The Great Symphony Of Revelation: Apocalypse Imminent

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Tengu

Tengu literally means “Heavenly Dog.” These are a type of legendary creature found in the Shinto belief. They’re considered a type of yokai (supernatural beings) or Shinto kami (gods or spirits). The tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey & a monkey deity. They were traditionally shown with human, monkey, & avian/bird characteristics.

Sarutahiko Okami is considered to be the original model for Konoha-Tengu. This is a supernatural creature with a red face & long nose. Today, this is widely considered the tengu’s defining characteristics in popular imagination.

He’s the Shinto monkey deity who’s said to shed light on Heaven & Earth. Some experts theorize that Sarutahiko was a sun god worshipped in the Ise region prior to the popularization of Amaterasu.

Buddhism had long held that the Tengu were unruly demons & harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened into 1 of protective, if still dangerous spirits of the mountains & forests. Tengu is associated with the ascetic practice of Shugendo. They’re usually shown in the clothes of its followers, the yamabushi.

The tengu appears in a variety of shapes in art. It usually falls somewhere in between a large, monstrous bird & a wholly anthropomorphized being. It’s often with a red face or an unusually large or long nose.

The early representations of tengu show them as kite-like beings who can take a human-like form. Often they keep avian/bird wings, heads, or beaks. This feature allies with the Sarutahiko Okami. Sarutahiko Okami is described in the 720 CE text, the Nihon Shoki, with a similar nose measuring 7 hand-spans in length. In village festivals, the 2 figures are often nose-portrayed with identical red phallic-nosed mask designs.

Tengu are often shown as taking the facade of a priest. Beginning in the 13th century, tengu came to be associated in particular yamabushi. These were the mountain ascetics who practiced/practices Shugendo.

This eventually found its way into Japanese art, where tengu are frequently shown in the yamabushi’s unique costume. The costume included uncommon headwear called the tokin & a pompom sash (yuigesa). Because of their priestly aesthetic, they’re often shown employing the khakkhara. This is a distinct staff used by Buddhist monks, called a shakujo in Japanese. Tengu are commonly shown holding a magical feather fan (hauchiwa).

In folk tales, these fans sometimes can grow or shrink a person’s nose. But usually they’ve attributed the power to stir up great winds.

The Konjaku Monogatarishu is a collection of stories, that was published in the late Heian period. It has in it some of the earliest tales of the tengu. These tengu are troublesome opponents of Buddhism, who mislead the pious with false images of the Buddha, carrying off monks, & drop them in remote places, possess women in an attempt to tempt holy men, rob temples, & gift those who worship them with unholy power. They often disguise themselves as priests as priests or nuns. But their true form seems to be that of a kite.

One infamous tengu from the 12th century was himself the ghost of an emperor. The Hogen Monogatari tells the story of Emperor Sutoku. He was forced by his father to abandon the throne. When he later raised the Hogan Rebellion to take back the country from Emperor Go-Shirakawa, he was defeated & exiled to Sanuki Province in Shikoku.

According to legend, he died in torment, having shown to haunt the nation of Japan as a great demon. Thus becoming a fearsome tengu with long nails & eyes, like a kite’s.

In stories from the 13th century, tengu began to abduct young boys, as well as priests that they’ve always targeted. The boys returned, while the priests would be found tied to the top of the trees or other high places. All of the tengu’s victims would come back in a state near death or madness. Sometimes after having been tricked into eating animal dung/poop.

The tengu of this period were frequently conceived of as the ghosts of the arrogant. As the creatures have become associated with vanity & pride. Today, the Japanese expression tengu ni naru (“becoming a tengu”) is still used to describe a conceited person.

