well, glad you asked. not a damn thing, really. we have a full album recorded and it's just sitting, stillborn, on a computer in Orlando. there is more tracking yet to do (more vocals, guitar overdubs, a bass track or two, moog stuff), but i haven't the time or money to make it happen right now. i haven't even been able to get my ass down there to deal with this shit at all since january. i know it's a fucked up goddamn shame, but that's what happens when the entire responsibility ov a project is put upon pretty much one person... especially so when that person is me (over-extended space cadet), and even more so when my life is subject to the topsy turvy mayhem it has been these past few months.

so the entire monolith ov music that the second wave ov THEE KVLT has been tracked, and it's not far from done and being totally awesome, it just needs some serious TLC and some $$$ behind it.

other than that, i have two "new" songs ready to go and be recorded right now. i will probably just record the drums myself, or get Matt from By The Horns/Hot Graves to track them with me. one song is super heavy/slow doom riff supremacy, one song is bootyshake death metal. both will slay your eyeballs out.

to me kvlties... sorry about the delay on GVTS. there's nothing i can do about it, really , not without some serious help and/or motivation. life goes on, and the fire within THEE KVLT has waned, sadly. folks done moved away, yet the vision remains with me.

SO, as you may or may not know, THEE KVLT has pulled a FULL LENGTH DEMO CD out ov our asses just in time for this BLACK COBRA jaunt. and it actually came out pretty damn good, if i do say so myself. here's the facts...

THEE KVLT OV ØURØBØRØS
DEMO 2007 - Rehearsalis Megatherion
tracklisting:
1. BLAZE IN THE SOVTHERN SKY / DOOMED FROM BIRTH
2. A SERPENTINE HAIKV
3. CRVSHED LVNG (meditation I)
4. BLACK CANCER
5. BVRNED TO CINDERS
6. SHITT DISTVRBER (meditation II)
7. THEE HORDE
8. AVRA OV FLAME
9. NECRODVDIAL CHASMS (ultimate warrior mix)
10. LØNG GØNE (weedeater cover)
11. SMOKEFØGG (meditation III)

process/production

* this CD contains just under 1 hour ov heavy bass/drum/vocal tsunami.
* all tracks were recorded live to cassette tape thru our PA head @ our warehouse, pre-mixed to the best ov our stoned/drunk ability.
* tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 10 were recorded live with all 4 ov us playing as we do live. the rest were recorded minus T-DVB by the band.
* the "meditation" tracks were conceived and recorded on the spot, never much performed again, and are presented as the were played. troo improv... with overdubs. CRVSHED LVNG has overdubbed Moog sub bass and vocals, SHITT DISTVRBER has overdubbed vocals and guitar solo, all by Myk. SMOKEFØGG is just as it was laid to tape.
* there is gnarly Moog bass underneath the first track as well. turn it up LOUD..
* backing vocals were overdubbed on 2, 4, 8, and 10 by Myk. lead vocals were overdubbed on 5 and 7 by T-DVB, because the original taped vocals weren't quite loud enough.
* there's a bunch ov little bits ov warehouse chatter left at the end ov some songs where something funny happened, and even a few samples to intro songs and thangs.
* the packaging is printed cardstock, folded in half, with a self-adhesive CD tray thingy in there to hold the CD in place, all placed in a hermetically sealed bag, with a NECRODVDIAL trading card. pretty sweet. big thanks to ANDREW IRONING/HYMNS for hooking up the supplies on short notice. i owe you yet again, big brother.
* you can't polish a turd any shinier than this, ya'll.
* THIS is what the cover looks like (with some corrections made)


on a personal note, i'm pretty proud ov this project. it kinda sounds pretty raw in parts, but there's parts that sound fucking SICK, and definitely couldn't have been any better with the technology we used. i mean, we didn't even multitrack this thing, aside from the overdubs. it just came out ov a desire to record our rehearsals, and get this newer material into proper order, by listening back and changing things, reconsidering things, re-creating awesome mistakes, and realizing we played shit way too fast. all in all, it's a pretty complete statement from THEE KVLT as far as where are music is right now, and where it's headed.

ordering info to come when we finish these shows. this will NOT be a limited edition. i will keep making them until we record something more pro-fesh like. hope ya'll enjoy it....

m
(((O)))

HAILS TO THEE, o' huddled masses ov BIGG NUTZ METAL enthusiasts. back atcha one mo' 'gin, it's them frisky FLOORida boys, your friendly neighborhood baby eaters, THEE KVLT OV (((ØURØBØRØS. and boy oh boy do we have lots ov stuffing to divulge to thee, thine, and themfolk.

