Mage Against the Machine
@kevinzeke.bsky.social
Canucks/Goldeneyes fan, heavy metal, reader, some kind of leftist wizard. Living on unceded territory on Vancouver Island. Contributor to Invisible Oranges. He/him.
The Ocean (rightfully) got a lot of attention with Pelagial, but I have a much deeper soft spot for the -centric albums. The very proggy Heliocentric in particular is a favourite.
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The Ocean (rightfully) got a lot of attention with Pelagial, but I have a much deeper soft spot for the -centric albums. The very proggy Heliocentric in particular is a favourite.
It's HYPE TIME, MOTHERFUCKERS
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It's HYPE TIME, MOTHERFUCKERS
Bandcamp Friday purchases today.
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bandcamp Friday purchases today.
Spellcheck is getting worse and worse...
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Spellcheck is getting worse and worse...
We love a good upbeat, joyful prog album in these parts!
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We love a good upbeat, joyful prog album in these parts!
It's peak szn
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It's peak szn
I love living in Cascadia, man.
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I love living in Cascadia, man.
Today is for some sick blackened melodic death metal.
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Today is for some sick blackened melodic death metal.
Been a while since I've listened to Remedy Lane, but now feels like a good time.
Absolutely brilliant musically and achingly grim lyrically.
Absolutely brilliant musically and achingly grim lyrically.
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Been a while since I've listened to Remedy Lane, but now feels like a good time.
Absolutely brilliant musically and achingly grim lyrically.
Absolutely brilliant musically and achingly grim lyrically.
It's crooner Friday, folks!
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's crooner Friday, folks!
When people talk about Master's Hammer, the album that I see most people bring up is Ritual. Which is entirely reasonable, it rules.
However, I would like to draw your attention to the equally brilliant (and far weirder) Jilemnický okultista.
However, I would like to draw your attention to the equally brilliant (and far weirder) Jilemnický okultista.
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When people talk about Master's Hammer, the album that I see most people bring up is Ritual. Which is entirely reasonable, it rules.
However, I would like to draw your attention to the equally brilliant (and far weirder) Jilemnický okultista.
However, I would like to draw your attention to the equally brilliant (and far weirder) Jilemnický okultista.
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Getting into the Halloween spirit! Two movies starring the stunning Linnea Quigley (though only one of them that I actually liked)
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Getting into the Halloween spirit! Two movies starring the stunning Linnea Quigley (though only one of them that I actually liked)
I watched this movie last night. It was a true treat! It's a film that's made to imitate a local access news broadcast from 1987 and it really nails it.
Thanks to the eternally haunted @horrorvanguard.bsky.social for turning me on to this one.
Thanks to the eternally haunted @horrorvanguard.bsky.social for turning me on to this one.
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I watched this movie last night. It was a true treat! It's a film that's made to imitate a local access news broadcast from 1987 and it really nails it.
Thanks to the eternally haunted @horrorvanguard.bsky.social for turning me on to this one.
Thanks to the eternally haunted @horrorvanguard.bsky.social for turning me on to this one.
It's peak funeral doom season.
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's peak funeral doom season.
Occult rock in general really peaked from 2009-2014 or so
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Occult rock in general really peaked from 2009-2014 or so
Occult rock peaked in 2009.
October 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Occult rock peaked in 2009.
This is what peak performance looks like.
October 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is what peak performance looks like.
Lucerne Hammer makes me feel like I did in the early 2010s when I was depressed and downloading obscure black metal demos from sketchy Blogspot pages. (complimentary)
Plus it's got a structure on the art!
Plus it's got a structure on the art!
October 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Lucerne Hammer makes me feel like I did in the early 2010s when I was depressed and downloading obscure black metal demos from sketchy Blogspot pages. (complimentary)
Plus it's got a structure on the art!
Plus it's got a structure on the art!
I am taking after @megapolisomancy.bsky.social apparently
October 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I am taking after @megapolisomancy.bsky.social apparently
Some cool stoner prog metal for your afternoon!
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Some cool stoner prog metal for your afternoon!
It was vet checkup day for this little guy today. Apparently he's in perfect health!
October 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It was vet checkup day for this little guy today. Apparently he's in perfect health!
Today's movie was Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, dir. Benjamin Christensen)
Beautiful, unsettling, and eerie! A silent horror masterpiece.
Beautiful, unsettling, and eerie! A silent horror masterpiece.
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today's movie was Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922, dir. Benjamin Christensen)
Beautiful, unsettling, and eerie! A silent horror masterpiece.
Beautiful, unsettling, and eerie! A silent horror masterpiece.
Started my October Horror Movie Marathon tonight with Grave Encounters (2011, dir. Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz)
It's a decently executed haunted asylum movie. FX are definitely low-budget and it's fairly predictable, but there were a couple good spooks.
It's a decently executed haunted asylum movie. FX are definitely low-budget and it's fairly predictable, but there were a couple good spooks.
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Started my October Horror Movie Marathon tonight with Grave Encounters (2011, dir. Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz)
It's a decently executed haunted asylum movie. FX are definitely low-budget and it's fairly predictable, but there were a couple good spooks.
It's a decently executed haunted asylum movie. FX are definitely low-budget and it's fairly predictable, but there were a couple good spooks.
Happy 15th birthday to one of the greatest prog metal albums of all time! It's hard to believe this album is that old now - I remember when it came out... It launched Enslaved from "band I like" to "one of my favourite bands ever"
September 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Happy 15th birthday to one of the greatest prog metal albums of all time! It's hard to believe this album is that old now - I remember when it came out... It launched Enslaved from "band I like" to "one of my favourite bands ever"