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The road to Mount Doom
Looking back at a victorious weekend working with American Doom Metal legends Orodruin, supporting Yorkshire’s Iron Void on the first leg of their 25th Anniversary UK tour. Driving, loading, and handling merch and door duties for a trio of riff-heavy shows in Bradford, London and Bristol. Life on the road is seldom smooth, and there
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Chthonic Odio UK Tour: Torchbearer
WED 26 The Gryphon, Bristol + Torchbearer Facebook • Tickets Supporting the second date of the Chthonic Odio UK tour in Bristol are unsigned Newport / London metal band TORCHBEARER. Formed in 2016 by guitarist /vocalist Ollie Gould, bassist Mo Bashir and vocalist Andy Mansell, with the current drummer Ollie Sitford having joined in 2021.
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Propaganda Transmission 1: Chthonic Odio UK Tour
Introducing PROPAGANDA TRANSMISSIONs, a semi regular series of short videos to showcase new projects, give production updates, and feature other artists I appreciate. Brief snippets of work, statements of intent, and more to come. For the first episode, we feature the Chthonic Odio UK Tour, with on the road messages from NervoChaos and Violentor.
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Memories of Midsummer Madness
After a 2500+ mile round trip to the mountain, I finally have time to reflect upon the journey. One which took me across eight countries and to the brink of wild abandon. The first time I’ve celebrated my actual birthday in Abtenau, it was humbling to receive such kindness from friends old and new. My
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Chthonic Odio Tour: Unburier / Death Assault
FRI 28 Underground, Plymouth + Unburier, Death Assault Facebook • Tickets Bolstering support for the Plymouth date of the Chthonic Odio Tour are a pair of up and coming bands from the South West. Hailing from Somerset, UNBURIER bring a technical twist to Death Metal. With recent EP “Twisted Existence” going down a storm, they
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Chthonic Odio Tour: Reign of Erebus
THURS 27 Aatma, Manchester + Reign of Erebus Facebook • Tickets SAT 29 Vortex, Wakefield + Reign of Erebus Facebook • Tickets Joining the Chthonic Odio UK Tour in July for both Northern dates are Black Metal veterans REIGN OF EREBUS. Formed in 1997, Reign of Erebus carved a path for themselves in the underground
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The Spirit of Sound and Sincerity
As counterpoint to the synth-heavy soundscapes of Trismegistus Hex, we choose to incorporate ancient instruments into the mix. Grounding the rite and providing an alternate take on percussion. Although recently crafted in Poland by NlGHTJART, these throw-bags are used in the traditional style. Filled with pine seeds and dried rowan berries, (facets of Northern nature
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Chthonic Odio Tour: Cabeças Cortadas
TUES 25 The Black Heart, London + Cabeças Cortadas Venue • Facebook • Tickets Opening July’s Chthonic Odio UK Tour at Camden’s infamous Black Heart are CABEÇAS CORTADAS. London based, but Brazilian by heart, they honour their 80s hardcore crossover roots with pride. Translating to “Severed Heads” in Portuguese, necks will snap and fists fly
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There Is No Tomorrow
Principal photography has begun on my most ambitious video project yet. Working with Progressive Gothic Rock band Dawn of Elysium on a combination of music video and sci-fi short. More details will be released as the project develops, but the first day of shooting was a tremendous success. Working in Studio Five at Keighley’s Jam On Top
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A Tale of Two Triangles
Recently, Trismegistus Hex have been made aware of “Par Antra II: TAA”, the latest release by long-established Finnish Ritual Ambient project Halo Manash. We were understandably concerned by the similarity of the artwork of this release to our 2022 EP “Invocations under a Dark Star” – and to a lesser extent the layout of our
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Chthonic Odio Tour: Violentor
VIOLENTOR were born in 2004 from the mind of Alessio Medici, and his will to play raw and fast Thrash Metal influenced by the Metal Gods of the past. A “No Rest for Metal” band in its purest form, Violentor are always on the road, forever underground, and non-stop touring their 2022 album ‘Manifesto di
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Doom Shall Rise!
HeathenStorm Productions are on the road this weekend with cult Chilean doomsters King Heavy, taking in both UK dates of their brief jaunt to Europe alongside Yorkshire’s own Iron Void. Although I’m not doing much at Friday’s Wakefield show other than looking pretty and maybe hawking a shirt or two; duty demands I drive them