April was a slow month for ODIR, as those who follow the site even semi-frequently will have noticed. Hence, no picks from ODIR activities during the last month this time around, but a slew of news from our ever-active friends. Support them, and keep on supporting all underground activists creating and releasing stuff outside of the mainstream – it gets ever more challenging to even break even with such activities in these times of the Almighty Algorithm and having to dish out a pretty penny just to avoid being actively suppressed on any viable platform.
With belated witchy Walpurgis greetings,
J.
From our friends
- Finnish psychobilly band De La Rocka released their new single The Vampire in April. Check out the video for the title track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEml1TpkB1I
- I conducted an interview with De La Rocka in conjunction with the new single for Imperiumi (in Finnish): https://impe.fi/articles/1/3485
- The Chamberlain’s debut album Draconian Magick, a masterpiece of symphonic and melodic black metal, was released on vinyl by Out Of The Dungeon: https://www.outofthedungeon.net/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=5263
- Misantropia Records released Epäkristus’ comeback mini-CD on May 1st. Check out one track here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHPQRHWNPLk
- Steinklang Industries released a batch of new tapes, includingreleases by Aufbruch Europa, Elli Riehl and Escuadron De La Muerte. A tape by US ritual dark ambient act Infinexhuma will follow later on. https://underground-alliance.com/
- Rihmastosignaali published the third episode of their more accessible Liminalis subformat, this time covering the concepts of daimon and genius loci: https://tuonenportti.fi/liminalis-3-daimon_ja_genius_loci/
- …staying with Rihmastosignaali, the second (of three) episodes with author and esotericist Eeva Maria Leino was also published: https://tuonenportti.fi/31-psyyken-alkemia-albedo-vieraana-eeva-maria-leino-osa-2-3/
- …and one more episode, with Finnish horror author Marko Hautala. If we were lazy in April, Rihmastosignaali sure made up for that! https://tuonenportti.fi/rihmastosignaali-32-samaelin-kirja-vieraana-marko-hautala/
Miscellania
- Matti Rautaniemi’s Tapio Kotkavuoren elämä ja kuolema was published by Aula Kustannus during April. The book details the life and times of Tapio Kotkavuori, member of the Temple of Set and author or Vasemman käden polku, the first Finnish language books on left-hand path occultism. Read more here: https://aulakustannus.fi/kirjat/tapio-kotkavuoren-elama-ja-kuolema
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