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Written by Lee Powell - Judas Kiss editor

The final update for the Judas kiss has now been posted (30/08/2010)

The final update this site has now been posted and it takes the form of a Current 93 special that includes the following three reviews:

Current 93: Baalstorm, Sing Omega CD/LP (Coptic Cat)

Current 93 – ‘Haunted Waves, Moving Graves’ CD/12” (Coptic Cat)

Larsen and Friends – ‘Abeceda’ LP (Behind S.R.B.)

And two videos (‘Diana’ and ‘Lucifer over London’) recorded by the JK editor at Current 93’s concert at London’s HMV Forum, 29th May 2010.

The full update can be found here: “Th-th-th-that's all folks”.

Not quite dead and buried just yet (19th Aug 2010)

As indicated below the Judas Kiss is in its death throws but like some stinky smell we are still lingering around, for now – but does anyone care anymore?

We have just updated the site with a new interview and a number of new reviews and planning on ending with a Current 93 special of sort which will include a number of reviews and live videos shot at their second live concert in London this year.

So hang on in there kids and don’t count us out just yet – we’re still twitching (just anyway)

The Judas Kiss to cease (01st May 2010)

Dear reader,

After considerable soul-searching I've decided to finally call it a day with the Judas Kiss website.

I've set a final date for the 31st May 2010 as the end, although it’s likely that this date may limp on for a few weeks after this until we finally reach the end of the road and all of our outstanding review material has been uploaded.

I feel something in my life has to give and unfortunately the Judas kiss has been taking more and more of a backseat over the past 12 months or so, so a gut-wrenching decision was made that it would be this.

The Judas kiss has been a massive part of my life since its earliest, pre-internet days of the mid ’90 and has not only introduced me to some amazingly innovative, moving and passionate music, it has also given me the opportunity to make some wonderful friends and acquaintances over years, to meet my heroes and make a splash, all be it minimal, on the industrial scene as a whole.

So what does the future hold for the Judas Kiss’s web presence, well the site will be wound down over the next six weeks but will remain online for the foreseeable future as an archival recourse. Our MySpace page will keep active as there is some wonderful music still out there and MS is a fantastic way of keeping up with what is what. Our Yahoogroups list will be deleted within the next few weeks.The Judas kiss email address – judaskiss(at) freezone.co.uk will also remain live for foreseeable future to.

And that’s that.

But before I go I’d like to thank to the following:

All of those who have worked on the Judas kiss in the past, all of the writers, contributors and those who have offered up submissions for inclusion.

To the record labels, bands and individuals who have had enough faith in the Judas kiss to send their material for review, and in the printed days, advertised in our pages.

To Kaosthetik for releasing the Judas Kiss presents Past, Present and Forever compilation, which is an immensely memorable high point in the history of the JK.

To the current Judas Kiss writers who have been rocks over the last year or so and have helped no-end in helping the JK tick over - thank you guys!.

To a number of individuals whose music and friendship have helped the Judas Kiss be what it is today – Simon Collins, Justin Mitchell (Cold Spring), David Tibet (Current 93), Michael Moynihan (Blood Axis), Douglas P (Death in June), Dan H (Monkey-house recordings and the WRAITHS), Boyd Rice and the late great Johnny Cash.

There are 100’s more I could name but for fear of missing folk out, I won’t. If you’ve been involved in the Judas Kiss, especially whilst it existed in a printed form, this includes you too.

Thank you for your time and support,

With my head held high and a lump in my throat, I’d say “goodbye” here

Lee Powell

Judas Kiss editor

important update concerning review material for the Judas Kiss (14th April 2010) Please note that as of the 19^th of April the Judas Kiss will no longer be able to accept un-solicited review material. If you would like your release(s) reviewed after this date please get in touch with us via our email address.

Any material received with a post mark up to and including the 19^th will be reviewed as normal.

Unfortunately there is a very good chance that any material arriving after the 19^th of April we receive that we haven’t been contacted about prior, will not get reviewed.

We currently have a large stock of un-reviewed material and the back-log is ever increasing. We feel it would be unfair to accept unsolicited review material at the minute and possibly have it sitting around for months before it can be reviewed.

Thanks for you time and understanding in this matter

Lee

Judas Kiss editor

And now the good news - IMPORTANT NEWS CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF THE JUDAS KISS p. II (31/08/09)

Since the demise of the Judas kiss magazine and the move completely on the web we are now able to expand on the plethora of musical styles we are able to cover.

This means that along with the neo-folk, dark ambient, neo-classical, martial, power electronics, death industrial, noise and post industrial genres the Judas Kiss has become know for, we are now able to cover a whole spectrum of other styles and tastes including (but not exclusively):

Post rock (think Godspeed you Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, Mono etc etc)
Atmospheric
Electronica
Experimental
Abstract
avant garde/avant rock
Drone
soundtracks
Alt. country/Americana
Modern folk
Psychobilly/Horror punk/death rock

The range of music we can now cover is huge - as a guide check out the bands listed to the left for the eclectic and far reaching styles and genres we are interested in.

