Magic Hilt is one of the many nom-de-dungeon-synth of the man known as Gray Friar, aka Forgotten Relic, Hidden Passage, and Lord Gloom, to name just a few of his other projects. For those not familiar with dungeon synth it might seem odd for one artist to perform under a half dozen or more different […]
Month: May 2026
Grim Father – “Tombspire” Cassette (2025 / 2026)
Tombspire exists on the more soundtrack-ey, Berlin School side of the Dungeon Synth ContinuumTM, that place conveying a 1970s grimdark soundtrack feel. There is a spacey quality to the synths as they pulse out into the void, seeking something to bounce off of, that weird post-modernist, retro-futurist sound that would be just at home in […]
Led Zeppelin – “The Song Remains The Same” (1976)
I know, I know… more Led Zeppelin, you’re thinking. “Yeah, sure, but this is the Japanese pressing,” he said sheepishly, knowing it did not make the situation seem cooler, at least not to most people. We spent a long weekend up in Bellingham, Washington, near the Canadian border, and while there I popped into the […]