01 Official video
Macabre Watusi
A skeletal dance number with an off-kilter brass pulse and the band’s unmistakable handmade visual style.
Behind the video →Independent music / Carbondale, Pennsylvania
Music for the things
that follow you home.
Horror-rooted songs, strange detours, handmade videos, and original artwork from Ed Malaker, Nancy Bury, Frank Baransky, and their collaborators.
Artwork / Nancy Bury
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Enter the visual world.
The videos are part performance, part short horror film, and always made by a small team willing to build the strange thing themselves.
Original artwork / Nancy Bury
Every song leaves a picture behind.
Nancy’s drawings have shaped dED and BURYd from the beginning—album covers, song illustrations, characters, animation, games, and the visual language of the band.
My Dark MindSong illustration
Full Moon LightSong illustration
Macabre WatusiOfficial artwork
At First SightSong illustration
Dead FlowersSong illustration
SignpostSong illustration
All featured artwork is by Nancy Bury. Select an image to view it at full size.
Illustration / Nancy Bury
The lyric book
My Dark Mind
Macabre Poetry and Imagery
The words behind decades of dED and BURYd songs—collected as poetry and paired with Nancy’s original illustrations.
From “Basement” and “Dead Flowers” to “Vampires Are Real,” “We’re the Same,” and “Shadows in the Night,” the book brings the band’s lyric world together in one place.
- Written by
- Edmund Malaker
- Illustrated by
- Nancy Bury
- Inside
- 49 poems and lyrics
The band / Since 2010
Dark by instinct.
Independent by design.
dED and BURYd began with Ed Malaker and Nancy Bury joining their names—and their music, art, and love of horror—into one project. The current lineup centers on Ed, Nancy, and Frank Baransky, with Cody Malaker and other collaborators appearing across the catalog.
Ed MalakerGuitar · synth · vocals · songwriting
Nancy BuryBass · vocals · art · animation · video
Frank BaranskyVocals · bass · songwriting
From the journal
Stories from behind the songs.
The existing site archive stays intact: releases, lyrics, videos, short fiction, and notes from the band.
Feb 7, 2024
The Chosen One
The Chosen One Have you ever thought about joining a secret society? My Downfall I was applying for a bunch of jobs online at the time because I had lost mine. My girlfriend had left me, so I wasn’t going to be able to afford my little stacked trailer of a home, no matter how…
Dec 7, 2023
Crooked Picture
The night cloaks me in darkness as I tread along the desolate dirt road. There’s an unsettling stillness in the air, a heaviness that hangs as I move forward. The crunching of gravel beneath my boots and the distant howl of a lone wolf are the only sounds in this eerie part of the woods.…
Nov 22, 2023
The Stalker
The forest closes in around me, its ancient whispers weaving through the gnarled branches overhead. I find myself walking alone in the inky darkness of the woods on this moonless night. The dense canopy swallows any stray beams of light, leaving me to navigate through the labyrinth of twisted trees like a wild animal. In…
Stay in the dark