It's never too late to learn something new. It's never too late to learn the secret language of owls. It's never too late to wrap yourself in moss & wild magic and to become the forest horror that timid folk whisper about in the dark.
Iโm from Wisconsin. I play and fix instruments. I read books as well. Brewers/Phillies/Canucks 37 he/him โ๏ธ
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It's never too late to learn something new. It's never too late to learn the secret language of owls. It's never too late to wrap yourself in moss & wild magic and to become the forest horror that timid folk whisper about in the dark.
Youโve always struck me as a genuinely good person, which is unfortunately rare nowadays. Your music taste has been inspiring and Iโve found a lot of good stuff through your posts. Your martial arts posts have also made me reminisce fondly on my own past with that kind of thing. All around great.
Yikes. Mine is from a giant ring burner at a Panda Express.
Yeah. Getting home and literally having to peel the uniform off. All the cuts and burns. Every day being amazed at new levels of stupidity from customers. But damn, I miss having a giant tomato slicer like this.
Now on @ampwall.com DEMO I - Folklore by The Blood Mountain Black Metal Choir Released by @fiadh.bsky.social, and generously offered for free / name-your-price Check out the acclaimed debut by the enigmatic Appalachian black metal project thebloodmountainbmc.ampwall.com/album/demo-i...
Goodnight from Del Foster at the Phoenix Garage on the B3409, still perturbed by the couple in the strange car who asked him what year it was and tried to pay with illegal banknotes. Goodnight from โWitch Kettle Samโ, singing lullabies to the sprites up at Calfield Farm. Goodnight from Hookland.
Washburn Dime V Restring/Setup I love the look of Vs but I canโt stand how they feel to hold and play. Apparently you donโt see too many of the Washburn ones anymore. Admittedly I know very little about this, both the model and the guitarist.
Turns out the answer was three, but only because I chose to not put the fourth album on and left for work a little early.
XXL oof
I wonder how many Iโll get through before work? Moonriders - Istanbul Mambo (1977)
Also, bless whoever made this youtu.be/JsqKLsZ2xcw
Moving right along Moonriders - S/T (1977)
Deviating from my usual metal morning listening, Keiichi Suzuki and the boys have been calling name. Moonriders - Hinotama Boy (1976)
Deli-style American is ๐คค
Oh, to have a kitchen large enough for things to have dedicated spots. Itโs the one thing I miss about working in commercial kitchens.
Overly intense musical rabbit for sure, every day
I always go as a monk/friar for one of my Ren Faire trips each year, and this year one of the actors hit me with โWe got rid of the monasteries, do you need a license to beg?โ I cackled
I definitely put it down for extended periods of time, but something always draws me back in. I havenโt beaten it and have no idea how far I am, but itโs been fun *so far*. Weโll see if/when that stops.
Goodnight from Nell Peck, bleary-eyed from an evening cutting up newspapers to make threats to post to her rivals for the title of Harvest Queen. Goodnight from Mags Palter, suddenly afraid of the dark and wishing she still had her childhood ceramic cottage night light. Goodnight from Hookland.
On Halloween of this year, myself and the uniquely atmospheric artist Hecate will be releasing our split, Sonic Atrophy. Here's the finished Jcard
I've started to work on the next Lucerne Hammer release and wanted to share this short clip. Despite not having much time or energy these days, I'm feeling a lot of motivation and inspiration and I'm just following it to see where it goes. Here's a bit of the title track!
Mortar fails to setโฆthus falters liarโs keep. This Friday, Fiadh will release Olympia-based band Veytikโs Carmina Aerea In Aetate Ferrea on vinyl, cassette, and cd. This is an album that focuses on the prevailing themes of Bronze Age lore, the works of Homer and Virgil and its history.
