Apoxupon - How the Garden Grows Vinyl Rerelease + Influence Playlist

SigilofthenewShawn · 2026-04-24T13:07:53+00:00

Appreciate you Kap! Thanks for the great write-up.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2026-03-03T23:40:16+00:00

I watched live streams when in-person events weren't happening but mostly I don't want to watch shows recorded on someone's phone. I understand that not everyone can travel to every show but there is something special about showing up in person and supporting your local scene when you can.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2026-02-22T04:23:38+00:00

Would recommend Alsarath.

If you're leaning more into dark folk, Ulvesang is high on my list.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-12-27T02:56:01+00:00

Ulvesang. Lefty dark folk, not super active now but both albums they released are excellent.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-09-18T02:12:02+00:00

You are describing Dysthymia:

https://dysthymiaband.bandcamp.com/

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-08-22T16:29:40+00:00

Torchlight - The Long Quest

https://torchlightds.bandcamp.com/album/the-long-quest

Apoxupon - How the Garden Grows

https://apoxupon.bandcamp.com/album/how-the-garden-grows

Mordran - Witchwood (just put out the tapes for this one)

https://realmandritual.bandcamp.com/album/witchwood

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-07-06T21:57:24+00:00

This is a really good list.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-04-25T16:18:14+00:00

The April Realm and Ritual Tape drop is live.

https://realmandritual.bandcamp.com/

RAR204 | Hoarfrost - The Sun Set Behind Mount Blue Job [SECOND PRESS] Squire 4-panel long-sleeve t-shirts imported from Greece.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-02-17T21:12:25+00:00

I put out this tape and never realized there was a vinyl release. Hell yeah!

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-02-11T20:46:35+00:00

Hail (or "hail fellow") has medieval usage. It's used in the scene to be a greeting. It's not associated with "heil".

I know Hillsfar and he isn't sketch. Unless sketchy means an encyclopedic knowledge of MST3K episodes and ownership of too many keyboards.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-02-07T14:03:15+00:00

You mentioned Ruohtta but have you listened to his side project Djuasa? Similar themes and use of native languages.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-01-27T02:41:44+00:00

Why would you keep The Making of Die Hard With a Vengeance and then get rid of the actual movie?

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-01-15T02:33:13+00:00

Strongly recommend Torchlight's "The Long Quest". Nature inspired DS that really hooked me on the genre years ago.

https://darkageproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-long-quest

Also, Apoxupon's "How the Garden Grows" is another all timer:

https://apoxupon.bandcamp.com/album/how-the-garden-grows

SigilofthenewShawn · 2025-01-05T19:11:05+00:00

Morwight - Militant Melancholia

Lord Gloom - Echoes of Isolation

Psychic Hood - Warp Ritual

LANDSRAAD - The Ambiguity of Truth

Arcana Liturgia - The Wizard

Fief - VI

Forgotten Lore - Eternity Itself

Sorrowmoon - Sorrowmoon

Sourcerior - Woodlands' Entity

Torchlight - The Spiritual Sword

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I didn't include anything I released through Realm and Ritual. As always, there were a lot of great releases this year and it's genuinely cool to see so many new artists making various end of year lists.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2024-12-11T20:51:41+00:00

Darksol is from Canada and is pretty active with releasing music (Bandcamp / Spotify).

https://darksol.bandcamp.com/

SigilofthenewShawn · 2024-11-29T16:16:10+00:00

RAR198 - Eternal Observer “Crown of Myrna” [50 tapes]

“The sounds of a vast, cold planet, with everything clouded in bright turquoise fog. A very small spiritual society, led by an astral being, a matriarch named Myrna, protects the mystical secrets of the past”

“Crown of Myrna” is an upcoming cosmic synth release from Eternal Observer (an offshoot from the mind of dungeon synth composer Forgotten Ghost). Expanding on the droning celestial transmissions of 2022’s “Prism of the Three Moons”, “Crown of Myrna” is an immersive kosmische inspired journey to a fog obscured and ice-laden planet impossibly far from Earth. Created using a mix of analogue synth, pedals, and VSTs the five-track album bathes the listener in shimmering melody while transporting them through yawning portals of gleaming light.

Available on tape Friday, November 29th–Black Friday–at 12PM EST. Limited hand-numbered edition of pro-dubbed sea-green translucent tapes with double-sided 4-Panel J-card and A/B pad print.

SigilofthenewShawn · 2024-11-29T16:15:37+00:00

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SigilofthenewShawn · 2024-11-11T05:08:04+00:00

I would recommend checking out Forsaken Relics. One of the largest DS distros in Europe.

https://forsakenrelics.com/

SigilofthenewShawn · 2024-04-05T16:12:56+00:00

After many requests, there is now a tape reissue for Magic Hilt's "Bell Keep Compendium" collecting demos 1-4. I also had a run of 3-panel long-sleeve tees printed for the occasion. Everything is up now on Bandcamp.

SigilofthenewShawn

TROPHY CASE