Let it Fall: A Post-Midsummer Special
Midsummer has passed. The wheel has turned.
From this point forward, the light begins to wane.
In many cultures, Midsummer marks the longest day of the year – the summer solstice, when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. It is a time of fire and fullness, of life at its most abundant. But even in that moment of peak light, the descent begins. The sun has nowhere higher to climb.
In the ancient rhythm of the year, Midsummer is the turning point where ripeness gives way to decline. The fruit begins to fall, the stalks bend, the rot sets in, the air shifts, and the shadows begin to lengthen. There is sorrow in brightness, because brightness fades. And anyone who walks the darker path, feels the shift deeply and welcomes it.
With each shortening day, we draw closer to the hush of winter. The earth slows its breath, the noise of growth softens, and in that stillness, something else begins – something older, colder, heavier. Our season lies ahead… Until then, we wait.
This special YouTube medley is our hymn to the waning light: Songs and sacrifices for a passed solstice.
TEN VIDEO OFFERINGS FOR THE AFTERGLOW
Sidus Atrum – “Fading Light”
Brooding depiction of sunlight’s final breaths slipping into darkness.
Amenra – “A Solitary Reign”
A hymn of blinding light and internal exile. Post-solstice grief made manifest.
Of the Wand & the Moon – “Sunspot”
Haunted neofolk with solar obsession and dreamlike melancholy.
Hexvessel – “Sacred Marriage”
Moss and marriage to the wild.
Pallbearer – “Where The Light Fades”
A powerful meditation on light’s retreat.
Windhand – “Woodbine”
Doom beneath thick foliage, where the sun barely touches and Satan blossoms.
Mourning Dawn – “Midnight Sun”
Grim visuals reflecting the sun’s intensity and the dread of dying light.
Folkrim – “Midsummer Mead”
Folk-metal storytelling with midsummer imagery, and just the fair amount of alcohol.
From the Furnace – “Flaming Silver”
Flame-lit neofolk filled with ritual and heat. Ideal for an eerie sun‑at‑its‑most‑powerful moment, and recites excerpts from Finland’s national epic, the Kalevala.
Onheil – “Nemesis Light Fading”
A darkened black/death metal depiction of vanishing sunligh.
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