archīvum//oblitus
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Keeper takes a look at the once all but lost proto-hardcore single Hope/Damned Flame by mysterious Belgian act Blast.
Born Heavy//Born Hard #2: Blast – Hope/Damned Flame (1973)
When people talk about deep obscurities in the early days of heavy metal or punk, it conjures up an image of some anachronistic early madness assailing the chilled out sensibilities of the hippy mo…
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April 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Keeper takes a look at the once all but lost proto-hardcore single Hope/Damned Flame by mysterious Belgian act Blast.
In a new semi-regular column, Keeper takes the readers through the early days and pre-history of punk and metal. Born Heavy//Born Hard opens with a reflection on seminal Japanese heavy psych album Satori by Flower Travellin' Band.
Born Heavy//Born Hard #1: Flower Travellin’ Band – Satori (1971)
[Note from Keeper: This is the first in what I hope to be a somewhat regular column on the early days of heavy metal, punk, and related genres up to 1979 (with both scenes more or less fully establ…
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March 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
In a new semi-regular column, Keeper takes the readers through the early days and pre-history of punk and metal. Born Heavy//Born Hard opens with a reflection on seminal Japanese heavy psych album Satori by Flower Travellin' Band.
Our first contribution from Doc Rot, a short article detailing some thoughts on whether there is such a thing as "horror music".
Some Short Thoughts on “Horror Music”
A preoccupation of mine since the days of Haunting the Studio, indeed the motivating impulse of that show, has been teasing out whether there is such a thing as horror music. And, following on from…
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March 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Our first contribution from Doc Rot, a short article detailing some thoughts on whether there is such a thing as "horror music".
Into the light, we launch!
Welcome to this Rotten Town: A Note on archīvum//oblitus
We seep like a black bile from the soil of the graveyard. Crawling out of the cemetery again. Coagulating into what we were meant to be. The beginnings of archīvum//oblitus rest in a string of earl…
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March 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Into the light, we launch!
Reassemble, decaying form, leave the cemetary gates behind. Next week, we present our body to this rotten town, and it will know the fire underground.
March 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Reassemble, decaying form, leave the cemetary gates behind. Next week, we present our body to this rotten town, and it will know the fire underground.
A final reminder that this is tonight (sans DJ Deformed, who had other commitments).
Our own Doc Rot (whose writing you'll be reading soon enough) will be DJing the first Yours Ōtepoti Goth Night of 2025 alongside the infinitely talented + deeply spooky @ann-arkii.bsky.social & DJ Deformed
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Come join the dark ceremonies on Feb 8th at Yours (43 Moray Place) in Ōtepoti|Dunedin
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Come join the dark ceremonies on Feb 8th at Yours (43 Moray Place) in Ōtepoti|Dunedin
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February 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A final reminder that this is tonight (sans DJ Deformed, who had other commitments).
Our own Doc Rot (whose writing you'll be reading soon enough) will be DJing the first Yours Ōtepoti Goth Night of 2025 alongside the infinitely talented + deeply spooky @ann-arkii.bsky.social & DJ Deformed
💀💿💀
Come join the dark ceremonies on Feb 8th at Yours (43 Moray Place) in Ōtepoti|Dunedin
🕸🌌🕸
💀💿💀
Come join the dark ceremonies on Feb 8th at Yours (43 Moray Place) in Ōtepoti|Dunedin
🕸🌌🕸
January 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Our own Doc Rot (whose writing you'll be reading soon enough) will be DJing the first Yours Ōtepoti Goth Night of 2025 alongside the infinitely talented + deeply spooky @ann-arkii.bsky.social & DJ Deformed
💀💿💀
Come join the dark ceremonies on Feb 8th at Yours (43 Moray Place) in Ōtepoti|Dunedin
🕸🌌🕸
💀💿💀
Come join the dark ceremonies on Feb 8th at Yours (43 Moray Place) in Ōtepoti|Dunedin
🕸🌌🕸
Who are we? We're that which is coming. Seeping like a black bile from the soil of the graveyard. Crawling out of the cemetary again. Coagulating into what we were meant to be.
We're a cultural & artistic project in Aotearoa. Concerned principally with the gothic, macabre, and unusual.
We're a cultural & artistic project in Aotearoa. Concerned principally with the gothic, macabre, and unusual.
January 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Who are we? We're that which is coming. Seeping like a black bile from the soil of the graveyard. Crawling out of the cemetary again. Coagulating into what we were meant to be.
We're a cultural & artistic project in Aotearoa. Concerned principally with the gothic, macabre, and unusual.
We're a cultural & artistic project in Aotearoa. Concerned principally with the gothic, macabre, and unusual.