Resinator's "Justice of Toren" with the book that inspired the recording, "Ancillary Justice" by Ann Leckie. Tapes are sold out through Realm and Ritual but limited copies will be available soon through Forsaken Relics (DEN) and from the artist at their next show.

ATTN UK Residents Apoxupon is embarking on his first UK tour, playing songs from "How the Garden Grows".

All digital sales and $2 from every Lasiurus Cinereus "Vesper" tape sold is being donated to Batworld Sanctuary, a non-profit accredited sanctuary providing rescue & lifetime care for orphaned and injured bats.

Thank you to everyone who supported the June drop. All orders are packed and will ship out today. Limited copies of each release are still available on Bandcamp. As always, orders come with a homemade soy wax candle.

Available Now! June 2026 Realm and Ritual Titles and Blaggard Records Distro Items. RAR230 | Resinator - Justice of Toren RAR231 | Lasiurus Cinereus - Vesper TDS056 | Vermin Halls - Wrest the Claws of Death to Mine Own Neck

Distro Update this Friday, June 26th @ 12pm est featuring new titles from Blaggard Records (UK): - BLADES OF FOLMÄR/THE HALIGTREE - SPLIT MMXXVI - ASSORTED POTIONS - The Goodie Bag - MOUNTAINFOG - Flood Of Dreams

First look at Lasiurus Cinereus "Vesper" cassette available this Friday, June 26th @ 12pm est on the Realm and Ritual Bandcamp. All digital sales and the proceeds from tape sales will be donated to Bat World Sanctuary, a non-profit providing rescue & lifetime care for orphaned and injured bats.

First look at Resinator's "Justice of Toren" cassette available this Friday, June 26th @ 12pm est. RAR230 | Resinator - Justice of Toren Play fucking loud. Limited edition of 50 hand-numbered copies. Pro-dubbed UV-printed cassette with double-sided four-panel J-card.

⚔️TONIGHT⚔️ Friday, June 19th at O'Brien's Pub 7PM Doors. 8PM Show. $18. 21+. Flickers from the Fen (UK), Assorted Potions (TX), Apoxupon (TX), and Unsheathed Glory (MA).

Available on tape Friday, June 26th @ 12pm EST. TDS056 | Vermin Halls - Wrest the Claws of Death to Mine Own Neck Six blackened dirges from the pestilent goddess, Vermin Halls.

Available on tape Friday, June 26th @ 12pm EST. RAR231 | Lasiurus Cinereus - Vesper “Vesper” is the first full-length from Lasiurus Cinereus, a dark dungeon incantation from the mind of Morke’s Eric Wing.

Fiadh is thrilled to finally unveil our collaboration with Kaikkivaltias! The Finland-based medieval black metal artist has worked with comrade label @realmandritual.bsky.social, who recently reissued Astu.

Available on tape Friday, June 26th @ 12pm EST. RAR230 | Resinator - Justice of Toren “Justice of Toren” is the newest release from UK-based High Fantasy synth artist, Resinator.

Distro update is live on the Realm and Ritual Bandcamp featuring titles from Gondolin Records - Isilya Records - Forsaken Relics - Dale of Shadows - Archaic Meditations. 28 new tapes!

Distro Update this Friday, June 5th @ 12pm est. Sold out titles from Gondolin Records - Lord Bakartia "Where silence speaks in hushed tones" - Syrvante "Malaventure I & II"

DISTRO UPDATE - Friday, June 5th @ 12pm est I will be updating the Bandcamp store with titles from Gondolin Records, Forsaken Relics, Isilya Records, Dale of Shadows, and Archaic Meditations. Full title list TBA. Mark your calendars.

Thank you to everyone who has picked up a copy of Nuortikon's "Loss, Kneel, Ash, Bleed". We are donating proceeds from physical and digital sales to Suicide Zero, a non-profit organization working to reduce suicides across Sweden.

Available Now! May 2026 Realm and Ritual Titles. RAR228 | Wooded Memory - Escape to Phantasy RAR229 | Suicide Forest - World of Decay RAR177 | Kaikkivaltias - Astu TDS055 | Mooncaller - Melancholic Lycanthropia

REPRESS ANNOUNCEMENT! Tapes available Friday, May 22nd @ 12pm est. RAR177 | Kaikkivaltias - Astu Initially released at the tail end of 2023 with tapes selling out shortly after, "Astu" is the debut release from Finland's Kaikkilvatias.

Tapes available Friday, May 22nd @ 12pm est. RAR228 | Wooded Memory - Escape to Phantasy Rejoice! Wooded Memory has returned with their first release since 2020’s “My Secret Horror”.

Available on tape Friday, May 22nd @ 12pm EST. Full digital release on June 5th, 2026. RAR229 | Suicide Forest - World of Decay Hand-numbered edition of 75 black marble cassettes with A/B Pad-print and 4-panel J-card. CD and Vinyl editions available from the band.

Tapes available Friday, May 22nd @ 12pm est. TDS055 | Mooncaller - Melancholic Lycanthropia “DEATH TO THE LORDS AND NOBILITY. LONG LIVE THE SERFS. LONG LIVE THE BEASTS.”

Tapes available Friday, May 22nd @ 12pm est. RAR228 | Wooded Memory - Escape to Phantasy Rejoice! Wooded Memory has returned with their first release since 2020’s “My Secret Horror”.

