Cooking with Satan

art, music and other evil recipes

COLD CAVE AND BOYD RICE ON TOUR

18 Apr 2013 reply

Cold Cave just released a EP on Deathwish, “Oceans With No Ends”. You can order it here.

Cold Cave and Boyd Rice collaboration started a while ago through Heartworm Press, Wes Eisold publishing company, who released some of Boyd Rice literary work such as “Twilight Man”. Heartworm just put out a new edition of his book

“NO”.

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12 REASONS TO DIE

18 Apr 2013 reply

Ghost is back with a new horror cinematic concept in Mario Bava/Lucio Fulci splattered technicolor called “Twelve Reasons To Die”. The story goes as follow: Ghostface AKA Tony Starks fights against a crime organization, falls in love with the kingpin’s daughter, and seeks revenge once he is murdered. So still plenty of room for ferocious rhymes about italian mafiosi and hopeless gunfights. Driven by a sharp sense of storytelling and blessed by a raw and strip-down production (props to Adrian Younge), Ghostface proves once again he’s definitely the most creative force in the Wu-Tang crew and one of the best MC to have ever blessed the mic (not to mention his ability to remain super stylish wearing just a robe).

Old-school shit but good shit.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: THE HAXAN CLOAK – EXCAVATION

16 Apr 2013 reply

Absolute wonder, more coming soon, need to listen to it another 1000 times first.

Get it here.

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MUSCLE DIVAS

15 Apr 2013 reply

Cool video gang responsible for the stuff below. Check it out…

New Iceage is good, didn’t get the chance to talk about it yet but it’s good. They even got press from Iggy, the dude from the Stooges. Here’s a video of them performing the track “Morals” in New York.

Hoax is a hardcore band with a singer who’s calling for trouble when he’s on stage. Sometimes he also hits himself up with the mic. That’s about it really, cool pissed-off music. They did this video with a lot of gay sex imagery which I like a lot.

I don’t know much about King Tuff but Hammer horror stuff mixed with rock n’ roll is always cool.

More muscles ici.

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NEW INK

18 Mar 2013 reply

Got this bad guy done yesterday by Brian Wren at Tattoo Culture, Brooklyn.
Hurt like a son of a bitch but I’m really pleased with the result.

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JON ESTWARDS PHOTOGRAPHY

16 Mar 2013 reply

Some of you might be familiar with his brilliant work through the enigmatic cover art of Yoga’s masterpiece, “Megafauna”. Jon Estwards is a young canadian multi-disciplinary artist who developed a fascinating universe through layers of textures and colors. Like Brian Froud meets Francesca Woodman with a strong sense of fashion…
You can now purchase some of his prints via his Etsy page at very decent prices and I could not recommend you enough to do so. Great stuff.

All useful info and more pictures can be seen at his facebook page.

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LUSSURIA MIXTAPE

15 Mar 2013 reply

Fantastic mixtape by this New York based ambient project available on Blowing Up the Workshop. You can download it here.
And there is other cool stuff available here so take the time to check it out!

Lussuria will be touring Europe with Aluk Todolo in may.
See below for all tour dates.

Playlist:

Serie Di Colori Senza Emozioni

‘All compositions were created with excerpts of the recordings listed below used as source material. Manipulated to varying degrees to what is presented here. Headphones are strongly recommended.’

I – Love Will Survive Death
∘ Ende – Gift
∘ Franco Piana – Door to Silence
∘ Runes Order – The Hopeless Days
∘ Progetto Morte – New Day

II – Senseless Without Sight
∘ Crawl Unit – Proprietary Acoustics
∘ Omei – A Single Sickened Cell
∘ Prurient – The History of AIDS
∘ Vetrophonia – Simultannost

III – Serie Di Colori Senza Emozioni
∘ Aenima – Revolutions
∘ Beherit – Electric Doom Synthesis
∘ Carlo Maria Cordio – Absurd
∘ Sutcliffe Jugend – When Pornography is No Longer Enough

IV – Tesoro Autunno
∘ Alberich – Turned Back
∘ Birds of Tin – Votive
∘ Sanctum – Lupus in Fabula
∘ Skin Crime – Eyestrain

V – Death Will Survive Love
∘ Coil – The Angelic Conversation
∘ Dead Can Dance – Within the Realm of A Dying Sun
∘ Maeror Tri – Myein
∘ Mlehst – La Main Bandee & Tied Up To A Man

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R.I.P DANIEL DARC

28 Feb 2013 reply

Daniel Darc died in Paris today.

