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On Tyranny: Crippled Black Phoenix Say U.K, U.S. Colonialism ‘Has Come Back to Bite Us in the Ass’

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny, On Tyranny with tags , , , , , , , , on 02/12/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

With all the horrifying, nauseating, apocalypse-seeming terrors the Trump administration and U.S. federal government is unleashing on not only the rest of the world but its own citizens, we often forget that actions and developments that occur in America reverberate an radiate far beyond our shores.

To that end, we touched base with our friends Justin Greaves and Belinda Kordic from self-described “macabre rock” band Crippled Black Phoenix to discuss the political, cultural and moral rot that is corroding the U.S., the U.K. and even Sweden. thanks in part, although not exclusively, a certain president of a certain country trying to shape.

“It’s Handmaid’s fucking Tale, isn’t it?” an understandably upset Kordic remarks as we begin discussing the loaded subject (which, by the way, is no longer about political disagreements between left and right but rather a moral battle between right and wrong).

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On Tyranny: Moonspell Vocalist Says Colonialism Caused Gaza Crisis but That Democracy Can Be Restored After Fascist Rule

Posted in Features, Interviews, On Tyranny, On Tyranny, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , on 10/25/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

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Join The Bad Penny and Fernando Ribeiro, frontman for the best metal band to ever hail from Portugal – the indomitable Moonspell – for this very special edition of our ongoing On Tyranny series. The gracious and extremely well-informed vocalist teaches us about the political groups that rallied back and forth for control of the country, with democracy ultimately casting 50 years of fascist rule to the winds and embracing democracy in the 1970s.

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