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⚔South East UK Dungeon Synth⚔
ORCUS/L A N D S R A A D/Wych Elm/Villein and others
⚔No Fash⚔

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@seasonofmistofficial's 30th anniversary: Michael S. Berberian on risk, controversy, Heilung, Hulder, and the label’s evolution beyond metal.
Read the interview on the site now.
✍️: J. Donovan Malley
📷: Ester Segarra
#seasonofmist

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EXTREME ATMOSPHERIC SHIFTS: CATHARSIS + WEFT + FAKE DUST

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CATHARSIS (NC, USA). These metallic hardcore legends broke a long stretch of radio silence with their surprise release ‘Hope Against Hope’ mid-year 2025. The record is noted to deliver “cleverly contorted melodic hooks backed by a sense of vibrant energy and visceral intensity” (#NOCLEANSINGING). Some forces don’t decay over time, they grow more volatile.

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WEFT (TX, USA). Late in 2025, Weft dropped a sweeping atmospheric black metal LP, ‘The Splintered Oar’, via @bindrune_recordings. Hailed by reviewers as “both a tremendous metal record... and an authentic experience in both sound and composition,” (@_ninecircles) Charlie Anderson’s project creates a soundscape so vast and bleak you can practically feel the oxygen draining from your reserves.

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FAKE DUST (OR, USA). Their debut LP, ‘Decrepitizing Din of the Cerebral Psyopticon’, compresses mayhem into 19 tracks and dropped in May of this year. Praised as “a ferocious mix of grindcore and powerviolence” that delivers a “withering assault played with exacting precision” (@wonderboxmetal). Fake Dust offer zero lifelines.

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Three distinct specimen classes, one stage. Prepare accordingly.

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#NorthwestTerrorFest #Catharsis #Weft #FakeDust

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Mortiferum and Caustic Wound mark a decade of shared roots and divergent extremes, from cavernous death-doom to blistering deathgrind. Ahead of their sold-out Consecration of Torment gathering at Seattle’s Central Saloon on October 23–24, we explore the history connecting the two bands and the community behind their two-day anniversary celebration. Read the interview on the site now.
✍️ & 📷: J. Donovan Malley
#Mortiferum #CausticWound #ConsecrationofTorment

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Incredible pics from @jdonovanmalley at @woodlandfortressfest 2026

What an absolutely magical time✨

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Amazing shots of me captured by @jdonovanmalley from @woodlandfortressfest at @redhawkavalon 🖤
The 2nd pic is of me hand whistling 😙🎶

#fantasysynth #dungeonsynth #fantasyambient #fantasymusic

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In three weeks, the gates of hell will open and we will cast terror to streets of Europe with our brother’s in @hailinfernaldarkness

Break your fucking necks with us.

Lord of Sacrifice European Tour 2026

29/10 Aalborg, DK - 1000 Fryd
30/10 Groningen, NL - Walrus
31/10 Namur, BE - Le Belvedere
1/11 London, UK - The Black Heart
2/11 Bristol, UK - The Gryphon
3/11 The Hague, NL - Musicon
4/11 Tours, FR - Canadian Café
5/11 Huttwil, CH - Improvisorium
6/11 Erba: IT - Centrale Rock Pub
7/11 Zagreb, HR - PriMarius Brewery
8/11 Postojna, SL - MCP
9/11 Vienna, AT - Arena
10/11 Warsaw, PL - VooDoo Club
11/11 Dresdon, DE - Chemiefabrik
12/11 Berlin, DE - Willy Brandt Haus
13/11 Copenhagen, DK - Beta

@killtownbookings

📸 @jdonovanmalley

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🤍 We have been making moves towards our next album! Returning to the magical @anacortesunknownstudio to capture our latest songs.🤍

@jdonovanmalley came up for the day to see the process and we are forever grateful for his words and kindness 🏴🔥

I had the pleasure of spending some time at Unknown Studios this past weekend with Ragana as they finished recording the follow-up to their incredible 2023 full-length, Desolation’s Flower, released through The Flenser. Huge thanks to the band and producer/engineer Nicholas Wilbur for letting me hang out, listen, and document a little of the process. Just as striking as the music was the generosity of the creative process itself: supportive, collaborative, curious, and completely without ego, giving the songs the space they needed to become what they were meant to be. What I heard is incredible. People should start getting excited now. @jdonovanmalley

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Recently in Seattle 🇺🇸 Thank You! 📸 by @jdonovanmalley #igorrr #womeninmetal #womeninmusic #operasinger #metal

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Our new album, “A Collection of Small Disasters” is out today!
We’re incredibly proud of these songs and have been eager to share them with you all.
Recorded @anacortesunknownstudio
Mixed by @gse
Mastered by @audiosiege
Artwork by @tom_foe
US Distribution @phagetapes
CA Distribution @zegema_beach

#seattle #metal #mathcore #sludge #progressivemetal

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Find out the answer in Puget Sound Metal Bulletin #8!

Photo my @jdonovanmalley

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Be sure to catch @jdonovanmalley’s interview with Hulder in Puget Sound Metal Bulletin #8! If you haven’t yet, highly recommend checking out Hulder’s latest album, Verbolgen, available through @20buckspinlabel in the US and @seasonofmistofficial everywhere else!

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@NeurosisOakland dropped their first record in 10 years, 'An Undying Love for a Burning World,' out now via their own @NeurotRecordings. Read all about it in our interview, up on the site now.
✍️: Colin Roberts
📷: J. Donovan Malley
#Neurosis #NeurotRecordings

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