I met him once at some tattoo parlor, he was a big mess but a fun mess. Well, at least when you didn’t have to spend more than 10 minutes with him…

I didn’t really like his recent solo stuff and Taxi Girl has always been overrated but Daniel Darc was for sure a character, a real rock n’ roll dude and a terrific writer.

Rest in peace.

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WE ARE FORGING THE FUTURE!

25 Feb 2013 reply

Most amazing forgotten video from Laibach.

To quote the artists:

“At the moment (political) zombies are very popular in Slovenia. In this perspective see very first ‘official’ Laibach video ‘We are Forging the Future!’, filmed in Ljubljana’s legendary FV club in 1983, inspired by two of Laibach’s early posters from 1982 – ‘The Death of Ideology’ and ‘Ausstellung Laibach Kunst – PM’ from 1983.

This video, filmed by Richard Heslop, was consider to be lost, and was only recently ‘rediscovered’.”

Pure genius as usual.

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MY FRIEND DAHMER

22 Feb 2013 reply

Ok, not exactly fresh news but I just read this really cool comic book about Jeffrey Dahmer’s youth called “My Friend Dahmer” by Derf Backderf. Jeffrey Dahmer, the infamous serial-killer who loved, killed, mutilated and ate (in no specific order) a bunch of cool looking young guys back in the eighties with this cute particularity of storing body parts for months for his own entertainment. Of course, these killings didn’t come out of the blue, one could even point out it was the long coming consequence of a compulsive fascination for roadkill, animals entrails (“I wanted to say what it looked like” said Dahmer), death and all sorts of putrid things that inevitably led him to social awkwardness, sexual frustration, alcoholism and, finally, kill a whole lot of people. Thank God, he wasn’t a Black Sabbath fan…

“My Friend Dahmer” tells you all about the upbringing of young Dahmer, upbringing which took place in some small town of the Midwest and a rather, o surprise, shitty family environment. Not exactly the right time and place to get oneself out of the closet to say the least. And so inevitably, we see lonely Dahmer slowly but surely turned into the serial-killer he was bound to become. The big turn-on about this piece of work, and what makes it so unique, is the fact that it was actually drawn and written by someone who spent junior high and high school with Dahmer! What you got here is a recollection of Dahmer memories from a young kid throughout his teenage years.

Empathy but not sympathy, it’s what the author is giving us, far from any CNN sensationalism crap and typical villain portraiture, not to mention the goofy graphic style contrasting drastically with the horror of the subject dissected here with the outmost accuracy (Derf also dug up a lot of archive material).

Hard to say if Dahmer’s life would have been different if the people around him, starting from his parents, would have paid more attention to him. My humble take on this is that the guy could have maybe found salvation if he only he had the capability of turning his shit into art. Be it gay porn or taxidermy or porn taxidermy or Nicolas Cage.

(Mais bon sans ca c’est vrai qu’on aurait jamais eu droit a un tel joyau il faut bien l’avouer…)

At least this comic book will give you another vision of one of the biggest figure from the golden age of serial-killers, when they were wearing brown suits, big glasses, driving dodgy vans while Donna Summer was playing on the radio and DNA wasn’t yet their worst nightmare.

“My Friend Dahmer” conception started soon after Jeffrey’s death and its first incarnation got turned down by all publishers circa 1994. Derf decided to auto-published a shorter version that instantly gained a cult status in the underground in 2002 (and even got adapted as a stage play), it eventually got published to international acclaim in its…
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ME LIBERER DE MA NOIRCEUR…

20 Feb 2013 reply

Pour nos lecteurs francophones (et francophiles) un petit florilege d’annonces originellement publiees dans divers gros et moches mensuels de metal hexagonaux qui ont berces notre jeunesse et compilees ici avec maestria par Matt Canag.

