A Grove of Ashes and Aspens

  • Just Local Band Things: Lycanthro’s New Album “Remnants of Rapture”

    Now Playing: Iris by Lycanthro As many metalheads tend to do, I enjoy supporting small and local bands. It keeps a place’s culture going and it gives a certain solidarity in the scene and between musicians. (This is something we could always have more of, all the petty in-fighting gets tiring sometimes.) Now, in my…

  • Reading the Runes: Pagan Storytelling in a Christian World

    Now Playing: Reader of the Runes – Book II by Elvenking Stories have been a part of human culture since time immemorial, and nowhere is that more clear than in the realm of religion. Every religion has their own stories, telling of both gods and mortal heroes, as they attempt to make sense of the…

  • Where have I been?

    Now Playing: Reader of the Runes – Book II by Elvenking Hi. It’s been a minute. Walk with me. (Metaphorically.) So where have I been? Why did posts just kinda stop for like two and a half months? Are posts going to continue? To answer those questions, my offline life got a bit chaotic, I…