For modern Pagans – especially practitioners of Ásatrú and Heathenry – the options for heavy music that somehow connects to their spiritual worldview has often tended towards black metal, death metal, Pagan metal, and Viking metal. For the old heads who grew up on heavy metal when it was still heavy, much of that twenty-first century metal music […]

Let’s get something straight: Lady Gaga is our Lord and Savior, and I will not hear otherwise. She comes back, resurrected like the phoenix when we need a beacon of hope. She gave us a taste of The Fame we dreamed of and got us The Fame Monster when we were edgy teenagers, Born this Way to discover who we are, […]

There’s an artist I grew up with, who has made me feel seen, understood, and alive since her first album. She grew up from creepy, dark girl to become a High Priestess of Light and Darkness. It’s a title she has earned with her newest release, an audiovisual project four years in the making. I’m […]

In a previous article, I wrote about my discovery of Pagan metal and how it fundamentally altered the way I conceive art and spirituality. While I hope it was an entertaining and instructive piece, I realized halfway through that explaining and presenting the genre more in detail would be a good way to engage the readership […]

“You know what? I I feel like listening to something Pagan!” That came pretty much out of nowhere out of Laetitia’s mouth, and although this happened over fifteen years ago, I remember as if it were yesterday. The college where this story takes place. Photo by Camille Stromboni (2014). Shared via CC BY ND license. […]