Vol. 4 Finally here at Cult Botanic!

This issue delves deeper into the entangled relationship we humans have with our surroundings, inspired as always by the ecological strands of black metal.

BTF IV includes specially commissioned essays, interviews and illustrations by animists, philosophers, artists and musicians, including: an essay on panpsychism as a possible answer to the climate crisis; a philosophical-historical overview of the relationship between black metal and the forest; a magical-realist account of a sylvan trip gone wrong; an in-depth interview with Rune from Nordic Animism, whose project looks to Scandinavian folklore and customs for “hidden animist knowledge” and more respectful ways of living with other subjectivities

Contributors: Lotte Brown, By The Spirits, Crown of Asteria, Drukfout, Feral Season, Una Hamilton Helle, Hedda Hassel Mørch, Hawthonn, Nordic Animism, Invunche, Helge Kaasin, Edvard Munch, Necrofier, Alexandra Uppman, Cathy Ward.

Designed by Tom Sewell & published by Het Bos Antwerpen