The time is almost upon us, there is the hint of a chill in the air across the woodland realm. The annual changing of the leaves will soon be here. Make sure you are prepared for cooler weather with longsleeves, hoodies and cups for hot drinks! eveale.com/merch #metalsky #Blackmetal #Autumn #Fall
A collection of live recordings dating back to 1985 by #HรผskerDรผ will form the focus of a new box set being released by Numero Group. The 4xLP 1985: The Miracle Year is centred around the recording of a full live set from January 30, 1985 buff.ly/FAI90Tc
Join Aldona & myself with Virginia state folklorist Katy Clune for our presentation on the Virginia Folklore Society, one of the oldest folklore societies in the US, & home to the largest collection of ballad material in the country. Heres the registration link ๐ชโค๏ธ virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Goodnight from Sadie Helm reflecting that itโs her ex-boyfriends lookout for not connecting her request for a lock of his hair and her interest in sorcery. Goodnight from Kim Roseworthy, walking barefoot across the ford at Little Char to wash away any lingering bad luck. Goodnight from Hookland.
Hails. Here are some upcoming Vael gigs. 9/27 - Wax Atlas - Baltimore Last local-ish gig for awhile, playing in support for ameokama.
Harvest time already? You betโ and we're starting the festivities early with a new seasonal refresh to our official Stardew Valley collection! Pickup a bushel of some of your favorite seasonal items, including the Skulldew Valley hoodie! theyetee.com/stardewvalley
Outbursts of Everett True, September 4, 1915 #LaborDay
Pumpkin adventurers
The Dream Journal Institute @theastralrealms.bsky.social in cooperation with Fiadh Productions is pleased to present Ethereal Elegance -- a record made by the residents of the Castle Waters Hydrotherapy Centre.
Weald & Woe and Fiadh were very excited to be able to collaborate with the incredible Amy Hastings on this design, which has been added to their merch store as a preorder to be printed in October ๐ wealdandwoe.bandcamp.com/merch/there-...
Ok updated the website a bit. Working on the video and will do a formal announcement once it's finished. If you got anything to submit, do it now! ziri.neocities.org/virtual/
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Other bangers from 1987.
spaceseer will be performing 11/9/25 at Desert Dungeon Fest in Joshua Tree, California โ๏ธ๐ฐ๐ฆ Tickets at www.desertdungeonfest.com/event-detail... Artwork by @gvstavofabian #livedungeonsynth #dungeonsynth #livemusic #synth #electronicmusฤฑc #fantasysynth #fantasyambient #joshuatree
The things you find at Goodwill.
Goodnight from the beach at Boscove, where locals are telling the end of the summer season in the burning of driftwood beacons and certain items stolen from tourists. Goodnight from Trudy Bale, listening out for the tintinnabulation of Faery bells in the hawthorn hedge. Goodnight from Hookland.
@hcmjmagic.bsky.social
These will be up to buy through Fantasy Audio Magazine hopefully in a couple of weeks
Druidโs Temple, Yorkshire, a folly built in 1820 under the orders of scholar William Danby. Local lore says those who try to spend the night at the temple will be driven out before daybreak. #StandingStoneSunday
New Sallow Moth song I made yesterday โAng Asul na Mapa.โ Itโll be on an upcoming EP called Blue Permutations. A mix of new spontaneous songs + reworked material that I left off of Mossbane Lantern, to serve on its own. Went for Wormed, Fuck the Facts, Uphill Battle blend here.
You won't. Only on ampwall.
ooo look whoโs got the fancy outdoor kitchen ๐
Sallow Moth on โthis month in metalโ on Stereogum
oh hey itโs Melpomene in @stereogum.bsky.social & in good company www.stereogum.com/2320501/fell...
Goodnight from The Wayfinderโs Lantern pub, where Lewis Hicks is tracing drunken glyphs in a quarter-spilled pint of Lazarus to curse the man who jostled his arm. Goodnight from Leah Hope, sure the doctors swapped her shadow when they took her tonsils out. Goodnight from Hookland.
