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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!
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Abysmal Dawn stream new EP ahead of it’s release date

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ABYSMAL DAWN will be releasing ‘Nightmare Frontier’ on February 4, 2022, but the Los Angeles death metal titans are already streaming the EP in full via the official Season of Mist YouTube channel You HERE! The link may be freely spread throughout your channels. 
ABYSMAL DAWN frontman/founding member Charles Elliott comments: “Our new EP is a available to check out now! It includes a Bloodborne inspired track, a re-recorded song from our first album, an In Flames cover and a Candlemass cover with some unexpected clean vocals. It was fun to explore and pay tribute to some of our more melodic influences on this one. Enjoy!” 
Pre-orders for ‘Nightmare Frontier’ are still available HERE. The full EP can be pre-saved across all streaming services HERE.

Tracklist:
01. A Nightmare Slain (4:43) [WATCH]
02. Blacken The Sky (4:15) [WATCH]
03. Behind Space (3:37)
04. Bewitched (6:43)
Total running time: 00:19:20

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(literatura) Michael Moynihan/Didrik Soderlind – Lords of Chaos

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Ovu knjigu sam nedavno kupio, jer se radi o totalno novom re-izdanju, pojačanom sa nekim novim intervjuima i novim dodacima koji nisu bili u originalu kojeg sam čitao, odnosno prvom izdanju kojeg sam čitao davno fotokopiranog odnosno printanog s nekog pdf formata. Isplati se imati original i knjiga u rukama je bolja nego Kindle u rukama, iako koristim Kindle često čitajući knjige koje nisu baš nabavljive na našem području.

Ova knjiga samo djelomično ima veze sa filmom koji je bio po mom mišljenju totalni promašaj u kojem je prikazana burna povijest Mayhem/Burzum/Euronymous/Varg sukoba i ubojstva, odnosno Deadovog samoubojstva. Iako detaljno proučava i objašnjava i taj dio povijesti i uspone norveške black metal scene, knjiga mi je bila zanimljivija u segmentima u kojima opisuje pagan i povijesni kontekst black metala, povezanosti sa nazi i ekstremno desnom scenom u nekim dijelovima, kroz iscrpne intervjue sa Varg Vikernesom ova knjiga pokazuje svu njegovu genijalnost kao i ludilo. Ali, ponekad je teško razlučiti to jedno od drugog, jelda? Odlični su opisi Oskorei, Odinizma kao i ubojstava i ekstremnih scena koji su manje ili više povezani sa black metal muzikom kroz ta djela.

Isto tako, knjiga se dosta dotiče Sotonizma, preko LaVeya i njegove Church of Satan do bestijalnog, primitivnog Sotonizma kakav je bio prezentiran u ranim danima drugog vala black metala. Zanimljivo se čita, nema praznog hoda i pokušava opisati sve strane, čak i policijsku i stranu svećenika iz jedne od spaljenih crkava u Norveškoj. Knjiga je to koja će biti zanimljiva i outsiderima koji nisu sa ove scene i ne znaju pozadinu i insidersku priču o događanjima. Dakle, nije savršena, ali je vrijedan dokument i to ne samo o muzici.

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Watch the raw energy and urgent hardcore punk from Human Issue in the new video “Circles”!

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“Circles” is the new track from Human Issue, a musical collective focusing its energy on raw and urgent hardcore punk. Human Issue is the brainchild of Hunter Martinez, a musician who has played in such bands as Decent Criminal, Dwarves, and Slaughterboys. Check out the music video for “Circles”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ54qLlHK80&t=6s

The project finds Hunter recording with an impressive roster of collaborators, including Rikk Agnew (Adolescents, Christian Death), Crow Jane (Egrets of Ergot, Prissy Whip), Bryan Lothian (A Global Threat), and Corrupted Youth’s Raul and Riff Cuellar, who co-produced Human Issue’s forthcoming debut EP, Faceless. Nameless.


Faceless. Nameless will be out on February 18th via Rad Girlfriend Records.

Hit the pre-order link here to get in on the action:
https://radgirlfriendrecords.storenvy.com/products/34751365-rgf-146-human-issue-faceless-nameless

“It’s a song about feeling the sense of redundancy in years of substance dependency. There’s this kind of fear and anxiety that comes with this feeling. How much time you’ve spent being fucked up in your life, and can you overcome it? There’s a lot of sadness in realizing you wanna make a change but lie to yourself and haven’t taken the step to do so.” – said Hunter Martinez.


BIO:Human Issue’s first offering ‘Faceless.Nameless’ is raw and impactful; guttural vocals deliver lyrics that resonate, backed by fast, punchy riffs that make this debut hard to ignore. Drawing inspiration from fast-paced punk and hardcore, expressing an accumulation of pent-up frustration and anger, this release is honest, gritty and gripping. In its infancy, Human issue was a solo project with Hunter Martinez utilizing his strength on drums and challenging himself vocally. 


As time went on the project evolved and formed into a concept of artist collaboration, each making their mark on the tracks, becoming a collective and complimenting each other’s contribution. This concept gives the project fluidity, each release going forward will feature different artists lending their talents as well as returning guests. This approach puts everyone involved front and center, delivering from their core.
Featuring members of Adolescents, A Global Threat, Dwarves, Melted, Decent Criminal, Crow Jane.