Realm and Ritual

10/07/2025

Thanks to Black Metal Daily for featuring Banshee Moon's debut "Devil of the Pines". One of my favorite symphonic BM releases this year. Still have a few tapes in stock. Link in Comments.

ARTIST: Banshee Moon
YEAR: 2025

One that we haven't seen spoken about nearly enough these past months is 'The Devil Of The Pines', by mysterious USBM coven Banshee Moon. Members of the Ordo Vampyr Orientis cabal and counting malefactors from such cult names as Bad Manor, Bat Magic, Bellum Mortis and others in their shadowed ranks, Banshee Moon draw from the nocturnal mysticism inherent in the earliest days of Dimmu Borgir and would fit neatly in to the era of Shagrath's Hot Records catalog (with the odd Isengard riff thrown in for good measure). Which, for those ancient heads in the know, means this is excellent stuff. A compelling first effort that slipped under too many radars – check it out and pick up the digital at name-your-price via Ampwall or cassette via the great Realm and Ritual below. Hails.

"It flies upon leather wings
Demon of the frozen pine..."

RATING: 4 / 5

LISTEN / SUPPORT: https://ampwall.com/a/ovo/album/banshee-moon

PHYSICAL COPIES: https://realmandritual.bandcamp.com/album/the-devil-of-the-pines

10/05/2025

This Bandcamp Friday, we raised $630 for the National Immigration Law Center. Thank you to everyone who supported the fundraiser by picking up a tape, shirt, record, or digital download.

No one is illegal. Abolish ICE.

10/03/2025

BANDCAMP FRIDAY FUNDRAISER

Today all of Realm and Ritual's physical and digital sales will be donated the the National Immigration Law Center, an organization dedicated to advancing and defending the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their loved ones.

I reached out to every artist I've worked with over this past week and got permission to offer "Name Your Own Price" downloads for the vast majority of Realm and Ritual releases. These have been manually set for today and will return to $666 tomorrow (to encourage listeners to buy digital downloads directly from the artist). I didn't hear back from a few folks but will add more listings if they come in today.

As of 9:00 AM, pay what you want downloads available from:
Altar of Moss - Ammothea - Ancient Dreamer - Ancient Fears - Apoxupon - Ashen Altar - Astral Lore - Casterock - Cefaris - Ceramic Mist - Ceramic Veins - Colossus - Count Shirintsu - Darksol - Deathvoid - Dleifdem - Druad - Ërhatiüurä - Erythrite Throne - Eternal Observer - Felsenmeer - Filth Eternal - For Dove - Forgotten Ghost - Forgotten Land of Dust and Shadow - Glass Coffin - Grat Strigoi - Gray Friar - Grim Father - Grimtone - GuardianSorrow - Hermit Knight - Hjartans - Hollow Peasant - Horrific Citadel - King Vatra - Kolessa - Lighthouse Keeper - Lunar Ark - Lurk - Magic Hilt - Many Waters - Mesa - Miasmas - Misery - Mordran - Mortal Relic - Mortlach - Mortwight - Nahadoth - Nate Collins - Nebulous of Blood - Nightmare Spirit - Njal - Obsidian Urn - Of Ancient Names - Orcus - Pafund - Piyakdu - Resinator - Returning - Revenant - Revolt and Regicide Compilation - Rougarou - Saudade, Infinitum - Silencio Permanente - Soliloque - Spectral Castle - Spectral Decay - The Ashen Codex - The Moonless Sea - Tolling - Unsheathed Glory - Ushangvagush - Vaelastrasz - Valagnor - Vanhelling - Varkana - Vermin Halls - Winter Pathways - Wooded Memory - Woods of Sith Cala

10/02/2025

BANDCAMP FRIDAY FUNDRAISER

This Friday, I will be donating all sales--digital and physical--to the National Immigration Law Center, an organization dedicated to advancing and defending the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their loved ones.

I don't generally offer digital downloads but have contacted nearly every artist I've worked with over the past several years to offer "Name Your Own Price" downloads on the majority of the R&R catalog for a 24 hour window. This will also include the compilations and samplers I've released.

09/26/2025

The Realm and Ritual September Drop is now live on Bandcamp.

