Available now:
'Giftnålen' (Kristian Olsson)
'A lifestyle publication for the Thanatomaniac. Antinomian. Amoral. Anarchic. Embracing danger, darkness and decadence.'
''Giftnålen' harks back to the 1980s / '90s, drawing inspiration from underground books & publications such as 'Amok,' 'Esoterra,' 'Force Mental,' 'Pandemonium,' 'Rapid Eye Movement,' 'Svarta Fanor,' and others. The book deals with all kinds of apocalyptic culture, anarchic rants, archaic sorcery, damned poets, esoterrorist tactics, forbidden knowledge, necromantic collages, oneiric musings, outlaw occultism, sinister arts and visual expansionism. Foul arts journal for society's outcasts. Heavily illustrated with tons of exclusive and rarely seen material.'
Includes:
Throbbing Gristle, The New Blockaders, Organum, Metgumbnerbone, Ramleh, Putrefier, Con-Dom, The Grey Wolves, Vagina Dentata Organ, Genocide Organ, The Sodality, Club Moral, Zero Kama, Vivenza, Monte Cazazza, John Duncan, SPK, Merzbow, and many, many others.
Full details at:
https://www.theajnaoffensive.com/products/giftnalen
Looks to be available through here as well (are all copies print-on-demand?): https://www.blurb.com/b/11776776-giftn-len-the-poison-needle
I hopefully will be carrying this book and at least two new Styggelse-titles in a few weeeks at Millstone Vinyl.
Looks great but £35 shipping to the UK is a bit much
Quote from: Araxuus on December 11, 2023, 01:11:34 AMLooks great but £35 shipping to the UK is a bit much
https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/11776776-giftn-len-the-poison-needle
Quote from: theotherjohn on December 11, 2023, 12:49:43 PMhttps://www.blurb.co.uk/b/11776776-giftn-len-the-poison-needle
Looks like the book has been removed from the site. Hopefully some other distributors in Europe will pick this up!
Anyone in Australia going to get copies ? Almost $100 in shipping from Ajna.
anybody carrying this in European union?
European buyers can now get this via Bigcartel: https://giftnalen.bigcartel.com/product/giftnalen-no-1
Edit: it seems like it's best to email here first: giftnalen (AT) gmail DOT com. Information at the bottom of the page states that European and International customers will be able to obtain it through sellers in Sweden, Finland, France & Germany (none listed yet), and that distribution in Japan and the United Kingdom is also being worked out.
Quote from: theotherjohn on January 02, 2024, 03:23:39 PMEuropean buyers can now get this via Bigcartel: https://giftnalen.bigcartel.com/product/giftnalen-no-1
Edit: it seems like it's best to email here first: giftnalen (AT) gmail DOT com. Information at the bottom of the page states that European and International customers will be able to obtain it through sellers in Sweden, Finland, France & Germany (none listed yet), and that distribution in Japan and the United Kingdom is also being worked out.
Thanks for the info!
Insane lineup and contents. And there's a second volume in the works? Fuckin' hell!
Is anyone actually attending to the email address given in a previous post? It sure doesn't seem so. Who is selling the book domestically in Sweden?
Quote from: post-morten on January 25, 2024, 08:08:20 PMIs anyone actually attending to the email address given in a previous post? It sure doesn't seem so. Who is selling the book domestically in Sweden?
Wrote several times without receiving any answer. Quite disappointed.
post was made a few days back on private instagram @giftnalen
"Returned home yesterday from a month traveling in Thailand and Japan. The delayed shipment of additional copies of Giftnälen has arrived and backorders are being dealt with personally to resolve further delays. Any questions send direct message and we will work it out. Please note: Ajna Offensive has been the main distributor of the book, mainly focusing on the United States, but unless you ordered it directly from them they have nothing to do with the book. Regarding other distributors of it: Millstone Vinyl should have their copies before Friday and Cyclic Law, Tesco, Timeless etc will follow in short. Asia and UK will be announced very soon."
cold comfort for those who have been patiently waiting but figured best to share on a public forum
Dense in written and pictorial information, it will take reading and rereading to make the most of the contents. Good information can cost.
Quote from: david lloyd jones on April 30, 2024, 03:31:18 AMit will take reading and rereading ...
... And from the start again !
Mine arrived today. Went through pages many times. It's not overstatement that every page looks like / is a piece of art. Every single one of them. The letters, the images, frames, arrangements ...
And so packed ! And it's 480 pages ! Reminds me religious books that believers have by their bed-side and every night before sleep they open a random page to read prayers or the life of a saint. I guess that's a proper way to read it too ?
Now available from Tesco - have already ordered a copy!
Quote from: Phenol on May 15, 2024, 01:10:13 PMNow available from Tesco - have already ordered a copy!
Thanks for the tip, just ordered the book!
Quote from: Phenol on May 15, 2024, 01:10:13 PMNow available from Tesco - have already ordered a copy!
