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What God Says About Abortion
Many Would Not Be Here
When she was twenty weeks pregnant, Leeann Phelan went to the doctor for a routine pre-natal check-up. Her doctor discovered something that concerned him, so he referred her to another hospital. A second battery of doctors gave Leeann the terrible news: her baby was missing part of his brain, and the part that was missing was the area that would ultimately control his ability to move. Doctor's told Leeann that her baby had Dandy-Walker Syndrome, a congenital brain malformation, and they said he would never be able to leave a wheel chair. Naturally, Leann was devastated as she thought about the future. Her doctors actually encouraged her to have an abortion, arguing that a pre-born fetus at 20 weeks was not viable anyway. The pressure from her doctors was considerable, and Leeann nearly listened to them. Her pregnancy was difficult and she even had to induce labor 13 weeks early for medical reasons. Her son, Jayden, weighed only 2 pounds, 7 ounces and was only 6 inches long. But as it turned out, the doctors misdiagnosed Jayden and he grew to be a healthy baby boy; he doesn't have Dandy-Walker Syndrome after all. Looking back at it, Leeann can't believe she almost aborted Jayden.
Leeann serves as a reminder for all of us; we are often too quick to decide that a life is meaningless, and our culture often encourages us not to seek God on these issues, but to react quickly to serve ourselves:
A recent poll of couples in New England revealed that, if they were able to know these things in advance, 1 percent of them would abort a child on the basis of sex, 6 percent would abort a child likely to get Alzheimer's disease, and an incredible 11 percent would abort a child predisposed to obesity. Can you see how quick we are to serve ourselves?
Pregnancy and Abortion Statistics
Do you realize that there are 6.3 million pregnancies every year in America? That seems like a natural expectation and God certainly is not opposed to pregnancy in the context of a marriage! Did you realize that of these 6.3 million pregnancies, 3 million are unintended? Not every one of us reading this article is here because our parents tediously and meticulously planned it! But all of us are here because God planned it! The latestest statistics from the Center for Desease Control report that of those 3 million unintended pregnancies, approximately 839,226 are aborted every year. That's an incredible number. To help us bring it into perspective, that number translates into 2,299 abortions every day, and if you calculate the numbers, that means that in the next 60 minutes, 95 abortions will have occurred. It's easy to take that for granted until you put a face to the act of abortion. So to make that possible (as disturbing as it may be), we've provided you with a video from ABORT73.COM. The images in this video are very disturbing, so be ready. But they are REAL:
This video used by permission from Abort73.com.
Abortion footage comes from the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform
So why do people have abortions? The culture would like you to believe that abortions are a medical necessity and that they save millions of lives every year, the lives of mothers who would otherwise die if they did not have an abortion. The reality is quite different. 21% of women say they had an abortion because they didn't think they could afford the baby. 21% said they didn't want the responsibility. Another 16% said they didn't want their life to change, and 12% said they didn't want a problem in their relationship with a spouse or boyfriend. That means that the vast majority of women have an abortion for reasons of convenience! Do you realize that only 3% had a possible health problem, and only 1% suffered rape or incest! Don't let the world try to tell you that abortions are a medical necessity! They are a medical convenience!
Now we are going to cover a lot of scientific and philosophical; information that is derived from the work of a great thinker on this issue named Scott Klusendorf. Scott works for an organization called "Life Training Institute", and he is the source of much of the following information. Scott's work is very powerful, and I have never heard a better, more reasoned approach to this issue. I invite you to visit his site regularly!
Hey Can I Kill This?
But let's jump in and tackle the real issues behind the abortion controversy. I want you to join me on a trip to the back woods of northeast Texas as Jimmy and David and I go fishing. Imagine that we are standing at the edge of the lake and casting our lines. Jim and Dave are standing behind me when one of them says, "Pop, can I kill this?" Now the answer to that question is going to vary depending on what "this" is! If I turn around and see that he is talking about a scorpion that is crawling up his leg, I will say, "yeah, kill it!" if he is talking about one of the thousands of poisonous snakes that are EVERYWHERE, I would also tell him to do what he has to do. And even if you might not agree with my position on these two creatures, you would probably agree that if I turn around and see him talking about one of the trillions of huge nasty deer flies that love to suck your blood, you're also not going to have much problem with an aggressive action! But if I turn around and see that he is talking about a kitten or the neighbor girl who has just walked up out of the meadow, I will undoubtedly take another stance on the issue! When one of the boys asks me, "Hey Pop, can I kill this?" I first have to ask the question, "What is it that you want to kill?" This question is at the heart of my answer and it is also at the heart of the abortion controversy!
We Are Killing Something
See no one on either side of the Pro-Life / Pro-Choice argument disagrees with the fact that we are killing something. Do you realize that? No one is arguing about this at all! The issue is, what are we killing? Are we simply destroying an unwanted outgrowth of the human involved? Something as unwanted as a wart or mole? Or are we killing something that is independently human? A living creature as human as the host person in question?
Is It About Privacy?
The world would like to distract us on the issue of abortion and get us to stop looking at the issue of whether or not this fetus is a human and refocus on self serving issues. First they would like us to focus on the issue of PRIVACY. Pro-Choice organizations want to argue that women need to have the right to privacy when it comes to their own bodies. They should be able to keep government out of their personal lives altogether. It's their body, it should be their choice, that's the argument.
So Is It OK To Abuse My Kids Privately?
Well that assumes that the fetus is simply an unwanted growth, and not a real human life. Because if the fetus is a human life, then we are arguing that it's OK to kill so long as I can do it privately! What if I took the position that it should be OK to abuse and beat my three year old as long as I do it privately. What would you think? See if the fetus is a lump of un-needed tissue, this is not an issue, but if it is a real life, it is another thing altogether!
Is It About Economic Hardship?
Pro-Choicers will also try to distract you into believing that the issue is a matter of economic hardship. They will say that it is unfair to force people in poverty to have more kids than they could possible afford. Even in our own nation there are many kids who are born into poverty. How can we force people into this position if they cannot terminate a pregnancy?
So Can I Kill My 3 Year Old If It Will Make Life Easier?
Again, this assumes that the fetus is a clump of tissue and not a real life! If economic hardship gets to determine the fate of children, then I guess it's OK to kill my 3 year old if it will make life easier for the rest of my family! If that is true, I better start getting rid of all my kids, because I want that new Hummer! if the fetus is a human life, murder cannot be justified by economic hardship!
Is It About Safety?
Many Pro-Choicers will try to argue that the real issue is safety. They will tell you that abortions have always occurred and always will. If we were to outlaw abortion, women will be forced bake into the dark alleys of America to get the procedure done. They argue that the legalization of abortion has secured the safety of millions and millions of women.
