My original post on Jim Kirkwood is, as of when I’m writing this, the most viewed post on this incarnation of Life in the Vinyl Lane (you can also read about his Eternal Champion Trilogy of albums HERE). This probably shouldn’t be surprising. While dungeon synth (which I’ll be referring to as DS from here […]
Category: Dungeon Synth
Skhemty – “Sunrise On The Old Kingdom” Cassette (2022)
Skhemty is a dungeon synth project of John Lordswood who, in addition to performing under perhaps a dozen different names, is also the man behind the Ancient King Records label. As dungeon synth has evolved a number of different styles have emerged, from the more standard dark ambient, pastoral, and sword-and-sorcery takes to things like […]
Castle Zagyx – “Oath Of The Dark Chivalry” Cassette (2023)
One of the things I truly enjoy about dungeon synth is the extras some artists add to their releases. Cassettes, being much smaller than records, lend themselves to being packaged in boxes or pouches with all kinds of surprises. There are some in the scene, of course, who think this is dumb and gimmicky and […]
Benedictine Shadows – “Lamented Hymns” Cassette (2025)
If you’re of a certain age and you were into music in the mid-90s you probably remember a very odd “fad” – specifically the moment had by, of all things, monastic chants. It was kicked off by the 1994 album Chant by The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, which was followed by Chant […]
Castle Zagyx – “Dungeons of Despair” (2020)
I’m sitting here on rainy, cold, dark Saturday morning. It feels like the transition from summer to not-summer was almost instantaneous this year, mother nature flipping a switch and taking us from sun to clouds, from early morning light to mid-morning gloom over the course of the week. We weren’t given any time to adjust, […]