{"id":54499,"date":"2026-09-03T11:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=54499"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:35:34","slug":"theres-this-sketchy-dutch-black-metal-band-touring-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=54499","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There&#8217;s this sketchy Dutch black metal band touring Australia &#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>By way of introduction:<\/p>\n<p>I was contacted a little while ago by somebody raising concerns about a couple of upcoming black metal gigs. Below is the text they sent.<\/p>\n<p>So &#8230;<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-42-20-Helleruin-NL-Tickets-at-Northcote-Social-Club-Northcote-VIC-on-Friday-11-September-2026.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-42-20-Helleruin-NL-Tickets-at-Northcote-Social-Club-Northcote-VIC-on-Friday-11-September-2026-300x96.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-42-20-Helleruin-NL-Tickets-at-Northcote-Social-Club-Northcote-VIC-on-Friday-11-September-2026-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-42-20-Helleruin-NL-Tickets-at-Northcote-Social-Club-Northcote-VIC-on-Friday-11-September-2026-1024x328.png 1024w, https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-42-20-Helleruin-NL-Tickets-at-Northcote-Social-Club-Northcote-VIC-on-Friday-11-September-2026-768x246.png 768w, https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-42-20-Helleruin-NL-Tickets-at-Northcote-Social-Club-Northcote-VIC-on-Friday-11-September-2026.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-39-41-CALL-FROM-THE-GRAVE-2026-Tickets-at-Crowbar-Sydney-Leichhardt-NSW-on-Saturday-12-September-2026.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-39-41-CALL-FROM-THE-GRAVE-2026-Tickets-at-Crowbar-Sydney-Leichhardt-NSW-on-Saturday-12-September-2026-300x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-39-41-CALL-FROM-THE-GRAVE-2026-Tickets-at-Crowbar-Sydney-Leichhardt-NSW-on-Saturday-12-September-2026-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-39-41-CALL-FROM-THE-GRAVE-2026-Tickets-at-Crowbar-Sydney-Leichhardt-NSW-on-Saturday-12-September-2026-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-39-41-CALL-FROM-THE-GRAVE-2026-Tickets-at-Crowbar-Sydney-Leichhardt-NSW-on-Saturday-12-September-2026-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-01-at-22-39-41-CALL-FROM-THE-GRAVE-2026-Tickets-at-Crowbar-Sydney-Leichhardt-NSW-on-Saturday-12-September-2026.png 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s this sketchy Dutch black metal band, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Helleruin\/3540418024\" target=\"_blank\">Helleruin<\/a>, playing in <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.northcotesocialclub.com\/outlet\/event\/d72db8a5-97c7-4b83-9086-9a139fb68beb\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne<\/a> at the Northcote Social Club on September 11 and in <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.oztix.com.au\/outlet\/event\/544931fb-4da8-436a-8b39-8328d18eda28\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a> at Crowbar on September 12.<\/p>\n<p>Most of Helleruin&#8217;s records have been released on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/New_Era_Productions\/2226\" target=\"_blank\">New Era Productions<\/a>, which has put out a number of releases by fash black metal bands and which is run by <a href=\"https:\/\/kafka.nl\/black-metal-in-de-mist-van-extreemrechts\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Jasper Velzel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/artists\/Herr_V\/90695\" target=\"_blank\">a NSBM and RAC musician<\/a>. In addition, another project of Helleruin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/artists\/Carchost\/568365\" target=\"_blank\">Carchost<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Orewoet\/3540412222\" target=\"_blank\">Orewoet<\/a> &#8212; is on the label <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/Heidens_Hart_Records\/169\" target=\"_blank\">Heidens Hart<\/a>, which &#8212; along with releasing some far-right stuff &#8212; is owned by a former live guitarist of prominent fash band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Graveland\/390\" target=\"_blank\">Graveland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a number of the local supporting acts have sketchy connections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Order_of_Orias\/3540276554\" target=\"_blank\">Order of Orias<\/a>, one of two supports in Melbourne along with Petrol (see below), are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/World_Terror_Committee\/9809#label_tabs_albums\" target=\"_blank\">World Terror Committee<\/a>, which releases fashy stuff and is owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/artists\/Unhold\/6906\" target=\"_blank\">Sven Zimper<\/a>, a member of prominent NSBM group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Absurd\/383\" target=\"_blank\">Absurd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of the bands playing Sydney with Helleruin (Krvna, Pestilential Shadows, Destruktor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Vicissitude\/3540444192\" target=\"_blank\">Vicissitude<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Gravg%C3%B6t\/3540580235\" target=\"_blank\">Gravg\u00f6t<\/a>, Grotesque Bliss, Petrol, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Blasfemancia\/3540449388\" target=\"_blank\">Blasfemancia<\/a> and Akhoth) at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0EkU4tBatvE\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Call from the Grave&#8217;<\/a> festival:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Pestilential_Shadows\/14988\" target=\"_blank\">Pestilential Shadows<\/a> have released music on the Chinese label, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/GoatowaRex\/208\" target=\"_blank\">GoatowaRex<\/a>, who are very friendly to NSBM acts. Additionally, PS is part of a collective called Ordo Ater Anguis\/Order of the Black Serpent, which includes numerous far right acts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/author\/b008bd4tq4\/michael-w-ford\" target=\"_blank\">Michael W Ford<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Black_Funeral\/4036\" target=\"_blank\">Black Funeral<\/a> appears to be a former Order of Nine Angles (09A) member in the United States who &#8212; after distancing himself from O9A &#8212; attempted to formulate a social Darwinist version of the Satanic Temple (lol), which coalesce around the Australian fash-friendly label, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/Dark_Adversary_Productions\/23517\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Adversary<\/a>. Indeed, one of the members of PS is also a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Varw\/3540495403\" target=\"_blank\">Varw<\/a>, a band on Dark Adversary. Further, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Akhoth\/3540557936\" target=\"_blank\">Akhoth<\/a> released a demo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/albums\/Akhoth\/Storm_of_Pagan_Fury\/1408721\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Storm of Pagan Fury&#8217;<\/a>, on CD on Dark Adversary this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Grotesque_Bliss\/3540522484\" target=\"_blank\">Grotesque Bliss<\/a> are on <a href=\"https:\/\/nsbmboneheads.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Iron Bonehead<\/a> which, along with the suspect name, appears to be run by a (if only barely) crypto-fascist.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Destruktor\/2999\" target=\"_blank\">Destruktor<\/a> is on a label, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/Hells_Headbangers_Records\/44\" target=\"_blank\">Hells Headbangers<\/a>, which has previously released and re-released stuff by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Satanic_Warmaster\/989\" target=\"_blank\">Satanic Warmaster<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=40403\" target=\"_blank\">Destr\u00f6yer 666<\/a>, including re-releasing Destr\u00f6yer 666&#8217;s debut album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/albums\/Destr%C3%B6yer_666\/Unchain_the_Wolves\/1161\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Unchain the Wolves&#8217;<\/a>, on a few different mediums over the last few years. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Inquisition_(metal_band)\" target=\"_blank\">Inquisition<\/a> had a few releases on Hells Headbangers after their lead singer (who is also a Satanist pedo) released openly fash music on fash label <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/Satanic_Skinhead_Propaganda\/162\" target=\"_blank\">Satanic Skinhead Propaganda<\/a> (a label which the Iron Bonehead guy sold in his old fash-friendly record store).<\/p>\n<p>The most recent (2024) EP of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Krvna\/3540494639\" target=\"_blank\">Krvna<\/a>, formally of PS, was released on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/Zazen_Sounds\/40454\" target=\"_blank\">Zazen Sounds<\/a>, run by Greek nazi black metaller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/artists\/Acherontass\/617\" target=\"_blank\">Acherontass<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/%CE%91%CF%87%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82\" target=\"_blank\">\u0391\u03c7\u03ad\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2<\/a> (Krvna played guest guitar on their most recent album). For what it&#8217;s also worth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/labels\/Third_Eye_Temple\/33024\" target=\"_blank\">Third Eye Temple<\/a> &#8212; the Polish label on which Krvna&#8217;s 2022 album was released &#8212; have released one split and re-issued an EP by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Voidhanger\/3540331156\" target=\"_blank\">Voidhanger<\/a>, a side project of Polish far right black metallers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Infernal_War\/14386\" target=\"_blank\">Infernal War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Petrol\/3540502373\" target=\"_blank\">Petrol<\/a> were previously on a <a href=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=50028\" target=\"_blank\">cancelled<\/a> bill with Gurn. They also played a gig with Japanese band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Abigail\/1282\" target=\"_blank\">Abigail<\/a>, who are signed to Nuclear Now Productions, a fash-friendly label linked to Iron Bonehead (similarly exposed by the nsbmboneheads blog linked above). In addition, Petrol played at Crowbar Sydney last year with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/B%C3%B6lzer\/3540351548\" target=\"_blank\">Bolzer<\/a> (see nsbmboneheads blog), who released all but their last record on Iron Bonehead. The other headliner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Portal\/5471\" target=\"_blank\">Portal<\/a>, who have released lots of records on Hells Headbangers including, recently, a split with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Blood_of_Kingu\/112092\" target=\"_blank\">Blood of Kingu<\/a> &#8212; a side-project of the Ukrainian ultra-nationalists from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metal-archives.com\/bands\/Drudkh\/9344\" target=\"_blank\">Drudkh<\/a> &#8212; on the label in 2014.<\/p>\n<ul>So there you have it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By way of introduction: I was contacted a little while ago by somebody raising concerns about a couple of upcoming black metal gigs. Below is the text they sent. 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