Should We Legalize Robbery?
But that still assumes that the fetus is an unwanted growth and not a human life. After all, if the fetus is a human, then the procedure is murder and that is still a felony in this country, last time I checked. So why should the safety of the person committing the felony be an issue? Should we legalize robbery so that it will be safer for robbers? After all robbery is dangerous! Why should people have to risk their lives just to steal $50.00? Clearly we don't legalize felonious behavior to make it safer for the felon. We don't allow immoral and unethical behavior to make it safer for the sinner. And if the fetus is a human being, the behavior is clearly murder.
Is It About Forcing Morality?
Finally, many Pro-Choicers argue that when we try to limit their ability to obtain abortions, we are in essence, forcing our morality on them. In a country where we embrace diversity and pluralism, this seems incredibly offensive. Remember that our culture does not want to agree on a common universal truth. In fact, the culture would argue that there is no absolute truth or absolute morality. Just because we believe that abortion is murder, they don't want to be in a position where we can force that opinion on them.
So Should a Mom Force Her Morality on Her Unborn Child?
Again, that assumes that the fetus is not a living human being! If it is a human, then the mother's decision to abort the baby (to kill the baby) is perhaps the greatest example of forced morality we can think of! Her decision to abort forces her morality on the baby, and demonstrates the hypocrisy of the argument!
Look, on both sides of this argument, we all agree on one thing: we ARE killing SOMETHING. That is absolutely undisputed. When you have an abortion, you kill something. The only question is, "what are we killing"
When Is It a Life?
When you get into discussions with pro-choicers on the topic of abortion, remember to stay focused on the real issues! The issue is not privacy, or economic hardship, or safety, or forced morality! Those questions don't matter and we've just demonstrated that. The real issue is one simple question: "WHAT IS IT"? Here is the battle ground. If the fetus is not human, we should all join the ranks of the pro-choicers. If the fetus IS human, then pro-choicers are supporting murder. So the question then becomes, "When exactly does the fetus become a human life?" Is it at the point of conception or at some other time in the development of the baby? We have to answer this question and take a position before we can support one side or the other of the debate!
Gee I Don't Know
Sometimes when you get into this discussion you will find that pro-choicers won't even take a position on this issue at all. They will tell you that no one knows when the fetus becomes human. They will argue that we can't agree on this issue, therefore the decision must be left to the mother! Don't let them off that easy! If I was a demolition worker and you came to watch me demolish a building with some explosives, and you asked me before I detonated the build, "Hey is there anyone still in the building?" and I said "Gee, I don't know!", you think I was either an idiot or a reckless unethical person! I certainly can't destroy the building until I know that there is no life inside! If I am going to fault on one side or the other in this situation, I am going to have to hold off and stop the demolition until we get this figured out. FIRST you check to make sure no one is inside, THEN you destroy the building! The abortion issue is no different. If we don't know when life begins, then we have to fault on the side of life, not murder!
Development of the Fetus
Let's take a look at what we DO know about the development of a fetus. We do know that from the point of conception you have the exact same DNA structure that you have now. Everything that you need to become who you are is present already! It's just undeveloped! We also know that at 18 days you have a detectable heartbeat. At 40 days you have measurable brainwaves. And at 9 to 14 weeks, you can feel pain. These are measurable, quantifiable truths about the fetus. By 9 weeks, you have a DNA identity, a heart that is beating, a brain that is functioning, and a nervous system that is working completely.
According to the latest statistics from the Center for Desease Control, 61% of reported legal induced abortions were known to have been obtained at 8 weeks' gestation or less (refer to the first and second pictures above). 87% were reported to occur at 12 weeks or less (third picture). Shockingly, there were still a significant number of abortions that occured after 15 weeks' gestation: 3.7% at 16 to 20 weeks (31,051 abortions) and 1.3% at more than 21 weeks (10,909 abortions). Take a good look at the last two photos and imagine an argument that would allow anyone to consider these babies as anything less than living human beings! Our position here today is absolutely clear. As Christian we believe that these abortions are murder. Why? Because we believe that life begins at the point of conception. Period. Take a look at what a baby looks like in the womb in these pictures. It is clear that the embryo is a human being, at least from a morphological perspective!
You Did Not Evolve From A Zygote
A zygote is that initial fertilized egg, that first form of life at the point of conception. Abortionists want us to believe that we EVOLVED from a zygote! What does that mean? It means that they believe that humans are not human at this point. They believe that this is some other form of life that eventually evolves into humanity. But that violates an important principle in genetic and science called the "principle of biogenesis". This principle and scientific law says that a species produces in its own kind. Dogs conceive dogs, rats conceive rats, horses conceive horses. And in a similar way, humans conceive humans. What is the zygote in the womb of the mother. It is a human! Don't let them tell you that you evolved from a zygote. The truth is that you ONCE WERE a zygote!
Look, as Christians, we argue that the embryo, even from the point of conception, is a living human. And we can make this argument philosophically. We are going to review something we talked about last Summer, because it describes the truth and is an easy way to remember our position when debating with people who support abortion. We believe that there are only four things that make the unborn different form the born, and we believe these four things are NOT significant at all! The word, "SLED" can be used to help us remember them! Let's take a look:
The first difference between the unborn and the born is the difference of SIZE. Clearly the unborn are much smaller that the newborn! But since when does one's size determine how human someone is. Is Shaq more human than you or I, just because he is huge? Size does not determine humanity. And size should not be held against the fetus!
But if size was a determining factor, small people should be eliminated from consideration for many things, because they are less human than the rest of us!
The next thing that makes the unborn different form the newborn is the fetus' LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT. Clearly a fetus is far less developed that a newborn.
But that is also true after birth! There are times in your life, as you grow up when you were less developed than you are now! Were you less human? Was J-Lo less human at four than she is today? At four, she was certainly less developed! Before puberty she was not developed enough to have children and hormonally she was far less developed than she is today. That is true for all of us! It is a scientific fact. But our underdevelopment has nothing to do with our humanity. You would not say it is OK to kill a four year old, because she has not yet developed into a woman!
The third difference between the unborn and the newborn is ENVIRONMENT. It is true that the fetus is INSIDE the womb and the newborn is outside of the womb.
But since when does location determine your humanity? If I walk outside, is my humanity changed? Am I no longer a human? There was a baby named Rachel that was born prematurely at 22 weeks of age. Many abortions occur at this point in the development of a fetus. But this baby was nurtured through the infant crisis unit and survived and is now a healthy child. When did she become human? Clearly she survived and is human now. Was she not a human the second before she was delivered and a human a second after she was delivered? Location has nothing to do with your humanity!
