Great Lakes Dungeon Synth is a collective of regional dungeon synth artists that coalesced after a show at Cole’s Bar in summer 2023. What’s now called “dungeon synth” emerged from the Norwegian black ...

The genre of “dungeon synth” is having a comeback, and one of the guys that’s credited with creating it, Norway’s Mortiis (who played bass in Norwegian black metal band Emperor in 1991 and 1992 before ...

Zak Kiernan is a fan of adventure game Mice and Mystics, which inspired the name of his comfy-synth project, Derbyshire. Credit: Photo by Wulfka Zak Kiernan, 37, moved to Chicago in 2012 and has ...

You know when you put on some horrendously violent metal album, and it starts with a bit of creepy ambient music before the ‘proper’ songs begin? If you record a whole album of those spooky intros, ...

The heaths are unnaturally green this January afternoon. The path leads through the forest against the stream of a small creek, which we must cross at the right moment. After walking through the ...

“I’d love to see an active live FLDS scene taking shape and growing entirely independent of my organization.” While you may be hard-pressed to find a functional basement in Florida, the Sunshine State ...