Is there no thread here dedicated to Death In June?

I've really been getting into Death in June lately. I definitely prefer the newer "neofolk" acoustic stuff over the older, more electronic stuff... though "Nada!" is a pretty fine album in any case.

As for "politics"... whatever. I'm not convinced that there's really all that much behind all the charges of neo-Nazism or what have you. And even if it is true... who cares? Lots of musicians have stupid politics.

It's all about the MUSIC, MAN....

As I already said above, the last two albums are realy worth checking out, esp for people like me who grew bored with the neofolk stuff.

I picked up "Abandon Tracks!" the other day. Some cool stuff on there, like the track that he contributed to that Der Blutharsch box set.

I found this live video of them in France in '91. Ten times better than I would have thought. They did a lot of old songs, too. It feels strange to know that I never would have had the chance to see them ever.

I have to say All Pigs Must Die is my favorite. The first 6 tracks get in my head and they don't seem as dark or slow as DiJ's earlier material. The instruments, albeit repetitive, play a lovely song and are more full-fledged than their other stuff.

A guilty pleasure of mine. Not the most interesting band in the genre by any means but I’ve always found something compelling about them.

"Europa - The Gates of Heaven" is just insane.
"WE ARE THE LUST THAT COMES FROM NOTHING"

I can't believe a brand new album comes out in early May. I'm not nuts about all his stuff by any means, yet I remain loyal. The DVD I rented with him talking about stuff was cool. I don't remember the name of it. It was from sometime after the year 2000. I'll have to figure that out.

It drove me crazy how normal he looked in that DVD..no tattoos, no big show but just this older guy with glasses...who was about as weird and perverted and strange as you could imagine but deceptively, he looked like a standard, anonymous university professor. Now that is some weirdness in the closet.

I just listened to Sol Invictus 'Abattoirs of Love' not too long ago.

wow I found a bunch of Sixth Comm CDs in a box that'd been sitting in ly parents garage since '94 - will I find the courage/energy to listen to them? Oh Bimble, where are you now...?

:-(

Is Content With Blood among them? You should listen to it, if so. Excellent début 6Comm album, very reminiscent of Nada!

Just sayin', there is at least one other DIJ/6Comm fan on ILM.

second the Content with Blood love. and unless you need umpteen versions of "Neiflheim" in your life, it's prolly all the 6C anyone could ever need.

I read that as 'Nerfheim'

Can I just say that the versions of the songs on the DISCriminate comp are mostly superior to their album equivalents.

Not much DI6 love on ILM but reviving in any case following announcement of another "farewell" tour of Europe. Have to say, I've lost count of the number of times Mr P. has announced he's not doing any more gigs, only to turn up again somewhere. Not that I'm complaining, I'll be there.

http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2014/11/14/reportback-fighting-the-trojan-horse-of-hipster-fascism-in-portland/

An interesting account of a protest at a concert.

Been playing The World That Summer quite a lot lately and what an album it is: tortured gay drama with Morricone arrangements stuffed with baritone guitar, martial trumpets, echoey drum machines and Tibet whispering frighteningly in the background. Shame Dougie Pizzle went off the boil and decided that being musically interesting was below him, but I've got the feeling he could pull it back.

The whole martial industrial field is silly and not a little dubious but I've got a lot of time for Take Care and Control and Heilige! too: that live record is a revelation in the way a lot of material from that period is presented and brings out the Scott Walkerian drama. I find DI6 weirdly fascinating. Where do you think was the point that Douglas went from playing with that imagery to being completely immersed and possessed by it all? Cathedral of Tears (the song) is particularly affecting because it seems to have been written about this all-consuming obsession.

so is dude a total nazi or what? reminded of this after seeing this:
https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/boyd-rice-greenspon-show-canceled-1346441

and realizing I'd never actually listened to DIJ (have heard NON though, not my thing). And I quite liked it. And then I wondered if I should.

the Earth First Journal link a few posts up is a good overview of the situation, imo

I love Death in June.

No, Douglas P. isn’t a Nazi but he’s, unquestionably, an idiot. I would say the same about Boyd too. They, from a visual and personal perspective, haven’t moved beyond Crass. It’s embarassing. Especially since Death in June makes mostly enjoyable music.

I doubt anyone's interested but here is a pretty interesting interview with Doug P looking back on DiJ in the late 80'

I'm interested. Thanks for posting

had no idea the Southern Poverty Law Center had actually branded these guys "hate music": https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/03/07/statement-regarding-soleilmoon-recordings-and-death-june

Whether he is or not, I'd prefer to avoid the near occasion of it myself and I dont find DIJ compelling enough to bend the rules for. Remember finding them super goth and dark thirty some years ago, but I feel no need to revisit.

I do wish they'd stop cropping up in my discover weeklies and "for you" playlists, think sensibilities should be respected.

Neofolk is the shittiest music ever created

Okay so I hit a record store today and when I do that and browse the used bins, I will take flyers on bands I heard about even when I don't know much about them. The idea is "this is kinda important so I should be exposed to it" sort of thing.

The name Death in June rang a bell and they had some used stuff by them so I picked them up, and now I get home and only after I bought these two albums ("Operation Hummingbird" and "The Corn Years" if that matters) did I realize they ring a bell for all the wrong reasons.

So.... Should I toss them or keep them? Still haven't listened yet but the music isn't the point as I am sure anyone who is more familiar with the band knows.

can't you like, sell them on discogs and donate the money to some antifa aligned group?

They were already second hand, DIJ didn't get any of your money.

and the store doesn't care or know, I guess, unless they have a whole right wing section

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Operation Hummingbird is one of the albums Doug recorded with Albin Julius of Der Blutharsch (RIP). Pretty minor and far from Doug's best IMHO.

The Corn Years is good but it's basically a compilation of tracks culled from The World That Summer and Brown Book. Those are my two favourite DIJ albums so I recommend you investigate them in full.

His explanation of “drunk in Croatia” is believable but I immediately dug around to see if he could be a Death in June fan.

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/10/21/graham-platner-addresses-tattoo-linked-to-nazis/

Definitely a fan ☠️