RECENT COOL SHIT THAT HAPPENED TO US:

well, we played some shows with some really swell guys, and 2 ov thems were at this little nook in Jacksonville, FL known as OUROBOROS COLLECTIVE (we shite thee not), with the rad-assical grind madness ov SHITSTORM, the gloom chug doomfoolery ov CIVILIZATION (who now have actual jams up on their page, go fucking listen), the rad dude coreness ov DEAD FRIENDS, the fast fun frolick ov GOMEK, and the thrash breakdown tech chunkery ov KHANN. sorry, i don't know their addresses, but they're all on the'space. both shows @ Ouroboros were really fucking fun, and all the bands were cool people and rad musically. the first one even had a afterparty thing that Kyle organized, and after everybody else got lost for the 4th time, me and Jamie trudged on and finally made it there at 3:30 AM, and proceeded to get more drunk, just to leave at 5:30 AM to go home. we visited a Waffle House, that's how bad off we were.

we also played in Gainesville a couple times too, once with the weirdout sensation ov GIL MANTERA'S PARTY DREAM (who were hands down the funniest shit i've seen in a dog's age), and SIDECAR RACER, who were really fucking awesome. the other show was at Wayward Council with CIVILIZATION and SERPENTS, and you can see what this lookedid like HERE. it's our very own beloved archpriestess JANA's photoblog ov thee show, and i think you'll agree, the pics are fucking awesome. like, just check this one out...



yeah, totally. the best thing about these shows was the BYOB element to them. we had a damn COOLER FULL OV DRANK at every jam, and plenty ov "Doobage" as Chillberg might say, and it was delightful. actually, a cooler is in order for every venture we undertake. buuhleedat.

another cool thing that like just just happened was that our CDED "BLVD" was reviewed on Stylus Magazine, in a little column they have that spotlights awesome metal shite called LEFT HAND PATH. a very kind soul took to our brand ov racket, and summoned forth a slice ov eloquence henceforth to be regarded as "really awesome". thanks, count!

click the link and read the whole thing (at your leisure):
LEFT HAND PATH - stylusmagazine.com


oh, and we got shirts. and they are rad. maybe you've seen them, maybe you own one. maybe it's your favorite shirt ever. here's a pic..



COOL SHIT THAT'S FINNA HAPPEN TO US IN THE FUTURE:

well coming up here in the next month or two, we shall begin (and hopefully finish) recording what will end up being a full length album ov sorts, and the long-promised follow-up to BLVD, which will be entitled "GVTS". we will be recording again with WES JONES, who has now more gear, more better setup, and more ov an idea ov where we are going. we are currently rehearsing and shedding to get the material where we want it to be, and i must say, it's coming together beautifully. the tracklist as i see it coming together realistically will be:

1. GVTS
2. THEE CVRSE OV LIFE
3. AVRA OV FLAME
4. BLAZE IN THEE SOUTHERN SKY / DOOMED FROM BIRTH
5. BLACK CANCER
6. A SERPENTINE HAIKV
7. SLIPPING INTO DARKNVSS (VVAR cover)

which will be plenty long. we will hopefully be putting this one out on vinyl as well, with some serious silkscreened packaging going on, right off thee bat. i also hope to re-record "THEE HORDE DECENDS" with the new lineup, as well as this WEEDEATER cover that we do ("LONG GONE") for a 7", or a split or some shit. that would be fun, right? yes. we have a split 7" with SECRETS SHE KEPT planned, but it may turn into a fundamental episode for a SataniK Recordings compilation. who the fuck knows?

for now that's really all we got on the books. preesheeatecha reading this, and go back and read that LEFT HAND PATH column, cuz it's dope. they even have a "Listen" link for the jamz. fuck yeah. until then, keep them horns up and that cooler full ov drank, and we'll see you in your shitty town very soon. promise.

