscure stuff filling up your feed, I'm also on Instagram.
I featured the beautifully unusual art of photographer Jason. W. Blake back in 2016 during my 365 Days of Dark Art series. But it's been a while since I've caught up with what he's been doing. And how bloody stupid that was... Thankfully, Haute Macabre featured a post on his work the other day, and… Continue reading Intriguing Instas : Jason. W. Blake
Oh my goodness if feels so good to sit down and write here. I've been aching for my blog for days now, and have felt so fucking forlorn when I've needed to go to bed without sharing. But I'm here now and can breathe a little bit easier. This little project of mine went much… Continue reading Stitching In The Dark : A Week Of Swedish Words
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
I was excited when I woke up this morning, excited A: because there was snow outside (but also great stretches of ice which made walking to school a bitch). B: Because I had SFI and I am loving learning Swedish for real. And C: because after my SFI class I would be heading down the… Continue reading Stitching In The Dark : A Week Of Swedish Words
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 