Realm and Ritual Year Seven Wrap Up. 1 LP release. 22 Realm and Ritual tapes. 15 Demo Series Tapes. 2 reissued titles. Too many candles to count.

The December 2025 tape drop is live on Bandcamp. Four tapes from close friends and constant collaborators. RAR222 | Wych Elm - I / IS / II RAR223 | Wych Elm - 3 [with live performance B side] TDS050 | Ancient Dreamer - Dreambound II TDS051 | GuardianSorrow - A Mad King’s Dream

First look at both Wych Elm compilation tapes. Available this Friday, December 26th @ 12PM edt. RAR222 | Wych Elm - I / IS / II RAR223 | Wych Elm - 3 / Live at St. Peter in the Forest Church Hand-numbered edition of 75 pro-dubbed matte white cassettes with A/B pad-print and 4-panel J-card.

First look at GuardianSorrow's "A Mad King's Dream" tapes. Available this Friday, December 26th @ 12PM edt. This is a Demo Series release, home-dubbed in real time on transparent C30 cassettes. J-cards have been hand-cut and folded in a numbered edition of 30. All Demo Series releases are $5.

First look at Ancient Dreamer "Dreambound II" cassettes. Available this Friday, December 26th @ 12PM edt. This is a Demo Series release, home-dubbed in real time on transparent C30 cassettes. J-cards have been hand-cut and folded in a numbered edition of 30. All Demo Series releases are $5.

Full support to @spaceseer.bsky.social

Available on tape Friday, December 26th @ 12pm EDT. TDS051 | GuardianSorrow - A Mad King’s Dream "I was possessed by the spirit of a mad king and I dreamed of his triumphant but miserable years"

Available on tape Friday, December 26th @ 12pm edt. TDS050 | Ancient Dreamer - Dreambound II “Dedicated to those who embrace reticence.”

Available on tape Friday, December 26th @ 12pm edt. RAR223 | Wych Elm - III [with live performance B side] “Tell your friends you love them.”

Available on tape Friday, December 26th @ 12pm edt. RAR222 | Wych Elm - I - IS - II “For You. I'll never forget”

DECEMBER RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT Tapes available on Friday, December 26th @ 12pm edt. Four tapes from close friends and constant collaborators. RAR222 | Wych Elm - I - IS - II RAR223 | Wych Elm - III TDS050 | Ancient Dreamer - Dreambound II TDS051 | GuardianSorrow - A Mad King’s Dream

⚔️DUNGEON SYNTH AT THE CINEMA⚔️ Saturday, December 6th @ The 4th Wall at Capitol Theater (Arlington, MA) 8:30 Doors. 9PM Show. $10. All Ages. Featuring performances from: - Hoarfrost (NH) - Unsheathed Glory (MA) - Headmaster (MA) Presented by Realm and Ritual, Somergloom & 4th Wall Boston

RAR221 | Sinking Babel - Sinking Babel Thank you to everyone who supported the November tape drop, orders are shipping out now. I wanted to share a few codes for the recently released debut from Sinking Babel, a collaboration between US DS / Dark Ambient artists Gorgons Alter and Crypt Mage.

November 2025 Tapes are live on Bandcamp. RAR221 | Sinking Babel - Sinking Babel TDS048 | Caitha / Acheulean Forests - Split TDS049 | Eilenach - Eilenach realmandritual.bandcamp.com

Tapes available tomorrow 11.21 @ 12pm edt. Cataclysmic dungeon drone, melancholic majesty, and lo-fi battle hymns. Individual titles and 3-tape bundles will be up on Bandcamp. RAR221 | Sinking Babel - Sinking Babel TDS048 | Caitha / Acheulean Forests - Split TDS049 | Eilenach - Eilenach

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲 - 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 (Full album, 2025) | Black metal, crust This is not the first time we cover Spectral Decay, the antifascist act from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They play a well constructed mix of black metal and crust, with a good amount of thrash sounds.

Available on tape this Friday, November 21st @ 12pm edt and now streaming on Bandcamp. TDS049 | Eilenach (30 Tapes) Lo-fi battle hymns and tape warbled majesty from the mind of Unsheathed Glory. Hand-numbered edition of 30 home-dubbed transparent cassettes with A/B sticker and hand-cut J-card.

Excited to announce that I'll be vending again this year for Florida Dungeon Fest. Eternal hails to Anthony from @texasdungeonsiege.bsky.social and Spark Booking for having me back.

Available on tape Friday, November 21st @ 12pm edt. RAR221 | Sinking Babel (50 Tapes) Nightmare soundscapes, bleak melodies, and droning curses. A collaboration between US artists Gorgons Alter and Crypt Mage.

New Forgotten Relic! Listen now!