The final difference between the unborn and the newborn is the issue of DEGREE OF DEPENDENCY, and it seems that most pro-abortion folks spend a lot of time arguing this point as a proof that the fetus is not human. They argue something called "VIABILITY", and say that is the life cannot support itself outside the womb; it is not a life at all. They argue that it is dependant on the mother and this lack of independence disqualifies it as a human life. It is simply part of the mom, like a wart or a mole.
But if you have to be completely independent to be a human being, than many of us who are living today are not human. Everyone who requires a pacemaker, everyone who requires insulin, everyone who requires kidney dialysis, these folks must not be human either because they cannot survive on their own. That is clearly ridiculous and it is about the equivalent of saying that a space man is not human while he is in space because he is in a hostile environment disconnected from the air he needs and must rely on his space suit to survive. This guy wouldn't last ten seconds in that environment, much like the earliest of fetuses. He would surely die and he is dependant on the suit for life. Never-the-less, he is still human!
In Every Way That Matters
So you can see from a purely philosophical perspective that it is ridiculous to argue that the four things that make an unborn different than a newborn are totally insignificant. In every way that matters philosophically, in every way that matters scientifically, in every way that matters to God, the fetus is human from the very pint of conception. Now you have some tools to be able to make your case! Now we've argued the point from science and from philosophy, but do you think that God has an opinion on all of this? Of course he does, and you need to know that sound reasoning and the pursuit of truth ALWAYS aligns with God's Word because God is the source of this truth! Let's take a look at what God says:
God is the Creator of All Human Life
First, you need to know that God is the creator of everything that science has discovered about life. Clearly there a some mysteries in the precise way in which we are formed in the womb, and science has not yet uncovered all the answers! But God tells us that we will never know precisely, because this is truly a work of God:
Ecclesiastes 11:5
Just as you'll never understand the mystery of life forming in a pregnant woman, So you'll never understand the mystery at work in all that God does.
But God is clear about one thing. He is the one who created you in your mother's womb. He is the source of all life, and you are part of his plan:
Psalm 139:13-14
You are the one who put me together inside my mother's body, and I praise you because of the wonderful way you created me.
God tells us that we are human even before our birth. We are his creation even before our birth; he is caring for us even before we are born:
Isaiah 44:2
I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born.
God Knows Each of Us While We Are in the Womb
Clearly, God knew us from well before the point of conception and knew that we would be born and live the lives that we are presently living! There are plenty of examples of this in scripture. There are many times when God says that he knew someone before they were born and while they were yet in their mother's womb. Cain, Samuel Isaac and Ruth are specifically described in this way. God says that he knew all of these people while they were yet in the womb. And Look at how he describes the prophet Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
God Sees the Fetus as Fully Human
But in addition to this, God tells us that He sees the unborn as fully human. This is described again and again in scripture, but perhaps the best example is that of John the Baptist. Do you remember the scene in the Gospel of Luke, when mary becomes pregnant with Jesus through the power of God and travel to tell her cousin Elizabeth? Elizabeth is pregnant wioth John the Baptist and scripture tells us that as soon as Mary and Elizabeth came together, John did something quite human:
Luke 1:39-45
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
You Shall Not Murder
In God's eyes, the unborn are no different than the newborn. Life is given to us by God at the point of conception and when we abort that life, we are committing murder. And we already know how God feels about murder. Take a look at an important part of the Ten Commandments:
Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
There Is An Option
So what are we to tell those young women who are pregnant and don't want to keep the baby? Are they to believe that abortion is the only option? Are they to believe that there is not other option? Of course not, but the option we would encourage them to take is the path of greater sacrifice for sure. The best option is ADOPTION. But it sometimes may feel like it would be a lot easier to just terminate the pregnancy! That would be the quickest way out, for sure. But there are a number of potential dangers in the abortion procedure and in the fallout following an abortion. These include death, increased risk of breast cancer, cervical, ovarian and liver cancer, the risk of uterine perforation, cervical lacerations and increased risk of handicapped newborns in later pregnancies. in addition to all of this, recent studies indicate that women who have had abortions have a lower general health following the procedure and for the rest of their lives. These findings support previous research which reported that during the year following an abortion women visited their family doctors 80% more for all reasons and 180% more for psychosocial reasons.
I will agree that carrying a pregnancy to full term and then giving the baby up for adoption is quite a burden in some ways, but it is the kind of sacrifice that is honored by God. When we love the unborn, we are demonstrating the love of God. When we love the helpless, we are demonstrating the love of God. When we love those who have no voice, we are demonstrating the love of God. And when we do this for them, we are actually doing it for God:
Matthew 25:40
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
But as Christians, we also have a burden and responsibility in all of this, even if we are not the ones who get pregnant and have to face the prospects of an unwanted pregnancy. If we are asking the world to give up these children for adoption, who is going to take care of them. When I get in arguments with people on the issue of abortion, they will sometimes ask me how many kids I am willing to adopt if I am going to argue for this option. I tell them two! I am an adoptive parent for that very reason. I know that God loves the unborn!
Do you realize that there are over 2 million homes that are willing to adopt children right now in the United States? They are sometimes restricted by a number of regulations and bureaucratic problems and it is very difficult to connect available parents with existing children. I can tell you that from experience. Instead of spending so much time disposing of infants, we ought to be spending the time connecting them to parents who already want them!
But is there anything that you can do to play a part in all of this, even while you are young and unable to adopt formally? Of course there is. All of us can look around us and see the need, then join in to love those that the world has already rejected. Where can we volunteer, how can we support the cause for Life? How can we share this truth with the world around us? These are the challenges we are facing, and I pray that all of us will get off the fence and ACT for God's Glory!Click here
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Groupon (GRPN) shares plunged 19.43% to $4.82 Thursday after the company reported fourth quarter results that badly missed Wall Street estimates.
Chicago-based Groupon reported a fourth-quarter adjusted loss of 5 cents a share on $638.3 million in revenue. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were looking for earnings of 3 cents a share on revenue of $638.4 million, while the Estimize consensus called for Groupon to earn 1 cent a share on $627.49 million in sales.
Groupon: A Train Wreck in Public SightIncluded in the adjusted loss was a loss of 7 cents a share from discontinued items, making the net loss attributable to shareholders 12 cents a share.
Apple (AAPL) shares rose 0.34% to $446.08 as the company announced it had surpassed the 1 billion app mark in iTunes U. The company said more than 1,200 universities and colleges, and 1,200 K-12 schools and districts, are now hosting over 2,500 public and thousands of private courses as a result of iTunes U. Such universities as Duke, Yale, Cambridge, MIT and Oxford are leading the way, with more than 100,000 students enrolled in single iTunes U courses. "It's inspiring to see what educators and students of all types are doing with iTunes U," said Apple's Eddy Cue in a press release. "With the incredible content offered on iTunes U, students can learn like never before; there are now iTunes U courses with more than 250,000 students enrolled in them, which is a phenomenal shift in the way we teach and learn."
