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Harken to the Haunting Harmonies of Harrow's Peak in The Night Keep's 'Vindemia'

Since the release of the inaugural incantation that is A Tale of Shadows in September of 2013, award-winning production company The Night Keep has hexed haunt and horror fans alike with immersive, arcane-infused audio dramas bound by passionately crafted, sinister scores that are second to none. Vindemia, the latest album from the connoisseurs of the crypt, was released last October and joins Shade of Night, Ex Tenebris, Heretica, and In Musicka as an instant masterpiece of the macabre. I encourage you to stoke the fire, pour yourself a fine vintage, close your eyes, and sip at your leisure as your soul drifts to the sea-side port town of Harrow’s Peak. Do enjoy your stay.

MusicJ.R YoungJune 24, 2020The Night Keep, Vindemia, soundtrack, atmospheric, audio drama, dark ambient, dakrwave, darkwave, film scores, horror, review, monsters, madness, magic, monsters madness and magic, occultComment

Synthwave Sages The Midnight Release Single 'Deep Blue' and Announce New Album 'MONSTERS'

o set it plainly, The Midnight represents the cream of the Synthwave crop. Since the debut EP Days of Thunder, The Midnight has carefully crafted classic after classic, culminating in their forthcoming release Monsters on July 10th via Counter Records. Tyler Lyle and Tim McEwan possess an ability to evoke feelings both familiar and forgotten. To explore places, you can’t quite remember, yet subconsciously crave. The band themselves would point you to the Japanese term ‘Mono no aware’: the aching awareness of impermanence. A rhythmic reflection on the passing of time and the realization that nothing lasts forever. But these times can be revisited in memories and - thanks to The Midnight - music.

Museum of Macabre MediaJ.R YoungMay 7, 2020The Midnight, synthwave, darkwave, retrowave, Monsters, Counter Records, madness, magic, MONSTERSComment