Amira from Solbrud (based) followed my Substack seemingly independent of my Instagram presence. It's funny how the black metal goblins share things around in ways I cannot keep tabs on. Strangers write to the Sketchbook all the time.

Having principles is so annoying.

I think these are all or mostly still up for grabs. Please take my riffs for FREE. Tell your friends. I have codes, so many codes. skeletalworks.bandcamp.com/yum

Indescribable sadness, perennial sorrow passing a cat bed in someone's window, and the cat is not there

Since I'm feeling incredibly angry about the state of the scene, I want to channel that into something constructive by shouting out some of the best black metal (and adjacent) albums I've bought this year by people who are nailed-on fash-free:

If there's still anyone defending #Afsky, now no one can say they didn't know. How can anyone still say it's not clear enough to you ? Now you're either on the side of #AntifascistBlackMetal or on the side of those who defend genocide and Elon Musk. #RABM #FuckAfsky #RedAndAnarchistBlackMetal

Fewer people are drinking these days and yet I as 15 years straight edge am not getting any cooler?!

Wrote about the one thing we're not allowed to hate. [Image taken in the bathroom of a venue who's hosting D666 tomorrow night] open.substack.com/pub/ofwritin...

My plumber is here which means we're listing to his latest jazz bootleg. Get a drummer plumber.

Brushed yr leg w my tail, pls respond

The idea that being "British-born" naturally excludes terrorism is why we're so sunk.

the Baylor University homepage goes so hard

Apologies for putting this on the timeline again but I don't have anything new for halloween, so instead reposting my album Come to Pasture, released two weeks ago. It contains vampire, witch, *and* ghost stories, so it is thematically appropriate enough. skeletalworks.bandcamp.com/album/come-t...

Wrote about books and God and why anti-christian black metal bands are the most boring. ofwritingofviolence.substack.com/p/on-faith

Affirmation: If it's not clear where the metal band stands, we do not fuck with them.

The incredible May McGee died this week. A feminist icon whose name goes down in history alongside one of the most important Supreme Court judgements in the history of the state. Pre-deceased by her devoted husband Shay, who took on the state alongside his wife www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Three songs that shaped me without thinking too much about it: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson Weight by ISIS

Wrote a thing ofwritingofviolence.substack.com/p/violent-lo...

reposting with the full artwork cause bsky embeds completely shamed me the first time: skeletalworks.bandcamp.com/album/come-t...

The right's love of AI should tell you everything you need to know about AI just as Trump's love of golf should tell you everything you need to know about golf.

𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐬 - 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 (Full album, 2025) | Post-black/doom The Brazilian duo Aurora Ortus returns today with the premiere of their brand-new full-length: 'Against Ourselves'!

Hey @bandcamp.com , you aren't pushing your playlist feature, but mine's good as hell! bandcamp.com/arnoldlayne/...

Once again the only criminals at asylum accommodation centres are the white racists outside.

If I was walking home at night and there were three 17 year olds and an e-bike on one side of the street and the scariest band at Metal Threat on the other I wouldn't think twice about crossing to avoid the teenagers.

950 band update The most comprehensive black metal political affiliation list on the internet find a new favourite band blackmetalsketchbook.com #nohomefornsbm

Can't believe Ozzy Osbourne never lived to see a sour gummy candy product tie-in called Crazy Babies.

Forgot about Edge Day yesterday. A sign of growth?

Important reporting from Swedish press on the torture endured by Swedes in the Sumud Flotilla, their courage and commitment to Palestinian liberation, and the failures of the Swedish government to render aid or even acknowledge the abuse.

Started a substack so I could write things without a character limit and wrote about my favourite albums of the last 3 months iloveyouthisiswhy.substack.com/p/quarterly-...

Killed an axis invader called TheBigBumblyBee and I am deeply conflicted about it

It may seem like a minor detail but American white supremacists have always intentionally said "anteefah" in that cute little way to trick centrists into thinking something that literally cannot be an organisation is an organisation. It is important to resist this.

In light of Metal Threat going completely mask off with bringing two of best known nazi bands to their lineup I think it's more critical now than ever for us to vet artists in our preferred musical realm. Anyone that is willing to work with any venture Paul Dunski puts out must be looked at hard.

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

1) Ripped to Shreds cancelling a show with Master and calling them out because they played at Metal Threat is exactly the thing that's almost never done in the metal scene and makes a HUGE difference when it happens. It's a conversation starter about complicity in metal and most plp don't want it.

There are many things I like about Grime Stone Records. I like their silly yet gnarly music. I like their anti-Nazi stance. I like their free hot muscle babes. But they also deserve credit for having the most professional merch operation of any label of any size I've used.

I've always hated Jared L*to, but stopping me from watching a (probably shit) movie with Greta Lee in it is the final straw!

If you love black metal but hate the fash and hate the tropes, then you're sure to agree this is one of the best and most brilliant albums of the year nostalghia-ab.bandcamp.com/album/void-e...

This is a great piece of local journalism - about all those flags going up in Brum. Some interesting details.

The thing I hate most about Purity Through Fire is they've stolen the phrase "purity through fire" from us and that's a good fukkin phrase

Super excited to share my new Lucerne Hammer album today, Vermilion Pyre! I owe a great deal of thanks to a lot of folks I've met here for their championing of this project. I'm really proud of how these songs came out and I sincerely hope you enjoy them.

Sam, it’s me. Edge-Hardman. Just wanted to let you know that you can jack off a little whenever you want by pressing and holding L1. You don’t have to cum.

A rare @fiadh.bsky.social in the wild!

Now this is Content

Got a bee sting on my earlobe yesterday and now it's swollen like a Claire's after school special.

As a black metal fan, I know the true value of being trans and autistic, and you are always welcome on MY list blackmetalsketchbook.com

Shanah tovah.

prt: I think there are 2 paths out of the labyrinth of atheism. 1. is "heh religion dumb, believers stoopid" 2. is that if there is no objective core to belief, then belief is a vehicle for the expression of the individual. And as an individual expression,

If you're a leftist who is only are able to think about and talk about religion through the lens of American evangelical Christianity and refuse to learn when your religious comrades of other faiths try to educate you, you're a dumb asshole.

These days I don't fuck with black metal bands unless I have a read of who they are as people. And maybe I miss some good things that way but I avoid supporting dickheads.