IBM (IBM) shares fell 0.38% to to $201.57, as the company held its annual investor day, announcing some key updates. IBM raised its 2015 revenue target for analytics and big data to $20 billion, up from $16 billion. In 2010, IBM initially thought analytics would drive $10 billion in revenue by 2015. The company also kept its operating earnings target, expecting to earn at least $20 a share by 2015.
Closing prices: Groupon closed at $4.53, off $1.45, or -24.28%; Apple hit $441.40, giving up $3.17, off -0.71%; IBM closed at $200.83, down $1.50, or -0.74%. -- Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York >Contact by Email. Follow @Commodity_Bull
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Unearthing the Metal Underground In Logan, Utah
Logan, Utah sits in a picturesque little furrow by the name of Cache Valley, which is home to many small towns. Righteous mountain views are prevalent throughout and Logan is home to an array of diverse businesses, people and music. One thing that has become very apparent throughout the last few years is that, despite the small town vibe, the town has an awesome variation of pure metal that is comparable to cities ten times its size. Autostigmatic, Simple as Suicide, and Osco are but three of the bands that keep Logan's metal scene alive and kicking some serious ass.
Autostigmatic is a four piece that is reminiscent of greats like Pantera and Slayer but with a crucially unique metal sound that brings fans back in hordes, craving more with every show. Live, they are non-stop head-banging metal that is cemented in the underground scene not only in Logan, but across Northern, Utah. Hovey is the front man, leading the mayhem with fierce vocals and guitar riffs that merge superbly with ferocious guitar abilities. The band produces deep and contagious bass lines and their drum beats are a hardcore combination of metal meets stampede, all in all creating a sound that pulls you in and saturates your soul.
Unearthing The Brutal Metal Underground
If there was ever a genre of metal that seems to get the least amount of exposure, it would possibly be the brutal death metal scene. There are literally dozens of bands putting out material every week, and occasionally a few rise above the heap to become well-known with most metal listeners.
Brutal death metal, which has as it's subgenres slam, grind, and porno, can partially trace it's inception back to Earache grindcore compilations and mostly to the late 80's/early 90's when such extreme bands as Blood Duster, Lividity, and Broken Hope put out grisly material that raised the bar in terms of gore, lyrics, and horror-themed album cover art. The following years saw Dying Fetus become one of the top bands of the next wave, with caustic maim-inducing music that influenced countless bands in today's brutal scene. When done well, the music can be hilarious and high energy. When done badly, it is still pretty funny too. More...
Unearthing The Prolific-Yet-Unknown Underground
Every Monday we take a look at three bands in the metal underground that deserve to be heard by a wider audience.
While normally the various bands unearthed are all grouped together by sub-genre or geographical location, this week we're headed into slightly different territory to examine three bands that don't necessarily share a similar sound. Instead, these three groups all have a common thread in that they are highly prolific artists with many releases under their belts, but somehow still haven't managed to become highly known in the metal community.
Check out the music of Root, Transmetal, and Senmuth below and decide for yourself if you'd like to join these band's relatively small but loyal fanbases.
This Czech Republic act is a bit of a cult hit in the underground, developing its own unique sound that isn't quite black metal or avant-garde or ambient or anything else, but has echoes of all those styles and more.
Root has a solid nine full-length releases under its belt scattered throughout a 20+ year history, having just dropped the new album "Heritage of Satan" (reviewed here). Until recently, Root was almost completely unknown by fans of European dark metal acts, only starting to see more exposure after a series of re-releases through I Hate Records in 2008.
For more info on Root, head over to the band's official website here, or listen to a sampling of songs off "The Temple in the Underworld" and "The Book" below.
"Casilda's Song"
Unearthing The Metal Underground In France
Every week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we take a look at three quality bands that haven't gotten as much exposure yet as they should. For as long as there has been rock music, a scene has existed in this Western European country, but many have struggled to gain international stardom, with death metal outfit Gojira probably being the most well known French band in metal today. This week we'll be looking at three bands from France who are out to prove that, contrary to popular belief, the French can throw down just as hard as anybody else.
Formed in 2007 by guitarist and self-proclaimed orchestrator Vynce Leff and recorded their debut EP, "Daughter Of The Night" just six months afterwards, instantly receiving acclaim wherever it was heard and even earned them the titles of Best French Band of 2008 by Metalsymphonique.com and Best EP from HeavyLaw.com. They split with their vocalist last year but were able to find security in December when they recruited Clémentine Delauney to stand behind the microphone.
Whyzdom - "Daughter Of The Night"
Unearthing The Metal Underground In Russia
Every week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we take a look at three quality bands that haven't gotten as much exposure yet as they should. This week we take a look at three bands from the vast country of Russia. Believe it or not, rock and heavy metal music was being made by Russian bands ever since 1960s, but it was not until the 1980s that the Soviet Union allowed such music to be released officially. Since the collapse of the Communist empire in 1991, the Russian metal scene has continued to grow and metal artists from the West routinely perform in the country, where legend has it some of the craziest fans in metal are to be found. Below is just a short example of the some of the band that come from Russia, perhaps not with love.
A Foggy Realm
From Russia's capital city, Moscow natives A Foggy Realm formed in 2009 by accomplished composer and musician, Ilya Lipkin, performing a mix of doom metal and ambient in an instrumental fashion, prefering instead to let their music do the talking. A Foggy Realm recorded their first EP, "Twilight" in January of last year, releasing it the next month. You can download the EP for free by heading to this location. More...
Unearthing the RABM Underground
For a genre as controversial as National Socialist black metal (NSBM), it's a given that there would be a backlash against it from within. Especially given that metalheads are often a rebellious bunch, a bunch of songs about extreme forms of nativism was inevitably going to annoy the living crap out of a lot of left-leaning metalheads. And thus, red and anarchist black metal (RABM) was born, a genre even more obscure than NSBM but coming from the radical left.
Not a genre with a specific sound but one defined entirely by ideology, RABM will likely never see mainstream appeal but will still manage to attract a small yet dedicated following committed to a never-ending war with NSBM.
Yaotl Mictlan
Proving that one can be proud of one's culture without resorting to fascism, Yaotl Mictlan is a Mexican band affiliated with the EZLN secessionist movement in Chiapas. Evoking the religion of the ancient Aztec civilization as an attack on the Spanish imperialism and fighting for indigenous rights is only is still second to the band when it comes to making quality ass-kicking black metal.
