Arð is a Northumbrian project masterminded by Mark Deeks (also of Winterfylleth), who is a piano teacher, author, and a choir arranger and conductor, among other things. The band’s music is described as ‘monastic doom’. Keep reading to find out what this...

In 2003, members of epic doom metal band Isole formed the pagan black Ereb Altor. In 2019, a member of pagan black Winterfylleth formed the epic doom Arð. Maybe the two genres are not that different after all.