CXXIII. Boyd Rice And Friends | Music, Martinis, And Misanthropy

BOYD RICE AND FRIENDS

Music, Martinis, And Misanthropy

©NER. UK, 1990.

‟I’ve been amused, confused and infused with the works and ideology of Boyd Rice. I’ve never been able to decide if Mr. Rice was as dark as the character he presents himself or if he was simply playing devil’s advocate, but I’d like believe that within all his proclamations that he was being honest, and that I wasn’t wrong for agreeing with him. I’ve always enjoyed his spoken-word messages because it wasn’t free-love hipsters preaching socialism. Combined with the moody, beautiful guitar ambience of Douglas P., Boyd Rice is given the chance to  really bring sense of calmness to the ears, allowing full hypnosis while his gentle voice encourages you to indulge on hate, take notice at life’s ugliness and except that most people are useless. The perfect example of this method at use is the track people. As well as being a ‘Boyd Rice and Friends’ classic, this song really exemplifies the subject matter, the intent, and the methods of this instigating poet. Along with help by Michael Moynihan, and the angelic vocals of Rose McDowall this is truly an intriguing record with infectious sounds capes, provocative commentary, and a sense of taboo enjoyment that anyone can love to hate. Boyd Rice and Friends is a classic example of what happens when you bring together a bunch or angry men sporting facist wardrobes, dark music and apparently hate everybody.‟

Deathmetaltyler 

LXXX. Freya Aswynn | Fruits Of Yggdrasil

 

 

FREYA ASWYNN

Fruits Of Yggdrasil

©Edition Ananael. Österreich, 2002.

‟For those of you who dont know, Freya Aswynn's is the entity created by Elizabeth Hooijschuur a figure of considerable distinction within the Norse heathen community, a dedicated priestess of Odin,  rune-mistress and writer that in past years has collaborated with some musical projects such as 6omm, Current 93, Les Joyaux De La Princesse and Fire+Ice, well know artists in the field of Neo-Folk music.
 Aswynn's" has  released three albums under her own name, The Fruits Of Yggdrasil was originally released as a limited-edition vinyl LP on Eyas Media in 1987,  1995’s Shades Of Yggdrasil  and 1998’s Songs Of Yggdrasil, which was released to accompany the Northern Mysteries and Magick book.  The Fruits Of Yggdrasil was re-released in 2002 on the Austrian label Edition Ananael, with bonus tracks including Freya’s tracks with Current 93 and Fire + Ice, as well as two tracks with Wayne Owens originally released on Shade of Yggdrasil, and it has now been released by the Hau Ruck!.
This album’s focus is on initiation into the northern mysteries, the sound is difficult to describe, the spoken words are always present, reciting magic and ancestry words, the tribal and industrial percussions set the pace,  haunting flutes and  background weird soundscapes thicken the beauty and mystery of this record, that i higgly recommend  if you have an open mind.‟

Ritualisticnature

  

LII. Radio Werewolf | Love Conquers All

RADIO WEREWOLF

Love Conquers All

©Gymnastic. Deutschland, 1992.

‟This band and album are of notable mention mainly because of who the members are and how strange and extreme their ethos is/was. Made up of only two members, RADIO WEREWOLF is none other than Nicholas Shreck and Zeena LaVey (whose father was the infamous founder of the Church of Satan), heads of the notorious Werewolf Order.

As for the music, it's obvious that they have attempted a DEATH IN JUNE/CURRENT 93 sound here, but at best they achieve a nice, remote, strange quality that has helped to make this band and album somewhat of a cult phenomenon. Other than that, Zeena really has no business singing whatsoever. She sucks through and through, but at least the album retains a comic quality because of it. Actually, I stopped listening to this album in 1996, but felt it at least deserved some mention. Who knows? You may want this if you're a collector of some kind.‟

The Metal Observer