Unearthing The Metal Underground In Las Vegas
I have a special place in my heart for Las Vegas, probably because I lived in Nevada for almost twenty years. You hear all kinds of cliched phrases about Las Vegas being the "entertainment capital" of the U.S., but that depends on what kind of entertainment you're looking for. If you're just some tourist, you'll go hog wild for the latest flamboyant guy taming a white tiger or some pop star appearing at Caesar's Palace. Or you could be the weekend partier from LA, descending on the city for a night of debauchery at one of the dozens of night clubs and ultra lounges. But the kind of entertainment a metal listener wants is going to be markedly different, and a scene does exist in Las Vegas once again.
See, the Las Vegas valley had a great underground scene back in the late eighties and throughout the nineties. Besides Mark Slaughter putting it on the map in terms of commercial metal, Mitch Harris released two LP's with his LV band The Righteous Pigs before leaving to join Napalm Death. Clubs such as Calamity Jayne's brought in weekly shows before they were busted for coke, and the Huntridge was legendary in terms of hardcore and extreme metal shows. All the local bands played at the local college bars around UNLV and at the Elks Lodge in Henderson, and had their music promoted on the radio station before the general manager switched the format to all jazz back in 1998. Local bands such as Goatlord, Requiem and Hemlock (still active and billing themselves "the hardest working band in metal") had no more exposure after this happened, and the local scene died off for a number of years after this.
Technology intervened and created a renaissance for the Las Vegas scene. College radio isn't imperative any more when you can hear everything on satellite radio and the internet now. Besides the House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and the Hard Rock Casino bringing in the bigger names, there are tons of local venues hosting concerts now. Every weekend there are shows at the Cheyenne Saloon with local bands on the roster supporting the big name acts that come in from L.A. and elsewhere. That five-hour drive from California has brought in bands ranging from Asesino to Enthraller at this venue, which was the site for the Las Vegas Death Fest 3 and the Doom In June shows. Local favorites like Avenger In Blood and Soiled Carnage can be found there with a whole host of other garage metal bands opening for the big gigs.
In the past five years, the scene has exploded with bands such as metalcore heavy hitters Molotov Solution putting Las Vegas on the map. Another big surprise has been the immense popularity of Guttural Secrete in the national death metal scene. Granted, they've been around almost a decade, but it is literally unheard of for a band this extreme to have almost a quarter of a million hits on Youtube - especially an independent one. In many ways, Las Vegas does have the ideal climate for a scene if any city has. It's 24 hours of non-stop drinking, gambling and every vice imaginable. What it lacks in historic culture it exceeds in bacchanalian virtues. It is the setting for the glitterati and the plastic too, and for every serious extreme metal and metalcore band working the club circuit, the desert floor is littered with alot of screamo bands and younger kids that need to hone their style.
Below we will take you to the music of a few Las Vegas bands that haven't been featured prominently in our pages, so you can get an idea of what this desert community has to offer the metal scene.
Tales of the Grotesque
Tales of the Grotesque define themselves as a brutal melodic death metal band that were "recently released from a dark room where they defined their sound and status as a band." They've been around since 2010 and it's their mission to give you the feeling of an eerie tale crawling in your skin. They were recently voted October band of the month by Las Vegas website FiggZillaMusic.com.
Unearthing the Metal Underground in Helsinki
Helsinki, my Helsinki. One year later, and still there is always something new and exciting here. In a city that is constantly evolving musically, a city where Gods of Metal roam the streets, what could be hidden under the surface? Clearly Helsinki is a center in the musical world, where it seems as if everyone you meet either plays an instrument or is in a band. One only has to look at the music that comes from this epicenter to realize how raw with talent the city and surrounding suburbs are.
With such internationally acclaimed acts such as Nightwish, Apocalyptica, Wintersun, Norther, Amorphis, and Moonsorrow boasting their origins here in Southern Finland, is it really a surprise that there is even more phenomenal talent hidden right beneath our noses? That's not the Koskenkorva I smell, it's the scent of fresh, raw talent. Heavily influenced by folk metal and symphonic metal, Helsinki area also has a surprisingly good local scene; this week we'll Unearth the Metal Underground with everything from black metal to symphonic death metal.
Assemble the Chariots
To start with, a hefty dose of black and death metal! Assemble the Chariots was formed in the summer of 2008. The band's musical focus is death, black and hardcore metal, and in its own words "fast guitar shreds, and shit you've never heard before." They had their first release in 2008 and currently are writing a demo set to come out later this year. Personally, I'm loving the flowing guitar riffs and the way the songs quickly transition to Opeth style growls and blast beats. Piano interludes provide melancholic interest and leave me wondering how the hell these guys aren't on any magazine covers yet.
Unearthing The Metal Underground In Perth, Part 4
Each week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we'll be putting a few quality underground bands in the spotlight in an attempt to get the word out about them. This week is our fourth exploration of the metal scene in Perth, Western Australia. You can also check out Part 1 (death metal), Part 2, and Part 3 (thrash metal).
The number of good bands that come out of such a small, remote place is quite staggering - it's just a shame that most of them don't get the opportunity to take their music to a wider audience. Today's highlighted bands have, to their credit, made some inroads into the international market.
Chaos Divine
With two full length albums under its belt, numerous local and national awards, and an appearance at Australia's largest festival The Big Day Out, progressive metal outfit Chaos Divine has started to get some recognition in their home country. Not content with that, in 2009 the band played at the Progpower Europe Festival in The Netherlands as well as some club dates in Belgium.
March 2011 saw the release of Chaos Divine's second album, The Human Connection. While recorded in Perth, for the mixing and mastering the band managed to score the talents of Swedish producer Jens Bogren, known for his work with Opeth and Katatonia. The album is also available internationally on iTunes. The sound combines progressive elements and melodic death metal with particularly outstanding guitar work and great clean vocals, and will appeal to fans of Opeth and Dream Theater as well as fans of European-style melodic death metal.
Listen to Chaos Divine on the band's web site or on MySpace.
Unearthing The Metal Underground In Washington, DC
Every week in Unearthing The Metal Underground, we check out bands in the underground who deserve more notice for the excellent heavy metal they are producing. This week we're looking at the underground scene in the capital of the United States, Washington, DC.
The District usually conjures up thoughts of monuments, patriotism, and presidential blow jobs, but if you listen closely, ignoring all the political windbags, inner city gunshots and almost weekly protests for one cause or another and you manage to avoid all the indie rock hipster bars and DJ dance nights you can hear the rumblings of a metal scene overshadowed by just about everything else in the most powerful city in the world. But unlike the city's rats who scurry away in the shadows these bands are screaming to be heard, and cranking their amps up too! Here's three of the best underground metal bands in Washington, DC right now that you won't find in any of the tourist guides.
