ia! ia! SATAAAAAAAAN!

On a similar theme, it’s weird to see that the almost fanatical interest in The Disciples of Belial’s first seven inch release shows no signs of abating.

No doubt partly fuelled by the fact that it’s the rarest record on a great label, but also by some classic mindfuckery going on in this “interview”.

I saw the Disciples of Belial do a p.a. at one of the later Dead by Dawn parties and it was excellently bonkers, partly because it was impossible to decide who was more mental – the DoB, or the casualties who were jumping about, colliding with the equipment, shouting about satan, etc. Absolutely ridiculous thrash speedcore techno with napalm death -esque shouting over the top of it. Both disciples clad entirely in black, with sort’ve balaclava hoods.

I tried to do a piece on them for Esoterra magazine as part of my strategy for funking up the apocalyptic post-industrial “uniforms and runes” scene. But the editor wasn’t really into it (tho he did run a piece I wrote on Mother Destruction, which included lots of stuff criticising the more reactionary aspects of the genre, so fair play).

It was a pretty messy time in my life and I somehow ended up getting a job interview for Bizarre magazine before it was launched. I think the advert was headed “do you know lots of things about WEIRD STUFF?”, so that probably had something to do with it.

I ended up going in for a meeting after a night of drum n bass, drunkeness, and boy/girl crossed wires at PM Scientists. They were talking to me about running cover stories about Jon Bon Jovi’s belief in ghosts and I was talking to them about drum ‘n’ bass and occultism and zines and stuff. I think I was also preoccupied with the hangover and the boy/girl futility the night before as well.

Anyway, I somehow convinced the editors that what they needed for their dummy issue was an article about Satanic Techno.

I still have no idea if they ran with it, because after that it was the usual case of not returning calls. Which, on reflection, is probably fair enough.