Xisuma's Musical Journey

  Competing with a slew of low effort bedroom producers, this stark cover art aesthetic suggested such presumptions, the phoned in part at l...

  One of the greatest artists to emerge from the bloated Dungeon Synth scene, Old Sorcery blazes a trail of excellence, transforming decrepi...

 Potentially saturating my own Enya experience, Amarantine has struck me as a step backwards for such an esteemed, visionary artist. Held a...

  To experience it at the time, would have been something else. To now venture back to her origin after reveling in such masterful inspirati...

This could be my now established familiarity with Enya 's remarkable music but The Memory Of Trees has a touch of "by the numbers...

  Understated yet sublime, Enya returns with a seemingly subdued take on her previously adventurous, occasionly tropical music. Shedding the...

  The purist pleasures of these peaceful yet esoteric atmospheres has affirmed Gelure's elevated stature. My initial fondness for The Ca...

  I've raved about prior installation's of Fief's exquisite Medieval Fantasy compositions. Often a niche relegated to background...

Working with a typical set of Dungeon Synth keyboard tones, Its clear Fogweaver has mastery of the magic. With no surprises in wait, Magelig...

   Introduced via an operatic indulgence on Erang 's gloomy levitation Despair, I had to seek out the French singers solo material. Dame...

Returning from a lengthy sixteen year hiatus, no fresh spark of light, or flash of genius awaits us. Instead, Anastasis plays as an amalgama...

   Now over twenty albums deep, one might suspect familiarity to dominate first impressions. What awaits within, is quite a humbling surpris...

  A soft, recent fondness for Greyshadow Ruins had initial excitements lulled by the subdued nature of this tempered beast. Mountain Realm ...

  Following up on Search Of True Ascendance, this next installment amends prior folly as a cohesive set of songs maintains an enchanting, sp...

Imbued by the powers of thematic suggestion, Greyshadow Ruins' sleeve artwork and track titling aptly fits the dusky, seldom mood that a...

  Danish outfit Myrkur had a busy 2023. Not only Spine but this TV show soundtrack too. Surprisingly, Ragnarok is the more straightforward...

  Scouring the web for more unturned stones within Symphonic Black Metal, I found my way to fellow Brits Bal-Sagoth. Although not akin to my...

    A passing listen sparked limited curiosity. Another ruinous bout of mystic woes? Örnatorpet caught my ear in the past but this latest re...

So far this journey has been propelled by sequential surprises, as scene setting triumphs in constructing naturalist and fantasy ambiences. ...

  I find myself in awe again. Next on our Rune Realms journey I picked The Stormcoast. Adorned with a teal stone runic border and painted l...