It was Burial Ground's Broomstick Necklace which established my infatuation for broomsticks small enough to wear around my throat. Since my first encounter I've kept a keen eye on the inter-web, scooping up links to squirrel away for the day when the number on my bank balance slip isn't so feeble. Burial Ground - From… Continue reading Wearing October : My Favourite Broomstick Necklaces
I would love to know the thought process behind this 'Black Water' photo series by award winning photographer Vitali Kurets.
It's been too long a while since I've listened to the excellent Swedish one man black metal project Panphage, but this afternoon I'm all over Landrensning, a track taken from the upcoming album Drengskapr, due for release by Nordvis on November 18th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZKlhRyIJUw
I am familiar with the light Victoria Söderström has so masterfully captured, I am familiar with this solitude.
Thanks to Haute Macabre for introducing me to the unholy work of Aaron Horkey. I'm all a fluster for his poster homage to The Witch movie. https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6TWCSgSjX/?taken-by=aaronhorkey&hl=en
The past months my words here have been sparse. My creativity has been elsewhere, and forming sentences worth your time has been challenging, to say the least, without her encouragement. This has been horribly frustrating. Whenever I haven't been able to convey exactly how an artist's work makes me feel, well, a little piece of… Continue reading 365 Days Of Dark Art : 294 / Crystal Morey
The third Wardruna album Runaljod (Ragnarok) has come ashore, and is available for your listening pleasure now, both digitally and in physical format! I streamed the whole album on Spotify yesterday, and found myself on the verge of tears multiple times. Wardruna have played an incomparably valuable role in my musical evolution, and I've been… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Wardruna
Adopting the power present in this remarkable portrait by Maja Karen.
YouTube surprised me this morning with a new track from Norwegian blackened folk project Myrkgrav. I first encountered Myrkgrav several years ago, and have always enjoyed the offerings from Lars Jensen when I've caught up with them. So naturally, I was somewhat saddened to hear that Jensen's forthcoming album 'Takk og farvel; tida er blitt… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Myrkgrav
It was incredibly difficult to select just one image to share by photographer Sarah England. Her eclectic portfolio holds many beautiful secrets which are well worth your time to source out.
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 