(((O)))

myk




p.s. PODER DONE!!!

thanks to Archpriestess Twishoo for snapping these little gems....




looks like a fucking blast right? well it was, sort of. big up to the Jacksonville DOOM MOB for getting down and dirty while we played, you made it worth it for us. other highlights include: playing this show with fractured ribs & torn intracostal muscles, pharmaseuticals & beer, pizza (w/ roasted red peppers & fresh basil) & beer, watching my homies get game-goofy on a hott barmaid (i even lured her back to the truck to smoke a bowl, then the crunchies got there and spooked the specimen... kinda funny), KYLESA with 2 drummers, Black Tusk looking much more metal than they sounded, Religious As Fuck being way rad ass, and everyone clearing out from the stage for By The Horns (PIZZUSSIES!).

oh, and our Archpriestess Foto Shoot:
me unt archpriestess..

t-tvb unt tvvishoo..

xtra bassist jamie unt t-bird...


and not to mention the WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot moment ov them all...


neato. but our next shows will be radder and radder still. mark mine words..
anyways, thanks to er'rybody who was there, thanks to tricia & jana & amy for keeping it real for THEE KVLT, thanks to hott barmaid for being nice & cordial all night (and for the beers), and thanks to THEE KVLT for being RAD-ASSER THAN FUCK.

m
(((O)))

AYE. so it's been quiet on our end mostly. well, not literally, but we haven't made any official statements in this forum about the status ov THEE KVLT, so i shall do so right now to keep er'rybuddy up to date on all things KVLTish.

SO YEAH, our founding drummer, Mattias (aka BigHead Hammbarger), went and had to graduate college and get a bug up his ass to go to law school. big whoop, right? well, he ding dang hauled off and done it, and he left us in the dust on his way to being a high powered attorney somewhere cool. we can forgive that. however, THEE KVLT must prevail!

ENTER our good buddy CHRIS Marine, drummer ov thee Apollo Quartet, and many other wonderful things over the years. one of my homeboys from down yonder. he can beat them drums like a summunabitch, and plus he did backing vocals on our wonderful CD "BLVD" (which you should've bought a copy of already) on "Gnosis ov thee Ancients". so he's our new drummer, and he's a ding dang dandy ov a drummer at that. he even went a bought himself a dang double bass pedal to beat the drums even MORE with. fuck yeah, that wide.

THEN, this motherfucker JAMIE who i have been bugging for a year and a half now to buy some bass gear so he can join the band (for no other reason than we just want him to hang around and be funny), FINALLY got his thang in action and got a big PURPLE bass cabinet (GrapeApe) and a bass guitar, and even borrowed him a bass amp head. so Oulman is in the band, and it sounds THICK like his white cracker ASS now. we are on some drown-you-in-the-soup shit, but with really rad fast riffs too, so as you can bang your head and break your neck in the pit. THEE KVLT must prevail....

SOOOOOOOO our first show with the new lineup will be at THE FEST V, on saturday th3 28th ov Octember. so come out and see us make the loudest racket that place will hear (until KYLESA gets on). we're trying to hook up a house party to play at too, so if you know something or want to have some crazies in your livingroom for a loud, sexy party, HOLLER at a SCHOLAR. other than that, we have some new songs in the works, and some serious drone jones going on lately, so watch the fuck out, for THEE KVLT SHALL PREVAIL.



also, we have a new RAD ASS LOGO, designed by none other than the scourge ov all rad t-shirts everywhere, Tom Denney, aka BAKULASAVES, and i think you'll agree, it SLAYS...

fuck yeah, it slays. so we'll have new t-shirts really soon hopefully, in black with gold sparkly ink. doom pimpin'.

