As summer is well and truly starting to give way to autumn, I reflect upon a strange coincidence. Already for years, autumn has been a time of spiritual reinvigoration for me, and a time of attunement to a more esoteric … Continue reading ODIR Newsletter #7: October oddities
Year: 2026Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records This is an album I’ve been sitting on for quite a while. Despite its seeming simplicity, Dawn Of The Fall is one of those albums it’s been pretty hard to put thoughts to paper … Continue reading EÔS: Dawn Of The Fall
Year: 2026Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records Australian Sun Vessel have renewed themselves on each album. Where debut Etched In Eternity (2023) was a pretty typical fare with understated vocals and acoustic guitar, 2024’s A Seed Fallen To Earth (review) saw … Continue reading SUN VESSEL: Destruction’s New Battledress
Year: 2025Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records Taking their name from a short sword used by ancient Greeks, multinational Xiphos (not to be confused with the other Xiphos we’ve covered before) appropriately put their thematical focus on Ancient Greece. Though there … Continue reading XIPHOS: The Age Of Alexander
Release year: 2024Label: In Illo Tempore/Gladivs Records To me, neofolk has always been a very European form of music. I say this without any kind of prejudice or bias; just like I’ve always considered blues and country to be thoroughly … Continue reading SUN VESSEL: A Seed Fallen To Earth
