Great Lakes Dungeon Synth is a collective of regional dungeon synth artists that coalesced after a show at Cole’s Bar in summer 2023.

Zak Kiernan is a fan of adventure game Mice and Mystics, which inspired the name of his comfy-synth project, Derbyshire. Credit: Photo by Wulfka Zak Kiernan, 37, moved to Chicago in 2012 and has ...

The genre of “dungeon synth” is having a comeback, and one of the guys that’s credited with creating it, Norway’s Mortiis (who played bass in Norwegian black metal band Emperor in 1991 and 1992 before ...

Yucca Valley is about to transform into a realm of fantasy, music and imagination with the first-ever Desert Dungeon Festival, taking place Nov. 8-9. The two-day event ...

Black metal and dark-industrial chameleon (or should we say elf?) Mortiis toured the U.S. earlier this year for the first time in years to a rapturous response. But he didn’t do it with his full band, ...

Without really trying to, Cameron Spies is leading a quiet revolution within the Portland pop music community. It’s a position the multitalented artist was well prepared for. Spies has built an ...