For the last few years, you could almost guarantee yourself a hit post on Twitter by nostalgia baiting audiences with a low-res clip of a 00s nu metal or garage band, and some caption along the lines of, "Why did the white boys stop making music like this? They need to stop rapping and making trap beats, and pick up their guitars." This reactionary position is typically rooted in the inrush of white artists and journalists who have pivoted toward hip-hop and streetwear over the last 15+...

During the medieval origins of Gothic art, these works existed to serve a purpose. As The Plague set the backdrop for artworks of the time, these famed depictions of Europe's decay, the state of horror, and feelings of meaninglessness towards the church and state deemed no one safe or exempt from Hell's fury. Similar to some of the first works in written horror, which ranged from campy to grotesque, these terrifying scenes formed Gothic's early ties to shock value and were meant to shame...

This website, Brat Powr Media Center, has been a long time in the making. I tried it back in 2020. It wasn't good, so I ended it quickly....