Ilsa is a metal band with a sound that lies somewhere in the filthiest place where old school death metal and sludgy doom collide. This five piece band is raw in the best sense of the word. Heaviness exudes from every riff these guys play, regardless of the tempo, and the rhythm section breaks up bursts of brutality with dirty grooves. On top of it all you've got lead singer Orion's vocals which scream out with a pain that can't be faked. They're often found playing to packed basements at house shows but Ilsa isn't just some garage band. They're a great underground band really making art for the unwashed masses and they deserve more recognition. Listen to their song Frostthrower on their MySpace page here and you'll see what I mean.
Unearthing The Metal Underground In London
Every week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we take a look at three quality bands that haven't gotten as much exposure yet as they should. This week we take a look at the metal scene in London, one of the most famous cities in the world.
Formed in 2006, Mutant has been performing their take on classic thrash metal, which they refer to as speed death, for five years now. They have been able to build up an ever growing fan base in that time, leading to shows with such other acts as Municipal Waste and performing at the Bloodstock, Damnation and Hammerfest festivals amongst others. Early this year they proved to the whole country why they're one of the best bands going in the British underground, when they were voted the Best Unsigned Band of 2010 by readers of Terrorizer magazine.
Mutant - "The Rauncher"
Unearthing The Metal Underground In Chicago
While Chicago has a reputation as a punk and hip hop town, there's still an active metal scene within the Windy City with some great gems that haven't gotten nearly enough exposure. Even though Chicago may not have the same metal cred that Boston and Seattle have today, there is still a rawness and experimentation to Chicago metal fused into the scene's bloodstream. Less accessible than Gothenburg and nowhere near as technical as Montreal but certainly not lacking in creativity, the Chcago metal scene's mix of grittiness and experimentation has produced everything from Hewhocorrupts to Ministry to Nachtmystium and that same aesthetic is still alive in 2011 in any number of as yet undiscovered bands.
Now, as part of the Unearthing the Metal Underground series, Metal Underground.com presents three underground Chicago bands that deserve way more exposure and attention than they currently receive.
Blood of the Tyrant
Sounding like the bastard child of Black Sabbath and Mastodon, Blood of the Tyrant is an excellent example of progressive doom metal. While still only having one release to its name, released in 2008, Blood of the Tyrant is still one of Chicago's best unsigned bands, known for epic song lengths, impressive guitar solos and surprisingly energetic take on doom metal.
Unearthing the Dominican Metal Underground
Located out in the Caribbean between Cuba and Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic has long been an island nation melting pot for a variety of cultures and styles brought over by the millions of tourists and influences that converge upon it. Dominicans are known in America for the crop of professional baseball players they produce and in our large Hispanic community for the stream of bachata/merengue music along with the superstar reggaeton production duo Luny Tunes.
The times are changing though, and the rich history that the Dominicans have had with folkloric rock music has gradually come to include all genres of popular rock/metal throughout the last couple of decades. Bands such as Toque Profundo and M-16 have opened up the floodgates to more extreme categories of rock music, producing the likes of Ad Bestia's hardcore, Santuario's punk rock, the thrash of Necro, good traditional thrash from Overhated and the power metal of Altus Mortem. For a comprehensive look into the Dominican Republic's rich rock history, check out the two-part video Dominican Rock Pt 1 and 2 to gain a greater insight into the scene.
Nowadays, with home studio computer equipment and social networking, hundreds of young bands are cropping up all over the Dominican landscape. In fact, a few homegrown independent labels now showcase the talents of the more extreme Caribbean bands - Dark Canvas and Goecia records. Today we will take a look at three of the most deserving and hard working bands paying their dues in the trenches of Santo Domingo.
Conceived in 1994, Archaios are the premier melodic techno-thrash band from Santo Domingo. Fusing intricate leads with an abundance of bridges and time changes, this is one band that deserve a further listen. Their new one, "The Distant," drops in November and is an exponentially good progression from their debut, 2006's "Out of the Shadows." You can check out their songs in full at their Myspace page and listen to the promotional sampler clip below, plus a few other tracks from their debut. Also, you can read a full interview with the band here.
Unearthing The West Country Underground Part 2
Every week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we take a look at three quality bands that haven't gotten as much exposure yet as they should. This week we'll be taking a second look at three bands from the West Country (the South West of England.)
One of the biggest, and quite possibly best, bands from the West Country's metal scene comes in the guise of Seregon, who formed in 2005. The band take influence from such thrash metal heroes as Testament and Sepultura (the latter of which they have shared the stage with on numerous occassions) and add a healthy dose of death metal into the fray, to create a savage sound not quite like any other. While still very much rooted in the underground, Seregon have found themselves performing outside of the United Kingdom, taking to the stage in such countries as Germany, Portugal and Romania amongst others. They are currently working on their new EP, which is expected to be released next year.
Seregon - "The Removal Of The Spine"
Unearthing The Prog Metal Underground
Every week with Unearthing the Metal Underground we reveal three bands that deserve to be heard by a wider audience. After taking a look at experimental metal groups and instrumental bands with plenty of progressive elements, this week we're heading straight into underground prog metal acts.
Throwing in jazzy interludes, unexpected changes in tempo and style, and usually a heaping dose of 70's rock influence, prog has helped to keep the metal scene from stagnating and provides plenty of heaviness without always relying on outright brutality. There may be an odd contradiction of an entire genre called "progressive metal," since the whole idea is that progressive music can't be lumped into a single category and doesn't follow the rules or format of a specific sub-genre. That whole sticky issue aside, these three bands explode with non-traditional song structures and a huge range of influences that make them well worth hearing for any fan of the more well known progressive metal acts, from Opeth to Dream Theater and beyond.
New Jersey's Suspyre is the cream of the crop in the underground prog metal world, with production values and song writing chops on par with any huge name act. The band creates massive Opeth-length tracks, but still maintain consistent quality and amazing transitions across ten minute epics. Suspyre's soaring power metal influence vocal work is especially worth hearing, and the band does even throw in a few growls here and there for a heavier edge.
The group's last release was the 2008 "When Time Fades" album (reviewed here), but Suspyre is now working on a fourth album. To check out the act's take on melodic prog metal, head over to the Suspyre Facebook profile or listen to the songs "The Light of the Fire" and "Siren" in the clips below.
Unearthing The Metal Underground In Ogden, UT
Each week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we look at underground bands that embody the metal genre and this week is no exception as we focus on Ogden, Utah. The metal that comes from this area and nearby is astounding, they are metal bands that fly under the mainstream radar but have metal music seared into their souls.
