I'm starting the new year with Swedish black metal! I've been listening to a lot of Swedish stuff recently, trying to uncover some dark gems I might have missed. Bekëth Nexëhmü, the solo project of Swartadauþuz is highly recommend if you like your black metal epic, yet still raw and crushing.
Start your new year with a thoughtful, beautifully written insight into Víðarr the Silent.
Recently, I have been seduced by some of the wool works of Polish wool worker Julia Andreski of Weird And Woollen.
After a few days of studying the art work of Erika Sanada, I'm still finding it hard to believe that her disturbing series 'Odd Things' has been crafted using ceramics. Her curious creatures are a reflection of her sensitive mind, her bitter childhood and current anxieties.
The late Norwegian musician Steingrim Torson was the man behind black metal project Selvhat. Infatuated with 'Selvhat' from the 2004 demo Den Svarte Tid. I could have this on repeat all day.
Artist David Irvine of Gnarled Branch is the one behind this fantastically dark Christmas ornaments. But for those of us who are a bit strange...I'm pretty sure they would look striking hung up anywhere, at any time of the year.
The Popovy Sisters of Russia make the most strangely beautiful art dolls that you will have ever seen. I kind of want to be the first one...
Discovered Occult, a neo-folk twosome from Sweden yesterday, and haven't been able to stop listening to them. The vocals on this song in particular are incredibly beautiful, incredibly haunting, incredibly unique. I need more music like this in my life.
I've featured the darkly magnificent jewellery works of Unusual Optical before, but recently some new products have been added to the Etsy store which need to be shared and seen by all.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 