Mossy Oubliette and Ffortress are from my neck of the woods, the Mistress Oubliette located in Seattle and Ffortress up the freeway a bit in Everett. I’m always going to support my local dungeon synthers so I made sure to order a copy of their new cassette, Eaten By Rats. Our introduction, “Midi Announcement”, lays […]
Category: Cassette
Boduf Songs – “Selected Instrumental Works” Cassette (2026)
This is the first time I’m hearing Boduf Songs (aka Mat Sweet). From what I can gather Selected Instrumental Works is a stylistic departure from his prior works, which lean more toward a sombre singer-songwriter feeling. His latest album retains a certain melancholy, but does so without vocals (OK… there’s a little singing on here, […]
Magic Hilt – “Saga Of The Glinting Steel” Cassette (2025)
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 […]
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 […]
Imp – “Tales From The Belltower” Cassette (2025)
We headed down the highway to Portland, Oregon last week. While there I popped over to a shop called Dark Future that specializes in used, vintage role playing games, interested in seeing if I could unearth any old Paranoia modules or other gems. What I didn’t realize is that Dark Future also sells music, most […]