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ANCIENT METHODS NEW MIX

18 Feb 2013 reply

The great Lithunian website Secret Thirteen just released this rad mix by Ancient Methods. Not as upfront as their usual mixes (we are reading here that Ancient Methods is now the sole project of Michael Wollenhaupt), this set delivers intricate sounds straight from the ambient and industrial realms… Ok I’m not so keen on french vocals lecturing the witchcraft Wikipedia page but everything else is pretty flawless. So if you feel like embarking into a meditative journey filled up with ethereal moods and kaleidoscopic textures, the play button is right below.

More about Ancient Methods here.

Visit Secret Thirteen

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ALUK TODOLO EUROPEAN TOUR

17 Feb 2013 reply

Aluk Todolo hit the road again after the release of its critically acclaimed new LP “Occult Rock” available through Ajna Offensive in the states and Norma Evangelium Diaboli in Europe. The band will tour with New York based ambient project Lussuria. Not to be missed!

ALUK TODOLO + LUSSURIA on tour May 2013 :

2013-05-14 Antwerpen, Belgium, Kavka
2013-05-15 Bruxelles, Belgium, Dna
2013-05-16 TBA (swamp.booking[at]gmail[dot]com)
2013-05-17 TBA (swamp.booking[at]gmail[dot]com)
2013-05-18 TBA (swamp.booking[at]gmail[dot]com)
2013-05-19 Krakow, Poland, Kawiarnia Naukowa
2013-05-20 Vienna, Austria, Rhiz
2013-05-21 Budapest, Hungary, Trafik Klub
2013-05-22 Zagreb, Croatia, Kset
2013-05-23 Ljubjana, Slovenia, Gromka
2013-05-24 Milano, Italy, Lo-Fi
2013-05-25 Grenoble, France, L’amperage
2013-05-26 Geneve, Swiss, Ecurie De L’ilot

Still available on May 16, 17 & 18 in the Netherland, Germany & CZ republik, contact : swamp.booking[at]gmail[dot]com.

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YOU’RE NOTHING

15 Feb 2013 reply

That’s the title of the new Iceage album, released on february 18th and available through Escho (also available, “Ecstasy”, 7″ taken from the album).
If the track “Coalition” sounds pretty similar to what they did on their previous record, the single “Ecstasy” seems to offer slightly more. So not sure if this will be as exciting as I hope it to be but more on this album soon anyway. Artwork is a killer, as usual.

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Uncle Buk

14 Feb 2013 reply

“just heard a commercial
which told me
Farmer John smokes his own
bacon.
now, there’s one tough
son of a
bitch.”

Charles Bukowski, Ham On Rye

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ITALO BLACK DISCO FEVER

11 Feb 2013 reply

I’m pretty sure everybody here is more or less familiar with the innovator of power electronics, the infamous Whitehouse, notorious for noise milestones such as “I’m Coming Up Your Ass” , “Ass Destroyer” or “You Don’t Have To Say Please”, intense live shows (AKA Live Actions) and impeccable pristine cover artwork throughout their entire discography.
What you might not be so familiar with is the fact that one of its founder, William Bennett, is also a DJ with the most incredible record collection (if you want to know more about his collection please read this very interesting interview here) and mostly spinning Italo Disco under the avatar DJ Benetti.
You can keep yourself updated and listen some of his mixes on his blog but I’d like to suggest, as a starter, this short but incredible mix he did for Vice Magazine. Among other things, it features a mind blowing remix of a famous Giallo theme at 19′10″.

No need to mention this a million miles away from what Bennett is known for (both in Whitehouse and Cut Hands) but most definitely equally brilliant.

Enjoy!

