Online gallery and concept-store Velvit is somewhere I like to spend my time. This beautiful web portal specialises in introducing its visitors to independent artists and designers working to create dark art, be it fashion, music or fine art. I spoke to Velvit's creator Jaimie Lake to gain a deeper understanding of the mission behind… Continue reading Interview : Jaimie Lake Of Velvit
Elves Caught Me In The Wind is the title of the 2013 album from Ents, an atmospheric black metal project from the Russian Federation. I don't know much about this band...except for the fact that the music they create deserves your time and undivided attention.
I would like to welcome you to the woods...though I doubt you will have seen woods such as this before. Eva Jospin, an artist based out of Paris cuts, layers and glues cardboard to create these impressive installations. The forest – an incarnation of nature in the wild – is above all the setting in… Continue reading Eva Jospin
Storming into the weekend with Virvatulet, a black metal project from Finland. Ulvontaa Laaksojen Halki or Howling Through The Valleys is taken from Demo'11. It's an epic, soul wrenching track which requires multiple listens.
Based out of California, those behind Jungle Tribe Couture are inspired by the smell of leather, stones that tell stories and everything that is black. I'm hankering for their Battle Axe Earrings and Bone Braid Bracelet. Truly exquisite creations from passionate creatives who work until their fingers sweat blood.
If you listen to one black metal project today, make it Gratzug. It's been a while since I've heard something so fucking powerful from Deutschland.
Under the city of Paris, hundreds of miles of tunnels and rooms - many of them unmapped - contain the bones of millions of Parisians. In the 18th century, bones were exhumed from overcrowded cemeteries and dropped into old quarry tunnels. Some of the bones are said to date back more than a thousand years.… Continue reading Footage Found In The Paris Catacombs
Mid-week somberness needs to be accompanied by atmospheric black metal. Today's choice is Veldes, a project based in Slovenia. Woe Eater is taken from their Skyward EP which was released back in 2014.
If you go down to the woods tonight...you might not come back. I'm thoroughly enjoying these creepy photographs caught by trail cameras in the dead of night. Crawl on over Before It's News for a deeper insight.
My jewellery choices are nearly always made from natural materials. As a Pagan, I like to have pieces of the earth near my heart. Ukraine based shop Wood Art Things provides jewellery that started life within the ground. I'm particularly enamored with their wood necklaces, crafted from sprigs of wild rose.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 