I would say that for every twenty bands that I listen to, only one will impress and leave me wanting more. I was getting to the end of my tether yesterday, after scoring through the names of dozens of bands. Echtra was the last band on that list, and hell was I glad that I… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Echtra
There's a fairy tale aura surrounding the work of German photographer Katharina Jung.
I woke up this morning to discover Apparitions, the title track for Urfaust's upcoming EP. Needless to say, it's been repeated several times. Hypnotic, spine tingling stuff. If you make time for one new music track today, make time for this.
There's a beautiful, yet dark sacredness to the work of New York based artist Leilani Bustamante.
This morning I am enjoying black metal band Woman is the Earth from the Black Hills of South Dakota.
The photography of polish artist Maciej Goraczko is exactly the sort of extreme dark art that Wyrd Words & Effigies was set up to celebrate. As I scrolled through his work, my excitement became almost too much to handle.
Recent photographic endeavours resulted in the following. You can find my photography journal here.
I very nearly posted this last night, I was so excited...but, like a good, patient (ha) blogger I waited. What you are about to hear is an unbelievably beautiful, incredibly powerful collaboration between two immensely talented musical projects. Multi-talented musician Dréa Drury of Anilah worked together with Einar Selvik of Wardruna to re-work Druy's intense… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Anilah And Wardruna
People say love is a strong word. Well, it doesn't seem strong enough to adequately describe how I feel about these black and white waterolours from Indonesian artist Elicia Edijanto.
My friend sent me a link to the long-awaited debut album from Leidungr the other day, and it has been haunting my head ever since. This Nordic ritual folk project from Sweden is well worth your time, believe me, and De Nio Kraftsångerna is, in my opinion, one of the strongest ritual folk releases I've… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Leidungr
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 