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BYZANTINE Presents “Harbinger” Claymation Video

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Electrocutioner – Harbinger Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier

Two years ago, I grabbed Electrocutioner’s False Idols solely because their one-pager told me not to. And I enjoyed every minute of its straightforward approach to old-school thrash. Even scoring it higher than one would ever dare for something that’s been done countless times over. But there was just something about its riff-machine qualities that hooked me so deeply. Fast forward, and I’ve got my grubby sausage fingers on their sophomore outing, Harbinger. And, once again, you’ll find no gimmicks here. Just beer-swilling thrash in the realm of Slayer, Testament, and Whiplash. The only difference is that this threesome (with gang vocal support from some friends) is signed to a label. Sure, it’s a smaller Canadian label, but these Strong Islanders ain’t aboot to let that bother them.

Like the band’s debut, Harbinger is a relentless onslaught that rarely sees drawn-out introductions throughout its tight thirty-six-minute runtime. The only moments of calm are delivered in the same way as before: using weird-ass instrumentals that only Tangerine Orange would enjoy. Though completely pointless, it appears to be their jam. Outside of that, each song is tight and effective, not a one of them exceeding five minutes in length. You’ll find everything from blistering-fast speed licks, chonky thrash charges, and mid-paced stompers. Mix in some rough vocals, chaotic gang shouts, and rough production, and you might as well be listening to it on cassette in your dad’s beat-up pickup. But will the outcome be the same, better, or worse than its predecessor?

Unlike False Idols, no spacey instrumental coaxes us into the record. “Doomsday Device” rips your scrotum on the first note and doesn’t let go until the gangrene settles in. This short, Slayerish ditty even sports a classic Araya scream that forms goosebumps on my pecker. Like any good trash track, it breaks down in the middle, restarting the frenzy, charging faster and faster as the gang shouts tear around you. The follow-up track, “Lightning Sacrifice,” keeps the momentum going, delivering a killer groove and addictive chorus that sticks hard. While there’s some variation in the songwriting throughout, the one track that stands out for being straightforward and restrained is “Frozen File.” With its intricate guitar work and pleasing chorus, it uses its strength in quality construction instead of dropping breakdowns and screaming guitar solos.

Other songs worth exploring are the back-half beauties, “The Chariot,” “Azazel,” and “Seven Seals of Koresh.” The first is a short piece featuring some of the album’s more vicious guitar and vocal performances. It uses a speedy lick to build up to the gangy chorus before ending with a slick, headbangable conclusion. “Azazel” is a flailing storm of guitars with a pavement-splitting chorus. Though it includes a ridiculously stupid spoken-word passage, this piece is one of the heavier tracks on Harbinger. “Seven Seals of Koresh” backs off a bit, opening with a mid-paced thrash lick. But then, all hell breaks loose, charging toward the chorus like Steel coming after me for drinking all his bourbon. As the intensity increases, the band picks up the pace, charging faster and harder than ever before.

Outside of the useless instrumentals, the two songs that have the biggest issues are “End of Days” and the title track. The first is that it’s so short, it doesn’t seem to know where to go. The only thing going for it is its slithering Slayer vibes. The title track is frustrating because the chorus is dreadful. It has some nifty riff changes that help, but when the chorus comes back around, I want to skip it. And, the fact that the instrumental “Vision II” closes the album instead of “Seven Seals of Koresh” is a mistake. There’s also an issue with the mix. False Idols was just dynamic enough that the bass had some presence. With Harbinger, the bass is buried far too much for my taste. These issues put this new release a notch lower than its predecessor, but Harbinger is hella fun and will keep your attention if you liked the band’s debut.

Rating: 3.0/5.0
DR: Stream | Format Reviewed: Stream Deez Nutz
Label: CDN Records
Websites: electrocutionerthrash.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/electrocutioner
Releases Worldwide: September 5th, 2025

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So I can't figure out if I'm a Harbinger, a Preference Minority or a Lead User. I definitely have tastes that sometimes aren't in the main stream.

If I like a TV series it is even money it will be cancelled before the end of the first season. But, maybe that is just the nature of TV these days.

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