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Realm and Ritual

US based cassette label specializing in Dungeon Synth and Black Metal.

09/04/2026

⚔BANDCAMP FRIDAY⚔

Realm & Ritual 2026 releases available on Bandcamp:

- Mortwight "The Sword Shall Devour Forever" LP
- Apoxupon "How the Garden Grows" LP
- Beggar "Hangsaman" Cassette
- Duskseeker "The Maw" Cassette
- Su***de Forest "World of Decay" Cassette
- Kaikkivaltias "Astu" Second Press Cassette
- Nuortikon "Loss, Kneel, Ash, Bleed" Cassette

08/28/2026

Now available on Bandcamp!

RAR234 | Beggar - Hangsaman
RAR235 | Mortwight - The Sword Shall Devour Forever
TDS057 | Faceless Spectre - Melancholic Vampiric Horde Demo
DISTRO | Immortuus - Shadow Over Wisborg

08/27/2026

Distro update this Friday, August 28th @ 12pm EST

Immortuus - Shadow Over Wisborg

Vampiric black metal from Chile. Ten coffin dwelling tracks to tell the story of Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), where Count Orlok travels to Wisborg, carrying death and the plague with him.

Pro-dubbed transparent purple cassettes with double-sided 4-panel J-card.

08/26/2026

Available on tape this Friday, August 28th @ 12pm EST.

RAR234 | Beggar - Hangsaman

“Hangsaman” is the debut full-length from depressive black metal project, Beggar. Recorded in the winter of 2025-2026 on and off the coast of Gloucester, “Hangsaman” speaks to the predatory nature of capitalism and the way in which it exploits the individual and the larger community. Beggar’s sole member, Maw, says of the album's themes, “Systems of abuse and alienation can grow like a cancer within the communities most affected by capitalism and colonialism. This is especially apparent in working class towns where the industry that initially supported them dies away.” Sonically, Beggar conjures hypnotic riffs eroded by salt water air, grief-stricken wails reverberate in claustrophobic rooms while the pummeling percussion mirrors the relentless passage of time. “Hangsaman” is a bleak album but one underpinned by momentary glimpses of hope, faintly shining behind charnel slabs of black despair.

Hand-numbered edition of 50 silver cassettes with four-panel J-card and double-sided pad-print.

08/25/2026

Available on tape this Friday, August 28th @ 12pm EST

TDS057 | Faceless Spectre - Melancholic Vampiric Horde Demo

Five tracks in under ten minutes, this is dungeonviolence!

“Melancholic Vampiric Horde Demo” is the debut from UK two-piece, Faceless Spectre. Helmed by DS stalwart Deorc Weg with vocals from Pallidus Mors, Faceless Spectre conjures blistering symphonic chaos; urgent melodies floating over frantic percussion while punctuated by demonic sneers buried in raw production. Disorienting, frantic, and sick as hell.

Hand-numbered edition of 30 home-dubbed transparent cassettes with double-sided sticker label xeroxed 5-panel J-card.

08/24/2026

Available on vinyl this Friday, August 28th @ 12pm EST on Bandcamp.

RAR 235 | MORTWIGHT - THE SWORD SHALL DEVOUR FOREVER

“The Sword Shall Devour Forever” is the newest full-length release from Denton, Texas martial ambient artist, Mortwight. “The Sword Shall Devour Forever” expands upon the industrial-tinged dungeon synth sound explored in 2024’s “Militant Melancholia” with four long-form forays into blighted war-torn landscapes and rust-laden despair. Drawing influence from the darkest depths of dungeon synth, the droning soundscapes of the gold era of Cold Meat Industry dark ambient artists, and the grandeur of post-rock, Mortwight conjures towering columns of Stygian sound on an endless march to oblivion over the course of the record.

Limited to 100 black records with double-sided insert completed at Memphis Record Pressing.