Better known as O-Town to locals, Ogden has an impressive emerging underground music scene. However, the metal reverberating out of this area is distinguishable for the simple fact that they bring it hard, with every show, every song and with every note. Three bands stand out from the pack for a variety of reasons, one being they scorch your souls with their intensity and two… because they are metal to the core.
"The Dead Gates- the entrance to eternal suffering where the hounds of hell feast upon the damned," an apt description for a band as hardcore as these boys. Hailing from Ogden, Utah, these metalheads have taken the Wasatch Front by storm, not only banging heads with O-Town fans but creating a solid fan base throughout Utah. By combining searing guitar riffs, irresistibly heavy bass lines and drum beats of ferocious proportions they create a melodic yet forceful tone that cascades over you. Add that to the vehement growls and intense vocals and you get an effectual sound that is as savage as it is addicting. Deadgates is: Sam E. (vocals), Josh W. (guitar), Mat L. (guitar), Kirk T. (bass), and Matt H. (drums). Check them out on their Facebook on Myspace and on Youtube.
Unearthing The Folk Metal Underground Part 2
Each week with Unearthing the Metal Underground, we shine the spotlight onto three bands that may not have had a chance to hit your musical radar yet. This week we're taking another look into a unique blend of styles that show how not every metal band has to scream about Satan or politics or personal struggles.
After previously looking at underground folk metal in general last year and then folk metal specifically from the Andes, we're now delving into three bands that all share a love of Celtic and pagan themes, as well as a desire to mix traditional instruments with abrasive black metal or melodic power metal.
Whether you are looking for a night of fun drinking in a folk atmosphere, an in-your-face dose of extreme metal that draws from other influences, or even a more melodic and calm experience, these three bands show what Canada, Arizona, and the U.K. have to offer in the world of folk metal.
For our first trek into folk-laced metal we'll take a look at Canadian act Trollband, which recently released the debut album "In The Shadow of a Mountain" (reviewed here). The band has now made the album available as a completely free download to get the music out to a wider audience.
In conjunction with the album's review, Metalunderground.com conducted an interview with Trollband to discuss the band's decision to give away the release and other topics, such as the many guest musicians appearing on "In the Shadow of a Mountain." The interview is available for viewing here.
Splitting the difference between a harsher act like Finntroll and a more melodic band like Equilibrium, Trollband has plenty of symphonic black metal mayhem to keep the heads banging, even while a host of folksy sounds keep the music grounded in a more traditional style. To hear more of Trollband you can check out the band's MySpace page, or listen to the songs "Heathen Blood" or "Nidhoggr" in the clips below.
Unearthing The Metal Underground In Perth, Part 3
Each week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we'll be putting a few quality underground bands in the spotlight in an attempt to get the word out about them. This week I am checking out Perth's thrash and thrash-influenced metal scene.
Perched on the arse end of a continent-spanning desert, Perth is the most isolated capital city in the world, and not surprisingly this has led to a very active local metal scene. The bands highlighted today have in common some kind of thrash influence – although how heavily that influence manifests itself in the music varies from band to band.
Enforce has been around in one form or another for over 10 years, releasing in that time three full length albums including the latest, "Biblakil," in the first half of 2011. But the live show is where this band is at its best, whether supporting an international act (Enforce has opened shows for Behemoth, Obituary and Kreator, to name a few), touring Australia, or playing local gigs.
Although a lot of death metal flavors their sound, Enforce has an undeniably strong thrash influence – just look at frontman Guy Bell's patch jacket!
Enforce - "As Death Sets In" (Live)
Unearthing The Metal Underground In Monterrey
Mexico is an enormous country just like our own, composed of 31 states and the Federal District. And like us, their music scene is exploding with bands and talent. Besides some of the bigger acts that have made a name for themselves over the years like Shub Niggurath, Cenotaph and Transmetal (a band once produced by Eric Greif) - not enough is heard with the requisite frequency about this active scene in Mexico. There are dozens of metropolitan areas all throughout this country that have metal bands, and there are several record labels that have been spawned to release this vast amount of groups. The interest in Mexican metal was no doubt piqued in American listeners years ago when such acts as LA's Brujeria showed what a winning combo death metal in Spanish could be. In focusing on one scene from our neighbors in Mexico, we will look at some of the interesting bands that have been coming out of the northern metropolis of Monterrey.
Living in the desert southwest where all of my Mexican neighbors come from Michoaca, Tamaulipas or Guanajuato, it is only natural I have wanted to discover more about this country and it's music. While I've travelled to my share of border towns, which have their own energy and club scene and bars that have pools where you can play volleyball, the only way to truly experience this country is to go deeper south and start seeing all the pueblos and cities that start to have a purer Mexican identity amidst the colorful landscape. I've been to Tijuana, Nogales and Mexicali countless times, been hustled off the street by guys paid to get you into their bar, and enjoyed plenty of drinks while listening to loud thrash metal. But in order to get a truer picture of what the country has to offer, it is vital to go further in and start seeing the true essence of it all. You pass through countless towns as you go deeper into Mexico - almost all having a cathedral, soccer field and a bar within the same block while the locals are listening to their ranchera music. But you know somewhere down the street are a bunch of guys with metal t-shirts on rocking out to heavy tunes on their home stereo. Metal is big down there.
A couple hours southwest of McAllen, Texas is the picturesque city of Monterrey. It is hard to believe that Mexico's third largest metropolitan area (ninth largest city) is this close to the U.S. Driving the desolate chaparral outback to get there is half the fun. Mexico has a system of free roads and toll roads - "carreteras de cuota" - throughout most of this northern area. If you can pay the toll you get to drive on the 4-lane highway. If not, you drive on the free road alongside a produce truck that's falling apart and emitting black smoke. As I watched a man trying to sell his hand tools so he could pay the toll, I couldn't help but be reminded of that song "Caseta de Cobro" by El Tri (about a toll booth operator who steals half the money he collects, buying pot and taking vacations.) I've been stopped by cops on roads like this, and a ten dollar bill usually gets me out of a ticket. Too bad it's not like this in the U.S. In Mexico, the laws of the frontier still prevail, which is sometimes a pleasant departure from regimentation and bureaucracy. You've got to love the rugged outback and a sense of adventure, and that's one of the reasons to head down to cities like Monterrey.
