Comic Crusaders Podcast #661 - Dani Soncasie/Veiled Legacy
In this high-energy episode of the Comic Crusaders Podcast, Al Mega interviews indie comics creator Dani Soncasie about her currently live FundMyComic campaign, VEILED LEGACY.
They dive into:
• The origins of VEILED...
https://comiccrusaders.com/podcast/veiled-legacy-dani-soncasie-fundmycomic/
#Veiled Legacy comic #Dani Soncasie #FundMyComic campaign #indie comic crowdfunding #new indie comics 2026 #Comic Crusaders Podcast interview
VEILED LEGACY: Midwest Gothic Crowdfunding on FundMyComic
The crowdfunding campaign for Veiled Legacy #1: Midwest Gothic, a new indie horror-fantasy comic series, is now live on Fund My Comic1
Set against quiet rural America, Veiled Legacy follows a midwestern family whose simple act of kindness spirals into an unnatural home invasion. When darkness descends on their...
https://comiccrusaders.com/comic-books/comic-book-previews/352339/
#megacon #comics #veiled legacy #dani #indie #crowdfunding
So I'm finally setting up that #OpenBSD router I've talked about for probably a year or more. So I can finally set up that #matrix server I've talked about for even longer (on another host). Because matrix.org is in the not so great England. Which has decided to put stupidity in law with #OSA. Which they're forced to follow and I'm spitefully not interested in ever having to think about the possibility of complying with.
Can't wait for #Reticulim and/or #Veiled to solve this idiocy.
Why are Cult of the Dead cow using Discord to host their chat rooms instead of IRC, XMPP or Matrix?
Why are there no instructions for using F-Droid to install the Veiled beta app on Android?
Útgarðar – Fire Smoked Upon the Wolf’s Back Review
By Dear Hollow
Norse mythology pervading black metal is nothing new. Due to the style’s Scandinavian origins, it would not surprise me to see Lucifer and Odin taking swigs of Christian blood together in a burning Waffle House in like Tromsø, for instance. Norse Paganism has always been the wingman for anti-Christianity under Metallum’s profile lyrical themes, so the slaughter of Ymir and the rise of Yggdrasil across the yawning void Ginnungagap, the rivalry of Loki and Thor, and the fierce matchups of Ragnarök have long captured the imaginations of the western world. In this way, Útgarðar offers little new, as you’ll find the nine worlds, the great frost-giant Ymir, the trolls, and the formidable ferocity of the wolves Fenrir, Sköll, and Hati all play a part. A tangible thread of storytelling courses through the thirty-two minutes of debut Fire Smoked Upon the Wolf’s Back.
You may recognize Útgarðar’s two members, as American instrumentalist Niðafjöll (Nathan Verschoor) is known for his work with recent Uada, Veiled, and Altars of the Moon, while Swedish vocalist/guitarist Seiðr (Andreas Westholm) features a storied discography with acts like Blackest, Seid, and Serpent Omega. Both members offer a distinctly down-tuned sound, heavier guitar tone, and more “deathened” snarls adding to the rotten sound, but Fire Smoked Upon the Wolf’s Back is black metal through and through: Útgarðar offers their caustic and vicious interpretation of unholy trinity of blastbeats, shrieks, and tremolo. Refusing to settle into monotony, the duo manages a ritualistic flare and doomed atmosphere that makes it hard to shake, as the frost of the Scandinavian pines and the solemnity of the setting sun are felt in every movement.
