Cunt Cobwebs

A pearl cloistered in obsidian, submerged in flame, fluxing between petrification and burning  

[orchidblack]

Architecture fictions by Clemens Gritl.

[theheadlesscrow]

[metalkilltheking]

1982. Axe Crazy

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal, or NWOBHM, was “the” movement that propelled heavy metal into the mainstream spotlight. This umbrella of classification has grown over time, and now includes a large number (hundreds) of bands. Most under the umbrella never made it beyond the “influential” title, remaining mired in “unknown,” “underrated,” or “under-appreciated” status. Jaguar is one such band.

Jaguar was not–and never would become–a heavyweight. You’ve probably never heard of them. Following the release of the 7" single “Axe Crazy” in 1982 (a song highly praised in several fanzines),

[thewitchhuntergenerals-deactiva]

(Operazione Paura) // Kill, Baby, Kill // Dir. Mario Bava (1966)

[inthedarktrees]

The Legend of Hell House | John Hough | 1973

[bamf]

Do you know anything about witches?

SUSPIRIA (1977) dir. Dario Argento

[crone2thebone]

Haunted af

[kissywendy]

[museum-of-artifacts]

Axe from Viking era, before and after conservation 10th–11th century

[rapidfire35]

[vosus]

[peashooter85]

Chalcidean bronze helmet, Greece, 4th century BC

from Christies

[deathandmysticism]

Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft, 1529

[deathandmysticism]

Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft, 1529

[deathandmysticism]

Hendrick Goltzius, Demogorgon in the Cave of Eternity, ca. 1588-90

[metalkilltheking]

1990. Hammerheart

 is the fifth album by band Bathory. It continued the previous album Blood Fire Death’s transition away from black metal to what became recognized as Viking metal, and is considered a cornerstone work of the genre.

was the first “archetypical Viking metal album”.  This was said to have been influenced by band Manowar.

most emotional part of “Hammerheart” is when read the lines: “Northern wind take my song up high, to the Hall of glory in the sky, so its gates shall greet me open wide when my time has come to die …” from the beautiful acoustic “Song to Hall up High”… It is very emotional, as Quorthon has died and it feels like a great anthem and tribute to this amazing musician, who, I am sure, had been greeted by his ancestors with all the glory. For such moments “Hammerheart” is just a timeless classic album – yet another in the great discography of Bathory.

[70sscifiart]

[de-sensitizer]

IAN MILLER