Tuesday, December 3, 2013

DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS - JAMCOUVER, SKULL SKATES GUEST MODELS

NEAR THE END OF THE JAMCOUVER 2013 EVENT, DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS CAME OUT OF THE DARKNESS TO KNIFE THE COURSE'S BARRIER SET-UP.  FULL PAGE PHOTO DOCUMENT IN COLOR MAGAZINE


PLUS - TWO NEW DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS GUEST MODELS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM SKULL SKATES.  IN VANCOUVER, YOU CAN PURCHASE THEM FROM PD'S HOT SHOP


Monday, November 25, 2013

RECENT BARRIER KULT RITUAL ACTIVITY

THE SAKRED ARK BARRIER IN VANCOUVER, BC.  NEWLY FORMED FIX ON THIS 'K-RITUAL' BARRIER.  PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF THE BARRIER BY ANTHONY TAFURO FOR THE UPCOMING BARRIER KULT BOOK IN 2014. 


RECENT KNIFING ON THE SAKRED ARK BARRIER BY DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS AND MUSKELLUNGE OF DARK ISLAND. 


RECENT GULLWING PRINT ADVERTISEMENT FEATURING NEWEST BARRIER KULTIST LUTHER, MOSS-COVERED WITCHMAKER CANDLEMAS. 


STANDARD AND DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS T-SHIRT RE-STOCKS IN THE COMING WEEKS AVAILABLE FROM THE BARRIER KULT STORE

Monday, November 4, 2013

LUTHER, MOSS-COVERED WITCHMAKER CANDLEMAS

THE BARRIER KULT INTRODUCES IT'S NEWEST RITUAL KNIFING MEMBER IN THIS VIDEO ON BEHALF OF GULLWING TRUCKS, BA. KU. AND LOWCARD MAG




Thursday, October 31, 2013

SKULL SKATES COMMERCIAL

HEAVY AND PIVOTAL INFLUENCE TO THE BARRIER KULT IS FEATURED IN THIS RECENT SKULL SKATES COMMERCIAL - THE GRINDABLE EDGES OF THE CHINA CREEK TEACUP, THE TIGHT TRANSITIONS OF SEYLYNN'S TOP AREA, THE SKULL SKATES DIEHARD DECK, CARLOS LONGO AND OTHER VANCOUVER MEMBERS OF THE JAK'S SKATE TEAM. 

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

BARRIER KULTIST RECENT KNIFING SET-UP

MUSKELLUNGE OF DARK ISLAND'S SIMS SCREAMER WITH GULLWING PRO III'S, MINI-CUBICS.  AN EXAMPLE OF THE BARRIER KULT'S FANATICAL DEDICATION TO 1980s PIG SHAPES AND TIGHT TRANSITION RITUAL PURITY TRUTHS. 


Sunday, October 27, 2013

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

BA. KU. RELATED POWER ELECTRONICS / HARSH NOISE

ACQUAINTANCE OF THE BARRIER KULT, SAM McKINLAY OF THE HARSH NOISE PROJECT 'THE RITA', WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE POWER ELECTRONICS (HARSH NOISE WITH VOCALS) AS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE EXTRAS ON THE BARRIER KULT HORDE VIDEO.  SEPARATE AND SIMILAR RECORDED MATERIAL WAS EVENTUALLY PUT TO AUDIO CASSETTE WHILE STILL UNDER THE MONIKER BA. KU.  (BEFORE CHANGING THE NAME TO BT. HN. TO AVOID CONFUSION).  SOME OF THE MATERIAL IS NOW AVAILABLE ON A LIMITED EDITION LP FROM URASHIMA RECORDS.  
MORE INFORMATION:
"...Originally released by Trash Ritual in 2005 under the name Ba.Ku. and later re-released as BT.HN., the “Ritual Totemic Stone” cassette showcased a markedly different style for McKinlay. The sound on “Ritual Totemic Stone” was sharper, darker, and more dynamic, tending more toward heavy Power Electronics with high-end feedback and indistinct vocals emerging from behind the sort of immense walls for which McKinlay is more customarily known. Drawing both sonic and conceptual inspiration from raw and bestial Black Metal, BT.HN. began incorporating samples from obscure horror films and a new aesthetic sensibility that, at that time, had not been fully explored in the Harsh Noise scene; indeed, the overlapping attributes of Black Metal and Noise were only just beginning to be explored. (Note that in 2006, The Rita and Bone Awl issued their collaboration that explored the nexus between these two genres.) While the use of Black Metal tropes in Noise is now disgracefully commonplace and usually trite, McKinlay's approach in 2005 was engaging because, as with his other thematic focal points, his tendency toward obsession granted him the ability to appropriate the right characteristics of Black Metal and incorporate them seamlessly. Regarded years later, “Ritual Totemic Stone” is a significant release within McKinlay's overall discography and a landmark release in the history of Harsh Noise. As such, Urashima, recognizing that it should be preserved and made available once again, has issued this vinyl edition .  The record has been pressed on 140 gr black vinyl with black label and black inner sleeve and comes in a deluxe silver silkscreen on black cardboard sleeve, limited to 99 copies with strip insert in luxury 160 gr ivory paper."

Notes from J. Campbell (Influencing Machine Records)


Saturday, October 12, 2013

CHRIS MOYEN'S THORN CROSS: BLACK INK AND METAL BOOK

THE CHRIS MOYEN ARTWORK FOR THE BARRIER KULT 10th ANNIVERSARY ITEMS MADE BY DEATH BY METAL IS ONE OF THE MANY WORKS FEATURED IN THE CHRIS MOYEN'S THORN CROSS: BLACK INK AND METAL BOOK.  THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE FROM NUCLEAR WAR NOW! IN VARIOUS NORMAL AND DIE HARD VERSIONS. 





































NEWEST HEROIN SKATEBOARDS DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS DECKS AND T-SHIRT

MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.heroinskateboarding.com/
















Tuesday, September 24, 2013

COLOR MAGAZINE AND THE BARRIER KULT

IN A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH THESTRATHCONA.COM, SANDRO GRISON OF COLOR MAGAZINE DISCUSSES HIS FAVORITE INTERVIEW:

"...The other one that really stands out to me, probably because it’s just so different, is the first-ever Deer Man interview. I grew up around the barrier kult even before they were called such, so I had a clean advantage, and we’d been ramping up to it, releasing the first articles about Ba.Ku. The interesting thing about that one is the creepy way it all went down. Still to this day, I sweat we were talking to some kind of spokesperson for the kult and not really Deer Man himself. It’s that kind of line of fact and fiction that I think skateboarding needs more of these days."

Thursday, August 29, 2013

BARRIER KULT NEW ITEMS AND RESTOCKS

THE DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS V.3 T-SHIRT
  



















THE BARRIER KULT TRAINING KNIFE
















BA. KU. x CHRIS MOYEN STICKER




















BA. KU. SILK SCREENED CLOTH PATCH




















BARRIER KULT STANDARD T-SHIRTS AND LONGSLEEVES HAVE BEEN RE-STOCKED. 
THE LAST SIZES OF DISCONTINUED DESIGNS ARE NOW 50% OFF. 
ALL ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM 
THE BARRIER KULT.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

BARRIER KULT FEATURE IN SPUNK ZINE VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1

THE ONLINE MAGAZINE SPUNK SKATE ZINE FEATURES AN ESSAY BY DEPTH LEVIATHAN DWELLER CONCERNING THE VARIOUS ALTARS OF 'FIXED' BARRIER WORSHIP IN VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA.  THE FIVE PAGE FEATURE ALSO INCLUDES B/W PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANTHONY TAFURO. 
SEE THE REST OF THE ARTICLE AND ISSUE AT SPUNKSKATEZINE.COM.  


















Monday, August 5, 2013

FALSE CLAIMS OF BA. KU. 'IDENTITY'

THE IDENTITIES OF THE BARRIER KULT TITLED MEMBERS BENEATH THE MASKS HAVE NO IMPORTANCE TO THE SYMBOLISM OF THE BA. KU.  IT IS CONFUSING WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO SYSTEMATICALLY GUESS WHO IS BENEATH THE MASKS.  ONE POPULAR MISCONCEPTION IS THAT DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS IS ALEX CHALMERS.  NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE BELOW THAT CHALMERS IS NOT DMODW. 


Wednesday, July 31, 2013

RECENT BARRIER KULT TATTOOS

FROM POSSESSED PLAGUE SPREADERS. 

BRIAN SHAMANSKI






















JEFF RADOMSKY


RECENT BA. KU. INSPIRED KLUTCH WORKS IN PORTLAND



Tuesday, July 9, 2013

15 TRICKS AT LINCOLN WITH DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS

"DURING A RECENT TRIP TO LA FOR THE HEROIN VIDEO NASTY PREMIERE, DMODW FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SKATE LINCOLN SKATEPARK FOR A FEW HOURS."




Sunday, July 7, 2013

BARRIER BEST 'TRICK' CONTEST IN WHISTLER

THE WHISTLER BOWL JAM'S BARRIER BEST 'TRICK' CONTEST PRESENTED BY GULLWING TRUCKS WAS FILLED WITH BLOOD STRIKING AND TIGHT TRANSITION ALTAR WORSHIP.   THE EVENT HELD AFTER THE BOWL JAM WAS JUDGED BY BARRIER KULT ORIGINATORS DEPTH LEVIATHAN DWELLER AND DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS.  SKULL SKATES DECKS AND GULLWING TRUCKS WERE PRESENTED TO NOTABLE BARRIER TRANSITION VIOLENCE PLAGUE SPREADERS WITH SKATEBOARDER KAI TAKING THE TOP HONORS. 

DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS















DEPTH LEVIATHAN DWELLER















DLD, KAI, DMODW

Thursday, June 27, 2013

HEROIN SKATEBOARDS 'VIDEO NASTY' PREMIERE COVERAGE



PHOTOS FROM THE NIGHT BY DAVID BROACH FOR THRASHER MAGAZINE HERE

Monday, June 24, 2013

DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS FILMING IN LOS ANGELES

LINCOLN PARK SKATEPARK BARRIER MILITANCE FILMING WITH COMPTON FOR AN UPCOMING DMODW BARRIER KULT LA VIDEO SEGMENT. 


HEROIN 'VIDEO NASTY' PREMIERE AND DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS

DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS IS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FOR THE UPCOMING LA PREMIERE OF HEROIN SKATEBOARDS' NEWEST VIDEO ENTITLED 'VIDEO NASTY'. 
THE PREMIERE IS JUNE 26th AT THE DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT THEATRE IN LA. 

























RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF AUTHENTIC DMODW PARAPHERNALIA IN LOS ANGELES:




LUCHASKATE BARRIER KULT INTERVIEW

LUCHASKATE MAGAZINE #5 FEATURES AN INTERVIEW WITH DEPTH LEVIATHAN DWELLER OF THE BARRIER KULT. 
MORE INFORMATION HERE


Thursday, June 13, 2013

BARRIER KULT JUDGING 'BEST TRICK' AT WHISTLER BOWL JAM'S ADJACENT BARRIER

WHISTLER BOWL JAM 
PRESENTED BY GULLWING TRUCK CO. 
JULY 5, 4PM - 7PM
"ORIGINAL BARRIER KULTISTS DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS AND DEPTH LEVIATHAN DWELLER WILL BE PRESENT FOR GULLWING SUPER PRO 3 RITUAL BARRIER SLASHING AND JUDGEMENT OVER BEST 'TRICK'" 


Monday, June 3, 2013

LOST SOUL SKATEBOARDS - PREPARE TO BE UNDERWHELMED

OUR BRETHREN AT LOST SOUL SKATEBOARDS HAVE CONSTRUCTED ANOTHER VIDEO MASTERPIECE OF DARK AND BLEAK WESTERN CULTURE ENTITLED 'PREPARE TO BE UNDERWHELMED'. 

prepare to be underwhelmed from lost soul skateboards on Vimeo.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

VIDEO NASTY TRAILER #3 DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS

DMODW TRAILER FOR THE UPCOMING HEROIN SKATEBOARDS VIDEO TO BE RELEASED JULY 2013. 

DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS from Heroin Skateboards on Vimeo.

Monday, May 20, 2013

RECENT DMODW HEROIN SITE AD

DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS.  HEROIN SKATEBOARDS WEBSITE ADVERTISEMENT. 


Monday, April 22, 2013

BA. KU. STANDARD ITEMS RE-STOCK

MAIL ORDER RE-STOCK OF BARRIER KULT CLOTHING STANDARD ITEMS FOR THIS SEASON. 
THE STANDARD CLOTHING ITEMS ARE THE RITUAL UNIFORMS OF THE BARRIER KULT AND IT'S PLAGUE SPREADING DISCIPLES. 
AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE MAIL ORDER HERE



























Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Saturday, April 13, 2013

DMODW IN NEW THRASHER GULLWING AD

THRASHER MAGAZINE, MAY 2013, ISSUE #394
GULLWING AD
DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS - TOTEMIC WALL INTO RITUAL BARRIER TAILDROP AT LEESIDE IN VANCOUVER, BC.



Saturday, April 6, 2013

BARRIER KULT HORDE VIDEO BACK IN STOCK

THE ORIGINAL BARRIER KULT HORDE DVDr FROM HALLOWEEN 2004.  UNCUT WITH THE EXTRAS.  DVDr INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL B/W COVER. MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.  (Does not include pictured knife, Motobilt truck, or Bones Mini-Cubic wheel.)













AVAILABLE FROM BARRIER KULT CLOTHING HERE

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

BARRIER KULT CLOTHING NOW HAS STOCK OF THE BA. KU. 10TH ANNIVERSARY ITEMS

BARRIER KULT CLOTHING NOW HAS STOCK OF THE BA. KU. x CHRIS MOYEN HOODY AND T-SHIRT + THE BA. KU. DECADE OF RITUAL ZINE PACK.  FOR THE BARRIER KULT'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, DEATH BY METAL IN JAPAN PRODUCED THE HOODY, T-SHIRT AND THE ZINE PACK (A5 size / 32 page, Off-set print Booklet that featuring their many historical photos and images. Booklet is limited 666 copies with patch, button and sticker).































































FROM DEATH BY METAL:
Hail comrade
the true Metal Clothing - DEATH BY METAL from tokyo, japan.

We are proudly announce, DEATH BY METAL release Canadian Black Metal Skateboard Team THE BARRIER KULT (BA. KU.) 10th anniversary items in Feb 2013.

BA.KU., they attack only concrete barrier and looking is not typical skate kids like short pants with Vans shoes.
BA.KU. is wearing black denim, military vests and wearing mask.
Their promo video featured their skateboarding shots mixed occult, horror, witchcraft movies, images with Black Metal musics. It represents well the BA.KU. concept.
Extreme Skate boarding meets extreme musics, you've never seen!
They are important bridge between extreme metal music scene with skaters ever.

BA. KU. 10th anniversary T-shirt and Zipper Hoody with A5 size / 32 page, Off-set print Booklet that featuring their many photos and images. Booklet is limited 666 copies with patch, button and Sticker.

Illustration by living legend kult unholy illustrator, CHRIS MOYEN (BEHERIT, BLASPHEMY etc).

CHRIS MOYEN
http://www.chrismoyen.com/

For orders in Japan: 

== DEATH BY METAL ==

== SKULL SKATES JAPAN ==