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   13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 18:43:38 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

   This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #SciFiSongs

   I was going to say that I'm not usually super into sci-fi themed bands, but that is 100% a lie.

   Friends, this is Hawkwind.

   Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age (1979 Live version)
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1lVah7o5s

   Lyrics: https://genius.com/Hawkwind-spirit-of-the-age-lyrics

   A musical setting of a poem by troubled vocalist Robert Calvert, this dystopian affair was originally released in a more muted form on 1977's Quark, Strangeness and Charm, but I vastly prefer the vocal performance on this astonishing live version, here from an anthology re-release, found on the Live 1979 album. It's heavy, intense, bleak, and Tim Blake's electronics are god-tier.

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 19:51:10 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     Black metal fans might be interested to know that guitarist Huw Lloyd Langton and keyboard player Tim Blake are among several Hawkwind members to have collaborated with The Meads of Asphodel.

     (Note: The Meads are overtly left-wing, but their 'anti-religious' BM is edgy at best, and I'm not comfortable with people who keep company with Hoest from Taake or any members of Drudkh. I can expand this note for anyone who needs excessive black metal drama in their life.)

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 21:07:47 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     • ArtistSynth

     @JohnnyDessu

     Sure. As I mentioned, most of their albums are explicitly "anti-religious" (note that Metatron identifies with pagan subculture but idk his personal beliefs), anti-Christian BM that narrates the dangers of extremism, and while they are overtly anti-racist and anti-fascist, I personally feel that they don't know the meaning of punching down. They fuck with islamophobic imagery, and have had guest vocals by Hoest from Taake.

     Former bassist Richard Weeks (yeah, the Gaylord person) called out vocalist Metatron over islamophobia upon leaving, and while they (Richard is nonbinary) have their own issues and I don't really want to enter the orbit of the obvious underlying personal drama vortex here, it's another small weight on the scale of criticism.

     Honestly, I would be a lot happier if Metatron would provide explanations and make a clear position statement as he has in his opposition to anti-semitism (see https://metalstorm.net/pub/interview.php?interview_id=724)

     I don't hold the band's many, many collaborators responsible for Metatron's apparent islamophobia, but when it comes to The Meads of Asphodel and The Wolves of Avalon, personally, I will find other things to listen to until Metatron actually shows some standards about who he associates with and clarifies where he stands if he's going to claim to have egalitarian beliefs.

     They're not NSBM or anything, but I'm just tired of unexamined prejudice, and if it feels that I'm holding the self-proclaimed anti-fascist, anti-nazi, anti-racist band to a higher standard than those who don't even bother expressing an opinion about these things...

     Well, I probably am, because those positions come with an onus of responsibility.

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     ArtistSynth (johnnydessu@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 21:07:48 JST ArtistSynth

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     @HauntedOwlbear can you do that?

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 22:03:53 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     @JohnnyDessu I've been a black metal fan and musician since before I was legally allowed into the gigs I was attending, and I'm at the point where I know we can do better as a subculture and I am going to be annoying about it. :D

     I am more than happy to answer any questions and provide recommendations in that spirit.

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     ArtistSynth (johnnydessu@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 22:03:54 JST ArtistSynth

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     @HauntedOwlbear right now I'm not too much into black metal (mostly because the metal scene where I live is small and shitty in their own way. ) and knew about Richard/Gaylord a few times

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 22:17:12 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     @JohnnyDessu Thank you, I'll add that to the pool of knowledge.

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     ArtistSynth (johnnydessu@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 22:17:13 JST ArtistSynth

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     @HauntedOwlbear the only thing I can say to you is: if someone recommended Cryfemal (from canary islands ) to you. Cryfemal are shitty people and had accusations of abusing a girl