For a while now I have been quietly moving between the haunting worlds of Polish photographer Laura Makabresku. Her beautiful blog and Tumblr provide seamless, dreamlike journeys....journeys which I am never eager to abandon. My photographies are like screenshots from beautiful but cruel fairy tales. Their narrations are not straight. Images that appear are more… Continue reading Laura Makabresku
I encountered this extraordinary feeling of satisfaction as I listened to Trolldom och Sorg by one man atmospheric black metal project Galdr. It's hard to image just one person behind this impenetrable wall of sound and all consuming atmosphere. Now, don't listen to this track and then leave it at that. Listen and then investigate… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Galdr
I first encountered clothing company Norwegian Rat while undertaking research for my upcoming book Hyperborean Shadows : Contemporary Dark Northern Culture, and they immediately struck me as something really bloody special. Founded in an unsuspecting, quiet little village called Etne, in the West Fjords of Norway, Norwegian Rat are inspired by the dark and mysterious… Continue reading Review : Norwegian Rat Shopping Bag
I haven't been listening to much music over the past few days. I've been struck down with flu, so haven't actually been doing much of anything. However, today I let my curiosity get the better of me and I followed a link which led me to the Bandcamp page of Moonlore, an ambient band based… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Moonlore
I have seen KAMPFAR official countless times over the years in many different countries, but at BlekkMetal Festival they gave what I would consider to be their greatest ever show. I feel privileged to have attended.
Vreid have conquered once again. Their latest album Sólverv is a masterpiece, though I expected nothing less. They're a band who have consistently provided outfuckingstanding black metal since their founding day in 2004. The album's title track Sólverv is probably my favourite song, and it has a powerful video to accompany it, made in collaboration… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Vreid
When I say I would give a limb for this dragon backpack by Bob Basset, I mean it. I have no idea how much it costs...but I'm imagining it'll be near the region of a grand or two...or three.
When I read that photographer Katie Eleanor was born in 1993 I had to do a double take. I can remember what I was doing in 1993 like it was yesterday. Her phantasmagorical photography - mostly made up of dreamlike settings inhabited by ethereal figures - looks as though it was crafted by the head… Continue reading Katie Eleanor
It's been a long while since I've listened to Forteresse, so decided to spend some time this evening with their phenomenal 2011 album Crépuscule d'Octobre.
Photographer Rosie Anne tells haunting stories with her atmospheric imagery, captured in and among the Black Mountains in Wales, the place Rosie calls home. I have to admit that it's been a while since I've felt such an immediate and strong connection to a photographer's body of work. Every image that you see below has… Continue reading Rosie Anne Photography
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 