Ordo Vampyr Orientis vs @realmandritual.bsky.social Banshee Moon - Devil in the Pines Raw symphonic mythological American black metal youtu.be/caj2rT-7TfA

November Release Announcement Friday, November 21st @ 12pm edt. RAR221 | Sinking Babel (50 Tapes) Nightmare soundscapes, bleak melodies, and droning curses. A collaboration between US artists Gorgons Alter and Crypt Mage.

Realm and Ritual and Somergloom Festival present: DUNGEON SYNTH AT THE CINEMA A night of DS and fantasy ambient performances in a historic movie theater. Witness feats of analog sorcery accompanied by big screen visuals.

Just received a grip of stickers for The Demo Series. These will be shipping out with every order to commemorate 50 releases under the TDS banner. Long live $5 tapes, bulk C30s, a paper cutter, and an old copy machine. realmandritual.bandcamp.com/merch

ICYMI! i reviewed Spectral Decay's new full length that released last weeked. tapes have been made available on @realmandritual.bsky.social #BlackMetalSky

The October 2025 drop is live on Bandcamp. Droning sorcery and celestial tones, tremolo savagery and icy wails, and contemplative fuzz laden memories of place.

Available tomorrow--Friday, 10/31--at 12pm est. Droning sorcery and celestial tones, tremolo savagery and icy wails, and contemplative fuzz laden memories of place.

Available this Friday, October 31st @ 12pm est. Full stream and video premiere today at 6:30pm edt. TDS047 | Dleifdem - Michigan Upper Peninsula Volume 2 A continued meditation on place through fuzzy synth driven melodies and field recordings from the lakes and wilds of Northern Michigan.

Magic Hilt - Saga of the Glinting Steel Tape from @realmandritual.bsky.social Beautiful clear frost cassette, with a fantastic photo on the inside jcard youtu.be/jax0VzNjw6c

Available this Friday, October 31st @ 12pm edt. RAR220 | Spectral Decay - Left Hand Wrath "Straddling the worlds of black metal and punk, with a victoriously barbarous sound (and excellently punned title), Left Hand Wrath mixes tremolo savagery and rippling triplets with chewy breakdowns...

Available this Friday, October 31st @ 12PM EST RAR219 | Nightmare Spirit - Echoes from the Astral Temple Celestial spells and droning incantations from Kentucky DS artist, Nightmare Spirit. Four song full-length to be used as a companion for meditation, spellwork, and communion with the self.

Available on tape this Halloween (12PM est). Video premiere and full stream coming next week. TDS047 | Dleifdem - Michigan Upper Peninsula Volume 2 A continued meditation on place through fuzzy synth driven melodies and field recordings from the lakes and wilds of Northern Michigan.

Tapes available on Halloween - 12pm est. RAR219 | Nightmare Spirit - Echoes from the Astral Temple Celestial spells and droning incantations from Kentucky DS artist, Nightmare Spirit. Four song full-length to be used as a companion for meditation, spellwork, and communion with the higher self.

Honoured to present an advance stream of the second Spectral Decay album, Left Hand Wrath, releasing on Halloween through @realmandritual.bsky.social Antifascist black metal and crust punk, with a victoriously cold and mercilessly barbarous sound + excellently punned title youtu.be/fr2qvkAE3-o

Spectral Decay's new album, Left Hand Wrath, is streaming in full thanks to @transmissionsftd.bsky.social Tapes and Digital available on Halloween (Friday, October 31st @ 12PM EST).

OCTOBER RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT Tapes available on Friday, October 31st @ 12PM EST. Three new releases from friends and constant collaborators.

listening to the upcoming Spectral Decay album @realmandritual.bsky.social #BlackMetalSky

This Bandcamp Friday, we raised $630 for the @nilc.org. Thank you to everyone who supported the fundraiser by picking up a tape, shirt, record, or digital download. No one is illegal. Abolish ICE.

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. realmandritual.bandcamp.com

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.

Opening up DS Sunday this week with the new Castlerock album, out through @realmandritual.bsky.social a lush, tranquil, melancholy exploration of the personal realm outside the castle walls of his Kuruwa trilogy youtu.be/GvRbjARPNaE

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 @stormsonggrimoires.bsky.social TDS046 | Thorndike - Scrimshaw Talisman

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).

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.

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).

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”.

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Tapes available Friday, September 26th @ 12PM EST TDS046 | Thorndike - Scrimshaw Talisman “What the sea wants, the sea takes.”

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 @stormsonggrimoires.bsky.social (Tarnished Legends, Lighthouse Keeper).

SEPTEMBER RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT PT. 2 Two new entries into The Demo Series, available Friday, September 26th @ 12PM est. TDS045 | Hollow Peasant - Siege of Tseldora Five-track dark fantasy synth debut from Stormsong Grimoires. Tales of peasant uprising and regicide dedicated to the new age.