Michael Ragen

DOUBT - MIZMOR VERSION Full video on Youtube/Vimeo. Link in bio. Filmed on the unceded ancestral lands of the Knik Tribe, Yuhaaviatam, Maarenga’yam, Chumash, and Tongva (Gabrieleno) DOUBT - MIZMOR VERSION @portugaltheman @whollydoomedblackmetal Arrangement, Engineering, Producing, Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Vocals - @whollydoomedblackmetal Creative Producers - @whollydoomedblackmetal & @ragendp Drums- @ashreibcalledquest Vocals- @manville Mixing- @sonnyyyyyy Master- @adamgonsalves Director - @ragendp Producer - Richard Hutchins Poormans Productions Starring - @whollydoomedblackmetal @portugaltheman @manville Mekegsaq Hilary Apangalook @mekegsaq Lisa Teparghuq Apangalook teparghuq K̲aachgóon Rochelle Smallwood @tlingit.witch Padraic Munson as The Filmmaker @padraicmoonson Cinematographer - @ragendp First AC - Cary Gallagher @tallninja Regional Expert Advisor - @donrearden John’s Robe design & construction - @lynn_ellen_bathke Key Makeup - Mekegsaq Hilary Apangalook @mekegsaq Make-up for @whollydoomedblackmetal - Lisa Teparghuq Apangalook teparghuq Art Department and Wardrobe - K̲aachgóon Rochelle Smallwood @tlingit.witch Lisa Teparghuq Apangalook teparghuq Mekegsaq Hilary Apangalook @mekegsaq Wardrobe Assistant - Melrose Piitkaq Apangalook Set builders - Levi Gourley John Gourley Sr. Key PA - @mitchellclarkson34 Bat’leth Weaponsmith - Dragon Dronet @renegadeeffectsgroup Copper Nails Jewelry design - @dfirmin Landback Tattoo Art - @huk_yuunsk_lang Weapon and Armorsmith’s - Laura Sampson Jack Horner Del Horner Declan Horner Props and Artifacts provided by - @donrearden Gannon Clarkson Jessica Clarkson Rick Jones Norma Jones Spear FX rig welding - Paul Flint California Unit- Stunts/Special FX/Miniature Puppeteer - @mindytheninja Makeup - @emsteel 3D Printing and design for ship- Mik Luxon Miniature work- @ragendp Post Production Tankdog IP - @woodencyclops Tankdog Animation - @awralph Editor - @ragendp Colorist - @belalhibri Visual FX - @ragendp Additional VFX / 3d Modeling - Mik Luxon Film processing and Scan - @pro8mm

ANXIETY:CLARITY (FEAT. PAUL WILLIAMS) Full video on Youtube/Vimeo. Link in bio. The second of three new videos filmed in Alaska this past December. Filmed on the unceded ancestral lands of the Knik Tribe, Native Village of Shishmaref, Inupiaq, Yup’ik, and Siberian Yup’ik Tribal Council Director - @ragendp Producer - Richard Hutchins Poormans Productions Starring (in order of appearance)- @portugaltheman Steven Vile Morgie MacConnell Padraic Munson @padraicmoonson Dennis Davis @eskimofixer Sadie Nayokpuk McGill Elizabeth Nayokpuk Theodore “The Bossik” Eningowuk Seth Nayokpuk @sethnayokpuk.33 Cinematographer - @ragendp First AC - Cary Gallagher @tallninja Regional Expert Advisor - Don Rearden @donrearden Shishmaref Local Producer - Dennis @eskimofixer Nome Alaska Support and Locations - Adem Paul Boeckmann @ademboeckmann Snowmachine stunt rider - Andy Korzeniewski John’s Robe design & construction- Lynn Bathke @lynn_ellen_bathke Key Makeup- Lisa Teparghuq Apangalook teparghuq Wardrobe and Art Department - K̲aachgóon Rochelle Smallwood @tlingit.witch Lisa Teparghuq Apangalook teparghuq Mekegsaq Hilary Apangalook @mekegsaq Key PA - Mitchell Clarkson @mitchellclarkson34 Game Illustrations - James Carpenter Bat’leth Weaponsmith - Dragon Dronet @renegadeeffectsgroup Weapon and Armorsmith’s- Laura Sampson Jack Horner Del Horner Declan Horner Props and Artifacts provided by- Don Rearden @donrearden Gannon Clarkson Jessica Clarkson Rick Jones Norma Jones Post Production Editor - @ragendp Colorist - Belal Hibri @belalhibri Film processing and Scan - @pro8mm Special Thanks- The Village of Shishmaref Dennis Davis/ EskimoFixer Seth Nayokpuk Nicole Nayokpuk Makayla Nayokpuk Shane Walter Nayokpuk Preston Davis Gwen Davis Kirstyn Davis Dallas Davis Herbie “The Shishmaref Cannonball” Nayokpuk Sadie Nayokpuk McGill Elizabeth Nayokpuk Tracy J McGill Lindsay Newman Sam Newman Ty Newman Charlie Wilde Winston Wilde John Newman John Gourley Sr. Levi Gourley Valley Fuel Willow Trading Post Bar & Grill James Carpenter Devin Coldewey

