ZHARK SUMMER SLAM 2025!!!

It is an honour to be able to once again present you freaks with another onslaught of musick from the seemingly limitless catalogue! Following up on our last Advent reckoning where Hecate uploaded one LP a week during the Dark days of December through til New Years..... Here at ZHARK INTERNATIONALBANDCAMP ... We have set up the next chapter in this most relentless of installments!

Surely the time has come to present some of the other artists Hecate released on vinyl through her top notch curation and productions.... Having procured the darkest and most elaborate from every project and Artist, mastered mostly in London at the most top notch studios particularily for 12" releases, ZHARK INTERNATIONAL stood as a masthead for the Industrial, Broken, Cut-up Dark Breaks scene since it´s inception.

Started in 1996 with the PAYBACK LP... The original Zhark team of Rachael Kozak and Patric Stottrop pressed up 800 12"s with no vision to the future or any sense of distribution! That went quickly bringing another and onto that... well... Obviously even more!

After splitting ZHARK (which Rachael named and made the logos for) respectively... ZHARK INTERNATIONAL was founded for more Breakcore and Dark Ambient sounds whilst Patric took Zhark Berlin into more minimal techno byways, also on vinyl. Obviously they both had their own visions but agreed to keep the main theme and original vibe of ZHARK ready and ripping! What developed and unfolded over decades has been legendary, to say the least...!

This SUMMER 2025 - SUMMER SLAM comes to you as a warm up to the 30th Anniversary Celebration for the consummation of the first of the ZHARK releases.... Every week we will present another release from the catalogue of what was only released on vinyl. Keeping with the BANDCAMP ONLY aesthetic.... HECATE has set out once again to pummel you with only the best of her Roster. ABELCAIN. SLUTMACHINE. XANOPTICON. VENETIAN SNARES. RIPIT. SOMATIC RESPONSES. VILE ENGINEZ AND MORE! ....

ZHARKINTERNATIONAL is proud to kick of the SUMMER SLAM with - PANTHEON OF FIENDS.... Released as a double 12" concept LP about every Classic Horror Monster from the penultimate chasms of Cinema.... ABELCAIN spent almost a year writing this entire release and did his utmost to bring his wicked sense of rhythm to his Gothic KopfKino! We are looking towards releasing one LP and even some previously unreleased tunes EVERY FUKKING WEEK until September! At the Equinox the entire catalogue of every ZHARK release henceforth published on BANDCAMP will be available for a now undisclosed amount.....

https://zharkinternational.bandcamp.com/album/pantheons-of-fiends

Revving up for the 30th Anniversary of EVERYTHING ZHARK... Hecate is in the process of booking a World Tour for 2026 in tandem with the 250th Anniversary of the founding of THE USA!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND UNREPENTANT ART! ALWAYS PUSHING THE LIMITS AND NEVER STOPPING THE PARTY! LOUDER THE BETTER!!! Enjoy the Summer and stay tuned for more news, reports and "Austrian Art" critiques hahaha!

OUR PENTAGRAM STUDIO ONLINE SHOP WILL BE HITTING YOU SOON ENO'UGH! KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED! CHEERS! AVE! HAILS!!!

"L" IS FOR LOSER.

Need I say more? of course I do ... Nevertheless, I will leave my last review regarding the WIENER FESTWOCHEN published in FEVER CITIZINE - DER TEUFELS ARCHTIEKT 2022 to stand for itself.

I hand delivered a hard copy of my zine to the Grand Offices of WIENER FEST WOCHEN in my tap shoes (aka step schüe) ... up three flights of stairs to tell them how much I think their whole "effort" sucks!

Click Clack Bitches!

They will remain a waste of ink and resources for the entire Nation! They have not done any better this year in 2025--- maybe worse - which is why I am prefacing my next run down with this "FEVER FLASHBLACK"...

Stay Tuned for the downlow of the biggest waste of tax paying "Culture Funding" coming soon!

Thanks for support and all the punkrock as ever!

Yours, Rachael!!

ARTY FARTY

It goes without saying that FEVER CITIZINE stands for none other than freedom of speech and expression, no matter the extremes – nor the sensitive spirits who may be left with more than one feather ruffled. If it wasn't for the fact that the Germanic Nations here in Europe persist to outlaw specific texts, and symbols which reflect badly upon them in hindsight – this entire expose would stand null in void.

Last August (2021) brought about a rather cynical move perpetrated by none other than Erste Bank and the Wiener Fest Woche. From the first sight of the massive twin banners hung on either side of each other, I could not escape the relatively outright display of the SS symbols which suddenly besieged the capital city of Vienna.