lates brah.
m
(((O)))

so last weekend (7/6-7/9) the fine fellas in SECRETS SHE KEPT and us embarked on a lil tour ov our wretched swampy state ov Flooriduh. Gainesville, Tampa, Ft Myers, and Jacksonville. our usual numerology ov 3's was usurped this weekend by nearly every single factor involved. thus, the tour became known to us as:

the FOUR DUDES, FOUR DAYS, FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OV BUD TOUR.

we had my minivan stocked full ov our modest modicum ov equipment, copies ov our new CD "BLVD" (along with the accompanying hymnals), t-shirts, frisbees, stickers, lots of reefer, a cooler full ov healthy consumables (fruits, sammich stuff, hummus, h2o), and our offical kvlt roadie MIKEY to help sort everything on out.



so the first night was no big deal; hometown show, fucking raining like crazy, not a good attendance, blah blah. it was our CD release party. THANKS gainesville, you suck. we played well, but Tom got himself a fucking wicked puke-inducing migraine that apparently still hasn't fully gone away. this was disturbing to say the least, and we feared for the health and mental stability ov our revered throat shredder.

next day, headed to sunny Trampa, FL to play at the ultimate tampa metal dive bar: THE BRASS MUG. it's one ov those places where you see all the death metal bands on tour are playing there, and all the local metal shows go down there. it was in a strip mall (like every other venue we played outside ov gainesville.. WTF?), and it was gloriously shitty. but the real surprize of the evening was getting to see an unknown-to-us band consisting ov a dude, a chick, 3 drum machines, a sampler, and a guitar rig (TRIPLE RECTUMFYER DOOOOOD) who stepped out and totally impressed us with radness. this duo i speak ov are known as DIXIE WRECKED, and they are totally the grits: well mechanized grind (ala agoraphobic nosebleed, sort of) with a sense ov perverse humor, and they were very cool people to boot. we were really excited by that, cuz not every band we get to play with is RAD FUCKING ASS. Then, Secrets She Kept got up and tore the place a new asshole (of which it had a few already). Let me just take this moment to say how rad they are with their new drummer, TRIGRAMMATON. it really brings the music to life with him back there, and he is one helluva percussion hitter person. and a nice guy, albeit a more forthcoming one after a couple of beers. more on that later...

then we got onstage and did our damn thing, and we did it well that night. my buddy Freditor was there with his lovely fiance' Marie, and he brought out 3 video cameras and a fog machine to document the evening, so you'll be seeing some fancy shit very soon, methinks. damn, we had a nice amount of friends show up from Winter Haven and Gainesville and i just gotta say that there is no amount of gratitude i can express for ya'll making the trip over there and just being present. it stoked the fires of my gnarlitude in ways i myself have difficulty in comprehending. so THANKS FRIENDS!! YOU RULE ASS. Jack Owen (guitarist for Cannibal Corpse and Deicide) was there in all his shaven-head glory, and he was a very cool guy and into the tunes.

we decided to stay in Winter Haven that night with our good friends Henry and Melissa, to have some catch up time, and to show off all the good pot we had with us. seriously, we had 4 different kinds of bud with us, and it was a delightful buffet of skunky flavors. we had some KUSH, some ov that BLUEBERRY, some NORTHERN LIGHTS crossed with HEMPSTAR strains, and a mystery bud we only could call STICKY GREEN cuz it was very sticky, and quite green. so Henry busted out his mega cool "i-bought-this-in-new-orleans" grinder, and we got down to business, blowing stoopid amounts of smoke and joking around until 6am, with online reggae radio in full effect. good times....






we woke up the next morning (oops, i mean afternoon) and did the hygene thing, Mikey first...

T-Dubs was his usual just-woken-up surly self...

BigHead Hambarger decided to curl up with a good book...