RAR218 | Castlerock - The World in the Valley of the Wind
+ Limited Edition 3-Panel longsleeve shirts
TDS045 | Hollow Peasant - Siege of Tseldora
TDS046 | Thorndike - Scrimshaw Talisman

Distro Items (Scroll down on Bandcamp -- distro items on bottom of Merch page)
- Solanum "Spheres of Time" Second Edition CS
- Crysalidis "Frostbound" CS
- Faery Ring "Dwine" CS
- LANDSRAAD "The Ambiguity of Truth" CS
- Arcana Liturgia "Tales from and Ancient World" CS

09/25/2025

In addition to the tape releases going up tomorrow, I'll also be offering limited edition Castlerock 3-panel longsleeves. These are printed on premium Comfort Colors shirts by Grim Graphics (GSO).

Instead of making a bundle merch listing, buyers picking up a shirt and at least one tape can use code "bundle" for an additional 15% off the shirt.

09/24/2025

Available this Friday, September 26th @ 12PM est.

TDS046 | Thorndike - Scrimshaw Talisman

“What the sea wants, the sea takes.”

“Scrimshaw Talisman” is the second demo from New England ambient black metal duo, Thorndike. Composed of two slabs of stygian darkness, “Scrimshaw Talisman” speaks to the history, folklore, and perilous beauty of the Atlantic ocean in furious shrieks, pummeling percussion, and hypnotizing guitarwork that conjures the the frigid persistence of the oncoming waves.

Limited to 30 hand-numbered home-dubbed cassettes with A/B shell sticker and hand-cut 4-panel J-card.

09/23/2025

Tapes available this Friday, September 26th @ 12PM EST

TDS045 | Hollow Peasant - Siege of Tseldora

“Siege of Tseldora” is the debut EP from Hollow Peasant, an offshoot of Stormsong Grimoires (Tarnished Legends, Lighthouse Keeper). Five tracks of somber fantasy synth; wistful odes to dark times with undertones of luminous melody to inspire change. No gods, no masters. Long live the new age!

Limited edition of 30 hand-numbered home-dubbed cassettes with A/B sticker label and hand-cut 4-panel J-card.

09/22/2025

Available this Friday, September 26th @ 12PM est.

RAR218 | Castlerock - The World in the Valley of the Wind

Nearly one year after 2024’s “Order of the Paulownia Flowers”, fantasy ambient artist CASTLEROCK returns with “The World in the Valley of the Wind”. Recorded in an intensive two week period at the start of 2025, “The World in the Valley of the Wind” presents a darkened tapestry of Japanese romanticism interwoven with the melancholic tones of dungeon synth. The six-track record continues to expand on the gauzy lo-fi synth spells first introduced in the Kuruwa Trilogy by telescoping outward, no longer inhibited by the layered castle walls.

Limited hand-numbered edition of 100 matte white cassettes with royal blue pad-print and 4-panel J-card.

09/21/2025

Available on tape this Friday, September 26th @ 12PM est alongside new Realm and RItual titles.

Distro titles from Gondolin / Forsaken Relics:

- Solanum "Spheres of Time" Second Edition CS
- Crysalidis "Frostbound" CS
- Faery Ring "Dwine" CS
- LANDSRAAD "The Ambiguity of Truth" CS
- Arcana Liturgia "Tales from and Ancient World" CS

09/19/2025

Available on tape next Friday, September 26th @ 12PM est.

TDS046 | Thorndike - Scrimshaw Talisman

“What the sea wants, the sea takes.”

“Scrimshaw Talisman” is the second demo from New England ambient black metal duo, Thorndike. Composed of two slabs of stygian darkness, “Scrimshaw Talisman” speaks to the history, folklore, and perilous beauty of the Atlantic ocean in furious shrieks, pummeling percussion, and hypnotizing guitarwork that conjures the the frigid persistence of the oncoming waves.

Limited to 30 hand-numbered home-dubbed cassettes with A/B shell sticker and hand-cut 4-panel J-card.

09/18/2025

Available next Friday, September 26th @ 12PM est.

TDS045 | Hollow Peasant - Siege of Tseldora

“Siege of Tseldora” is the debut EP from Hollow Peasant, an offshoot of Stormsong Grimoires (Tarnished Legends, Lighthouse Keeper). Five tracks of somber fantasy synth; wistful odes to dark times with undertones of luminous melody to inspire change. No gods, no masters. Long live the new age!

Limited edition of 30 hand-numbered home-dubbed cassettes with A/B sticker label and hand-cut 4-panel J-card.