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The Peoples Temple, the utopian death cult best known for the Jonestown Massacre, recorded a gospel album under the name of the People’s Temple Choir in 1973. Far from an amateurish production, the album He’s Able features slick studio trickery and a surprisingly talented backing band for the choir to swing cuts of pop songs, Read more …

Published: July 3, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, cults, Death in June, esotericism, Jim Jones, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald, the occult, the Third Reich | 2 Responses

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Crisis’ Holocaust Hymns

Scott Weisswald

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Crisis was an English punk-rock band formed in 1977 in Surrey. Their initial lineup consisted of Insect Robin the Cleaner, Phrazer, and the most famous two who didn’t have absurd nicknames: Douglas Pearce and Tony Wakeford. Crisis was explicitly a Leftist band, appearing at various Rock Against Racism concerts and collaborating with artists and organizers from the Anti-Nazi League. Read more …

Published: April 29, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Britain in the 70s, crisis, Death in June, music reviews, neofolk, North American New Right, originals, post-punk, punk music, punk rock, Scott Weisswald | 1 Response

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Death in June’s Essence!

Scott Weisswald

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Essence! is the most recent batch of material from Douglas Pearce’s Death in June, released on November 30, 2018. Essence! pulls from the earlier output of 90s Death in June, including its eclectic sampling work, noisy elements, and tastefully perverse whip-cracks for its compositions. Pearce brings the Death in June sound into the modern age, however Read more …

Published: April 17, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged apocalyptic folk, articles, Death in June, folk music, music reviews, neofolk, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald | Leave a comment

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Current 93’s Swastikas for Noddy

Scott Weisswald

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Current 93 is a neofolk group fronted by David Tibet. Its name is derived from Aleister Crowley’s numerological manipulation of the words Thelema and agape, the “93 Current” of the present age.

If that’s not weird enough for you, it gets better! Read more …

Published: April 3, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged apocalyptic folk, articles, Boyd Rice, Christianity, Current 93, esotericism, music reviews, neofolk, North American New Right, occultism, originals, religion, the occult | 7 Responses

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Death in June’s The Rule of Thirds

Scott Weisswald

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Released 12 years ago yesterday, March 3rd, 2008, Death in June’s The Rule of Thirds is a somber and introspective record that tussles with the concepts of aging and death, love lost, and the decay of the surrounding world. It’s recorded in the characteristic stripped-back, solemn, guitar-centric style of Douglas Pearce, Death in June’s sole constant member, Read more …

Published: March 4, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged apocalyptic folk, articles, Death in June, music reviews, mysticism, neofolk, North American New Right, originals, religion, Scott Weisswald, the occult | 8 Responses

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Death in June in San Francisco

Greg Johnson

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It was one of those clubs where you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home and you cry, and you want to die. But Death in June was playing there, and I had never seen them in concert. So I decided to temporarily interrupt my exile from California (roughing it in Jackson Hole) and descend again to the sinful cities of the plain.

I very much enjoyed seeing Death in June live. Read more …

Published: September 14, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Death in June, Greg Johnson, music reviews, neofolk, North American New Right, originals | 12 Responses

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Death in June’s Peaceful Snow

Greg Johnson

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Death in June
Peaceful Snow / Lounge Corps
NER 2010

Death in June emerged from the English post-punk scene of the early 1980s. Death in June was originally a trio, but two of the founding members left in 1984 and 1985, so now the group consists of Douglas Pearce along with a shifting set of collaborators. Pearce, now 54, currently lives in Australia.