Tag Dungeon Synth
In circulation since 2001 and with historic connections to Dutch black metal acts such as Cirith Gorgor and Walpurgisnacht, this album is said to appeal to fans of Ruins of Beverast and Summoning, as well as those of dungeon synth… Continue Reading →
Is it me or is there a lot of music coming out of Belgium and Canada at the moment? It seems like every other release that drops through my letter box or inbox is from one of these two pleasant countries. (not… Continue Reading →
Well even the PR sheet for this debut leaves me none the wiser as to the who and the how. But, why, ’tis the music that counts so…a blend of black metal and dungeon synth, raw yet melodic on offer…. Continue Reading →
Hot on the heels of an album by labelmates and sharers of split release Griffon, a new album by French medievalists Darkenhöld appears. Great news for those of us who want to dip back in time and escape to a… Continue Reading →
Being a klutz who only skim reads most PR blurbs I was completely unaware until after listening to this album half a dozen times or more that it is one of the projects of maverick musician Maurice De Jong of… Continue Reading →
Back when I was a nipper in the 90s…. Ok, just in my 30s…. I was exploring the odd world of what I like to think of as “post -Norwegian black metal weirdshit”. Elend, Monumentum, Mortiis era 1, Ahkenaton’s Divine… Continue Reading →
Black Metal kind of makes me laugh, probably more so than any other genre. It tries super hard to be scary and evil and is actually just a bunch of nerds. Don’t get me wrong I’m a total nerd myself… Continue Reading →
Well it’s a good time to sleep and dream, taking off in your head to distant places unravaged by plague. That’s exactly what Spaniard Lord Orots has been doing and apparently, he has recently slept “upon his throne for ten… Continue Reading →
Metal might well have the most chequered history of any music genre. From the early days of ‘Satanic panic’, to the hideous grotesque nature of Death Metal, to the actual desecration of churches via the infamous Norwegian Black Metal scene…. Continue Reading →
I find the history of Black Metal perhaps the most interesting musical uprising out of any genre. This is a movement that delves into all areas of depravity and destruction. It could even perhaps be described as scary, and yet… Continue Reading →
Just for the record, I like goblins. Whereas the orcs and stuff get all the bad guy praise, poor little goblins are like the weird kid everyone picks on in the school yard. So hurrah for goblinses! Ahem. Sorry. Anyway… Continue Reading →
So labelling this ‘dungeon synth’, according to the PR, is ‘revisionist ‘ and sells short the man’s work. Well only is you think dungeon synth is something to be sneered at, and I most certainly do not think that. Dungeon… Continue Reading →