(although, to his credit, it was a book of pictures)
and I hung out with Melissa listening to her crazy talk...

then we all went out to some place i forget the name ov for some good old-fashioned southern fried seafood. blackened grouper sammiches, fried scallops, shrimps, and french fries were our fare for the day, and it suited us well. Mikey confided in us that he has desire within his heart to become a fat-ass, stuffing his face full of yummy greasy fried food for eternity. sounds good, eh?

so after lunch, we went back to the tree house for a quick smoke and joke seshie (not too mention me and Henry filling up our iPod's off of each other's computers), a bestowal of merch, and a quick group photo op.


then we got back on the road to beautiful, shitty FORT MYERS. i should mention here that our drive time featured the dumbest, most eclectic mix of music and the dumbest, most eclectic senses of humor non-stop. there were many moments of silliness, and the "Giggle Demon" possessed Tom more than a few times, which was scary cuz he was driving most ov thee time. no biggie tho, we took this backroads route down there which took us on a scenic journey thru what i believe to be the most downtrodden parts of Flooriduh: Arcadia, Hull, Fort Ogden, Zolfo Springs, Brownville, etc. So by the time we saw a glimpse of "civilized" Ft. Myers, we were kinda relieved...


so then we made our way to the "venue", which turned out to be a sports bar called Sundowns. a fucking SPORTS BAR, aka the lamest place to stage a metal show EVER. seriously, it was weird: TV screens everywhere blasting forth the filth ov our capitalist society, squares aplenty, weird scene. at least our new friends in DIXIE WRECKED showed up to hang with us in their hometown (ya'll rule), and the SSK boys were getting nice and sloshy drunk, so that was fun...

plus, Jordan's drums (i mean, Trigrammaton's) have this gnarly rotted cow skull on them, totally fookin' nekro doood...


anyways, we all played and it was okay. i gotta admit, it was hard to get into the vibe of our performance at that place. it was just weird. SSK was rad tho. and our host band NEITHER were very accomodating, and even had to go get their own sound equipment to make the show happen as the "sound man" fucking flaked on it. they are a very good band, if you like that type of music, which i don't. i must say tho that their bass player AEZEON was the raddest dude ov thee whole trip, he even made it up to the Tampa show, and headbanged with horns up thrashing about THE WHOLE TIME, TO EVERY SINGLE BAND, EVERY SINGLE SONG. he is the reason why we play metal. BIG UP!!!!!

other notable ft. myers events: the seed ov inspiration was planted regarding a split release betwixt your humble KVLT and the DIXIE WRECKED crew. my mind has really gone to town on this one, it's gonna be collaborative and separate, and a three way split. but more on that later, when the time comes. Mattbarger also donned some quick corpsepaint stylee to sell a t-shirt, so good one on ya bubba...


then, we decided to go back to The Haven and stay at Tom's mom's house, which was a very good decision, even though we didn't get in til 5:30 AM. but when we were awoken around noonish, it was to be greeted with the biggest spread ov brunchables i may have ever been fortunate enough to witness. i'm talking scrambled eggs with bacon in em, perfectly seasoned home fries, spicy sausage links, toast, tomatoes and cantalope, all prepared lovingly by Tom's Mom PEG and his brother RYAN. fucking priceless, and their sense of southern hospitality is acute and raging. so amazing, we even got to watch the final game ov thee World Cup, which was fun.

Peg and Ryan went fishin, so we just hung out, picked a bunch ov oranges from her trees, and raided her freezer for some frozen fish... which Tom promptly parlayed into a no-holds-barred FISH FRY!!! i'm tellin' ya'll: we ate like kings on this trip. we're talking snapper and grouper, dipped in buttermilk, tossed in some old dude's breadding (which was spicy as fook), fried in vegetable oil.. AMAZING. add to that a big pot ov fresh green beans and peas, and a pan ov cornbread (baked in cast iron skillet, with cheddar cheese and shrimp in it!! YEEEEAHHHH) and you got yourself a good ol' southern FISH FRY.

so, we packed up our shit into the minivan, and got our fat bellies back on the road to Jacksonville, but not before i could take what i feel is the ultimate picture ov a picture in the entire world: Tom White's High School Picture... behold

fucking amazing, right?