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SCOT SOTHERN

6 Feb 2013 reply

And now something completely different: I recently fell in love with Scot Sothern’s work.
This Los Angeles based photographer published a little while ago the most amazing book “Lowlife”, a collection of LA prostitutes on the rather low level of the spectrum as you probably already all guessed. This book could actually be a good graphic companion to the Gillis/Sotos “Pure Filth” anthology already presented on this blog. Looking at his work, it’s no mystery than he did more than just shooting these prostitutes. These incredible black and white shots come with short beautiful eerie texts, a voyeuristic behind the scenes of some sort.
He is also the author of the upcoming autobiography “Curb Service, a memoir”, due in july of this year, and I’m sure we’ll find the time to talk about it here. Who would miss stories featuring two-dollar whorehouses, crack-cocaine and a Nikon camera in the 80’s?

You can purchase “Lowlife” here.

And read a bunch of cool interviews with Scot here.

Lowlife – Scot Sothern from Stanley Barker on Vimeo.

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BEASTIE BOX #52

14 Jan 2013 reply

DEAD BEAT SERENADE

A film noir soundtrack featuring (in order of appearance):

Miles Davis, Angelo Badalamenti, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, Dale Cooper Quartet & The Dictaphones, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, Haruka Nakamura, Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

The movie excerpts you can hear come from:

The Letter, 1940
Dark Passage, 1947
Laura, 1944

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SCORPION VIOLENTE “THE RAPIST”

13 Jan 2013 reply

Here’s a cool video by one of my favorite french band, Scorpion Violente. I don’t think we ever talked about them but definitely used some of their tracks on Beastie Box…
Anyway, they just released their third record, “The Rapist”, on their own label (the well-named “Teenage Menopause”) so we might as well talk a little bit about it. This time the band added vocals to their analog synth diarrhea which makes things even more… spongy. The fascinating thing about this band, because it is a fascinating band, is how french they actually sound. At least to me. Listening to this LP is like reading “Le Nouveau Detective”. Their minimalism carries the very specific flavour of the fistfights of your teenage years (or more exactly in my case, being chased by a bunch of inbreds) on the parking lot of the local supermarket of some shithole town, we all grew up in some shithole town somewhere. The very special smell of this France of the 80’s, the one of VHS porn, action B-movies, 8-bit video games, italo disco, and fantastic true crime stories such as “L’affaire Gregory” or “Les disparues de l’Yonne” that I still particularly enjoy today in no specific order of preference.
If you’re french and grew up in the 80’s, you’ll know what I’m talking about, and if you’re not, don’t worry: didn’t you have a dirty uncle who was hiding porn in his garage next to a bunch of big fucked-up knives, the same uncle who never got married and you have absolutely no clue about what he did between 72 and 84?
In the end, Scorpion Violente talks to all of us and this is god damn beautiful. Hail to “The Rapist”.

Check the band Bandcamp

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THE 10 BEST ALBUMS OF 2012

21 Dec 2012 reply

10. Death Grips – No Love Deep Web

“No Love Deep Web” is the biggest fuck you to a major record label in ages. Who even cares about the music? Turns out it’s brilliant actually.

9. Cult Of Youth – Love Will Prevail

Please. Play this album at my funeral feast while someone standing in the corner is reading out loud some Hemingway. No holds barred.

8. Hirsute Pursuit – Tighten That Muscle Ring

Gay industrial groove bondage anyone? This album is the window you can’t open in a cum-soaked backroom somewhere in Siam, an endless source of sweet frustration.

7. The Secret – Agnus Dei

These Italians play black metal the way their forefathers directed western: like a wild bunch of decadent sexy punk motherfuckers.

6. SpaceGhostPurrp – The Chronicles Of SpaceGhostPurrp

The perfect music for sex, blood and 4am out-of-body experience in the bathroom. And who the fuck is A$SAP ROCKY?

5. Barbarossa Umtrunk – Der Talisman Des Rosenkreuzers

A bombastic bridge between East and West. As the end is near the old idols rise again. Celebrating fire with fire.

4. Vatican Shadow – Ghosts Of Chechnya

Elevator music for the Intifada. When the martyrs go synth. I go apeshit.

