SVN-OKKLT turned 10 years old this year on May 30th. It's been a good journey, but one that obviously hasn't seen much activity in the past few years. Despite this, the site personally remains a massive archive of good memories and music found/shared throughout the years — especially in the early days. Thanks to all the people who have contributed, reached out, and especially to the artists whose music formed the cornerstone of this project. Starting with a focus on underground black metal in early 2011 I fell deep into the rabbit hole of lo-fi and hard to find recordings, channeling the early DIY essence of mysterious labels like Rhinocervs and CN. The site focused primarily on this raw blackened punk and underground black metal sound for the first few years, before landing to the more permanent genres of harsh noise and power electronics. Despite it being focused on the latter mentioned genres from 2014 til the present, I think Svn-Okklt has, and will always be remembered, as an outlet where many people first discovered some of the raw and underground black metal that defined it in the early days.
Many old image links are now broken and won't be repaired, however almost all of the download links have remained active throughout the past decade. I will see that they continue to be kept alive as long as I'm feasibly able to do so. People have told me over the years that they found something through this site that became a life-defining album, artist, or moment in their eventual path of discovery through music, sub-culture, and their own creativity - this is ultimately what propelled the site over the years, and what I am most grateful for.
The Svn-Okklt youtube channel (although now under a different name) continues to be updated more frequently than this blog, and can be found here. As always, I can still be reached at svnokklt[at]gmail.com if need-be.
Forever charging forward, with lance pointed toward the heart of God
SVN-OKKLT