Thank you! Ordered as well.
Noticed this today:
https://www.soleilmoon.com/shop/kristian-olsson-giftnalen/
Preorder at Soleil Moon. Estimated to ship late January.
Also a preorder at Korm Plastics. Recommend to get the Broken Flag book as well! There's a sale running for the weekend.
https://www.kormplastics.nl/giftnalen-no-1/
https://www.kormplastics.nl/even-when-it-makes-no-sense-the-broken-flag-story/
Quote from: Theodore on May 01, 2024, 05:05:08 AMQuote from: david lloyd jones on April 30, 2024, 03:31:18 AMit will take reading and rereading ...
... And from the start again !
Mine arrived today. Went through pages many times. It's not overstatement that every page looks like / is a piece of art. Every single one of them. The letters, the images, frames, arrangements ...
And so packed ! And it's 480 pages ! Reminds me religious books that believers have by their bed-side and every night before sleep they open a random page to read prayers or the life of a saint. I guess that's a proper way to read it too ?
I've got mine few days ago, it's a real monolith, a lot of stuff concentrated in its pages, densely and passionately shaped, really good. I also think it's interesting to pick random pages / topics, also because there's no index.
we got some copies in stock.
Reading was great till the moment when Kristian decided to express his unbearable boredom and expertise about the war in Ukraine, that he could not resist to ironically refer while contrasting in one sentence black metal and "humanism, egalitarianism, tolerance... mainstream acceptance" and "the war in Ukraine", a reference inserted in the same sequence. In other words the war in Ukraine is goodness, genocide of Ukrainians (1 mln killed by ruSSians over three years) is accepted as good will and, of course, is a joke in comparison to trve black metal evil ones he cherishes, misses, jerks to. Oh well, that's his book and he can say whatever he wants, even if it is criminally charged in Ukraine, for instance. I assume all the artists he mentioned in the "acknowledgments" section share his opinion and make fun of the war in Ukraine too. Legend.
Слава Україні!
Quote from: Olegh Kolyada on May 29, 2025, 06:09:19 PMI assume all the artists he mentioned in the "acknowledgments" section share his opinion and make fun of the war in Ukraine too.
Sad to see you have embraced cancel culture's tactics and SJW mentality. 'Reporting' , 'Guilt by association' , repeatedly. Really sad. You had faced such people / methods against you. - You can do better ...
Quote from: Theodore on May 30, 2025, 03:11:19 AMQuote from: Olegh Kolyada on May 29, 2025, 06:09:19 PMI assume all the artists he mentioned in the "acknowledgments" section share his opinion and make fun of the war in Ukraine too.
Sad to see you have embraced cancel culture's tactics and SJW mentality. 'Reporting' , 'Guilt by association' , repeatedly. Really sad. You had faced such people / methods against you. - You can do better ...
Maybe this one will help you to understand the difference between REAL war and abstract esoteric crap one discovered in the book of demonology: FUCK YOU. And do not forget to lick your fav ruSSian labels who offer you sweet lullabies to propagate that eurasian bullshit. Are you hurt French? Or French is too direct , but Ukrainian is fine? And do not forget, following the example of your "art for art's sake" Swede to make fun of these: https://www.zhitomir.info/news_228075.html
of a few days ago here in the region.
Never congratulated with Kristian for the massive work. Costed me some headaches due to the small font, but well worth it, especially consider it covers many things I never heard of. A true work of passion. Graphics are incredible and good to see Omega Kunst in it. Great work
Indeed great. He should start his own comedy club and make satire on Ukraine his staple. He is a legend, a god, a f deity we should take the knee to. Hope you have enjoyed a lot the last night bombardment of Ukraine by f ruSSIans while reading about true black metal legends in the book. Given the fact that no-one who read the book here even cared to mention an inadequate remark he made about Ukraine, proves once again the point I made earlier.
Quote from: Olegh Kolyada on June 06, 2025, 05:46:03 PMIndeed great. He should start his own comedy club and make satire on Ukraine his staple. He is a legend, a god, a f deity we should take the knee to. Hope you have enjoyed a lot the last night bombardment of Ukraine by f ruSSIans while reading about true black metal legends in the book. Given the fact that no-one who read the book here even cared to mention an inadequate remark he made about Ukraine, proves once again the point I made earlier.
Which page are you referring to? Thanks.
Quote from: SCHEDELWEISS on June 11, 2025, 08:49:18 AMQuote from: Olegh Kolyada on June 06, 2025, 05:46:03 PMIndeed great. He should start his own comedy club and make satire on Ukraine his staple. He is a legend, a god, a f deity we should take the knee to. Hope you have enjoyed a lot the last night bombardment of Ukraine by f ruSSIans while reading about true black metal legends in the book. Given the fact that no-one who read the book here even cared to mention an inadequate remark he made about Ukraine, proves once again the point I made earlier.
Which page are you referring to? Thanks.
Black metal legends - cloers to the end.