The Black Hand 300 copy cassette demo (2000), cover drawing by ANNIE-ÈVE DUMONTIER
The Black Hand ‘Pulling your Strings‘ (2000)
« These 4 songs were originally released as a 300 copy cassette demo. Recorded March 2000 @ Peter Pan Studios, Montréal, Canada. »
The 10 » release comes with a 10×20 poster by ANNIE-ÈVE DUMONTIER.
Tu seras ravi d’apprendre qu’ils en vendent toujours des copies chez Insound (ici) pour 6.99$.
‘Street artist ROA got his start by painting intriguing murals of animals in hidden places – underneath bridges and on walls that strayed from the beaten path … earnestly repopulating the cityscape with animals, as a way to have them re-enter the contemporary landscape that was once theirs’ …
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‘In the early nineties several Norwegian bands laid emphasis on the primitive sounds of the historic metal bands, BATHORY, VENOM, and CELTIC FROST. When these bands began recording albums their proximity and timing resulted in the specific sound of Black Metal’ …
‘The lyrical concept of these bands focuses on Norse Mythology, the Viking warrior, Nature, and the brutality of the medieval era. These bands gained immediate notoriety for involvement in a brutal murder, a suicide and the burning down of 12th century stave churches’ …
‘A decade later these bands still hold to the same values and are influenced by the same themes. Some bands have gone on to embrace a larger mainstream audience. While others have stayed true to the underground. Black metal bands can now be found all over the world. The subgenre’s, Vicking metal, Fantasy metal, Melodic Black metal, Tolkien metal, Doom metal, War metal, Vampiric metal, Medieval metal, and Troll metal, have expanded the sound and philosophy of Black metal into new realms of musical aggression.’
Black Metal (2005) by STACY KRANITZ.
First published with short interviews in Arthur Magazine Issue #16.
Seven Sisters Of Sleep ‘Monastery’ de leur Seven Sisters Of Sleep Debut EP (2011)
Seven Sisters Of Sleep Full Set @ The Echo Silverlake, CA, March 13th MMXI
Loch Ness Magick
Brian Butler, USA, 2008, 9 min 21 sec
A magical ritual on the grounds of Aleister Crowley’s Boleskine House in Loch Ness. This house was later owned by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
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“Magick is the Science of understanding oneself and one’s conditions. It is the Art of applying that understanding in action.” – Aleister Crowley (Magick in Theory and Practice)
Not long since its inception the cinematic picture has been utilized to express both positive and negative sentiments towards the varied mystical traditions practiced in our present and our past. This is a list for those artists who have put forth questions or symbols alluding to mysticism, the esoteric, and occultism into their work as well as those who utilize the medium as an extension of their personal rituals and systems of practice. READ.
