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Woodland’s Edge

About Me

Woodland's Edge was born at the millennium dawn, Jan.1, 2000. Discography: 1. Beneath the Ice Remains. Tape 2000. 2. Majesty and Misery. Tape 2000. 3. Revival (Chapter 3 - History Always Repeats Itsself). Tape 2001. 4. Liquified in the Molten Bowels of Earth. CD 2002. 5. Flood Current - The Five Rivers ov Hell (Instrumental). CDr 2002. 6. 1945, Dawn of Fate (Promo single). CDr 2002. 7. Obscure Subterranean Origins (Best of + promo single). CDr 2003. 8. Analogue of the Wolf (Best of + 2 new instrumentals). Tape, limited to 84 copies 2003. 9. Deep End of the Abyss. CD/Tape 2003. 10. Uruk - Hai(Austria)/Woodland's Edge split - Sons of the Hammer and the Feather, in Unity Against the False God. CD, only about 160 copies 2004. 11. Stench of Subterranea (Best of + rare recordings of guitar playing at age 15, on Smell the Stench tapes in Australia). CDr 2004. 12. Scaffolds to Stellar Pyramids. CD (A tape was also done by Nervous Tongue rec.s) 2005. Woodland's Edge was reviewed in many zines and has also been featured on several underground compilations, including: Static Exemplar 17, Chapel of Death 3, Infernos 2 and some still pending in South America/Asia. - Looking forward to also enjoying time on the legendary Loco Diablo & Epitomite compilations! ....R.I.P.(?).... And that's all you need to know. Cause if you're reading this, you must be on a computer. And if you're using a computer, then you're more likely than not human. I don't fucking like humans. Except for a small circle of genuine people, I disowned your species long ago. I'd just assume watch a human child die, than to see an adult animal splattered on your grand transportation web.... Than to see the lands my grandfather taught me to fish in shaped and raped by greed and rodent like breeding.... Than to feel you stab my back and fuck me lubeless at every angle, all the while calling all I hold sacred trivial and foolish, as you destroy it and all else. The thought of spending the rest of life among them makes me want to fucking kill myself. Marriage? Motgage? Career? If I give in and fit the human mold, then all that I am is dead already. I would love to be a metal icon, a star, and frolic with many kindredly spirited human beings. Their world is very tempting. Very comfortable. Very familiar. But as they themselves have said, you never slow down, you never grow old. Nothing is constant but change.... Their world is terrifying to me, beyond physically intimidating, threatening spiritually. Mundane, triffling, superficial. But on the other hand the life I have yearned to seek for so long is foolhardy and precarious in their eyes, requiring good luck at best (something I'm runnin out of). My great teachers, the trees and thick brush, the rivers, thorns, herbs and fungi, insects and animals were symbols of hell in the old books of their primary faiths. And still spook and discomfort most of them today. Yet this is where my inner voice constantly pulls me towards. Beyond the Woodland's Edge, into the only place I've ever felt at ease and truly at home. People often ask why such a boring, quaint name for such a heavy project, well there you have it in a nutshell, mother fucker! Its the place I'd always rather be. It seems all they demonize, I embrace. And vice versa. No hard feelings. And the moral of the story is that life/death, heaven/hell and all conflicting opposites are truly in the eye of the beholder, and ultimately one in the same. Another underlying theme of this short 5 year oddessy is reverence/respect for nature. But the core essence of Woodland's Edge is living life fully, freely, pleasing yourself first and foremost, and whatever path you choose, making the most of it! If you follow the totems of the massassuaga and the puma.... If you worship the storms and beasts.... If you call the pure, untouched, unwanted bowers of man's domain your only church and temple.... If you are comfortable in solitude and strong in yourself.... If you have found emancipation from your humanity and have a mind, stomach and balls made of iron.... Then welcome into my coven. Thank you for the energy I draw from this black sludge I put in your ears. Your spirit shall now corrode until it reaches the same vibration and frequency as mine. And once you assimilate........ I'll swallow your fucking soul!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/11/2007
Band Website: This is the only official W.E. online venue.
Band Members: Matt Zelinsky - All guitars, bass, drum machines and percussion, voices of hell's lust, channeling of negative energies into power and light, medium thru which past greats are still able to play as unto living men... I am a controlling, narcissistic prick that does not play well with others. Somewhat fanatical in my convictions and uncompromising in my vision! I insisted on being a one man show, handling everything from composition to recording, production and distro... And the quality of my project and promotion often suffered as a result! But its all good - The level it could have and should have been taken to was never the aspiration or purpose of this project! Its all about the deep, dark crevices of the underground! My spirit swells with infernal pride. I am satisfied. And when "Dusk" descends.... The circle will be complete and my musickal journey fulfilled! Then I shall be freed from my own demons, available to contribute to greater projects and pursue more progressive/regressive endeavors in both music and life.
Influences: Primarily old thrash, classic heavy metal and punk/thrash crossover like Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Slayer, Testament, Iron Maiden, Nuclear Assault, Judas Priest, D.R.I., etc.. Also, the original wave of Floridian and Swedish death metal.The album that had the single deepest impact on me as a kid (and made me wanna pick up the guitar) was King Diamond's "Them". The album that impacted me most as an early teen was Morbid Angel's "Blessed Are the Sick". Another big influence in the early days was slow, heavy Doom (i.e. Candlemass, Tiamat, November's Doom).Illinoize brutal death grind, underground scumfuk rock, drunk punk, and European black metal dominated my ears for most of my twenties. The Old Man's Child album "Born of the Flickering" was a profound moment for me too. But at the end of the day, beyond the exciting release of insane blast beats and through the haze of dark attraction to the corpsepaint glamour, I would usually wind up with those same old classics by Mercyful Fate, Slayer, Bathory, Pestilence and the like in my stereo!Other musical influences are many and varied... Ranging from classic & progressive rock, classical, rap (yes, I said it), psychedelic, blues, a little country, too much shit to list here. If forced to choose a favorite album of all time, I would be heartbroken. It would probably be a tie between ....And Justice For All and Mercyful Fate's Dead Again. Am also a huge fan of Alice in Chains and Pink Floyd.
Sounds Like: Called psychedelic in the earlier works. Called black metal by some, melodic death metal by others. And shit by many, hahaha! It is what it is and stands alone to this day to defy trend, genre, classification and to proclaim a steel clawed fist in the retentive rectum of society! ...A near death experience.... Hell tearing through your speakers.... Your hardest orgasm coupled with your deepest fears.... A bad LSD experience.... Annihilation of all set boundaries, doctrines, dogma, fabric of time & space, and preconceived notions of sheep as to what "true" metal "should" or "should not" be. Hell, I don't know - I'm no longer in the reviews department, so you tell me... Not that I value your opinion, but I would certainly encourage you to speak it freely. Cause that's what its all about, freedom... from both within and without, a word lost on the deaf ears of the invasive homosapien pest...........True misanthropy, before it became a black lipstick and nail polish strawberry flavored trend here in the midwest!...........Rotting death, as it has been dead since late 2005! Help honor this unholy spirit and support this page! (....Ressurrection in 2009?!?...)
Record Label: Subterranean Surreal
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Lost lyrics.