3. Aluk Todolo – Occult Rock

A music that comes from the bowels of the earth. The true elemental source of psychedelia. Impressive.

2. Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind

The next chapter of an ongoing manifesto redefining hardcore music each time. And yes my friend, you will cry, all we love, we leave behind.

1. Swans – The Seer

As if St John himself decided to go upstate New York to write his Apocalypse on guitar. Perfection.

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HIRSUTE PURSUIT

18 Dec 2012 reply

These days, I listen to a lot the Hirsute Pursuit album “Tighten That Muscle Ring”, maybe because I’m traveling to Gay Paris soon.
This groovy decadent rubber mash-up of Wu-Tang Clan and Frankie Goes To Hollywood (well, only if you think of it remixed by Coil) is somehow perfect for the end of the year and their Bowie cover “Boy Keeps Swinging” is a total smash hit! They will be playing at Europa in Brooklyn with Mr. Boyd Rice.
Not to be missed!

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FUCK YEAH GAY NAZIS

6 Nov 2012 reply

Pictures taken from: Fuck Yeah Gay Nazis!.
Bring on the gayness.

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VÅR

6 Nov 2012 reply

That’s old news but I wanted to share here the first video of this Iceage offshoot previously called War now renamed VÅR which can be translated as “Spring”, marking a new age for the band. Homoerotic imagery mixed with Danish landscapes and a recurrent euro symbol, the video features a friend of them, an Icelandic guy who moved to Peru and became a stripper. See for yourself. An album is expected on Sacred Bones sometime in 2013.

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ONE MAN METAL

3 Nov 2012 reply

III

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ONE MAN METAL

31 Oct 2012 reply

And here is part 2.

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BEASTIE BOX #51

31 Oct 2012 reply

BEASTIE BOX #51

The introduction to the cosmic treatise, containing the mystery of the cosmos, which is concerned with the significant ratios of the celestial spheres and the real and proper causes for the number, the size, and the periodical movement of the spheres presented with the help of five geometric figures.

Tetrahedron / Fire
Cube / Earth
Octahedron / Air
Isocahedron / Water
Dodecahedron / Being

1 Eric Zann feat. Delia Derbishyre – Enter The Threshold
2 Lussuria – Keys To Unlock Paradise (Roman Showers)
3 Burial – Loner
4 Prurient – Let’s Make A Slave
5 Vatican Shadow – Shooter In The Same Uniform As The Soldier
6 Ancient Methods – Untitled
7 Sandwell District – Hunting Lodge
8 Traversable Wormhole – Traversing Through The Asteroid Belt
9 Demdike Stare feat. Akira Rabelais – The Stars Are Moving
10 Geomatic – Superae Res
11 Necro Deathmort – Shadows Of Reflections Of Ghosts Past
12 Space Machine – Untitled

Tracks mixed by Cooking With Satan using the Argeiphontes Lyre by Akira Rabelais.

This mix was hugely influenced by the life and the work of the following individuals, collectives and organisations.

Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, John Dee, Edward Kelley, Rudolf II, The City of Prague, The City of Rennes-le-Chateau, Hilda Norfolk, Gustav Meyrink, Julius Evola, Akira Rabelais, Syd Barrett, Delia Derbyshire, Dominick Fernow, Peter Andersson, Boyd Rice, Hubble, NASA. And of course all the featured artists. Thanks for all the inspiration!

In memory of Neil Amstrong (1930-2012)

Aurora Quia Habet Aurum In Ore

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ONE MAN METAL

6 Oct 2012 reply

Three parter documentary about three one-man black-metal bands: Leviathan, Xasthur & Striborg. Good stuff.

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I WANT TO BELIEVE: AN INTERVIEW WITH BARBAROSSA UMTRUNK

24 Sep 2012 reply

“A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.”

