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Kathartes

Erosion is Enlightenment

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Member Since: 12/23/2004
Band Website: cremationground.net
Band Members: Aurum, Ghosts & Guests
Influences: Shamanism, Swans, Coil, Angels of Light, CMI, Cassandra Complex, Skinny Puppy, Lustmord, Throbbing Gristle, John Zorn, The Sisters of Mercy, Faun, absinthe, Last Rites, Ministry, Delerium, Qntal, raison D'etre, Front Line Assembly, Pink Floyd, Bauhaus, Tanzwut, Jane's Addiction, Alice Cooper, Funker Vogt, Joy Division, Siouxsie and The Banshees, mead, VNV Nation, The Doors, Motorhead, Granular Synthesis, mortiis, Wumpscut, Corvus Corax, Louie Armstrong, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Sopor Aeternus, Genitorturers, Revolting Cocks, Die Form, Fields of the Nephilim, Led Zeppelin, Tribal, Ethnic, Joseph Haydn, Medieval, Bach, Crowley, Spare, Xenakis, wine, Aquinas, Vedism, Taoism, New Orleans Stomp, Clive Barker, HP Lovecraft, Werner Herzog, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Runes and Runelore, beer, Peter J Carroll, JG Ballard, Crowley, A.O Spare, Thelema, Jospeh Conrad, Kabbalah, Vedism and Aghorism, true crime, deviant pathology, surrealism, fetishism, sex.
Sounds Like: Coil, Swans, Coil, Black Light District, Queens of the Circulating Library, Time Machines, raison d'etre, Body Lovers, Body Haters, Lustmord, Schloss Tegal, Cold Meat Industries, Mortiis, Muslimgauze, Throbbing Gristle, Megaptera, The Doors, Pink Floyd, horror soundtrack
Record Label: Aspect Arts http://www.cremationground.net
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Kiss of the Green Faerie

Enjoy... Clandestine BlogspotI know I will.I can personally recommend Artemisia Distillery (Switzerland) Clandestine as the top absinthe I have to date tasted. I also like Francois Guy though that is...
Posted by Kathartes on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:49:00 PST

Join Me... The Festival of Fire

For my extended Tribe... who have come to me across the globe.My last fire festival at this hearth... Myself and an amber colored moon staring through the treetops. A strange rustling from The Peopl...
Posted by Kathartes on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:41:00 PST

The "Friends" List

I've been away from myspace - and online environments - for about 4 months now. Its been healthy. In many ways. I've been back on recently and already met and re-met some wonderful people. Sorry ...
Posted by Kathartes on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:03:00 PST

New Album: The Narcotic Trinket

Poppy and hashish. Wormwood and Calamus. Silver strings of salvia and the Lady of the Leaf. A strange amber liquor and a haunting pharaoh in black. Hints of fallen Babylon, the temples of the Nile...
Posted by Kathartes on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:13:00 PST

New Photo and Art Site Online

I've just completed a redesign on my photo portfolio site. For those interested in what I do in 'real life'. Such as it is... ;)http://www.johnharford.com...
Posted by Kathartes on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:35:00 PST

Even The Gods Must Die

There are moments when the world changes. Even if these changes are imperceptible ripples to the vast bulk of kine, to those who are aware, the implications are far reaching both forward and backwar...
Posted by Kathartes on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:06:00 PST

Inane and Inspiration - Currents of the District: Monolith, Vanishing Point

Some know that I've spent the better part of the last week in Washington DC. I'll assume that even the geographically, politically and culturally challenged internet audience knows what and where tha...
Posted by Kathartes on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:57:00 PST

Going Native - down the river...

Two weeks ago I wrote extensively about my processes while composing City of Gold. Instead of doing the same, I've decided to post some lyrics from the Civilization Album - my second LP finished earl...
Posted by Kathartes on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:55:00 PST

Blood Red Moonchild

I had the occasion to be driving late tonight; I don't do it as much as I used to. Especially not alone. But the roads were so desolate even for an area continuously populated. The Nephilim is alm...
Posted by Kathartes on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:15:00 PST

Listen, Own

Asked recently about where to actually find my stuff. I tend to have an issue with advertisement. I hate doing it. Therefore I think I sell myself short. So... Kathartes Download StoreOr check ou...
Posted by Kathartes on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:07:00 PST