I don't usually post my poetry or prose on here, but I think that this poem might appeal to some of you who follow Wyrd Words & Effigies. This is the first draft of a new poem, dedicated to the longest night and inspired by Heimo Korth. If you enjoy this, my latest poetry collection… Continue reading The Passing Of The Longest Night
Interview : Author Dayal Patterson
Dayal Patterson's book, Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult was one of my top reads for 2014 and it was an honour to interview the man behind it. Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult presents, without a doubt, the definitive history of black metal. The mind behind the tome is Dayal Patterson, a writer, photographer… Continue reading Interview : Author Dayal Patterson
Sound Of The Day : Ancient Wisdom
Rather enjoying The Calling, the second full-length from Swedish black metal band Ancient Wisdom. The atmosphere it's conjuring up is taking me back to my early teens.
Forgotten Brains
Texas based photographer Adam Voorhes has recently released a book entitled Malformed, and within it's pages are images of 100 rare, damaged and malformed human brains. Each brain that Voorhes photographed once belonged to a Texas state mental hospital patient.
Sound Of The Day : Perennial Isolation
I've been in dire need of some new, decent, original atmospheric BM. Thanks to Black Metal Mother, I came across Perennial Isolation. Utterly enthralling stuff. Listen, then listen again as this track has a fuck load of depth to it, and requires (much) more than one listen.
Interview : Cartoonist Kim Holm
When you read the name Kim Holm, Inferno Festival will undoubtedly come to mind. His ambitious venture of sketching bands performing live at the yearly metal event in Oslo is an art project like no other. His atmospheric, yet disorderly style is instantly recognisable. Holm's work has graced the covers of a number of metal… Continue reading Interview : Cartoonist Kim Holm
In Wood
Fallen for these wooden envelopes from Micro Wood Products. Crafted from walnut wood, they come in packs of six, and have a closing-glue stripe to pull off to ensure nothing precious falls out.
Ewa Kepys
Ewa Kepys - now there's an intriguing name if ever there was one. It's almost as intriguing as her photography.
Martin Vlach
Today my heart is reserved for Martin Vlach's spooky, black and white photography.
Evelyn Bencicova
German photographer Evelyn Bencicova has my attention now and always. Beautiful, weird, compelling work.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 