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Black metal, dungeon synth appreciation channel/page/person (Duncan. Hi) covering all forms of blackened artistry and expression. Will post personal stuff too, bcz I can't be bothered to have too many accounts.

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YT channel devoted to all permutations of blackened esoteric artistry from the extensive underground of black metal, dungeon synth, and bm-adjacent musics.

#BlackMetal #DungeonSynth
It’s Blue Monday today, so let’s rip it up and do our best to ignore the impending doom, with a new album of psychic black n roll from cosmic New Yorkers, Funeral Dancer.

youtu.be/CpzjnBPdFPQ
Funeral Dancer - Inner Gate (album, 2026) psychic black n roll
YouTube video by Transmissions from the Dark
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM
bands, I implore you, please cease with these wetransfer links that expire after 3 days. 3 days is no time!

it sounds trivial, but I hate having to write back to ask for a link again, esp. when they didn't include it in the first 'would you be interested' email.
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Start you day with Finnish medievalist, Squire and his new album - Dolorous Woods

youtu.be/sawBDACPLgg
Squire - Dolorous Woods (demo, 2026) medieval dungeon synth
YouTube video by Transmissions from the Dark
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Today I bring you elegies of raw windswept desolation and bitterly depressive lamentations in this split between US band Shoregraves and Argentinian entity Moonveil.

youtu.be/up6aubVwX5g
Shoregraves / Moonveil - Moonshore Split (split, 2026) raw depressive black metal
YouTube video by Transmissions from the Dark
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
These took a while, but both are very satisfying.

IYKYK
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 PM
New Forest Temple is, a. A nice surprise, and b. Total magic

That transition near the end of Feudal Ghosts Waltz, for starters

Perfectly intoxicating mix of grin and grimy dungeon synth, dewy forest ambience and hypnogogic vaporwave

foresttemplesynth.bandcamp.com/album/yolk-o...
Yolk Of Blue Memory, by Forest Temple
12 track album
foresttemplesynth.bandcamp.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
on the channel today, the latest release from Mories' Hagetisse project of celestial symphonic black metal.

I think I've used the word 'celestial' several times already this year, and I've only posted 11 videos. Seems it's that kind of a start to the year.

youtu.be/r0qfNdOegdo
Hagetisse - To Wither Beneath Thy Radiance (album, 2026) black metal
YouTube video by Transmissions from the Dark
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
first DS Sunday of the year is up now, starting with the latest Wych Elm demo to mark its special cassette release through @realmandritual.bsky.social - two special Wych Elm tapes, in fact!

youtu.be/Nwpx0od9210
Wych Elm - Wych Elm III (ep, 2025) melancholic dungeon synth
YouTube video by Transmissions from the Dark
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
it should surprise no one, but Lila's new Ardente EP is awesome.

perfect celestial atmospheric black metal in 'Ma Lame, Ma Volonté...'

lilastarless.bandcamp.com/album/aux-po...
Aux Portes de l'Horizon (EP), by Ardente
4 track album
lilastarless.bandcamp.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:05 AM
c.mon, do it!

I can see Ilfracombe from my house *just* over the Bristol channel, but it will take ~4 hours to drive there.
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
New Snowspire! ❄️❄️❄️

Sinking into this now on my slowly winding path to sleep

snowspire.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
Where the Sky Gleams with a Thousand Lights, I Know I Am Never Alone, by Snowspire
1 track album
snowspire.bandcamp.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Today I bring you 'If Blood Is to Spill... Make It an Ocean' – the first new Wraithlord album since Phantasmal Warfare in 2024, and as I will say with every release from this band, you need to be paying attention to them.

youtu.be/bormM5l_tVU
Wraithlord - If Blood is to Spill...Make it an Ocean (album, 2026) melodic black metal
YouTube video by Transmissions from the Dark
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
the facebook black metal groups are discussing the Lords of Chaos film again - and even though I don't think it is especially great, they always discuss it so badly and wrong that I can't help defend it.
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I have recently been listening back through my boxes of minidiscs of gig recordings from 2000-2010. Some proper desk recordings, but most just clip mic or headphones in the input.

Some fantastic nostalgia bumps.
The argument that goes something like “Why are you even recording at a concert? You won’t even watch it later“ feels like projection to me. I get not wanting to see a sea of phones but that second bit always feels like a wild guess from someone old enough to know better
January 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Why does almost every news headline or strapline use the word ‘surge’ now?

It’s the new ‘delve’
January 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Can tell i had a good amount of time off working, because by thumb is cramping up after 2 days back at it.

Someone weird sensation, but nice to know my body is actually capable of rejecting the grind.
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Didn’t realise The Abyss was here. Give them a follow if the sound of the cosmos collapsing to splintering blast beats is your thing.
2025 has been a decent year for us.... We'll be kicking off next year, 2026, with new Vertebrae Fetism Totem.... and Pillar Amongst Willows....
the CDs will be with us any day now, but we'll be making the announcements closer to the New year (please check our other pages for our thank you msg)
January 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Changed my picture to the new logo.
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
new Winselmutter track, in advance of a forthcoming EP

winselmutter.bandcamp.com/album/ketzer...
Ketzergeyst, by WINSELMUTTER
1 track album
winselmutter.bandcamp.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
New year, new logo!

I’ve been sat on this for too long waiting to use it, and today is the day!

Thanks to Thaumaturge Artworks for another masterpiece, seeing through my inept ideas into what I actually wanted; something gnarled, antiquated and rustic with an element of light.

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January 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
First video of the year is up now, with a new logo! Will make a separate post about that later, for now, please enjoy this fantastic split of folklore-themed atmospheric BM between Ascalapha and Ithildra.

Does what great splits should, and ties the theme across both sides.

youtu.be/Lxtp_2Hv6tA
Ascalapha / Ithilrå - Shadow Under a Raven's Wing (split, 2025) raw atmospheric black metal
YouTube video by Transmissions from the Dark
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
My most listened albums - from Bandcamp and files on my computer, since nothing else scrobbles. I thought Spotify was as it’s in my
sources, but it isn’t working.

Anyway. Here’s most of my most played year in music.
January 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
And some coal
December 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My wife got me lots of interesting coffees for Christmas. Trying out the Kopi Luwak.

These Coffee Bean Shop bags with the tasting note chart are nice too.
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New Olhava coming, 27th February. Marvellous news.

One track up now. 20 minutes of post-black majesty

olhava.bandcamp.com/album/memorial
Memorial, by Olhava
8 track album
olhava.bandcamp.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM