FORTRESS FORUM 2024: A Conversation With Dayal Patterson & Frank Allain
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- Опубліковано 8 жов 2024
- This is a conversation recorded at the inaugural Fortress Forum, part of the 2024 installment of Fortress Festival held in Scarborough, UK.
Dayal Patterson is a British author, music journalist and founder of the excellent publishing house, Cult Never Dies. He has written several non-fiction books about metal, most notably the seminal “Black Metal: Evolution Of The Cult”. You can view and purchase his works here: www.cultneverd....
Frank Allain aka The Watcher is a legend of the UK black metal scene. Amongst others he is a member of the highly influential band, Fen, along with Fellwarden who release their new record, “Legend: Forged In Defiance” on Eisenwald on June 14th. Check it out here: fellwarden.ban...
I’m such a huge nerd for this. I always love attending panels at conventions. To have one at a music festival seems pretty cool. When growing up, I knew a lot of Gen-Xers that love W.A.S.P. I don’t hear folks today talk about them much. As much as I support creative freedom, black metal had a unique sound that I wasn’t sure if it will fit in a “mainstream” platform. I appreciate Cradle and Dimmu bringing attention to a larger crowd, but I felt like those fans didn’t care for the history. This was a great conversation. You did great, Jackie.
Thanks for the support as always, brother! And totally agree with you; I don't mind new people coming into the scene or bands who attract a wider following, but I reserve the right to question their credibility and / or their motivations, at the very least.
Another different episode but quite interesting to follow since that book is pretty good! Thank you Jackie for the short but honest conversation.
This is actually not a numbered episode (another one of those coming next week); I'm posting this as a separate series. Kinda. 😁 Glad you enjoyed it either way! More of these to come.
That was great! really look forward to more of these, brother!
More to come, my man!
Kiss trading cards was incredibly influential! Every saturday, you got a new bag of sweets acompanied by a small stack of Kiss cards. That we traded amongst us. This started all the way back in the 70's here. As was W.A.S.P. . But it took many years before alot of the Norwegian BM bands owned up to this. In our early days with Gehenna, most BM bands frowned upon us talking about the W.A.S.P. influence. Svartalv 🤘
We'll need to dedicate some time to W.A.S.P. when we next speak! 😁