The Hyperborean Shadows Series is an ongoing feature that will focus on the dwellers of Scandinavia, and their portrayal of northern landscapes, cultures and traditions through different forms of dark art. There are so many incredible visions being realised in Scandinavia in this age, and I firmly believe that the creatives behind these visions need… Continue reading The Hyperborean Shadows Series : Norwegian Rat
Get excited dear readers, for here is the official video for Skuggsjá, the title track from Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik's forthcoming album of the same name. Watch it all the way through if you can, as it's a modern day masterpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r-clazKRrk
Seeing in the New Year with my Norwegian Rat Skakke hoddie - the comfiest, warmest, most unique hoodie I've ever owned. Review coming soon on. If you can't wait though, and want one NOW, there's a really epic sale going on.
2015 was quite a light year when it came to actually buying anything that's really worth talking about. Many months went by when I didn't see much more than the four walls of my bedroom, and treating myself or getting something that I needed rarely even registered in my mind. Hell, I could hardly find… Continue reading My Best Wyrd Buys & Gifts Of 2015
My second strange short story of the week, featuring one of my favourite figures from Scandinavian folklore, the Huldra is available to read here.
Long-term readers of Wyrd Words & Effigies will be only too aware of my attachment to Norway and its landscapes. So, it is an absolute honour to bring to you the extraordinarily beautiful photographic works of Vilmeidr. Whenever I find myself on his page, a sense of calm washes over me, banishing any fury or… Continue reading The Witches & Wraiths Of Instagram : Vilmeidr
Bergen, it would appear, has a magickal influence on all darkly inclined creatives who dwell there. Artist Linn Setane has, quite literally, stolen my breath with her intricate artworks and exquisite photography. I want to climb inside her images and stay there.
Some solid black metal from Bergen to kick Tuesday off. I'm enjoying the diversity and refined sound from Blodhemn.The track you're about to encounter is entitled Holmengraa and is taken from their 2014 full-length H7.
I'm really rather excited about innovative Norwegian clothing label Norwegian Rat teaming up with the mighty Kampfar for the second time. Have a watch of this promotional video featuring what is to come from this exciting collaboration...
It wasn't too long ago that Norwegian project Slegest - solo endeavour of Ese, former guitarist for Vreid - was my sound of the day, and here is it again with good reason! One of the best bands to come out of Norway in recent years, Slegest has a blackened doom sound which provides me… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Slegest
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 