One of the principal aims of DMU is to not only serve as curator of metal music, but also to keep developing an informed, cultured and realist interpretation and formulation of the past, present and future of the genre in the interest of transcendent goals. To this end DMU is launching two contribution-based efforts in parallel to the website content: an e-zine and a music compilation.
Both of these are intended to have exclusive content that at the same time serves as the possible locus of a tornado of initiatives in music-making, writing and perhaps even the visual arts. Both the e-zine and the compilation are inteded to be released on the last day of each month. Marking a cycle of creative effort that sets the collective, the community into action. Rather than ineffectually exist in the comfort zone of the ineffectual forum, chat group or newsletter, you can now channel your own energy and effort, and behold a living creation of many arms, legs and heads.
The first volume of each of these projects will be due for release by the end of July.
[E-Zine] Chymia Niger: A Journal for the Propagation of Foul and Horrendous Heresies
- Straight-forward music reviews
- Original poetry / lyrics
- Original artwork
- Sadistic / Futurist / Warlike / Powermad fiction
- Black meditation, sorcery and such like abominations
- The expression of true power: heretical articles on extreme barbaric, anarchist or totalitarian notions
- The future development of metal: informed articles on art, music, philosophy, history.
[Compilation] Litigium: Chaos and Darkness
- Stylistic guidelines: motif-driven labyrinthic death metal, raw black metal, dark ambient, dungeon synth, crossover-thrash, underground speed metal, dark chant and vocalizations, murky proto-metal. NO grindcore, NO power metal, NO symphonic metal, NO fashy retro electronics, NO post-metal, NO clones, NO idiocy.
- The recording must be made exclusively for this compilation as a show of creative cooperation, not easy promo
- Raw mixes, direct takes
- Even better: full-band rehearsal takes
- Minimum: 3 minutes ; maximum: 7 minutes.
- Suggestion: check out Brock Dorsey’s article Metal Arsenal.
For either the e-zine and the compilation, we reserve the right to accept or reject based on our own notions of quality or suitability.
Send raw texts (no RTF, nothing fancy)by way of a pastebin link to editor [AT] deathmetal [DOT] org.
Send mp3 (no lossless, nothing fancy) music by way of a dropbox / mega link to editor [AT] deathmetal [DOT] org.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oll3Q2ay5s
Tags: chymia niger, compilation, litigium, zine
This might be of interest for dark ambient fans. Unburied (Finland), Motherlove (1995):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD3JeZxZGkQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRDSXdJtQp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0xhrkqKwQ
Thank you, bookmarked.
Regarding main article, I think it’s a good idea.
I like this idea, and that’s a great title. Are you well versed in Latin, D.A.R.G.?
No.
Ah, well shit. I have been toying around with Latin, trying to form phrases or the best approximation I can muster. I recently learned of the postpositive/postnominal adjective which is where an adjective appears after the noun that it refers to. This is applied above in Chymia Niger, of course, and I find it fascinating how the inversion of the typical results in a seemingly marked degree of profundity.
Pursuing a challenging intellectual goal like learning Latin is a worthy pursuit for Hessians. I encourage you to take it seriously. While I am not even close to being “well-versed” in Latin, its learning is in line with my own studies.
An important balance to be observed here: physical development and strengthening should also not be neglected by Hessians.
This looks like an ambitious project! You have my full support. I especially like the bit about “heretical articles on extreme barbaric, anarchist or totalitarian notions.” I presumably look forward to reading interpretations of Nietzsche over some beer and tobacco! Heil!