These are some lyrics which never appeared on any of my releases. Some never had music written to them, some are from songs I scrap piled. Some I decided were too specific and "political" for the visi...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:51:00 GMT

Nice try....

To those who projected spiritual venom towards me this hallow's eve.... I felt you big time (And am still a bit faint and wobbly!). But luckily for me (and most unfortunately for you!), your powers ar...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:17:00 GMT

The origins of "Dusk at Allerton Mansion"

As I've mentioned, the lyrics and music for this final opus have been done for quite a while. I'm getting back around to rehearsing and locking that shit down tight, have added acouple new parts, and ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:50:00 GMT

Dusk at Allerton Mansion.... Lyrics preview.

Spirits of This Land - In the riverside mists of morning....Listen....Listen. Under the canopy through which no light shines....Glisten....glisten. These lands, now hated abroad, were once a beacon an...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:09:00 GMT

If you like this shit then be sure to listen to....

If you like what you hear here, go to the link to Bloodwoods' page, below, to hear what I've done since. Featuring J.R. Preston (Bloodcult/Tjolgtjar/Many other projects) on drums, it is a balance...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:18:00 GMT

Someday, who knows...

I'll let you all in on a little secret - There is still one more full length album of Woodland's Edge material that has been fully written since 2003. The lyrics, riffs & leads have been done and ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:00:00 GMT

Still available....

Subterranean Surreal rec.s is now defunct & I'm too broke to do what I once did with my releases. But send 5 bucks and I'll burn you any one of the following on CDr ;Liquified in the Molten Bowels of ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:41:00 GMT

Lyrics

Sad Eyes of the Woodland's Edge - Why does brother frog grow fifth and sixth limbs? For what strange new world does his wise old apparatus adapt? Why do the geese no longer fly south... What is this ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:58:00 GMT