Digression aside, Monterrey is far enough inland to be uniquely Mexican but close enough to the U.S. to hear faded radio station signals. What strikes you about it is how incredibly big it is. As it's located in the border state of Nuevo Leon, this city of 4.5 million people often gets overlooked as being "too gringo" and not having enough true Mexican culture. It has twice the per capita income as other cities in Mexico, an educated workforce - but a lot of strife like many of the northern areas due to the Gulf and Zeta cartels fighting for control despite President Felipe Calderon's drug war. Politics aside, the people of Monterrey pass their day by listening to either tejano/nortena music or different forms of rock and roll - but usually not both. The city has, to me, a rugged beauty in that high desert plains way with it's statuesque palm trees and the jutting outcropping known as the Cerro de la Silla mountain. It's a large commercial and industrial hub with plenty of businesses that export a variety of products (several multinational companies have headquarters down there, such as Nokia, GE and Toyota among the many) and contains several colleges like La Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon within it's permiter. Universities mean youth, ideology and music - hence helping create the musical renaissance over a decade ago. Metal bands have been thrashing here since the 80's, mind you, but in the past ten years the scene has really taken on a whole new life of it's own. More...
Unearthing The Metal Underground In The Maritimes
Each week in Unearthing the Metal Underground, we'll be putting a few quality underground bands in the spotlight in an attempt to get the word out about them. For this article I'm going to be looking at three very distinct styles, but all are committed to their style and fan base.
The Maritimes, with its small population and many rural areas, might not be considered the hotbed of metal, but when you look into the underground you see a very different story. With all styles of metal being accepted and embraced, the underground is growing each and every late night. In the name of the Maritimes, sit back with an Alexander Keith's and enjoy this ride through our underground.
Bass + Guitar + Drums = A Band. Bass + Guitar + Drums + Deep Growls + High Shrieks = A Metal Band. Bass + Guitar + Drums + Deep Growls + High Shrieks + African Djembe = CICADA. Cicada consists of Chester Long (bass/vocals), Anson May (guitar/vocals), Joe Pottie (drums), and Nathan Collupy (Djembe). The obvious white elephant in the room is the Djembe. The Djembe creates an instant groove to their whole performance. The groove sound it creates is something that all bands work hard at achieving with some very complicated bass work, but with Cicada the Djembe frees up Chester to work in tandem with the drums and create a very heavy rhythm that Anson can play in an out of.
It's not very often that you hear something and think (a) "that's different" and (b) "that's really good," but that's the simplest expression I can use when describing a band of great guys that has created something really good and really different. You can hear this amazing sound at their ReverbNation page.


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|Michael Mallin
1 December 1874
Dublin, Ireland
|8 May 1916
(aged 41)
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
|Irish Citizen Army
|Years of service
Second-in-Command of Irish Citizen Army
|Commands held
|St. Stephens Green Garrison, Easter Week, 1916
|Easter Rising
Michael Mallin (Irish: Micheál Ó Mealláin; 1 December 1874 – 8 May 1916) was an Irish rebel and socialist who took an active role in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Born in Dublin, the son of John Mallin a carpenter, Mallin was second in command of the Irish Citizen Army under James Connolly and commanded the garrison at St. Stephen's Green in Dublin, with Constance Markievicz as his second in command.[1] Mallin had enlisted in the British army as a boy soldier/drummer boy in his early years and served for many years in India. His experiences there radicalised him and manifested itself in his becoming a leading official in the silk weavers union upon his return to Ireland and his acceptance of the post of second in command and chief training officer of the Irish Citizen Army. The ICA was formed after the 1913 general strike in Dublin to protect workers from the RIC and also from employer funded strike breaking gangs.
Mallin surrendered on Sunday, 30 April 1916 when ordered to do so by Connolly. At his court-martial he attempted to downplay his involvement. This was understandable as he was a young father of four children and his wife was pregnant with a fifth. In his own statement, Mallin projected himself as a mere tradesman and band leader who had almost by chance become involved in the Irish Citizen Army and the Rising. He sought to exculpate himself from blame by suggesting that he was a mere dupe, obeying orders and ignorant of Connolly's plans for insurrection. He stated: "I am no commission whatever in the Citizen Army. I was never taken into the confidence of James Connolly. I was under the impression that we were going out for manoeuvres on Sunday." Once aware that there was to be a rising he claimed that he covertly tried to subvert it. He also claimed that Countess Markievicz was in command, and not second in command to him, and that she had commanded him to take charge of the men on the Monday. However he was convicted and executed by firing squad on 8 May. The presiding officer at his court martial was Charles Blackader[citation needed]. In his last letter to his wife, Mallin stated that "I find no fault with the soldiers or the police" and admonished her "to pray for all the souls who fell in this fight, Irish and English." He commented "so must Irishmen pay for trying to make Ireland a free nation."
The modern-day Dún Laoghaire Mallin DART station has been named after him.[2]
He was married to Agnes, with whom he had three boys and two girls, the youngest child was born after Micheals execution. His son Fr Joe Mallin SJ, born in September 1913, became a Jesuit priest and teacher in Hong Kong, celebrating his 100th birthday in 2013[3] he is the last surviving child of those executed in the 1916 rising.[4]
- ^ O'Brien, Paul. "A WALK IN THE PARK 1916". Irish Volunteers.org. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "In honour of Micheal Malin". dlharbour. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ^ Mission News Irish Jesuit Mission Office Newsletter, Issue 10 - Winter 2013.
- ^ 100th Birthday of Fr. Joseph Mallin last surviving child of the 1916 Rising www.irishcentral.com
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Week in Review
Monday, September 7, 2009
Overview: The Marlins split a four-game set with Atlanta and took two of three from Washington, leaving them 6.5 games behind the Phillies and 5 games out of the Wild Card.
Positives: Wes Helms provided some late-inning heroics on Wednesday. I'm happy to see Cameron Maybin back with the big club. Chris Coghlan was named NL Rookie of the Month for August. Hanley Ramirez hit his 100th career home run yesterday, becoming the fourth-fastest shortstop to reach the mark (behind A-Rod, Nomar Garciaparra, and Ernie Banks).
Negatives: Sunday's blown save was so disastrous that it inspired Ted to coin the term Greggorian. If the Marlins were to miss the playoffs by one game, then Sunday's loss would be all the more heartbreaking. Fights between teammates can't be good, and I don't care what Brendan Donnelly has to say about it.
Highlight of the Week: Cameron Maybin lays out for a sweet catch off of Christian Guzman on Saturday night. Wes Helm's walkoff home run was negated by Ryan Zimmerman's, so Maybin wins this week.
Line of the Week: Chris Coghlan deserves some Rookie of the Year consideration. He has become a real force at the top of the order, going 15-for-33 this week with 8 runs scored. He is currently in the middle of a 14-game hit streak. His promotion to the big club, while unexpected at the time, has been about as big a success as anyone could have hoped for.
Looking Ahead: The Fish play three against the Mets in New York followed by a weekend series at home against the Nats.
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