The “glitch” effect of their unsightly design concept made it almost passable, that is if you have no knowledge of the esoteric. Bringing it up in conversation with my colleagues on countless occasions, the pandemic stressed citizens completely failed to register the hard Nazi Sieg Rune in the Wiener Fest Woche promo design.

I can understand to some desgree as many are not familiar with the proclivities of the Runes, nor able to tell the difference between the original Scandinavian Runes in contrast to the more hardlined Nazi Runes which served to stregthen the Third Reich's well known aesthetic.

Finally getting fed up with constantly being bombarded by totally VERBOTEN and obviously illegal SS runes plastered all over the entire city center, I took it upon myself to liberate two of the posters which lay behind glass.

As my peers had already been privy to my month long rants about the outright unlawful Sieg Runes being propagated by none other than the big banks and state backed Art contingent – It took my steadfast vision to present to all of them exactly what I had been referring to all those weeks.

When all you have to do is lay two posters, which were blatently designed in pairs, together to illustrate the outright SS symbols which somehow seemed to go over all the Austrian citizens heads.

Suddenly, in cohesion with my quick poster action, my friends stared at me, mouths gaping – completely flabbergasted and noticeably in shock. Now they saw it! Now they understood what I was bitching about for over a month!

Naturally, the criminal cynicism of such insipid inside jokes must have left a trail of receipts, officiated contracts, manufacturers and yes men – a septic trail of the most unsightly odorous of intents. I found it even more extreme as the entire population was already mind

fucked and mentally damaged from the past 1.5 years of pandemic stress.

Truly I am against any Runes or Symbols being forbidden by the law – alas, the law stands as it is and all I still find myself wondering about is just exactly who was responsible for such a concept, and also rather curious to knowq how many high standing Career Artists signed off on this repugnant, if not well funded, mind fuck. Thanks to Erste bank for showing their grand support of the Runes, however illegal the act shall stand.

ALSO IN SPOKEN WORD HERE!

STAY TUNED TO PART TWO.........................

DEVILS IN THE DETAILS

Ave Miscreants!

Going against the grain as always... We find no reason to avoid cliches with this (of our rather sparse) news updates! Everything good takes time. Time is Money. Cash is King. When it works, it works. Use it or Lose it. Quality, not quantity. More is More!

Devils in the Details............!

Finally set to embark on the first stage of the PENTAGRAM.STUDIO online shop campaign, we are excited to showcase the handcrafted and specially selected pieces which have been yearning to connect with their new owners. Bespoke and ready to be possessed, enriching your own choice collections, each offering has a story of its own. Falling in line with our headstrong vision to pool our design supplies from strictly second hand and vintage sources, you can be assured every piece is like no other and has been fashioned out of the the best Vienna has to offer.

Shop til you Drop!

Whether restored, pimped out, or painstakingly hand gilded... everyone of the objects we stand to present bastion the D.I.Y. ethos you have come to know PBLHQ for. Against all mass market, slave labor trash... We reject the never ending grind of consumer culture, yet cannot escape the harsh reality that owning a special piece which speaks to you is important when defining your own style and aesthetic. Based in the heart of the Old Empire, everything we have to present to you and yours remains as a beacon of beauty and resounding - glittering crafts. Stay tuned for more as the countless treasures unveil themselves for your consummate pleasure.

Find your Light!

Not ones to judge, we are well aware that some prefer the more "in your face" looks - and some the more solemn, as dedicated to the Black Light. Here at Pentagram.Studio we adhere to mixing it all up! Our stamp on every piece it is that they will draw attention whilst reflecting the light. MAXIMALISM is par for the course! Restraint is an inherent instinct. Better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven! Even Purgatory has never been so sexy... Lord knows why they 86'd it!

Work!

In keeping with feeling like we would ever feel the need to steer ourselves away from stating the obvious.... The move in, out of the original PENTAGRAM BUNKER HQ - was some seriously heavy work....! Getting resituated and ready to get back to producing more fine wares was a trip and a half! Reminders of last years move recently showed up.... Looks a hell of a lot different down here, to say the least! Check out the new WORK section of this site which may answer your questions like..."BUT WHAT DO YOU DO THERE?!"

Do not hold your breathe for any one minute Tic-Toc promos - Some serious live streaming may follow in the future - concurrent with the Head Mistress's whims...

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ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AND PROBABLY WILL!

Stay tuned on all fronts in any case! Enjoy the new shop and freshened up website and enjoy your Summer !!