G.I Gurdjieff

Do you believe in coincidences?
I believe everything happens for a reason.
I believe that most things aren’t what they seem.
You, here, now, wherever you are, reading this.
It is happening for a reason.
Sooner and later, we all understand the meaning behind the reason.
Maybe you, you will understand even right after reading this interview.
Or is it really an interview?
Not sure. Again, I believe most things aren’t what they seem.

Barbarossa Umtrunk is by far the most interesting band in the (martial) industrial music scene today. Originating from France, their music is a complex occult labyrinth dealing with extra-ordinary concepts linked to each other in a sacred geometric figure, concepts such as Nazi Esoterism, Gnosis, Tradition, Sufism, Astronomy, Cosmology, Mythology, Runes and the list goes on and on… A fantastic melting-pot of the magical, the spiritual, the legendary and the mysterious ruled by a metapolitical and transhistorical agenda: it is indeed important to mention that Barbarossa Umtrunk doesn’t limit themselves to a vulgar scholar exposé of their thematics. There’s a band with a message, a band who has gradually become, over the years, more and more engaged in their spiritual quest, an engagement coined by the term: Pan Hyperborean Intifada. And although the band is not afraid to approach many different ideas and subjects, they have thus far stuck to a very defined concept on each album. Their last opus, “Der Talisman Des Rozenkreuzers”, is focused on the life and work of Baron Von Sebottendorf, founder of the infamous Thule Society (among many, as we’ll discover here, other things).

I’ve been following the band almost since its inception and oddly enough, their concepts & themes have always had a deep resonance in me and sparked an outgrowing interest that went far beyond the simple listening of their music. What are these concepts? Where do they come from? Who are these mysterious authors who contributed, through countless centuries, to these occult Traditions? Who are the actors behind this invisible and parallel History that no school manual ever mentioned? These are all questions I’ve been asking myself and now that my life is taking a new turn, that a few books have been read and that I was able to catch a glimpse of this majestic and immanent cyclopean figure that lies behind all things, I felt that the time had come to ask all these questions to the protagonist himself of this very strange and beautiful adventure named Barbarossa Umtrunk. So we got in touch with Baron Von Stenay, the only member of the band, and he kindly agreed to answer our questions via e-mail.

DISCLAIMER: This interview was originally done in french and then later translated into english. Due to the esoteric, philosophical and scientific content of this interview…
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Cooking With Satan on Tumblr!

23 Sep 2012 reply

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JESUS SPUNK

22 Sep 2012 reply

After “Prayer to Horus”, here’s another piece of crap by me, entitled “Jesus Spunk”. I decided to post this kind of stuff, meaning my very own shit, more regularly. I mean, this blog is all about me and my total lack of good taste and decency so, after all, why the hell not?

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Cooking with Satan on Soundcloud & Mixcloud

22 Sep 2012 reply

Hey girls, hey boys,

The next podcast is coming soon, in the meantime, please follow us on Soundcloud. Your support means a lot. Also just created a profile on Mixcloud but I’m not so thrilled about it, either way if you also want to follow this, that’s cool.
So, you do that and I’ll make sure the good stuff keeps coming.

Cheers

Simon

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ANATOMY #3

22 Sep 2012 reply

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: ALUK TODOLO “OCCULT ROCK”

