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“Noslyth had come far, but now the lunar month was drawing to its close. The thinnest sliver of white light hung in the dusky purple sky as Noslyth drew their horse to a halt on a plateau overlooking the Dark Valley. The last twenty-three days had been punishing… and now they were here: on the verge of their final foray. Below them the valley drops into darkness; acrid smoke curls from an evil borehole at its centre. Vast dragons shriek horrifically, as they circle the lightning-blasted peaks. At daybreak Noslyth will descend, scaling the darkness of the mysterious pit. What waits within, none have told. Miserable death… or mountains of gold?”

Many of Dark Valley’s EPs follow a ritualised, archetypal pattern: a journey from our the world we know, down into the subterranean, mythic underworld of the dungeon… and a passage through the darkness to glorious, transcendent realms. For this reworking of the adventurer’s story, Dark Valley’s Lord Agsgodis is joined by Rig Flare from Leeds’ geomantic drone unit Borehole. Spinning out from the ‘Withered Claw’ session for Dark Valley’s ‘World Fades’ album, the music offered here spans blackened dungeon-synth, discordant doom, and celestial choirwork. This is experimental, chiaroscuro dungeon synth for those who like to delve deep.

Lord Agsgodis, The Witch King - keys, percussion & synths
Rig Flare - vocals & vocal effects

Recorded February to August 2025 at the House of Twenty-Two Letters, which sits on the bank of the Sunken Gardens.

Cover by Rig Flare, alias @abbaths_beard
Photography by @mistress_m0ss
Layout by Dark Valley/Blaggard Records

Streaming available on YouTube, and cassette tape preorder available on blaggardrecords.bandcamp.com NOW!!

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