From Godspeed you Black Emperor to Joanna Newsom, Current 93 to 65 days of static, Mono to Of the Wand and the Moon and from Johnny Cash to Efterklang, the Judas Kiss can now truly explore the boundaries of modern music and beyond.

contact:

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Gloucester

GL4 5ZA

email: judaskiss (at) freezone.co.uk

live Journal community: http://community.livejournal.com/judas_kiss_lj/profile

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Yahooghroups discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/judas-kiss

The Judas Kiss is dead long live the Judas Kiss

It is with regret that as from the 03/06/06 the decision has been made to cease the printed version of the Judas Kiss magazine. This was a very hard decision to make and was done so for a number of reasons - please read on

Firstly the spiralling costs of the manufacturing and postage of the magazine has gone up considerably. Therefore to be able to continue producing the magazine of the same quality and page length would mean that the price would have to increase just to cover costs – and this increase is something I felt very strongly about. Compared the costs of mainstream magazines how much more could the cost justifiably rise before readers and distributors said ‘enough was enough’? We don’t have the huge advertisers these mainstream magazines have and therefore the costs are covered by the actual magazine sales themselves.

Of course there’s also the internet, where a whole plethora of information can be obtained instantly for free - something we as a printed concern could never really compete against.

Finally, as I get older my life’s priorities have changed – work and my home life have became more and more important and both leave little time to spend on the increasing work load of writing, editing, laying out, gathering advertising, distributing and selling the Judas Kiss.

I would of course like to thank not only all of the readers who have purchased the Judas Kiss in the past but also all of the bands who have given their time to conduct interviews, the artists and labels who have sent in review material and have advertised in our pages and of course the writers, past and present, who have believed in the Judas Kiss enough to spend hour after hour writing reviews and interviewing bands for inclusion. Without these people, especially Alan Milne and Simon Collins, the Judas Kiss would have never made it this far.

Thank you one and all.

The Judas kiss magazine (printed) has now left the building..

However this is by no means the end of the Judas Kiss in fact its just the start of a new chapter.

As you may already know our website has recently had a huge update of new reviews and another one is planned any day now. Aside from this there will be new interviews included here as well.

All of this means that new reviews and interviews will be made available a lot quicker then was possible the printed magazine. It also means more people will be able to read them which in turn will benefit the artists and labels concerned.

Lee - Judas Kiss Editor

About the Judas Kiss magazine, as was

The Judas Kiss magazine was one of the leading small print journals that captured the very essence of the post-industrial scene through the written medium. Focusing primarily but not exclusively on musical aspects of this genre, including such styles as neo-folk, martial/military, neo-classical, noise, dark ambient, power electronics and all that falls in between. Through in-depth, yet delectably readable interviews and articles, the Judas Kiss strives to delve into the very souls of these artists/bands to unearth how and why they produce the powerful and stimulating music they record.Also included within the pages of the Judas Kiss are a splattering of articles that deal with the more esoteric spectrum of subjects, which have over the years become part and parcel of the post-industrial scene. In previous issues these have taken the shape of both interviews and articles that have focussed Satanism, Fetishism, Piercing (both body adornment and ritualistic), Japanese rope Bondage, Odinism, Fascism and its relationship to the post-industrial scene, Female domination, cults and extreme literature.

The Judas Kiss presents - Past, Present and Forever' CD compilation

The Judas Kiss recently released its first compilation CD entitled 'Past, present and Forever' via Kaosthetik

- TRACKLIST -

Spiritual Front - Singing Sodomy*
Stimulus - Blow the Moon and His Fool*
Coph Nia - Lord of the Air (vocal)*
Of the Wand and the Moon - Gal Anda (version)*
Blood Axis - Reign I Forever
Midnight Syndicate - Ride to Destiny
As All Die - Love Lorn*
Allerseelen - Trumlied
Von Thronstahl - Lawrence of Arabia*
Days of the Trumpet Call - Rendezvous*
The Caretaker - We'll Go Riding On A Rainbow*
Project Fahr - Swollen*
Caithness - Solesmess Echoes'*

* indicates exclusive track or remix

Entitled the Judas Kiss presents Past, Present and Forever the compilation contains 13 tracks of the very best in neo-folk, martial, neo-classical, dark ambient and industrial music from a stunning array of artists and groups.

Released on the French label Kaosthetik the compilation is on CD format and comes in an edition of limited at 420
copies which is housed in a beautiful triptique 7 EP cover'.

The CD is available from those wonderful people at Kaosthetik as well all good industrial music mail-order
companies, worldwide.

All whole-sale queries should be directed to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

More information on Past, Present and Forever can be found at Kaosthetik, which also features a number of samples from the compilation and the Judas kiss magazine

The Judas Kiss also has a 'Live Journal Community' which can be found here - this can used for posts by members, which fall under the wide spectrum of music and topics covered within the Judas Kiss

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