22 Sep 2012 reply

“Occult Rock”, that’s the title of the album. And on the cover there’s a big smoky rock that looks totally occult if you ask me. I mean, you can take this title as a bold and vaguely pretentious statement if you want to (and I’m sure a lot of people will), but this is a primitive record that doesn’t leave much room for egoistic assumptions, especially the ones posted on internet forums. And besides, even if it is a statement, it would totally and absolutely be justified considering the excellency of the record. Fuck, Venom first album was called “Black Metal”, right?
This time, and because they never do the same thing twice, the french occult (sic) trio extraordinaire returns with an astonishing double LP featuring eight tracks of straight-up blackened psychedelic rock music. Each side of the LP represents one of the four elements and each element is illustrated by a sigil from the Grand Magus himself, John Dee. Once again, the artwork is utterly beautiful and gives us the keys to unlock the magical conjuring powers hidden in the album. After the experimental Lovecraftian invocation that was their previous LP, “Finsternis”, the band somehow operates a return to its origins. Only this time, the obsessive seventies groove pummelling endlessly over layered guitars which was the foundation of their initial sound became thicker, the (black) metal influences are now more pronounced and one could also add that it’s their most accessible record so far. So basically, we have here the perfect synthesis of all the core musical elements of the band who simply delivers here their best work to date. And looking back at their discography, that says a lot. The tracks, whether they’re downtempo or upbeat, seem to have been polished for years. Their monolithic structures are simply crushing and, for the most part, easily reach over 10 minutes. Above the telluric and chthonic power of the bass and the drums, the guitars soar high, flowing like a never-ending stream of pure black light. All four elements combined in one ascending force: if “Finsternis” was an abyss, this one is a megalith, the ultimate sonic trip. It’s “Sonar Dreyi” by Trelldom meeting German Oak meeting Pythagoras’ Golden Ratio. Also props to an amazing production, which brilliantly captured the deepness and subtleties of their music without ever erase its rugged live intensity: after all this is rock music.
“Occult Rock” is a transcendental voyage to the center of the Self. It’s also the album of the week. And you don’t want to miss it, believe me.

Favorite tracks: Honestly all of them and definitely has to be listened as a whole but I got a soft spot for the first and the seventh. Holy shit.

Oh and did I already mention that live, they’re a fuckin’ tornado? Seriously. Don’t miss them if they come to a club near you.

Aluk Todolo “Occult Rock” is now out on Ajna Offensive and Norma Evangelium Diaboli and available through Amortout.

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LES JOYAUX DE LA PRINCESSE

22 Sep 2012 reply

Boring can be awesome my friends.

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PRAHA

18 Sep 2012 reply

A few selects from my summer trip in Praha, the most beautiful city of Europa, haunted by the ghosts of Rudolf II, Gustav Meyrink, John Dee, Johannes Keppler, Franz Kafka, Antonin Dvorak and many, many more… Until we meet again.

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DEPRAVED ROSES

11 Sep 2012 reply

Beautiful new t-shirt design by Iceage, “Depraved Roses”.
It can be ordered through the band website.
Iceage is the best punk band around these days, they will be playing in Denmark with Cult Of Youth on sept. 13th. How sick is that poster? Damn, I wish I could be here…

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Anatomy #2

31 Aug 2012 reply

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Stroma / Lussuria Split Tape

31 Aug 2012 reply

“Muffled and broken, like the cries of a child.”

New split you guys need to get, only 75 copies available so don’t wait…

To quote the press release:

“Stroma ranges from nocturnal negative meditation to inebriating end of days ritualistic sound collage. No solace, even for those unconcious. Lussuria is a dizzying panorama so ghastly and desolate no human imagination can conceive it. Dreary and distant. Phantasmal electronics domain.”

“Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equal jests / the dreams are stiff-frozen as they stand.”

Limited to 75 copies on black chrome tapes… hand-stamped, hand-numbered, red cardstock with b&w artwork (illustrations by Henry Clarke) and double sided insert packed in 5×6″ ziplock bag. 20 copies include pieces of burnt wood & ashes, with the tape and insert in an additional ziplock to protect from debris (less than 5 with burnt wood remain available).

$8.50 post-paid in USA / $12 post-paid for international orders. please reserve first before sending paypal payment.

Contact here: buioomega23@gmail.com

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THE POWER OF THE RIFF

28 Aug 2012 reply

Hey Brooklyn, let’s get fucked-up and die!

Pentagram and Agnostic Front on the same bill…
As much as this is a major WTF, I just can’t wait to see the attendance and wouldn’t miss this for anything in the world. Please note that this Xibalba is not the mexican black metal band Xibalba. Also please note that Poison Idea cancelled all their summer dates. And yes, Negative Approach…

Pentagram is Bobby Liebling and Bobby Liebling is Pentagram. And he’s a demon.

For those who don’t know him:

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ANATOMY #1

28 Aug 2012 reply

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