Available on tape Friday, May 22nd @ 12pm EST. Full digital release on June 5th, 2026. RAR229 | Suicide Forest - World of Decay “World of Decay” is the newest full-length from Arizona-based depressive black metal band, Suicide Forest.

UPCOMING REALM AND RITUAL SHOWS ATTN: New England / Boston I put together two June shows for Realm and Ritual artists and friends of the label. If you're local, come through!

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Tapes available Friday, April 24th @ 12pm est. First look at Eternal Sanctuary's self-titled release. Hand-numbered edition of 30 home-dubbed transparent cassettes with A/B sticker label and hand-cut 4-panel J-card.

Available on tape Friday, April 24th @ 12pm est. RAR227 | Nuortikon - Loss, Kneel, Ash, Bleed First look at Nuortikon's "Loss, Kneel, Ash, Bleed". Hand-numbered edition of 50 jet-black cassettes with A/B pad-print and 4-panel J-card.

RAR224 | Apoxupon - How the Garden Grows (LP) I wanted to post the full layout of the album--front cover, back cover, and insert--featuring art from French artist, Sylfvr.

Distro update on Friday, April 24th @ 12pm est. Assorted Potions - Alchemical Reprise (A Collection) From Engraven Records / TXDS. A collection of the first three AP releases (i, ii, iii) collected on vinyl.

Distro update on Friday, April 24th @ 12pm est. Select tape titles from Engraven Records / TXDS. - Apoxupon "How the Garden Grows" - Amn "The Known Spheres" - Amn "Lands of Intrigue" - Lost Tales "An Old Wizard"

TDS054 | Eternal Sanctuary - Eternal Sanctuary “Conquer life and you shall fear not death” “Eternal Sanctuary” is the first demo from the Ohio-based dungeon synth project of the same name.

Available on tape Friday, April 24th @ 12pm est. RAR227 | Nuortikon - Loss, Kneel, Ash, Bleed “That autumn, we whispered / our fallen friends held riddles of life / mysteries we’d never touch / ghosted truths under the vast expanse”

Available on Friday, April 24th @ 12pm est. RAR224 | Apoxupon - How the Garden Grows Realm and Ritual is proud to present the vinyl release of Apoxupon’s landmark “post-Anthropocene” sylvan synth album, “How the Garden Grows”.

"April starts to whisper to the trees..." Next drop is Friday, April 24th. There's a hint here for those who have their ear to the ground.

⚔️BOSTON⚔️ Tickets are up for a night of fantasy synth at O'Briens featuring Flickers from the Fen (UK), Apoxupon, Assorted Potions, and Unsheathed Glory. 6/19. 7pm. 21+. $15 advance.a

The March 2026 Realm & Ritual titles are up now. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Four-tape bundles and individual titles available.

First look at Bergtagen's "In Forests Eternal" tapes. Available this Friday, March 20th @ 12pm est. Atmospheric dark metal. Co-release with Nebulae Artifacta. Hand-numbered edition of 50 pro-dubbed green cassettes with A/B pad-print and 4-panel J-card.

First look at Cowl's "Strange Divinity" cassette. Tapes available this Friday, March 20th @ 12pm est through the Realm & Ritual Bandcamp. Six-year anniversary reissue with updated artwork and bonus track. Medievalist grandeur steeped in somber atmosphere and a stoic sense of beauty.

First look at Murk Sage's "The Fall of Duskveil Keep" cassette. Tapes available this Friday, March 20th @ 12pm est through the Realm & Ritual Bandcamp. Dungeon synth odes to a fallen city from the mind of Scribe (The Ashen Codex).

First look at Vernal Crown's "Beneath a Vermillion Moon" cassette. Tapes available this Friday, March 20th @ 12pm est through the Realm & Ritual Bandcamp. Dark folk created in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains.

the first of todays three Dungeon Synth features on the channel is the dark folk inflected medieval ambient of Cowl, to mark its 6th anniversary re-release oin @realmandritual.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNfs...

Available on tape Friday, March 20th @ 12pm est. TDS052 | Vernal Crown - Beneath a Vermillion Moon "It is all a distant, fading dream now. I will serve my purpose in death."

Available on tape Friday, March 20th @ 12pm est. RAR226 | Bergtagen - In Forests Eternal Initially founded in 2006, Bergtagen was songwriter and musician Jon Rosenthal's emotive, atmospheric dark metal outlet.

Available on tape Friday, March 20th @ 12pm est. RAR225 | Cowl - Strange Divinity (6 Year Anniversary Reissue + Bonus Track) “This album is dedicated to grief: the almighty crucible of transformation”

After a brief resting period, Realm and Ritual returns with new tapes on Friday, March 20th at 12pm est. Announcements start next Monday, March 9th.

The Bandcamp Friday Update is Live: - 25 new distro titles from @daleofshadows.bsky.social , Gondolin Records, Isilya Records, and Archaic Meditations

RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT Realm and Ritual is proud to partner with Ancient King Records to offer a definitive third press of Hoarfrost's "The Sun Set Behind Mount Job" with extended 5-panel J-card.

BANDCAMP FRIDAY DISTRO UPDATE This Friday, February 6th @ 12pm EDT. I will be updating the Realm and Ritual Bandcamp with titles from @daleofshadows.bsky.social

BANDCAMP FRIDAY DISTRO UPDATE This Friday, February 6th @ 12pm EDT. I will be updating the Realm and Ritual Bandcamp with sold-out titles from Gondolin Records. Quantities on each cassette are extremely limited.