What's this then?!?? Copies of The Latchless Door by @taliskimberley.bsky.social illustrations by me have landed! Beautiful printing by @comicprintinguk.bsky.social .
Typical songwriting for me: โHell yeah this riff is sick.โ *keeps playing the riff for a while* โWait a secโฆโ *makes a minor alteration to the riff* *realizes the riff is already a song* โWell shit.โ I suppose it does lend credit to my ear for unintentionally figuring out existing songs.
You want to look cool & like you really put in effort at the Ren Faire but can't commit to the whole hot & heavy coif? I am here for you, bb.
Goodnight from the desk sergeant at Malford police station, struggling to cope with both bovver boys smashing up the Wimpy and multiple reports of phantom puma. Goodnight from the Sisters of the Apple, softly chanting their path into the deeps of Crookpit Woods. Goodnight from Hookland.
8/29 wrapup with @bloodfirejeff.bsky.social ๐ค
Finished another Progress Flag set today. This set features my Valkyrie wind, A5 bridge magnet, A2 neck magnet, and black hex poles hidden under the cover. These covers took me 3 hours to make today. #ElysianPickups #TunedAperture #metalguitar #metal #guitarpickups #guitarist #guitar #humbucker
Man Ejected From KORN Show For Jerking Off metalinjection.net/news/man-eje...
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This is pretty much me at a Boris show.
I love Boris' Bandcamp profile picture ๐ธ
Alright, it's time to officially announce my next album. It's called Requiem and will be released on October 3rd Pre-orders are open now! This is my darkest work so far. I hope you'll enjoy it! vanessafunke.bandcamp.com/album/requiem #metalsky
itโs #fiadhfriday - check in on friends & do something nice for an animal today โ๏ธ abriction - So Far Away In Timeโฆ (CS/LP) Barrowlands - Tides (CS) One Leg One Eye - ...And Take the Black Worm With Me (CS) Palladists - Tenebeous Ways EP (CS) fiadh.bandcamp.com ๐ท: vvellgun ๐ก๏ธ: delirium.space
New @vanessafunke.bsky.social announced and the single is incredible and emotive and powerful Girl is on absolute FIRE this year with so many releases/collaborations/etc vanessafunke.bandcamp.com/album/requiem
Borisโ โPinkโ was the first truly heavy album I listened to. The light and airy intro, the plodding drum fill, and finally the first distorted chord that hit me like a truck. I knew I had discovered something very different from all of the music Iโd listened to prior to that.
Hey Chat Rats! Have you watched the video for our new single with Hayden Pedigo, Radioactive Dreams? The video was directed by none other than Riley Stearns and we're pretty proud of it. Check it out!
This Friday, DC deathpunks Palladists will release their new EP, Tenebrous Ways. Music for plainclothes vampires to play through the rolled-down windows of bloodstained Civics, this is not one for horror and punk fans to sleep on. (@fenmosianfiresteel.bsky.social)
If you are cis/my friend this js not an exaggeration-- stop scrolling. Read this. Now. Share this. Talk about it We have been stripped of what little power we had I cant do anything else but ask you to educate yourself and take action however you can We are running out of voices to scream with
Chicago Dungeoneers! Come out and see myself, Mons, Tree Gardener, and Kennel Master on August 31st at 830pm at Coleโs Bar! Join the Ritual! All Hail the Great Lakes!
Goodnight from Owen Hayman, suddenly aware that the spirit of his dead wife is stroking the back of his hand just like she always used to do to get him to turn off the TV news and come to bed. Goodnight from Faith Cranfield, lace-lucking her new Doc Martens. Goodnight from Hookland.
Wrote up a little article about five pieces of heavy music that made an impact on my life. dolvaerne.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
The new Casiopea absolutely fucks (if youโre into that particular flavor of J-fusion)
BEHOLD, STICKERS
Fiadh has the pleasure of releasing a North American tape edition of One Leg One Eyeโs ...And Take the Black Worm With Me. Founded by Ian Lynch of @lankumdublin.bsky.social, this is the magic that happens when folk & black metal interact in special spaces by a leading expert in storytelling.