08/21/2026

One week away! Three new titles. Martial Dungeon Synth on vinyl, working class depressive black metal, and a fu***ng wild entry into the Demo Series. Available on Bandcamp Friday, August 28th @ 12pm est.

RAR234 | Beggar - Hangsaman
RAR235 | Mortwight - The Sword Shall Devour Forever
TDS057 | Faceless Spectre - Melancholic Vampiric Horde Demo

08/19/2026

Available on tape Friday, August 28th @ 12pm EST through the Realm and Ritual Bandcamp.

TDS057 | Faceless Spectre - Melancholic Vampiric Horde Demo

Five tracks in under ten minutes, this is dungeonviolence!

“Melancholic Vampiric Horde Demo” is the debut from UK two-piece, Faceless Spectre. Helmed by DS stalwart Deorc Weg with vocals from Pallidus Mors, Faceless Spectre conjures blistering symphonic chaos; urgent melodies floating over frantic percussion while punctuated by demonic sneers buried in raw production. Disorienting, frantic, and sick as hell.

Hand-numbered edition of 30 home-dubbed transparent cassettes with double-sided sticker label xeroxed 5-panel J-card.

08/18/2026

Available on tape Friday, August 28th @ 12pm EST through the Realm and Ritual Bandcamp.

RAR234 | Beggar - Hangsaman

“Hangsaman” is the debut full-length from depressive black metal project, Beggar. Recorded in the winter of 2025-2026 on and off the coast of Gloucester, “Hangsaman” speaks to the predatory nature of capitalism and the way in which it exploits the individual and the larger community. Beggar’s sole member, Maw, says of the album's themes, “Systems of abuse and alienation can grow like a cancer within the communities most affected by capitalism and colonialism. This is especially apparent in working class towns where the industry that initially supported them dies away.” Sonically, Beggar conjures hypnotic riffs eroded by salt water air, grief-stricken wails reverberate in claustrophobic rooms while the pummeling percussion mirrors the relentless passage of time. “Hangsaman” is a bleak album but one underpinned by momentary glimpses of hope, faintly shining behind charnel slabs of black despair.

Hand-numbered edition of 50 silver cassettes with four-panel J-card and double-sided pad-print.

08/17/2026

Available on vinyl Friday, August 28th @ 12PM EST on Bandcamp. Title track streaming now.

RAR 235 | MORTWIGHT - THE SWORD SHALL DEVOUR FOREVER

“The Sword Shall Devour Forever” is the newest full-length release from Denton, Texas martial ambient artist, Mortwight. “The Sword Shall Devour Forever” expands upon the industrial-tinged dungeon synth sound explored in 2024’s “Militant Melancholia” with four long-form forays into blighted war-torn landscapes and rust-laden despair. Drawing influence from the darkest depths of dungeon synth, the droning soundscapes of the gold era of Cold Meat Industry dark ambient artists, and the grandeur of post-rock, Mortwight conjures towering columns of Stygian sound on an endless march to oblivion over the course of the record.

Thematically, The Sword Shall Devour Forever dwells on the precarity of hope in the shadow of great catastrophe. Mortwight’s creator, M., says the album, “attempts to aurally deliver upon the promise inherent in the slogan anti-heroic martial ambient. ‘The Sword Shall Devour Forever’ is about the violent death throes of empires, present and historical. It looks in mourning to the past and in horror upon the present, where our own empire continues its own violent campaign against much of the world and against us at home. It might depart in this tone from the escapism of dungeon synth, but it is what it is, as is the world.”

The Sword Shall Devour Forever was written and recorded throughout 2025 and completed in early 2026. The album was mixed by Derek Rush (Chthonic Streams, Compactor, Dream into Dust) and mastered for vinyl by Grant Richardson (Hex Audio Labs). The cover photo was taken by Will Mecca with layout and design by Vincent Ciarlo. Vinyl will be available through the Realm and Ritual Bandcamp Store with digital downloads available from the Mortwight Bandcamp on August 28th.

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