I've been an admirer of Norwegian cartoonist Kim Holm for quite a few years now. Kim's productivity is astounding and he never fails to amaze. The work you see below was created at Blastfest in Bergen back in 2015. You can the rest of the images from the festival here.
It's been ages since I've listened to God Seed. About five years or something actually. But I happened upon the video for their track Alt Liv today, and have been enjoying both the music and visuals. I've no idea what's happening with the band nowadays, but I'm living in hope they'll start to release new… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : God Seed
Make space in your head this evening for Old Graves - atmospheric black metal from Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lWN6UB9YdI
Some excellent French pagan black metal to bring the weekend to and end. Enjoy the following track from Sviatibor's 2015 full-length Dans la splendeur des dieux. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f0LgXQ-OHw
It's been a good, long while since I've featured some black metal from Canada. So I'll change that today, and introduce you to Ether, a depressive project from Quebec. The track you're about to listen to has been taken from their second full-length album Hymns of Failures. It might take a few listens for it… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Ether
Today was a weird one for music. I was going through material from about half a dozen bands which I hadn't heard before, and nothing was working for me. I was beginning to think that today was a lost cause, when I remembered about the masterpiece of an album that is Exercises In Futility by… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Mgla
Today, we remember Terje "Valfar" Bakken of Windir, who passed to the other side on this day in 2004 at the age of 25. Below you can find the four monumental albums he released before his untimely death at the hands of winter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khXynWMMwLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6GWdwkXqhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW6h0lhXW3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v805xBELTs
Okay...so I came across Russian Atmospheric black metal project Shadowland recently. Formed in 2014 this one man project has already put out FOURTEEN releases, including FOUR full-length releases. Today I've been listening to the most recent full-length Last Night, Before The Storm...and it's pretty fucking exquisite. If you like Lustre but want something with a… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Shadowland
Here's a blast to the past...if you want to know more about the story behind Wyrd Words & Effigies, give this interview conducted by the fantastic art blog Bleaq a read.
Exercises In Futility is The third full-length masterpiece from Polish black metal project Mgla. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvGPAVTYfXI
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 