We just got our shipment of the CVLT Nation X The Secret tees, and they look fucking sick! Apache Knowledge really outdid himself on this esoteric piece of artwork, and Holy Mountain killed it with the print job! Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered it for your patience over the holidays, they all shipped out Tuesday and now we have a limited amount left in the CVLT Store. This tee is an official The Secret piece of merch, produced in the USA and only available in the CVLT Store. Check out some nice pics after the jump!

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So what do we have here? It’s the new season from SOUL ASSASSINS and it’s a rad balance between the dark side of Los Angeles Punk and O.G. Hip Hop culture. When you see their collection of tees, hoodies, crewnecks, beanies, snapbacks and accessories you realize that SOUL ASSASSINS has a firm foundation in the cultures that their gear comes from. Their new lookbook was shot by Mike Miller and features Skinhead Rob, DJ Muggs and Mister Cartoon repping S.A. hard…peep the new collection after the jump!

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VOW is a two person team from Southern California that creates clothes that look awesome & have a message as well! Their new season, entitled Winter XII, has some stand-out pieces, like the Solve et Coagula crew, the Pazuzu tee and Pogo Pope tee are all on point! What I really dig about VOW is that their designs are bold, but at the same time simple. They also go the extra mile by hand distressing some of their tees. There is no doubt that the VOW team is passionate about what they are doing, and for that I give them mad respect! VOW Winter XII is the shit – don’t be surprised if you see me in some of their gear in the near future!

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CVLT Nation is extra excited to announce the pre-order for the CVLT Nation X The Secret limited edition t-shirt starts today! The talented Robbie Paterson created an amazing graphic for this very limited t-shirt, which is only available in the CVLT Store. We are aiming to ship these the 7th of January, 2013, and they will be printed by Holy Mountain Printing in the USA. Check out the images below and make sure you get yours soon…these are going to go fast!

Jangling chains dripping bones, metal and ivory matter marrying to imbue the wearer with Death’s magick. Deth Maiden creates pieces that drape you with death, combining stones and chachkies with vertebrae and jaws to decorate your body. Her pieces are hand made and one of a kind, and very reasonably priced, so if you are looking for something for that special shaman in your life, check out her page for what she has available. After the jump, enter Deth Maiden’s boneyard…

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If by some miracle your money is burning a hole in your pocket, and you don’t want to line up outside of Target with the rest of the douchebag drones, check out the CVLT Store for 30% off most clothing from 12 AM PST Friday to 11:59 PM PST Monday! Use the code BLKWKND for 30% off at checkout. Almost all of the clothing in the CVLT Store is going for 30% off, even sale items, plus all US orders over $75 and International orders over $100 ship free, so stock up on clothes and vinyl for the winter months ahead. Support your local small businesses this weekend, don’t give your hard-earned cash to the box stores!

“It’s bad enough you’re a fuckin faggot. Nobody likes a negative queen.” – Some asshole talking shit to Myles

Negative Queen’s short life started on December 18th 2010 and ended on September 1st 2011. The band was comprised of vocalist/guitarist/noise samplist Dylan Bennedict (Cull, Anon Remora), guitarist Ayla Holland (Disemballerina, Anon Remora, Malice Discordea), bassist Myles Donovan (Disemballerina, Myles of Destruction), and drummer Ashley Spungin (Taurus, Purple Rhinestone Eagle). The name of the band originates from the above quote – a line which was delivered as an immediate response to bassist Myles Donovan’s refusal to comply with the societal cluster of expectations and stereotypes that burden individual members of smaller LGBT circles (where the ‘L’ and ‘T’ matter just as much as the ‘G’ and ‘B’). For the short span of time they were around, the members dealt with a few years’ worth of personal pressures and group-based tension.

The members found themselves during a time when everything was falling apart and the only possibility of relief made itself attainable when the music was being played. This is a definite sign of a band that had a purpose and, by virtue of this, a band that needed to exist at some point in time. One can only imagine how the constant stream of friction felt and shared throughout roughly seven months of activity justified the band’s existence when those momentary lapses of release manifested themselves on stage, or otherwise.

Here is some live footage of “Mutiny” recorded at the Black Rose in Portland:

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Ritual Clothing out of Scotland likes to keep things simple and evil. They make t-shirts with a clean streetwear aesthetic and a clear Satanic perspective. Their t-shirts make statements that are not for the weak of heart or mind, with slogans like “Darkside Propaganda,” “Don’t be Racist, Hate Everyone” and “Lucifer” emblazoned in huge letters across their tees. Personally, I love walking around pretty much everywhere in the US, but especially the religious parts, wearing clothing that causes born-agains to collapse in fits of foaming tongues, or at the very least, to stay the fuck away from me. And thank Satan the Morman didn’t win, so t-shirts like this won’t be outlawed or some shit. Ritual Clothing also has a dope mixtape for free download featuring our locals ACxDC plus other rad bands like Heksed (rocking Ritual in the photo below). Hope they put up more of those soon! Check out a gallery of their offerings after the jump…

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CVLT Nation is stoked to announce that we are producing a very limited run of t-shirts with the infamous GEHENNA and artist Jacob Parmentier! These tees will only be available in a small run in the CVLT Store, and the pre-order starts today! The artwork is an original piece created by Jacob Parmentier for this special t-shirt collabo. Check out the artwork below and head over to the CVLT Store to pre-order your tee before they’re out…

Image of the tee after the jump…
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D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist could have been made about our lives. Although this documentary,a “celebration of the underdog,” was released in 2002, Sean and I just watched it last night for the first time. I think a lot of people we cover, artists, musicians and labels, our fellow bloggers and a lot of our audience will really appreciate this documentary. The director, Michael W. Dean, interviews people who live and work DIY, including Ian MacKaye, J Mascis, Jim Rose, Lydia Lunch, Ron Asheton of The Stooges, Dave Brockie of Gwar and many more. The movie is a collection of stories about what defines DIY and what appeals to people who choose to create and work for themselves. This doc really hit home for us, because CVLT Nation is truly a labor of love, one that we created from scratch out of our passion for the music, art and culture we cover. Doing something DIY doesn’t mean you have to necessarily be broke, but you definitely have to be OK with being broke, and I think you have to adjust your own definition of wealth. Wealth is not something found in numbers, it’s something found in yourself. We figure we could work for someone else and make more money, have a “safety net” of sorts, but we would lose so much happiness and fulfillment by doing so. It’s amazing to hear that people we admire so much agree, and give insight into how being creative and doing it for themselves has enriched their lives. This is a must-watch for everyone who comes to our blog. Many of you keep DIY businesses like ours going, because the vinyl you buy is, a lot of the time, packed and mailed to you by the owner of the label you’re buying it from. I think it’s the wave of the future, a return to a barter system where all of us can have a good quality of life, not just those on top. So after the jump, get inspired and watch D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist…

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