Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
Well it seems we are on somewhat of an upswing this week. A new dawn has arrived in America, and whether you’re happy or disappointed, I feel we can safely say that we’re better off than what we were a week ago. Having said that, I feel it’s time to take a few moments and […]
Read More New Frontiers ‘(of)Inner Dimensions’ Out Today; Watch Video for “Emergent Evolution”There were a series of brutal murders that took place in the English countryside back in the early 1940s. A man impaled on his own pitchfork, the remains of a woman found stuffed inside a tree, and clues that led to the possibility these murders were witchcraft-related. What became known as The Lower Quinton & […]
Read More The Heartwood Institute Returns With ‘Witchcraft Murders’; Listen To “Who Put Bella Down The Wych Elm?”The heavy synth duo of New Frontiers consists of Andrew Crawshaw and Justin Kleine. Back in September they dropped the video for track “Cluster”. “Cluster” was a serene and hypnotically dark piece of music that blended their love of private press synth and Innovative Communications releases. It also showcased the influence of artists like Steve […]
Read More New Frontiers Announce Debut LP ‘(of) Inner Dimensions’ Out 1/22; Listen To “Ghosts of Time”If you’re a freak like me then you must worship at the alter of the dark electro project HVRGLOW. The three-piece electronic band released their debut album with Burning Witches Records back in 2018 and it completely blew my damn mind. It was a record filled with humid, slow-churning darkwave cuts that could easily fit […]
Read More Cruxible EP Drops November 6th; Listen To “Treeface”UK-based record label Library Of The Occult has been offering up dark, synth-driven music since its introduction this past summer. New music from Dream Division, Ogre, and Timothy Fife has delved into classic Gothic literature, occult themes, D&D, and contact with worlds beyond our own. LOTO has made it its mission to keep the spirit […]
Read More Step Out Of Reality With The Psychic Circle; Listen To “View From The Magicians Window Part 1”“Post Energetic Music for the Positive Nihilism Movement” The 60s were such a tumultuous time that the 70s was a decade filled with pseudo gurus and self-help hippies trying to start their own enlightenment movements. Compounds and dilapidated halls where the lost and disenfranchised could seemingly become part of a flock of like-minded and spiritually […]
Read More Get Lost In New Frontiers’ Serene “Cluster” Video; EP Drops 9/4Midwestern three-piece Joyhouse were just about done recording their debut EP back in March when the world shut down. Recording vocals a week before the state of Indiana went on lockdown, the band which consists of Chris Kelsey(vocals, guitar), Ian Skeans(vocals, guitar) and Kiah Gerig(drums), thought they were a mere few weeks away from debuting […]
Read More Joyhouse Premiere’s “Truman” Video; There Will Be BloodTom Mcdowell, aka Dream Division, makes electronic music that sinks into your brain slowly. He works in the world of analog synthesizers and creates sonic worlds that seem to have time traveled from the 70s and early 80s. Taking his cue from darker realms and inspired by the likes of Rizatti, Frizzi, and Carpenter, Dream […]
Read More Premiere : Listen To Dream Division’s “The Power Of Light”; New Album Arrives July 3rdKanaan, the Norwegian power trio which consists of Ask Vatn Strøm(Electric and acoustic guitars), Ingvald André Vassbø(Drums, percussion and organ), and Eskild Myrvoll(Bass, synths, electric and acoustic guitars), are a band on fire. Their 2018 debut record with El Paraiso Records titled Windborne was one of the absolute musical joys of that year. Combining touches […]
Read More Premiere : Listen to Kanaan’s “Öresund”; ‘Double Sun’ Drops April 24thphotos by Shane Renfro Neil Lord has had a busy year so far. He released the Holodeck Records debut of his long running project Future Museums titled Rosewater Ceremony back in February(his first with Holodeck, but just one in a long line of FM releases.) At the end of June Lord and Thousand Foot Whale Claw […]
Read More Track Premiere : Hear Future Museum’s Exquisite New Single “Presidio”