the ride to JAX was long, but i busted out the laptop and did a digital DJ set that kept us all in good spirits. which was a good thing, because when we showed up to The Pit to play, well, it was just stupid. the stage has a chain link fence around it, with only a little portal to view the band unfettered. i knew we were in for trouble when the bartender on our side of the "venue" got sent home early.. the first band was okay, but their singer guy was just too unintentionally hilarious. i haven't laughed so hard at anyone in a long long time. the next band i was really excited to see (based on their myspace songs), but they took an excrusiatingly long time to get onstage, fuck around, sound check, go outside, put on corpsepaint and spikes, and then still take another 10 minutes to get onstage and get going. basically, they took so long that we ended up not playing. and no one did anything to speed up the process. SSK played and was over at 1:30 AM on a Sunday night in Jacksonville, and everyone besides 3 people (including the promoter) had left, so we decided to cut our losses, load back up, and save the frustration and hatred of playing to nobody but 2 dudes who would be videotaping the whole thing. so the option of going home to my sleeping wife and infant son was infinitely more appealing. sorry to those ov you who might have really wanted to see us, and thanks to BEN from CYSTIC DYSENTERY for coming and hanging out with us and telling terrible jokes and messing with my skateboard.

oh, but i took some rad pics of SSK that night, outside, under the "freeezing moooon"...


so, all in all, it was cool, people bought stuff, we made new friends, heard some terrible music (and some really good music), and we laughed a whole bunch. who could ask for anything more? (don't answer that) thanks to SECRETS SHE KEPT for being rad dudes, and setting up the majority ov this fiasco.. YA'LL RULE

be on the lookout for the TEXAS INVASION TOUR in September...

(((O)))

Hails.  here's a link to another photo gallery ov THEE KVLT that you can look at.  my sister tookedid these pictures at The Atlantic when we played there in may. 

CLICK DIS MUTHAFUCKUH

(((O)))

hails to thee and thine, our rabid kvltish kollektiv who prosper under the sign ov HADIT. it has been many moons since we, THEE KVLT OV (((OUROBOROS, have blessed you with a transmission from headquarters, but now the time has come. news aboundeth...

FIRST OFF, we'd like to thank one and all who hath attended our most recent live rituals @ the atlantic and the french quarter in jacksonville. these were fun shows with good bands, and we would like to give a special shout out to CYSTIC DYSENTERY, who blew my mind two nights in a row, and are a swell and commendable group ov folks who share passion for the ultimate destructive power ov METAL. i got to play with them 2 nights in a row, and it was the highlight of my month thus far. also we'd like to give a special "horns up" to our warbretheren in SECRETS SHE KEPT, with whom we will be doing a lil' mini Floorida tour at the beginning ov next month. the dates will be as follows..


07/06 - Gainesville, FL - TBA
07/07 - Tampa, FL - Brass Mug w/ ABATU, Ingutted, & Dixie Wrecked
07/08 - Ft. Myers, FL - Sundowns w/ Neither
07/09 - Jacksonville, FL - The Pit w/ Cursed Ruin

make sure you come on out if you are anywhere close to these shows as they are happening, because you will find a face full ov necro waiting for you. and our RAD ASS NEW T-SHIRTS... which feature the logo ov our esteemed order featured prominently in shiny SILVER ink on black shirts... hell yeah...


and as if that weren't enough, we have the mother ov all merch items EVER... the official THEE KVLT OV FRISBEEE!!!! there's no way you can deny the awesome SataniK power ov a fucking frisbee.

make sure you scoop one up, cuz they're going fast and they ain't coming back. we also recommend they be used for rolling up your favorite smokable substances on (aka WEED). it's as wotan intended it to be.

WE also have other good news, our first release is about ready to be released, and it is entitled "BLVD" (pronounced BLOOD) and it will be released on 10" blood red vinyl, and a limited edition CD that comes in a silkscreened mailer. it's 5 songs ov KVLTISH fury, and it is getting mastered by none other than low frequency wizard JAMES PLOTKIN, ov Khanate and Atomsmasher/Phantomsmasher fame. it, along with the second installment "GVTS" will be both released on 10" vinyl and CDR formats, then compiled and put on to a proper CD a bit later, all by the loving caring folks at SataniK RECORDINGS (who you should add as a friend right now if you haven't already). we should have the CDs in mailers by the time this lil minitour kicks off, so save your pennies, cuz they're gonna be like $7. and totally worth it.

