Son of Northern California. Blood of Punjab, India.
The name was originally intended to be facetious, but I’m not so sure anymore. Kvlties, "holier-than-thou" puritanicals (save it for Christianity, you scum!) and elitist music hipsters annoy the shit out of me. Machismo on the internet is meaningless. Having a lot of shit doesn't impress me either. There's nothing wrong with supporting a band that's hyped as long as you use your own faculties to judge whether or not you actually enjoy the music. Liking a band just to fit in or conform to a certain image is silly, life is too long and too rich to conform to rigid notions and personas. How long you've been a fan for is less relevant to me than how genuinely you enjoy their work.
Although I enjoy other styles and genres of music as well, Black Metal is my favorite kind of metal. Black Metal is one of the richest and most diverse subgenre's of metal (in my opinion) and I enjoy bands from its wide spectrum of offerings, including: classic Norwegian 2nd wave (think Darkthrone, Urgehal, or early Gorgoroth), its subsequent spinoffs (think Sargeist, Behexen, Baptism, Mutiilation, Nargaroth, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult), raw black metal (think Sortilegia, Nyogthaeblisz, or Katharsis), bestial black (think Archgoat / Pseudogod or Beherit), depressive black metal (think early I Shalt Become and Striborg), or atmospheric black metal (think Warloghe or Paysage D'Hiver), or black metal with some shoegaze influence (think Enthauptung), and whatever the fuck CONQUEROR and REVENGE are.
Holder of unpopular opinions, I won’t bend them so you can like me, but I will enjoy your music and vinyls socially. Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes. Fuck off to bootlegger scum. Fuck off to basement dwelling neckbeards. Fuck off to vinyls. Fuck off to box sets and die heads. Fuck off to people with more than one battle jacket. Fuck off to the first wave: Bathory and Blasphemy, I’m looking at you. Fuck off to Nazi Punks and NSBM - Black Metal doesn’t operate at the level of the polis and neither should you (fuck the polis!) - but fuck off to thought policing, censorship, and cancel culture too!
Shit I upload is done with the intention of sharing and raising awareness of some great bands I enjoy. Ego stroking though uploads is pointless, I would happily disable comments on my uploads if I could. That being said, if even one person either gets into, develops a greater appreciation for, or supports a band whose merch I upload, I will feel satisfied. Additionally, I will be uploading my vest here at some point, which I'll upload so that you can recognize me if you see me at a show. In contrast to how the manifesto above may portray me, I'm actually a pretty nice person (so I've been told) and really appreciate the zest and passion of the community here, so definitely say come say hi.
I am looking for official Patches from:
- Nargaroth
- Sargeist
- Antaeus
- Warloghe
I also need a cassette player (portable) as mine broke and am open to tapes from the bands in yellow on my page only.