I was depressed and suicidal when the debut issue of Cunning Folk emerged a few years ago. I wanted it badly. But I didn't buy it. It was around £15 or so, with the postage and packing and the ever-so-miserable voice in my ever-so-heavy head said I couldn't afford it. I watched, from a distance, as this new… Continue reading Cunning Folk Magazine : The Air Issue
I was sure that I wasn't going to come back here. That Wyrd Words & Effigies was a closed chapter in my life. Now, I'm usually alright at moving past stuff and taking myself to lush pastures of new projects...but then something unexpected happened. Thanks to Instagram, I fell headfirst into the world of illustrator… Continue reading Justell Vonk : The Artist Who Brought Wyrd Words & Effigies Back From The Dead
To say I'm obsessed with Sabat Magazine is to put it lightly...I don't know what life was before Sabat came along, and I'm impatiently waiting to hear what editor Elizabeth Krohn, i.e. the newly anointed goddess of print, has planned next. The Sabat Magazine Instagram page is a reflection of what the witchcraft orientated magazine offers. It's… Continue reading Intriguing Instagrammers : Sabat Magazine
From a photoshoot I did this afternoon with @erzabethbathory. https://www.instagram.com/p/BPQauvLhmOn/?taken-by=katiemariemetcalfe&hl=en
We aren't quite done with Halloween here in Sweden. We'll continue to celebrate right up until the 6th of November. But for those of you who have blown out the candles in your pumpkins (Don't throw it away! Save it for the birds...) and feel somewhat depressed, I have a gift of Halloweeney links that… Continue reading To Ease Your Halloween Withdrawal
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
One of my favourite musical discoveries of 2014 came at the closing of the year. Occult, an ambient folk duo from Sweden create music that is beautifully eerie, deeply atmospheric and intensely memorable. I have lost count of the amount of times I have listened to their debut demo Skogen. I am proud to present… Continue reading Interview : Occult
Discovered Occult, a neo-folk twosome from Sweden yesterday, and haven't been able to stop listening to them. The vocals on this song in particular are incredibly beautiful, incredibly haunting, incredibly unique. I need more music like this in my life.
A helping of magnificently macabre illustrations from Jens Parker. These originally featured in a book entitled Witchcraft and Black Magic by Peter Haining.
A lot of occult artists come on by my Facebook timeline, but it's been a while since something has stolen my attention as successfully as Rotten Fantom have. Composed of Elena Snegotskaya and Vladimir Snegotskiy they create art work that is rich with detail and dark atmosphere. You can find their work for sale at… Continue reading Rotten Fantom
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 