A recap from last month’s premiere of “The Stargate” in Los Angeles, CA at @braindeadstudiosfairfax . A night we will never forget, thank you all for attending. Recap video by: @vcordero6

The spaceship cockpit was the last major scene we shot for @bloodincantationofficial ‘s The Stargate. We had the seat (a cheap gaming chair for racing rigs) and a small part of the frame in place earlier, but only had about one week to construct the main structure and walls, and all the details before shooting. I’ve never built anything like this and initially tried to construct it with 5/8th steel piping which turned out to be a huge mistake. @mindytheninja and I did about half a dozen Home Depot runs in a couple days and started sawing wood by hand, until I remembered I had a chop saw in a friends garage. Oops. With the invaluable help of @mindytheninja , @tristanseniuk , and @voleaksip we slammed this thing together using a combination of plywood and foam panels, then just started kitbashing plumbing equipment and pipes on top of it, as well as installing a fish tank in the side window. The main control panel is all constructed from eurorack synthesizer parts arranged with a variety of grip tools from @gforcegripsdotcom (everyone thinks that the cables the band uses to plug into the artifact are aux cables, however they are actually unbalanced eurorack cables). The whole thing could not have come together without the immense performance from @vinnybalbo , as well as the killer makeup from @carleydoesmakeup and @sonofpumpkinhead , and prosthetic appliances from @rbfx . We shot out the entire scene in about 2.5 hrs in an incredibly cramped and hot space, but it couldn’t have been a better team to be cooped up with. The whole scene was lit using @quasarscience double rainbows, a @rosco_labs fx projector, @creamsource vortex 4, @dedolight_california mirrors, and a green laser.

While @mindytheninja and I were crystal hunting at @spellboundsky for our artifact, and learning about the different extraterrestrial properties of various minerals, a witch’s wand in a glass case caught my eye. We asked who made it and were told we should actually reach out to her about our project. We immediately contacted @sorceressandthestone about creating our artifact and I was incredibly stoked to find out she wanted to help. It’s always great coming across like-minded people during creative endeavors and she made something that was much more than I could have ever hoped for. She also made the beautiful bladed serpent-wand that we used during the blood ritual. Check out her awesome work!

Thanks to everyone that came out last night. It was awesome to have a full house. So much work went into this from a bunch of really talented people over the past four months. Thank you @braindeadstudiosfairfax for hosting the event and thanks to @centurymediarecords and @5bartistsmedia for putting this all together. And especially, thank you @bloodincantationofficial for making a completely insane record and being so down for the cause. Thank you @mindytheninja and @tristanseniuk to being truly ride or die. Looking forward to sharing this along with the full credits soon!

One more week until The Stargate’s theatrical premiere at Brain Dead…

Thanks @kbfard for the setup! Thanks @abteen for the backdrop + 🤖🎛️.

DOUBT - MIZMOR VERSION People that know me might think I would take any excuse to shoot icy chainmail and weaponry in the arctic, but beyond the frozen forests, there is a historical and cultural relationship between Alaska and Norway, where the Black Metal genre hails from. Over the past few decades Black Metal has expanded its roots to many unexpected parts of the globe, evolving its representation of repressed cultures and identities, from Iran to Indigenous groups in the Americas. I’ll leave the details of all this for the reader to discover if they so choose. The key ingredient for this element of the project was the music itself, so we enlisted @whollydoomedblackmetal to completely re-record his own version of DOUBT before heading off to the North to film. I couldn’t be more stoked about how the track came out. Thank you to @whollydoomedblackmetal for putting so much into this as well as enduring steel chainmail in -20 degree weather and still being able to shred. Thank you to @manville for being such a badass and providing vocals and braving the harshest elements in a less than ideal wardrobe. Thank you @ashreibcalledquest for laying down some pounding drums for the track. Thank you @tlingit.witch teparghuq @mekegsaq for lending your own creativity to this project, and doing such awesome corpse paint, wardrobe, and set design work. Thank you to @portugaltheman for always being open to exploring the less obvious path. The song and video are now live on all platforms. DOUBT - MIZMOR VERSION @portugaltheman @whollydoomedblackmetal Arrangement, Engineering, Producing, Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Vocals - @whollydoomedblackmetal Creative Producers - @whollydoomedblackmetal & @ragendp Drums - @ashreibcalledquest Vocals - @manville Mixing - @sonnyyyyyy Master - @adamgonsalves Single Art - @ragendp Full video credits on Youtube.

I want to give a big shout out to my producer Richard Hutchins who pulls off miracles like this with small crews, low budgets, and extreme conditions while maintaining a safe and responsible set. He is a producer that pushes the creative instead of limiting it and keeps the intended vision on track even when I might lose sight of it. I could not make any of these without him. These projects are truly a labor of love made by friends and family of the band and I hope we continue to get to make them for years to come. DOUBT full video - link in bio 2 more videos coming soon… 💙Alaska🥶