AS YOU ALL PROBABLY HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT, our drummer Mattias may be taking leave ov his precious KVLT soon. he ov the scholarly wit shall be immersing himself in law school, but it remains to be seen whether or not he'll be doing that here in gainesville, or abroad, in which case he will no longer be our beater ov inanimate objects. though we will mourn his loss (and congratulate him and wish him success), we already have a ready and willing (not to mention capable) replacement, so fear not for your beloved KVLT. and we won't be taking any suggestions/auditions from others regarding the matter, so don't bother. we will be FINE...

i guess that's really about it, besides this little list ov stuff you should be listening to that i'm about to type below here. may the bells ov the mighty peal in thine majestic frothy ears forevermore....

YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO.....
**Celtic Frost's new amazing album "MONOTHEIST". they are fucking BACK, and heavier/scarier than ever(ybody else). this album has ruled me the past week (thanx, Herr Ouderland).

**Agalloch "Ashes Against The Grain". i know it isn't technically out yet, but if you wanna keep it real (like me), just download it and buy it on vinyl when it comes out in august. this album trumps all their previous releases by far, and the songwriting has gotten better, if you can believe that. sounds great as well.
**Drudkh "Blood In Our Wells". amazing Ukrainian nationalistic blackened metal beauty, with little flashes ov naitive folk instrumentation. the chord changes in these songs are mighty and emotive, and capable ov conjuring a visceral reaction in even the stodgiest black metal hater.
**Orcustus "Wrathrash" 7" on southern lord. fucking really really good interior decorating for the house that Darkthrone built. it's a must have 7" release, got it?
**Nachtmystium - "Instinct: Decay" fucking really really good. GET IT.


alrighty then...
(((O)))

The Black Force of Pan.

From ancient Gnosticism to the Darkness of Pan.

THE ancient Gnostics strove only toward spiritual knowledge, in a better word - gnosis (Hellenic for knowledge). The Gnostics thought that the physical universe is in itself evil, and that it is a creation of an evil god. Essential to most of the Gnostic schools is the idea of Yahweh being the evil creator, considering the Judaic cosmogony, the creator of the physical universe, and therefore identified as the evil demiurge. Humanity was also believed to been created by the evil Demiurge Ialdabdoth/Yahweh, and as soon as the Demiurge animated the humans the battle between the light of spirit and the darkness of matter in human existence began.

AND in the Chao-Gnostic way of thinking, Lucifer, bringer of the Black Flame, provide the humans with a black link back to Chaos, so that the Demiurge can't control all in his false creation, just the weak that don't experiences their Black Flame. And the Black Flames in the depths of the human souls are lit by the thought and understanding of the dark Gnosis. And this understanding is like a mental plague. The key to Chao-Gnosis is sacred words, which are dark reflectios of Chaos, descanting from mind to mind like darkness during sunset. People are trying to protect themselves from this mental plague with Yahweh's preaching of lies, but no can do. Their fear is the obvious proof of that they are contaminated by this plague. We call it to be struck by terror, overwhelmed by panic. In simple words, the mind have summoned Pan. And this is where Pan is connected with the Darkness of Chaos. Pan, the wielder of mental deathplague and destructor of light of spirit.

PAN; Preceptor of Perdition, Prince of Darkness, Yahweh's Ensnarer.

PAN; Preceptor of Perdition, whom infect everything in his way, with the magical intelligence of darkness. A spiritual intelligence which convey self-destruction to the cosmic forces and matter.

PAN is one of the oldest gods upon earth. And we know how a rumour circulates in a month (just take the bible for instance!). So if the wrathful dragon-god Pan has been developped into the roguish wood-daemon Grimalkin or the bashful flute-playing kid, who artists have loved to paint in all eras, but mostly during the Romanticism of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, from have been one amongst Chaos Black Oceans, is not some kind of surprise for me. No, for me, it feels like a natural development in the human chronicles and stories (even more the human mind, this frenzied god is not easy to put up with nor understand!) When I summon the enraged god Pan we talk, without putting much weight on names. Have one awoken the Black Flames of Chaos within oneself, one will recognize the force as achieved, whether one calls it Pan or Grimalkin, Sylvanus or Faunus. Chaos Black Powers have their own tongue.

