Black Metal, Documentary, Pagan, Mayhem, Burzum, Darkthrone, Norway; Limited Edition 2 x DVD set (2010) - New
There has been more written in books/magazines and visually documented on film about the rise of black metal in the late '80s/early '90s than most would care to shake a stick at, much less a scythe. And almost all of it revolves around the infamous series of events that coincided with the rise of blasphemous form in Norway during the early '90s, including the anti-Christian/pro-Pagan rash of church burnings and MAYHEM's macabre carnival of murder and suicide. The difference with "Until the Light Takes Us" is that it serves at once as a history lesson, cultural treatise, and artistic statement during its 93 minutes, doing so without losing the viewer in a haze of minutiae or purposeless sensationalism. It also pays off by allowing people like Fenriz (DARKTHRONE) to offer an insightful view into the historical/musical side and the ever-controversial Varg Vikernes (BURZUM) to offer a lucid, downright logical explanation of the cultural, heritage-based appeal of the subgenre without spiraling into rants of an overtly National Socialist nature. A range of other scene stalwarts, such as IMMORTAL's Demonaz and Abbath and the ubiquitous Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg (ex-MAYHEM, et al), discuss their views of the personalities involved and the gruesome fates that befell people like Euronymous and Dead, as well as the artistically significant strides made in a Scandinavian region that gave birth to seminal acts like BATHORY, MAYHEM, IMMORTAL, SATYRICON, DARKTHRONE, ULVER, and BURZUM.
The limited two-disc DVD edition of "Until the Light Takes Us" offers the best bang for the BM junkie's buck. Included across both discs are outtakes, deleted scenes, and visits with several black metal musicians not featured in the film, including Ted "Nocturno Culto" Skjellum (DARKTHRONE) and Jon Necrobutcher (MAYHEM) and additional conversations with the movie's "stars." The 45-minute class on the history of black metal taught by Professor Fenriz on Disc 2 is the cake taker. It is difficult to make a DVD that reinvents the story of the Norwegian metal movement and "Until the Light Takes Us" doesn't do it either, but it sure as hell tells the tale from some different angles in a way that makes it a sweepingly gratifying film experience and a mandatory purchase for the curious and the devoted.
Choppers, Kustom Kulture, Culture, Biker, Bobbers, Hot Rods, Skateboarding, Punk Rock; Magazines
If you have gear-head tendencies and want to see motorcycles being put together in the basements, garages, and woodsheds around the world...the kind of machines that are fondled by the wild-eyed and sleepless...then here you are.
Dozens of issues available from $15.00 - please email regarding issues
Violent, Documentary, Death, Gore, Photography, Journalism; Magazine (2003) - Ex Used condition
The victim of a beating outside a nightclub in Johannesburg, South Africa, is the powerful image on the cover of an issue about violence. It was produced to support the World Health Organization’s Global Campaign for Violence Prevention.
Warning: Contains graphic imagery!
Scientists, Various Artists, Monomen, Philisteins, Mudhoney, Sunset Strip, Cheater Slicks, Rock n Roll, Punk, Australian; CD Compilation, Dog Meat Records (1993) CD
TRACKLIST
-Cheater Slicks Set It On Fire 3:13
–Honeymoon Killers* Murderess In A Purple Dress 2:15
–Monomen* Swampland 4:39
–Stump Wizards* Bet Ya Lyin' 2:12
–Star Spangled Banana Frantic Romantic 3:12
–Walkingseeds* Nitro 3:38
–Mudhoney We Had Love 4:40
–Sugar Shack (2) Hell Beach 1:38
–Vertigo (12) Pissed On Another Planet 3:16
–Philisteins* Teenage Dreamer 2:39
–Laughing Hyenas Solid Gold Hell 3:36
–The Sunset Strip It Must Be Nice 4:19
True Crime, Documentary, Serial Killers, Charles Manson, Richard Speck, Ed Kemper, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz, Henry Lee Lucas, 4 x DVD Box set, History Channel - VG Used condition
Many of the most horrifying acts of violence are committed by serial killers. Always looking for next victim, these murderers kill again and again, never fully satisfied by their bloody deeds. Their twisted motivations and even more twisted techniques land the people in this group among the most frightening criminals in history. This collection profiles some of the most notorious serial killers from the 20th Century including Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson and Ted Bundy.
