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Recent commission for The Velvet Rage
Hellveterra by Zer0 れい from Hiraeth Records
@zer0rei excellent album.
Skinny Puppy | Assimilate | Live Toronto Concert Hall on May 31, 1987 | Dir: Dermot Shane | From: Ain't It Dead Yet? | Released 1989 on Nettwerk Records
“Hot to assimilate, We'll rot or annihilate (Go nowhere), Hot to assimilate (Tell yourself), We'll rot or annihilate (search your soul)”
Skinny Puppy | Chainsaw | Live Toronto Concert Hall on May 31, 1987 | Dir: Dermot Shane | From: Ain't It Dead Yet? | Released 1989 on Nettwerk Records
“The worlds greatest mortuary self destruct, Mechanism introvert overturn assassination”
Ogre playing with a grotesque doll head edit
RIP Dwayne Goettel 💔
Depeche Mode | Black Celebration | Released 17 March 1986 | Mute records | Cover design: Martyn Atkins, David A. Jones, Mark Higenbottam, Brian Griffin
She's a woman on fire In this moment I yearn for her She's my deadly desire For my secrets i’ll burn And I can't look back ‘Cus im not in control And so she calls for me All the way home I'm gonna move in closer To your light I've never felt so helpless Until tonight...
Music video I made for artist Andreas Pistolelis.
This was made using a combination of live action and animation techniques, some of them pretty new to me. A sometimes frustrating, sometimes fun, but ultimately rewarding project.
the cocaine is not good for youuuuuu!!
i’m so spying on u
🦇 trad goths 🦇
Imagine you live there every year from October to April
Instant Exorcism
Curse Mackey
Austin, Texas based industrial mastermind Curse Mackey released his debut solo album in 2019, and its an infectious gothic masterpiece of apocalyptic darkwave. Like a mix between the finest Tim Skold output and the catchiest songwriting of Depeche Mode, this album pulls you into a grimy industrial gloom haunted by the ghosts of an apathetic cityscape. My favorite track is "O' Blasphemy", but everything on here is incredibly catchy, and the flow from one song to the next makes the whole album experience a treat. I spent a good portion of the year spinning it repeatedly and adding quite a few songs to some of my regular playlists.
Curse Mackey has spent years working with bands such as My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, playing live keyboards for Killing Joke, and even filling in for Peter Murphy at a stop on Murphy's recent tour with fellow ex-Bauhaus member David J. His credentials are exemplary, so it is exciting to see his solo material released, and he delivers on all expectations. Furthermore, if you have the opportunity to see him live, I strongly encourage going, his performance is fantastic, and really brings the tracks to life in a primal, energetic manner.
The album can be purchased from Curse Mackey's Bandcamp page, or from the musician himself when you go see him live because you definitely should.
Obscured
BlutEngel + Hocico
Well it finally happened, an alliance between two prominent dark electronic acts that really should have been done ages ago.
Chris Pohl of BlutEngel has been busier than ever it seems. He released two albums as BlutEngel last year, just dropped this, and has a new project, She Hates Emotions, that just released material. But I digress, back to the track at hand.
I find the song has a decidedly more Hocico sound to the music, but a very BlutEngel bend to the vocal work. It makes for a nice blend, and frankly I'd actually be up for a whole album of it. All three vocalists present lend their easily identifiable twist on their respective parts, and the combination of Pohl and Agroyam as music composers is fantastic, a mix of dark melody and harsh beats. Honestly this single is a superb combination of these bands and their sounds, and they really outdid themselves ensuring it blended well.
The other tracks present are remixes by each band that showcases their personal styles more, and an additional remix by Rasco Agroyam's side project Dulce Liquido that has a very minimalist Aggrotech sound. If you get the digital version there is a bonus remix by German electronic act S.I.T.D., with a bit more ebm/ industrial sound.
As of this writing there's a handful of physical copies left, however it is also available digitally on the Out of Line Music Bandcamp page, and probably other digital platforms as well.