Caladan Brood/Book of the Fallen Thantifaxath - Violently Expanding Nothing Filii Nigrantium Infernalium/ Rebanho De Lobos Purvaja/Dark Goddess Divine Wardruna/Helvegen Lamia Vox/Evil Comes From The North Peste Noire/Démonarque Falkenbach/Eweroun The Ruins Of Beverast/Malefica Ereb Altor/The Chosen Ones Cult of Fire/???????? Ptahil –… Continue reading 13 Tracks From 2013 That You Need To Listen To
I was pretty fucking chuffed when I was handed Plague Rider’s debut album at Byker Grave Festival. One of my main objectives as a writer is to shout out about bands that deserve to be heard. And shout out fucking loudly. Plague Rider are a technical death metal band with thrash influences, and they hail… Continue reading Plague Rider/Plague Rider – Album Review
There is a real air of mysticism around Audrey Cantwell, the women behind independent clothing line Ovate, and I feel exceptionally lucky that she agreed to take part in an interview for Wyrd Words & Effigies. When Wyrd Words & Effigies was still in the planning stages, I had it in my head that I… Continue reading Interview : Ovate
I am a hunter of unique and unusual things that thrive in the shadows. Most days, I retreat from my hunt unsatisfied. But there are times when I happen across something so wonderfully out of the ordinary that I pull my shoulders back and howl. It was handmade jewellery business Black Insignia that… Continue reading Interview : Black Insignia
When I stumbled across the photography of Jakob Polomski today, my breath left me, and I had to grapple to get it back. It’s so refreshing and exciting to come across a photographer who doesn’t just make your eyes wide to the point that they hurt, but who actually effects your entire body, so much… Continue reading The Photography Of Jakob Polomski
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 