More comedic slasher than true horror, but the Troma film โBeware: Children at Playโ is pretty good.
I would buy it immediately
Having the ice crew push me around with their shovels just to feel something.
Black metal is never late, nor is it early, it plays at precisely the tempo it means to
Goodnight from Jed Fielding, wondering just how many cigarettes it will take to calm him from catching one of the Widderen peering into his bedroom. Goodnight from Philippa Middlemass, dreaming of being fox-furred, feral and Queen of Elmholt Woods. Goodnight from Hookland.
WHAAAAT
Finished! Recognisable as my work, obviously but an entirely different experience to colour, with the values already in place from the scan of the natural media. I think this is absolutely the way forward for now.
Boston flew a Christian flag outside City Hall in what was deemed a public forum. Now they refuse to fly a Satanic flag under the same policy. open.substack.com/pub/luciengr...
You can also check out a deeper dive at this talk we did a couple years ago for Rhizome DC. This covers a lot of details of this remarkable crew of folklore workers that we wont really be able to dig into for this event. Notes on the Virginia Folklore Society - Dr. Aldona Dye & Daniel Bachman
Sign up here for @aldonanana.bsky.social & my online presentation about the Virginia Folklore Society & the large collection of (pre lomax) field recordings they did in the early 1930s. VA State Folklorist Katy Clune will also speak to the legacy of this organization going into 21 century.
I have some more commissions available now! It is ยฃ10 for a single character or ยฃ40 for a character sheet drawing with a load of items! Please send me a message if you would like one, thank you very much
this Friday sees a cassette release of Tides, the third release from PNW-based progressive black metal project Barrowlands. Tides continues the resounding nature-oriented rituals of the cascadian tradition while utilizing the musicianship of the individual band members ๐
If you're looking for more environmental arts activism check out the new doc about MVP resistance, A Beast Touch the Mountain. "A group of Appalachian women in Bent Mountain, Virginia fought for a decade to protect their land and their way of life against a greedy and corrupt fossil fuel pipeline."
Im currently 100% self funded & relying on credit cards & donations to finish my witness tree project. Hoping to release this short documentary & record/OST in spring of 2026. Any help is very appreciated & you can follow along at my Patreon for demos, raw audio files, & thoughts on the process.โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
help find a home for Pepita ๐พ 1 yr 7 m/o girl, friendly & spayed - message me or call Assisi Vet in Malverne, NY for more info ๐ฑ516-256-0022
So to bed.
First review of my album 'The Burden of I' dropped thanks to @lordsomtnorotr.bsky.social ! Turns out I'm a pretty good axe slinger ๐ metalcrypt.com/pages/review...
Goodnight from Ned Rundle, trying to work out if climbing the tower block stairs or the ghosts upon them will be first to give him a heart attack. Goodnight from Jess Halley, sure sheโs just seen a green-skinned child being pushed in a pram by old Mrs. Rain. Goodnight from Hookland.
Please turn up the drill โBut this is just a cleaning!โ I want the drill
Entirely too much RHCP at the dentistโs ๐คข
Acrylic on canvas panel { Winter shrouds those who wish not be seen }
Some new Gorgons stuff where I wanted to take fantasy synth, synth bass riffs and galloping metal drums to create something a bit different. "Orphans of the Gjallarhorn"
If any underground music publications are looking for guest writers to write about dungeon synth (reviews, interviews, etc) lemme know because I'd love to do more than the odd blog posting like I'm doing now
Sanguine Keep is a year old today and it's wild how far I've come since. Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement. โ๏ธ #ambient #darkambient #dungeonsynth #fantasysynth #vampire #gothic #vampyricdungeonsynth
Hey, come to this.
The finished Jcard for the Tree of Hell / Gorgons Alter split. Which is complete and should be coming out soon through the formidable Liminal Dread records!
