HAIL SKATIN'

          Satan has become devilishly chic over the past year or so.  Seems everyone is trimming their Facebook friend-count down to 666 besties, or catching Zzzs in pentagram printed pajamas, but these testaments to the dark under-lord seem so trite in comparison to that of one group of men--Vancouver's Barrier Kult.  Cloaked in ski masks, these faceless zealots prove their allegiance to the evil one by violent and abrupt road-barrier skateboarding, known to them as blood-knifing.  I had a chance to talk briefly with member Depth Leviathan Dweller.
       
          Shane:  What's the story behind the genesis of the Barrier Kult?

          Depth Leviathan Dweller:  DEPTH LEVIATHAN DWELLER AND DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS.  EARLY OBSESSION AND PARTICIPATION IN RIDING HIGHWAY BARRIERS AS ABRUPT AND VIOLENT QUARTERPIPES.  'DEPTH LEVIATHAN DWELLER' - COINED FROM THE WORSHIP AND FEAR OF THE BC INTERIOR LAKE MONSTER OGOPOGO.  'DEER MAN OF DARK WOODS' - COINED FROM THE WORSHIP AND FEAR OF THE ELUSIVE OKANAGAN DEER MAN.  IN THE EARLY 2000s VANCOVER, BC - THE TWO TEAM UP WITH VLAD MOUNTAIN IMPALER (ALSO ORIGINALLY FFROM THE INTERIOR OF BC) TO MAKE THE INITIAL 'ZINES AS SPIKED PLAGUE PROPAGANDA DOCUMENT.  FROM THERE - THE BA. KU. SCROLL, THEN THE BA. KU. ALTAR, THEN THE HORDE VIDEO.  T-SHIRTS, PATCHES - THE BARRIER KULT HORDE OFFICIALLY BEGINS TO FUCKING GROW WITH DISEASE.

          S:  How integral is anonymity to the kult's growth and beliefs?

          DLD:  THE SKATEBOARDER AS ARTIST AND CREATIVE ENTITY IS A VICIOUS MISCONCEPTION.  THERE IS NO CREATIVE SELF.  AS SAID BEFORE, SKATEBOARDERS THAT MERELY DO THE SAME 'TRICKS' ON 'DIFFERENT' SPOTS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ARE NOT ARTISTS.  THE BARRIR KULT'S PERSONALITIES ARE VEILED AS VICIOUS MARTYRS TO THE CAUSE OF 'SELF' AND VIOLENT TIGHT TRANSITION RITUAL.  THE PLAGUE IS SPREAD AS A WHOLE - THE BA. KU. IS A DISEASE THAT SPREADS AND COATS BLACKNESS UPON THE ACT OF FUCKING 'SKATEBOARDING' - THE ACT IS DECONSTRUCTED, MADE RITUAL, A FETISH THAT IS WORSHIPPED - NOT CONSTRUED AND USED BY SKATEBOARD 'PERSONALITIES' AS AN OBJECT OF BASTARD WEAK CREATIVITY.

          S:  I know how strongly Ba.Ku. feels about the music (black war metal) that represents the same violent ideologies as your style of skating.  What are your thoughts on the recent trend of genres such as "witch house," or other styles of music that are encroaching on black art territory?

          DLD:  THROUGH OBSESSIVE AND MILITANT LISTENING RITUALS - WE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS FUCKING SUB-GENRE.  AS WE HAVE SAID BEFORE, THE TRUE VIOLENCE AND UNFORGIVING BESTIAL NATURE OF BLACK WAR METAL KEEPS THE BARRIER KULT POSSESSED AND CONGRUENT WITH WHAT VIOLENT COMPULSIONS MUST BE KEPT IN CHECK WITH BARRIER SKATEBOARDING.  COMPARED TO BLACK WAR METAL POSSESSION FROM ACTS SUCH AS BLACK WITCHERY, INQUISITION, AND GOAT PENIS - THE KULT IS IN BUT A SHADOW.  IF WE LISTEN TO ANYTHING ELSE THAT STRAYS FROM THE MIND ALTERING HYMNS OF BLACK WAR, THE PARALLELS WILL FALL APART.

          S:  Is there any altar that could ever have as much meaning in terms of violent ritual as the barrier?

          DLD:  IN TERMS OF THE SKATEBOARD / OR KNIFE - THE SHALLOW END OF A POOL WHICH WAS WORSHIPPED IN A CERTAIN 'THRASHER' ARTICLE IN THE 1980s.  THE POOL SIGNIFIES WATE - WHICH SIGNIFIES MAN'S FEAR OF THE OPEN OCEAN.  THE ROCK FACES THAT THE OCEAN WASHES UP AGAINST ARE RITUAL ALTARS - THE LAST STEP INTO THE DARK ABYSSAL REALMS OF FUCKING TRUE REALITY.  THE DEEP ONES.  THE ROOTS AND TRUNKS OF NORTHWEST COAST RAINFOREST TREES ALSO ACT AS AN ALTAR FOR THE BARRIER KULT.  THE WITCHES WOOD - EARLY EARLY BC INTERIOR PRACTICES OF CONCRETE DITCH RIDING AMONGST THE SOIL AND NATURE REALITY THE WOOD.


          S:  Every ritualistic maneuver performed on the barrier looks incredible, but are there any forms of concrete knifing that are held in higher esteem?  An apex of blood knifing?

          DLD:  THE APEX OF BLOOD KNIFING - ON THE 'RITUAL' BARRIER, THE 'MAGICAL' BARRIER, THE 'INTERNAL K-RAIL' BARRIER, THE 'TRUE JERSEY BARRIER OF BLACK SOIL': THE TAIL BLOCK (POLAR BEAR STAND), THE SLASH GRIND (HACKETT SLASH), BACKSIDE EDGER, THE 50/50 STALL TO DEPTH APPRECIATION AND RITUAL.

         S:  I appreciate you taking the time out to answer these questions.  Anything you wanna say to wrap the interview up?

          DLD:  APPRECIATION:  SKULL SKATES, PD'S HOT SHOP, HEROIN SKATEBOARDS, THE TRACKER DANFORTH TRUCK, 80s THUNDER TRUCKS, MOTOBILT TRUCKS, BONES MINI-CUBICS, DYLAN DOUBT, SEB TEMPLAR, TIMMY JAK, PUNKER MATT, JUDAH OAKES, THE BARRIER KULT HORDE.