Mage Against the Machine
@kevinzeke.bsky.social
Canucks fan, heavy metal, reader, some kind of leftist wizard. Living on unceded territory on Vancouver Island. Contributor to Invisible Oranges. He/him.
Been a while since I've listened to Remedy Lane, but now feels like a good time.
Absolutely brilliant musically and achingly grim lyrically.
Absolutely brilliant musically and achingly grim lyrically.
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Been a while since I've listened to Remedy Lane, but now feels like a good time.
Absolutely brilliant musically and achingly grim lyrically.
Absolutely brilliant musically and achingly grim lyrically.
It's crooner Friday, folks!
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's crooner Friday, folks!
When people talk about Master's Hammer, the album that I see most people bring up is Ritual. Which is entirely reasonable, it rules.
However, I would like to draw your attention to the equally brilliant (and far weirder) Jilemnický okultista.
However, I would like to draw your attention to the equally brilliant (and far weirder) Jilemnický okultista.
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When people talk about Master's Hammer, the album that I see most people bring up is Ritual. Which is entirely reasonable, it rules.
However, I would like to draw your attention to the equally brilliant (and far weirder) Jilemnický okultista.
However, I would like to draw your attention to the equally brilliant (and far weirder) Jilemnický okultista.
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Getting into the Halloween spirit! Two movies starring the stunning Linnea Quigley (though only one of them that I actually liked)
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Getting into the Halloween spirit! Two movies starring the stunning Linnea Quigley (though only one of them that I actually liked)
I watched this movie last night. It was a true treat! It's a film that's made to imitate a local access news broadcast from 1987 and it really nails it.
Thanks to the eternally haunted @horrorvanguard.bsky.social for turning me on to this one.
Thanks to the eternally haunted @horrorvanguard.bsky.social for turning me on to this one.
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I watched this movie last night. It was a true treat! It's a film that's made to imitate a local access news broadcast from 1987 and it really nails it.
Thanks to the eternally haunted @horrorvanguard.bsky.social for turning me on to this one.
Thanks to the eternally haunted @horrorvanguard.bsky.social for turning me on to this one.
It's peak funeral doom season.
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's peak funeral doom season.
Occult rock in general really peaked from 2009-2014 or so
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Occult rock in general really peaked from 2009-2014 or so
Occult rock peaked in 2009.
October 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Occult rock peaked in 2009.
This is what peak performance looks like.
October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is what peak performance looks like.
Lucerne Hammer makes me feel like I did in the early 2010s when I was depressed and downloading obscure black metal demos from sketchy Blogspot pages. (complimentary)
Plus it's got a structure on the art!
Plus it's got a structure on the art!
October 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Lucerne Hammer makes me feel like I did in the early 2010s when I was depressed and downloading obscure black metal demos from sketchy Blogspot pages. (complimentary)
Plus it's got a structure on the art!
Plus it's got a structure on the art!
I am taking after @megapolisomancy.bsky.social apparently
October 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I am taking after @megapolisomancy.bsky.social apparently
Some cool stoner prog metal for your afternoon!
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Some cool stoner prog metal for your afternoon!
It was vet checkup day for this little guy today. Apparently he's in perfect health!
October 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It was vet checkup day for this little guy today. Apparently he's in perfect health!
Today's movie was Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, dir. Benjamin Christensen)
Beautiful, unsettling, and eerie! A silent horror masterpiece.
Beautiful, unsettling, and eerie! A silent horror masterpiece.
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today's movie was Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, dir. Benjamin Christensen)
Beautiful, unsettling, and eerie! A silent horror masterpiece.
Beautiful, unsettling, and eerie! A silent horror masterpiece.
Started my October Horror Movie Marathon tonight with Grave Encounters (2011, dir. Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz)
It's a decently executed haunted asylum movie. FX are definitely low-budget and it's fairly predictable, but there were a couple good spooks.
It's a decently executed haunted asylum movie. FX are definitely low-budget and it's fairly predictable, but there were a couple good spooks.
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Started my October Horror Movie Marathon tonight with Grave Encounters (2011, dir. Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz)
It's a decently executed haunted asylum movie. FX are definitely low-budget and it's fairly predictable, but there were a couple good spooks.
It's a decently executed haunted asylum movie. FX are definitely low-budget and it's fairly predictable, but there were a couple good spooks.
Happy 15th birthday to one of the greatest prog metal albums of all time! It's hard to believe this album is that old now - I remember when it came out... It launched Enslaved from "band I like" to "one of my favourite bands ever"
September 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Happy 15th birthday to one of the greatest prog metal albums of all time! It's hard to believe this album is that old now - I remember when it came out... It launched Enslaved from "band I like" to "one of my favourite bands ever"
Ordered these two books last night. Pretty stoked for them to get here!
September 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ordered these two books last night. Pretty stoked for them to get here!
Okay I am finally home from the mystical alpine forests and can catch up on new music.
First up, a banger of a melodic black metal album!
First up, a banger of a melodic black metal album!
September 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Okay I am finally home from the mystical alpine forests and can catch up on new music.
First up, a banger of a melodic black metal album!
First up, a banger of a melodic black metal album!
Mentally, I am here.
I am also here physically at the moment.
I am also here physically at the moment.
September 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Mentally, I am here.
I am also here physically at the moment.
I am also here physically at the moment.
I also have a cat named Calvin! Though we mostly call him Cal.
August 20, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I also have a cat named Calvin! Though we mostly call him Cal.
Had some time to kill so I picked up this book without knowing much about it. Seems like a good one, at least.
August 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Had some time to kill so I picked up this book without knowing much about it. Seems like a good one, at least.
Look at my cat
August 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Look at my cat
Today's listen is a cool antifascist psychedelic black/death/kinda punk release from Deep Recess.
August 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today's listen is a cool antifascist psychedelic black/death/kinda punk release from Deep Recess.
Me writing a blog for a client about how a criminal record can affect your life:
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Me writing a blog for a client about how a criminal record can affect your life: