A review of Watain:Opus Diaboli (DVD)

‘The world you live in is hollow.’   Opus Diaboli is a visually foreboding, Black Metal banquet, about a band who always choose the option to converse with demons rather than exorcise them. It documents Watain’s growing power over the last 13 years. Vocalist Erik Danielsson is the mouth of the documentary. He’s a fascinating… Continue reading A review of Watain:Opus Diaboli (DVD)

Black Forest Magazine – Review

Black Forest Records is a record distribution company based in Otta, Norway, and the aim of their publication, Black Forest Magazine is to champion the bands and people they’ve worked with. There is no scheduled release date for the magazine – it’s out when it’s done.  Black Forest Magazine has an appealing, clean layout with… Continue reading Black Forest Magazine – Review

The Ritual by Adam Nevill – Book Review

When The Ritual arrived, I spent a good five minutes admiring the cover art of an ancient Scandinavian forest. It has a constricted, sinister feel to it, achieved through multiple layering and ‘ancient green’ colouring. It's a place humans avoid, a primordial place best left alone, to coil and knot in and around itself. I… Continue reading The Ritual by Adam Nevill – Book Review

Wyrd Words & Effigies – The Beginning

Wyrd Words & Effigies is a celebration of the strange and shadowy, of the damned and unseen. It is a path through the dark to wild, forbidden places. A journey across boundaries, which separate this world from others. It will work to feed into a wider, dark consciousness, and, hopefully encourage individual growth, as the… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies – The Beginning