Luke
@godfreyyouth.bsky.social
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Black metal receipt keeper 🧾. Anti-growth plantsperson 🌱. They/He. No TERFs or cops, please. blackmetalsketchbook.com
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godfreyyouth.bsky.social
Luke's Black Metal Sketchbook is an ever-expanding database of the political affiliations of black metal bands and labels designed to help well-intentioned fans avoid accidentally supporting far-right individuals, and maybe find some great anti-fascist music in the process.

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Luke's Black Metal Scketchbook
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blastbeatsfetish.bsky.social
In light of Metal Threat going completely mask off with bringing two of best known nazi bands to their lineup I think it's more critical now than ever for us to vet artists in our preferred musical realm.

Anyone that is willing to work with any venture Paul Dunski puts out must be looked at hard.
blastbeatsfetish.bsky.social
🏴INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO BAND/ARTIST VETTING🏴

This thread will contain resources/guidelines I've used to research bands/artists so I can help not support bastards. This will primarily be related to extreme metal as that's where my expertise is, but most of these can be used for all types of music.
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
I have a much more comprehensive version of that list, which also includes labels blackmetalsketchbook.com
Luke's Black Metal Scketchbook
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goodclimate.bsky.social
This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.
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infinitedreamscape.bsky.social
1) Ripped to Shreds cancelling a show with Master and calling them out because they played at Metal Threat is exactly the thing that's almost never done in the metal scene and makes a HUGE difference when it happens. It's a conversation starter about complicity in metal and most plp don't want it.
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
There are many things I like about Grime Stone Records. I like their silly yet gnarly music. I like their anti-Nazi stance. I like their free hot muscle babes. But they also deserve credit for having the most professional merch operation of any label of any size I've used.
A merch package from Grime Stone Records containing shirts, crossed out sun wheel, and some tastefully drawn co-ed muscle-honeys ay ay ay
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
I've always hated Jared L*to, but stopping me from watching a (probably shit) movie with Greta Lee in it is the final straw!
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
If you love black metal but hate the fash and hate the tropes, then you're sure to agree this is one of the best and most brilliant albums of the year

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Void Ecstasy, by Nostalghia
7 track album
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
This is a great piece of local journalism - about all those flags going up in Brum.

Some interesting details.
birminghamdispatch.bsky.social
Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from £10-£500 for flags.
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
The thing I hate most about Purity Through Fire is they've stolen the phrase "purity through fire" from us and that's a good fukkin phrase
A pile of wood for a bonfire
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mossknightcometh.bsky.social
Super excited to share my new Lucerne Hammer album today, Vermilion Pyre!

I owe a great deal of thanks to a lot of folks I've met here for their championing of this project. I'm really proud of how these songs came out and I sincerely hope you enjoy them.
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Sam, it’s me. Edge-Hardman. Just wanted to let you know that you can jack off a little whenever you want by pressing and holding L1. You don’t have to cum.
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godfreyyouth.bsky.social
Got a bee sting on my earlobe yesterday and now it's swollen like a Claire's after school special.
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
As a black metal fan, I know the true value of being trans and autistic, and you are always welcome on MY list

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godfreyyouth.bsky.social
those beliefs can be conservative or radical, vitriolic or compassionate. And if we reject radical compassionate comrades we reject not just a large demographic, but the beauty, reverence, and culture that all faiths can bring us.
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
prt: I think there are 2 paths out of the labyrinth of atheism.

1. is "heh religion dumb, believers stoopid"

2. is that if there is no objective core to belief, then belief is a vehicle for the expression of the individual. And as an individual expression,
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amandak6647.bsky.social
If you're a leftist who is only are able to think about and talk about religion through the lens of American evangelical Christianity and refuse to learn when your religious comrades of other faiths try to educate you, you're a dumb asshole.
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
cuz the reality is, if you're not being personally affected by politics, you have nothing interesting to say anyway, sweetie
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
These days I don't fuck with black metal bands unless I have a read of who they are as people. And maybe I miss some good things that way but I avoid supporting dickheads.
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
The #1 problem with cars and car culture is straight people.
godfreyyouth.bsky.social
We're seconds away from a new abriction album and I'm not sure anyone is ready