TO live with Pan, the irate God of Chaos, has the ends to uphold Chaos Black Flames and to gather all dark souls, so that with Black Magic open up the cosmic gates so that Chaos Black Oceans can flood and drain the Demiurge's filthy and flase creation. To do this means that we will be free again in the dark regions of Chaos, the All.

THAT is why I have dedicated my flesh-bound life to Pan, the mocking joker that spit misanthropy and death in the face of the light of spirit and life. Ecce Pentacvlvm Panis, qvod ante vestram addvxi præsentiam! Et per hoc præsens Pentaculum, quod super vos potenter imperat!

PAN; the rogue is unleashed in universe, to torment and misguide life so that it creates its own destruction. He is never made of flesh and blood, instead, he leaves pestilence as fingerprints in the human mind, which transmit contagion to the flesh of its own accord. He conjure terror and anguish which absorbs by the thought, and the thought get defiled by the vast nature of darkness and re-create a personal darkness which dig ones own grave. He lures the credulous with cunning and mockery. He calls himself the horned Yahweh and gape his infernal mouth so that pestilence in the form of frozen gloom swathe and ensnare the human mind and thoughts, till an empty dying vessel falls back into the false reality called life. He is uncontrollable. He is wrath. He brandish his mighty staff, anti-clockwise, and releases confusion and disorder. He laughs at suffering and death, for it makes him blithe. He dreams of corpses and withered roots, carbonized suns and life consigned to oblivion.

HE has only one will, the destruction of Yahweh and to get Yahweh's world absorbed by Chaos. So, as a Chao-Gnostic pestilent thought and god, he has only good ends. To live with Pan, is to live in tranquillity with the true Chaos, Emptiness, Darkness.

Shamaatae Af Areldom MCMXCII - MMII.

Copyright © Johan S Lahger, TEMPLVM VECORDIS, MCMXCII - MMII.



HAIL CHAO-GNOSTICISM! HAIL CHAOS! AVE SATHANAS!

SO last night's show with TORCHE went quite well. HARAM played some cool stuff, and ultimately made me think that if Archers of Loaf sounded more like they do, i would still like Archers of Loaf. TORCHE played good, despite a few lack-of-rehearsal finger trip-ups, no big deal. and they played a bunch of FLOOR songs, which was kinda unexpected for me, and a huge HUGE treat. fuck it, they were rad ass, and i had a great time. THEE KVLT did well, despite Tom's flu-ridden weekend and alternating between chloraseptic spray and cigarettes onstage. quite inspiring... this is also our first show without wearing THEE ROBES OV (((OUROBOROS, and it was just fine. we made THEE T-SHIRTS OV (((OUROBOROS instead, complete with gold spraypaint reverso no-silk-screening and gold nails thru the collars. and Tom had the "disco styled" version, but i think of it as the mid-80's "RAD" the motion picture look.

for those of you who may have missed, or those that might want to relive the nights festivities anew, they are photographically documented HERE in excess. at least our portion of the evening.

as for other news, we are getting ready to start a mainly vinyl output record label as an offshoot of ORGANIK recordings, but this will concern itself with mostly MEtAL music, and will be called SATANIK RECORDINGS. we're gonna be getting a bunch of bands to do split 7"s, and we'll probably do a couple 10" projects as well. the bands we're planning on asking or have already mentioned it to (or who will undoubtably make an appearance) are the likes of THEE KVLT OV (((OUROBOROS, GRAILovtheeGOAT, I LOVE U, RODAN, ESCAPE GRACE, LIGHTNING SWORDS of DEATH, TORCHE, and whoever else is either rad-ass, from floorida, or both. best believe that'n, shawty. any bands (in the DOOM/BLACK/DRONE/SLUDGE/THRASH METAL vein only) reading this now who would be interested in some super necrotic vinyl releases or splits, feel free to contact us about it.

that's it for now. all hails once again to WES JONES, TR00 KNIGHT OV THEE ORDER OV THEE SERPENT. all others, may thine breath be arrid, and thine lungs crisp with winter.

(((O)))