To get right to the point: This is not a record to enjoy at rather fancy day of sunshine. Just the opposite, Henosis is more like a soundtrack to a nightmare. It is one of these Black Metal records that are so monotonous, it kinda hypnotizes you in the same vein a hairdryer could do. Which doesn’t have to be a bad thing necessarily, but surely isn’t a sign of great quality either. READ MORE…

A couple of weeks ago, we posted a feature on the prolific sculptor, Kris Kuksi. Today we are proud to present an interview we did with Kuksi that explores what we imagine is just a tiny corner of his brain. His work speaks of intricacy and delicacy, but at the same time has a heavy darkness to it. After the jump, read our interview with one of the most interesting and prolific artists we have come across this century…

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SEIDR, from Louisville, Kentucky, have created an album that defies labels & boxes. To put it simply, For Winter Fire is just awesome fucking music. If I called them black metal, post-rock, or doom, in my opinion I would be doing it an injustice – all of these genres are represented, but SEIDR go beyond any given genre. I really don’t know where to start, because it’s that rad. SEIDR have made songs that totally come alive with emotion & energy. At times they take you on this ride that expands your brain & opens it up in another atmosphere. This music is really honest, & is composed by humans that are 200% comfortable in their skin. The guitar work on For Winter Fire is transcendental at times, only to take a different path to become some of the heaviest shit you’ve ever heard. The drumming on this album is majestic & epic. SEIDR hits you with two different vocal attacks on this album, one being a bottomless pit growl,then they flip the script with some really beautiful singing. While listening to this record you hear the universe & you feel Mother Nature. Everything about For Winter Fire is organic, nothing sounds forced or rushed. This the kind of music that will help you through your dark days & make your bright days brighter! On May 24th, the San Francisco label Flesher will be releasing this killer album. After the jump, check out some stellar live flicks of SEIDR.



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If y’all don’t know, I found my way to this website by way of another thing I do called Endless Blockades. It’s a little tumblr of mostly backpatches with the occasional buttflap or pair of gnarled out crust pants or something. Through this site I get a lot of really rad people sending me a lot of really rad shots of their really rad vests/jackets/whateverthefucks. I also occasionally get good folks alerting me to other, less “savory” uses of the back patch (like I’m sort of weird fucking authority on this shit or something…?). Anyways, a buddy sent me this link to some website of a bunch of vests made by artists for, as far as I can tell, some Levis promotion of graffiti writers.

Por ejemplo:

So now I put the question up to you. What the fuck is up with all the fashiony types getting all into backpatches/crustpunk/whatever shit? I mean, Lady Gaga in a Doom/Gism jacket, Lil Wayne in some kinda Aus Rotten/Anti-Cimex vest? Now, I’m not a full on hater and I definitely believe in guilty til proved innocent. If there are two people in the pop world that I feel like have to have fairly widespread tastes/knowledge it’d be Wayne (that dude has probably sampled more shit than I’ve ever listened to, although I know fuck all about him) and Gaga (who uses Jonas Åckerlund of Bathory as her video producer or director or something). Is this a good thing for punk/crust/underground music, a bad thing, or just a non-starter that really has no effect. Here’s more article food for thought.

Discuss.

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What do these dates mean to you: June 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2011? These are the dates that Austin becomes the center of everything Doom, Punk, Crust, Hardcore, Dis-Beat, Trash Metal, Post Punk & the attack of weirdos from around the universe. These are the dates of this year’s Chaos in Tejas!!! Many things make this fest so special – one thing is, the people behind it are the real deal. They may be responsible adults today, but in the early 80′s they were the outcast misfits, who grew up to put on super epic festivals for fellow outcasts to enjoy. Another thing about Chaos in Tejas is they know that all fringe music & subcultures are cut from from the same rebellious mindset, & you can see that in the bands they book. They prove that unity is best served with loads of beer, sunshine & killer music! This year’s lineup is just so off the chain it’s even hard to wrap my brain around it. Here are a couple of bands that will slaying shit this year: Killing Joke, Doom, Fucked Up, D-Clone, Acephalix, Trap Them, Orange Goblin, Youth of Today, Iron Lung – see what I mean? & this only a few. Ok, this post gets even better with help of Jack Barfield, the photographer – we put together a little photo essay of the festival which you can see after the jump. Plus you can also see mad videos from bands that will be ripping shit this year! CVLT Nation will be on hand to cover the fest this year so stay tuned!

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Neck Face is one of my favorite contemporary artists, just for the reason that his art captures the grotesque and the hilarious so well. If Neck Face’s art was a movie, it would be Evil Dead. Exploding uteruses and flying fetuses, Indians killing aliens, and Klingons killing bikini-clad women. As well as his the weirdo content, I also admire his technique – he does a killer fucking blood spatter, and his exploding bodies almost make you feel the spray of blood and flesh on your face. On the surface, his art may not seem like the kind of work that makes you think; but if you really want to, you can contemplate the violent deaths of the limp 60s-hairdo bikini ladies and their babies, and you may be surprised at the thoughts that come to your mind. After the jump, check out some selected 2009 works featured over at the OHWOW Gallery site…

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There aren’t too many bands where I can exactly remember how I got to know about them. But T.S.O.L. (True Sounds Of Liberty) definetely would be one of them. Back in school I had this one class where there only were like seven other kids. And there was this one guy (who’s now probably dead or on heroin) who was into the stuff I was as well, like NOFX, Pennywise and bands like that. Remember, I was around 13 and it was the 90ies. What else should I listen to but Skate Punk, Melody Core or whatever you want to call it. So he once gave me this sampler of Epitaph Records, Punk-O-Rama II. Besides the type of bands I already knew there was this band called T.S.O.L. on it, with “I wanna fuck the dead”. Of course I thought that this was great, although it was quite different of course.
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One of the sickest albums to come out so far this year is Guiltless by Chicago’s blackened doom wizards INDIAN. I know for a fact this album will stand the test of time. CVLT Nation had a chance to interview Will from INDIAN & get his perspective on the creative process on this album. After the jump, check out this epic interview & some special live footage…now tune in!



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TEARGAS from  Brisbane, Australia is getting ready to invade the US! Beyond stoked for this! The tour will kick off May 18th at Que Sera in Long Beach, California and will end in June playing the 2nd-5th for this years Chaos In Tejas in Austin, Texas. If you haven’t heard this band I suggest you do! For fans of PISSCHRIST, Extortion, and DOOM. TEARGAS will be releasing a LP before the tour and have Murdoch Stafford working on both the tour poster and album artwork.   Links,  demo, photos, and more after the jump.

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