Brutal, Australian, Independent, Cult, Crime, Disturbing, The Necks, David Wenham; DVD Ex Used condition
Brett Sprague (David Wenham) returns to his family home after twelve months in jail. Things have changed while he has been away - his brother Glenn (John Polson) has moved out with his girlfriend, Jackie (Jeanette Cronin), younger brother Stevie’s (Anthony Hayes) pregnant girlfriend Nola (Anna Lise) and his mother Sandra (Lynette Curran) has taken on a Maori drifter (Pete Smith). Re-united with his brothers, Brett uses his first day back to restore order. Winner of 4 AFI awards and In Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival 1998, The Boys is a powerful and disturbing portrait of the three brothers and the women in their lives.
Documentary, Disturbing, Crime, Mondo, Special Interest; DVD - Ex Used condition
A fascinating documentary on a very contentious topic, The Executioners will take you through the history of mankind's ultimate form of punishment. The entire 3 part series is captured here on one DVD: Part 1: Hangman: As late as the 1960's, Britain was still executing convicted murderers. The method: death by hanging. Part 2: Dynasties of Death: The groom, Henri Desfourneaux, is a killer. To his left, Anatole Deibler Desfourneaux, another. Two rows back another... Between them, they would killed more than a thousand men. Part 3: The American Way of Death: For much of the world, it was the rope or the blade. But in its short history, America has experimented with a bewildering array of execution methods.
Skate, Freestyle, Skateboard, Coliseum; DVD - Ex Used condition
'Featuring PJ Ladd, Colin Fiske and more. Heroes from "Wonderful Horrible Life" skate and destroy many spots in Boston. Tech skating at its best.'
Controvercial, Peter Sotos, True Crime, Murder, Creation Books, Paperback Book,192 pages - Ex Used condition
The Dunblane Massacre in March 1996 by Thomas Hamilton of 16 schoolchildren remains the most abhorred act of mass murder ever perpetrated in the British Isles. Ten years on, Peter Sotos re-examines Hamilton's life and motives, revealing the sick paedophile subculture which spawned this most reviled of killers.
Death, Documentary, Atrocities, War, Creation Books; Paperback Book - 192 pages Ex Used condition
The Modern Death series:?The history of the 20th century-both military and social-is defined by violent death. The Modern Death series examines every aspect of human annihilation, from the mass battle casualties and civilian atrocities of war to the world-changing political assassinations, mass murders, celebrity suicides and car crash deaths which define our lives and times. ? ?From Pol Pot's reign of terror in Cambodia during the late seventies, to Japanese medical experimentation camps, and USSR death camps at Kolyma, on the Far Eastern Pacific coast, where 12 million Soviet citizens were gratuitously and systematically massacred, Annihilation Zones examines the shocking Far Eastern tradition of brutal murder and atrocity which persists to this day. Stephen Barber, cultural historian and leading academic, presents this graphic, revelatory document demonstrating how homicide and xenophobia remain inextricably entwined in the Far Eastern psyche, ever-ready to resurface. Illustrated with rare and harrowing photographs, Annihilation Zones is volume 1 in Creation's new "Modern Death" series and the follow-up to Barber's best-selling Caligula: Divine Carnage.
Transgressive, Counterculture, Manson, Serial Killer, Porn, Punk, Interviews; Paperback Book (384 pages) - VG Used condition
Forty-five key interviews with celebrities from the worlds of rock, art, literature and the counterculture, taken from the 18-year history of New York-based Seconds magazine. Interviewees include Marilyn Manson, David Bowie, JG Ballard, Henry Rollins, Allen Ginsberg, Anton LaVey, Joe Coleman, Peter Sotos, Joe D'Allesandro, Ron Jeremy, Wayne Kramer, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, John Waters, Richard Ramirez, Charles Manson, Ed Sanders and Robert Williams. Contributors include Michael Moynihan, Carlo McCormick, Boyd Rice, David Aaron Clarke, Art Deco and John Aes-Nihil.
