Musterion is made up by Simon AA Kölle of Sweden. He is known from before for his efforts in the band Za Frûmi. The Black Lodge is really one in a kind! I must say that I never really get scared in films. Horror never does anything for me…In fact it usually ends up being funny. However, I can say that the only time in my life that I have ever been scared while watching a film happened when I was a kid. When I listened to Musterion...

Imagine being locked inside the black lodge … „A place of murder, dreams, mystery, darkness, ancient machines, old memories and horror“ … Yes, you will feel yourself captured in the dreamworld of literary giants as H. P. Lovecraft and William S. Burroughs as well as visual visionaries like David Lynch. Musterion is Simon AA Kölle, partner of Simon Heath in the project Za Frûmi. As for now reasonably unknown names,...

It’s a fact: dark ambient and doom bands love H. P. Lovecraft. He’s certainly THE writer to draw inspiration from when writing an album in that genre. Musterion is one of the few bands to really achieve making that influence come out in the sound without making it stupidly obvious or cheesy, as opposed to the millions of bands using it as a marketing stunt. Variety is the keyword for The Black Lodge. It incorporates elements...

Un packaging impeccable, sobre mais efficace, un booklet contentant des illustrations qui en disent long sur la noirceur et les ténèbres de cet album (limité à 500 exemplaires). Voilà comment se présente la première approche de cette fabuleuse pièce qu’est The Black Lodge. A la première écoute, il est impossible d’apprécier l’album à sa juste valeur ainsi que de saisir toutes les subtilitées de ce dernier. Ce n’est...

It has always been a problem for me to find a dark ambient release that was able to fullfill my needs of darkness. You know, the problem is that with the years I became used to listen drones and mysterious voices coming from dusty closets. Musterion‚s first release The Black Lodge fortunately isn’t a dark-ambient release that contains tracks made with two sounds with titles that evoke unknown demons. Simon AA Kölle had the idea...