Útgarðar utilizes a powerful and simple approach, balancing memorable melody, caustic blackened attacks, and ritualistic doom – tied together into dynamic songwriting. While intro “The Pyres of Utgard” offer the former two in a vicious track whose only reprieve is the haunting clean vocals buried behind slower passages, “Ymir Awakens” and “Trolls of Muspel Trolls of Frost” are clear centerpieces, brimming with tension between its ambient lulls, vicious tremolo, and doom weight – even the ambient passages feature subtle percussion injecting a fire throughout. This continues into the more subdued closers, “Fire Smoked Upon the Wolf’s Back” and “Under Soil,” in which ritualistic atmosphere takes front and center, such as in the pulsing percussion and shamanistic chants of the title track or the rotten ambient sprawl of the album closer. While balance is a clear priority for Útgarðar, each cut features a distinct melodic motif that adds to the memorability of the album, as the cleans of the title track or the guitar/vocal melodies of “Under Soil” elevate an otherwise despondent set of tracks.
There are no directly negative tracks within Fire Smoked Upon the Wolf’s Back, and largely Útgarðar’s only sin is its inconsistent mood. The contrast between the fiery second-wave of “The Pyres of Utgard” and the shamanistic despair of “Under Soil” is stark. While the best-of-both-worlds “Ymir Awakens” and “Trolls of Muspel Trolls of Frost” smoothen this transition in what would be an album-long dynamic, they settle neatly into three separate approaches instead. The highlights are so because of their haunting blend of energy and atmosphere, while the closing tracks dispel with much of the energy while the opener foregoes atmosphere. In a way, the album then feels like a Viking Venn diagram, with the centerpieces constituting the near-perfect overlap.
That’s not to say that Útgarðar shoots themselves in the foot, because I haven’t quite experienced the haunting and evocative quality of Asatro-themed black metal that actually feels authentic and organic the way Fire Smoked Upon the Wolf’s Back does. It plays it relatively safe in terms of the second wave, but its infusion of doom filth and ritualistic primacy simply adds up to this: a damn good black metal album. While moods are disparate, you won’t care because every one of them is accomplished with rotten grit and otherworldly darkness undergirded by tense Norseman violence. Furious black metal, ritualistic menace, and mammoth weight have a weapon in this particular Ragnarök, and you’ll be glad to die by Odin’s side for Útgarðar.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: ATMF Records
Website: facebook.com/Útgarðar
Releases Worldwide: February 23rd, 2024
#2024 #35 #AltarsOfTheMoon #ATMFRecords #BlackMetal #BlackenedDoomMetal #Blackest #Feb24 #FireSmokedUponTheWolfSBack #InternationalMetal #Review #Reviews #Seid #SerpentOmega #Uada #Útgarðar #Veiled
In shadows draped, a veiled maiden sits, her gaze piercing the dark’s own heart. Enshrouded in mystery, her ghostly aura whispers tales of forgotten art.
#neuroaether #aiart #digitalart #aiartcomunity #midjourney #veiled #gothic #shadow #maiden #ethereal
Things weren't always so bad for women in #AncientGreece. In the #ArchaicAge, they had a little more freedom -- but not as much as women in nearby #Sparta or #Crete...
Women's Occupations in Ancient Greece
In the Archaic Age, young women “were apparently not kept in physical seclusion, and had a reasonable degree of movement” (Blundell, 69) but were still always accompanied by other women, and were #veiled.
As ancient Greece moved into the Athenian age, public institutions (with the exception of some religious ones), “were male-dominated and revolved around characteristically male activities – #politics, #warfare, #athletics and #drinking parties” (Blundell, 76).
The only choices women had were to be #enslaved, #married, become #hetaerae (#prostitutes), or hold “sacred service roles” [#priesthood] (Connelly, 31) – though most religious positions were hereditary or reserved for the wealthy.
But after that, women’s domain was pretty much limited to the household where “they were entirely responsible for the production of textiles” (Blundell, 71) and food preparation. The only time women could leave the home was to perform religious activities.
Veiled in ghostly shrouds, they clutch at withered blooms, guardians of decay. Their silent communion speaks of a solemn grace, a stillness that echoes with the whispers of the forgotten.
#neuroaether #aiart #digitalart #aiartcomunity #midjourney #veiled #guardians #decay #communion #gothic
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